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A letter writer to Time magazine said there was no move by people in California to expel the Japanese population but that the idea was being fueld by racists, Congressmen, and white farmers and marketers. The writer said he/she was not alone in this…

A Japanese Canadian student, Saburo Takahashi, was released after being arrested in Trail, B.C. for what was thought to be a map of the Trail Smelter as he was being driven toward Edmonton, Alberta. The map was merely directions to the home of a…

A Japanese American letter writer to Time magazine said he felt it was his duty to evacuate from the West Coast so that the Army could concentrate on more important matters and that if a bomb or anything else untoward happened, they would not be…

In an editorial in the UBC Odyssey, the author commended the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for its vigilance in watching over the security of the province, but it criticized the way the apprehension of a Japanese Canadian student was handled…

Two Universiy of British Columbia students left the University under procedures of the Dominion government's evacuation policy, but they have the opportunity to take their final exams at another Canadian university centre if they so request.

A witness testified in Kenji Ito's trial that Ito had said Japan's invasion of China was merely a cooperative move to get along with the Chinese people. Ito was on trial for allegedly being an agent of Japan without registering as one.

The Japan Society of Seattle disbanded because of the war and had made moves to do so even before being assailed by Miller Freeman at the Tolan Hearings.

A Japaneese American businessman, Kenji Iki, was arrested by local authorities for failure to declare his $500,000 of Japanese bonds to the Federal Reserve Bank as required by law.

The curfew was observed by Japanese businesses along Main and Jackson Streets as the lights went out and doors locked in order for people to meet the deadline of 8 pm.

A curfew for aliens of Japanese, German and Italian descent as well as Japanese Americans was put into effect, and these people had to be in their place of residence between 8 pm and 6 am and could not travel beyond 5 miles. Those who work a night…