Japanese Paper Ordered to Quit, But Backs U.S.

After 39 years of continuous daily publication, there was no edition yester of The North American Times, Japanese-language newspaper, by order of the United States Treasury Department.

The newspaper's publisher, Sumiyoshi Arima, an alien, is in custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to Bud Fukei, editor, 117 ½ 13th Ave. Fukei said about 50 Japanese-Americans and aliens were employed.

Disappointment over the closing order was expressed in a page-one editorial of the final edition. It said, in part:

"...We felt it was vitally necessary to have The Times continue, at least until evacuation ... We hope Japanese readers will not lose confidence in the United States and continue to support the cause for which the United States is fighting..."

With an English section, The Times had a circulation of about 9,000 copies.