World News Today

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

But first, here's Doug Edwards. The Germans have launched a sea and airborne attack today against the Dodecanese island of Kos, which was recently occupied by the British. Allied Fifth Army troops on the Italian mainland have captured Benavento northeast of Naples, while the British Eighth Army striking swiftly up the Adriatic side has locked off a wide area.

The Royal Air Force bomb Munich again last night, and Berlin reports the German troops in South Russia have evacuated the town of Tommon on the peninsula directly across the Kiaert Strait from the Crimea. For our first news direct from overseas, Admiral Radio takes you now to CBS Al-Jiers, Winston-Burdette reporting.

All along the Italian front, from Naples across the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic coast, the Germans are fighting bitter rear-guard actions against the Allied advance. The fall of Naples really marked a stage in the battle. Both sides are now regrouping for another major clash. Once again, the vital sector is on our left flank on the coast. But instead of mountains

this time, we have a clear plane, resting 25 miles northward where both we and the Germans can throw and heavy-armoured forces. French and papiate troops have all but ousted the Germans from Quirica. French headquarters this afternoon announced that Moroccan prosecutors have given the Germans off to Guina Hill, just primarily outside of Batsia.