The CHIVO Chimes At Sea 25 July 1945 Submitted by TM2(SS) Jerry Levy, Plankowner

JULY 25, 1945

GUAM:
A SKY FLEET OF SUPERFORTS BLASTED OIL TARGETS IN TOKYO BAY WEDNESDAY THE THIRD DAY OF AN RUINOUS UNRELENTING CAMPAIGN OF DESTRUCTION FROM SEA AND AIR THAT HAS WRECKED THE CORE OF JAPAN'S NAVY AND SPREAD RUIN ALONG HER COAST.   THE JAPANESE SAID SOME OF THE 1200 U.S. AND BRITISH CARRIER PLANES, AFTER POUNDING 325 MILES OF SOUTHERN HONSHU, VEERED FAR NORTH AND HIT NORTHERNMOST ISLAND OF HOKKAIDO WHILE WARSHIPS BOMBARDED A POSSIBLE INVASION POINT SOUTH OF TOKYO.   ADMIRAL HALSEY DECLARED HIS US THIRD FLEET WITH ITS BRITISH ALLY WAS EMBARKED TO "THE OPENING OF THE FINAL PLUNGE INTO THE HEART OF JAPAN" AND "IF THE JAPS DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE A DOOMED NATION THEY'RE DUMBER THAT I THINK THEY ARE".

MIDNIGHT RAIDS BY B-29'S HIT THREE OIL REFINERIES IN THEIR SECOND SUPERFORT BLOW IN THIRTY SIX HOURS.   SINGLED OUT FOR DESTRUCTION WAS INDUSTRY PACKED KAWASAKI ON RECLAIMED LAND IN THE BAY TEN MILES SOUTH OF TOKYO.

THE SUPERFORTS THAT POUNDED OSAKA AND NAGOYA WERE SO SUCCESFUL IN THEIR ATTACKS THAT BOMBARDIERS WATCHED WHOLE BUILDINGS VANISH AS THEIR BOMBS STRUCK HOME.   SOMEWHERE OFF JAPAN LURKED THE U.S. AND BRITISH FLEETS WHICH WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TUESDAY AND MOST OF WEDNESDAY IN THICKENING WEATHER TURNING JAPAN'S INLAND SEA INTO A TRAP OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.   YET TO BE ANNOUNCED WERE RESULTS OF WEDNESDAY'S CARRIER PLANE STRIKE WHICH WAS CROWDED IN RIGHT BEHIND TUESDAY'S BLOW THAT PUT THE BULK OF THE ENEMY'S REMAINING FLEET TEMPORARILY OUT OF ACTION.   SQUADRONS OF BOMBERS, TORPEDO PLANES AND FIGHTERS HEAVILY DAMAGED TWO BATTLESHIPS, A LARGE AIRCRAFT CARRIER, AN ESCORT CARRIER AND THREE CRUISERS.   THE BATTLESHIPS WERE OF A CONVERTED TYPE WITH PART OF THE DECKS CLEARED FOR PLANE LANDINGS.   PILOTS RETURNING TO CARRIERS SAID THEY SAW JAPANESE CIVILIAN HOME GUARD MEMBERS HANDLING MACHINE GUNS.

TOKYO RADIO ADMITTED HEAVY ALLIED AIR RAIDS AND ANNOUNCED A LIST OF NINE MORE JAPANESE GENERALS KILLED IN THE PAST YEAR.

MANILA:
INVASION OF JAPAN WILL MEET ALMOST NO OPPOSITION ON THE BEACHES, COMMANDER OF THE FAR EAST FORCES, PREDICTED WEDNESDAY IN ANNOUNCING THAT AMERICAN AIRMEN ARE ABOUT READY TO SMACK JAPAN WITH THOUSAND TON BOMBING RUNS.

LT. GEN. NATHAN F. TWINING HAS ARRIVED ON GUAM TO TAKE OVER COMMAND OF THE 20TH AIR FORCE ON AUGUST 1ST.   HE SUCEEDS CURTIS LE MAY WHO HAS BEEN NAMED CHIEF OF STAFF TO GEN. CARL SPAATZ, CHIEF OF US ARMY STRATEGIC AIR FORCES.

MANILA:
THE MEXICAN FLAG FLEW OVER THE FORWARD FIGHTER STRIP ON LUZON TODAY, AS FIRST BANNERS IN HISTORY TO BE BORNE BY A MEXICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN COMBAT.   COLORS WERE RAISED JULY 24TH IN A BRIEF CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPARTURE OF THE MEXICAN AIRMEN FROM THEIR HOMELAND.   THEY TRAINED IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE ENTERING COMBAT DUTY IN THE PACIFIC.

