Gila News-Courier, Volume 3 #121-125

Volume 3 #121: May 30, 1944

Page 1: Butte council plans election; mails go free to internees; seasonal rules changed for minors; Canal holds first hearing; co-op request to be studied; Hoffman is new Topaz director.

Tule Lake shooting.

Page 2: Otani writes from Illinois farm; editorial; cartoon.

Page 3: Deport disloyal says speaker; omission to honor roll; recital tonight; CAS releases June movie schedule; Wolter explains Tule departures; five held on draft charges; secretary's job offered in New York.

Tule Lake intimidation.

Page 4: No sabotage committed by west coast Japanese; Griswold named CAS advisor; check and pick; war book in Butte library; Otani cont; ice containers.

Page 5: Social workers in L.A. back Nisei; vandals wreck Frisco property; to and fro; duo volunteer for Camp Savage; Leupp center will reopen; dry cleaning services opened; Fujita honored at Southwestern; toy loan to close two weeks; information please; vital statistics; relocators must report addresses.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #122: June 1, 1944

Page 1: Tuttle plans housing for Jerome people; 33 Gilans will go on active duty; 134 to receive jr. high diploma; veteran of Italy here; gate clerks to be posted.

Page 2: Check and pick; 22,000 have resettled; repatriates not wanted by Japan; draft notes; to and fro; junior high on par with nation; vital statistics; church services.

Page 3: 'HMS Pinafore' tomorrow night; co-op committee lists conditions to be met; gate clerks cont; Nisei exploits to be written; two acquitted at McClellend; student wins magazine award; junior high cont; co-op announces new store hours.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-7: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #123: June 3, 1944

Page 1: Camp clean-up service planned; Jerome signups for Gila rise; grade school graduation for sixty-six; job openings to be surveyed; Brooklyn group aids resettlers.

Treason charge upheld.

Page 2: Nisei cutbacks found negligible; editorial; Nisei describes experiences.

Page 3: Dental work rules outlined; fifty leave for Idaho under WFA contracts; dry cleaning taken daily; canal graduates to receive special awards; canal to hold speech contest; whirlwinds are dangerous says I.S.; co-op receipts.

Page 4: Awards given at honor assembly; choral recital date postponed; WFA contracts cont; careful use of water urged; church services; school events.

Page 5: Check and pick; Japanese dances at PTA meeting; USO sponsors inductees dance; OWI requests four workers; work layoffs negligible; to and fro; no telegrams on Sundays; vital statistics.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #124: June 6, 1944

Page 1: Canal elementary graduates 66 tomorrow night; 32 Gilans to leave tomorrow for draft; Allies begin second front; three juniors win canal high speech contest; Bennett back from California.

Page 2: New York Gilan describes living conditions; editorial; new classes open in canal; cartoon; three cowboys needed on farm.

Poston.

Page 3: July festivities planned for new arrivals; 5000 attend Okamoto rites; canal's wayside inn will be opened; canal fire destroys apartment; draftee sendoff; Butte plans midweek movies; canal formally opens new gym; Caucasians to stage 'Momotaro'; school schedule.

Page 4: No discrimination shown toward Nisei soldiers; check and pick; 'over 40' job summary here; co-op board to meet tomorrow; Butte Red Cross; vital statistics.

Page 5: Rumors that Chicago hit saturation point false; contraband band still in effect in WDC; canal events for the week; to and fro; fun by doing; Poston scouts collect paper; block phones for emergency only; high school.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #125: June 8, 1944

Page 1: Canal hi commencement tomorrow night; registration begins for Butte council election; Jerome group comes next week; resident fined for gambling; co-op to pay refund balance.

Poston guy not guilty.

Page 2: Booklet on Cleveland here; editorial; auto mechanics; off to the wars.

Page 3: Councils study doctor question; Butte high school graduates 136 tonight; May finance report given by Canal CAS; candidates for Butte council cont; limited service call stopped; return bottles.

Page 4: Check and pick; revised procedures on short terms listed; canal alumni give map to school; farm warning.

Page 5: Seabrook seeks evacuee workers; jacks, ring toss contest to open; to and fro; Nisei march on road to Rome; Red Cross handles soldiers' claims; short term rules cont; Nakano can stay in university; Red Cross; musicale; distribution of annual starts.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.



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