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***THE CHIVO CHIMES***
JULY 24, 1945
GUAM: WEDNESDAY:
AMERICANS
GREATEST AIR SMASH AT JAPAN SPREAD RUIN FROM KURE NAVY BASE TO MAGOYA TUESDAY
AS TWO-THOUSAND OR MORE THIRD FLEET CARRIER AIRCRAFT, 8 29S, AND SUPPORTING
PLANES BLASTED TARGETS FROM DAWN TO LATE AFTERNOON. AT LEAST THREE
WARSHIPS WERE HIT AT KURE, JAPANS LARGEST NAVY BASE SITUATED ON THE INLAND
SEA, THE MAIN NEST OF THE KAMIKAZE. MORE THAN ONE-THOUSAND CARRIER
PLANES RANGED WIDELY OVER SOUTHWESTERN HONSHU. THEY BRUSHED ASIDE
OPPOSITION SHOOTING DOWN AT LEAST ONE OF A DOZEN JAP FIGHTERS. THE
RECORD FORCE OF MORE THAN 600 B-29'S FROM THE MARIANAS ATTACKED THE ALREADY
BURNED AND BATTERED CITIES OF OSAKA AND MAGOYA WITH FOUR THOUSAND TONS OF
DEMOLITION BOMBS.
CHUNKING:
CHINESE TROOPS
SWEEPING TOWARD ALMOST ISOLATED KREILIN FROM THE SOUTH HAVE BATTLED INTO
THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE FORMER U.S. 14TH AIR FORCE BASE OF YANGSO AND LAYING
SIEGE TO THE JAPANESE HELD STRONGHOLD, THE CHINESE HIGH COMMAND SAID MONDAY
NIGHT.
POTSDAM:
THE BIG THREE
CONFERENCE WILL PAUSE TEMPORARILY LATE WEDNESDAY WHILE BRITISH LEADERS GO
HOME TO LEARN ELECTION RETURNS AND DISCOVER WHO SHALL SPEAK FINALLY FOR
BRITAIN IN HISTORY CHARTING NEGOTIATIONS. PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL,
FOREIGN SECRETARY EDEN, AND CLEMENT ATTLEE, LABOR PARTY LEADER, WILL FLY
TO LONDON FOR THURSDAYS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE JULY SEVENTH BALLOTING.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN, PREMIER STALIN AND THE BRITISH LEADERS HELD THEIR EIGHT
FORMAL CONFERENCE SESSION TUESDAY,BUT NO DETAILS WERE DISCLOSED.
ANOTHER FORMAL SESSION MAY BE HELD WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE BRITONS DEPART,
MARKING THE CLOSE OF THE ELECTION INTERIM PHASE OF THE CONFERENCE.
LONDON:
A RESPONSIBLE BUT
UNATTRIBUTABLE SOURCE SAID TUESDAY THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER OF WAR
TRANSPORTATION CHARGED APPROXIMATELY ONE-HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH AMERICAN
SOLDIER TRAVELING ON THE BRITISH LINERS QUEEN MARY AND QUEEN ELIZABETH NOW
BEING USED FOR TROOP REDEPLOYMENT TO THE UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON:
SENATOR BILBO
MISSISSIPPI SAID MONDAY HE WOULD APOLOGIZE FOR ADDRESSING A BROOKLYN
NEW YORK WOMAN IN A LETTER AS "MY DEAR DAGO" IF SHE
APOLOGIZES TO HIM FIRST. REPRESENTATIVE MARCANTONIO DISCLOSED
BILBOS USE OF THE TERM MONDAY WHEN HE MADE PUBLIC A LETTER FROM THE
SENATOR TO MISS JOSEPHINE PICCOLO, 93 GARFIELD PLACE, BROOKLYN.
HE WROTE BILBO A LETTER URGING HIM TO APOLOGIZE. BILBO REPLIED
TO MARCANTONIO DECLARING IN PART "YES, I WILL APOLOGIZE TO JOSEPHINE
PICCOLO IF SHE WILL WITHDRAW OVER HER SIGNATURE HER INSULTING LETTER TO
ME AND APOLOGIZE FOR WRITING IT."
BOSTON:
A CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDING A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BONUS TO MASSACHUSETTS
SERVICEMEN WAS SCHEDULED TO GO BEFORE THE SENATE.
BALTIMORE:
THE ON AGAIN OFF
AGAIN APPEARANCE OF BUD ABBOTT AND LOU COSTELLO IN BALTIMORE IS ON AGAIN
AT LEAST FOR ONE DAY. THE SCREEN AND RADIO COMEDIANS KNOWN TO BE
AT SERIOUS ODDS FIRST WERE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN BALTIMORE TOGETHER.
THEN COSTELLO WAS TO COME ALONE. NOW THE THEATER MANAGER SAYS BOTH
WILL COME. ASKED IF THIS MEANS THEY HAD BURIED THE HATCHET HE REPLIED
"I DID NOT SAY THAT BUT THEY WILL APPEAR TOGETHER IN BALTIMORE."
BAD WEISE GERMANY:
GENERAL GEORGE S
PATTON JR, COMMANDER OF THE US THIRD ARMY, DECLINED TO COMMENT ON A STATEMENT
PENDING BY REPRESENTATIVE RANKIN OF MISSISSIPPI URGING PATTONS APPOINTMENT
AS SECRETARY OF WAR REPLACING SECRETARY STIMSON.
