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Article about how clergymen from the Seattle area call for tolerance and understanding of the Japanese Americans living here and support for the war effort.

Article about the continuation of the Seattle Japanese School in spite of hostilities between the United States and Japan.

Article about Seattle Mayor Earl Millikin's warning to the public to stay away from military establishments and any fires to lessen the possiblity of hysteria and to treat the Japanese residents of the city tolerably.

Article about Chinese people in Seattle to wear buttons that say "Chinese" to distinguish them from Japanese in case of mistaken identity

Photo of stalls at the Pike Place Market being empty because the Japanese workers who ordinarily staff these tables are missing in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack.

Article about the airlines barring people of Japanese descent from boarding American airlines or any transport planes.

Article about Japanese in California driving across bridges being stopped amd searched for explosives.

Article about the Japanese community being confined to their homes and that in San Francisco their section was roped off. In Chinatown there was elation over the United States entering the war.

Article about security measures being taken along the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Bridge, Los Angeles aqueduct and San Pedro Harbor.

Article about the Treasury Department's freezing Japanese assets of Japanese nationals and also of reports that some vandalism was committed on Japanese businesses.