1900.5557 |
Document |
Copy of photos in a Seattle daily newspaper of Japanese aliens being taken into custody by federal agents as they walk toward the Immigration Stat5ion at 815 Airport Way in Seattle. |
Nipponese Taken in F.B.I. Round-Up Here |
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02 /22/42 |
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1900.5558 |
Article |
The F.B.I. and local authorities made a sweep of homes of enemy aliens and arrested over 300 of them in the Seattle area. One hundred and one of them were Japanese, Similar raids were made at the homes of other enemy aliens all along the West Coast and as far inland as Arizona. |
101 Japs Seized in Seattle; All State Now Defense Zone |
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02 / /42 |
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1900.5559 |
Article |
Throughout the Pacific Northwest, people were urging the internment of Japanese aliens and their denial of employment on the railroads as Tacoma arrested six Japanese near the waterfront, although five were released. Even in Canada people in the Kamploops area were urging the federal government to stop the infiltration of Japanese from the coastal areas, and the Canadian Legion urged the govenment to intern all Japanese aliens. |
What to Do with Japs Agitates Entire N.W. |
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02/00/42 |
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1900.556 |
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New Bi-Lingual Program |
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10/16/1974 |
News Journal |
1900.5560 |
Article |
"Singapore Joe" Fisher warned that West Coast people have been lulled into a false sense of security after recalling his experiences with Japan's forces in the Straits Settlement. He said Los Angeles had a large Japanese pop[ulation, and if he saw them waving American flags, the more he would be worried. |
When Japs Wave U.S. Flag, Look Out, Says Singapore Joe |
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02 /22/42 |
Seattle Post -Intelligencer |
1900.5561 |
Article |
Enemy aliens in possession of contraband were to be arrested and detained after law enforcement officials made raids on homes of some of the Seattle area aliens. |
F.B.I. Leads Squads in Search for Contraband |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5562 |
Article |
Internment into concentration camps was urged by representatives of California's county supervisors. In the meantime California attorney general Earl Warren denounced violence against aliens in light of an attack on Japanese aliens in Rio Vista and the murder of a rooming house proprietor in Stockton. |
Concentration Camps for All Urged in California |
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02/21/06 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5563 |
Article |
Raids were made on homesof Japanese aliens, and the men were arrested because they belonged to pro-Japan organizations. Also, Gov. Arthur B. Langlie issued a proclamation in which the possession of firearms and explosives by any person of Japanese descent was prohibited. |
Members of Pro-Nippon Groups Held |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5564 |
Article |
F.B.I. agents made raids in Southern California arresting a number of aliens and seized the Japanese settlement of Terminal Island and quetioned the Japanese aliens living there. Raids were made as far south as San Diego and east to Phoenix. |
Entire Japanese Settlement Seized |
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02 /20/06 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5565 |
Document |
A copy of a photograph from a Seattle newspaper shows a Japanese alien alighting from a car as he arrives at the immigration station accompanying by two county detectives. |
Taken Into Custody Here |
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02 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5566 |
Article |
In Oregon eight German aliens and four Japanese aliens were arrested after F.B.I. raids on several Western Oregon cities. Contraband was also seized at that time. |
8 Germans, 4 Japs Arrested in Oregon |
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02/22/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5567 |
Document |
John Boettiger, a Seattle P-I executive, wrote an editorial, a portion of what is shown here, asking for tolerance for persons of Japanese descent and attesting to their loyalty, while stating that those who side with Japan should be ferreted out. |
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LBoettiger, John |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5568 |
Document |
A Japanese alien is shown in a copy of a photograph from a Seattle newspaper walking with a Seattle police sergeant. |
Arrested b FBI |
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02/00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligcer |
1900.5569 |
Article |
Politicians warned of dangers from Japan including a possible attack on the West Coast in the wake of a Congressional hearing that began in San Francisco. Congressman Tolan of Oakland made the statement, and Earl Warren, attorney general of California, told the congressional committee that Japanese Americans were a menace because many of them had been educated in Japan and thus were indoctrinated in Japanese ways. |
Pacific Coast Faces Attack, Prober Says |
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02 /21/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.557 |
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A Chinese-American visits the village of his grandparents. |
250 Cousins |
Louie, David Wong |
Summer 1975 |
New China |
1900.5570 |
Article |
Thomas, WA's Japanese Association and Thomas Japanese Language School were dissolved in the wake of the order to evacuate Japanese from the West Coast. |
Closure of School, Association Told |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5571 |
Article |
Mrs. Dale J. Marble, president of the Seattle Council of Parent-Teacher Associations, waged a protest with the Seattle School Superintendent over the presence of Japanese American women as clerks in the principals' offices. She said there was dissatisfaction among parents, especially fathers at Gatewood School, over the employment of Japanese American women at the schools because of distrust. |
Jap Girls in School Offices Protested |
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02 /23/42 |
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1900.5572 |
Article |
Raids by FBI agents along the Pacific Coast and Arizona netted over 500 enemy aliens who were arrested for having ties to enemy organizations, some having headquarters overseas. |
FBI Nabs 500 Coast Aliens |
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03 /22/42 |
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1900.5573 |
Article |
Alameda Japanese began making plans to leave the town after it was designated by the Justice Department as a prohibited area. They thanked the town in two poems that were were featured in the town newspaper. The Alameda Japanese Methodist Church also wrote a thank you letter to Alameda. |
300 Japanese Must Evacuate Alameda Tuesday |
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02/00/42 |
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1900.5574 |
Article |
FBI agents made raids from Canada to the Mexican border in trying to prevent sabotage and espionage among enemy aliens, who were questioned and often arrested because of incriminating evidence. Contraband such as ammunition, binoculars, cameras, shortwave radios, etc. were confiscated. |
Coast G Men Quiz 6,000 Alien Suspects |
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02 /23/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5575 |
Article |
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, said there has been no indication of sabotage directed by an axis government with only some isolated incidents. |
No Sabotage Found, Says FBI Director |
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10 /23/42 |
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1900.5576 |
Article |
The head of the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, J.H. Dayley, said the state didn't want Japanese evacuees from the West Coast and added that they had no use for them after there was a proposal to move the evacuees to Idaho to work on the sugar beet farms. |
Idaho Farm Bureau Doesn't Want Japs |
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02 /23/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5577 |
Article |
Six men with Axis ties were arrested along with Nazi flags and banners by federal agents in New York state. |
G Men Arrest 6, Seize Contraband in Albany |
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02 /23/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5578 |
Article |
Roger Baldwin, head of the American Civil Liberties Union, protested the the exective order allowing for the removal of persons from military areas and requested the Los Angeles and San Francisco officers to assist Japanese Americans who would be affected by this order. |
