15,000 IN AREA FACE EVACUATION

There are Japanese nationals in all but two counties in Military Area No. 1, from which all enemy aliens and American-born Japanese will be evacuated eventually, alien registration figures disclosed today.

The Jap-less counties are Island and Wahkiakum. Both, however, have alien German and Italian residents. Wahkiakum has two each German and Italian residents and Island has 11 Germans and one Italian.

An estimated 9,000 enemy aliens, and about 6,000 American-born Japanese, live in the 18 Western Washington counties, which make up the prohibited area. Only half of these are wholly within the area.

Counties wholly within the area and the number of enemy aliens in each are as follows:

Clallam--Japanese, 6; Germans, 28, and Italians, 32.
Jefferson--Japanese, 12; Germans, 16, and Italians, 4.
Kitsap--Japanese, 108; Germans, 38, and Italians, 13.
Mason--Japanese, 6; Germans, 12, and Italians, 2.
Grays Harbor--Japanese, 3; Germans, 83, and Italians, 109.
Pacific--Japanese, 28; Germans, 18, and Italians, 11.
Island--Japanese, 9; Germans, 11, and Italians, 1.
Wahkiakum--Japanese, 0; Germans, 2, and Italians, 2.
San Juan--Japanese, 3; Germans, 4, and Italians, 1.

Counties partly within the area and the number of enemy aliens in each are:

Whatcom--Japanese, 12; Germans, 68, and Italians, 26.
Skagit--Japanese, 26, Germans, 63, and Italians, 59.
Snohomish--Japanese, 25; Germans, 104, and Italians, 67.
King--Japanese, 3,851; Germans, 1,215, and Italians, 1,832.
Pierce--Japanese, 823; Germans, 346, and Italians, 778.
Thurston--Japanese, 41; Germans, 44; and Italians, 23.
Lewis--Japanese, 17, Germans, 88, and Italians, 24.
Cowlitz--Japanese, 47; Germans, 26, and Italians, 9.
Clark--Japanese, 38; Germans, 82, and Italians, 18.

Since the registration, in December, 1940, many Japanese nationals in King County have returned to Japan. The first registration showed there were 3,700 Japanese aliens in Seattle.

Only about 2,500 Japanese nationals registered recently when it was made mandatory for them to obtain certificates of identification. Officials pointed out, however, that in the first registration many Japanese from other parts of the state registered here. They were unable to do that recently because of the restrictions on travel.