A fresh rash of wild rumors: U.S. troops have landed at Aparri ... Tokyo admitted a large U.S. convoy had been seen north of Luzon ... Japanese troops in buses are heading north. Japanese planes have been up in the last two days because of the good weather. They sent six bombers south, probably to New Guinea, but people here wanted to believe they were Flying Fortresses. So, of course, Flying Fortresses have bombed Davao, McKinley and Tayabas.

La Vanguardia: "It is a daily spectacle in Cagayan, according to Gov. Artadi, to see groups of Filipinos and Japanese soldiers walk the streets hand in hand." Japanese soldiers in Misamis Oriental "call the Filipinos brothers." But it's always somewhere else, not in Manila.

Visited Shorty Hall this afternoon just after two Red Cross Filipino nurses left his house. One Miss Castro brought several notes from Cabanatuan — receipts for medicines previously sent and a list of medicines required by Dr. Waterous. The family is putting up P100; I'm putting up P100; another ditto and a fourth P50. I'm commissioned to do the buying tomorrow.