Civil Liberties Union Protests Evacuation Order |
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02 /23/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5579 |
Article |
At a meeting in Victoria, British Columbia, delegates urged a boycott of Japanese businesses and anyone who does business with them unless the Japanese were removed from coastal and vital areas of British Columbia. |
B.C. Group Threatens to Boycott Japs |
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02 /23/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.558 |
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Wing Luke Award Presented to FYA |
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10/16/1974 |
News Journal |
1900.5580 |
Article |
Aliens who come from Germany and other Axis nations were thrown into a panic after it had been learned that they were likely to be removed from the Pacific Coast states, even refugees from Germany who had fled Nazism. Also in Canada, Japanese aliens were being sent to do road construction work in the interior. |
Ouster of Aliens to Cause Heart-Breaking Problems |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5581 |
Article |
Three Japanese inmates held on minor charges in the Los Angeles County jail were among the first to volunteer to give blood after the Red Cross established a branch blood bank there. Others among the 800 Japanese held there also agreed to participate in the blood drive. |
L.A. Japanese Offer Plasma Donations |
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02 /23/42 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5582 |
Article |
The Red Cross meeting scheduled at the Seattle Buddhist Temple was moved to the JACL headquarters. |
JACL Office Scene of Red Cross Work |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5583 |
Article |
The British Columbia command of the Army and Navy Veterans of Canada endorsed a resolution calling for the removal of all Japanese from the coastal areas of British Columbia. They had heard rumors of Japanese in fishing towns celebrating Japanese victories and were said to be loyal to Japan. |
B.C. Veterans Would Remove All Japs Inland |
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02 /23/42 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5584 |
Article |
Japanese Canadians were urged to do their part in buying Canadian Victory Bonds despite the uncertainly of removal and the fact that they were never in the high income bracket. |
Japanese Buying Canadian Bonds |
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02 /23/42 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5585 |
Article |
Approximately 600 enemy aliens had been rounded up in sweeps by officials in an effort to prevent any fifth column activity. Attorney General Earl Warren of California reported that Japanese aliens were living in proximity to aircraft factories and military bases, and these areas had been raided for suspicious activity. |
600 Axis Aliens Held by Gov't. in Raids Reaching 4 Coast States |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5586 |
Article |
J.H. Dayley, president of the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, declared that Japanese evacuees should be considered prisoners of war and that the people of Idaho had no use for them. |
Idaho Protests to Japanese Migration |
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02/00/42 |
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1900.5587 |
Article |
Kibei (American born but educated in Japan) were given an extension in the survey they were to complete under the auspices of the JACL. This survey was to counter unjust accusations based on the Kibei's training in Japan and was completely voluntary. |
Kibei Survey Date Extended by JACL |
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1900.5588 |
Article |
Roger Baldwin, head of the American Civil Liberties Union, protested President Roosevelt's executive order allowing for the removal of persons from military areas and urged affiliates in Los Angeles and San Francisco to assist Japanese American who would be affected by the order. |
Civil Liberties Union Assails FDR |
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02/00/42 |
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1900.5589 |
Document |
A political cartoon shows a little girl visiting her grandmother but in reality there is a wolf in the bed. The cartoon conveys the message that aliens and citizen traitors are looking for the right time to act while the woodsman who is supposed to protect the grandmother is asleep. |
And Alas!. The Brave Woodsman is Having his Noonday Nap |
Carlisle |
02 /23/42 |
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1900.559 |
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Report on the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference held at UCLA. Over 70 key players in the redress movement gathered to discuss the 10 year effort behind the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. |
Giving Voice: Japanese American Redress conference in L.A. |
Omori, Chizu |
Oct. 1 - 14, 19 |
International Examiner |
1900.5590 |
Article |
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Washington declared the state a "protective area" and asked that all Japanese turn in items of explosives, ammunition, firearms and any other items of destruction. In the meantime, Japanese aliens held in detention were to be given hearings, and if continued to be held were to be moved to Montana or North Dakota. |
Whole State of Washington Ruled "Portective Area" by Gov. Langlie |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5591 |
Article |
Mothers of Gatewood School students protested the presence of a Japanese woman as the office clerk at the school and began a drive to have all Japanese American women employed as office workers be dismissed. Two photos of the women protesters accompanied the article. |
School Mothers Protest Japanese Office Girls. |
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02 /24/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5592 |
Article |
Federal officials meeting with the local Emegency Defense Council said there were no definite plans to evacuate Japanese from the Puget Sound area and that everyone was to sit tight until further notice. |
Nothing Definite on Evacuation Yet |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5593 |
Article |
A county in Oregon now has only four enemy aliens when there used to be a colony of Japanese working on the Sumpter Valley railway on Dixie mountain but were now mostly gone. |
Grant County Has Only Four Aliens |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5594 |
Article |
The Japanese Students' Club on the Uniersity of British Columbia campus raised $50 for the War Aid Fund after holding a Valentine's Dance. |
Japanese Club Raises Money for War Fund |
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02 /24/42 |
Ubyssey |
1900.5595 |
Article |
A letter write to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer suggested that Japanese aliens be used as farm workers to alleviate the shortage of workers rather than have them interned in camps. |
Use Aliens on Farms |
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02 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5596 |
Article |
Japanese aliens from the Los Angeles area passed through Alamosa, Colorado on their way to work on farms in Colorado. It was reported that they would be interned and working at CCC camps in the state. |
California Alien Japanese Begin Work on Colorado CCC Camps |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5597 |
Article |
A column authored by "bf" mentions the carticature of Japanese in contrast to Germans and Itaians, whose ancestral homelands are at war with the U.S.; the use of racial slurs against Japanese and how Germans and Italians are not similarly demeaned; the case of the Japanese office clerks in the Seattle Public Schools whose ouster is demanded by a woman in the Gatewood District. |
Main Street |
bf (Budd Fukei) |
02 /00/42 |
North American Times (Hokubei Jiji) |
1900.5598 |
Article |
The Federal Security Agency was assisting in the removal of Japanese aliens from the West Coast and getting jobs for them and having them start a new life. |
Federal Security Agency to Aid Evacuated Coast Alien Enemies |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5599 |
Article |
Three hundred Japanese aliens living in British Columbia, Canada were sent to Jasper Park on the British Columbia-Alberta border to do road work and others are soon expected to follow. |
B.C. Transfers 300 Japanese Inland |
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02 /25/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.560 |
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Part I: The Japanese American Century Part II: Filipino American Farmers - A New Generation |
Asian Farmers and the Pike Place Market: Cultivating the Soil From the Years Past |
Ritts |
Oct. 1 - 14, 19 |
International Examiner |
1900.5600 |
article |
