12 World News Today

World News Today brought to you by the Admiral Corporation, makers of Admiral Radio, America's Smart Set. By short-wave 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. American daylight raiders were back in action over the coast of France today, this time without escorting fighter planes. night's RAF target was Hamburg and other points in western Germany. CBS has heard the British radio report today that Russian troops have reached the book river southwest of Uman. In Rome, Pope Pius has marked the fifth anniversary of his accession

to the throne with another appeal for peace and another appeal to all belligerents to spare Rome the horror of battle, aside from air action the Italian fronts are quiet. But now for news direct from that battle zone and an interview with one of our fighting men from Montana, Admiral Radio takes you to CBS Naples, John Daly reporting.

That disability and the cold driving rain today restricted both land and air operations on the Italian battlefronts. There was a pause in the aerial offensive against German land transport which has taken our bombers over Rome and several major railway cities in the last few days. A high point in the offensive was yesterday's attack, the first of the Italian

campaign against the vital railroad yards in the ancient city of Florence. Through these yards a great percentage of the traffic from Central Europe and the Balkans clears into southern Italy. For weeks our air force has been pounding at the railway cities around Florence. In the desperate hope that by knocking them out we could avoid a direct attack on