CBS World News Today – October 1, 1944

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The description of this broadcast from https://www.otrcat.com/world-news-today-radio-show2.html follows.

“CBS London (Larry LeSueur): German troops occupying the French port of Calais surrendered to Canadian troops yesterday. [The surrender of Calais occurred on 9/30/44.] The surrender followed a 24-hour cease-fire to allow civilians to be evacuated. (Many of the German truck drivers who helped during the evacuation did not choose to return to Calais.) 15,000 German troops are trapped at Dunkirk, the last German strong point along the northern coast of France. American tanks are being transported from French ports to the German front on trucks to keep their treads from being worn down. A spot for “after victory” Admiral products mentions FM and television. French Communists will continue the war against Germany. CBS Rome (Winston Burdette): the Allies are faced with having to provide relief for thousands of Italians refugees as winter approaches. Bill Slocum, Jr. interviews Coast Guard Lieutenant John Mitchell who landed men and supplies ashore under fire at Saipan. CBS Madrid (Glenn Stadler): a black market economy is flourishing in southern France as the Germans retreat. CBS Pearl Harbor: just back from the Palau Islands, Webley Edwards gives an eyewitness account of the fighting that is going on there. CBS Washington: Don Pryor interviews LTJG Jack Fuller, the 23-year-old skipper of a Navy LCT landing craft that was sunk after it hit a mine on D-Day. Fuller is currently training Navy personnel for amphibious landings in the Pacific. Major Eliot reviews the situation on the Eastern Front where the Russians are now threatening Yugoslavia. PSA advising home-owners to prepare their homes for winter.”

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CBS World News Today, October 1, 1944

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