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***THE CHIVO CHIMES***
JULY 21, 1945
MANILA, FRIDAY JULY 20 (UP):
A POWERFUL
AMERICAN AERIAL FORCE FROM OKINAWA SET GREAT FIRES RAGING IN
SHANGHAI. THE ATTACK ON SHANGHAI WAS THE FIRST FULL SCALE
RAID EVER MADE AGAINST THAT MAJOR CHINESE CITY WHICH STANDS
SIXTEENTH AMOUNG THE WORLDS AND IS THE LARGEST CITY HELD BY THE
JAPANESE OUTSIDE THEIR HOMELAND. MORE THAN 200 LIBERATORS
MITCHELLS AND THUNDERBOLTS HIT THE AIRFIELDS AND THE SHANGHAI
HARBOR WITH NEARLY 300 TONS OF EXPLOSIVES RAINING DOWN ON THE MAIN
AIRDROEM NORTH OF THE CITY. THE KIANGAN AIRDROEM WHICH
CONTAINS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IN CHINA
HAS EXTENSIVE BARRACKS, 15 MAJOR HANGERS, NUMEROUS SHOPS AND A
LARGE STORAGE AREA. IT HAS FOUR CONCRETE BOMBER RUNWAYS
WHICH THE JAPANESE ARE WIDENING AND LENGTHENING AND TWO FIGHTER
RUNWAYS. THE AMERICANS CAME IN THROUGH A HOLE IN HEAVY
OVERCAST, AND SAID THEY SAW ALL BOMBS LANDING IN THE TARGET AREA.
NO JAPANESE PLANES ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTION, BUT GROUND FIRE
WAS HEAVY. TWO HEAVY BOMBERS ARE MISSING FROM THE ATTACK,
ONE OF WHICH EXPLODED OVER THE TARGET.
GUAM:
GRATEFUL
NATIVES AND THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF AMERICAN ARMED FORCES JOINED
HANDS TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THIS
ISLAND BASE FROM THE JAPS. INFORMALITY WAS THE KEYNOTE IN A
DAY MARKED BY MUSIC DANCING AND OPEN HOUSE HOSPITALITY OFFERED BY
THE GUAMANIANS. A SPEECH BY ADMIRAL NIMITZ WAS THE ONLY
OFFICIAL TOUCH. NATIVES IN THE TOWN OF INARAJEN DECORATED
THEIR HOUSES WITH HIBISCUS AND PALM FRONDI. AMERICAN NOTICES
CROWDED THE BULLETIN BOARDS ONCE PLASTERED WITH JAPS ORDERS.
ADMIRAL NIMITZ SAID "THE STORY OF THE RECONQUEST OF GUAM BEGINS
WITH THE SMASHING VICTORY OF AMERICAN ARMS OVER THE JAPS WHO ONE
YEAR AND ONE DAY AGO WERE PRESENT ON THIS ISLAND EIGHTEEN THOUSAND
STRONG. THEN WE WON OVER THE WEATHER AND JUNGLE AND THEN
CAME OUR GREAT OFFENSIVE TODAY GUAM IS A
POWERHOUSE."
WASHINGTON:
THE ARMY
AND NAVY JOURNAL AN OFFICIAL SERVICE PUBLICATION SAID TODAY THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMAN CARRIED TO THE BIG THREE CONFERENCE A DRAFT OF JAP
SURRENDER TERMS AS FAVORED BY THE STATE, WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS.
THESE THE JOURNAL SAID CALL FOR THE TOTAL LOSS TO JAPAN OF
WHAT REMAINS OF HER FLEET AND AIR FORCE AS WELL AS FOR OTHER
MILITARY DISARMEMENT, THE LOSS OF TERRITORY OUTSIDE THE HOME
ISLANDS, THE DESTRUCTION OF HER WAR INDUSTRIES, THE COMPLETE
CONTROL OF HER ECONOMY BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE SURRENDER OF
DESIGNATED WAR CRIMINALS.
WASHINGTON:
PRESIDENT
TRUMAN'S STATEMENT THAT THE UNITED STATES IS NOT SEEKING "ONE PIECE
OF TERRITORY" PROMOTED CONGRESSIONAL DEMAND TODAY THAT THIS CONTRY
RETAIN COMPLETE CONTROL OF STRATEGIC ISLANDS IN THE
PACIFIC.
SAN FRANCISCO:
THE
JAPANESE DECLARED THAY HAD INVENTED A NEW SECRET WEAPON, "IN EVERY
SENSE OF THE WORD" WHICH FUNCTIONED BEST IF RUN BY SPECIAL ATTACK
SUICIDE OPERATIVES.
LONDON:
A BRITISH
FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESMAN DECLARED TODAY THAT IT "IS NOT WITHIN OUR
POWER" TO WAIVE SUEZ CANAL TOLLS ON AMERICAN SHIPS CARRYING
SOLDIERS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE PACIFIC THEATER. (RATHER BAD
EH NOT OLD CHAPPIE --- DAMN THE LIMEYS)
OMAHA:
A
SUGGESTION THAT THE WORLD SERIES BE HELD IN THE PACIFIC AND THAT
FREE TICKETS BE DROPPED BEHIND THE LINES OF THE BASEBALL LOVING
JAPANESE WAS MADE EDITORIALLY TODAY BY THE WORLD HERALD.