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1900.5601 |
Article |
A congressional inquiry was held in the San Francisco Bay Area to hear testimony on what should be done to the enemy aliens in their midst and heard from the mayor of Berkeley and the city manager of Oakland, among others. |
No Hardships for Evacuees in U.S. Mind |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5602 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle P-I said that had Japanese Americans followed the teachings of Kagawa, they would be at peace with this country. With the country at war, he suggested that the Farm Security Administration lease land inland and allow the Japanese to farm it as a way to show loyalty and to protect them from possibly strife. |
Japanese Problem |
Giberson, .A.L. |
02/25/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5603 |
Article |
Enemy aliens were being evacuated from prohibited military zones in California in areas such as Terminal Island, California and the process was being finalized as the deadline approached to empty these areas of all enemy aliens. In the meantime, a congressional hearing heard from Bay Area officials that the evacuation should be done speedily. |
More Enemy Citizens Ousted |
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02 /24/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5604 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post -Intelligencer suggested that instructors be sent to the concentration camps for Japanese to teach them the American way of life. |
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Price, Nellie C. |
02 /25/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5605 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer claimed that General Tanaka's memorial plan of world conquest included Japanese immigration to obtain monopoly control of various industries. |
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Wurster, J. |
02 /25/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5606 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer suggested confining all enemy aliens and all Japanese because he said their loyalty was questionable and that action should be taken now before any other incident like Pearl Harbor occurs. |
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Kahan, Frank |
02 /25/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5607 |
Article |
Plans were being formalized to hold hearings in Seattle to decide what should be done with the Japanese population on the West Coast and to consider mass evacuation as a solution. |
Alien Probe to Open Here on Saturday |
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02 /25/42 |
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1900.5608 |
Article |
Leaders of the Gatewood district of Seattle Public Schools, led by Mrs. Esther M. Sekor, decided to petition the Second Interceptor Command to help get rid of the Japanese American women working as clerks in the Seattle School District. |
Army to Get Petitions on Japs |
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02 /25/42 |
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1900.5609 |
Article |
An anonymous writer commented on the Gatewood mothers who were trying to force the resignations of Japanese American office workers from the Seattle School District and stated that these "patriotic" and "noble" ladies should be given a long vacation after their strenuous activity--say, to Germany where their efforts would be appreciated. |
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1900.561 |
Article |
Governor Gary Locke heads to Japan, then China for trade talks. As a Chinese American, China is a more personal trip for Locke. China is also a growing economic power in Asia, with the potential to overtake Japan's position of power. |
Locke: Japan First, then on to China |
Postman, David |
October 2, 1997 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5610 |
Article |
Twenty-six Japanese American women working as clerks at various Seattle public schools resigned after protests from mothers in the Gatewood neighborhood resulted in a petition asking for their dismissal. |
27 Japanese Girls Leave School Jobs |
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02 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5611 |
Article |
The YM-YWCA Forum were to have a speaker on "How Shall the Japanese Aliens be Evacuated?" at Eagleson Hall. The speaker was to be Tom Bodine of the American Friends Service Committee. |
Alien Removal YM-YW Topic |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5612 |
Article |
A Japanese man who was arrested in a railroad yard in Spokane said only "No savvy" when questioned. After he was released, he spoke perfect English. |
He 'Savvys' Now |
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02/00/42 |
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1900.5613 |
Article |
Congressman John H. Tolan arrived in Portland to plan for hearings to be held to decide what to do with the Japanese alien evacuees. |
Congressman in Portland to Conduct Jap Hearings |
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02 /26/42 |
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1900.5614 |
Article |
Japanese American women who worked as clerks in the offices of Seattle's public schools submitted their resignations after some Gatewood mothers led by Mrs. Esther Sekor protested their employment saying their presence created a safety issue for the students. |
Japanese Girls Resign Positions in City Schools |
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02 /26/42 |
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1900.5615 |
Article |
Some 5,151 enemy aliens had been arrested since the outbreak of World War II, announced Attorney General. |
Aliens Arrests Mount to 5,151 |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5617 |
Article |
An order was made to remove Japanese in the Pacific Coast ports of Mexico after there were reports of Japanese raids along the California coast. |
Mexico to Oust Japs Near Ports |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5618 |
Article |
Preparations were being made to hold hearings in Seattle by the Tolan Comittee of Congress to determine the problems involved if evacuation of aliens and Japanese occurs. |
Langlie Will be Witness in Alien Hearings |
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02 /27/42 |
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1900.5619 |
Article |
A poem warning of the treachery of the people of Japan was reprinted in a newspaper to show its relevance to today. |
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Comber, Helen |
02/00/42 |
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1900.562 |
Article |
On his trip through Asia, Washington governor Gary Locke meets with Japanese officials over restrictions on exporting Washington apples to Japan. The restrictions make exportation very expensive, and only Red and Gold Delicious apples are allowed. |
Washington to Japan: Buy Our Apples |
Postman, David |
October 3, 1997 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5620 |
Article |
An editorial in the University of Washington Daily reflected on how intolerance had taken hold in this country with this country engaged in World War II and cited the example of the resignation of the Japanese American office workers after some mothers complained about their employment. |
To The Mothers . . . |
Edmundson, Bill |
02 /00/42 |
Univresity of Washingto |
1900.5621 |
Article |
Letters to the University of Wahington Daily indicated there were pros and cons to the issue of Japanese American clerks working in the Seattle Public School at a time of war between the United States and Japan. While there were three letters defending their employment, one letter writer expressed the opinion that the women could be potential spies. |
Safety Value |
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02 /00/42 |
University of Washington Daily |
1900.5622 |
Article |
At a hearing in Portland, Oregon of the Tolan Committee, a leader of the JACL pleaded to let people of Japanese ancestry remain in their locales and not be moved. An Astoria, OR official cited possible fifth column activity, and an American Legion official urged the removal of all Japanese to east of the mountains. A Japanese American farmer said he had stopped preparing for spring planting because of the possiblity of evacuation. |
Japs in Plea for Leniency |
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02/27/42 |
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1900.5623 |
Article |
Japanese in British Columbia were put under curfew orders that required them to stay within their homes between sunset and sunriset. |
Curfew Order for Japanese in B.C. |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5624 |
Article |
Twenty Japanese American employees of the California State Board of Equalization were suspended, and all liquor licenses held by Japanese were revoked. |
Calif. Suspends 20 Jap Employes |
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02 /28/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5625 |
Article |
