Tribune: "President will Pardon Guerrillas Who Give Up." The Amnesty continues, see? "Policy of Leniency ... bared by Military Chief," Nagahama. He knows, as we do, that the country is still full of guerrillas.

A spectacular Daihon-ei announcement yesterday afternoon has Manila wondering if it's related to the practice blackouts. In full:

The Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Units are engaging a powerful enemy force which began attacking the Marshall Islands from the morning of January 30. Heavy hostilities are in progress.

"Rice Cards Issued" — starting today. Ignore the "240-grams" printed on the card, says Biba, it's good for only "120-grams"!

Moans can be heard coming from a house between the church and brewery at San Miguel that's rumored to be a miniature version of Fort Santiago. A joke says Buencamino and Vargas are there for selling Naric rice at fantastic prices; even Elsa O'Farrell, the harpist, is there for helping the guerrillas.

The Spanish community wired Franco asking for a ship to evacuate their women and children — urgently. The cable discussed local conditions, and the Japanese said it would be censored — probably in Tokyo. I doubt if they will let the Spaniards go after the damaging revelations of the three American escapees.

La Vanguardia quoted Admiral King saying: "The war hasn't been won." Well, he said this too on the radio: "After Rabaul and the Marshalls, we shall liberate the Philippines."

News: A large concentration of American warships plus carrier and land-based planes are blasting the Marshall Islands.