The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-14
Domei News Facilities
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operation more rigid methods or "When this first phase Is conn pleted, other phases provided In the surrender terms will infallibly tol- low"
 Already, he said, Japan's govern mental structure is controlled com pletely by the occupation forces and is operating "only to the extent necessary to insure such an orderly and controlled procedure as will prevent social chaos, disease and starvation
 Macarthur reported that Japan was completely exhausted and de- pleted, economically and industrial iy as well as militarily.
 "She Is in a condition of utter collapse" he said.
 The suspension of Domei was carried out n two stages. At noon, (ll D. m. Thursday, EWTl, all overseas radio news transmissions were banned. Then at b3O p. rn' (4:30 a. m. EWT), MacArthur or- dered the "entire suspension of the Domei News Agency"
 Tn addition to circulating atrocity stories, Domei had been scooping Allied newsmen by publishing oc.. cupation developments obtained from Japanese government sources long before MacArthur's headquar- ters released the news.
 The roundup of non-Japanese war criminals in Japan continued with the arrest of Aung Than, for mer military attache to the puppet Burmese embassy in Tokyo and or- ganizer of the Burma Independence Corps
 He was arrested at the Fujiya hotel in Miyanoshita by Col. Ralph Laughlin Pierre, s. D., judge advo- cate of the Eighth Army. That was the fifth of l6 n-Japanese sought as war criminals to be taken into custody.
 Japan, meantime, notified Lt.- Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger of the Eighth Army that she Is ready to surrender most of her war criminals. He was expected to demand that they be turned over to his occupa- ton troops within 24 to 4S hours.
 The Japanese note reported that one of the 47 persons sought in Japan for war guilt trials had com- mitted suicide-Lt.-Gen Chikahiko Koizumi, welfare minister in Japan's Pearl Harbor cabinet and No. II on the wanted list.
 Hari-Kiri Fashion
 Kolzunli slashed his abdomen and neck with a military saber in the traditional manner of kara-hiri at his Tokyo home Wednesday night after the police chief Of his home district told him he might be ar- rested soon.
 q had nothing to do with begin ming or ending the war;" Koizumi told the chief "Everything was done by direction of the imperial rescript. Your police have my sympathy In their hard task under difficult con- ditions."
 KoizunaI, 6l and unmarried dined as usual with relatives Wednesday night and partook of Japanese wine. He retired to his bedroom at l0:30 D. m. and was believed to have killed himself at ll:25 p. m. He left no farewell message or letter.
 Only relatives attended funeral services today. He was graduate of Tokyo Imperial university and later directed the Military Surgeons school.
 Koizumi was the first among the accused war criminals to kill hinl- self, though the premier under whom he served, Gen. Hideki Tojo, tried and failed last Tuesday. An Ameri- can doctor attending Tojo at Yoko- hama said he was making excellent progress toward recovery.
 Ban Effective
 MacArthur's ban on Domefs transmissIons in Morse code took effect at noon (ll p. m. Thursday EWT). There was no immediate indication whether Domei would bt permitted to resume them later.
 (The United Press listening post in San Francisco said Domei broad cast as usual at II p. m. EWT, but has not been on the air since)
 Allied sources had been demand. ing the move for several days or grounds that 1t was a farce for thu occupation forces to permit ar agency of a conquered government to continue broadcasting anti-Alliec atrocity stories and scoop Allied newsmen on legitimate news devel' opments.
 Censors had been placed 1T Domei's office earlier this week, bu authorities said this mornings re. port of footing and robbery 1T Tokyo had slipped out" before controls were established fully.
 Col. Donald Hoover, former cit! editor of the Indianapolis News, i in charge of Controls over the Japa' nese press and radio.
 The Japanese note to Eichelbergel gave no clue as to which of thu Japanese war criminals were ready for surrender to the Americans.
 The wanted list named 31 Japa nese ranging from members O Toio's Pearl Harbor" cabinet ant leaders of the dreaded Black Dragon society to guards accused Of atroci ties against Allied war prisoners ant interneeS.
 Two already were in custody, Toj himself and his former navy min ister, Admiral Shigetaro Shimads Four others accused of war guilt an American civilian, an Australian major, a Filipino and German also were in American hands. The IananeSe government Yolun