World News Today

World News Today brought to you by Admiral Corporation, in behalf of Admiral Distributors and Dealers all over America and in many foreign lands. By shortwave broadcast, direct from important overseas stations and leading news centers in our own country, CBS reporters are waiting to bring you first-hand news from the world's political and battle fronts. Now here's Douglas Edwards. The Allies have

turned back sharp German counter-attacks at several points along the Western line Today, the British have captured the French port of Calais, general Eisenhower's headquarters is just told the Austrians by radio to prepare for the arrival of the Allies.

Russian infantry advancing on a 50-mile front in Yugoslavia is nearing one of the German's main supply railroads in the Balkans. In Italy, the British 8th Army has taken southern Janau on the Bologna to Riemanni Highway, and in South China, the Japanese have captured another important American airbase.

Now for our first news direct from overseas, Admiral take you to London, Larry LaSire reporting. After one short taste of truce, the German garrison at Calais decided that peace was pretty wonderful after all. The 4,000 Germans entrenched at Calais surrendered to the Canadians after fighting for only six hours following yesterday's 24-hour truce to evacuate civilians.

After four and a half days of bitter fighting, the Battle of Calais ended in an anti-crime On Friday the Canadians reached the outskirts of the town of Port itself, and the Germans asked for a truce to evacuate civilians.

The truce lasted from Friday noon until noon yesterday. Some 20,000 French civilians were moved out of the siege Calais to camps outside the town. Nearly all the German truck drivers who removed the civilians from Calais refused to go back and fight again.