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Notes of a New Yorker

An article told of an orchestra leader who was having his dentures refurbished when the Japanese owner of the lab it was sent to was arrested as a result of Pearl Harbor, and the dentist who sent out the dentures was unable to retrieve it. The…

Jap's Drive (With Wife of Chinese) Ends in Retreat

A Japanese American man fleeing his girlfriend's husband, a Chinese, in a car was found guilty of reckless driving.

Middle West Jap Refuge Is Suggested

James Y. Sakamoto, Japanese American publisher of the Japanese American Courier newspaper, suggested the Midwest as a possible haven for those who will be evacuated as a result of a military order.

Puyalllup Japs Hit by Order

Puyallup Valley Japanese farmers were letting their fields go fallow because they were to be evacuated soon, and they didn't believe white people would do this kind of work.

Prosecutors Decry 'Vigilantism'

County prosecutors meeting in Olympia urged the citizenry not to engage in vigilante activity as they awaited the evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry.

Against Intolerance

A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that the Japanese American clerks at Seattle's public schools lost their jobs and that the public should protest this action because the women were loyal and efficient employees.

For Tolerance

A lette writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer asked for tolerance for all people affected by World War Ii, especially minority people who seemed to be treated like lesser people from the observations of the writer while she was hospitalized.

70 Million Pounds of Produce Grown by N.W. Japanese

Fred Niendorff, the Seattle P-I's financial editor, wrote in his column of the adverse effects of the evacuation of Japanese farmers from this area and stated that shortages and higher prices may be the result.

Alien Evacuation Aid Offered

The Puget Sond Chapter of the American Association of Social Workers urged careful planning of the evacuation of Japanese persons and offered their help to the proper authorities. They also went on record as opposing evacuation of people solely on…

Seattle, Wash

An article in the Uniersity of Washington Daily by Jack Sheedy decried the persecution of persons of Japanese ancestry and said it undermined the concept of American democracy.