Hangings Likely To Take Place Today
TOKIO, Nov 26 (Reed 10.15 pm).— The indications are that General Tojo and other major war criminals will be hanged early tomorrow. A Buddhist priest who will administer the last rites to Tojo was called to Sugamo prison today. An execution between midnight tonight and dawn tomorrow would follow normal Sugamo routine, wherein all condemned war criminals have been hanged after midnight on Saturday morning.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 27 November 1948, Page 5
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