The CHIVO Chimes At Sea 24 July 1945 Submitted by TM2(SS) Jerry Levy, Plankowner

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.