The CHIVO Chimes At Sea 29 June 1945 Submitted by TM2(SS) Jerry Levy, Plankowner

AT SEA      
29 JUNE 1945

CINCPOA COMMUNIQUE NO. 408 RELEASED AS OF 28 JUNE 1945 AS FOLLOWS:
ENEMY AIRCRAFT DROPPED A FEW BOMBS IN THE OKINAWA AREA ON 27 JUNE EAST LONGITUDE DATE WITHOUT DAMAGE TO OUR FORCES.   OUR NIGHT FIGHTERS SHOT DOWN ONE ENEMY PLANE.

ON THE SAME DATE MARINE AND ARMY PLANES OF THE TACTICAL AIR FORCES STRUCK INSTALLATIONS IN THE SAKISHIMA GROUP AND AMAMI-O-SHIMA.   AT KAKEROMA IN THE AMAMIS THEY SET A SMALL CARGO VESSEL AFIRE AND DAMAGED TWO OTHERS AND DESTROYED A FLOAT PLANE ON THE WATER.

ON JUNE 28TH ARMY THUNDERBOLTS SANK TWO LUGGERS IN THE SAKISHIMA GROUP AND MARINE AIRCRAFT STRUCK INSTALLATIONS ON KIKAI ISLAND.   ONE ENEMY PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN DURING THE DAY.

SEARCH PLANES OF FLEET AIRWING ONE INFLICTED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE ON THE ENEMY IN KOREAN AND EMPIRE WATERS ON 27 AND 28 JUNE: SUNK: ONE SMALL TANKER AND ONE SMALL CARGO SHIP, ONE UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL, FOUR SMALL CRAFT, ONE FREIGHTER. DAMAGED: ONE SMALL FREIGHTER TRANSPORT, FIVE SMALL CARGO SHIPS ONE SMALL COASTAL CARGO SHIP, ONE LUGGER.   FOUR PLANES SHOT DOWN.

LIBERATORS OF THE SEVENTH ARMY AIR FORCE STRUCK TARGETS AT TRUK AND ON MARCUS ISLAND ON 27 JUNE.   ON THE SAME DATE HELLDIVERS OF THE FOURTH MARINE AIRCRAFT WING BOMBED ENEMY BASES IN THE MARSHALLS.   ON 28 JUNE AIRCRAFT OF THIS WING STRUCK INSTALLATIONS IN THE PALAUS AND ON YAP.

SAN FRANCISCO:
RADIO TOKYO BRAGGED THURSDAY OF NEW SUICIDE WEAPONS TO REPEL AN EXPECTED HOMELAND INVASION WHICH WAR COMMENTARIES SAID WOULD BE WELCOME.   "THE SOONER THE ENEMY COMES THE BETTER FOR US FOR OUR BATTLE ARRAY IS COMPLETE," DECLARED ICHIRO BABA IN A BROADCAST RECORDED BY THE FCC.

NEW YORK:
THE LONG EXPECTED STOCK MARKET RELAPSE TOOK PLACE THURSDAY ON ONE OF THE LARGEST VOLUMES OF THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH DECLINES RANGING FROM ONE TO MORE THAN SIX POINTS.   TRANSFERS WERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 2700 THOUSAND SHARES.   CASUALTIES INCLUDED SANTA FE, SOUTHERN PACIFIC, CENTRAL, U.S. STEEL, U.S. RUBBER, AMERICAN AIRLINES, AND ANACONDA.   AT CHICAGO WHEAT FELL THREE QUARTERS OFF TO 1 AND 1/8 CENTS A BUSHEL.

BRUSSELS:
WARTIME MARRIAGE OF BELGIUMS KING LEOPOLD TO A DARK TRESSED BEAUTY OF THE PEOPLE WAS DRAGGED THURSDAY BY THE COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER FA BRAPERU ROUGE INTO THE PRESS CAMPAIGN TO FORCE THE ABDICATION OF THE MONARCH.   A FEATURED ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER BORE THE TITLE "GOVERNMENT BAELS REMOVED IN MAY 1940 GETTING A PENSION QUERY HIS ONLY CLAIM FATHER IN LAW OF LEOPOLDS CHILD."

