An Irishman named Mr. Dooley . . . is senile and very afraid. Almost every time I look in his room he is buttoning up

The guards have been telling us what they are going to do to us if American planes come. One of them says he will kill

Planes! planes! planes! Bombing! bombing! bombing! What a day! All sorts of rumors ere flying around: The Japanese are moving out leaving our central Committee

People stand in line and beg for potato skins, then cook them over a smouldering stove, out in the hot sun, fanning and blowing the

People are sayirg thet a murder was committed in the camp last night. That Capt. Owen, was killed by Huff. There was an argument Huff

The commandant reiterates that his deepest concern for us is for food. 1t is unobtainable in Manila. He says gardening is our only salvation. They

Last April 6 truckloads of personal packages were brought into camp and piled alphabeticelly against the wall of the main building. I could not believe

The Japanese are making machine-gun nests of crude rubber at the corner of the Main Bldg. and the Hospital. Artillery fire can be seen from

Eight big explosions between 9 and 10 o’clock last night. We had soy beans for breakfast; queer tasting but doubtless nourishing. New orders from the

Dr. Blum is sick in hospital with dengue. Bombing, but not continuous. We have been under air raid conditions for 2 weeks. Mr. Moran died

Visited my garden at the hospital today. The onions are beginning to grow. Two tomato plants, which planted themselves, are sprouting; the mungo beans are

Lots of demolition lastit night, and more this morning. Went to service for Mr. Higham. Father Abbitt gave us some greens. I fixed them for

The camp is riding on a wave of good news just now. People tell each other it will only be a few days now; that

Mr. Ball and Mrs. Shuman died yesterday. Mr. Ball was in our civilian jail for obtaining an extra breakfast, poor fellow. The soup for the

More and more people are coming to take injections of Japanese vitamin B + one milligram per cc. People who work 4 hours a day