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The Tolan national defense migration committee criticized the handling of evacuees' property and said that selling the items was not a good idea when they might need these things in the future. It urged that Congress extend the war damage insurance…

Mike Masaoka, national secretary and field executive of the Japanese American Citizens League, praised the country's handling of the evacuation of Japanese residents and said it was "fair, reasonable and tolerant."

A riot ensued at a prison at the Immigration Building in Vancouver, Canada after the Japanees inmates broke windows and turned on a hose. They were protesting the taking away of the privilege of talking to their wives and friends who visited them.

Evacuation of the remaining Japanese in the city began,and the city was soon to be empty of all Japanese who used to live in Seattle. Two days of convoys were to send the people to the Puyallup Assembly Center.

The trial of Japanese Americn attorney Thomas Masuda was nearing an end after Masuda finished his testimony. He had been accused of being an agent of Japan without registering with the state department.

The last remaining areas of the Puget Sound corridor still having Japanese residents were soon to be emptied of them as new exclusion orders were put into effect. Japanese residents of southwestern King County, western Pierce County and Kitsap County…

Bill Marutani, a student at the University of Washington, wrote an open letter to a Mrs. Williams reminding her that many Japanese in this country are Americans and that they are like just any other Americans except for their physical appearance.

A recopying of an article from the Seatte Times reported on Gordon K. Hirabayashi's stand as a conscientious objector and his refusal to obey the evacuation order.

Gordon K. Hirayabshi revealed in his letter why he could not obey the evacuation order sending persons of Japanese ancestry into internment camps. He cited constitutional and Bill of Rights guarantees as his authority for resisting the evacuation.

A copy of a letter written by a Japanese alien Mr. Tasuo Takno to Mr. Win, a Federal Reserve Bank officer asking for help in recovering some missing items. (The English was quite garbled so it was not quite possible to understand.)