Twenty-six Japanese American women working as clerks at various Seattle public schools resigned after protests from mothers in the Gatewood neighborhood resulted in a petition asking for their dismissal.
A second group of Japanese Canadians was scheduled to leave Vancouver, B.C. for Schreiber, Ontario to work on road camps. A wire received from the group at Schreiber indicated things were satisfactory and the townspeople were friendly.
The Japanese American Citizens League announced the closing of Japanese language schools in Tacoma and Fife and Firwood in the Puyallup Valley. Masato Yamasaki, a principal, was interned after the beginning of hostilities.
