In Our Tomorrow, E.M. tells a colossal lie:

There is no war-affected country in the world today [that] permits freedom of hearing enemy propaganda over the radio. Let it be known now that even in America there has been a ban on the use of receiving sets capable of picking up foreign broadcasts.

"Prices of cotton goods expected to drop when crop is harvested." Fact is, there's no cotton in Manila and a crop of 200,000 kilos from Koronadal won't help. Incidentally, the Japanese can't even get the fertilizer from Iloilo down to Mindanao.

Since I lengthened the aerial inside my room a few days ago, I've been getting KGEI loud and clear. MacArthur's news has been superb — I'm having a hard time keeping score. Many in Manila also commented on FDR's speech, particularly the part promising Tokyo much bombing.