Tribune: "Japs holding U.S. troops at Bay." The article adds that the Americans are advancing southward — and contact with the Japanese foremost lines is "imminent" — wherever those lines are.

"Nadisco will continue sale, says Guinto," after inventory is taken — now, after a few years of holding on to it. And while inventory is taken, much of it will indeed be taken — before any sale takes place, of course.

The Japanese have blown up the McCullough printing presses, and have informed the Roces family that they intend to blow up the TVT plant too. What a loss that will be!

Residents of Intramuros were told to gather enough food for thirty days or get out of the area entirely. It looks like the Japanese will make a stand between the Escolta, Juan Luna, Intramuros, the Port Area and the southern districts of Manila.

The latest town to suffer a Japanese purge after the San Mateo catastrophe is Montalban — where many evacuees from Manila went. The residents had to leave after the Japanese moved in lock, stock and barrel. Some walked to Manila while others went to the mountains. Many Baguio residents, on their way down to Manila when the Americans landed, have also taken to the mountains — and that's no joke these days.