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Bainbridge Island Japanese were making plans to evacuate the Island as orders were received to leave although the exact date had not been determined. People were packaing their goods or storing them, a pastor was closing his church, and businessmen…

A photo showed the first arrivals to the Manzanar camp in the Owens Valley of California being assigned to their respective barracks.

Japanese Americans, some of whom held dual citizenship, took an oath of allegiance to the U.S. in ceremonies from Japanese American attorney Clarence Arai. Six women and one man were shown in a photograph in the Sattle P-I.

The JACL held ceremonies for Japanese Americans to affirm their allegiance to the U.S. by reciting an oath and signing papers containing the oath of alllegiance. A photograph showed Toshiko Nakagawa being photographed after taking an oath and…

A photograph showed members of the JACL tabulating the results of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's "Buy a Boeing Bomber" campaign.

Clarence Arai was elected wartime JACL president of the Seattle chapter; he succeeds Kenji Ito.

Clarence Arai, former president of the Seattle JACL and also former national president of the JACL, urged Japanese Americans to assist in the war effort and to be good, patriotic citizens in working together with others so that democracy might…

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, in an editorial, affirmed the loyalty and good citizenship of Japanese Americans and urged the public to be tolerant and understanding of their plight. At the same time, it urged Japanese Americans to do their part in…

Bill Hosokawa, Japanese American journalist, told of the rally held at the Seattle Buddhist Church auditorium that reaffirmed Japanese Americans' loyalty to the U.S. and their support for the U.S. war effort.

Clarlence Arai, local Japanese Americcan attorney, expressed his wish to join the army and regain his commission as a captain after it had been terminated because of his health.