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April 9, 1944 — Easter Sunday

Second anniversary of the fall of Bataan — and no parade!

The price of coffee is back below the fixed price. A little bird told me the reason the government fixed the price above what it was selling for was that a number of government officials had coffee plantations.

The Japanese Navy chartered a batel and loaded it with 150 sacks of sugar to take to Cebu. While waiting a few days for an escort or clearance against American submarines, the sugar vanished. The navy is raising hell about it.