Rome In Sight As Allied Front Routs Germans Near Valmontone
Allied forces break through the Valmontone line advancing toward Rome with British, New Zealand, and French units reporting gains from Cassino to Frosinone. German defenses crumble as strategic bombings and constant air assaults target retreat corridors. Rome’s fall seems imminent.
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Balkan
London
Turkey
Eisenhower
Moscow
Hitler
Lisbon
Marshal Tito
Peter
Mihailovic
Red Army
Valmontone
Italy
San Giovanni
Patricia
Risi
Torrice
Ardea
Tiber
Fifth
Lanuvio
Fosso de Campoleone
Rome
Casilina
Wallace Seems For Choice For Vice President
Reports in Washington indicate Vice President Wallace has warmed to a second place renomination on a Roosevelt headed ticket. Senators note his pleased reaction after a Wallace Roosevelt conference before his Liberia and China trip. Indiana begins selecting its 29 Republican delegates as Nevada votes on June 10 leave Puerto Rico and the Philippines still to pick their delegates.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington Today
Wallace
Roosevelt
Liberia
China
Senate
South
Indiana
Nevada
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Thomas HB. Dewey
New York
Americans Reach Alban Hills Near Rome in Bold Infiltration
U S infantry pressed three miles behind German lines in the Alban Hills capturing Monte Artemisio and Mt Peschio near Velletri. The operation encircled Velletri and brought hundreds of prisoners as American troops advanced toward Rome and the St Peter dome.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
U. S
Alban Hills
Velletri
Rome
Dome of
St. Peter's
Monte Artemisio
Mt. Peschio
President May Yet Decide Make Trip to Europe
Washington reports that President Roosevelt may travel to London soon to attend a conference with Prime Minister Churchill. The trip would focus on examining the war and addressing political issues with Britain, with De Gaulle seeking a ranking American official at the conference. Diplomats note mixed views on Europe, citing progress in Italy.
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Europe
Washington
Roosevelt
London
Charles de Gaulle
Churchill
Italy
Bricker Calls for Honest GOP Issue Discussion
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker urged Dewey and other party leaders to openly discuss current issues. He told a Hershey interviewer he was not criticizing any candidate but that the party deserves clear positions from its prospective leaders.
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Indiana
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Hershey
Fate of Rome in balance amid uncertain German defense plans
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports Rome’s fate hangs on German retreat and defense choices as Allied and German forces contest the Eternal City. He notes Churchill and Roosevelt projections and warns Berlin may pull back to north of Rome to avoid encirclement.
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Rome
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
St. Peter’s
Holy See
Pope Pius
Hull
Roosevelt
de Valera
Eire
Churchill
Italy
Alban
Kesselring
Hitler
Berlin
Corsica
Charles J Bloch Elected Head Georgia Bar Association
Charles J Bloch of Macon was elected president of the Georgia Bar Association at its 61st annual meeting held in Atlanta. He succeeds Marvin A Allison of Lawrenceville with officers named for vice president secretary treasurer and a delegate to the American Bar Association.
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Atlanta
Charles J. Bloch
Macon
Georgia Bar Association
Bloch
Marvin A. Allison
Lawrenceville
Charles L. Gowen
Brunswick
George W. Williams
Cordele
R. Lanier Anderson, Jr
J. Wilson Parker
John L. Tye
American Bar Association
Weather Outlook for Georgia and Northwest Florida
Georgia fair to partly cloudy and warm today into Friday. Northwest Florida fair this afternoon tonight and Friday morning with increasing cloudiness and scattered thunder showers Friday.
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Georgia
Florida
Devoted Servant Travels Mile for Steagall Tribute
An African American chauffeur traveled about a thousand miles to Washington for a house memorial tribute to Henry B. Steagall. The House honored members who died in the past year and Andrews of Alabama secured him a gallery seat for the momentous event.
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Washington
Congress
House
Whitt
Roberts
Henry B. Steagall
Henry
Rep. Andrews
Ala
Steagall
German Woman Who Outran Rommel Gets Jail Sentence
A German woman who commented I had to run faster than Rommel in Africa was sentenced to three months in prison in Aachen. The Belgian news agency reported the sentence today.
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Rommel
London
Africa
Aachen
Allied air bases in China come under new threat
Japanese forces mass in Indo China and Henan as the China campaign expands toward Kunming and Chungking. CACW airmen claim air superiority between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers with P-40s and B-25s impacting enemy transport while Chungking braces civilian evacuation for a fourth defense. Central Pacific air strikes reach Kurile Islands within 1,000 miles of Tokyo.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
China
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Chungking
Yellow River
Henan
Claire L. Chennault
Clyde A. Farnsworth
Mogaung
Malakawng
Myitkyina
Joseph Stilwell
Mokmer Airfield
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Philippines
Central Pacific
Kurile Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Yanks Stage Spectacular Infantry Coup Behind German Lines
American fighting men mounted a stealthy operation on Monte Artemisio overlooking Velletri establishing positions behind German lines. They advanced hundreds through moonlight and infiltrated reserve positions without firing a shot trapping Germans between the Alban hills and Velletri as dawn broke. The narrator joined a 15 mile crawl to witness the surprise assault.
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Rome
Monte Artemision
Velletri
Alban Hills
Stimson Reports 3 657 000 U S Troops Overseas
Secretary of War Stimson announces that 3 657 000 Army troops are deployed overseas with air and service forces nearly finished their movement. He notes bases are established, shipping is adequate, and the end of 1944 may see over 5 million abroad as USAW prepares for decisive actions against Germany and Japan.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Stimson
United States
Addings
United States Army
Continental
Germany
Japan
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
AAF
Chaos in Hungary as Jews face expulsion and loot raids
AP reports from Lisbon that Hungary's puppet regime under Doeme Sztojay enacts a social program while forcing Jews from Budapest into designated ghettos. Loot seizures target jewels textiles and valuables with arrests of those posing as detectives amid a wave of personal crises and suicides among elderly survivors.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Hungary
Doeme Sztojay
Carpathians
Budapest
Interior
Andor Jaross
Pester Lloyd
Karl Fanda
Emmerich Berecz
Karl Kolos
Johann Mihalyffy
Emmerich Elias
RAF Bombers Hammered Coastal Installations
RAF bombers and fighters struck Nazi defense works along the French invasion coast with large formations over Boulogne Dieppe and aimed at rail hubs near Paris and Trappes. Night raids yielded about 240 tons of bombs by Halifax and Wellington aircraft, while a Mediterranean force hit rail lines on the Danube-Yugoslavia border. German raids over East Anglia caused no injuries, and weather hampered daylight operations on the French front.
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Richard McMurray
Associated Press
Valmontone
Rome
Alban Hills
Velletri
Frosinone
Sora
Avezzano
Carpineto
Lepini
Tyrrhenian
Cassino
Trappes
Tergnier
Saumur
Paris
Italy
Danube
French
Com
France
Thres
English Channel
Britain
Rede
Vichy Radio
Lyon
Marseilly Limoges
Vichy
Tegnier
Sémur
Peris
Air Ministry
Mediterranean
Iron Gate Canal
Romania-Yugoslavia
England
Anglia
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Peter Beach
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By Wade Warner
Gladwin Hill
Bstr
Boulogne and Diepy
Mintorno
Henry L. Griffin
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