Contraband must be turned in by midnight Tuesday by all enemy aliens, Nisei

Primary tabs

---------

CONTRABAND MUST BE TURNED

IN BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY BY

ALL ENEMY ALIENS, NISEI

All persons of Jap2nese ancestry

in the eight Western states who

have not already disposed of con-

traband articles as specified in Pub-

lie Proclamation No. 3 of Lieut. Gen.

John L. LeWitt are warned to de-

liver such items to the custody of

the nearest office of the U. S. Em-

ployment service before midnight,

Tuesday, March 31.

In San Francisco, the VJ. S. Em-

ployment Service office is located at

1696 Mission street, door 4.

Specific articles of contraband

are: Firearms, weapons or imple-

ments of war or component parts

thereof, ammunition, bombs, explo- |

sives or component parts, shortwave

radio receiving sets having a fre-

quency of 1750. kilocycles or great-

er, or 540 kilocycles or less: radio

transmitting sets, signal devices,

codes or ciphers and cameras.

Criminal penalties of a year's im-

prisonment or $5000 fine, or both,

will be sought against any nisei

found with contraband after mid- |

night Tuesday, and aliens will be}

subject to internment, the warning |

pointed out.

All persons were requested to re-

port any known violations to the

nearest police office or agency.

In collections

Newspaper articles (mostly from The Nichi Bei), circa 1942

Details

Title: Contraband must be turned in by midnight Tuesday by all enemy aliens, Nisei
Creator: Nichi Bei Times
Date: 1942
Identifier: MS-840_0521
Description: Newspaper clipping from Nichi Bei Times, reporting that "all persons of Japanese ancestry in the eight Western states who have not already disposed of contraband articles as specified in Public Proclamation No. 3 of Lieut. Gen. John L. DeWitt are warned to deliver such items to the custody of the nearest office of the U.S. Employment service before midnight, Tuesday, March 31."
General notes(s): Series: Newspaper articles (mostly from The Nichi Bei), circa 1942
Physical description: 1 page, 3 x 4 inches
Preferred citation: Contraband must be turned in by midnight Tuesday by all enemy aliens, Nisei; Joseph R. Goodman papers on Japanese American incarceration, MS-840; California Historical Society.
Rights statement: Copyright Not Evaluated
Publication rights: The California Historical Society (CHS) has no information about copyright ownership for this item, and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce it. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of the item. Unpublished works are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation; works published before 1923 have entered the public domain. Upon request, digitized works can be removed from public view if there are rights issues that need to be resolved.
Topical subject(s): Japanese Americans
Journalism and media--Community publications--Nichi-Bei
Geographic communities--California--San Francisco
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration
Named subject(s): United States. Wartime Civil Control Administration
Geographical subject(s): San Francisco (Calif.)
Finding Aid: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0v19r86x/
Collection identifier: MS-840