Archival Folder
News clippings : Japanese American Cemetery
Saturday, August 14, 1943
Sunday, August 15, 1943
A2001-074
AF/163098
News clippings regarding an effort to clean up the Japanese American Cemetery on N.E. 50th Ave. by the Portland Fellowship of Reconciliation : aid requested on cemetery by J. W. Reed president of the Portland Fellowship of Reconciliation ; Japanese commentary cleanup is blocked by American Legionaries ; Sheriff Pratt checks group of pacifists seeking to honor Japanese dead and prevented them to enter the cemetery to forestall possibility of a riot. Organization : Oregonian People : Reed, J. W. ; Odgers, G. A. ; Pratt (Sheriff) ; Bain, James R. ; Willits, Howard ; Handsaker, J. J. ; Keegan, J. J. Key Words : Japanese - American ; Japanese interment ; American Legion ; World War II ; WWII ; Pacifist ; peace ; police ; Japanese cemetery
