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A man reported to the navy shore patrol that two Japanese sailors asked where they could buy firearms.

Hearings were to begin on the West Coast to determine what should be done with the Japanese on the Pacific Coast. The hearings were to begin in San Francisco, followed by Portland, then Seattle.

Editorial in one of the Seattle newspapers suggests immediate action on what to do with the aliens who run the truck farms in view of the fact that the season for planting is at hand, and the public should know what is planned. Evacuation of the…

Raids and arrests of Japanese aliens were made all along the West Coast as evidence of espionage and suspicious activity occurred in Portland, Sacramento area and the Santa Maria Valley in California.

3,849 enemy aliens have been arrested and turned over to the Immigation and Naturalization Service of whom a third of them are Japanese.

Rumors were circulating that all Japanese aliens and possibly the American-born Nisei will have to leave the Puget Sound area, although no official word had been yet received.

Raids were made on the homes of Japanese aliens in the Northern California area, and items such as army and navy uniforms, secret documents and aerial bomb casings were confiscated and the owners arrested.

There were demands that all Japanese be removed from the West Coast and not just aliens from restricted zones. As raids were made in the Monterey area in Northern California, Japanese aliens were being moved inland in California, but many were facing…

A Japanese woman whose husband was interned at Missoula, Montana said she was very happy that her son had joined the U.S. Army.

Floyd Schmoe, national chairman of the American Friends Service Center Committee, was to talk on the problems of Japanese Americans in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor at the Japanese Club of YWCA at the YWCA building.