Attended 8 a.m. Mass & received Holy Communion. Very hot. 10 a.m. accompanied the President to Church and then we drove ½ hour to Rock Creek Park. Mrs. Quezon & children arrived from Leesburg. The President & Mrs. Quezon gave a luncheon in honor of Carmen Soriano & myself. Too nice of them. Very hot. Passed the evening in the President’s apartment.
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Basilio J. Valdes
Basilio J. Valdes, M.D. (July 10, 1892 –January 26, 1970), soldier, doctor, cabinet member, businessman. Chief of Staff, Philippine Army, 1939-1945; Secretary of National Defense in the Quezon and Osmeña War Cabinets, 1941-45. Professor of Surgery at the University of Santo Tomas (UST), Medical Director of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, 1948-1970.
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