1900.5190 |
Article |
Defense bonds and stamps sales were brisk in Seattle with the items almost all sold out in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. |
Seattle Nearly "Sold Out" on Defense Bonds |
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Dec. 18, 1941 |
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1900.5191 |
Article |
Alien Japanese and Germans who were held at the immigration station in Seattle were transferred out, some to Missoula, Montana and others to an undisclosed camp. There were about 50 to 60 persons involved. |
Aliens Taken To Internment |
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Dec. 19, 1941 |
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1900.5192 |
Cartoon |
Editorial cartoon showing a man in Japan sitting at his desk lamenting being stuck with God Bless America pennants he can't export because of America's embargo on Japanese goods. |
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Pearson |
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1900.5193 |
Article |
Two men and a woman were making the rounds of asking for licensing fees from Japanese hotel and rooming house operators in a bogus scheme to make money. |
Japanese Victimized by Bogus Collectors |
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1900.5194 |
Article |
A mortuary in San Francisco had a sign outside its establishment saying "We'd rather do business with 100 Japanese than one American." |
They Want Jap Business |
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Dec. 18, 1941 |
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1900.5195 |
Article |
Letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer pleading for tolerance and understanding among all peoples in this fight for unity and democracy. |
Americans All |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5196 |
Article |
Army privates of Japanese ancestry are teaching the Japanese language to about 100 officers and enlisted men. |
American Soldiers Learning Japanese |
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Dec. 18, 1941 |
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1900.5197 |
Article |
Wearing buttons identifying themselves as Chinese (or Koreans) helps these people avoid unpleasant situations that might arise out of being mistaken for Japanese. |
No Camera, No Jap, Explains Keye Luke |
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Dec. 18, 1941 |
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1900.5198 |
Article |
A satiric piece by a writer who envisions how Emperor Hirohito would notify his ancestors about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. |
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1900.5199 |
Article |
Two Japanese aliens, Tamaza Tanikawa, 60, and Karaki Kozumi, 41, were arrested for concealing $12,000 which should have been declared to the government. |
2 Japs Accused of Hiding Funds |
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Dec. 18, 1941 |
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1900.520 |
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Alien Americans |
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1900.5200 |
Article |
A reporter stated that things in Hollywood were about as quiet as the cash register at a sukiyaki joint. |
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1900.5201 |
Article |
A mob gathered at a store operated by a Chinese man who displayed a flag of the Chinese air force but was mistaken for a flag of Japan. |
Mob Mistakes New China Flag for Jap's |
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Dec. 19, 1941 |
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1900.5202 |
Article |
A writer suggested some song titles for Tin Pan Alley that reflected the war effort. |
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1900.5203 |
Article |
State Attorney General Smith Troy announced that Japanese aliens were entitled to unemployment compensation since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. |
State May Continue Relief to Japanese |
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Dec. 18, 1941 |
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1900.5204 |
Article |
A barber in Bay Shore, New York, Joseph Scanbura, had a sign in his barber shop, "Free shaves for Japs. Not responsible for accidents." |
Free Shaves for Japs |
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Dec. 18, 1941 |
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1900.5205 |
Article |
The Roger Williams Club of the University Baptist Church baked cookies for the Japanese Children's Home. |
Activities Slated for Williams Club |
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1900.5206 |
Photo |
A photo shows an X over the name of Mikado, Michigan, which wants to change its name to Roosevelt. |
Down with the Mikado! |
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Dec. 20, 1941 |
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1900.5207 |
Article |
Letter to the editor from a woman who warned of fifh column activity and proposed sending the alien Japanese back to their home country accompanied by their children or letting the children remain here to be interned. |
Japanese in U.S. |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5208 |
Article |
Four prominent Japanese Americans were arrested and held in the King County Jail after being arrested by federal agents in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor bombing. |
U.S. Aids Jail 4 Japanese Leaders Here |
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Dec. 21, 1941 |
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1900.5209 |
Article |
A store owner in Ogden, Utah sold his made in Japan goods at a discount and donated the proceeds to the Red Cross as a way to get back at Japan and at the same time help the Red Cross. |
Sale of Jap Goods for Red Cross Gives Tokyo Kick in Rear |
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Dec. 22, 1941 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.521 |
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The Anti-Chinese Convention of the State of California |
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1900.5210 |
Article |
Ten Japanese Americans said they would be willing to work on the movie "Burma Road" and have their salaries used to buy defense bonds or used for any other war aid agencies. |
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Parsons, Louella |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5211 |
Article |
Six men were named to the enemy alien board to hold hearings on enemy aliens in the aftermath of the United States' entry in World War II. |
Enemy Alien Board Named |
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1900.5212 |
Article |
Reports of a Japanese tank on the streets of Beverly Hill, CA threw the residents in a panic and the police investigated, only to find a street sweeping machine moving along the street. |
"Japs Are Coming!" California Police Got In Action Fast |
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Dec. 20, 1941 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5213 |
Article |
An Americanism rally was planned at the Seattle Buddhist Church sponsored by the Emergency Defense Council of the Japanese American Citizens League and to be addressed by Seattle's mayor and an official of the American Legion. |
Japanese Group Will Hold Rally |
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1900.5214 |
Cartoon |
Political cartoon showing a man with an ax chopping down a Japanese cherry tree, saying, "Now, I'll tear up a lot of German music." |
As Bad As Hitler! |
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Dec. 22, 1941 |
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1900.5215 |
Cartoon |
Cartoon showing a horrified woman who has opened a package containing a gift she bought for her husband only to learn that the item was made in Japan. |
Ma Discovers That The Gift She Bought for Grandpa Was "Made in Japan!" |
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1900.5216 |
Photo |
Picture of a Filipino woman wearing a "Philippines" button to indicate her origins so as not to confuse her with Japanese. |
