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There are only 10,000 active Huks, with several hundred thousand sympathizers, among the 20 million Filipinos. But they have caused great damage in the central Luzon plain, the Philippines' rice bowl. They stage daring raids within ten miles of Manila. They have large supplies of firearms, including machine guns and mortars, which they got from the U.S. when they fought the Japanese as guerrillas, or took from the Japanese after the surrender. Last year, Huk Leader Luis Taruc, an avowed Communist, made an agreement with President Elpidio Quirino to register the Huks' arms in exchange...
Three years ago the Philippines formally received their independence from the U.S. By precept and practical help, the U.S. gave the new nation a great chance to build a working democracy in a chaotic Asia threatened by Communism. From Manila last week, TIME Correspondent Sam Welles cabled the following report on how the Philippines were doing...
...employed by a rich eel merchant to drum up business. By 1925, Hattori was so expert on flute and oboe that the Osaka Symphony Orchestra hired him. But jazz looked more profitable, and Hattori quit the symphony to organize the most famous of early Jap jazzbands, "Hattori and His Manila Red-Hot Stompers...
...month ago, a Philippine Airlines twin-engined DC-3 exploded and fell into the sea between Daet and Manila; its crew of four and nine passengers perished. Suspecting that a bomb had been hidden in the plane, the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation last week picked up Gavino Largo, an escaped convict, and Amadeo Salazar, his friend. From their partial confessions the Bureau pieced together a grisly tale...
Robert Maulden, who took a short lift in a "new, red" car from someone he assumes is a senior, picked up a manila envelope containing the valuables from the back seat of the car when he lifted out his coat...