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Show Manila Wracked, Gutted by Spiteful Demolitions Onec-proud Manila joins the cities of the dead, wracked and gutted by battle and the spiteful demolitions demoli-tions of the Japs. The stately buildings which formerly housed government and Industry are now largely hollow hol-low shells. The marts of trade echo only to the crash of falling timbers. Reins of the civil government return to the Philippine commonwealth, and the battered capital binds its wounds and looks forward to a rebirth. ' |