Doctors report that Laurel is out of danger. Tojo and Aoki sent telegrams of good wishes. Laurel is now a Japanese hero.

The papers make a big splash about the granting of an extra ration ticket for women who are more than five months pregnant. "Children born are the hope for our future.... To become a great nation we must bring our population up to 65 million" — from 18 million now. So what's the special consideration for coming mothers? Five more cloth ration points — barely enough for one diaper!