Italian Campaign Chronology Highlights Allied March to Rome
A chronology of the Italian campaign from September 1943 to June 1944 detailing Allied landings at Salerno and Anzio, captures of Naples Foggia and Cassino, Rome’s fall, and key German setbacks. It notes Mussolini’s liberation, battles on the Volturno and Garigliano, and the progress of Fifth and Eighth Armies.
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Montgomery
Eighth Army
Italy
Messina Strait
Sicily
Sicly
Eisenhower
Clark
Fifth Army
Salerno
Naples
Roma
Rome
Taranto
Mussolini
Fifth
Eighth
Sardinia
U. S
Corsica
Foggia
Benevento
Termoli
Adriatic
Germany
Marshal Badoglio
King Emmanuele
Volturno
Sangro River
Garigliano
Cassino
Ortona
Anzio
Appian Way
Benedictine Abbey
Monte Cassino
Pescara Dam
Thyrhenian Sea
Cassino Falls
Gaeta
Hitler Line
Gustav Line
Hitler
Velletri
Valmontone
Eternal City
Casilina
Shore battalions mobilize to clear sea lanes for landings
Troops deploy to clear underwater obstructions and channel mines ahead of Allied landings. Craft repair or destroy obstructions, direct landings, and establish emergency stations as mine sweepers and fast boats scout near German positions. Secret fast craft may accompany patrols, with PT boats patrolling within firing range.
Guardianship Hearing For William Carter In Taylor County
T B Joiner has applied for guardianship of William Carter. The hearing will be at 10 o clock a m on the first Monday in July at the Ordinary R Lunsford's office. This 5th day of June 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
T. B. Joiner
William Carter
R. Lunsford
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Vote to Disband National Group
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan announced disbandment as a national body at an Atlanta convention held April 23. Imperial Wizard J A Colescott said local chapters remain freed from imperial HQ obligations while he retains the title and the organization can reincarnate anytime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta Journal
Fred D. Moon
Journal
J. A. Colescott
Olescott
Klan
Imperial Palace
Catholic Church
Order
Colescott
Imperial Wizard
Hiram W. Evans
Dallas
Georgia Bar Association Receives War Aid Certificates
The Georgia Bar Association earned Army and Navy certificates of appreciation for aiding the war effort. The awards recognized lawyers who provided legal assistance to military personnel and dependents at posts and stations. New officers named include C. J. Bloch president and C. L. Gowen vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Army and Navy
Georgia Bar Association
M. A. Aliison
C. J. Bloch
Macon
C. L. Gowen
Brunswick
R. L. Anderson Jr
J. W. Parker
J. D. Tye Jr
American Bar Association
Griffin Daily News Invasion Extra Upside Down
Griffin Georgia June 6 readers received an invasion extra on time despite three inside pages being printed upside down. Publisher Quimby Melton blamed invasion jitters and kept the press running so Griffin residents had the extra by 5 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin, Ga
Griffin
Griffin Daily News
Quimby Melton
Melton
21-Pound Baby Born in Clairfield Tennessee
A 21 pound baby boy, fifth largest in medical history, was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. D. Marion Teague in Clairfield Tennessee. Dr. F. H. Rogers said both mother and infant are in satisfactory condition after a difficult delivery. Mrs Teague is 21, weighs about 200 pounds, and her husband is a 23-year-old coal miner. This is the couple’s first child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clairfield
Tenn
D. Marion Teague
F. H. Rogers
Teague
Three Month Limit For Kimmel Trial Debate
Washington June 6 by a strict party vote the House refused to extend the period beyond which Army and Navy officers would be immune from prosecution for negligence in the Pearl Harbor attack. The roll call was 164 to 135 rejecting a Democratic bid to extend the limitations. Only one Republican Wadsworth NY supported the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Pearl Harbor
Wadsworth
N.Y
Ernest Woodruff 81 Georgia Industrialist Dies After Illness
Ernest Woodruff prominent Georgian, Coca Cola Co. director and former chairman, died in Atlanta after months of illness. He helped assemble Coca Cola in 1919, led Trust Company of Georgia and Atlantic Ice and Coal, and founded the Emily and Ernest Woodruff Foundation. Survivors include three sons and a sister. He was born in Columbus and part of the Woodruff business lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ernest Woodruff
Georgia
Coca Cola Company
Woodruff
Coca Cola Co
Asa Candler
Columbus
Trust Company of Georgia
Atlantic Ice and Coal Co
R. W. Woodruff
Wilmington
Del
Geo. W. Woodruff
Daytona Beach
Fla
Henry F. Woodruff
Richmond
Joel Hurt
George Waldo
Virginia Lindsay Woodruff
Empire Flour Mills
Georgia Trust Company
Bank
Governor Arnall Seeks Freight Rate Justice For the South
Gov Arnall reports receiving many complimentary letters on his plan to sue in the Supreme Court for freight-rate justice and economic parity. He says reducing the race problem hinges on the South gaining economic justice and jobs for both races, while naming railways shippers and some politicians as opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnall
U. S. Supreme Court
South
Washington
Four Indicted In Tift County Charged With Farmer Death
A Tifton grand jury indicted Burnie Coker 25 and four others including Mrs Mary Overby 32 Gordon Coker 15 and Henry Copeland 18 for the murder of Ben M Overby 54 last March The plan allegedly aimed to allow Mrs Overby to wed Coker The trial is set for next Monday before Judge R E Eve Coker and accomplices faced charges of murder and complicity in the fatal shooting at the Overby farm five miles from Tifton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tifton
Tift County
Burnie Coker
Mary Roland Overby
Gordon Coker
Henry Copeland
Ben M. Overby
R. E. Eve
Overby
Young Coker
Burnie
Copeland
Coker
Eve
Gordon
American Prisoners Organize Jazz Band in German Camp
American prisoners of war in a Berlin‑east camp organize a 21‑piece jazz band and publish a monthly paper Oversea Kid. Since May 1 they have played baseball regularly. a visit by Tanya Bianco‑Pravitz described the orchestra as fantastic and fit for leading hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Berlin
Oversea
Allehanda
Tanya
Bianco-Pravitz
She's Better Today After Husband's Return From War
Lumpkin Georgia June 3 A young Army private flew from the Pacific to be with his wife near death from grief after their 14 month old son was killed in an automobile accident The husband Pvt Jack Holder arrived on emergency furlough and his wife woke from a coma improving he hopes she will fully recover within 30 days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumpkin
Jack Holder
Pacific
Stewart County Red Cross
Jackie
Holder
Benning Private Dies After Fight at Fort Benning
Ft Benning Ga June 5 Army officials report Pvt John M Mussetter 24 Germantown Miss died in Ft Benning hospital from knife wounds suffered in a fight with an unidentified enlisted man One suspect is held for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Benning, Ga
Army
Pvt
John M. Mussetter
Germantown
Ft. Benning
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Atlanta Constitution
Georgia Kluxers
BAR Association
Invasion Extra
C. W. Smith Sales & Service
E. Gordon Street
Thomaston
Benning
Marvin Allison
Allison
John S. Wood
Lawrenceville
Georgia House of Representatives
Gwinnett County
Kiwanis
Georgia Association of Commercial Secretaries
Georgia Committee of the
Brewing Industry Foundation
Hart Building
Atlanta, Georgia
Doyel
Butler, Georgia
Doyel’s Coffee
Fancy Santos
Upton’s
Kelloggs
Doyel’s Furniture Stores
Butler
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