Browse Items(236 total)

  • Tags: Minority Groups

The following statement of loyalty to this country on the part of Pajaro valley Japanese residents was made Sunday by I. Motoki, secretary of the Japanese association."As far as the Japanese community here is concerned, we pledge our whole-hearted…

Date: 1941-12-07
Source: Watsonville Morning Sun , page 1
Type: NEWS

"We are yours to command in this emergency," simply declared T. Y. Kadotani, official spokesman for the Santa Cruz Japanese association, as he addressed a special mass meeting of city and county officials at noon yesterday. The conclave was held at…

Date: 1941-12-09
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel-News , page 2
Type: NEWS

Malio Stagnaro, spokesman, Sunday night vouched for the sincerity of the Italian colony on the municipal pier and said this community has "nothing to fear" from their loyalty to the nation they have adopted."There are only a few aliens in the local…

Date: 1941-12-09
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel-News , page 8
Type: NEWS

(Editor's Note: As a representative spokesman for Santa Cruz' Japanese population, Frank Masamori was asked to write the following article, outlining local Japanese impressions of the new war.)The Japanese-Americans of Santa Cruz were as shocked and…

Date: 1941-12-10
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel-News , page 8
Type: NEWS

(Editor's note: Itsumi Oita, co-winner of the American Legion Armistice Day oratorical contest, was invited to contribute a guest editorial this week and to express the feelings of the Americans of Japanese ancestry in regard to the war.)Although…

Date: 1941-12-12
Source: Watsonville Morning Sun , page 8
Type: NEWS

Funds in local banks of Japanese nationals are entirely frozen under orders issued by the U.S. Treasury department.Access to their accounts is allowed for Japanese citizens, those born in this country or in American possessions, as Hawaii, and now…

Date: 1941-12-13
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel-News , page 2
Type: NEWS

For a long time alarmists on the Pacific coast have speculated wildly on what to expect of Japanese-Americans in the event of war, and so today more than 100,000 members of the western states were on the spot.Of the 150,000 Japanese in this country…

Date: 1941-12-18
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel-News , page 1
Type: NEWS

Futile Naval Action Off Cypress Point Early Saturday Afternoon; Eight Shots - No HitsEnemy Craft Operating Off the Coast Of California Believed Suicide Effort To Hit ShippingThe Japanese war came close to Santa Cruz yesterday when a submarine rose to…

Date: 1941-12-21
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel-News , page 1
Type: NEWS

Our future lies here in America. Amid the uncertainties created for them by Japanese aggression against the United States, the nisei, or American-born descendants of Japanese parents, are clinging to this point of view.The lot of the nisei has not…

Date: 1941-12-24
Source: Watsonville Morning Sun , page 4
Type: NEWS

A general attitude of hopeful waiting is on display among members of the wharf colony - fishermen, boat owners, and wharf workmen.Wartime restrictions have been imposed upon waterfront activities, bringing business almost to a standstill.As one…

Date: 1942-01-01
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel-News , page 7
Type: NEWS

Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-json, omeka-xml, rss2