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Resolution Against Jap Program

Following is the resolution adopted Tuesday night by the Pajaro Valley and Watsonville Defense council:Whereas it has been announced through the press:1. That the Secretary of War contemplates that some 28,000 native-born Japanese shall be…

Date: 1943-02-24
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

Rep. Anderson Stand On Japs

SAN JOSE (Special) - Because of some misunderstanding in regard to Congressman John Z. (Jack) Anderson's attitude regarding Japanese evacuees, the representative from this district has issued the following statement to clarify his stand on the…

Date: 1945-01-19
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 4
Type: NEWS

Release Of Native-Born Japs From Camps Asked By Senator

Washington (UP) - Senator Albert B. Chandler, D., Ky., said Friday he will recommend release in the next few months of about 82,000 loyal American-born Japanese from relocation centers in California, Arizona and Arkansas.Chandler has just returned…

Date: 1943-04-02
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

Refitting Of Released Nisei Into Civilian Life In West Is Cause Of Growing Concern

SAN FRANCISCO - With some 40,000 to 45,000 native born Americans of Japanese extraction still to be released from War Relocation authority centers in the west, the problem of refitting these U.S. citizens into civilian life is being looked on with…

Date: 1945-06-07
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 8
Type: NEWS

Readers' Referendum--Japanese Like Food At Salinas Center[Editorial]

To the Editor:We have been in the Salinas assembly center undergoing new experiences for nearly two months. At first, things were not so well organized but today as we are almost ready to make our next move to our relocation center, everything is…

Date: 1942-06-22
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 3
Type: NEWS

Race Prejudice Blamed For Removal Of Japanese

Los Angeles (UP) - A. L. Wirin, attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, told a Dies subcommittee investigating the Japanese relocation program, that racial prejudice and not military necessity has caused removal of Japanese from the West…

Date: 1943-06-18
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

Quiet Evacuation Leaves Only 20 Jap Families Here

Deadline On Illegal Goods NearA quiet exodus by voluntary evacuees up to Sunday midnight's deadline leaves only twenty families of Japanese aliens and Japanese-Americans in the northern section of the county to await compulsory evacuation under army…

Date: 1942-03-31
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel-News, Evening Edition , page 1
Type: NEWS

Poston Japs Used Government Cars For Fishing Trips And Picnics, Dies Group Told

Los Angeles (UP) - Japanese evacuees in the Poston, Ariz., relocation center used government automobiles to go on picnics and fishing trips, an official of the center told a Dies subcommittee investigating the camps.Augustus W. Empie, chief…

Date: 1943-06-10
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 3
Type: NEWS

Poston Japs Armed, Dies Group Told

Los Angeles (UP) - Japanese evacuees at the Poston, Ariz., relocation center have armed themselves with every available weapon and may have been responsible for a Santa Fe train wreck near the camp, a witness testified at a Dies subcommittee…

Date: 1943-06-14
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 3
Type: NEWS

Portrait of Northern Traditional Dancer

Date: 2013
Source: Crowbear, Bianca
Type: PHOTO

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