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Article about Chinese people in Seattle to wear buttons that say "Chinese" to distinguish them from Japanese in case of mistaken identity

Photo of stalls at the Pike Place Market being empty because the Japanese workers who ordinarily staff these tables are missing in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack.

Article about the airlines barring people of Japanese descent from boarding American airlines or any transport planes.

Article about Japanese in California driving across bridges being stopped amd searched for explosives.

Article about the Japanese community being confined to their homes and that in San Francisco their section was roped off. In Chinatown there was elation over the United States entering the war.

Article about security measures being taken along the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Bridge, Los Angeles aqueduct and San Pedro Harbor.

Article about the Treasury Department's freezing Japanese assets of Japanese nationals and also of reports that some vandalism was committed on Japanese businesses.

Article about Japanese aliens being arrested in the United States and Hawaii and being turned over to immigration officials.

Photo of an American soldier guarding Japanese and another of the Japanese taken into custody when they arrived from Terminal Island, California to the dock at San Pedro, California.

Article about a warning received by a Seattle radio station claiming to blow up the station if it wasn't careful about what it aired.