The date for Japanese to turn in contraband was extended to Saturday, 5 pm. |
Contraband Deadline Extended for Japs |
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02 /27/42 |
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1900.5626 |
Article |
A petition was circulated on the University of Washington camopus asking for the reinstatement of the Japanese American women officer clerks who were forced to resign their positions after protests arose from mothers of students at a West Seattle elementary school. |
U.W. Petitions Ask Reinstatement of Jap Girls |
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02 /28/42 |
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1900.5627 |
Article |
Preparations were being made to hold Tolan Committee hearings in Seattle to determine what should be done to Japanese aliens on the West Coast, and a list of witnesses was being made up that included government officials, social service organizations, chamber of commerce, etc. |
Hearings On Aliens Open Here Today |
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02 /20/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5628 |
Article |
Indictment were returned by a federal grand jury accusing Thomas Masuda and Kenji ito of serving as agents of Japan and making speeches in favor of Japan. |
U.S. Reveals Details of Jap Indictments |
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1900.5629 |
Article |
An editorial in a Seattle daily newspaper commented on the Tolan Committee that was to hold hearings in Seattle and expressed confidence that it would be fruitful and would lead to solutions to problems that would ensue from evacuation of the Japanese. |
The Tolan Committee |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.563 |
Article |
During his trip to Asia, Governor Gary Locke goes off his itinerary to fly a kite in Tiananmen Square and shows his American side by asking his guide about her experiences during the 1989 student demonstrations. |
Locke Takes A Kite Break In Beijing |
Postman, David |
October 5, 1997 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5630 |
Article |
The Seattle School Board accepted the resignations of Japanese American office clerks after there were protests over their employment. |
School Board Lets Japanese Girls Resign |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5631 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer criticized the pressure put on the Japanese American school clerks to resign from their positions. He said it was similar to the way Hitler was treating the Jews. |
Japanese in Schools |
Wolfe, K.H. |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5632 |
Article |
An opinion piece written for the University of Washington Daily urged support for the World Stludent Service Fund (WSSF) which would fund scholarships for Japanese American students who want to go to college from the internment camps. |
We Have It----They Need It |
Howell, Ruth |
00 /00/43 |
University of Washington |
1900.5633 |
Document |
Photocopy of newspaper photos showing Hawaiian Japanese training as members of the 100th infantry battalion. |
Don't Call 'Em Japs; They're for U.S. |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5634 |
Article |
The Minidoka Mass Choir sang for students at Jerome High School and at a formal concert for the residents of Jerome and were preparing to sing at a Methodist church in Twin Falls, Idaho. |
Choir From Hunt Wins Audience |
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04 /04/43 |
Minidoka Irrigator |
1900.5635 |
Article |
The Farm Security Administration was making plans to recruit Japanese American farm laborers to do seasonal work in Eastern Oregon and in Southern/Southwestern Idaho because of shortage of workers due to the war. |
Farm Security to Employ 5,000 Japs in Idaho, Oregon |
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02 /13/42 |
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1900.5636 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-intelligencer said that living in Hawaii made her aware of the danger of the Japanese population and its loyalty to Japan and added that the war could possibly reach the continental U.S. |
From Honolulu |
Ryan, Mrs. Sidney Hall |
02 /28/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5637 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that the area should still be able to provide enough vegetables even with the removal of the Japanese and that the law allowing children of aliens to be American citizens should be reconsidered. |
Nisei Citizenship |
Drysdale, Charlotte |
02 /28/42 |
Seattle Post-Ingelligencer |
1900.5638 |
Document |
A photo in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer showed three members of the Tolan Committee--Carl T. Curtis, John H. Tolan and Laurence F. Arnold--who were in Seattle to consider the internment of Japanese aliens and possibly all persons of Japanese descent. |
Tolan Sees Early Ouster of Aliens |
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02 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5639 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer wrote a satirical piece in which he "lauded" the Gatewood parents who were trying to get rid of the Japanese American clerks in the Seattle Public Schools for their efforts in saving attendance and grade records from the mikado, which were so important in our defense effort. |
Satiric |
Pottenger, J.L. |
02 /28/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.564 |
Article |
Governor Gary Locke meets with Chinese president Jiang Zemin, and talks about China's human rights recod and Boeing. |
Locke Meets with Jiang |
Postman, David |
October 6, 1997 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5640 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer alluded to the Declaration of Independence to enunciate the principles for which we stand, and now we have women from the Gatewood schools trying to undermine these principles by denying these women their livelihood. |
National Principles |
Sullwold, Margaret |
02 /28/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5641 |
Article |
John H. Tolan, head of an investigating committee on enemy aliens on the West Coast indicating that evacuation was imminent, urged President Roosevelt to name an alien property custodian and a coordinator for alien enemy problems. |
Tolan Requests Alien Action |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5642 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that there were a number of young women just out of business school who would be glad to take those jobs that the Japanese American women were vacating. She said if these excuses are used to hire Japanese women, next thing you know there will be Japanese American teachers in the schools. |
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Betts, Mrs. Dorothy Stanton |
02 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5643 |
Article |
Mike Masaoka, national secretary and field executive for the Japanese Americans Citizens League, said he was preparing all Japanese on the West Coast to evacuate their homes and making the sacrifice as a patriotic move. |
Japanese Preparing to Quit West Coast |
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03 /01/42 |
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1900.5644 |
Article |
John H. Tolan, chairman of the Tolan Committee which was investigating the possible removal of Japanese from the West Coast, said that evacuation was inevitable after hearing testimony from various people. |
Congress Committee Holds Hearing on Evacuation Problems |
Marketl, Dan B. |
02 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5645 |
Article |
Samuel Bassett, lawyer for Thomas Masuda, tried to get Masuda's bail lowered, saying the $25,000 was excessive; but the judge upheld the bail in Masuda's case of acting as an agent of Japan without registering with the state department. |
Lower Bail Denied Masuda |
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03 /01/42 |
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1900.5647 |
Article |
Gen. John L. DeWitt, commanding general of the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, said he was the only one to be authorized to speak on the evacuation of enemy aliens from the West Coastj after others had made requests for removal of aliens or had expressed opposition to any of them moving to their areas. |
Aliens' Fate Up to Army, Says DeWitt |
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03 /02/42 |
Seattle Post -Intelligencer |
1900.5648 |
Article |
Earl Millikin, mayor of Seattle, said the people of Seattle were all in favor of evacuating all Japanese in the city in a testimony before the Tolan Committee. Others such as Mayor Harry P. Cain of Tacoma, J.W. Slpangler, Floyd Oles and James Sakamoto gave differeing views on evacuation in their testimonies. |
"We Can't Take a Chance on Another Pearl Harbor"--Millikin |
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1900.5649 |
Article |