Proud of Homeland |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5217 |
Article |
The Japanese Boys Club at the University of Washington gave Robert W. O'Brien a national defense bond on the occasion of the birth of his son. O' Brien is the adviser to the club. |
Japan Boys' Club Gives Baby Bond |
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Dec. 23, 1941 |
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1900.5218 |
Article |
Hearings for enemy aliens being detained at the Immigration Station were to begin before Christmas although it was planned to start them after the holidays. |
Alien Hearings Open Tomorrow |
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1900.5219 |
Photo |
Picture of a Japanese woman selling pastries to another woman at a confectionery in Seattle. |
Jeune japonaise au comptoir d'une confiserie etablie a Seattle depuis 1890. |
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1900.522 |
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Part 2 or a six-part series: The folder includes the reprint of the entire series: The International District: History of an Urban, Ethnic Neighborhood in Seattle. |
The Anti - Chinese Movement |
Chin, Doug |
1/6/1982 |
International Examiner |
1900.5220 |
Photo |
Sign in the Eastern Trading Co. store states it is "Owned and Operated by Chinese" in order to separate themselves from Japanese in case they get mistaken since Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. |
Owned and Operated by Chinese |
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1900.5221 |
Photo |
A shoe store has a sign in its window presumably saying that it is a Chinese store in order to differentiate itself from a Japanese store in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. |
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1900.5222 |
Photo |
Picture of two Japanese American employees working at California Bank in Los Angeles. |
Les Japnoaises sont aussi fort nombreuses en Californie et plusieurs d'entr'elles y sont nees. |
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1900.5223 |
Photo |
Picture shows Japanese American waitresses in uniforms smiling and happily serving their customers at the Cherry Blossom Cafe in Los Angeles. |
En haut jeunes serveuses resplendissantes de bonne humeur au Cherry Blossom Cafe |
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1900.5224 |
Photo |
Picture shows the inside of the Seattle Buddhist Temple where a priest addresses the parishoners. An American flag hangs on the left side. |
Ci-contre scene typique dans le temple boudiste de Seattle |
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1900.5225 |
Letter |
Letter to the editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer giving a woman's view on citizenship and why Japanese people can't be assimilated into American society. |
Nisei Problem |
Young, Mildred |
Jan. 17, 1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5226 |
Letter |
Letter writer denounces Axis' and especially Japan's treachery and deceit in diplomacy. |
Diplomacy |
Miller, E.B. |
January 20 (?), |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5227 |
Letter |
Letter writer Jacqueline Wieland defends the Nisei (Japanese Americans) and says they are good citizens and are victims of discrimination when they graduate from high school and face the real world. |
Nisei Problem |
Wieland, Jacqueline |
Jan. 20 (?),194 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5228 |
Letter |
Letter writer Peter S. Johnson urges the removal of Japanese from the Pacific Coast to some inland location, saying that they are a menace to the area. |
Would Move Japanese |
Johnson, Peter S. |
January 20 (?), |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5229 |
Letter |
Letter writer Albert D. Bonus defends Japanese Americans and says they are loyal because they have been cooperating with the authorities, bought defense stamps and bonds and are serving in the American army. |
Loyal Japanese |
Bonus, Albert D. |
January 20 (?), |
Seattle Post- Intelligencer |
1900.523 |
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Atrocities Against Chinese Americans - A Partial List |
Sumi, Pat |
Feb. 1971 |
Reprinted from Gidra |
1900.5230 |
Letter |
Letter writer Tom Guptill urges a reward for Mr. Moto for his treachery--a yellow double cross |
For Mr. Moto |
Guptill, Tom |
Jan. 20 (?), 19 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5231 |
Letter |
Letter write Frank Foster said not to show any leniency to warmongers and to learn from past experience. |
Against Leniency |
Foster, Frank |
January 20 (?), |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5232 |
Article |
An alien board of three members from Washington state was to leave Seattle for Missoula, Montana, to hold hearings for Japanese, German and Italian aliens detained there. |
Alien Board Will Meet in Montana |
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January 18, 194 |
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1900.5233 |
Letter |
Letter writer Virginia Scott suggested sending West Coast Japanese inland for the security and safety of the people living here. |
Would Move Japs |
Scott, Virginia |
January 19, 194 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5234 |
Article |
Rt. Rev. S. Arthur Huston praised the Japanese women of St. Paul's Mission in the White River Valley for organizining a unit of the American Red Cross. |
Bishop Huston Lauds Japanese War Work Aid |
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January 1942 |
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1900.5235 |
Article |
Employers were urged to hire aliens in non-restricted work in order to keep up war production, according to the Office of Production Management. Many employers were under the mistaken impression that aliens could not be hired or that prejudice kept them from hiring aliens. |
Restrictions On Aliens Hit |
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January 21, 194 |
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1900.5236 |
Article |
The number of Japanese aliens arrested as of January 23, 1942 was 160. Those arrested have been held at the Immigration Station in Seattle, and more than 100 have been sent to a detention center in Missoula, Montana. |
160 Japanese Now Held Here |
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Jan. 23, 1942 |
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1900.5237 |
Article |
The Japanese American Citizens League raised $4,525 toward the goal of purchasing a bomber. A Japanese Buddhist group in the White River Valley raised an additional $500 in this drive. |
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January 23, 194 |
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1900.5238 |
Article |
Walter Williams, chairman of the Washington State Defense Council, said Japanese on the West Coast won't be evacuated after meeting with officials in Washington, DC. |
Japs Won't Be Evacuated, Says Williams |
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January 22, 194 |
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1900.5239 |
Article |
Hideo Katamoto, 17, was arrested on orders of the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs for loitering around the Union Oil dock and Pier 14. |
Japanese Youth To Be Questioned |
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January 22, 194 |
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1900.524 |
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The Chinese Riots |
Evans |
11/2/1975 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
1900.5240 |
Article |
1,300 Japanese from the Seattle area met at the Seattle Buddhist Church to pledge their loyalty to the United States and to hear from officials about the importance of being good Americans. Photo shows the crowd gathered around the U.S. flag. |
1,300 Seattle Japanese Pledge Loyalty |
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Dec. 23, 1942 |
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1900.5241 |
Article |
A drunken self-styled "Paul Revere" rode his horse throgh a Seattle neighborhood warning of a Japanese aerial attack, but he had disappeared by the time sheriff's deputies arrived.
