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Japanese Here Scores Attack

Article about the letter Dyke Miyagawa, president of the Educational Society of the Japanese Canner Workers, wrote to Mayor Millikin of Seattle pledging his and the organization's support in the country's war effort.

For Victory

Letter to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from Dyke Miyagawa, president of the Educational Society of the Japanese Cannery Workers, Seattle, who pledged his and his organization's support to the United States in its war efforts.

Japanese Get Legal Papers

Article and photograph of Japanese Americans getting copies of their birth certificates at the Public Safety Building in Seattle in order to continue to work in the city.

Produce Market Here Hit by Treasury Ban

Article about the difficulty and hardship faced by Seattle produce markets because of a U.S. Treasury Dept. order prohibiting financial transactions with Japanese aliens in purchasing fruits and vegetables from them. Since 80 percent of the fresh…

40 Youths Stranded

Article on Japanese American youth from a Seattle Buddhist Church organization being stranded in Portland, Oregon and having difficulty returning because of the ban on Japanese aliens being denied access to common carriers, despite the fact that…

Ban on Jspanese in Busses is Corrected

Article on the correction of the ban on Japanese riding school buses at Medina School as a result of the Pearl Harbor bombing.

Nippon School Here Is Closed

Article concerning the Seattle Japanese Language School's closure in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor bombing.

Japanese Still Deal in Pike Place Market

Article about the Pike Place Market and the Japanese still working there after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Many of the Japanese are aliens and have their stalls in the names of their children, who are U.S. citizens.

Council of Churches Asks Fairness to Jap Residents

Article about the Council of Churches asking for fair treatment of the Japanese in the area in the face of the Pearl Harbor bombing and at the same time, reminding Japanese to be calm, loyal and law-abiding.

Vancouver students charm senator with song and questions

Seems to be two incomplete articles about Senator Inouye's visit to Vanouver, WA