Tribune: "Imphal's southern line collapsing" — Palel sector, but the article says the Anglo-Indians have "powerful" forces 15-kms north and 10-kms southwest of Palel.

The Mayor threatened to punish blackout violators again. The alert signal was lifted at 1800 yesterday; compliance so far has been a farce.

New Military Note

"Hundred-Peso Note Now in Circulation." It doesn't mean an increase of the money in circulation "as the authorities are exerting all efforts to limit the monetary circulation in the Philippines as much as possible."

Splashes wants to remind America that "1944 is 1/3 over." I'd like to remind E.M. that 1944 has 2/3 to go.

La Vanguardia: "Fierce attack on another base in China." The Japanese can no longer bomb the Solomons, the Bismarcks, New Guinea or Australia; they're down to bombing China mostly.

Seems that a Japanese industrial attaché in Berlin turned himself over to the Allies in Stockholm complaining that his reports on Germany's industrial capacity were being censored by the Germans and Ambassador Oshima. He knows that Germany is licked and Japan will soon follow.