Title: "Japanese Here Obey Military Curfew Orders," Seattle Times, 3/28/1942, (ddr-densho-56-723)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-723

JAPANESE HERE OBEY MILITARY CURFEW ORDERS

Seattle enemy aliens and all Japanese, including American born, joined in observance of an Army-imposed, coast-wide curfew at 8 o'clock last night.

There were no known violations of the wartime proclamation that requires all Japanese and other enemy aliens to close their businesses and remain in their homes from 8 o'clock at night to 6 o'clock in the morning.

Minor Violations Elsewhere

H.B. Fletcher, special agent in charge of the Seattle office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said the curfew order will be enforced nightly, with no exceptions, even to Jewish refugees from Germany who have been unable to become citizens of the United States.

From other points on the Pacific Coast came scattered reports of minor violations, the Associated Press reported, but these were the result of ignorance or carelessness rather than willful intent, authorities said.

Wilful violators face heavy fines or imprisonment or both.

Meanwhile, Bainbridge Island Japanese were making their final voluntary migrations today. Monday morning Army troops will supervise removal of a majority of the island's 300 Japanese.

Diplomas Ahead of Time

Japanese residents have completed all evacuation plans, and Japanese seniors at Bainbridge High School have been given their diplomas, two and a half months in advance of the regular graduation date.

The Seattle F.B.I. office yesterday announced raids on homes of four Italian aliens, where contraband was confiscated, but no arrests were made. The aliens were allowed their liberty until a review of the cases by the Alien Hearing Board.

Agents said contraband included two short-wave radios, four rifles, a shotgun, a camera, 162 rounds of ammunition, 20 feet of dynamite fuse, and one detonating dynamite cap.