LONDON:
PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL AND CLEMENT ATTLEE RETURNED TO LONDON WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM THE INTERRUPTED BIG THREE CONFERENCE AT POTSDAM TO BE ON HAND FOR THURSDAY'S COUNT OF GENERAL ELECTION BALLOTS DETERMINING WHICH WILL BE BRITISH LEADER AND CHIEF SPOKESMAN IN WORLD AFFAIRS.   AS THE CONSERVATIVE AND LABOR PARTY STANDARD BEARERS RETURNED, EXCITEMENT SPREAD THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AWAITING THE COUNT WHICH WILL DECIDE LEADERSHIP OF THE NATION'S FIRST "PEACE IN EUROPE" GOVERNMENT.

POTSDAM:
PRESIDENT TRUMAN WILL REVIEW TROOPS IN FRANCE ON THE MAIN RIVER DURING A RECESS OF THE BIG THREE SESSIONS WHILE PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL LEAVES FOR BRITAIN'S ELECTION RETURNS.   TRUMAN, IN A ONE-DAY ROUND TRIP, WILL FLY TO FRANKFORT, US ARMY OCCUPATION HEADQUARTERS, FOR LUNCH WITH GENERAL EISENHOWER.   HE PLANS TO RETURN EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.   THE BRITISH DELEGATION WERE EXPECTED BACK FRIDAY.

PARIS:
MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED JEEPS AND U.S. ARMY STAFF CARS HAVE BEEN IMPOUNDED IN A TEN-DAY RAID ON TRANSPORTATION BY PARIS AND MILITARY POLICE.   AT LEAST THREE GENERALS CARS WERE WISKED UP TO THE CHEERS OF ONLOOKING G.I.'S AND CIVILIANS.   THE POLICE WERE OPERATING MOSTLY ON THE CHAMPS ELYSEES, LA PLACE DE LA CONCORDE, AND GRAN BOULEVARDE STOPPING ALL MILITARY CARS CONTAINING CIVILIANS, ESPECIALLY MADEMOISELLES, ARMY WACS, NURSES OR RED CROSS GIRLS.   A CAR DRIVEN BY A BRIG. GENERAL WAS STOPPED ON CHAMPS ELYSEES BECAUSE HE WAS ACCOMPAINED BY A FRENCH GIRL.   THEY LEFT THE CAR AND WALKED AWAY.

CHUNGKING:
CHINESE COMMUNISTS CHARGED WEDNESDAY THAT CHINESE GOVERNMEMT TROOPS HAD STARTED CIVIL WAR BY ATTCKING THEIR FORCES IN NORTHERN CHINA BUT A CHUNGKING SPOKESMAN SAID THE SITUATION WAS NOT SERIOUS AND DECLARED THE COMMUNISTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLASHES.

MOSCOW:
THE JAPANESE NEWS AGENCY, DOMEI, WAS QUOTED IN THE RUSSIAN "RED STAR" AS SAYING THAT JAPAN SOON WOULD BE STARTING PILOTED SUICIDE PLANES ACROSS THE PACIFIC TO BOMB THE UNITED STATES.   (SOME S---!)

WASHINGTON:
THE SENATE SOON WILL RATIFY THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER WITH ALMOST NO OPPOSITION.   SENATOR BURTON, (R) OHIO, POINTED OUT THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PRESENT CHARTER DISCUSSIONS AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS FIGHT TEWNTY- FIVE YEARS AGO.   SENATOR GERRY, (R) RHODE ISLAND, (POOR LIL' RHODE ISLAND) SAID THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS FIGHT WAS A LONG, DRAWN-OUT AFFAIR WITH NO QUARTER ASKED OR GIVEN ON EITHER SIDE.   HE PREDICTED VIRTUALLY UNANIMOUS RATIFICATION OF THE PRESENT CHARTER.   THE REASON HE SAID IS APPARENT CHANGE IN PUBLIC SENTIMENT BROUGHT ABOUT BY TWO WORLD WARS IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.   SENATOR BURTON SAID THE CHARTER WOULD STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S POSITION AS A NATION.   A GROUP OF OTHER SENATORS SERVED NOTICE THEY EXPECT LATER THAT MILITARY AGREEMENTS WHICH WILL HAVE SENATE AND HOUSE APPROVAL WILL MEET WITH THEIR UNQUALLIFIED OPPOSITION, HOWEVER, THE GROUP, INCLUDING SENATOR WHEELER, (D) MONTANA, PLANNED TO VOTE FOR THE CHARTER BUT ONLY WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE.

