Press - Post-War

Reports on the testimony given by Doolittle raiders at the Shanghai trial.

Gives updates on the progress of Homma's trial in Manila, including the fact that "11 minor specifications to the 48 charges against" him were stricken which should speed up the trial. The trial will undergo a weeklong recess. Other news wire updates include: information on the testimony of Col. John R. Pugh and Maj. Achilles Tisdelle regarding the death march; the conviction of a Japanese guard by an Australian military court at Labuan; approval for a military commission to try Japanese accused of atrocities against B-29 fliers; and the opening of a trial in Singapore to try Japanese war criminals accused of starving and beating more than 500 Indians during a 34 day sea voyage from Singapore to Palau.

Reports on the sentencing at the Yokohama trial of Shinichi Motoyashiki, a prisoner of war camp guard at Hirohata, to 20 years for beating American prisoners of war.

Reports that Japanese witnesses, especially civilian ones, tend to lie on the stand or change their stories multiple times to investigators at the Yokohama trial. Capt. George A. Grier (prosecutor) and Capt. George A. Grier (defense section) relate their troubling experiences and express opinions as to the motives for the witnesses' actions.

Reports that the policy regarding the "apprehension, trial and punishment of war criminals in the Far East" has been agreed to by the Far Eastern Commission.