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But first, here's Doug Edwards. The Germans say that American bombers striking from bases in Italy have attacked the Southern Reich again today. So far there's no word from our own headquarters. Last night the Royal Air Force hit Frank but another targets with great force.

Berlin reports that the Russians have now crossed the Nista River at Yom Pole, and the Russians announced the capture of creminets 70 miles northeast of Le Vaux in Old Poland. On the Italian front, the battle for Cassino appears to be nearing an end with our troops in control of most of the town.

But now for further details of the Italian campaign, Admiral Radio takes you to CBS Al jeers, Winston Burdett reporting. Practically the entire ruin that is casino is in our hands to death. Our troops yesterday mapped up German packets in the rubble of the blasted town, laboriously wiped out snipers and machine gun nests, and pushed on to casino's western ridd. Where the

enemy was still desperately clinging to two last strong points, each run composed of a wreckage of a half dozen hoses. In the hills to the west, Indian troops hammered out further sharp gains, closing the ring around Cassino to three-fourths of a circle. The Indians have edged forward toward the monastery ruins on Abbey Hill, where they now hold two humps of

ground on the middle slopes. It looks as though the final assault on the Abbey itself is near. This is still a battle of yard by yard annihilation. The Germans are still fighting with everything they have. The lips flapper yesterday split up its attacks in the casino sector, sending over wave after wave of bomb-carrying proper wounds. Each wave totaled between 15 and 30