A meeting of the Immediate Action Committee in Victoria, British Columbia asked for the immediate removal of all persons of Japanese ancestry and also for the implementation of the curfew law as well as the confiscation of cars, radios, firearms and explosives from among the Japanese. |
Remova All Japs, Victoria Asks |
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03 /01/42 |
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1900.565 |
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Visit of Penor Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist leader |
World Harmony Begins with One |
MacDonald, Sally |
10/4/1997 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5650 |
Article |
Five American Legion posts in the Seattle area urged the removal of all aliens from strategic areas on the Pacific Coast while the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) on Bainbridge Island made a counter-proposal on what should be done with the Japanese on the island. |
Legion Posts Ask Aliens' Ouster |
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02 /00/42 |
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1900.5651 |
Article |
Washington state's attorney general, representatives of organizations and citizens testified before the Tolan Committee on the problem of Japanese aliens on the West Coast, and the attorney general urged immediate removal of all Japanees because of the possiblity of mob violence. |
State Officials Fear Mob Violence |
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03 /02/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5652 |
Article |
The Tolan Committee investigating the proposed evacuation of Japanese on the Pacific Coast received telegrams from governors of nine states that they opposed the movement of Japanese aliens into their states. The hearings were to continue in Seattle. |
Inland State Heads Do not Want Japanese |
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03 /29/42 |
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1900.5653 |
Article |
Gov. Ralph L. Carr said he would be willing to take in Japanese evacuees if called upon and said he would urge two other governors to do the same. |
Gov. Carr Will Ask Other States to Aid |
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02/28/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5654 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligen criticized the pressure to emove Japanese American school clerks in the Seattle Public Schools and said it was unfair, unwise and contrary to American principles. |
For Pirnciple |
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00/00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5655 |
Article |
There were still some Japanese American school clerks working for the Seattle School District, but they were on duty because they had to train and instruct their new replacements. |
Japanese Clerks Still on Duty |
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03 /00/42 |
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1900.5656 |
Article |
A letter writer with just the initials R.T.S. suggested that the Japanese be put on a ship and sent to Japan because, he or she said, many want to go there and Americans don't want them here. |
Return Them |
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1900.5657 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer protested the employment of Japanese red caps at Seattle's train stations, saying that they should not know the schedule of the incoming and outgoing trains because he believed them to be disloyal. |
Japanese Red Caps |
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00 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5658 |
Article |
Kenji Ito's attorney entered a demurrer to Ito's indictment of acting as an agent for Japan in his trial in Judge John C. Bowen's court. |
Ito Attorney Files Demurrer |
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00 /00/42 |
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1900.5659 |
Article |
Members of the state prosecutors' association were to meet in Olympia with army, navy and FBI representatives to discuss the state's alien problem. |
Prosecutors Plan Alien Discussion |
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03 /01/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.566 |
|
A Selective and Annotated Bibliography |
Literature of the Filipino American in the U.S |
Norell |
1976 |
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1900.5660 |
Article |
A number of people trestified before the Tolan Committee giving their views for and against the evacuation of Japanese from the West Coast. Miller Freeman, a local publisher, clained the Japan Society of Seattle was a fifth column organization and that its members were being played for suckers. |
Freeman Calls Japan Society 'Fifth Column' |
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03 /03/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5661 |
Article |
Dave Beck, president of the Teamsters' Union, urged the removal of all Japanese from the Pacific Coast as their contribution to this country. |
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03 /04/42 |
Seattle Star |
1900.5662 |
Article |
Senator Mon C. Wallgren, Washington state's junior senator, urged quick removal of enemy aliens on the W |
Wallgren Asks Quick Evacuation of Aliens |
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00/00/42 |
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1900.5663 |
Article |
Fred Niendorff, financial editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, mentioned the property that would be left behind if there was an evacuation of Japanese and that ethics demanded that people should not try to profit from someone else's hardship. |
Jap Evacuations Present Economic Problems of Note |
Niendorff, Fred |
00 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5664 |
Article |
Article in the Seattle P-I revealed where Japanese and Japanese Americans would have to vacate in the state of Washington as zones were set up to remove them from strategic areas as a result of World War II. |
De Witt Reveals Plan to Move All Japanese |
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03 /04/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5665 |
Map |
A map of Washington state showed where Japanese aliens and Japanese Americans were to be prohibited from living as zones were created by the military to exclude these people from strategic areas. |
Where Aliens Will Be Barred |
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03 /04/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5666 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer asked why the Japanese were being removed from this area. She wondered if ulterior motives weren't the reason and that Japanese farmers were needed for the war effort. |
Japanese Problem |
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03 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5667 |
Article |
Japanese American students at the University of Washington were preparing to leave the university and wind up their affairs in light of the military order to evacuate from this area. |
Campus Japanese Face Evacuation |
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03 /04/42 |
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1900.5668 |
Article |
An article in the Uniersity of Washington Daily by Jack Sheedy decried the persecution of persons of Japanese ancestry and said it undermined the concept of American democracy. |
Seattle, Wash |
Sheedy, Jack |
03/00/42 |
University of Washington Daily |
1900.5669 |
Article |
The Puget Sond Chapter of the American Association of Social Workers urged careful planning of the evacuation of Japanese persons and offered their help to the proper authorities. They also went on record as opposing evacuation of people solely on their race or nationality. |
Alien Evacuation Aid Offered |
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03 /00/42 |
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1900.567 |
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Directory of Philippine American Women Writers and Artists |
PAWWA |
1994 |
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1900.5670 |
Article |
Fred Niendorff, the Seattle P-I's financial editor, wrote in his column of the adverse effects of the evacuation of Japanese farmers from this area and stated that shortages and higher prices may be the result. |
70 Million Pounds of Produce Grown by N.W. Japanese |
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03 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5671 |
Article |
A lette writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer asked for tolerance for all people affected by World War Ii, especially minority people who seemed to be treated like lesser people from the observations of the writer while she was hospitalized. |
For Tolerance |
Petkovits, Mrs. R. Carroll |
03 /00/42 |
Seattlre Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5672 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that the Japanese American clerks at Seattle's public schools lost their jobs and that the public should protest this action because the women were loyal and efficient employees. |