ABILENE, KANS:
PROUD
KANSAS FROM NEAR AND FAR TODAY LAUNCHED THE EISENHOWER MEMORIAL
FOUNDATION MOVEMENT DESIGNED EVENTUALLY TO ERECT HERE ONE OF THE
PRINCIPAL SHRINES OF WORLD WAR TWO.
HARFOTD, NY:
MRS.
WILLIAM VOORHEES REPORTED A NEW KIND OF CHICKEN THIEF TODAY.
SHE TOLD POLICE THAT SOMEONE STOLE THIRTEEN OF THE LARGEST CHICKENS
IN HER FLOCK AND REPLACED THEM WITH THIRTEEN OTHERS AVERAGING TWO
POUNDS OR LESS APIECE.
ATLANTA, GA:
COMMANDO
KELLY A MARRIED MAN NOW AND HOMER LEE WISE BOTH WEARERS OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL LEFT FORT BENNING TODAY FOR FORT MCPHERSON AND
A DISCHARGE. (WELL BOYS ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS GET A
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR AND YOU CAN GET A DISCHARGE
TOO)
LONDON:
THE MAIN
TRIALS OF GERMAN ARCH CRIMINALS OF WAR MAY BE HELD AT THE NAZI
SHRINE CITY OF NUREMBERG. JUSTICE ROBERT H JACKSON CHIEF
UNITED STATES PROSECUTOR AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH AND
FRENCH GOVERNMENTS FLEW TO NUREMBERG TODAY TO INSPECT A PROPOSED
SITE.
MONDORF, LUXEMBOURG:
REICHSMARDHAL HERMANN GOERINGH'S DIET OF SEDATIVES ARE
BEING GRADUALLY REDUCED AND HE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. (POOR
BOY)
WASHINGTON:
TWO SENATE
HOLDOUTS, SHIPSTEAD REPUBLICAN, MINNESOTA, AND LANGER REPUBLICAN OF
INDIANA SAID TODAY THEY HAD NOT DECIDED HOW THEY WILL VOTE ON THE
UNITED NATIONS CHARTER. ONLY JOHNSON REPUBLICAN, CALIFORNIA
(HASSON'S FRIEND I'LL BET!) HAS REGISTERED FLAT
OPPOSITION.
WASHINGTON:
THE MOTOR
MINE-SWEEPER YMS 84 HAS BEEN LOST IN THE BORNEO AREA FROM ENEMY
ACTION THE NAVY ANNOUNCED TODAY. CASUALTIES INCLUDED TEN
WOUNDED MEN.
WASHINGTON:
REFERRING
TO TREATMENT OF JAPANESE OFFICIALS CAPTURED IN GERMANY REPS.
SPRINGER, REPUBLICAN OF INDIANA ASSERTED TODAY THAT "OUR NATION HAS
ELECTED TO COBBLE AND PAMPER HIGH OFFICIALS OF JAPAN WITHOUT ANY
JUSTIFICATION OR EXCUSE."
WASHINGTON:
CIVILIAN
MEAT SUPPLIES WILL DROP TO THE PRE-WAR AVERAGE THIS YEAR FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE 1941. DESPITE LARGE MILITARY AND LEND LEASE
REQUIREMENTS CIVILIAN CONSUMPTION IN THE WAR YEARS HAS BEEN ABOVE
THE 1935, 1939 AVERAGES. THE APPARENT SHORTAGE REFLECTS A
RECORD PURCHASING POWER. CIVILIANS AS A GROUP HAVE HAD MORE
MONEY WITH WHICH TO BUY MEATS.
HOLLYWOOD:
FRED
MCMURRAY HAS MADE A SETTLEMENT WITH HIS WIFE, CLEATUS CALDWELL AND
GIVEN HER CUSTODY OF THEIR TWO SONS BUT WITH A STIPULATION THAT
NEITHER CHILD SHALL BE EMPLOYED AS A MOVIE ACTOR.
RENO:
RENO'S
MALES TODAY TURNED TO WEARING OF "FIG LEAVES" THATS THE NAME OF THE
NEWEST IN UNDERGARMENTS NOW OFFERED FOR SALE IN LOCAL
HABERDASHERIES. THEY ARE SUBSTITUTES FOR MENS SHORTS OF
WHICH IN RENO THERE ARE NONE. THE FIG LEAF IS A SORT OF GEE
STRING WITH LONG STRAPS FORE AND AFT RUNNING FROM THE SHOULDERS
DOWNWARD AND FASTENED WITH FOUR SNAPS.
OAKLAND, CALIF:
THE NAVY
AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE OPENED ITS NEW GIANT PASSENGER TERMINAL IN
OAKLAND TODAY. THE TERMINAL HAS FACILITIES TO HANDLE MORE
THAN TWENTY THOUSAND PERSONS A MONTH.
