Vashon Homes Of Japanese Aliens Raided

F.B.I. Looks for Firearms, Radios and Other Contraband

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and deputy sheriffs raided homes of Japanese aliens on Vashon Island today in a search for short-wave radios, firearms and other contraband materials.

Twenty deputy sheriffs and an undisclosed number of F.B.I. men, under direction of H.B. Fletcher, agent in charge of the F.B.I. office in Seattle, left for the island on the 9 o'clock ferry this forenoon.

The raid is similar to that condusted [conducted] on Bainbridge Island Wednesday, when 15 Japanese were arrested and a quantity of firearms and explosives and one short-wave set were seized.

Today's raid was the result of reports that some alien Japanese on Vashon had not turned in their firearms and other contraband in compliance with the federal order.

It is estimated that there are about 28 alien Japanese families on Vashon Island.