Noonhour News

12 o'clock, Binyon News, the service of Binyon Optometry. While much of the allied world is already celebrating V.E. Day, the official announcement that the war in Europe has ended will not be made until tomorrow.

The British Ministry of Information announced less than an hour and a half ago that tomorrow will be V.E. Day. Just an hour ago President Truman announced in Washington that he has agreed with London and Moscow to make no announcement on the final surrender of Germany until a simultaneous announcement can be made by the three allied governments.

The British Ministry of Information says the Prime Minister Winston Churchill with broadcast the 3 p.m. British time. That's 6 a.m. Pacific wartime. King George will speak to the British people at 9 p.m. British time, which is 12 noon Pacific wartime.

Early Earth, CBS correspondent Edward Murrow in London said that President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill were ready to announce the official news of the German surrender at 9am today, but he said that they were delayed because Premier Stalin scheduled to speak at the same time was not ready. In Washington arrangements have been made for President Truman

to go on the air whenever he is ready to issue a VE Day Proclamation. Broadcasting equipment has been made ready in the White House diplomatic room from which presidential broadcasts are are usually made. On Capitol Hill, radio receiving equipment has been set up in the House of Representatives, so that representatives can remain in their seats

when Mr. Truman makes his VE declaration. The first associated press flash from France in France saying that Germany had surrendered was followed two hours later by a broadcast by Abse, the American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Supreme headquarters in the meantime had issued a statement not denying the truth of the AP Flash, but saying that no official announcement had been authorized.