December 8th, 1941
Monday Morning—The Herald came out at daylight with an extra that Japs had bombed Pearl Harbor; we did not believe it till breakfast, then the… Read More »December 8th, 1941
Monday Morning—The Herald came out at daylight with an extra that Japs had bombed Pearl Harbor; we did not believe it till breakfast, then the… Read More »December 8th, 1941
What a morning! At dawn, half-asleep in my hotel room, I hear the voice of Mrs Smith, my neighbor, and make out the words “Japan”… Read More »8 Dec. 1941
December 8 — Upon appearing for breakfast at our comfortable? (Little did we realize at the time luxury in which we were living) Genl Luna… Read More »Manila P.I. Dec. 8-41
Tea for departing officers given by C of S. Dao Room Manila Hotel. Went to movie then to Vador where crowd talked on the Bulletin… Read More »July 11, 1938, Monday
Return to Manila of Quintin Paredes, Resident Commissioner to the United States, who is reported as wishing to resign. He states the difficulties he has… Read More »September 21, 1936
Quezon asks the Assembly to permit the recall of the “Chinese book-keeping” bill, as he will not veto it if passed, but asks that the… Read More »September 15, 1936
Quezon’s banquet for General MacArthur of 144 guests at one table in the central hall in Malacañan. Army, Navy, Consular Corps, Committees of Assembly, Church… Read More »August 24, 1936
On August 3rd the Bulletin carried an article stating that the High Commissioner’s office had turned “thumbs down” on the proposed new bond issue for… Read More »August 3-9, 1936
Newspaper blast purporting to come from Secretary of Labour Torres to the effect that the Department of Labour could not get funds for its expansion… Read More »May 22, 1936