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Author mentions how race still plays a factor in determining who's "American", no matter how many generations one's family has lived here.

Talented soprano, Mariko Mukai, is awarded a scholarship from the Juilliard Foundation in New York.

Newly crowned Nisei Queen, Sakiko Shiga, worries that her father, Henry J. Shiga, may not be able to sail back home to the U.S. from Japan due to rising tension between the two countries.

An editorial remarked on how both the Chinese and Japanese communities iin friendly competition had met their Defense Chest quotas.

JACL organizes Japan Day celebration featuring folk dances, songs, juggling as well as a contest to name a Nisei Queen.

Article contrasts how Japanese government modified plans to detain Americans as "hostages" to how Japanese in America behave and are treated .

Editor, James Y. Sakamoto, speaks to the Junior Chamber of Commerce regarding the loyalty of Japanese-Americans if the U.S. ever went to war with Japan.

Japanese-Americans donate a large truckload of metal to contribute to a week-long aluminum drive.

Article about a conference of the Nortwest District Conference of the Japanese American Citizens League held in Seattle at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the political leaders who attended or sent messages to it.

Photo and article about a Shinto wedding held in Seattle uniting Takeshi Kubota and Kiyo Kaneko.