The Awad bodegas, sealed by PRIMCO for many months, got another sealing last week. The Japanese military sealed them right away from Primco. When informed, Primco could only say: "What can we do?" So the dear public has lost out again. The twenty "honest" retailers are meanwhile still waiting for goods, and so is the public.

La Vanguardia: "Laurel wants eternal Nippon-Philippine union.... Says the Philippines should seal its future with its brother oriental nations."

News: Slow and steady improvement in France. A U.S. Task Force attacked Guam and the Marianas. No details — strict radio silence is being maintained.