Show I J Japan Scandal Strikes High UI u. S. S S Officers Tokyo Millionaire Allegedly Gave Big Gifts for Favors TOKYO June 14 UP High UP-High High ranking United States army officers officers officers cers including generals allegedly aC accepted lavish gifts and the of geisha girls in exchange for granting preference on construction contracts to Ando Tokyo millionaire the provost pro pro- yost marshals marshal's office said Friday Climaxing a R seven months' months Investigation in investigation In In- agents of ot the provost marshals marshal's office and army intelligence intelligence intelli intelli- gence corps raided Andos Ando's head head- quarters They seiz seized d a large quantity of black market U. U S. S army goods and took Ando Japans Japan's foremost promoter and contractor into protective custody He was jailed at Metropolitan police station Col M M. L Logie Logic deputy provost marshal said the scandal would involve many top general headquarters headquarters head head- quarters quarte officers including ding some from the military government and from the e economic and scientific sections of ot U. U S. S army occupation for forces s G Guest est Book Book- Sought Book Sought k c I rn f that i t a gu guest st book book con containing g th the 8 signatures of hu hundreds hun of American officers was missi missing from s 's lavish Daian The officers had signed the book In in response se to Andos Ando's their request for autograph The book boole may figure in m the continuing continuing con con- Investigation of the Ando case Ando 46 was adviser to the Greater East Asia Asi Co and to the Japanese munitions industry during dur dur- ing lug the war H He presently is is' head o of Tokyo's largest taxi company and a director of the Ute Kamakura and Keio universities At the time I of Japans Japan's surrender he was given the job of preparing air airfield airfield airfield i field for the arriving Americans Many Involved Logie Logic said investigation revealed that many high general headquarters officers some some of ot general officer of or fleer rank were rank involved in the Ando case Ando allegedly gave geisha parties for Influential officers officers officers of of- in hope of f securing favors Logie said A geisha girl was said to have told officials Investigating the case that Ando offered her yen yento yento yento to spend the week end with a certain certain tam tain general headquarters officer She said Ando expected to obtain a construction contract contra t through the officer Logie said Americans Implicated In the scandal probably would be charged under the articles of war or a standing g regulation forbidding officers to accept gifts Another possibility h he said was that they might ight be e accused of conduct unbecoming unbecoming un un- un becoming a gentleman A Japanese source said laid Ando frequently b boasted that he was safe from U. U S. S army general headquarters r 1 L r tt ft fi i LEADERS IN FIGHT FOR JOR PERMANENT PEACE a Bernard M M. Baruch left confers with United Nations Secretary General Trygve TrYg Lie LIC at the I first session of the tho U. U N. N atomic energy com corn mission In New v York Friday B Baruch presented the U. U S. S offer to destroy its atomic bombs if U controls are established AP AT |