Tribune: "Nanking Recognizes Free India." Wang Ching-Wei is convinced that "with the help of Japan, Germany and Italy," Bose will get India into the Sphere.

Naric announced it would buy all of last season's and next year's corn crop in Central Luzon at the fixed price of 11 centavos per kilo, "in order to induce farmers to boost their production of corn." Unhappy farmers might just plant less. Medicine prices are to be fixed too. The black market price will only skyrocket and Drug Stores will be hard pressed to find stock.

Ignacio Javier tells us that the flashy, combustible, and arrogant Galleazzo Ciano was arrested in Verona, "Mussolini's Italy." So Il Duce arrested his own son-in-law for turning against him!