"Robert L. Schuyler" wrote:

> P.S. I have been told that with the entrance
> of America into WWII that all of the street
> signs in Tucson, AZ had to be changed
> because they all had swastikas on them
> [Navajo good luck symbol]. Does any
> know it this story is accurate?

Don't know about Tucson, but here in Galveston we had a popular nightclub
and gambling establishment called the Sui Jen (pronounced, I think,
"Swee-Ren") that had a Japanese motif. On Monday, December 8, 1941 it
closed for remodelling and reopened a few days later with
hurriedly-bought, cheap bamboo and paper decorations, rechristened the
"Balinese Room." The structure, built out on a pier over the Gulf of
Mexico, still stands, although it's been vacant for many years and
appears perenially on the verge of collapse. (List content: future site
for historic archaeology.)