August 3, 1942
The subjects discussed during the Rejuvenation Training Seminar type of lectures were varied, relevant, interesting to me although dismissed by most as “brain washers.” I… Read More »August 3, 1942
1942
August 1,1942
Rejuvenation Training for the 1,400 POW here had been going on for over two weeks now under a Japanese Adm. team headed by Mr. Hamamoto… Read More »August 1,1942
August 1, 1942
While Manila and the surrounding towns enjoy peace—more neronic than octavian, though—in many provincial towns, anarchy and violence reign. In those towns where the Japanese… Read More »August 1, 1942
July 31, 1942
Read a Guerillero’s poem. Somebody left it in my desk. Perhaps there are guerilleros in the office: SOMEDAY Someday, someday, I’ll live again, I’ll sing… Read More »July 31, 1942
July 30, 1942
All day rain. Raw damp & cold. Held a council meeting tonight. Things look a little desperate. Information from the outside plainly indicates food becoming… Read More »July 30, 1942
July 30, 1942
The lamentations of Jeremiah are getting more intense. Unemployment engenders scarcity of money, which in turn brings about the shortage of food. Those who used… Read More »July 30, 1942
July 29, 1942
We have been reading the works of Caballero Audaz on “The Revolution of the Terrorists.” In many aspects, there are more dissimilarities than similarities between… Read More »July 29, 1942
July 28, 1942
Eight big truck loads…. It was the last of the [work detail]…. Two lasted long enough for us to lay them out on stretchers under a… Read More »July 28, 1942
July 28, 1942
The legislative machinery of the official administration has become very prolific. Laws are being promulgated daily. Almost all laws have a second, third, fourth, or… Read More »July 28, 1942