Claim against ‘Tokyo Rose’
(N.Z. Praaa A»»n.—Copyright) CHICAGO, March 24. The United States Government has postponed until Friday its case against “Tokyo Rose,” from whom it is trying again to collect $U55255, being the balance of a fine imposed on her after the Second World War. Mrs Iva Toguri D’Aquino, who was convicted in 1949 of treason for broadcasting Japanese propaganda during the war, was known, by her voice, to soldiers and sailors throughout the Pacific war zone as “Tokyo Rose.” In addition to a prison term, her fine was SUSIO,OOO, and two insurance policies brought in 5U54745 towards it.
Mrs D’Aquino also served six years and two months of a 10-year prison sentence, then returned to Chicago, where she works in a Japanese shop owned by her father. “She has nothing,” her lawyer said today. “She works for a pittance.”
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32564, 25 March 1971, Page 9
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