Against Intolerance |
Bonus, Albert D. |
03 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5673 |
Article |
County prosecutors meeting in Olympia urged the citizenry not to engage in vigilante activity as they awaited the evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. |
Prosecutors Decry 'Vigilantism' |
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03 /02/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5674 |
Article |
Puyallup Valley Japanese farmers were letting their fields go fallow because they were to be evacuated soon, and they didn't believe white people would do this kind of work. |
Puyalllup Japs Hit by Order |
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03 /02/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5675 |
Article |
James Y. Sakamoto, Japanese American publisher of the Japanese American Courier newspaper, suggested the Midwest as a possible haven for those who will be evacuated as a result of a military order. |
Middle West Jap Refuge Is Suggested |
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03/04/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5676 |
Article |
A Japanese American man fleeing his girlfriend's husband, a Chinese, in a car was found guilty of reckless driving. |
Jap's Drive (With Wife of Chinese) Ends in Retreat |
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03 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5677 |
Article |
An article told of an orchestra leader who was having his dentures refurbished when the Japanese owner of the lab it was sent to was arrested as a result of Pearl Harbor, and the dentist who sent out the dentures was unable to retrieve it. The dentist was able to visit the lab owner and learned that the dentures were in a safe; and as the lab owner was giving him the combination, a guard overheard them and, believing sabotage/espionage information was being exchanged, had the dentist arrested. |
Notes of a New Yorker |
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03 /04/42 |
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1900.5678 |
Article |
A columnist wrote that Japanese residents of Los Angeles had requested information on the workings of the city's water supply, and a Japanese consular official had even asked for diagrams. |
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Durling, E.V. |
00 /00/42 |
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1900.5679 |
Cartoon |
A three panel cartoon shows an interpreter asking a Japanese alien if he is a citizen at the request of some law enforcement officer; and after a long winded explanation from the alien, the interpreter merely translates it as a yes. |
So He Says! |
Gale, (No first name or initial given) |
03 /05/42 |
Seattle Times |
1900.568 |
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Liem's Aquarium and Bird shop and owner Djin Kwie Liem. |
Tiny Shop a World of Wonders |
Eng |
10/9/1997 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5680 |
Document |
A photo shows two women screening soil at a White River Valley farm to prepare it for planting, although the specter of evacuation has halted farming operations for most of the farmers. |
Their Future As Farmers Uncertain |
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03 /00/42 |
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1900.5681 |
Article |
Japanese farmers in the White River and Puyallup Valleys were hesistant to do any more planting with the impending evacuation of all Japanese from those areas to come about soon. |
Planting Halted By Jap Farmers |
Welch, Doug |
03 /06/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5682 |
Article |
The American Civil Liberties Union asked its branches in California to seek a modification of the evacuation order to remove all Japanese from the state and said it would assist evacuees who would contest the order. |
Civil Liberties Group to Contest Removal of Japs |
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03 /05/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5683 |
Article |
The county prosecutor of Spokane County warned that his area could become a dumping ground for Japanese aliens because it is outside the exclusion zone, and a meeting was being planned to address the problem. |
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03/05/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5684 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said the example of the school clerks resigning their positions was an example of sacrifice during the war and asked that they take leadership in helping evacuate the Japanese from this area. |
Task for Japanese |
Ritter, Harriett |
03 /06/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5685 |
Article |
A survey made by a police national defense detail showed that most of the Japanese in Seattle lived in the Central District with many others living close or near defense units. |
Japanese Live Close to City's Defense Units |
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03/06/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5686 |
Article |
A reception center for Japanese aliens was being prepared at the Owens Valley in an area between Parker Dam and Blythe, California near the Colorado River. |
California To Have Centers For Aliens |
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03/06/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5687 |
Document |
A bulletin from the American Friends Serivce Committee gave suggestions on the evacuation that was to take place that would affect persons of Japanese ancestry and advised calmness and care in making decisions for the future. |
Bulletin No. 3, March 6, 1942, 10:00 am |
American Friends Service Committee |
030/06/42 |
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1900.5688 |
Document |
A photocopy of two pictures from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer shows one picture of a girl (Mary Okazaki) outside of a furniture store having a removal and evacuation sale, while the other picture shows three brothers (Lincoln, Taft and Grant Beppu) taking inventory at their store prior to evacuation. |
Problem for Japs |
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03 /06/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5689 |
Article |
The national commander of the American Legion, Lynn U. Stambaugh, urged the removal of all Japanese on the West Coast because their presence was a menace to the country. |
Legion Head demands Evacuation of Aliens |
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03 /06/42 |
Seattle Times |
1900.569 |
Article |
On the Locke's international trade trip through Asia, Mona Lee and her father went to his childhood home in Shanghai. Once a large home that reflected their status as ruling elite in the city, the home has been converted to small apartments. |
Father Takes Mona Lee Locke to See Boyhood Home;'everything is gone' |
Mar, Rod |
October 9, 1997 |
The Seattle Times |
1900.5690 |
Article |
With evacuation facing them, Japanese businesses in Seattle were preparing to close their businesses but were trying their best not to suffer huge losses and conduct business as usual until they have to leave. |
Whites Try to Buy Them Out at Low Price, Say Japanese |
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03 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5691 |
Article |
A news report indicated that Japanese authorities in Shanghai had arrested American and British newsmen and businessmen in retaliation for the way Japanese citizens had been treated by American and British authorities. |
Japs Retaliate by Arresting U.S. Citizens |
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03/06/42 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5692 |
Article |
Lr. General John L. DeWitt announced plans for two reception centers to accept Japanese evacuees from the West Coast. One will be in the Owens Valley in California, and the other will be along the Colorado River near the Blythe-Parker Dam area. |
Army Selects Centers for Alien Evacuees |
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03/06/42 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5693 |
Article |
FBI agents and local police made raids in certain Northern California cities in search of members of Japanese secret societies and a Japanese Association. |
Japs in Secret Societies Sought |
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03 /06/42 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5694 |
Article |
Enemy aliens in the Albuquerque, NM area were rounded up by local police and federal agents and contraband seized. |
Many Aliens Taken in Albuquerque Area |
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03 /06/42 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5695 |
Article |
Seattle Japanese were winding up their business affairs as they prepared for evacuation of the city and a move to some other place but didn't know where. |
Seattle Japs Packed Up and Ready to Move |
Welch, Doug |
03/07/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5696 |
Article |