In another case, a drunken man destroyed several windows of a Chinese laundry after he believed that it was owned by Japanese. He was arrested. |
False Raid Alarm Spread by Tipsy "Paul Revere" |
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1900.5242 |
Article |
The Red Cross Committee of the Japanese American Citizens League donated kits to soldiers hospitalized at Fort Lewis as part of their war effort drive. |
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Dec. 26, 1941 |
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1900.5243 |
Article |
Four Japanese American men, prominent in the community, were arrested and held in the county jail after they had a hearing and bail was set. The charge was that they had engaged in subversive activity against the United States. |
4 Deny Guilt In Jap Case; High Bond Set |
MacDonald, Howard E. |
Dec. 28 1941 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5244 |
Article |
In Kansas City customers were afraid to use the elevators in a department store because they thought the elevator operators were Japanese when they weren't. The manager solved the problem by having the employees reveal their race by wearing badges saying, "I'm a loyal Filipino." |
Labeled |
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Dec. 27, 1941 |
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1900.5245 |
Article |
Edwin A. Henderson, a letter writer from Olympia, urged Japanese Americans to report any subversive activity to the F.B.I. as any good citizen should do. |
Report to the F.B.I. |
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Dec. 27, 1941 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5246 |
Article |
Enemy aliens were informed to turn in all cameras and radios with short wave bands, including home receiving sets with short wave bands, to the nearest police or sheriff's office or face arrest and forfeiture of these items. The U.S. Department of Justice made this request to all enemy aliens in the Ninth Corps Area. |
Radio, Camera Ban Placed on Enemy Aliens |
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Dec. 28, 1941 |
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1900.5247 |
Article |
A resident of a town near Portland became frightened and fled his home when he saw a soldier who had been guarding a bridge knocking on his door and yelling to turn out his lights during a blackout. The soldier was a Japanese American, and that made the resident think the town had been invaded by the enemy. |
Friend or Foe? He Didn't Know |
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Dec. 29, 1941 |
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1900.5248 |
Article |
About 80 of the 119 Japanese aliens who had been arrested left for Fort Missoula, Montana, and it is believed that practically all of them have now been moved from the immigration station in Seattle. |
Many Japanese Leave City for Montana Prison |
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1900.5249 |
Article |
Cameras and radios belonging to enemy aliens of Japanese, Italian and German descent were being turned in by the three groups to the Seattle police station or the owners would face severe penalties under federal law. A photo shows Japanese turning in these items. |
Hundreds of Aliens in Line to Give Up Radios, Cameras |
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1900.525 |
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District Governor Lions International Urges Quota: Quota Would Unite Families Broken by Exclusion Law |
Dexter, Walter F. |
Ajn. 1935 |
Bulletin on Pacific Coast Council on Oriental Rela |
1900.5250 |
Article |
Rear Adm. H.E. Yarnell, U.S.N. (ret.) , in a speech delivered to the American Poitical Science Association and the American Soceity for Public Administration, spoke in favor of allowing Asians to immigrate to the U.S. after WWII with the same privileges as European immigrants. |
U.S. Should Let Asiatics Enter--Yarnell |
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Dec. 29, 1941 |
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1900.5251 |
Article |
Japanese aliens of Hood River County in Oregon were told that they would have to turn in any firearms in a new order issued by the Justice Department, according to words received by Senator McNary, Republican of Oregon. |
Japanese Must Give Up Firearms, Says McNary |
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Dec. 29, 1941 |
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1900.5252 |
Article |
A writer for United Press' London bureau, on his way home from a world trip, stopped in Honolulu, Hawaii and reported that Japanese residents there provided assistance to the Pearl Harbor attackers through espionage activity. |
Arrows Cut in Cane Fields Helped Japs Find Hawaii Targets |
Carroll, Wallace |
Dec. 30, 1941 |
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1900.5253 |
Article |
A Boeing worker was arrested for appearing suspicious around the Boeing plant when it was learned he had a gun in his briefcase. He claimed the Japanese proprietor of a cafe reported him when he went to eat there and opened his briefcase, which revealed the gun. |
Arrest Bewilders Boing Worker' Japanese Turned Him In, Youth Declares |
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1900.5254 |
Photo |
Photo shows Japanese turning in their cameras and short wave radios in accordance with government orders. |
Cameras, Too, Surrendered Here |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5255 |
Article |
Cameras and short wave radios were turned in by Japanese aliens and some German and Italian aliens under an order barring them from having such items during wartime and the deadline of December 30, 1941 was approaching. |
Banned Radios and Cameras Swamp Police |
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Dec. 30, 1941 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5256 |
Article |
Smith Troy, Attorney General , announced that Japanese aliens could be paid social security benefits provided they have resided in the continental United States on and ever since June 17, 1940. |
Japanese Social Security Ruling |
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Dec. 31, 1941 |
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1900.5257 |
Article |
Los Angeles' Little Tokyo is the largest Japanese colony in the United States and has become like a ghost town because things have shut down here due to the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
Little Tokyo |
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Jan.2, 1942 |
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1900.5258 |
Article |
