Gila News-Courier, Volume 3 #56-60
Volume 3 #56: Dec. 30, 1943
Page 1: Stay within center area; councilmen-elect will take office next week; relocators can return here; California absentee voting procedure; Rivers loses 3619 residents.
Page 2: Friend aids WRA program; editorial; wives of staff members visit; cartoon.
Page 3: Ice-crusher will realize shipping of perishables; net trustees want more time; movie benefit for doctors; staff to hold relocation meet; Nisei singer fares well; property moves; Pan-American cooperation; New Year's Eve party on tap; canal YBA plans years end social; adult education.
Page 4: Check and pick; staff store opens today; Nisei singer cont; benefit show; To and Fro; canal night watch service; vital statistics; 'Grapes of Wrath' on library shelf.
Page 5: Sports; aeronautical winners.
Page 6: In Japanese.
Volume 3 #57: Dec. 31, 1943
Page 1: Gila celebrates as time goes by; director reviews year, finds outlook bright; time flies back at midnight; residents may insure property; Courier prints 1944 calendar.
Page 2: Editorial; Nisei seamen shipping out; director's message cont.
Page 3: Co-op stores closed Monday; January movie list announced; optometrist appointment schedule to be revised; meal schedule backs an hour; vocational director arrives Wed; flour expected; Christian council meeting tonight; Sleath gives instructions on combat against flu.
Page 4: Church services; Chicago-evacuee chosen WRA counselor; P.F. welcomes 1944 tonight; Butte Buddhists to meet Jan. 1; story behind book donation; midnight service for Christians.
Page 5: To and Fro; holiday schedule; Tanaka family in Buette has 14 members; Gila milk rates high; Nisei seamen cont. ; Butte schools receive books; vital statistics; milk bottle shortage acute.
Page 6: Sports.
Pages 7-10: In Japanese.
Volume 3 #58: Jan. 4, 1944
Page 1: Optometry-resignation closes service; Bennett inducts councilmen for new term; ruling on visitor's cars; new council begins work; sushi sale successful.
Page 2: Editorial; evacuees buy three jeeps; tell Nisei xmas story; Nisei, Chinese work in N.Y.
Page 3: Gila faculty well staffed; Matsuoka crowned king at New Year's dance; canal class presents cotton fashion show; canteen four nets $68.38 on first day; new warehouse underway; motor pool moves to camouflage; books purchased for high school.
Page 4: YWCA entertains Camp Savage men; Nisei in Canada pioneer for place under sun; Reverend sends message to Nisei; visitor's cars cont; expatriation of disloyal urged.
Page 5: Trade Winds; To and Fro; new hours for hospital; CAS sponsors bridge tourney; Nisei xmas story cont; vital statistics; pair arrested within area (drunk, non-Japanese).
Page 6: Sports.
Pages 7-10: In Japanese.
Volume 3 #59: Jan. 6, 1944
Page 1: Gift presented to hospital; Myer approves relocation conference; door delivery of mail stops; chest fund distributed.
Page 2: Editorials; hostel opens in Minneapolis; cartoon.
Page 3: Passes needed for inter-camp travel at night; optometrist offers her services again; Diana Barrymore picture is next; IAVS will start soon; more rice to arrive; Canal Scouts receive awards; New Jersey job offer.
Page 4: News-Courier distributes calendars to Gilans today; check and pick; benefit movie nets $236.96; canal adult education offers varied courses.
Page 5: Children learn at kindergarten; seasonal workers sought by metal refining company; co-op releases new store hours; New York Japanese donate $3,500 to war fund; poultry class ends semester; Butte library hours changed; color scheme added to shelf; choir to hold first practice.
Page 6: Sports.
Pages 7-9: In Japanese.
Volume 3 #60: Jan. 8, 1944
Page 1: Three oil cars on way from California; farm division releases year's production figures; canal council officers chosen; two to attend S.F. WRA confab; contributions of canal listed; Navy orders new model ship type.
Page 2: Editorials; Nisei hero returns home.
Page 3: Employment office moves to annex bldg; children's ward opened in community hospital; To and Fro; PTA drive successful; Butte bridge tourney; Bible study class resumed; Christian church to hold election.
Page 4: Farm division cont; juvenile program discussion for P.F.; church services.
Page 5: Check and pick; Scout meeting schedule given; goods marked lowest OPA prices; new English class opens; two-day flower show planned; assistant appointed in Butte CAS; post office has new time; Engenkai.
Page 6: Sports.
Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.
Main Index
Japan main page
Japanese-American Internment Camps index page
Japan and World War II index page
|