PARIS:
AN ARMY ORDINANCE DIVISION OFFICER SAID THURSDAY THAT THE GERMANS HAD CONSTRUCTED A TWO HUNDRED TON TANK, A GUN WITH A FOUR HUNDRED FOOT BARREL, A ROCKET THAT COULD BE LAUNCHED FROM A SUBMARINE, AND A RIFLE WITH A CURVED BARREL FOR SHOOTING AROUND CORNERS BUT HE LISTED THESE WEAPONS AS IN THE SCREWBALL CLASS.   THE WEAPONS WERE TAKEN OFF THE AMERICAN ARMY SECRET LIST BY LT. COL. KECK OF GREENSBUROUGH PA. CHIEF OF THE ENEMY EQUIPMENT INTELLIGENCE SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE DIVISION IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS.

WASHINGTON (NOTE TO ALL SCOFFERS)
OPA PREDICTED THURSDAY SLIGHTLY MORE MEAT IN JULY AT THE SAME TIME IT CUT POINT VALUES FOR CHEESE BUT INCREASED THE RATION COST OF MARGARINE AND CANNED FISH.   THE POINT REVISIONS ARE EFFECTIVE FOR THE PERIOD FROM NEXT SUNDAY THROUGH JULY 28 SAID ADDING THAT NO DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEAT ARE INCLUDED BECAUSE THE SUPPLY INCREASE IS ONLY FIVE PERCENT.

WASHINGTON D.C.
"WE LEAGUED OUR ARMED MIGHT FOR WAR" TOM CONNALLY TOLD THE SENATE THURSDAY "NOW LET US LEAGUE OUR MORAL AND MATERIAL MIGHT FOR PEACE."   THUS THE TEXAS DEMOCRAT CHAIRMAN OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTE AND A DELEGATE AT THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE OPENED THE CAMPAIGN FOR SPEEDY RATIFICATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER BY A HIGHLY RECEPTIVE SENATE.   "THE WORLD CHARTER FOR PEACE IS KNOCKING AT THE DOORS OF THE SENATE" HE SAID ADDING "WE SHALL NOT TURN IT AWAY."

WASHINGTON D.C.
GEN CLARK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES OCCUPATION FORCES IN AUSTRIA UNDERSECRETARY OF WAR PATTERSON ANNOUNCED THURSDAY.   CLARK WHO COMMANDED THE FIFTEENTH ARMY GROUP IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN WILL BE THE SUPREME AMERICAN AUTHORITY ON MILITARY GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED STATES OCCUPATION ZONE IN AUSTRIA.   WITH SOME VARIATIONS PATTERSON SAID AUSTRIA WILL BE OCCUPIED IN THE SAME MANNER AS GERMANY WITH FOUR ZONES OF OCCUPATION ONE EACH FOR THE MAJOR POWERS.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMEMT AGENCIES ARE CONSIDERING PROTESTS OF SHIPMENTS OF POINT FREE FOOD PACKAGES ABROAD.   THE GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PLAN HAS BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION BY THE FOREIGN ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION THE OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION AND THE WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION BUT NO DECISION HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED SO FAR.   THE CRITICS ATTACK IT ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE FOOD GOES TO CIVILIANS IN LIBERATED COUNTRIES WITHOUT POINTS.

SAN FRANCISCO:
JAPAN ANNOUNCED IT WAS CLOSING EVEN "NECESSARY" INDUSTRIES TO STEP UP WAR PRODUCTION AND BOASTED THAT ANY ANTICIPATED AMERICAN INVASION OF THE HOMELAND WOULD BE REPULSED BY AN ARRAY OF SUICIDE WEAPONS THAT WOULD CREATE "WORLD WIDE AMAZEMENT."

WASHINGTON D.C.
GEN. JOSEPH T MCNARNY REPORTED THAT OVER EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND SOLDIERS IN THE MEDITERANEAN AREA ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCHARGE AND THAT ALL OF THEM WILL BE HOMEWARD BOUND IN SEPTEMBER.   MCNARNY ALLIED SUPREME COMMANDER AND CHIEF OF U.S. FORCES IN THE MEDITERANEAN SAID THERE WERE 508,000 AMERICANS IN THAT AREA AT THE TIME GERMANY SURRENDERED.   "I'M DOING MY BEST TO GET EVERY BODY OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THE HIGH POINT MEN" HE SAID.   BY DECEMBER HE ADDED ONLY FIFTY THOUSAND AMERICAN TROOPS WILL BE LEFT IN THE AREA AND BY THE END OF JANUARY THE NUMBER WILL BE CUT TO 2680 SALVAGE WOOLS.

