CBS World News Today – April 2, 1944

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Douglas Edwards

CBS World News Today

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

In today’s news -

Eric Sevareid, Naples, on the Italian front and an interview with an American lieutenant of infantry.

Don Pryor, Washington, on political news. Later in the program he interviews Dr. Wassell.

Larry Leseuer, London, interviews an 8th A.F. Liberator pilot.

Maj. George Fielding Eliot, CBS military analyst, covers the eastern front.

Webley Edwards, Pearl Harbor, interviews a B-24 bombardier.

To hear the news click here.

[iowamark]

It makes me feel old that I can remember Douglas Edwards and Eric Sevareid, still on CBS in the late 1970’s.

[henkster]

I liked the Admiral commercials. They promised a cornucopia of consumer goodies once the war was won. But it is interesting; with today’s bottom-line minded corporate execs, would Admiral even have spent money sponsoring a newscast if they weren’t getting a return?

I also wonder if radio, and now television, has changed the way we speak. Although you cannot really tell from this broadcast; the servicemen being “interviewed” are clearly reading from censor-approved scripts.

[henkster]

I don’t remember Douglas Edwards but I do remember Eric Sevaried...as a left-wing commie.