Ancient Weapons Given Up By Seattle's Alien Japanese

Razor-sharp Japanese ceremonial swords were being surrendered yesterday to the national-defense detail at police headquarters as Japanese nationals continued to give up equipment of warfare.

All alien Japanese, Italians and Germans must surrender cameras, short-wave radios, firearms, swords and other impediments of war by 11 o'clock tomorrow night, in accordance with an order from Attorney-General Francis Biddle. The national-defense detail offices are open 24 hours a day.

Weapon Centuries Old

The parade of swords started yesterday forenoon when Jack Ogami, 809 Maynard Ave., Seattle-born Japanese surrendered four swords. He said they belonged to his father, T. Ogami, alien Japanese. One of the weapons is centuries old, while the other three are modern ones. The youth said be believed one of the swords possibly is the same as those now being used by warring Japanese. One sword is 39 inches long.

Detective Lieut. Charles E. Neuser, head of the national-defense detail in connection with investigation of aliens, said that it is not unusual for Japanese to keep swords in their homes as souvenirs.

Telegram From Biddle

In a telegram to Chief of Police Herbert D. Kimsey, Biddle said:

"No enemy alien shall have in his possession, custody or control at any time or place, or use or operate any of the following articles:

"Firearms, weapons or implements of war, or the component parts thereof, ammunition, bombs, explosives, or materials used in the manufacture of explosives, short-wave radio sets, transmitting sets, signalling devices, codes or ciphers, cameras; papers, documents or books in which there may be invisible writing; photographs, sketches, pictures, drawings, maps, or graphic representations of any military or naval installations or equipment, or of any ammunition or implements of war, device or thing used or intended to be used in the combat equipment of the land or naval forces of the United States; or of any military or naval post, camp or station."

James Masatuko, Japanese commercial photographer, 640 Jackson St., surrendered a valuable studio portrait camera.

[Photo caption]: Tom Uyeno, 26-year-old University of Washington student, who will enter the United States Army next week, and Cone examine a sword checked at Police Headquarters by an alien under a government edict calling for all German, Italian and Japanese nationals to surrender their weapons. The swords were brought in by Jack Ogami, 809 Maynard Ave. Uyeno was born in the United States.

JAPANESE CEREMONIAL SWORDS.

[Photo caption]: Patrolman O.L. Cone, who is one of five officers who have accepted and registered weapons from 150 aliens in the last few days, holds a pair of the ceremonial swords of the Samurai, Japanese fighters.