An alien enemy board was prepared to hold hearings at the United State Immigration Station on the disposition of alien Japanese, Germans and Italians who were currently being detained. |
Alien Enemy Board Will Open Hearings |
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Jan. 1, 1942 |
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1900.5259 |
Article |
An article in one of the Seattle papers told of a wealthry woman who tried to have her Japanese chauffeur drive through Fort Lawton, although he was stopped by soldiers with bayonets. She had urged him to drive right through because "everybody knows me." |
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1900.526 |
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Readings for the History of Minority Groups in the U.S. class at SCCC |
History of Minorty Groups in the United States |
Binns, Archie |
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Seattle Central Community College |
1900.5260 |
Article |
Three men and one woman all of Japanese descent, were reported to be photographing an army unit at Spadra in California; but when the law enforcement officers arrived, they were gone. |
Japs Photograph Army Unit; Escape |
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January 2, 1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5261 |
Article |
Fourteen Japanese turned in their short wave radios to the police as was required by federal law in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor bombing. |
More Japanese Give Up Radios |
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1900.5262 |
Article |
Pictures of Japanese warships were among items turned in when it was ordered for Axis aliens to turn in cameras and short wave radios. The Japanese man who turned in the pictures thought they might be of use in national defense. |
Picture of Jap Ships Given U.S. |
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Jan. 1, 1942 |
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1900.5263 |
Article |
Enemy aliens were ordered to turn in all firearms to the police following a previous order to give up their shortwave radios and cameras. Also travel restrictions were imposed limiting the distance enemy aliens could travel. |
Aliens Here Will Turn In All Firearms |
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1900.5264 |
Article |
Shots were fired at the home of a Japanese family in Salt Lake County in Utah while the father was away but the mother and five children were at home. The Noji Tsutsui family were not injured. |
Six Japanese Escape Shots Fired at Home |
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Jan. 3, 1942 |
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1900.5265 |
Article |
Japanese swords were among the items turned in by enemy aliens to the police department after an order was issued that all shortwave radios, cameras, firearms, weapons and implements of war had to be surrendered. A photo shows a law enforcement individual and Tom Uyeno inspecting one of the swords. |
Ancient Weapons Given Up By Seattle's Alien Japanese |
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Jan. 4, 1942 |
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1900.5266 |
Article |
A caller to the police department asked a foolish question that may have been the ultimate in unbelievability. He asked if an enemy alien had to turn in any shortwave radio, gun and camera if he's an American citizen. |
Question Aliens To The Situation |
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1900.5267 |
Article |
One hundred and eighty-two enemy aliens have been arrested in the state since the entry of the United States in World War II. |
182 Enemy Aliens Arrested in State |
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1900.5268 |
Article |
Enemy aliens were to be issued travel permits if they have to leave their municipal area. Also they were to be issued permits for possessing cameras if they had to have them for their livelihood. |
Aliens May Get Travel Permits |
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1900.5269 |
Article |
President Franklin Roosevelt urged private employers not to discharge enemy alien and foreign-born employees when they were needed in the war effort. He proposed a "sane" policy that employers should follow in treating aliens and the foreign-bon fairly. |
'Sane' Alien Labor Policy Urged |
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Jan. 3, 1942 |
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1900.527 |
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History of Tacoma |
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1900.5270 |
Article |
Ceremonial Japanese swords as well as shortwave radios, cameras and firearms were being turned in by Japanese aliens after a ruling was made that the swords had be to surrendered. A photo showed Jack Ogami turning in his family's ceremonial swords. |
Japs Must Give In Swords, Act Sharp About It |
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Jan. 4, 1942 |
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1900.5271 |
Article |
Alderman H.D. Wilson warned that there would be riots unless the Japanese on the West Coast of Canada are not removed. He was en route to Ottawa to recommend that Japanees males 18 and over be removed from the coastal areas and that he would recommend to the city council that all Japanese be removed east of the Rockies to prevent any fifth column activity. |
Riots Feared In B.C. if Japs Stay on Coast |
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Jan. 6, 1942 |
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1900.5272 |
Article |
A flower shop operated by a Japanese person displays a photograph of his son who is in the United States Army. |
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Jan. 5, 1942 |
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1900.5273 |
Article |
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reprinted an editorial from the Vashon News-Record which praised the P-I for its fair and even-handed treatment of the Japanese in the area. |
Justice for Nisei |
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Jan. 6, 1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5274 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer criticized the suggestion of an Admiral Yarnell (ret.) for advocating the change in anti-Asian immigration laws and allow Asians and specifically Japanese to immigrate to this country on the same basis as Europeans. |
Yarnell and Japanese |
Snively, Frank |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5275 |
Article |
