Gila News-Courier, Volume 3 #76-80

Volume 3 #76: Feb. 15, 1944

Page 1: Nurse shortage closes ward H; relocation team urged to stress farm offers; file property loses; Sakuri to hold consultations; Japanese are eligible for rural loans.

Page 2: Nisei problem a small one; editorial; barometers of opinion.

Page 3: 1040 or 1040A needed for tax refunds; Truman coming to help prepare tax returns; fire phones being installed; wanderlust hits Rivers livestock; rally set for Y men; etiquette classes for Issei, Nisei; U.S. cadet nurse corps; March of Dimes.

Page 4: To and Fro; evacuation case of Topaz nurse before court; postponed case on tomorrow; new home ec building ready; Purine Mills founder visits; vital statistics; couple transfers; Toguri out on buying trip.

Page 5: Check and pick; Chicago publisher seeks Nisei help; Canal receives book donation; Terry explains California tax; Y working girls rally tomorrow.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #77: Feb. 17, 1944

Page 1: Bill for citizenship renunciation; WRA transferred to department of Interior, Myer to stay; relocation team formed; MP company changed.

Page 2: Resolution; editorial; Bodine plans visit again; citizenship renouncement cont.

Page 3: Applications necessary for social gatherings; Americanization class will hold many discussions; Mr. Big movie; Boy Scouts hold Court of Honor; ration party; more addition on fire house; telegram service hours listed; 50 Nisei give blood; Stage Door Canteen movie.

Page 4: Check and Pick; to and fro; civil service exams on tap; Doctor Kehoe resigns; property and warehouse move; forty Nisei reclassified to I-A; good care asked for crate boxes.

Page 5: Draft causes changes in plans of evacuees; First come, first served on calendars; sports; canal to start making tofu; leap year dance; YBA membership deadline set; check and pick; hospital aides sponsor dance; vital statistics.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #78: Feb. 19, 1944

Page 1: Myer issues statement on transfer; Ickes to keep policies developed by Myer intact; busy week ahead for relocation team, residents; recreation co-op planned.

Page 2: Ickes cont; editorial; net trust fund will be distributed to workers; Myer cont; 2 generations serve country.

Page 3: WRA farm conference to be held in Rivers; draft boards defer students; Chicago office job for evacuee; nation needs office workers; hair-do hours; special movies will be shown on relocation; canal YP social; co-op outing set.

Page 4: Three groups invited to rally; church schedule; Sakuri will speak Monday; more farming land opened; installation set for Phalanx club; prize-winner at library; Rivulet; class enjoys sukiyaki dinner; vital statistics.

Page 5: Check and pick; several different jobs opened at resort hotel; to and fro; PF installs cabinet Sunday; project buys 39 vehicles.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #79: Feb. 22, 1944

Page 1: Interviews recommended; selective service examinations start today; capacity crowd hears relocation team.

Kibei arrested at Poston.

Page 2: Relocation team meeting hours released; editorial; mitigated optimism.

Page 3: Truck farms successful in east, midwest states; must return coke bottles; seasonal leaves stop; men called for physical exams cont; relocation team cont.

Page 4: Check and pick; Discrimination diminishes towards east; discussion slated on recreation co-op; arraignment of five tomorrow; physical exams cont.

Page 5: To and Fro; fun-by-doing party tonight; 145 acres of melons planted; Rivers honor roll monument ready for printing; YMCA board of directors chosen; anthropology; vital statistics.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #80: Feb. 24, 1944

Page 1: Blood typing of volunteers will begin; five face arrest; civil service exams Saturday; Jerome center closes in June; registration for RC course open; twenty names added to physicals list; relocation team will work in canal two days.

Page 2: Nisei writes of Issei parents; editorial; housing, clothing matters transferred to welfare.

Page 3: 100th fights Cassino battle; domestic job offers make adjustment more difficult; on orders from local boards; Phoenix JC hears Wolter; induction orders to ex-Gilans.

Page 4: Check and Pick; more names on exam list cont; leap year hop set; domestics cont; blood donors cont.; home nursing course cont; fireman organize volunteer brigade.

Page 5: Nisei doing well in Cincinnati; three hundred men wanted by railway company; student relocation group meets tonight; use of phones limited to fires; telegraph hours; Washington co-op rep. visits; vital statistics; to and fro; 'Star Spangled Rhythm' coming.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.



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