WASHINGTON:
UNDERSECRETARY
OF WAR PATTERSON TESTIFIED TUESDAY THAT A PROPOSAL TO RELEASE COAL MINERS
FROM THE ARMED FORCES WOULD "DESTROY" THE POINT SYSTEM OF
DISCHARGE AND "BREAK FAITH" WITH OTHER VETERANS. HE
APPEARED BEFORE THE SENATE MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO OPPOSE A
RESOLUTION BY SENATOR KILGORE REPRESENTING THIRTY THOUSAND SOFT COAL
MINERS.
NEW YORK:
THE PORTRAIT OF
THE LATE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FOR WHICH HE WAS SITTING WHEN HE COLLAPSED
AND DIED APRIL TWENTIETH WAS DISPLAYED TO THE PUBLIC MONDAY AT GIMBEL
BROTHERS NEW YORK DEPARTMENT STORE. THE PORTRAITS BACKGROUND IS
UNFINISHED BUT THE FACE HAD BEEN VIRTUALLY COMPLETED. THE
PRESIDENT WAS WEARING HIS NAVY CAPE OVER A GRAY SUIT WITH A WHITE SHIRT
AND RED TIE.
CHICAGO:
A NEW EXPERIMENT
IN SAMPLE POSTWAR LUXURY MADE PUBLIC APPEARANCE HERE TUESDAY WHEN
"VISTA DOME" RAILROAD COACH WAS SHOWN BY BURLINGTON RAILROAD.
THE COACH HAS STEEL RIBBED DOME ENCLOSED IN SAFETY PLATE GLASS
RESISTANT TO SUNS GLARE AND HEAT. THE DOME IS ELEVATED TWO FEET
EIGHT INCHES ABOVE CAR ROOF TO GIVE PASSENGERS IN TWENTY FOUR DELUXE
SEATS VISION AHEAD, BEHIND, ABOVE, AND ON BOTH SIDES. BURLINGTON
PRESIDENT RALPH BUDD SAYS PUBLIC REACTION TO VISTA DOME ON REGULAR
SERVICE CHICAGO TO SAN FRANCISCO WILL DETERMINE EXTENT OF USE OF SIMILAR
CARS IN POSTWAR DAYS.
SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA:
CAMOUFLAGE COVERING
THE DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT PLANT HERE EVER SINCE PEARL HARBOR WAS REMOVED TUESDAY.
HOLLYWOOD MAKE BELIEVE EXPERTS COOPERATED WITH DOUGLAS ENGINEERS IN
BUILDING FAKE CITY OVER THE PLANT THAT LOOKED LIKE WAR HOUSING PROJECT ON
WASHDAY. PHONEY HOUSING PROJECT EVEN HAD LAUNDRY HANGING ON LINES
AND FAKE TREES ALL RAISED ABOVE DOUGLAS PLANT. DUMMY AIRFIELD NEARBY
WAS SO EFFECTIVE THAT WATCHMAN WAS NEEDED TO DRIVE OFF US PLANES THAT
MISTAKENLY TRIED TO LAND.
WASHINGTON:
JACKIE COOGAN
CHILD MOVIE STAR BACK IN THE NINETEEN TWENTIES NOW IS JOHN COOGAN BACK
FROM BURMA INDIA THEATER SAID TODAY HE WILL LEAVE ARMY NEXT WEEK AND
RETURN TO SCREEN TO PLAY IN PICTURES BASED PARTLY ON HIS OWN EXPERIENCES
LANDING GLIDERS BEHIND JAPANESE LINES IN BURMA.
WASHINGTON:
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT
PUT INTO EFFECT TUESDAY PROGRAM FOR RELEASE OF CERTAIN OLDER PERSONNEL ON
THEIR REQUIREMENTS. ABOUT THIRTY THOUSAND RESERVE NAVY OFFICERS,
WARRENT OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN EXPECT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR RELEASE BY
DECEMBER FIRST UNDER NEW PROGRAM. NAVY SETS UP FORMULA GRANTING
MEN ONE POINT FOR EACH YEAR OF AGE TO NEAREST BIRTHDAY AND ONE POINT EACH
FOR EACH FOUR MONTHS ACTIVE DUTY SINCE SEPTEMBER FIRST NINETEEN THIRTY NINE.
TO BE ELIGIBLE FIFTY THREE POINTS MUST BE SCORED BY RESERVE LINE
OFFICERS, ENLISTED RESERVISTS, NAVY INDUCTEES, AND ENLISTED MEN REGULARS
SERVING UNDER EXPRIED ENLISTMENT. RESERVE OFFICERS OF SUPPLY CORPS
MUST HAVE FIFTY FIVE POINTS AND RESERVE OFFICERS OF CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS
FIFTY SEVEN. ELIBIBLE PERSONNEL MAY APPLY FOR RELEASE
IMMEDIATELY.
PARIS FRANCE:
IN PARIS FIELD
MARSHALL PETAIN IS ON TRIAL FOR INTELLIGENCE WITH ENEMY BEFORE AND
DURING FRENCH OCCUPATION. FORMER PREMIER PAUL REYMAUD TUESDAY
ACCUSED BOTH PETAIN AND KING LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM OF TREATCHERY IN
SURRENDERING TO GERMANY. REYMAUD ALSO SAID FRANCE AND BRITAIN IN
NINETEEN FORTY CONSIDERED BUYING OFF MUSSOLINIS FROM ENTERING WAR BY
GIVING ITALY TERRITORIAL RIGHTS IN AFRICA. REYMAUD SAID PLANS
WERE SCUTTLED BECAUSE OF OPPOSITION BY WINSTON CHURCHILL.