Owner of a Japanese restaurant in New York City lamented the lack of customers and the reluctance of friends to patronize his establishment after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and
the closure of his restaurant for a while by the police. |
Japanese Backs U.S., So Does Soldier Kin |
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Jan. 6, 1942 |
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1900.5276 |
Article |
A speech by a James R. Young at the Sunset Club claimed that there was a vast network of Japanese espionage in this country. He cited his change of arrival day in Seattle and was already called upon by an editor of the local Japanese newspaper. |
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Jan. 8, 1942 |
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1900.5277 |
Article |
Enemy aliens were ordered to surrender additional items such as maps, drawings and photographs which could be used in aiding the enemy in addition to the firearms, short wave radios and cameras that had previously been confiscated. |
Aliens Deprived of Maps, Photos |
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Jan.6, 1942 |
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1900.5278 |
Article |
The Metropolitan Opera in New York City received some crank notes asking why a Japanese singer was on its roster; however, the person in question, Bidu Sayo, is Brazilian, not Japanese. |
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Jan. 7, 1942 |
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1900.5279 |
Article |
An editorial noted that four Japanese Americans were charged with subversive activities but that should they be found guilty, that it should not be a reflection on the whole Japanese community, which has maintained good feelings and trust throughout the years. |
Japanese in Seattle |
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1900.528 |
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The Japan American Society: The Founding Years |
Mockford, James |
Summer 1983 |
Portage |
1900.5280 |
Article |
The U.S. government was considering having enemy aliens carry special identification cards that had their picture and would be carried with them at all times. |
Aliens May Have to Carry Cards |
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Jan. 7, 1942 |
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1900.5281 |
Article |
A Japanese man said he gave $500 to someone posing as a "U.S. Agent," who said he was collecting the money for the U.S. government |
Japanese Pays 'U.S. Agent' $500 |
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1900.5282 |
Article |
A new list of forbidden items was made up that included bombs, explosives (or material for their manufacture); signal devices, codes or ciphers; papers, documents or books with invisible writing; photographs, sketches, pictures, drawings, maps, or any graphical representations of military or naval installations or equipment, or of arms, ammunition or implements of war that could be used in combat situations. This list applied to enemy aliens. |
Enemy Aliens Must Turn In Explosives, All Codes |
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1900.5283 |
Article |
The Metropolitan Opera said it hadn't canceled "Madame Butterfly" but would probably not perform it because of the Japanese seeting of the opera. Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado was being canceled by most musical companies, although some peole thought that was going too far because it was written by Englishmen and was merely a satire of Japan. |
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1900.5284 |
Article |
A woman who hired a Japanese gardener wondered how he and his crew managed to get her place cleaned up so neatly and quickly when it took her and her husband hours and even then the place looked like a jungle. |
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1900.5285 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle P-I said he agreed with columnist Westbrook Pegler and believed that all Japanese, German and Italian aliens should be placed in concentration camps so they would be prevented from causing any trouble. |
Distrusts Aliens |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5286 |
Article |
The American Legion Post No. 1 agreed to continue sponsorship of Troop No. 39, which was composed primarily of Japanese Americans despite the pall cast by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. |
Legion to Keep Sponsorship of Nisei Scouts |
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1900.5287 |
Article |
Japanese students at the University of British Columbia were asked to turn in their equipment as they were being barred from the Canadian Officers' Training Corps due to the war. |
B.C. College Bars Japanese in Army Corps |
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Jan. 8, 1942 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5288 |
Article |
Translated diary of Saku Tomita on the events of her life in the Portland Assembly Center
1942 |
Portland Assembly Center: Diary of Saku Tomita |
Cormack, Janet, ed |
1980 |
Oregon Historical Society |
1900.5289 |
Program |
DENSHO: Japanese American Legacy Project Program
Tribute to Nisei Veterans was held at Meany Hall University of Washington
November 11, 2005 |
Tribute to WWII Nisei Veterans |
Densho |
2005 |
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1900.529 |
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Keeping the Chinese Out: A History of Racial Exclusion |
Smith, Homer |
July 1978 |
International Examiner |
1900.5290 |
Program |
Memorial service program for Silas G. Jue 1940 - 2005 |
Silas G. Jue |
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1900.5291 |
Program |
Memorial program for Yang Ja Chung Choe |
Yang Ja Ching Choe |
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2005 |
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1900.5292 |
Article |
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The Return of the Dragon |
Jung, Soya |
May 5-May 18, 1 |
International Examiner |
1900.5293 |
Article |
The closing of the Higo Variety Store, a main staple of the Chinatown/International District. Includes the history of the Store. |
Fading family business' items have become antiques |
Davila, Florangela |
December 18, 20 |
Seattle Union Record |
1900.5294 |
Article |
Packet of Curricular Activities Dealing with Chinese Stereotypes in Popular Music |
"The Heathen Chinee" Stereotypes of Chinese in Popular Music |
Brown, Darren Lee |
May 8, 2003-Feb |
Chinese Historical Society of America; Asian American Studies Department, San Francisco State University |
1900.5295 |
Article |
Museum Exhibit Program Dealing with Chinese Stereotypes in Popular Music |
