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Overcast, showery, humid. Heavy rain early am.

Plunger.

Steve 100%.

Fixed mosq. net for Lido [?] friend & ground rice for Steve.

Oil to G.

(Rumours. Task force off Luzon 8 Bttleshps. 5 A/c Cs. 40 destroyers. Ocanawa [sic] finished. Singapore fallen. Tokyo heavily raided. Jap Govt resigned)

3 workers cigs.

Chopped wood for V & sat with C a little while.

∴C.

Apologetics at Veronica Willey's room in am.

("Two brothels in I.Q. for Formosans")

B.M. stuff dumped off lorry (3 sacks)