Defendants - Charges Against

Reports on "the trial of four Japanese officers who are accused of executing three of the flyers in the Doolittle raid."

Two news articles. One "Two Liberated Prisoners of War Describe Ordeal Under Jap Rule: 41-Month Enslavement is Ended for Bureau County Sailor; Japs Brutally Attack B-29 Pilot After Plane is Shot Down" and second "Expect Allies to Indict Tojo Cabinet Today: Procedure in Tokyo to Be Simple."

Reports that Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma's defense counsel was contemplating a direct appeal to President Truman in an effort to save the general's life.

Reports on the testimony by five new witnesses against Sadao Araki, former minister of education. The prosecution examined them and introduced affidavits to "show that Imperialism and the necessity of war were taught in Japanese schools." Other topics discussed during the day's proceedings were the translation of "The Way of Subjects." Other witnesses included: Prof. Yukitaki Takikawa, Dr. Nobufumi Ito, Prof. Shigenobu Ikeshima, and Akio Saki. The article concludes with Tojo's agreement with Chief Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan that Emperor Hirohito should not be tried.

Reports that Gen. Iwane Matsui, accused of being "responsible for the rape of Nanking in 1937, has been ordered to report to Sugamo prison by March 1." He had been in Atami due to "hardened arteries" since charges were brought against him the previous November.