TROOPS OF THE 86TH BLACK HAWK DIVISION POURED INTO CAMP GRUBER, OKLAHOMA, TODAY FOR TRAINING SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO UPSET THE JAPANESE.   THE BLACK HAWK DIVISION IS FIRST OUTFIT TO BE DEPLOYED FROM EUROPE THROUGH THE UNITED STATES ENROUTE TO THE PACIFIC.   TRAIN AFTER TRAIN TRANSPORTED EUROPEAN VETERANS TO WAITING TRUCKS, THEN THE MEN WERE WHISKED TO BARRACKS, CLEANED AND READIED BY GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR.   ARRIVALS WILL CONTINUE FOR A WEEK OR MORE AS SOLDIERS WIND UP THIRTY DAY FURLOUGHS.   AS TROOPS GO INTO AN EIGHT WEEK RETRAINING PROGRAM WITH EMPHASIS ON HOW TO BEAT THE JAP, THEY WILL MAKE USE OF A SIMULATED ORIENTAL VILLAGE CONSTRUCTED ON THE 70,000 ACRE RESERVATION.   THE 88TH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST OF MANY UNITS WHICH WILL BE RETRAINED AT CAMP GRUBER.

PORTLAND, OREGON:
SHOWERS AND RISING HUMIDITY ARE HELPING CHECK NEW OUTBREAKS IN OREGON'S HUGE TILLAMOOK FOREST FIRE.   ELSEWHERE IN NORTHWEST WEARY CREWS REPORTED MAJOR BLAZES BEING KEPT IN HAND.

WASHINGTON:
PRESIDENT TRUMAN NOMINATED THREE NAVY OFFICERS FOR PROMOTION TO RANK OF COMMODORE.   THEY ARE ADOLPH PICKHARDT, ROGER NELSON, AND JACK BOUNDY.

PARIS:
THE PARIS TRIAL OF 89 YEAR OLD MARSHAL PETAIN CONTINUED THROUGH ITS THIRD DAY.   THE FORMER CHIEF OF VICHY GOVERNMENT IS BEING TRIED BEFORE A SPECIAL 24 MAN JURY ON CHARGES OF INTELLIGENCE WITH THE ENEMY AND PLOTTING AGAINST THE SECURITY OF FRANCE.   FORMER PREMIER DALADIER WAS ON THE WITNESS STAND TODAY.   HE TESTIFIED THAT ALL THE TRAITORS OF FRANCE FLOCKED TO VICHY AFTER THE ARMISTICE WITH GERMANY IN 1940.   HE DECLARED THAT PERTAIN'S REGIME RUINED FRANCE.   FORMER PRESIDENT LEBRUN TESTIFIED THAT PERTAIN THREATENED TO RESIGN FROM REYNAUD CABINET IN JUNE 1940 UNLESS FRANCE ASKED AN ARMISTICE WITH GERMANY.   THE TRIAL JUDGE READ INTO THE RECORD A TELEGRAM HE SAID PERTAIN HAD SENT HITLER ASKING PERMISSION FOR FRENCH TROOPS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEFENSE OF VICHY ALONGSIDE THE GERMANS.   PERAIN REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO THIS POINT.

WASHINGTON:
THE CLEVELAND INDIANS SHUT OUT THE SENATORS FOUR TO ZERO, COLLECTING ELEVEN HITS OFF TWO WASHINGTON HURLERS.   THE SCORE -- CLEVELAND FOUR RUNS, ELEVEN HITS, NO ERRORS.   WASHINGTON -- NO RUNS, SEVEN HITS, ONE ERROR.

CINNCINNATTI:
SCORING IN THE EARLY INNINGS, THE GIANTS LEAD ALL THE WAY IN A SIX TO FOUR WIN OVER THE REDS.   NEW YORK -- SIX RUNS, ELEVEN HITS, NO ERRORS.   CINNCINNATTI -- FOUR RUNS, SEVEN HITS, NO ERRORS.

ST. LOUIS:
THE CARDINALS EDGED THE DODGERS SEVEN TO SIX IN A FREE HITTING GAME IN WHICH BOTH TEAMS COLLECTED TEN HITS EACH.   BROOKLYN -- SIX RUNS, TEN HITS, NO ERRORS.   ST. LOUIS -- SEVEN RUNS, TEN HITS, ONE ERROR.

PITTSBURGH:
AFTER THE PIRATES TIED THE SCORE WITH A RUN IN THE NINTH IN THEIR FRAY WITH THE RED SOX THE GAME WAS EXTENDED TO ELEVEN INNINGS BEFORE THEY BROKE IT UP SIX TO FIVE.   BOSTON -- FIVE RUNS, ELEVEN HITS, TWO ERRORS.   PITTSBURGH -- SIX RUNS, NINE HITS, NO ERRORS.

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CAPTAIN: (POINTING TO CIGARETTE STUB ON CONTROL ROOM DECK) "CHIEF, IS THAT YOUR'S?"
KNAPP: (PLEASANTLY) "NOT AT ALL, SIR, YOU SAW IT FIRST."