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On Ron Chew receiving the Western Museums Association's Director's Chair Award and the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World Award. He was also inducted into the UW's Department of Communitcation's hall of fame.

The author recalls the brothels in the International District during the Great Depression.

Article about a Japanese national who prayed daily on the eastside of the 12th Avenue Bridge, hoping for better relations between the United States and Japan

Article about how Japanese aliens who work as domestic employees for clubs and private homes are not being paid because of a freeze by the United States Treasury Department on not allowing transfer of money or assets to aliens of Japanese descent.…

Article about a man whose initials are J.A.P. dropping the "A" to just J.P. on his watch, tie clasp and belt buckle.

Article about the Cleveland Comic Opera's canceling "The Mikado," which takes place in Japan, due to present circumstances.

Article about how Eatonville tried to defuse an incident when a piece of iron was found on the railroad track, and the Japanese workers at the lumber were suspected.

Photograph of students at Bailey Gatzert school watching a student demonstrating what to do in case of the school being bombed.

Article about an American living in Chile who damaged a Japanese-run store and assaulted two of the clerks working in the store.

Editorial written by James Y. Sakamoto, publisher of the Japanese American Courier, exhorting the Nisei to remain loyal and do their bit in the defense of the United States.