Fifth Army Near Florence as Allied Push Gains
Allied forces report the Fifth Army within 13 miles of Florence with German resistance hardening. In Italy the British Eighth Army advances north of Perugia as San Vincenzo falls and highway L Highway One secures more ground toward Leghorn. Casualties run high with 70,000 soldiers killed or captured so far in the offensive.
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Fifth Army
Florence
Rome
RP Faith
Armetican 5
Bavane Point
Leghorn
8Th Army
Perugradia
Central Italy
Allied Arms
Germnanine
Timerea
Enem
Acth
San Vincen
Leghot
Sa Ttta
Stena Highwas
Haeh
Rotanda
Calane
Chien
Italy
Viteboek
Cnet
Cemapider
Year Prison Term Assessed In Murder Case
A report from Bonham notes that in the Sixth District Court proceedings, Thurman Snuth is connected to a murder case involving a man identified as Leevenan Ports Caray. The court recorded a prison term assessment following the verdict.
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Leevenan
Caray Negro
Thurman Snuth
Bonham
Man Convicted After Brief Deliberation In Death Penalty Case
A jury found Gray guilty after deliberating just over an hour on a Wednesday afternoon. He had pleaded not guilty on self defense grounds and requested a suspended sentence if convicted, while the state pursued the death penalty. He faces five years in the state penitentiary.
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Gray
Bonham Boy Would Like To Have Coca Cola
Pvt William Perry of the Army Medical Corps in Italy asks his Bonham parents for a bottle of Coca Cola and describes a Hershey bar selling for 400 in Italy. He has served since June 1942 and been overseas 18 months, never meeting his two year old son born after his departure. He has been in England North Africa and Italy and shares clippings from The Union Jack and The Stars and Stripes.
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William Perry
Army Medical Corps
Italy
B . Perry
Bonham
Perry
England
North Africa
US Army
Navy chief outlines Pacific advance to direct assault on Japan
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal said at a Washington news conference that American gains in the Pacific will allow a direct assault on the Japanese mainland after Saipan’s conquest. He warned the final occupation of Saipan will enable new offensives by land, air, and naval forces against Japan, the Philippines, and much of the Dutch East Indies.
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Washington
Pacific
Saipan
James Forrestal
Toda
Marianas Islands
Happer
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
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