After months of overly optimistic reports of success and victories by outnumbered U.S. and Filipino forces, Bataan falls. The survivors of Janesville's tankers in Company A and Headquarters Company of the 192nd Tank battalion become prisoners of war. All of the people involved have been drinking. Sena, who has 17 children, is charged with first-degree manslaughter. Her attorney attacks Lawrence's credibility, and the jury, apparently accepting Sena's story that a cigarette probably ignited the davenport on which her husband sat, acquits her on June 24.
Residents have four days to register for ration books, either as individuals or family members.
Residents have been barred from buying sugar for a week to prevent a run on supplies. On the honor system, residents must declare how much sugar they have on hand, and any household with more than 2 pounds of sugar per person must relinquish stamps from their new ration books for amounts over the limit. Almost 23,000 residents register, and they must provide physical descriptions of family members so if ration books are lost, the finders won't be able to use them. Headquartered in Janesville, the training unit initially uses landing fields just north of Emerald Grove, on Shopiere Road six miles south of Janesville in LaPrairie Township and between Highway 51 and Afton in Beloit Township. Reflecting societal biases that women are secondary to their husbands, the Gazette does not report Mrs. Morrissy's first name despite her accomplishment and involvement in civic groups.