U.S. SOLDIERS RUN AMOK
lieceived ►Sundav, 11 p.m. TOKJO, Feb. 1(5. Five Japanese were killed and'abont 20 in.jnred when a group of American soldiers rau aniok ainl "shot up" the town of Hachio.ji, we.;t of Tokio, ac- \ cording to an annoimcenieut by United States Fifth Air Force. Five soldiers attached to Tachikawa Arrny air ba-nj wero arrested after a 10-dav search and were charged with innrder. The Hachio.ji police said American soldiers in a jeep pulled- np on the Tachikawa-Haehioji road on the night of .lainiary 31, lialted passersby and slngged them with a three-foot length of iirewood. The soldiers tlien went to Hachio.ji, witered rest aurants, broke glass and wrecked fnrnitnre.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 February 1947, Page 5
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