World News Today

World News Today brought to you by the Admiral Corporation, makers of Admiral Radio, America's Smart Set. By shortwave broadcast, direct from important overseas stations, as well as leading news centres of our own country, CBS Correspondents are waiting to bring you a complete report from the world's political and battlefronts.

But first, here's Doug Edwards. The Allied Fifth Army in Italy has thrown back German counter-attacks and has cut deeper and of the enemy defense lines around Casino, the strategic town guarding the road to Rome.

In Russia, Soviet armies have smashed within striking distance of three German escape railroads and the fall of Sarni in old Poland appears imminent. British mosquito bombers were over German targets again last night, and in the far Pacific, Marine jungle fighters on New Britain Island have made new gains in the face of strong JAP opposition.

Now for our first news direct from overseas, Admiral Radio takes you to CBS Algiers, Winston in-for-debt reporting. We regret that we are not able to make contact with Columbia's correspondent in North Africa. However, for Home Front News, Admiral Radio takes you now to CBS Washington, Don Pryor reporting.

Congress goes back to work tomorrow. You can't escape the feeling that it's going to be a tremendously important session. Certainly it will be racked with controversy because all the pent-up wartime pressures of the nation will be focused on Capitol Hill. Here are some of the issues that waiting to be solved. Taxes, a bill providing a little over two billion dollars, one-fifth

as much as the Treasury asked for, is awaiting action in the Senate. Subsidies. By February 17th there will have to be a showdown on the whole question of using subsidies to hold down the prices of food. The argument was postponed a bit by a stopgap legislation adopted just before Congress went home for the holidays. Wages. The Senate has passed and the House