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FEB. 21
Chicken and Biscuit Dinner: noon to 3 p.m. Feb. 21, Nana’s Restaurant, 212 N. Main St., Newark. Sponsored by the Newark Rotary Club. Tickets available until 1:30 through a Rotarian or by texting 315-573-0617. Takeout only. $10.
FEB. 26
Entries due for Snowman-Building Contest: Open to all residents and businesses in the village of Newark. Visit villageofnewark.com for contest rules and call 315-226-8105 to enter by Feb. 26.
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Doug Stout
Guest Columnist
On August 15, 1945, World War II ended with the surrender of Japan. American troops were moved quickly to Japan to act as an army of occupation. The Newark Advocate reported in early September that three local men had probably paraded the streets of Tokyo with the First Cavalry Division. The three men were listed as Lieutenant John Pete McFarland, Fred Hoffman, and former Newark physician Captain James B. Johnson, a surgeon with the First.
Also in Tokyo was Hideki Tojo, the former prime minister of Japan and the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor. General Douglas McArthur had ordered the arrest of Tojo and others on charges of committing war crimes. When soldiers surrounded Tojo s house on Sept. 11, the 61-year-old was planning his suicide. He shot himself in the chest with a 32 caliber pistol. He was still alive when the Americans found him. According to witnesses, Tojo was mumbling that he felt sorry for the Asiatic people and preferred t