"The Heathen Chinee" Stereotypes of Chinese in Popular Music |
Brown, Darren Lee |
May 22, 2003-Fe |
Chinese Historical Society of America; Asian American Studies Department, San Francisco State University |
1900.5296 |
Thesis |
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Resettled People, Unsettled Lives |
Gatewood, James Vernando |
2001 |
University of California Los Angeles |
1900.5297 |
Article |
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When a Girl Marries |
Lew, Ruby Chinn |
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1900.5298 |
Article |
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This Land Is Made, Finally for Chinese Settlers |
Murphy, Dean E |
June 29, 2003 |
The New York Times |
1900.5299 |
Article |
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New Safeway Edges Mom 'n' Pop Doughnut Shop |
Large, Jerry |
May 4, 2003 |
The Seattle Times |
1900.530 |
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Law and Chinese in Frontier Montana |
Wunder, John R. |
Summer 1980 |
Montana: The Magazine of Western History |
1900.5300 |
Article |
Japanese, German and Italian aliens were allowed to buy tickets for ferry travel on Puget Sound after the government gave them permission as long as they had a letter from the U.S. attorney along with a picture. Casual travel permits will also be issued with the proper credentials. |
U.S. Modifies Curb on Alien Ferry Travel |
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1900.5301 |
Article |
A Japanese American druggist was shot at his place of business by a customer who was angry because he thought his wife had been disrespected when the druggist asked for a deposit for some film she was leaving and she refused. |
Man Shoots Japanese Druggist |
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Jan. 10, 1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5302 |
Article |
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Release of Immigration Files - A Look Into History For Local Chinese Americans |
Akamine, Mary |
August 7, 1991 |
International Examiner |
1900.5303 |
Article |
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'Gold' Is A Shining Piece |
Arnold, William |
April 26, 1991 |
Seattle PI |
1900.5304 |
Article |
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Thousand Pieces of Gold |
Cassidy, Susan L. |
April 27, 1991 |
Seattle Chinese Post |
1900.5305 |
Article |
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Too Good To Be Viewed |
Brennan, Mary |
April, 1991 |
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1900.5306 |
Article |
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Chinese Immigrants' Own Words, Images |
Bacon, Betty |
September 28, 1 |
People's Weekly World |
1900.5307 |
Article |
Dale Hom, staff from the Forest Service, talks about an idea for a tour of Chinese American history around the Pacific Northwest. Includes University of Idaho research. |
Museum and forest service to study early Chinese settlers |
Gelernter, Carey Quan |
April 24, 1992 |
The Seattle Times |
1900.5308 |
Article |
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'In China, You're Not A Minority' |
Chinn, Karen |
May 4, 1998 |
The International Examiner |
1900.5309 |
Article |
The Northwest Asian American Theatre will be doing a production of "West Side Story" performed at Nippon Kan Theatre. It features an Asian American story with the Chinatown/International District as a background. |
'West Side Story' Gets New Twist |
Adcock, Joe |
January 22, 199 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
1900.531 |
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Less Severe Housing Measure Pondered by Some in Concil |
Willix, Douglas |
10/9/1963 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5310 |
Article |
A Japanese American druggist was shot by a gunman at his pharmacy at 14th and Yesler. It was revealed that the gunman felt that the druggist had been rude to his wife when she came to the drug store. |
Gunman Shoots Druggist, Flees |
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Jan. 9, 1942 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5311 |
Article |
Japanese aliens were being allowed to buy commuter tickets on the ferries as long they produced a letter of identification signed by the Assistant U. S. Attorney General Gerald Shuklin. |
Alien Travel Tickets May Be Allowed |
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1900.5312 |
Article |
The Miyako restaurant in New York City reopened with pictures of the owner in an American army uniform plastered all over the walls. |
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Winchell, Walter |
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1900.5313 |
Article |
Fred Yasunaga recounted the difficulties of looking like the Japanese enemy yet being an American in his prize-winning essay in Scholastic magazine. |
He Looks Like a Japanese Boy But Is an American Underneath |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5314 |
Article |
Japanese Americans in the Santa Ana area started a drive to purchase a $50,000 anti-aircraft gun |
California Nisei Seek $50,000 to Give U.S. Gun |
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Jan. 10, 1942 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5315 |
Article |
A Japanese American student at Belmont High School, Tad Mukaihata, was nominated to be president of the student body. |
Fellow Pupils Nominate American-Born Japanese |
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Jan. 10, 1942 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5316 |
Article |
T.T. Hayashi, a Japanese alien, turned in his bows and arrows to Seattle police headquarters after learning that they were among the items banned among aliens. |
Bows and Arrows Surrendered by Seattle Japanese |
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1900.5317 |
Article |
Alderman Halford E. Wilson made the suggestion that Japanese in British Columbia be removed from their homes and sent east of the Rockies to stem the possibility of fifth column activity. |
One Man's Opinion |
Snaddon, Andy |
Jan. 9, 1942 |
Ubyssey - University of British Columbia |
1900.5318 |
Article |
Japanese people in the U.S. were feeling the stress of Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor with some of them committing suicide, being interned, being sanguine and facing hostility from the U.S. public. |
Sorrowful Yellow Men |
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Time magazine |
1900.5319 |
Article |
