Shall the Pacific Coast be Japanized?
A reader argues that the Pacific coast must remain under White control, warning that unchecked Japanese influence and population growth threaten American sovereignty. The piece cites the gentlemen's agreement and the picture bride system, urging immediate action to prevent racial tension and possible conflict.
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Sacramento Valley
California
United States
Pacific
America
Japan
Conference on Japanese menace in Pacific Coast action
A Seattle area meeting led by the Mutual Business Men's club and the American Legion will seek federal response to Japanese influence. Senator Wesley L. Jones and Congressman Albert Johnson may attend to hear Miller Freeman and R. H. Mahon reports on land holdings and long leases. The plan includes state and federal investigations, possible deportation proposals, and appeals to Attorney General L. L. Thompson and Governor Hart. An average of sixteen hundred Japanese picture brides enter Seattle yearly, with their children counted as American citizens under current law.
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Pacific
Miller Freeman
The
Star
S. K. Arima
North American Times
Freeman
Arima
Japan
Pes Con
South
Wesley L. Jones
Albert Johnson
Mutual Business Men's Club
American Legion
Pacific Coast
Congress
Senator Jones
State Veterans’ Welfare Commission
United States
Washington
Jack Sullivan
Veterans’ Order
Norman Cole
R. H. Mahon
Seattle
L. L. Thompson
Louis F. Hart
Mars
Immigration Service
Shantung
Northwest
Japanese picture brides fuel Seattle population surge
Immigration officials warn of the influx of Japanese picture brides into Seattle, noting 3283 Japanese admitted to the Port of Seattle in the year ending June 30, 1919, and predicting rapid growth. Officers call for decisive action amid fears of assimilation barriers and economic influence on the coast.
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Seattle
Star Today
Sea
Picture Brides Define Japan to Seattle Marriages
A Seattle Japanese man weds by proxy with a woman in Japan, sending a friend to marry her there. The bride's photo is tied to a passport and she travels to Seattle where officials verify and the proxy husband arrives to claim her. Since 1917 the offshore ceremony suffices in justice, with about sixteen hundred brides passing Seattle immigration yearly.
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Seattle
Japan
Ohio Launching High Food Fight
Ohio moves to curb food prices with prosecutions and strict enforcement. Governor Cox and Attorney General Price direct statewide conferences of prosecutors from 88 counties as letters and telegrams from housewives detail suspected price manipulation.
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Ohio
Columbus
Cox
Price
Small boy drowns in irrigation canal at Klamath Falls
A five year old named Robert Holliday drowned after slipping and falling into an irrigation canal at night in Klamath Falls Oregon. The incident occurred while he was playing near the canal.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
United States Reclamation Service
Robert Holliday
For Sale Farm Lands Column Promises Ideal Buy
Star newspaper readers seek a dependable place to find farm properties. The For Sale Farm Lands column offers listings where buyers hope to locate the right rural parcel.
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Star
the Star
Liberty bond quotations and prices for July 80
New York reports Liberty bond quotations with listed prices: 3 144s at 99.54, first 4s at 94.38, second 4s at 93.62, first 44s at 94.80, second 4% at 94.10, third 44% at 96.10, fourth 44s at 94.14, Victory 3 at 99.90, Victory 4s at 99.36.
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New York
Liberty
Victory
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Bes
United
City
Oriental Trading Co
Cedure
Victor Buchanan
Washington Annex
T. H. Gowman
L. R. Stanley
Liberty Bonds
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