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A letter to the editor of the University of Washington Daily expressed the feelings of two Japanese American women who were to be evacuated. They set the facts straight and expressed hope for the future.

A Time magazine article stated that Japanese on the West Coast were to be prohibited from the coastal areas but that they could live inland and not be forced to move. Nevertheless, there were to be "reception centers" in the Owens Valley in…

A Chinese boy made sure that he was not mistaken for an enemy alien. In addition to wearing a China button, he had the word Chna spelled on his jacket with large heads of brass rivets.

A letter writer to publisher William Randolph Hearst suggested that Japanese evacuees be used to grow guayule rubber for defense work, with penalties for those who don't meet the quota.

Thirteeen enemy aliens in Tacoma, including 12 Japanese and 1 Italian, were arrested by the FBI after it was learned that the Japanese were members of pro-Japan organizations. They and the one Italian who was taken into protective custody were sent…

David Ishii, nearing 7, is peparing to make another change in his life now that evacuation orders have beeb promulgated. David grew up in Swedish Hopital and also lived on Vashon Island at a home of a relative of one of the Swedish Hospital nurses. A…

Two American Legion posts in Washington state urged the removal of all Japanese and other enemy aliens farther inland from the West Coast than had been announced previously.

A Pan American Airways pilot said that there would probably be a "Jap" army organized in California and that they would be ready to strike just as he said they did in the Philippines.

The Western Defense Command under Lt. Gen. John DeWitt announced the formation of the Civil Affairs Branch to assist Japanese with any problems relating to their eventual evacuation from the West Coast. In the meantime, the FBI continued its raids in…

A proposal to use Japanese Canadian men to work in highway construction received the interest of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce who heard the British Columbia premier tell of his plans..