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The date for Japanese to turn in contraband was extended to Saturday, 5 pm.

Twenty Japanese American employees of the California State Board of Equalization were suspended, and all liquor licenses held by Japanese were revoked.

Japanese in British Columbia were put under curfew orders that required them to stay within their homes between sunset and sunriset.

At a hearing in Portland, Oregon of the Tolan Committee, a leader of the JACL pleaded to let people of Japanese ancestry remain in their locales and not be moved. An Astoria, OR official cited possible fifth column activity, and an American Legion…

Letters to the University of Wahington Daily indicated there were pros and cons to the issue of Japanese American clerks working in the Seattle Public School at a time of war between the United States and Japan. While there were three letters…

Preparations were being made to hold hearings in Seattle by the Tolan Comittee of Congress to determine the problems involved if evacuation of aliens and Japanese occurs.

An order was made to remove Japanese in the Pacific Coast ports of Mexico after there were reports of Japanese raids along the California coast.

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

Japanese American women who worked as clerks in the offices of Seattle's public schools submitted their resignations after some Gatewood mothers led by Mrs. Esther Sekor protested their employment saying their presence created a safety issue for the…

Congressman John H. Tolan arrived in Portland to plan for hearings to be held to decide what to do with the Japanese alien evacuees.