PORTLAND, OREGON:
A DRIZZLE
OF RAIN IN NORTHWEST OREGON GAVE NEW HOPE TODAY TO THE TWO THOUSAND
MEN FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE AGAINST A SEVENTY SQUARE MILE FOREST
FIRE.
WASHINGTON:
THE HOUSE
ADJOURNED TODAY FOR ITS LONGEST VACATION SINCE 1938. BARRING
EMERGENCIES IT WON'T RETURN UNTIL OCTOBER EIGHT.
LONDON:
YORKSHIRE
FARMERS ARE COMPLAINING THAT THEY HAVE TO BRIBE GERMAN PRISONERS
WITH CIGARS AND CIGARETTES TO GET THEM TO DO THE SIMPLEST FARM WORK
AND TOWNSPEOPLE ARE ANGRY WITH THE FARMERS FOR USING THESE METHODS
TO KEEP THE GERMAN PRISONERS FROM SULKING. (SUCKERS)
------SORRY THERE ISN'T MORE GOOD WAR NEWS, BUT NONE WAS SENT, SOOOOO IF WE DON'T GET THE DOPE WE CAN'T GIVE IT OUT.
IT WAS HEARD TODAY ON BROADCAST THAT AMERICAN UNDERWATER BOATS HAD SUNK ELEVEN JAPANESE SHIPS. (SOUNDS GOOD)
WASHINGTON:
THE
SENATORS FORGED AHEAD TO OVERCOME AN EARLY THREE RUN LEAD AND
CONQUER THE INDIANS SEVEN TO FOUR. CLEVELAND FOUR RUNS EIGHT
HITS TWO ERRORS, WASHINGTON SEVEN RUNS EIGHT HITS ONE
ERROR.
CINCINNATI:
THE GIANTS
BUILT UP A THREE RUN LEAD IN THE FIRST INNING TO LEAD THE REDS ALL
THE WAY WINNING SIX TO THREE. NEW YORK SIX RUNS NINE HITS NO
ERRORS. CINCINNATI THREE RUNS NINE HITS ONE
ERROR.
WASHINGTON:
THE TIGERS
EXECUTED A TRIPLE PLAY TONIGHT BUT THEY LOST A DOUBLE HEADER TO THE
SENATORS FOUR TO THREE AND THREE TO ONE. THE TRIPLE PLAY THE
FIRST HERE SINCE 1943 WAS MADE BY EDDIE MAYO WHO LEAPED TO CATCH A
LINE DRIVE THREW TO WEBB WHO IN TURN TOSSED TO YORK, TO COMPLETE
THE TRIPLE KILLING. FIRST GAME DETROIT THREE RUNS EIGHT HITS
ONE ERROR, WASHINGTON FOUR RUNS FOURTEEN HITS NO ERRORS.
SECOND GAME, DETROIT ONE RUN FOUR HITS ONE ERROR, WASHINGTON THREE
RUNS NINE HITS ONE ERROR.
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DETROIT - 1ST PLACE WASHINGTON NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO ST LOUIS CLEVELAND PHILADELPHIA |
WON 46 42 41 42 42 39 37 28 |
LOST 34 26 38 39 40 38 41 51 |
PERCENT 575 538 518 518 512 506 474 354 |
CHICAGO - 1ST PLACE ST LOUIS BROOKLYN PITTSBURG NEW YORK BOSTON CINCINNATI PHILADELPHIA |
WON 50 48 47 43 45 40 38 24 |
LOST 31 36 37 41 43 42 40 |
PERCENT 617 571 560 512 511 488 487 270 |
NEW YORK: MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING EADERS,
NATIONAL ------ HOLMES BOSTON 382, ROSEN BROOKLYN 366
AMERICAN ------ CUCINELLO CHICAGO 328, CASE WASHINGTON
326.
IN THIS WORLD OF KINDNESS AND TENDERNESS IT IS A PLEASURE TO MEET ONE OF THE BOYS WHO REAMED AND LIKED IT. BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF 1938 MR. BETHLEM STEEL CORP. POINTED PROUDLY TO JEROME JOSEPH LEVY, KNOWN TO THE MEDICAL WORLD AS HUMANUS TOMATUS OR THE ONLY MAN ALIVE WHO HAS RED EYE RUNNING THROUGH HIS ARTERIES. OLD "THIN BLOOD" LEVY TOSSED ASIDE THE DUTY OF TURNING OUT HIS QUOTA ALL RIGHT. FROM THAT DAY FORWARD "POPPET CHIN" WAS KNOWN FAR AND WIDE AS THE HUMAN TAIL STOP OF THE SILENT SERVICE.
SURROUNDED BY THE OPTIMISM OF "WHELP" PHELPS, THE GOOD CHEER OF "BIFF", "HANGFIRE", "TUBA NOSE", AND THE ANGELIC INNOCENCE OF "GALENTO" HASSON, THE HOLE IN THE DOUGHNUT ATTITUDE OF "SPINDLE" JOE IS A VALUABLE ONE.
LEVY IS A SUCESS TODAY BECAUSE HE FIRMLY BELIEVED IN THE AGE-OLD BALTIMORE SAYING: BLOOD ISN'T EVERYTHING.