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Hearings for enemy aliens being detained at the Immigration Station were to begin before Christmas although it was planned to start them after the holidays.

A Japanese alien woman committed suicide in Los Angeles by strangling herself in jail with silk stockings after being arrested on suspicion of espionage.

Plans were being formalized to hold hearings in Seattle to decide what should be done with the Japanese population on the West Coast and to consider mass evacuation as a solution.

The YM-YWCA Forum were to have a speaker on "How Shall the Japanese Aliens be Evacuated?" at Eagleson Hall. The speaker was to be Tom Bodine of the American Friends Service Committee.

Rumors regarding the assembly centers should be put to rest, said Col. Karl R. Bendetsen, spokesman for the army, who said that both Japanese and non-Japanese were giving out misinformation.

Japanese aliens were being allowed to buy commuter tickets on the ferries as long they produced a letter of identification signed by the Assistant U. S. Attorney General Gerald Shuklin.

An executive order signed by President Franklin Roosevelt established the War Relocation Authority which will help the Japanese evacuees in their relocation problems and try to find employment for them in assisting the war effort. The director will…

Some 5,151 enemy aliens had been arrested since the outbreak of World War II, announced Attorney General.

Enemy aliens were ordered to surrender additional items such as maps, drawings and photographs which could be used in aiding the enemy in addition to the firearms, short wave radios and cameras that had previously been confiscated.

Aliens in the Seattle area will have hearings to determine whether they should be detained or released. Japanese, German and Italian aliens are involved.