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Enemy aliens were told to reregister at the post office basement and to bring three pictures of themselves, one of which will be put on their identification card.

The national board of the Japanese American Citizens League opposed the reopening of the Japanese language schools as they could cause suspicion and misunderstanding and the pupils might be subject to violence.

A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer suggested that Japanese American men who were eligible should join the armed forces and the remainder of the people should be removed from their homes and sent somehwere to be placed under armed…

A proprietor of a restaurant in New York was upset because he found out that the paper hats for the New Year's party held at his establishment had been made in Japan.

The Red Cross Committee of the Japanese American Citizens League made a contribution of $756.63 to the Red Cross War Fund as part of their patriotic duty.

The Municipal Board of Public Works in Seattle OK'd the use of aliens in public projects after it was learned that their labors were needed after it had previously disallowed the use of German, Italian and Japanese aliens from such work.

An article and picture shows a Japanese Canadian student at the University of British Columbia turning in his uniform after all Japanese Canadians were dropped from the C.O.T.C officer training program.

In his syndicated column, Henry McLemore reported that he had been sent numerous songs that indicated readers' antipathy to the "Japs, Wops and the Hun" and then gave a sample of one of the songs submitted to him.

All enemy aliens 14 years and older had to reregister at the U.S. Post Office. They had to bring a photograph of themselves and only their index finger will be fingerprinted.

Fifteen more Japanese aliens were arrested by the F.B.I. bringing the total to 151 arrested since the start of the war.