World News Today

The world today. The Columbia Broadcasting System now presents a summary of news to this moment on the war with Japan and other world fighting fronts, reports by CBS correspondents in the war zones direct by Transpacific and Transatlantic Shortwave Radio, and the minute by minute developments as received by Columbia's newsroom here in New York.

Tonight John Daly will call in Albert Warner from Washington and Bob Trout from London, and we will take you to the West Coast for direct reports from the Pacific War Zones. And now, John Daly.

First, the highlights in the war news before taking you to Washington for the direct report on important developments there. Berlin reports Japanese troops across Thailand's border and have started to drive on the Burma road.

The report that Japanese troops have landed on Rubang Island in the Philippines is not confirmed. The island of Guam is reported still in American hands. Manila has had new air raid alarms, but no bombings are reported, and its belief fifth-column action may have been responsible.

The latest CBS message from Honolulu says Hawaii is calm and morale-high. The latest claims of the Japanese High Command reported in propaganda broadcasts from Tokyo, described destructive air raids on Malaya, and a land attack on both Singapore and the British colony of Hong Kong.

But the British say all these attacks are being resisted successfully. confirmation yet as to whether the Nazis intended to declare war on the United States or whether Hitler will address the Reichstag as rumored. Russia seems to be doing better in the Moscow front and Berlin makes no claims at all. Those are the highlights in the news