CHUNKING:
CHINESE TROOPS BATTLING FOR LIUCHOW PART OF THE FORMER U.S. AIRFIELD SOUTH OF THE CITY AND HAVE CAPTURED A RAIL STATION IN THE WESTERN SUBURB OF THE CITY THE CHINESE HIGH COMMAND ANNOUNCED THURSDAY NIGHT.   THESE GAINS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR THE BIG SOUTH CENTRAL CHINA RAIL HUB WERE REPORTED AS GENERALISSIMO CHIANG CAI SHEK DECLARED ALLIED FORCES WERE PREPARING FOR THE FINAL BLOW AGAINST JAPAN.   CHIANG URGED THAT CHINESE FORCES BE EQUIPPED TO CARRY THE BRUNT OF THE FIGHTING ON THE ASIATIC MAINLAND.   HE SAID THAT IF THIS WERE DONE THE COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF JAPAN MIGHT BE ACHIEVED IN ONE YEAR INSTEAD OF THE EIGHTEEN MONTHS HE OTHERWISE ESTIMATED FOR THE VICTORY.

ROME:
ALLIED INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS ARRESTED JOSEP DARNAND SECRETARY OF INTERIOR IN THE VICHY GOVERNMENT WHO WAS DESCRIBED BY THE ALLIED GOVERNMENT AS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL FRENCH COLLABORATIONISTS WITH GERMANY.   DARNAND ALSO SECRETARY OF THE FRENCH MILITIA WAS CAPTURED MONDAY IN A FRIENDS HOUSE AT EDOLO NEAR THE SWISS BORDER.

BASEBALL

WEDNESDAY----
THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES DEFEATED THE ST LOUIS CARDINALS EIGHT TO THREE IN THE FIRST GAME OF A DOUBLE NIGHT HEADER WEDNESDAY.

ST LOUIS 200   000   100   THREE TEN TWO
PHILADELPHIA 020   000   06X   EIGHT FIFTEEN ZERO

THE BOSTON BRAVES LOST THEIR SECOND GAME AGAINST THE CINCINNATI REDS TWO TO FOUR.   THE REDS ALSO WON THE FIRST GAME.

THE CLEVELAND INDIANS DEFEATED THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS EIGHT TO TWO IN A NIGHT GAME WEDNESDAY.

PHILADELPHIA 000   010   010   TWO EIGHT FOUR
CLEVELAND 101   213   00X   EIGHT FOURTEEN ZERO

THE ST LOUIS CARDINALS WON THE SECOND GAME (NITE) AGAINST THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES SIX TO ZERO

THE BROOKLYN DODGERS DEFEATED THE CHICAGO CUBS SIX TO FIVE IN A NIGHT GAME.

THE NEW YORK YANKEES DEFEATED THE ST LOUIS BROWNS SEVEN TO TWO IN A NIGHT GAME.

THE BOSTON RED SOX DEFEATED THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX ELEVEN TO NINE IN A NIGHT GAME WEDNESDAY.

DUE TO A ROUGH SEA, AND BUTTERFLIES IN SOME STOMACHS THE GUNNERS AND THE REST OF THE SCOFFERS DIDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR CHOW AT NOON MEAL YESTERDAY.   WE'RE INCLINED TO THINK THEY WISH IT WERE A BIT ON THE CHOPPY SIDE EVERY DAY.   OF COURSE WE DON'T WISH TO IMPLY THAT THE GUNNERS ARE THE ONLY SCOFFERS; BUT WE DO THINK THEY ARE TWO OF THE BIGGEST.   AS SKI WOULD SAY "DO YOU BEGRUDGE ME OF THIS CHOW?"   NO WE DON'T AND MORE POWER AND BIGGER PLATES IS WHAT WE NEED.   (TAKE IT EASY NOW YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE WILL GET YOU)

I SUPPOSE YOU ALL HAVE NOTICED THE LEFT HANDED M.A.A. OF THE AFTER BATTERY LATELY. --- YES SIR OLD "LOST EIGHTY" HATFIELD HIMSELF.   I SUPPOSE ANYONE WANTING TO FIND HIM ON THE BEACH KNOWS ENOUGH TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE "LEFT-HANDERS" CLUB IN PANAMA CITY. --- $$

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