Tribune: "Japanese Units Foil Attack.... Two Foe Cruisers Sunk." It seems we landed in Mono Island, 60 kilometers south of Buin, Bougainville. The convoy had "more than ten transports and many large-sized landing launches, escorted by cruisers and destroyers." The Japanese "anticipated" this attack, sank two destroyers — but not a single transport or launch?

They also claim downing 8 out of 320 planes "which raided the Nippon military positions at Buin." That's 8 out of 320! On page 2 they claimed downing 27 out of 33 on October 25 over Bougainville. I wouldn't be surprised if the 33 mentioned were really 330 minus a trailing zero — missed deliberately or in error.

Based on the U.S. claim that they can build a plane every five minutes, Commentator estimates America will produce 105,000 planes in 1944. But, "Japanese production capacity has kept pace ... the plan to produce 150,000 combat planes a year is actually being realized." Ah, that's where the missing zero went.

Efforts to create a legend around Laurel are in high gear. Ignacio Javier devoted most of his broadcast to Laurel's exploits: Reduction of large salaries and increase of small salaries [the latter is an absolute necessity], visiting hospitals, writing to a widowed mother a-la-Lincoln, speaking to Constabulary graduates, and sending a message to Filipino youth. The latest is reducing banquets to only one plate. Well, he'll get enough in that one plate for a satisfying meal — something no one else gets downtown these days.

After two weeks of only local and Japanese films, the theater owners have had enough revenue losses. American films are back on.