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An alien board of three members from Washington state was to leave Seattle for Missoula, Montana, to hold hearings for Japanese, German and Italian aliens detained there.

Picture shows the inside of the Seattle Buddhist Temple where a priest addresses the parishoners. An American flag hangs on the left side.

Picture shows Japanese American waitresses in uniforms smiling and happily serving their customers at the Cherry Blossom Cafe in Los Angeles.

Picture of two Japanese American employees working at California Bank in Los Angeles.

A shoe store has a sign in its window presumably saying that it is a Chinese store in order to differentiate itself from a Japanese store in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor.

Sign in the Eastern Trading Co. store states it is "Owned and Operated by Chinese" in order to separate themselves from Japanese in case they get mistaken since Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

Picture of a Japanese woman selling pastries to another woman at a confectionery in Seattle.

Hearings for enemy aliens being detained at the Immigration Station were to begin before Christmas although it was planned to start them after the holidays.

The Japanese Boys Club at the University of Washington gave Robert W. O'Brien a national defense bond on the occasion of the birth of his son. O' Brien is the adviser to the club.

Picture of a Filipino woman wearing a "Philippines" button to indicate her origins so as not to confuse her with Japanese.