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Excuse, Please; But What's In Those Jap Text-Books? (February 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-607)
doc Excuse, Please; But What's In Those Jap Text-Books? (February 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-607)
The Seattle Daily Times, February 7, 1942, p. 6
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-607/
What to Do With Japs Agitates Entire N.W. (February 21, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-642)
doc What to Do With Japs Agitates Entire N.W. (February 21, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-642)
The Seattle Daily Times, February 21, 1942, p. 3
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-642/
2 Japanese Held In Railway Bridge Fires (March 31, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-734)
doc 2 Japanese Held In Railway Bridge Fires (March 31, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-734)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 31, 1942, p. 4
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-734/
4 Japanese Seized Near Dam; Explosives Found (February 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-611)
doc 4 Japanese Seized Near Dam; Explosives Found (February 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-611)
The Seattle Daily Times, February 8, 1942, p. 13
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-611/
We Know All About Caesar, But Nothing of Jap Lingo (March 27, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-720)
doc We Know All About Caesar, But Nothing of Jap Lingo (March 27, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-720)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 27, 1942, p. 6
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-720/
Ito Reported Meetings Here to Tokyo, Witness Testifies (March 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-725)
doc Ito Reported Meetings Here to Tokyo, Witness Testifies (March 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-725)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 28, 1942, p. 3
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-725/
Oyster Industry is Safe -- Kincaid (March 27, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-722)
doc Oyster Industry is Safe -- Kincaid (March 27, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-722)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 27, 1942, p. 32
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-722/
Legion Asks Jap Ouster (February 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-629)
doc Legion Asks Jap Ouster (February 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-629)
The Seattle Daily Times, February 17, 1942, p. 4
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-629/
Japs With Swastikas Seized Here. One Hundred Lapel Pins Confiscated By Raiders. Buttons Believed 5th-Column Identification in Case of Invasion of Seattle; Two Germans Arrested. Army Acquires Site for Evacuee Center. (March 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-675)
doc Japs With Swastikas Seized Here. One Hundred Lapel Pins Confiscated By Raiders. Buttons Believed 5th-Column Identification in Case of Invasion of Seattle; Two Germans Arrested. Army Acquires Site for Evacuee Center. (March 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-675)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 8, 1942, pp. 1, 5
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-675/
Japs Getting Cocky Again, Says Taxicab Driver in S.F. (February 18, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-634)
doc Japs Getting Cocky Again, Says Taxicab Driver in S.F. (February 18, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-634)
The Seattle Daily Times, February 18, 1942, p. 6
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-634/
We Should Oust Japs From U.S., Says Solon (February 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-650)
doc We Should Oust Japs From U.S., Says Solon (February 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-650)
The Seattle Daily Times, February 26, 1942, p. 5
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-650/
'Mounties' Arrest Jap Alien as Spy (March 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-700)
doc 'Mounties' Arrest Jap Alien as Spy (March 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-700)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 22, 1942, p. 1
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-700/
Evacuated Japs Protecting Disloyal, Says Col. Bendetsen (June 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-815)
doc Evacuated Japs Protecting Disloyal, Says Col. Bendetsen (June 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-815)
The Seattle Daily Times, June 8, 1942, p. 5
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-815/
Powerful Flares Seized With Jap (March 4, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-663)
doc Powerful Flares Seized With Jap (March 4, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-663)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 4, 1942, p. 2
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-663/
Interview with James Rowe, Assistant to the Attorney General (ddr-densho-67-83)
doc Interview with James Rowe, Assistant to the Attorney General (ddr-densho-67-83)
Interview with James Rowe, Assistant to the Attorney General. Rowe describes how Executive Order 9066 came about. The Justice Department had been opposed to evacuation but after a meeting with the War Department, Attorney General Francis Biddle changed his mind to support 9066. Rowe and others disagreed with this, but went along with 9066 to keep …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-83/
Letter from the FCC to Francis Biddle (ddr-densho-67-76)
doc Letter from the FCC to Francis Biddle (ddr-densho-67-76)
Letter from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Francis Biddle on radio signaling as described in DeWitt's Final Report. The FCC reviewed their records and found that there was no evidence of any illegal signaling during Dec. 1941 - July 1942. The FCC also refuted two other things that DeWitt told Biddle justifying evacuation - the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-76/
Postcard to brother Wendell Millermura [Wendell L. Miller], 1942 May 6 (ddr-csujad-20-2)
doc Postcard to brother Wendell Millermura [Wendell L. Miller], 1942 May 6 (ddr-csujad-20-2)
Backside of postcard with cartoon of U.S. plane bombing Tokyo and an angry Japanese citizen reacting, saying "Ho! You cannot do this to me! I am the son of heaven! What the hell?" Postcard is addressed to "My dear brother Wendell Millermura" and describes the writer as "a member of the Christian Church," asking Miller, "Where …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-20-2/
Bulletin, no. 6, September 4, 1942 (ddr-csujad-18-2)
doc Bulletin, no. 6, September 4, 1942 (ddr-csujad-18-2)
Bulletin No. 6, titled: Remember Pearl Harbor. Decrying misinformation accusing people of Japanese descent of sabotage during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the document seeks "to aid in combating the malicious stories which still persist concerning sabotage" there. The report includes numerous items from 1942, including newspaper and magazine articles, and columns from the Chicago Daily …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-18-2/
Michio and June Toshiyuki (ddr-csujad-8-77)
doc Michio and June Toshiyuki (ddr-csujad-8-77)
Oral history interview with Michio and June Toshiyuki. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Toshiyuki, Michio and June
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-77/
New Republic article:
doc New Republic article: "Japanese Out of California" (ddr-densho-35-340)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-340/
New Republic article:
doc New Republic article: "Racism on the West Coast" (ddr-densho-35-346)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-346/
American-made refugees (ddr-densho-381-3)
doc American-made refugees (ddr-densho-381-3)
A report compiling reasons why the forced evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast was unnecessary and motivated by war hysteria. The report also brings up questions about the constitutionality of the evacuation, in addition to spelling out the effects the evacuation has had in terms of human suffering and economic losses. The report concludes with …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-3/
Statement on the testimony of Harold H. Townsend before the House of Representatives Subcommittee (ddr-densho-381-4)
doc Statement on the testimony of Harold H. Townsend before the House of Representatives Subcommittee (ddr-densho-381-4)
A rebuttal of statements made by Harold H. Townsend, former Chief Supply and Transportation Officer, before the House of Representatives Subcommittee of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities. The author, most likely the War Relocation Authority, argues that Townsend's testimony was almost entirely composed of false statements about events and living conditions at the Poston concentration …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-4/
Dillon S. Myer's National Broadcasting Company network address (ddr-densho-381-7)
doc Dillon S. Myer's National Broadcasting Company network address (ddr-densho-381-7)
An advance release copy of Dillon S. Myer's address over the National Broadcasting Company network about the loyalty of Japanese-Americans incarcerated in concentration camps and their living conditions.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-7/
Copy of clipping:
doc Copy of clipping: "Evacuated Japs protecting Disloyal, Says Col. Bendetsen" (ddr-densho-383-581)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-581/
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