August 30: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Briefly

"Misconduct off the field' was responsible for the $5,000 fine and indefinite suspension imposed on Babe Ruth today, Manager Miller Huggins stated tonight."
General Douglas MacArthur set up headquarters in Yokohama today as the first 40,000 troops of his occupation army raised the Stars and Stripes over Japan's largest naval base."
Read at Brooklyn Eagle
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