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Japanese American women who married an alien prior to 1931 and thus lost her U.S. citizenship had to apply for an alien Certificate of Identification..

Only nine questions will be asked on the new Selective Service form, which formerly asked for a lot more information.

FBI agents and Vallejo, CA police arrested nine Japanese aliens in the vicinity of the Mare Island Navy Yard who operate a laundry or cafe or possessed contraband in the belief that fifth column activity was being engaged in or the potential was…

A store owner called police in Watertown, N.Y. saying that a "suspicious Japanese" was in his store. After police arrested him it was learned that he was a Filipino who worked as a houseboy for a brigadier general.

Japanese farmers operate 1,172 farms in Los Angeles County, accounting for 25,000 acres of the county's 40,000 acres of available farmland, according to a survey conducted recently.

Fifteen Japanese aliens on Bainbridge Island were arrested for possessing contraband that was forbidden under the national espionage act. They were sent to the Immigration Detention Station in Seattle for further processing.

The Tacoma Japanese American Citizens League announced that it would assist Japanese aliens in the registration procedure.

Yutaka "Toke" Semba, a former University of Washington student from Tacoma and officer of the Japanese Students' Club, was reported to be stationed in California as a member of the field artillery.; another Tacoma resident, Chet Butsuda, was reported…

The Sumitomo Bank of Seattle asked for liquidation of its assets in a superior court request through its attorneys H.B. Jones and W.L. Grill.

Bremerton Post No. 149 of the American Legion urged removal of all Japanese on the West Coast saying that their presence jeopardized the security of the area and that fifth column activity in Hawaii contributed to the disaster at Pear Harbor. Another…