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The American Legion Post No. 1 agreed to continue sponsorship of Troop No. 39, which was composed primarily of Japanese Americans despite the pall cast by the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

A letter writer to the Seattle P-I said he agreed with columnist Westbrook Pegler and believed that all Japanese, German and Italian aliens should be placed in concentration camps so they would be prevented from causing any trouble.

A woman who hired a Japanese gardener wondered how he and his crew managed to get her place cleaned up so neatly and quickly when it took her and her husband hours and even then the place looked like a jungle.

The Metropolitan Opera said it hadn't canceled "Madame Butterfly" but would probably not perform it because of the Japanese seeting of the opera. Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado was being canceled by most musical companies, although some peole…

A new list of forbidden items was made up that included bombs, explosives (or material for their manufacture); signal devices, codes or ciphers; papers, documents or books with invisible writing; photographs, sketches, pictures, drawings, maps, or…

A Japanese man said he gave $500 to someone posing as a "U.S. Agent," who said he was collecting the money for the U.S. government

The U.S. government was considering having enemy aliens carry special identification cards that had their picture and would be carried with them at all times.

An editorial noted that four Japanese Americans were charged with subversive activities but that should they be found guilty, that it should not be a reflection on the whole Japanese community, which has maintained good feelings and trust throughout…

The Metropolitan Opera in New York City received some crank notes asking why a Japanese singer was on its roster; however, the person in question, Bidu Sayo, is Brazilian, not Japanese.

Enemy aliens were ordered to surrender additional items such as maps, drawings and photographs which could be used in aiding the enemy in addition to the firearms, short wave radios and cameras that had previously been confiscated.