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  • Tags: Minority Groups

FRESNO (UP) - In a blistering attack on the "schoolboy opinions" of the American Civil Liberties union, District Attorney James M. Thuesen, said here that the ACLU should get the facts before "popping off" at what it termed the "lack of prosecution"…

Date: 1945-06-05
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 5
Type: NEWS

Fresno (UP) - District Attorney James M. Thuesen said he will appeal to Attorney General Robert W. Kenny for legal means of seizing stored farm equipment owned by interned Japanese in the state.Thuesen's announcement followed the refusal of a…

Date: 1944-02-07
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 6
Type: NEWS

SAN FRANCISCO (Special To Register-Pajaronian) - The following statement was issued Monday by Maj. Gen. H.C. Pratt, commanding general of the Western Defense command:"It has become increasingly apparent that an erroneous impression is being conveyed…

Date: 1945-07-30
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

San Francisco, July 20 (AP) Legal minds were attuned sharply today to a case in federal court here questioning the right of the government to intern American citizens of Japanese ancestry.The action to test the constitutional civil rights of such…

Date: 1942-07-21
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel-News, Morning Edition , page 1
Type: NEWS

https://history-omeka-dev.santacruzpl.org/omeka/uploads/articles/AR-101.pdf

Date: 4/27/1999
Source: Santa Cruz County Sentinel, April 27, 1999 (p. 1)
Type: ARTICLE

Sacramento (UP) - The return of Japanese to California during the war would be a "body blow" to our security, Gov. Earl Warren declared Saturday."I believe the evacuation of Japanese at the time it occurred was one of the things which saved our state…

Date: 1943-06-12
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

To the Editor:Since the Japanese have been evacuated from Watsonville in April 1942, they have been trying to do their part as good American citizens. Most of them were born and raised in Watsonville and knew no other home. They were at first a bit…

Date: 1944-09-23
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 3
Type: NEWS

Senate Group Accepts Local CC InvitationThe California State Senate Interim Committee on the Japanese problem has accepted an invitation from the Chamber of Commerce of the Pajaro Valley and will hold a hearing here on Wednesday afternoon, July 7, at…

Date: 1943-06-29
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

POSTON, Ariz. (Special) PFC Henry S. Izumizaki, 23, former resident of Watsonville and a graduate of Watsonville High school in 1940, was killed in action in France on Nov. 2 while fighting with the 442nd combat regiment. He was the son of Mr. and…

Date: 1944-11-24
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

Here are the six points of the resolution adopted Friday afternoon by the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors protesting releasing of Japanese from relocation centers and the inclusion of native born Japanese in the U.S. Army: 1. Following Pearl Harbor…

Date: 1943-04-26
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 4
Type: NEWS

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