Clipping from San Francisco call bulletin (April 2, 1942)
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Today's exclusion orders ban-
ning all Japanese from a is
part of San Francisco and all of
San Diego followed by. exactly
one month the March 2 "rocla-
mation of Lieutenant Genera
John L, DeWitt, bounding th
military areas and announcin
that evacuation was forthcom
agencies concerned in the evacu
ation problem have taken ex
treme care to give the evacuees
ample notice, and to aid in work-
ing out their property and per-
sonal problems to the end tha
minimum hardship would resul
to the affected persons.
MORE ASSEMBLY CENTERS
At the same time*as an-:
`|nouncement of the exclusion or--
`ders, General DeWitt told of the:
ing.
| In the intervening month, z
in Washington and one each i
California -and Oregon-to sup-
plement the nine already estab
lished in California.
Arrangements have been com-
pleted, the Army said, for use of
the famed Salinas rodeo grounds:
to accommodate 3,000 evacuees
until they are relocated else-
where.
Previously announced assem: -
bly centers in Califorriia includeci
Santa Anita race track and sta -
|tions near Marysville, Fresnc),
(Sacramento, Stockton, Mercecl,
/Tulare and Pinedale.
NOTICES POSTED
establishment of six more assem--|0x00A7
bly centers-two in Arizona, two
Jap Moving. Day y | NEW FBI RAID
ON BAY AREA
ALIENS
Thirty-five FBI agents anc
local officers, armed with eight
een search warrants, toda
staged a series of raids simul
taneously in San Francisco anc
five other bay region communi
ties, in search of contraband re
ported in possession of enemy
aliens.
The raiding parties were oper-
ating in San Francisco, Mill Val
ley, South San Francisco, Oak-
land, Berkeley and Concord.
CO-ED HELD
In Berkeley, a Japanese co-ed
at the University of California
was arrested on telegraphic war-.
rant from Los Angeles. She was,
Miss Fumi Asazuma, 32, of 2020
Dwight way, a freshman student)
in art. Her father is reportedly
a retired banker in Japan, where
`ishe was born and studied art.
:|She was listed as a former Japa-
`Inese teacher at the Hawthorne
:|Language School near Ingleside,
in southern California.
An Italian alien, Joe Saldini,|
`151, 1817 Tenth street, was ar-
-rested in Oakland. The officers:
-|said he had a 30 caliber rifle of
:|foreign make and a 12-gauge
:|shotgun in. his possession, and.
:{had served in the Italian army)
n 1910. .
oS -| The first arrest in the Mon-
Reading order for Japanese exclusion posted on /|terey Bay area for failure to
telephone pole at Webster and California streets is |comply ;with the order ousting
_ is from prohibited zones was)
ada-quite concerned over it. Call Bulletin | aliens f
Yukio W Photograph. | registered when agents arrested
plainly marked with the name,12,000 acres in Fresno County Gustuv Cuppers, 60, German
and address of the owner. held by 182 Japanese have been|alien and golf course employe, at
American born Japanese who|placed in charge of the WCCA, it|Seaside. He was held as en route
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Large notices appeared abou
San Francisco today, prominent];
posted on telephone polls anc
other places, notifying Japanes:
residents of the exclusion orde
and the April 7 evacuation date .
When these Japanese are take
to Manzanar on Tuesday, privat: 2
transportation will not be util -
ized, Colonel Karl R. Bendetser |,
assistant chief of staff of -centivi ip
affairs for the Western Defer.
Command, announced. %
"Travel to the reception cen-
ter will be performed during
daylight hours, if practicable,"
he said, "and should be com-
pleted by 4 p. m. The Federal
Security Agency will provide
as
violate the order or are found in|was*`announced,.and applications|to the U. S. immigration Station.
the proscribed area, after noon|have been received from 132 : TWO SEIZED
Tuesday will face severe penal-|Americans seeking fo work the} Im raids late yesterday, agents
ties; aliens will be subject to im-jland. seized an alien Japanese at Mon-
mediate arrest and internment. The Farm Security Adminis- terey and an Italian chemist, who
In San Diego, site of vital naval|tration said that it ha . saw service with the fascist army
and marine bases, an additional|vised the transfer of about 1,000|in Ethiopia, at Fresno.
1,000 Japanese were affected by|farms of some total 50,000 acres| `Today's searches were directed
the exclusion order. to new operators, in the three'chiefly against Japanese aliens,
MOVE SMOOTHLY coastal states. The California}according to Special Agent H.C.
Tn Los Angeles, the second day Farm War Board at Berkeley re-|Van Pelt, assistant in charge vf
of a mass exodus2ot Japa ported that there have been in-|the local FBI office, although
families to Manzanar was t whi perators apply-|number of ans oe one or
way in orderly fashion. Nearly unities to take|two Germans we! -
500 persons, including forty chil- over Japanese land. . . |search=
dren and thirty-nine babies i
arms, boarded a special train for
the Owens Valley center yester-
appropriate social welfare serv-
ice and medical aid for and dur-
ing the movement."
Medical examinations will be
given prior to departurey under
supervision of the U. S. Public
Health Service. All evacuees will
jbe furnished a noonday meal
{while enroute to the camp.
MUST TAKE NECESSITIES
Evacuees must carry with them
bedding and linen (but no mat-
tresses) for each member of the
family. Each one must also take
toilet articles, extra clothing and
essential effects. Families must
carry sufficient knives, forks,
spoons, plates and bowls for each
member.
The size and number of pack-
`ages is limited to that which can
be carried by the individual or
family group. All items must be
securely packaged, tied and
plainly marked with the name of
the owner, numbered in accord-
ance to official instruction.
All contraband material, such |
as cameras, binoculars and fire-.
arms, is strictly banned.
The government will provide
storage, at the risk of the owner,
of more substantial household
items such as iceboxes, washing
machines, pianos or other heavy
|furniture, the announcement
| said. Cooking utensils and other.
|small items will be accepted for
{shipment if trated, packed and
day. The second group followed
today and by the end of the wee
some 2,000 will have been moved
to join the original 1,000 "pio-
neers" at the camp.
In today's group going to
|Manzanar were 881 men, women
land children in two train loads-
jalmost double the number evac-
luated yesterday. Largest family
ito entrain was the Nakamura
leroup, former fishermien and
`grocers of Terminal Island, num-
bering 44. Close behind followed
the Takacka family, - 43
members.
SEATTLE GROUPS ARRIVE
Earlier, a party of 226 evacuees
from Bainbridge Island in Puget
Sound, near the Bremerton Navy,
yard, arrived at Manzanar in|
eight buses after 48 hours of
travel.
Previous arrivals greeted them
`with a chorus of "hurrays"' and
`a few scattered "banzais."
GOVERNO'S CONFERENCE
In Salt Lake City a conference
of governors and other officials
lof ten western states was called
lby M. 8; Eisenhower, director of
[the _ Federal War Relocation
| Board, in an effort to cope with
|the resettlement problem.
| Meanwhile the government an-
|nounced that thousands of acres
lof farm-land formerly tilled by
Japanese have been transferred
to new operators. More than