Detective-Lieut. Joe Cunningham is shown with swords, guns and a radio seized by police in the North Los Angeles Street home of Rychei Tanaka. He and two Japanese women at the same address were jailed in the arms roundup on January 5, 1942.
Cunningham, Joe Tanaka, Rychei Japanese Americans--California--Los Angeles Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 Subversive activities--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Little Tokyo (Los Angeles) Weapons--California--Los Angeles Radio--Receivers and reception Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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