Gila News-Courier, Volume 2 #86-90

Volume 2 #86: July 20, 1943

Page 1: Camp Savage recruiters due here tomorrow; segregation to commence Sept. 1; WRA education head to visit; report on evacuee treatment; special meeting on repatriation.

Page 2: Editorial; Californian commends P.C.; cartoon.

Page 3: Butte High forms junior co-op; summer classes show progress; canines must be licensed; important meet; new research head; CAS carnival nets huge profit.v

Page 4: Coming-going; Butte adult education; stage door canteen hop; remodeling; comparison-in retrospect of past obon festivities; toy loan open.

Page 5: Job offers; drivers must obey rules; morning services; sane view given by Calif. mayor; non rationed shoes on sale tomorrow; swimming discouraged; Byrnes rebukes Dies committee; freight, express need inspection.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #87: July 22, 1943

Page 1: Survey shows resentment is low in Midwest area; WRA segregation based on individual hearings; pioneer farmer passes away; Gould will interview men for Camp Savage; Shipps here on inspection tour; booklets still available.

Page 2: Editorial; Denver reaches saturation point; cartoon.

Page 3: Relocation top offers for large families; visitor tells of present Calif. feeling; Graves releases inspection time; ditch digging nears finish; fluorine plant ready soon; canal Y men's club gives objectives; first arrivals hold gatherings; canal G.R. invites Butte G.R. to party.

Page 4: USO unit formed in Butte; evacuee prop. office hours; U.S. cavalryman joins I.S. office; registration; U's closed for enrollment; treasury relaxes ban on insurance transactions; coming-going; 'you'll never know' tops list.

Page 5: Job offers; adult ed; insurance ban cont; YBA canteen hop; musical-on-tap for movie goers; GR special meet; Midwest sentiments cont.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-8: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #88: July 24, 1943

Page 1: General urges tolerance, understanding; warned to hurry charter change, but law forbids; canines face inoculation soon; area reaches saturation; shoe ration orders revised; quartet attend segregation meet.

Page 2: Segregation questions and answers; future viewed with optimism.

Page 3: Transfers at social service; camp fence maintenance community responsibility; dehydration plant in canal now under full operation; CAS releases financial report; 'my sin' tonite on canal stage; seized articles kept under lock; eliminate fly breeders.

Page 4: Unique program at USO social; last seasonal jobs available in Idaho towns; job offers; church group to take picture; Gila booklet sold at nickel; YBA appreciation; livestock class; 8 favorite tunes at singspiration; shoe ration regulations cont.

Page 5: Fire extinguisher uses restricted for fires only; repair goods for shoes here; coming-going; June pay; outdoor service planned by CCYP; Wells leaves; carnival profit net reduced; church services; shoe sale suspended.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #89: July 27, 1943

Page 1: WACs open to Nisei girls; forced resettlement not planned by WRA; more volunteers join U.S. Army; Japan silent on exchanges; Wallgren's idea gets nowhere; storm wrath a head-ache.

Page 2: Editorial; soldiers take tough course; cartoon.

Page 3: Sumitomo depositors must file claims; madame wants gardener back; 10 samaritans visit colony; melons missed cont; ex-chief reviews Gila camp life; auto owners; library class opens in Butte; guilty residents arraigned; vital statistics.

Page 4: Student co-op wares displayed, orders taken; Rivers school impresses WRA education director; fair carnival slated soon; coming-going; social held by USO; WRA prepares report on rural relocation outlook; Nisei bitterness being alleviated.

Page 5: Community acceptance comes faster as workers; Jr. YBA dance; AFS operates three hostels; co-op notes; health survey shows progress.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #90: July 29, 1943

Page 1: WAC standards revised for Nisei; Gila Tule Lake bound segregants' start October 20 or later; ceiling on train meals; 55 leaves; Roosevelt outlines post-war program in talk.

Page 2: Editorial; Miyaki tells of courage; cartoon.

Page 3: Obon festival slated for Butte; German ships roll off model assembly line; promptness asked of relocators; Michigan cordial towards evacuees; Nisei pictured in Dispatch; movie schedule for August; volunteer ditch diggers needed; Pasadena Nisei honored; canal Y meet.

Page 4: Job offers; good domestic offer open for couple; faulty cords uses cautioned; it happened at lunch; maharajah social; train meals cont.

Page 5: Facial expressions yesterday and today; adult ed offers varied program; Nisei girl donates blood to Chinese; 'Suspicion' on screen Saturday; wedding; coming-going; part-time job offers in Ohio; important Scout meeting Friday.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.



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