La Vanguardia: "MacArthur has gone to Australia"

This traitorous abandonment of a sinking boat appears characteristic of the allied command which flees from one post to the other, leaving their subordinates to suffer the consequences.

Tokyo warned Australia again that it could meet the same fate as the NEI. Domei added that 1,606 detained Japanese nationals, including 500 women and children, were taken to Australia from Java.

The Bureau of Science started selling test quantities (70 liters per day) of fortified coconut milk suitable for babies.