May 6, 1944
May 6, 1944
After breakfast I went over to Peg’s to lie down as Elizabeth was having her bed swung to make table space and dressing corner curtained
Natalie Crouter
(October 30, 1898 — October 15, 1985). Resident of Vigan and later Baguio in the Philippines. Interned by the Japanese with her family in Baguio, then Bilibid Prison in Manila.
May 7, 1944
May 7, 1944
Shelters, arbors, roofed gardens, shacks and cubby going up in wide variety, ingenuity and attractiveness. Camp Bulletin: “The Consensus of opinion [is] that available relief
May 9, 1944
May 9, 1944
Little Walter got up at four to do guard duty with his Dad. The family are proud of him and it was an excellent idea.
May 12, 1944
May 12, 1944
Camp pictures—the wood crew walking in after lunch in all kinds of caps and clothes, battered and patched, torn and dusty, motley but picturesque; Dr.
May 13, 1944
May 13, 1944
Those who are caught with shortwave sets are now shot, no more bother with jail terms.
May 14, 1944
May 14, 1944
A sound sleep and a good day. Jerry was busy in the cubicle building underground. He talks about building the West Wall as though it
May 15, 1944
May 15, 1944
I am now trying to enjoy Sheba as a study in psychology. June and I are timing her shampoos during a week. She is always
May 16, 1944
May 16, 1944
Afternoon rains are here. It is our third wet season. There was quite a gale last evening. Jerry carried our table into the dugout and
May 17, 1944
May 17, 1944
We had all our meals in the dugout and I spent the whole day there, resting and reading. A box is our cupboard and Dr.
May 18, 1944
May 18, 1944
Jerry woke me at 6:30 and I dressed quickly. With a cup of coffee in hand and a bun, we sauntered to hospital point to
May 19, 1944
May 19, 1944
Dr. Bruce came in and was also impressed. He said that in our dugout he could see the continuity of Culture! I said, “Yes, we
May 20, 1944
May 20, 1944
Jim saw Marie Outside and told her to go ahead on selling clothes for us. Tonight Bea tells us that she has sold things and
May 21, 1944
May 21, 1944
John Rasmussen, hearing we were out of money, asked Jerry if he could use P20 which Jerry clutched like a drowning man. He was able
May 22, 1944
May 22, 1944
I went to answer the three questions at the office where I received over P200 in Marie’s name. It is the felt and taffeta which
May 23, 1944
May 23, 1944
We heard early that the Japanese had decided the Family Unit for 22 more who signed up for it could go through—that the men’s lower
May 25, 1944
May 25, 1944
From the Minutes of May 23. “No word that cannot be found in the dictionary may be used on monthly correspondence cards. . . .
May 27, 1944
May 27, 1944
The servers are now under fire, accused of being mean because they stick strictly to the ration; Mothers accuse them of starving their children. Jerry
May 30, 1944
May 30, 1944
We ate our own bucaco with milk and sugar at noon, and that was all for lunch. Camp gave us bread only, no rice. We
May 31, 1944
May 31, 1944
A letter from the Internment Camp Committee to the Bunshiyocho on May 31: “Dear Sir, on February 14, 1944, we wrote you a letter calling
June 1, 1944
June 1, 1944
[Now] the Japanese turn nasty. They had heard the children call them Japs and complained to Carl. Now the chef, asked where some supplies came
June 2, 1944
June 2, 1944
I went to see Bedie move up to 8th grade. One more year, then high school. Sometimes there are only three study books to a
June 3, 1944
June 3, 1944
Sign on the Board: “Since the term ‘Jap’ is considered an insult, the Command requests that in conversation when you refer to the Japanese the
June 4, 1944
June 4, 1944
We have 2 eggs apiece these days, while we have the cash and they can be bought. We are storing up internally. June and I
June 6, 1944
June 6, 1944
We had rice three times today, and for supper camote, and coconut milk gravy. And that is all. We each had a fried egg for
June 8, 1944
June 8, 1944
Most conversation now is exchange of symptoms and cures for deficiencies. The phase of emergency packs is long past.
June 10, 1944
June 10, 1944
We watched the dancing. I had one waltz with Jerry and he danced many with his daughter who is learning fast and adores dance-night. Bedie
June 11, 1944
June 11, 1944
Ten of us including our two families and Carl filled our dugout, eating until we couldn’t sit up, to celebrate June’s 15th birthday, with Peg’s
June 12, 1944
June 12, 1944
Jerry talked to Dr. Mather and they discussed feeding me Red Cross meat, with liver shots. If I eat so much of the canned meat,
June 14, 1944
June 14, 1944
The great pork graft is really the major topic. Schultz, who used to get kitchen squeeze but is now out on account of illness, squealed