Press Release June 18, 1947

General Headquarters Far East Command Public Information Office. Headlines include: Communicable Disease Rate for Spring of 1947 Shows Decrease from 1946; New Accident Compensation Law Protects Worker Rather than Employer, SCAP's Social Insurance Chief Declares; General Langfitt, Army Transport, Arrives at Yokohama; Former Japanese Sergeant Pleads Not Guilty to Charges; High Tribute Paid to Indian Armed Forces; Japanese War Criminal Receives 10 Year Sentence; Securities Coordinating Liquidation Committee Officially Comes Into Existence Today with Holding of First Meeting; Will Keep Tabs on Ultimate Ownership; Nation-Wide Judo Contest in Korea Attracts Crowd of 10,000.