Civilian agencies of the government were cooperating with the army in preparing for the evacuation of persons of Japanese descent on the West Coast according to the orders from the Western Defense Command and the Fourth Army. |
Coast Alien Resettlement Plan Revealed |
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03/07/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5697 |
Article |
In The Nation magazine a writer wrote that the West Coast was pretty jittery in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack and that jingoists and reactionary people are fanning the flames and scapegoating Japanese and Japanese Americans to show hatred toward them. |
West Coast Perspective |
Fischer, Louis |
03 /07/42 |
The Nation |
1900.5698 |
Article |
There were approximately 15,000 persons of Japanese descent in Military Area No. 1, and all the counties in this area except two--Island and Wakhiakum--have no Japanese aliens. |
15,000 in Area Face Evacuation |
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03/06/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5699 |
Article |
An editorial in a Seattle newspaper stated that there are disloyal as well as loyal people in the Japanese community and urged the community to help weed out those who are disloyal. |
The Japanese Problem |
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03 /08/42 |
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1900.570 |
Article |
Governor Gary Locke's ancestral village gets a new road, toilet, and electricity to celebrate his visit. |
Village Goes All Out for Locke's Entourage |
Postman, David |
October 10,1997 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5700 |
Document |
A photocopy of a picture in a Seattle newspaper shows a line-up of aliens waiting outside the main Seattle post office to get their certificates of identification. |
Enemy Aliens Line Up to Register |
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03 /00/42 |
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1900.5701 |
Article |
Enemy aliens lined up inside and outside the main post office in Seattle to get their certificates of identification, which contains their fingerprint and a photograph. |
2,000 Enemy Aliens Yet to be Certified |
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03 /00/42 |
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1900.5702 |
Article |
A citizen called the police in Los Angeles to report that he/she saw a group of Japanese huddled together and said it looked suspicious. The police responded to find the group playing a dice game. |
Jap Crap Shooters Didn't Look Right |
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03 /00/42 |
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1900.5703 |
Article |
Mortgage bankers claimed the evacuation of the Japanese will have a bearing on future property values, but it won't be near the problem created for automobile owners due to the lack of gasoline and tires. |
Effect on Property |
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03 /00/04 |
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1900.5704 |
Article |
Three American Legion posts in the state of Washington urged immediate removal of all Japanese aliens from the West Coast as the best solution for our national defense. |
Legion Urges Alien Removal |
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03 /00/42 |
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1900.5705 |
Article |
Twenty-two agencies were selected to assist in the evacuation of Japanese aliens and American citizens of Japanese descent, and a committee of eight will coordinate with Lt. Gen. John DeWitt
to handle the evacuation of the Japanese people from the West Coast. |
22 Agencies To Assist In Jap Removal |
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03/08/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5706 |
Article |
The army chose a spot in the Owens Valley owned by the city of Los Angeles and said it would use the place as a reception area for people of Japanese descent who were to be evacuated. |
Army Picks Land To Resettle Japs |
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03/08/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5707 |
Article |
Drew Pearson wrote in his column that Sen. Hiram Johnson of California wanted to evacuate all Japanese in California, but he said nothing about people of Italian or German descent. Other senators accused Johnson of playing politics. |
Washington Merry-Go-Round |
Pearson, Drew |
03/00/42 |
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1900.5708 |
Article |
Japanese men evacuated from British Columbia in Canada would be used on a highway project from Edmonton that would lead to a connection that heads to Vancouver. |
Japs From B.C. Will Be Used On Highway Project |
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03/08/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5709 |
Article |
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was quoted as saying that the Japanese on the West Coast were understanding and accepting the eventual evacuation when she was asked about American citizens having to leave. |
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03/00/42 |
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1900.571 |
Article |
Governor Gary Locke, his wife Mona, and his parents visit their ancestral village during his trip to Asia. They are welcomed by family and by the government. |
Locke's Reunion: Standing Room Only |
Postman, David |
October 12, 199 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5710 |
Article |
A letter writer to the editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said he lives where some Japanese families reside, and he said that if they were moved to the Midwest or elsewhere as the fanatics in the Seattle area urged, would they jeopardize their children's happiness by committing acts of sabotate? |
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Carrie, Donald |
03/00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5711 |
Article |
A Japanese American writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer affirmed his Americanism and asked to be judged as one. |
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Arita, Kenny |
03/00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5712 |
Article |
Twenty-three enemy aliens were rounded up by the FBI and local authorities in Seattle and Port Angeles. There were twenty Japanese arrested and they were accused of having contraband and being members of pro-Axis organizations. |
FBI Nabs Aliens With Munitions |
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03/00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5713 |
Article |
Japanese laborers working for the Port Townsend-Southern Railroad were arrested following an explosion that destroyed a speeder, a tool shed and two old coaches and sent to Seattle to be processed by immigration officials. |
9 Japs Arrested in Peninsula Blast |
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03/09/42 |
Seattle Post-Intell8igencer |
1900.5714 |
Article |
A professor from the University of Washington proposed the idea of parents adopting Japanese American children for the duration of the war after careful screening rather than sending them away somewhere as the evacuation plan prescribes. |
Jap Adoptions Proposed Here |
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03/00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5715 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer who said he was from Hawaii but now living here claimed the Japanese people in Hawaii stabbed this country in the back because they had been nurtured in Hawaii and some of the Pearl Harbor attack pilots were wearing class rings from McKinley High School in Honolulu and the University of Hawaii. |
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Lani, Dave |
03/00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5716 |
Article |
The King County assessor's office was working overtime to prepare tax statements to show what soon -to- be- evacuated Japanese owed on their personal property. An accompanying photo showed county employees working on the statements |
Assessor Prepares More Bad News for County's Japanese |
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03 /09/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5717 |
Article |
In Nothern California the national council of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) pledged their cooperation with the government's evacuation program. Also, arrests of members of Japanese societies aiding Japan were now winding down. Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt reminded Japanese farmers to continue farming and that those aliens who voluntarily evacuate should not be hasty in selling their goods. |
Nisei Pledge Cooperation |
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03 /09/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5718 |
Article |
