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People were getting settled at the Puyalllup Assembly Center with Area A already filled and other evacuees to be expected shortly. Volunteers handled camp duties, and cooks were assigned to mess halls. There were no schools.

Pictures from a local Seattle metropolitan newspaper showed Japanese from Seattle getting settled in at the Puyallup Assembly Center. People were shown getting firewood; the "mayor" of the center had two stenographers working with him; and a cook…

The local American Friends Service Committee sent out a bulletin to the Japanese community telling of their availability and desire to help in the resettlement once the people are placed in permanent locales.

A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer warned of the treachery and cruelty of the soldiers of Japan and said that this could happen here if there were an invasion of the coast. The Japanese were unassimilable and should be shipped back to…

The Rev. Father L.H. Tibesar was shown pictured in the Seattle P-I greeting an evacuee arriving among the crowd at the Puayllup Assembly Center.

A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that Japanese have good qualities, but that evacuation is necessary; and all the Japanese ask for is a square deal, and that's what the U.S. will give them.

An Episcopal missionary to the Japanese community in the Seattle area, Mrs. Margaret Peppers, stated that she would follow the Japanese to the internment camps when the evacuation takes place.

Chicalo (?) Shioshi, a grocery owner in Portland, Or, bought $13,500 worth of war bonds prior to leaving for an assembly center. This money was from profits he made operating the grocery store with his brother Sam.

A commentary by a columnist decried racial discrimination and said it would be detrimental to democracy.

The first group to arrive at the Puyallup Assembly Center had dinner at one of the mess halls. They appeared to be hungry since it was their first meal after being on the move since morning.