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A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said people shouldn't feel sorry for the Japanese being evacuated from Bainbridge Island when she herself had to leave her home, husband and son in Alaska after they were told to leave, and she knew…

Thirty-four Japanese aliens were arrested in Bakersfield and Visalia, CA in raids performed by the FBI, and radios and other contraband were seized.

Kenji Ito, Seattle Japanese American attorney, stood trial on charges that he was an agent for Japan without registering with the government. In one of the days of the trial, it was stated that he sent a lawyer to attend meetings and speeches…

A copy of a photo showed Masaru Shbayama being in the presence of an armed sentry . The Army was there to prepare for the evacuation of the Bainbridge Japanese.

Regisration of Bainbridge Island Japanese was handled by civilian workers as the Army looked on in preparation for the evacuation of all these people from the Island.

The Army forbade any more voluntary evacuation of Japanese on the West Coast and announced that from now there will be evacuation under Army superivison. Also, the curfew was to be stringently endorced. In the meantime, James Sakamoto remained…

A copy of a photo in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer showed army troops guarding the ferry slip at Winslow on Bainbridge Island to ensure that no Japanese either left or entered the Island in preparation for the upcoming evacuation of all Japanese…

The Army kep a close watch over Bainbridge Island's Japanese as the day for evacuation was nearing. Meanwhile, James Sakamoto awaited word on his proposalto the federal government to have the area's Japanese move to the Columbia Basin near Moses…

In an article that included pictures, people of Japanese ancestry revealed their opinions on the curfew that had been imposed on them and the effects it would have on their lives.

Japanese farmers on Bainbridge Island met with C.W. Neely of R.D. Bodle Company, a frozen fruit dealer, in a photo showing them in discussion over the disposition of their crops since they were to be evacuated soon.