Title: "Street Names No Problem in this Jap Camp," Seattle Times, 4/13/1942, (ddr-densho-56-752)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-752

Street Names No Problem in this Jap Camp

PUYALLUP, April 13.--(AP)--Army engineers constructing the big Japanese assembly center here weren't stumped today when it came to finding names for the streets and avenues -- they just used their own names.

Streets on the project have been named Lunn, Moody, Sargeant, White, Nelson, Allen, Frost, McMullen, Rigler, Wright, Wrong and Goldie Streets. Avenues have been designated at Truitt, Moffitt and Goerz, and there's also Evans Alley. The names all belong to soldiers.

The project is almost completely enclosed by barbed wire. Work is nearing [completion] on dormitories, mess halls, shower and sanitary units, and work has started on a 100-bed hospital within the grounds of the Western Washington Fair.

The camp, to house an estimated 8,000 persons, is expected to be completed by the end of the week.