Gila News-Courier, Volume 3 #151-155

Volume 3 #151: Aug. 8, 1944

Page 1: Army services held for five; council sends petition to keep Wolter; youth passes as Japanese in Manzanar; future planning program survey results revealed.

Sisters on trial for treason.

Page 2: Goodbye, but not farewell (from Wolter); color does not mark loyalty; calendar of events.

Page 3: Two families have 5 in Army; Gila students face relocation; Marshall chosen elementary head; Canal invites Butte to social; co-op begins membership drive; Girls' League social; medical steno training open; acting nurse slated to leave; war drive losers to fete winners; Scouts to meet.

Page 4: More Butte graduates accepted at colleges; check and pick; N.Y. co. needs Nisei workers; 'Simone' added to Butte rental shelf; ads & ends; vital statistics; adult woodshop.

Page 5: To and fro; preparations complete for refugee center; laundry pick up schedule given; farm production figures listed; Goodman acting notary public; new nurses aide class begins.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #152: Aug. 10, 1944

Page 1: Cleveland Nisei establish church group; center jobs may be put under priority system; Italy-services held for 120 Nisei; Tule hunger strikers end eleven day fast; canal to honor dead soldier; central block manager resigns.

Page 2: Editorial; five Nisei girls train in Iowa; colleges take 5 more Butte students.

Page 3: Canal Bussei social tonight; Wolter given farewell dinner; girls' league to hold social; five new men join Phalanx; Red Cross notes; to and fro; voters reminded of election.

Graves vandalized.

Railroad workers have to quit.

Page 4: Seabrook relocators find conditions good; Tule boy killed by dump truck; check and pick; sentence stayed on conditions; adult workshop classes resumed; ads & ends; vital statistics.

Page 5: Trade Winds; twenty Japanese linguists needed at Stanford University; U.C. men meet in Australia; conservation of water decided; switchboard operator here; Butte resumes commerce class; church schedule.

Canada.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #153: Aug. 12, 1944

Page 1: Three prisoners attempt suicide; Butte to honor Pfc. Kojaku; new men join block managers; DeWitt assigned overseas post; WRA shift men in Michigan area; Pvt. Sakai hurt in action.

Page 2: Ex-Gilan writes from Cleveland; farewell; toward normal life.

Page 3: First aid class starts Monday; Nisei performers sought by CAS; Wolter leaves for Washington; camp officials leave project; August 17 coach is chartered; Butte GAA seeks members; to and fro; G.I. Joe writes from Blanding; power breaks begin Monday.

Draft evader sentenced.

Page 4: Domestic jobs open in N.Y.; Sakai replaces Kitasako; check and pick; office handles Army allowance; trainee program needs secretary; five horses go to Topaz; drivers asked to slow down; vital statistics; Red Cross seeks Santa Marians.

Page 5: Boy Scouts hold Court of Honor; reverend here from Poston; more honors for 100th infantry; Pilgrims will hold discussion; Held will speak to Canal; church schedule; Butte library receives books.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-11: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #154: Aug. 15, 1944

Page 1: Accident proves fatal to Gilan; soldier writes on battlefront; tribute to Pfc. Kojaku held; coast papers recognize Nisei; memorial service held for Otani; visitors from Poston arrive; Pvt. Shiomichi killed in Italy.

Page 2: Check and pick; to and fro; five additions to canal school staff; Sonoda passes dental exam; opening for cadet nurse; ads & ends.

Page 3: Explains food processing; Poston reverend's schedule listed; relocation head lauds Japanese; ex-Gilans wed in Milwaukee; three draft evaders held; vital statistics.

Sisters convicted.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-7: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #155: Aug. 17, 1944

Page 1: Canal to honor dead soldier-Pvt. Oda; Nisei serenaders aid wounded; nineteen men called for active duty; Shelby men get officer training; soldiers meet King George VI; Sawyer acting division chief; staff member added to farm; check cashing schedule changes.

Page 2: Nisei writes in 'Mademoiselle'; letter; scrap lumber a hazard.

Page 3: Warns against Lil' Tokyos; Fukushima unanimously elected council chairman; Canal high will open game room; visitors; serial to start September; Scouts conduct registration; church schedule.

Page 4: Colleges accept Butte students; Idaho-men sought for harvest; check and pick; Butte game loan gets 500 books; serials cont.

Page 5: Shaved ice at movies; two collegians expected soon; twelve Scouts receive badges; classes offered for first aid; first battalion becomes separate; replacements to co-op board; schedule of events; vital statistics.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-11: In Japanese.



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