Punishment / Sentencing

Reports the acquittal of Shunsuke Kato at the Yokohama trial held by the Eighth Army Military Commission. It was the first acquittal by this group. Gives details regarding the case against Kato who had been "accused of assisting Cpl. Naraichi Chihara to beat prisoners." Kato's defense included assertions that he was only following direct orders from his supervisor. Also reports on the sentencing of Pvt. Truo Ono and Cpl. Motoichi Sakagami.

Reports on the statement released by Colonel Alva C. Carpenter, chief of the Legal Section of SCAP in light of the United States "Supreme Court's decision confirming the findings of the military tribunal which judged General Tomoyuki Yamashita." Gives full text of the statement.

Reports on the response given by President Sergio Osmena (Philippine Commonwealth) to the death sentence given to Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma. Osmena expresses his favorable opinion of the sentence."

Reports on the sentencing of seventeen Japanese military men in Shanghai, China "for the strangulation and cremation of three American B-29 flyers at Hankow in December, 1944." Another news wire item reports on the sentencing of Lt. Gen. Fukuei Shimpei to death by shooting in Singapore.

Reports on the death by hanging of Shunio Tomono after his conviction for beheading Sgt. Allen Nicks and Tech. Sgt. Joseph A. Demaria in Cholon, French Indo-China.