Announcements were to be forthcoming regarding the property and inventory left behind by Japanese evacuees. The government was to safeguard everything, and the evacuees were expected to entrust it all to the government. Those who could voluntarily moved inland were encouraged to do so, and those still farming were warned not to plow under their crops, whcih were needed by the American public. |
Army to Safeguard Japanese Property |
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03/10/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5719 |
Article |
"Quick Collect" orders for property taxes were issued by the County Treasurer's office on orders from the assessor's office to Japanese property owners before they could sell their property due to evacuation orders. |
Jap Property Orders Issued |
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03 /00/42 |
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1900.572 |
Article |
Governor Gary Locke's trip through Asia included a trip to his ancestral village Jilong, trade negotions, and a trip to Shanghai. With him was Republican Senator Alex Deccio. |
Locke Draws Near to His Past |
Zimmerman, Rachel |
October 11, 199 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
1900.5720 |
Article |
Registration of all Seattle Japanese was being conducted by the Seattle chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) to provide their own listing for the purpose of keeping family ties together. Two photographs show people registering. |
Japanese Here Prepare for Evacuation |
Copeland, Sidney |
03 /11/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5721` |
Article |
A produce shortage was seen as likely with the impending evacuation of all Japanese from the West Coast. However, the process was to be done on a piece meal basis, so it was unclear if there would be total evacuation as was announced early. |
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03 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5722 |
Article |
The Seattle Reserve Bank, a branch of the Federal Reserve Bank, will be the agent to help those who are to be evacuated settle their business affairs. |
Offices Here to Deal With Jap Property |
Niendorff, Fred |
03/12/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5723 |
Article |
A car containing two Japanese and two German aliens was eluding local authorities after it escaped the border patrol at the town of Republic, WA. |
4 Enemy Aliens in Auto Hunted |
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03/12/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5724 |
Article |
Buckets of sand left on every floor of an apartment building in San Francisco to fight fires were suddenly filled with water instead, and the culprit was a Japanese houseboy who said he thought that water was better than sand in fighting fires. |
Japanese Sandman Finds Out the FBI Isn't Asleep |
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03/12/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5725 |
Article |
The way was cleared for the evacuation of Japanese from the West Coast with the appointment of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco as custodian of the evacuees' property. A reception center has been established in the Owens Valley in Southern California to accept 10,000 people in a 5,000 acre area. |
Jap Removal to Start Soon |
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03/12/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5726 |
Article |
The World Student Service Fund was planning to set up scholarships to aid alien students evacuated from the West Coast who had been University of Washington students. Although the group's funds had been earmarked for Europe and China, it was felt that the need was stronger at home and thus the change in priorities. |
WSSF Drive Will Help U Evacuees |
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03/13/42 |
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1900.5727 |
Article |
A student at the University of Washington, Sophus Keith Winther, wrote an open letter to the Japanese students at the University offering to give them information on their work or helping them contact a professor; he said to write to him if they had any questions. |
To my Japanese students |
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03/13/42 |
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1900.5728 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a sergeant in the Marines, mentioned how, while many are doing their patriotic duties, some are taking advantage of the war such as price gouging, and even harming helpless people such as the Japanese American women who were forced to resign as school clerks because of their race. |
Sergeant Speaking |
Logan, Sergeant J.J. |
03/13/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5729 |
Article |
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Japanese Newspaper and Magazine Publishing in the Pacific Northwest 1894-2006 |
Harrison, Scott Edward |
2006/ / |
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1900.573 |
Article |
A profile of Rainier Valley. It had high crime rates and poor housing, but today, the crime rates are low and housing is being updated to standards. There are also ways to improve the area including LINK transportation and growing business. |
Rainier Valley: Community is on the mend |
Higgins, Mark |
October 11, 199 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
1900.5730 |
Article |
Two Filipinos attacked William Yamaguchi at 4th and Madison with one of them threatening him with a hunting knife. |
Filipinos Attack Seattle Japanese |
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1900.5731 |
Article |
A man posing as an FBI agent entered a Japanese American home after the girls refused to let him in. He pulled an outside electric switch, then entered by breaking the glass on a rear door. He locked one of the girls in a closed before fleeing. |
Man Posing as FBI Agent Attempts to Assault Jap Girl |
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03 /13/42 |
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1900.5732 |
Article |
Nearly 200 Japanese that included language school teachers and Buddhist priests were rounded up in Southern California after raids were made in that area. |
200 Japs Are Seized In New Calif. Raids |
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03 /14/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5733 |
Article |
Japanese residents in Seattle soon to be evacuated went to the Federal Reserve Bank to make arrangements to be protected from price gouging and being taken advantage of. A photo of Mrs. S. May Nakashima showed her filling out a form. |
Japanese Here Ask Help of U.S. In Settling Property Problem |
Niendorff, Fred |
03 /13/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5734 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer asked if a previous writer was being ironical or brutally frank in suggesting that the Japanese here be treated the same as the Indians. She mentioned that "Negroes" were still being discriminated against and that "whatever we soweth, so shall we reap." |
Japanese Problem |
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03/00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5735 |
Article |
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stated that the evacuation of the Japanese should not be controversial and that to let the authorities take care of it just as it would be done if the whole area had to be evacuated, and the people would be accepting of it. |
Japanese Problem |
L.A.O. |
03 /00/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.5736 |
Article |
The North American Times, a bilingual Japanese paper published in Seattle since 1902,. was closed by U.S. Treasury Department. |
Japanese Paper Closed by U.S. |
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03 /00/42 |
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1900.5737 |
Article |
A proposal to use Japanese Canadian men to work in highway construction received the interest of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce who heard the British Columbia premier tell of his plans.. |
Japs May Help Build Link In Alaska Road |
Welch, Doug |
03/14/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligerncer |
1900.5738 |
Article |
The Western Defense Command under Lt. Gen. John DeWitt announced the formation of the Civil Affairs Branch to assist Japanese with any problems relating to their eventual evacuation from the West Coast. In the meantime, the FBI continued its raids in Caifornia of suspected enemy aliens and detaining them. |
Alien Control Force Set Up for Coast Area |
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03 /14/42 |
Seattle Times |
1900.5739 |
Article |
A Pan American Airways pilot said that there would probably be a "Jap" army organized in California and that they would be ready to strike just as he said they did in the Philippines. |
Jap Army in U.S.Likely, Says Pilot |
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03 /15/42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1900.574 |
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Syllabus for class at the University of Washington |
Asian American Stereotypes in the Media |
Duque |
1997 |
Syllabus |