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Japanese Newspaper Here is Dying

The North American Post

Japanese on Bainbridge Removed Without a Hitch

Japanese/Japanese American residents of Bainbridge Island were removed from the island and sent by ferry to Seattle where they boarded a train for Manzanar, California. Photos accompanying the article showed a caravan of army trucks and a mother with…

Japanese Organize Own Government at Puyallup

People were getting settled at the Puyalllup Assembly Center with Area A already filled and other evacuees to be expected shortly. Volunteers handled camp duties, and cooks were assigned to mess halls. There were no schools.

Japanese Pack Their Own Firewood

Pictures from a local Seattle metropolitan newspaper showed Japanese from Seattle getting settled in at the Puyallup Assembly Center. People were shown getting firewood; the "mayor" of the center had two stenographers working with him; and a cook…

Japanese Paper Closed by U.S.

The North American Times, a bilingual Japanese paper published in Seattle since 1902,. was closed by U.S. Treasury Department.