"The Mikado," a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, was canceled in Cleveland but was still on the schedule of a company in Washington, DC. The Washington company explained that the opera shows Japan in the light of history. |
Propaganda: Opera Non Grata |
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1900.532 |
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Massacre on River Retold |
Nelson, A. W. |
11/7/1937 |
Walla Walla Union |
1900.5320 |
Article |
Describe's Yoshio Noma's work, including photographs he took of Post Alley. Noma won the 1955 Seattle Times Amateur Snapshot Contest. |
Yoshio Noma's Covered Alley |
Dorpat, Paul |
October 1, 2000 |
The Seattle Times |
1900.5321 |
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1900.5322 |
Article |
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Conversing With the Cosmos |
Beeman, Linda L |
2000 |
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1900.5323 |
Article |
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Chop Suey Does Not Suit Whites |
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May 16, 1907 |
The Seattle Times |
1900.5324 |
Article |
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Maids From Japan Come In Boxes |
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May 20, 1907 |
The Seattle Times |
1900.5325 |
Article |
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Moy Bach Hin to Fight Again |
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May 19, 1907 |
The Seattle Sunday Times |
1900.5326 |
Article |
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Fifteen Students to Compete |
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May 16, 1907 |
The Seattle Times |
1900.5327 |
Article |
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Emerging Leaders in 1996 |
Ng, Assunta |
Jan 20-Jan 26, |
Northwest Asian Weekly |
1900.5328 |
Article |
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Greenwood Gallery Features Chinese Artists |
Taylor, Susanne |
Jan 20-Jan 26, |
Northwest Asian Weekly |
1900.5329 |
Article |
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Peacemaker: Erin Kimura |
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January 1994 |
Mirror |
1900.533 |
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No Police Spying in the Filipino Community |
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Regional Executive Board, KDP - Seattle |
1900.5330 |
Article |
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Orchestra leader reaches out for aid |
Kusumoto, Kay |
October 14, 199 |
The Seattle Times |
1900.5331 |
Article |
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My son, the candidate |
Tokuda, Tama |
June 5, 1994 |
The Seattle Times |
1900.5332 |
Article |
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It's Official |
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Jan 5 - Jan 18, |
International Examiner |
1900.5333 |
Article |
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Duo of Asian American performers explore issues through art |
Lagonoy, Jeff |
Jan 5 - Jan 18, |
The International Examiner |
1900.5334 |
Article |
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"Uncle Bob" does one-man show at NWAAT |
Jung, Soya |
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International Examiner |
1900.5335 |
Article |
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Local poet continues her love affair with words |
Del Rosario, Carina A |
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International Examiner |
1900.5336 |
Article |
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Luu Masters Books, Foes |
Edgar, George |
Jan 11, 1994 |
Sun |
1900.5337 |
Article |
Photo essay of nine photos of the Japanese in America by a French language magazine in Montreal, Quebec, Canada showing the life of Japanese Americans in California and Seattle, especially the work they're involved in. |
Americains D'Origine Japnoaise |
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Dec. 20, 1941 |
La Presse |
1900.5338 |
Article |
A Japanese alien interned at Fort Richardson in Alaska requested that his family be allowed to join him because the conditions were so nice a the Fort. |
Jap Wants Family To Share Luxury Of Internment |
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Jan. 11, 1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5339 |
Article |
Brtish Columbia's Japanese were preparing to leave the defense areas of the province and to move inland as required by government fiat. Fishing boats were being sold to other Canadian operators, and prohitition of certain items (cameras, explosives, short wave radios) was put into effect. |
Japs In B.C. To Be Sent Inland |
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Jan. 14. 1942 |
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1900.534 |
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Open Housing Outcome Disappoints Churchmen |
Smith, Lane |
1963 |
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1900.5340 |
Article |
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'Dragon Sydicates' helps to understand and to clarify our thinking about China |
Lilley, James R. |
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The Washington Post |
1900.5341 |
Article |
A man was arrested in the shooting of druggist James Hara after the two had exchanged greetings. The gunman said he shot the druggist because the latter had been rude to his wife. |
Man Arrested For Shooting |
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Jan. 11, 1942 |
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1900.5342 |
Article |
A 17-year-old Japanese youth was arrested between an oil company dock and Pier 14 with an open knife. |
Knife-Carrying Jap, Hiding At Pier, Arrested |
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Jan. 14, 1942 |
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1900.5343 |
Article |
The government presented it case to a federal grand jury regarding four American-born Japanese Thomas Masuda, Kenji Ito, Yoshima Osawa and Charles T. Takahashi who were charged with subversive activities. |
Evidence Given In Jap Case |
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1900.5344 |
Article |
A legislator in the British Columbia legislature urged the removal of all Japanese in the coastal areas and send them further inland where they wouldn't be able to engage in fifth column activity. |
B.C. Legislator Demands That Japs Be Moved |
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Jan. 13, 1942 |
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1900.5345 |
Article |
The number of cases of insanity rose in King County as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the war. |
Insanity Rising Due to War |
