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J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, said there has been no indication of sabotage directed by an axis government with only some isolated incidents.

FBI agents made raids from Canada to the Mexican border in trying to prevent sabotage and espionage among enemy aliens, who were questioned and often arrested because of incriminating evidence. Contraband such as ammunition, binoculars, cameras,…

Alameda Japanese began making plans to leave the town after it was designated by the Justice Department as a prohibited area. They thanked the town in two poems that were were featured in the town newspaper. The Alameda Japanese Methodist Church also…

Raids by FBI agents along the Pacific Coast and Arizona netted over 500 enemy aliens who were arrested for having ties to enemy organizations, some having headquarters overseas.

Mrs. Dale J. Marble, president of the Seattle Council of Parent-Teacher Associations, waged a protest with the Seattle School Superintendent over the presence of Japanese American women as clerks in the principals' offices. She said there was…

Thomas, WA's Japanese Association and Thomas Japanese Language School were dissolved in the wake of the order to evacuate Japanese from the West Coast.

Politicians warned of dangers from Japan including a possible attack on the West Coast in the wake of a Congressional hearing that began in San Francisco. Congressman Tolan of Oakland made the statement, and Earl Warren, attorney general of…

A Japanese alien is shown in a copy of a photograph from a Seattle newspaper walking with a Seattle police sergeant.

In Oregon eight German aliens and four Japanese aliens were arrested after F.B.I. raids on several Western Oregon cities. Contraband was also seized at that time.

A copy of a photograph from a Seattle newspaper shows a Japanese alien alighting from a car as he arrives at the immigration station accompanying by two county detectives.