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Operators for Jap Farms Sought by State Chief

A call was made to have people take over the farms being vacated by Japanese who are to be evacuated.

Protestants Name Pastor For Japanese

Seattle's protestant church leaders were making plans to see that the Japanese evacuated from the city will have services available to them in the camps.

Official Notice Given Japanese

A photograph in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer showed two police officers posting notices regarding evacuation of Japanese living in the area and the instructions that go with it.

6 Japanese Jailed Over Curfew

Six Japanese Americans were arrested for violating the curfew that was imposed on them; they were supposed to be at their residences between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Evacuees Given Checkup

A photograph in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer showed a family gettting their temperatures taken by a nurse prior to their evacuation to an assembly center.

Registration of Jap Evacuees Gets Under Way in Seattle

Registration of Japanese evacuees was done at two locations in Seattle, and those that have been registered were to be sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center. Medical exams were supposed to be held at the same time, but were postponed till the next day…

Ban Jap Students

The president of the University of Minnesota, W.C. Coffey, announced that the university would not allow Japanese American students to transfer there pending a policy established by the federal government.

Burglar Trapped By Letter

A burglar who had previously tried to rob the home of Mrs. Tsuyada Ike was captured and identified as the same one who was caught at another home because he had left a letter at the Ike home detailing his criminal record in a job application.

Court Upholds Rights Of Jap Boy Patrolman

A sixty-seven year old Seatte engineer was fined for abducting a Japanese American safety patrol student who was on duty. The engineer felt the boy shouldn't be on patrol duty because the U.S. was at war with Japan.

Japs Finish Registrations

Registration of Japanese was completed in two areas of Seattle, and the people who have registered will soon be sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center. Registration for other Japanese in the city will take place later.