New York Times, Sunday 24th June 1945 (Page 4)

Dock Work Undertaken By Japanese Wrestlers

    Japan has put her wrestlers to work, a Japanese broadcast revealed yesterday. Twelve, including the grand champion, Futabayama, began unloading Manchurian soy beans from barges, according to Domei, Japanese news agency, as heard by The United Press in New York.
    Domei said they unloaded 150 tons of beans in five hours, an average of two and a half tons per man per hour.
    "The dozen behemoths did twice as much work as ordinary laborers," said Domei.