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Japanese farmers on Bainbridge Island met with C.W. Neely of R.D. Bodle Company, a frozen fruit dealer, in a photo showing them in discussion over the disposition of their crops since they were to be evacuated soon.

A photograph of a map showing the prohibited and restricted areas of the West Coast that affected persons of Japanese ancestry was distributed by the Associated Press. Manzanar camp shown on the map was where the Bainbridge Island Japanese were to…

Army officers distributed copies of Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 to all Japanese residents of Bainbridge Island in a photo in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

A soldier posted notices on Bainbridge Island in a photo which instructed the Japanese residents of the island on what the procedures were regarding the evacuation.

Registration of Japanese in Tacoma indicated that evacuation was imminent for all of Puget Sound, although other areas had not received notice as yet, except for Bainbridge Island. There the people had already received orders, but the salvagting of…

A photocopy of a picture that appeared in the local paper showed Roy Torazo Hikida being turned back at the Bainbridge ferry dock because a new rule prohibited any Japanese from entering the island.

A photocopy of a picture that appeared in the local papers showed Tatsumi Miyajima checking his rocking chair as he prepared to drive his car to the Manzanar internment camp.

A Japanese American from Nebraska is doing his bit with the United States Army Air Force by flying in a bomber and using a .50 caliber machine gun over Axis-held territory in Europe during World War II.

There were reports that Idaho would be a site for a reception center for West Coast Japanese in an area between Caldwell and New Plymouth, although other sites were also being considered. The governor of Idaho Chase Clark was oposed to any influx of…

Japanese on Bainbridge Island were making plans to evacuate as the Army barred any outside Japanese from entering the Island. Pictures showed them working, but they were mostly just waiting to see what happened next.