Civil control stations were established at 1117 Oak St. and at 530 18th St. for Oakland Japanese, and there we were instructed to take two suitcases as a person, one duffel bag a person, no knives over 8 inches and no radios with shortwave. On short notice we were forced to sell many of our household goods at a low price, for people were taking advantage of our situation. We stored as much as we could in the upper flat and padlocked every door. Trunks and boxes were stored in the dirt basement.
