Lawrence Journal World in Lawrence, Kansas

Japanese commandant sentenced to hang for wartime killings

Jan Mistreated Allied Pricenets in Yokohama reports Col Oliver Trechter presiding over a military commission that conv icted Hirate of responsibilities in the deaths of four Allied soldiers and the mistreatment of prisoners. He received a death sentence for killing Raymond C of Hadleigh England and others, with one charge for misusing Red Cross supplies. A radiogram from Suttle’s mother pleads for swift action.