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The remaining areas of King County still having Japanese residents were soon to be evacuated and sent to Pindedale, CA. Also, the farms that were being left behind were being transferred to other farmers.

Japanese cherry trees in Denny Park had been cut down, probably in protest against the fact that Japan attacked the U.S. Still, the park's caretaker and a police office were puzzled over the vandalism.

The trial of C.T. Takahashi, a Japanese Ameican exporter/importer, revealed that his telephone bill to Japan amounted to $1,000 a month and that he had made a contract to send to send three 80,000 gals. tanks to Japan; but with the ban on sending war…

A number of Japanese American students at the University of Washington were admitted to honor societies on campus at a convocation ceremony held on campus.

Thomas S. Masuda, local Japanese American attorney, was acquitted of being an unregistered agent of the Japanese government by a jury.

Oregon's Japanese in the northwest corner of the state were all expected to be evacuated before Seattle's Japanese were. However, some of the evacuees in Oregon were to be allowed to harvest sugar beets in the southeastern part of the state because…

The Tolan national defense migration committee criticized the handling of evacuees' property and said that selling the items was not a good idea when they might need these things in the future. It urged that Congress extend the war damage insurance…

Mike Masaoka, national secretary and field executive of the Japanese American Citizens League, praised the country's handling of the evacuation of Japanese residents and said it was "fair, reasonable and tolerant."

A riot ensued at a prison at the Immigration Building in Vancouver, Canada after the Japanees inmates broke windows and turned on a hose. They were protesting the taking away of the privilege of talking to their wives and friends who visited them.

Evacuation of the remaining Japanese in the city began,and the city was soon to be empty of all Japanese who used to live in Seattle. Two days of convoys were to send the people to the Puyallup Assembly Center.