Tribune: "New Cabinet Formed; 9 Ministries Created." Laurel will hold three portfolios concurrently. Tojo and Mussolini have tried that...

Of the four articles on the South Pacific, one reads like a misprint: Attacking a convoy on December 31, the Japanese only sank "one medium sized transport and more than one small-sized transport." They shot down four planes and lost nine! Anyway, they make up for it in the next three articles. "U.S. enters third year of war with gloomy prospects ahead." The gloomy prospects are listed — they make my mouth water!