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A woman who hired a Japanese gardener wondered how he and his crew managed to get her place cleaned up so neatly and quickly when it took her and her husband hours and even then the place looked like a jungle.

The Metropolitan Opera said it hadn't canceled "Madame Butterfly" but would probably not perform it because of the Japanese seeting of the opera. Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado was being canceled by most musical companies, although some peole…

A new list of forbidden items was made up that included bombs, explosives (or material for their manufacture); signal devices, codes or ciphers; papers, documents or books with invisible writing; photographs, sketches, pictures, drawings, maps, or…

A Japanese man said he gave $500 to someone posing as a "U.S. Agent," who said he was collecting the money for the U.S. government

The U.S. government was considering having enemy aliens carry special identification cards that had their picture and would be carried with them at all times.

An editorial noted that four Japanese Americans were charged with subversive activities but that should they be found guilty, that it should not be a reflection on the whole Japanese community, which has maintained good feelings and trust throughout…

The Metropolitan Opera in New York City received some crank notes asking why a Japanese singer was on its roster; however, the person in question, Bidu Sayo, is Brazilian, not Japanese.

Enemy aliens were ordered to surrender additional items such as maps, drawings and photographs which could be used in aiding the enemy in addition to the firearms, short wave radios and cameras that had previously been confiscated.

A speech by a James R. Young at the Sunset Club claimed that there was a vast network of Japanese espionage in this country. He cited his change of arrival day in Seattle and was already called upon by an editor of the local Japanese newspaper.

Owner of a Japanese restaurant in New York City lamented the lack of customers and the reluctance of friends to patronize his establishment after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the closure of his restaurant for a while by the police.