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Episode NameEpisode #Air DateNotes
Cecil Brown News1942-07-06The biggest German offensive of the year has begun against the Ukraine, with some success. The battle of Suez has been bogged down by a sand storm. German and American tanks have met in battle for the first time. Four Japanese destroyers have been torpedoed in the Aleutians.
Cecil Brown News1943-01-188:55 P.M. The Russians are sweeping forward on 6 fronts. The Russians have broken the seige of Leningrad. Seventy-Thousand German troops have been killed in Stalingrad. The British are advancing on Rommel's army. Other war news.
Cecil Brown News1943-03-15The Germans have reconquered Karkhov. "There is no pessimism in Moscow." General Geroux has invited General De Gaulle to come to Algeria. The Japanese are retreating in northern Hunan Province (China).
Cecil Brown News1943-09-03The British Eighth Army has invaded southern Italy. Where is General Patton's Seventh Army? Eight Allied bombers were downed over France, the Russians are still retreating.
Cecil Brown News1945-03-09The date is approximate. "The German war machine is in its final stages." "Hitler is ready and anxious...to exterminate the German people." "There no prospect of an armistice to end the war." "The end of organized German resistance is not too far away." Premier Koiso expects an American invasion. Three-hundred bombers have attacked Tokyo today.
Cecil Brown News1945-04-127:45 P.M. Walter Compton reports from Washington. He explains how and why he had been previously cut off the air. A graphic description of the confusion at the White House after the news of President Roosevelt's death was revealed.
Cecil Brown News1948-03-19News and Commentary. Seven American sailors have been drowned in France, ineptitude in Greece, the U. S. may change its mind about partitioning Palestine, report by the Human Rights Commission, a do-it-yourself bigotry quiz.
Cecil Brown News1950-02-23News of elections taking place in England, Russia rejects a "big three meeting." General Omar Bradley is to testify about American Civil Defense. Bulgaria has broken relations with the United Nations. The program includes a tape made by Cecil Brown in Madrid. He concludes that the Spanish people are not able to remove Franco by themselves. It is a pragmatic point of view regarding the diplomatic recognition of Spain.