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A petition was circulated on the University of Washington camopus asking for the reinstatement of the Japanese American women officer clerks who were forced to resign their positions after protests arose from mothers of students at a West Seattle…

The date for Japanese to turn in contraband was extended to Saturday, 5 pm.

Twenty Japanese American employees of the California State Board of Equalization were suspended, and all liquor licenses held by Japanese were revoked.

Japanese in British Columbia were put under curfew orders that required them to stay within their homes between sunset and sunriset.

At a hearing in Portland, Oregon of the Tolan Committee, a leader of the JACL pleaded to let people of Japanese ancestry remain in their locales and not be moved. An Astoria, OR official cited possible fifth column activity, and an American Legion…

Letters to the University of Wahington Daily indicated there were pros and cons to the issue of Japanese American clerks working in the Seattle Public School at a time of war between the United States and Japan. While there were three letters…

An editorial in the University of Washington Daily reflected on how intolerance had taken hold in this country with this country engaged in World War II and cited the example of the resignation of the Japanese American office workers after some…

A poem warning of the treachery of the people of Japan was reprinted in a newspaper to show its relevance to today.

Preparations were being made to hold hearings in Seattle by the Tolan Comittee of Congress to determine the problems involved if evacuation of aliens and Japanese occurs.

An order was made to remove Japanese in the Pacific Coast ports of Mexico after there were reports of Japanese raids along the California coast.