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...spite of U.S. fears that stiff, independent old General Emilio Aguinaldo (who led the Philippine Insurrection in 1899) might head a Vichyfied government, nothing had been heard of General Aguinaldo. A Jap-inspired rumor that Manuel Quezon's old friend and secretary, Jorge Vargas, had sold out to the invaders, in return for a job as mayor of Manila, was promptly squelched by Manuel Quezon himself. Said President Quezon: "I appointed [Vargas] Mayor of Greater Manila ... in line with MacArthur's plans ... to maintain order and prevent looting...
...Jap spread his little hands. His plan unfolded. The world saw that the Philippines, Singapore, the threatened Indies and frightened Australia were enormous incidents in a strategy even bigger than any of his foes had conceived or feared. The Jap was not only fighting for the riches, the places, the physical possessions of the Far Pacific, but for even more...
Each lane he snipped lengthened the distance that U.S. aid must go to reach the Indies, Singapore, Burma, China. More important than the rubber, oil, tin, platinum, coffee, quinine which the Jap's conquests brought him was his occupation of key points. A little farther and he could cut off the U.S. from all routes to the eastern battlefront except around Australia. But now the westernmost prong of the Japanese attack, in and around New Guinea, threatened even the U.S. route to Australia and raised yet another rampart across the Americas' Pacific routes...
Last week the Jap came to Rabaul on New Britain. He arrived in 100 bombers, probably from the Carolines, which he has fortified regardless of his pledge. Death from the skies was no new thing for Rabaul; in 1937 two volcanoes reared an arc of steam and lava 4,000 feet above the town. Two hundred and sixty people were killed. Jap bombers killed eleven...
...impassively, as always, in this outfit he will wear for Uncle Sam. Joe Louis Barrow had passed his physical exam a few days before with the comment: "Guess I haven't got those flat feet I was afraid of." Asked what he would do if he saw a Jap, he drawled: "In the line of duty I'll defend myself." On the day he was due to report at camp, Joe left his suite in Harlem's best hotel, had his chauffeur drive him to Camp Upton, L.I. Said a worshipful Negro soldier: "Well...