News: CBS: World News Today: After The Collapse of Axis forces in Tunisia
May 16, 1943
3:07
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0:00-4:32: Charles Colingworth from Tunisia

  • The aftermath of war.
  • It's been 6 months to the day since US forces landed.

4:32-6:19: Admiral Radio commercial promoting their contribution to RADAR technology.

6:19-9:00: Eric Severaid from Washington:

  • No word from the Navy on the progress of the war on Attu island in the Aleutians.
  • Federal tax policy will be decided soon.
  • Winston Churchill arrived in Washington (on May 11) and is in conference with American leaders.

9:00-9:28

  • Japs continued offensive operations near Australia.

9:28-11:20: Bill Downs from Moscow

  • Diplomatic activity in Moscow on the rise.

9:28-14:29: Howard K. Smith from Switzerland

  • The repercussions of our victory in North Africa.
  • German-occupied Europeans are wispering that the Germans are finished.
  • Young men are staging anti-Nazi activities in secret.
  • Hitler says the leaders in Washington are drunk.

14:29-18:16

  • How the famed Norton Bomb Site on American bombers works.

18:16-20:35: John Daly from London

  • Allied air campaign against Germany continues.
  • Home Guard Day in England is observed.

20:35-23:09: Major George Fielding Eliot

  • Analysis of Switzerland's position.

23:09-end: Commercial and sign off.