John W. Powell
Journalist tried for sedition over germ warfare allegations.
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John William Powell was a journalist and small business proprietor who edited the China Weekly Review, an English-language journal founded by his father in Shanghai. He is notable for being tried for sedition in 1959 after publishing an article reporting allegations that the United States and Japan were carrying out germ warfare in the Korean War. Powell and his co-defendants were acquitted after a federal judge dismissed core aspects of the case due to insufficient evidence.
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John W. Powell was born on July 3, 1919 in Shanghai, China.
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John W. Powell studied at University of Missouri.
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