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Jan. 14, 1942 |
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1900.5346 |
Article |
The government of Canada announced that all Japanese aliens were to be removed from defense areas in British Columbia and the only ones that would be allowed to remain would be those with police permits. |
B.C. to Ban Aliens In Defense Areas |
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Jan. 14, 1942 |
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1900.5347 |
Article |
An aide to President Franklin Roosevelt acknowledged a resolution signed by, 1,300 Seattle residents of Japanese ancestry pledging loyalty to the United States. The letter was received by James Y. Sakamoto, chairman of the Emergency Defense Council of the Japanese American Citizens League. |
U.S. Aid Lauds Japanese Here For Loyalty |
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Jan. 14, 1942 |
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1900.5348 |
Article |
Fifteen more Japanese aliens were arrested by the F.B.I. bringing the total to 151 arrested since the start of the war. |
15 More Japanese Arrested by F.B.I. |
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Jan. 14, 1942 |
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1900.5349 |
Article |
All enemy aliens 14 years and older had to reregister at the U.S. Post Office. They had to bring a photograph of themselves and only their index finger will be fingerprinted. |
New Checkup Ordered On Enemy Aliens |
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Jan. 14, 1942 |
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1900.535 |
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Commemoration of the expulsion of the Chinese from Seattle in 1886 |
Releasing a Memory |
Stripling, Sherry |
2/7/1986 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5350 |
Booklet |
The history of Mexican/Chicano Americans in the United States. Includes the first Mexican/Chicano immigrants, civil rights events, and the accomplishments of Mexican/Chicano Americans. Includes study questions for each chapter. |
The Mexican American/Chicano Experience |
Howard, Gary |
1987 |
R.E.A.C.H Center |
1900.5351 |
Booklet |
The history of African Americans in the United States. Includes the first African immigrants, civil rights events, and the accomplishments of African Americans. Includes study questions for each chapter. |
The Black American Experience |
Howard, Gary |
1987 |
R.E.A.C.H Center |
1900.5352 |
booklet |
Elementary education text |
The Indian American Experience |
LaFrance, Joan |
1986 |
R.E.A.C.H Center for Multicultural and Global Education |
1900.5353 |
Article |
Jung explores the relationship between how Chinese laborers were labled and the stance against slavery in the 19th century. |
Outlawing "Coolies": Race, Nation, and Empire in the Age of Emancipation |
Jung, Moon-Ho |
2005 |
American Quarterly |
1900.5354 |
Article |
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Shigeko Uno |
Iwamoto, Gary |
May 1992 |
International Examiner |
1900.5355 |
Article |
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Frank Irigon |
Iwamoto, Gary |
May 1992 |
International Examiner |
1900.5356 |
Article |
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Asian Pacific American Community Voice Awards |
Takami, David |
May 1992 |
International Examiner |
1900.5357 |
Article |
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Van Sar |
Shimabukuro, Robert |
May 1992 |
International Examiner |
1900.5358 |
Article |
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Dan and Sid Ko |
Shimabukuro, Robert |
May 1992 |
International Examiner |
1900.5359 |
Article |
The men dream of reuniting with wives, from whom they have been separated, and imagine the new prosperity they will achieve in the new land they hope to enter. But they begin to worry, as their confinement persists, whether they will ever be released from the island. They carved and painted their bitterness into poems on the walls of hte detention center barracks.... -below main title of article. |
'I came on a ship full of dreams and landed in a cage full of lies' |
Chew, Ron |
June 6, 1984 |
International Examiner |
1900.536 |
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Senate Vote Admits Chinese |
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11/27/1943 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
1900.5360 |
Article |
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Stars With a Far-East Glow |
Baroni, Diane |
May 1991 |
Cosmopolitan |
1900.5361 |
Article |
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Henry Kay Lock, 1910-1992 |
Fung, Jeni Kay |
August 5, 1992 |
International Examiner |
1900.5362 |
Article |
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Aida's Dong-Jian Gong |
Yong, Byron Au |
August 5, 1992 |
International Examiner |
1900.5363 |
Article |
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Michi Weglyn receives honorary degree from Hunter College |
Abe, Frank |
August 5, 1992 |
International Examiner |
1900.5364 |
Article |
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Community members join together to remember Romero Yumul |
Abellanosa, Ethelyn C |
August 5, 1992 |
International Examiner |
1900.5365 |
Article |
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Successful Nikkei novelist has 'other things to say' |
Mochizuki, Ken |
October 1992 |
Northwest Nikkei |
1900.5366 |
Article |
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Seattle musician debuts jazz album |
Uyeno, Steve |
October 1992 |
Northwest Nikkei |
1900.5367 |
Article |
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A time to discover Filipino American history |
Cordova, Fred |
October 21, 199 |
International Examiner |
1900.5368 |
Article |
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United Way President Elaine Chao visits ACRS and CISC |
Ng, Assunta |
October 24, 199 |
Northwest Asian Weekly |
1900.5369 |
Article |
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Velma Veloria is victorious in primary election |
Caoili, Bert |
October 15, 199 |
Filipino-American Herald |
1900.537 |
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Status of Japanese in America Changes |
Fisher, Sterling, Jr. |
9/9/1934 |
New York Times |
1900.5370 |
Article |
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Jennifer Paz is "Miss Saigon" |
Caoili, Bert |
October 15, 199 |
Filipino-American Herald |
1900.5371 |
Article |
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House Approves Chinese protectoin legislation |
Honour, Tracy |
September 12, 1 |
Northwest Asian Weekly |