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...Army spokesman at Manila said that all indications pointed to a heavy enemy attack on northern Luzon with land troops supplemented by a naval contingent. Luzon is the island upon which Manila is located...
...United Press listening post at San Francisco heard the Tokyo radio claim that a Japanese submarine sunk a 15,000 ton American Army transport off Manila Harbor...
...Manila itself was bombed again, but thunderous anti-aircraft fire filled the skies with exploding shrapnel and forced the Japanese airmen to speed away within five minutes...
Into the parks, roads and buildings of magnificent Quezon City President Quezon is pouring an estimated $50,000,000-but the vulnerable sections of Manila still need fire-fighting equipment. Quezon's position was that until 1946 the U.S. is responsible for protecting the Philippines. Position of Commissioner Sayre was that the U.S. is indeed responsible for Philippine defense but that the law does not cover civilian protection. From gold devaluation and the sugar-processing tax the Philippine Treasury actually has a U.S. credit of $54,000,000. But an act of Congress in Washington is needed to release...
...Manila was bombed this morning at dawn by a force of Nipponese planes. Although, contrary to first reports, the Phillipine capital was not attacked in the first series of Japanese waves, it had been expecting the blow at any moment, and was not caught unawares...