"Solemn Rites Held for [Japan's] Navy War Dead in the Philippines." And due to public demand, "Filipino War Dead will be Honored at Capas on Sunday." Good choice of location as that's where most of them died — in captivity.

In the absence of U.S. news on the Solomons, the Japanese are having a propaganda field day. Manila is still down; Schaer, Klingler and Theo Meyer all want the low-down, and it's beginning to look like I'm the only guy with it. Gotta be mighty careful....