Two new offices of the agricultural division of the Wartime Civil Control Administration were established in Auburn and Sumner to expedite the transfer of Japanese truck and berry farms to experienced American farmers who secured a war board…
Enemy aliens lined up inside and outside the main post office in Seattle to get their certificates of identification, which contains their fingerprint and a photograph.
Twelve new exclusion orders were issued by Gen. John L. DeWitt of which two of them were to affect the Seattle area leading to the evacuation of 2,000 Japanese from this area.
New exclusion orders were issued to residents in the Los Angeles area, and a new rule allowed people to drive their cars to the reception center if they wished. It was also announced that a reception center was being built in Northern California on…
Approximately 2,500 Japanese from the Long Beach and San Pedro areas were settled at the Santa Anita racetracks, which were set up as a temporary reception center before they are sent to permanent camps in the interior.
FBI agents arrested 20 axis aliens in a sweep around Vallejo, CA, site of the Mare Island Navy Yard. Contraband was found at the homes, and the arrests were made to prevent sabotage. .