April 7, 1942
April 7, 1942
Asked Duran if he knows why F.S. wants me. He said: “Sorry Vic, I don’t know. Major Nishimura was in my house last night and
Victor Buencamino
(1888 — 1977), first Filipino veterinarian, government official, businessman. Vice-President and Manager, National Rice and Corn Corporation, 1936-1943. Vice-Chairman, National Produce Exchange. Food Administrator, Civilian Emergency Administration, 1941-42.Father of Felipe Buencamino III.
April 8, 1942
April 8, 1942
Intro from memoirs: But one day I had a scare. Old Pio Duran, who believed in the Jap-sponsored Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, if there
April 9, 1942
April 9, 1942
Must order the refumigation of about 400 bags of corn-rice in our Oriente warehouse. This stock is eight months old. It came from Cebu. Rumors
April 11, 1942
April 11, 1942
All Manila is quiet. Sad. I can feel the loneliness in the streets. A woman reading the Tribune in a newsstand burst into tears. Her husband
April 12, 1942
April 12, 1942
First reports on the fall of Bataan. Said a newspaperman who was allowed to view the fighting areas: Once thriving communities that lay in the
April 13, 1942
April 13, 1942
The city administration has started issuing ration cards to holders of 1942 residence tax certificates preparatory to carrying out the new plan of selling rice
April 14, 1942
April 14, 1942
Received a phone call from Joe Escaler, Jr. He came from San Fernando, Pampanga. He said he saw my son Philip with several thousand captives.
April 15, 1942
April 15, 1942
A Spaniard was called to Fort Santiago. While waiting for his investigator, he started cursing a Japanese soldier in Spanish. He thought the Japanese could
April 16, 1942
April 16, 1942
Mauricio Cruz told my brother that a certain captain stated that he saw my son Philip 3rd embarking on a boat for Corregidor. On the
April 17, 1942
April 17, 1942
Meeting on rice-production at the Legislative building under the auspices of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, Rafael Alunan. Main problems discussed: (1) Emergency plan
April 18, 1942
April 18, 1942
Commissioner of Agriculture, Rafael Alunan, gave a speech before the rice-production conferees. He said in part: With the closing of the sources of imported rice
April 19, 1942
April 19, 1942
Four-page pictorial on this Sunday’s Tribune regarding the historic defeat of the Fil-American defenders of Bataan. In the front page is a candid shot of
April 22, 1942
April 22, 1942
Received information that there is plenty of camote in Pangasinan, particularly in the municipalities of Bautista and Gerona; mongo, in the municipalities of Bautista and
April 24, 1942
April 24, 1942
Made a guide on how to apply for rice ration for provinces short of supply. 1. Take an accurate census of your provinces. 2. Based
April 26, 1942
April 26, 1942
The concentration camp in Capaz for Filipino and American war prisoners looks like a graveyard. Only there are no tombs and mausoleums and headstones. Instead,
April 27, 1942
April 27, 1942
The old ways of eating malagkit rice are again in vogue with the scarcity of wheat flour. There is the puto, a neat mound of
April 28, 1942
April 28, 1942
According to the Tribune, the Department of Agriculture and Commerce is forming the necessary organization with which to carry out the out the plan to
April 29, 1942
April 29, 1942
Emperor’s birthday. All houses were required to display the Japanese flag. Gen. Homma, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army, declared that Japan has succeeded in driving
April 30, 1942
April 30, 1942
Submitted to Mrs. Escoda the following list embodying the urgent needs of war prisoners in accordance with wishes expressed by officers and men now in
May 1, 1942
May 1, 1942
Listened to the Voice of Freedom. At the end of the newscast, the announcer said: “Corregidor still stands.” I wonder why he said “still stands.”
May 2, 1942
May 2, 1942
Must call Goyo Anonas. I was told his son is with Philip in Capas. Told Lolita to inform Mrs. Jose Meily that her son Joe
May 3, 1942
May 3, 1942
Civilian evacuees from Bataan report that the Japanese are hastily building large bamboo stairs to scale the cliffs of Corregidor. Barges are also being constructed
May 4, 1942
May 4, 1942
Mr. Fukada thinks I should organize a group to visit wounded Japanese soldiers in the various Army hospitals in the city. He said: “If you
May 6, 1942
May 6, 1942
No peace nor order in Pangasinan. Rosales in turmoil. Two hundred men entered the municipal building armed with revolvers and rifles. They threatened the municipal
May 8, 1942
May 8, 1942
Heard Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright’s voice over KZRH. It was a lonely voice—the voice of defeat. He ordered all USAFFE forces to lay down their
May 9, 1942
May 9, 1942
Tired. Lonely. Defeat makes one weary. It saps the strength. Good news gives vigor. Sad news depresses. And when there is nothing you can do,
May 10, 1942
May 10, 1942
Listened to Radio Tokyo. Heard that the Japanese forces operating in Burma have occupied Myitkina, northeastern terminus of the Burma railway. I wonder if the
May 12, 1942
May 12, 1942
Mr. Ueno, Japanese supervisor in Pangasinan was killed. The following is a report I received from Tranquilino Tongson, Provincial Inspector of Pangasinan. “At half past