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During the three years of Japanese occupation of the Philippines, stocky, brilliant Tomás Confesor, 54, hid out in the lofty, mist-drenched mountains of Panay. There he calmly continued to conduct the affairs of his office as governor in exile of Iloilo Province and later of all Panay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: The Metal in Our Being | 4/2/1945 | See Source »

Last week, when U.S. troops swarmed on to Panay (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS), Tomás Confesor was gone. He was in Manila, where President Sergio Osmena had appointed him Secretary of Interior in the new Cabinet (see cut). He was also the Mayor of Manila...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: The Metal in Our Being | 4/2/1945 | See Source »

...posts Tomás Confesor was both happy and busy. The long hideout had given him time to think of a lot that needed doing. His timetable of reconstruction and reform was a 25-year-plan for the Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: The Metal in Our Being | 4/2/1945 | See Source »

...Alexanian '26, H. G. Bradlee '26 S. W. Bridges Jr. '26, C. R. Brooks '26, M. A. Cheek '26, P. V. Confesor '25, W. E. Crosby Jr. '34, D. A. DeLong '26, J. P. Doycheff 3G., Edgar Durbin '25, R. J. Harper '25, K. O. Hayami 1G.B., T. D. Hazen '26, W. C. Hicks E.T.S., W. E. Kan g.r. T.S., F. C. Lawrence '20, E. M. Littell '26, T. G. Littell '24, A. O. Ludwig '26, H. H. MacCubbin '26, D. A. MacKinnon '26, E. W. Martin '26, K. N. Midzuno sp., J. H. Newton '25, I. P. Okuda...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DELECATES LEAVE FOR SILVER BAY | 6/14/1923 | See Source »

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