Gila News-Courier, Volume 2 #31-35

Volume 2 #31: March 13, 1943

Page 1: 12,000 shoe stamps here; minority aid group formed; travel leaves to free areas; transport GI expense; director Bennett to San Francisco; Poston: three receive jail terms; 2,071 leaves; snag lulls cotton work.

Page 2: Editorial; The Rambler column; church services; Little Theater; nominal charge for bobbins.

Page 3: Inter-camp bush schedule released by motor pool; ex-Californians exempt from Arizona tax; evacuee property; funeral; found article from Tulare assembly center; 21 depart for outside; Library, CAS office move; vital statistics; Dr. Hunter Y.P. fellowship guest; corporals on visit here.

Page 4: Girl Scout representatives pay Gila visit; Buddhist meet opens Sunday; ten to make sugar beet tour; Rev. Goldwater to address YBA; kabuki costume exhibit; 11,000,000 lbs. 1943 farm goal; recordings in musical hour, canal artists; cartoon.

Page 5: Sports.

Pages 6-8: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #32: March 16, 1943

Page 1: World War I vets honor Army volunteers tonight; alien naturalization rights told; need basis for ration; outside trip bus schedules.

California again.

Page 2: Editorial; Trade Winds column; licenses for your canines; rights article from page 1.

Page 3: Plans to use evacuees on Midwestern farms complete; water gun fire extinguishers; successful conference; local talents spotlighted in music hour; naturalize Orientals from page 1; calendar of events.

Page 4: Your Farmer column; dairy needs more workers, women as well as men; Scouts honor volunteers; job offers; stork visits; justifiable discrimination?; cartoon.

Page 5: Where Women Fear to Tread column; no simple victory this; News-Courier adds features; till death do us part.

Pages 6, 7: Sports.

Pages 8-10: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #33: March 19, 1943

Page 1: Over 100 volunteer service in new U.S. A.J. combat unit; sugar beet work starts; Red Cross drive week; 48 point quota assured Gilans; property advisor aids colonists; model ship building project opened.

Page 2: Editorial; sugar beet recruiting begins from page 1; new bill of rights outlines post-war security proposals; Spanish class holds frolic; lost, found at internal security.

Page 3: Classical dance concert; post office handles 5500 letters daily; more java, less meet for Rivers; canal Engeibu presents comedy; resettlement secretary tours; ruling provides strict transcript; vital statistics; 'free' transportation gone.

Page 4: Leaves; Red Cross fund drive from page 1; equitable soap distributions; evacuee cotton work held up by non-commuting ruling; former evening classes resumed; calendar of events; school principal visits California.

Page 5: Sports.

Pages 6-8: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #34: March 20, 1943

Page 1: Dance concert tonight; volunteers: over 1000 Army reports; thrift pays handsomely; clearance is not 'go' signal; bill to defer farm labor; fund drive for Red Cross.

Page 2: Editorial; The Rambler column; former soldier deferment for food production possible.

Page 3: Your Farmer; WCCA administration closed; four teachers offer services; February paychecks; departures; learn how to make cabinets; Red Cross proves active from page 1; two added to canal wardens; watch owner being sought; working girls club to form; new drafting class sign-up.

Page 4: WPB approves construction of paved road to Chandler; make most of opportunities; canal firemen study first aid; outside employment; church services; ABCs stage spring frolic.

Page 5: 'Mental hygiene in religion'; public attitude bit favorable; first shoe ducats released; work starts on paved road fr. page 4; enters Chicago speech contest; cartoon; wanted; brief notes.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #35: March 23, 1943

Page 1: How to cash your checks; net camouflage weaves pass 1 million mark; penalty for false info; term of co-op board set at year and six months; Red Cross fund drive shows good returns.

Page 2: Trade Winds; editorial; to prevent accidents; net payroll is substantial.

Page 3: Army volunteers await physical; bakery construction commences; center leave grants high; Calif. farmers issue plea; citrus harvest continues; permanent solution to uprooted families sought; student leave officer helps; discs, artists in music hour; tofu manufacture contemplated here; 500 more books for new library; schedule of events.

Page 4: Sanitation lecture; vital statistics; employment representative here to aid; Your Farmer; Hawaiian volunteers pass quota; Coming, Going column; Hawaiian club meeting tonight; Wash. leave office busy; Your Social Whirlwind column; cartoon.

Page 5: Feature section: Strictly Masculine; An Ode; The Lady Moon; Strength of a Straw.

Pages 6, 7: Sports.

Pages 8-10: In Japanese.



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