Granada Pioneer Vol.2 #76-80

Vol. 2 #76: July 29, 1944

Page 1: Army calls 25 Amache reserves for active duty; claim February overtime pay; service for Nisei killed in action; lists five local war casualties in Italy; hospital needs workers; 5 families lack proper housing.

Page 2: Just Incidentally; Tule Lake Nisei draft evasion case dismissed; Smart to head refugee center; Nisei goes to California for Army physical call.

Page 3: Movies; labor trouble cont; death of Lt. Takahashi blow to local resident; charged with draft evasion; essential war work jobs open to 25 local Nisei; Fanslan a near casuality.

Page 4: Morimoto Pimpernel prexy; Chicago equipment firm needs 100 Nisei workers; Red Cross meeting today; visiting soldiers; offers good paying job in essential war work; farm produce delivered; vital statistics; church services.

Page 5: Nisei Potpourri; America faces post-war job in strained racial problem; Noble to aid resettlement; war casualties cont; 25 inductees cont.

Page 6: Relocation possibilities in Southeastern states; high school news; will remain in Midwest; committee finds broadcast files in Nisei's room; donates kits, hair clippers.

Spanish-American vets speak.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Cartoon strip.

Pages 9-12: In Japanese.

Vol. 2 #77: Aug. 2, 1944

Page 1: Seven more war casualties listed; no damage said at Florin fire; five local youths found guilty of petty larceny; to redeem certificates; Rumley from Ht. Mountain to head local fire department; Jerome clothing checks arrive.

Page 2: Just Incidentally; letters to the editor.

Page 3: Certificates cont; movies; police, fire dept. autos collide; memorial service program released; casualties cont; to erect new school houses; Adams detailed to Heart Mt.

Page 4: Nisei Yanks decorated in Italy by Gen. Mark Clark; Nisei retain property equity; get chance for 'gold bars'; hunger striker gives in; Girl Scouts set for weiner bake; church services.

Page 5: Nisei Potpourri; teachers meet semi-weekly for training program; printing office established; wholesale produce firm wants Issei, Nisei workers; visiting soldiers.

Page 6: Tule Lake Japanese pick new policemen; Kitasako quizzed about his racial equality belief; Midwest relocaters get 'an awfully square deal'; may attend nursery school; vital statistics.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Cartoon strip.

Pages 9-11: In Japanese.

Vol. 2 #78: Aug. 5, 1944

Page 1: Comfort bag movement proposed; WRA fifth war loan drive hits $17,163 mark; co-op election procedure; farm overtime pay clarified; to honor those who fell in our country's battle; help stop melon vandals; good news to v-gardeners; clothing checks ready soon.

Page 2: Just Incidentally; letter to the editor.

Page 3: Help keep polio out of center this season; show workers mess tickets; movies; co-op election cont; auto parking rules; Pimpernels to hold special social.

Page 4: Gym to close temporarily; summer Bible school, 3-day craft exhibition to start; relocation; church services; vital statistics; YBA instillation.

Page 5: Nisei Potpourri; it's going to be a 'white Christmas'; sports; along the social trail; Pueblo visitors; farm overtime.

Page 6: Bodine gives advice to college entrant; Utah Nisei wins war bond in letter writing contest; The Farm Front.

Nisei workers fired.

Page 7: Cozzens declares 24,000 evacuees have resettled; men over 26 fact draft unless in essential jobs; letter to the editor cont; Nisei in Italy honor dead; 30 seniors to get diplomas; Lil' Neebo.

Pages 8-10: In Japanese.

Vol. 2 #79: Aug. 9, 1944

Page 1: Pvt. Hata wounded in Italian action; tribute paid war heroes; hospital needs 20 nurses' aides; illuminated sign shows total number of Amacheans in Army; Pioneer may be weekly.

Treason trial.

Page 2: Just Incidentally; Letter to the Editor; 152 Nisei reservists report.

Page 3: Odori practice nightly; art exhibit tomorrow; has world's biggest onion seed patch; movies; war heroes cont; hospital cont.

Vandals desecrate Japanese cemetery.

Page 4: Bon Odori scheduled; WRA consultant to visit here; O'Brien writes about Gila's military service; leaves for Army without fanfare; Harry Fukumitsui kills 24 potential man-killers; church services.

Page 5: Nisei Potpourri; nominating members listed; acting project director.

Teen-agers beat up Nisei.

Page 6: To start office practice class; The Road Back; five Nisei girls train as cadets; plans course in auto mechanics; wanted; vital statistics.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Cartoon strip.

Pages 9-12: In Japanese.

Vol. 2 #80: Aug. 12, 1944

Page 1: New directive on seasonal leaves; Lindley issues new hours of duty for employees; shortage of labor retards farm harvest; local Nisei war casualty; overtime pay clarified again; 208 indefinite leaves issued last month; ready to renew fire insurance; 216 families received counsel.

Page 2: Just Incidentally; vital statistics; 'blood and lives' of adopted Clevelanders prove loyalty; civil service position listed.

Page 3: Movies; McWilliams upholds Japanese assimilability; relocation socks Sako; harvest cont; visiting soldiers.

Page 4: Spurs install new officers; hospital registers fourth set of twins; to discuss forming of USO; Gee to head Detroit WRA; Pimpernels installation; church services.

Page 5: Nisei Potpourri; Midwest lists new series of job opportunities; Tri Delts honor supervisor; special auto mechanics class to start; welcome 442nd replacements; lost and found.

Page 6: King George meets Nisei; former Amache dentist gains foothold finally; Pioneer to keep twice-a-week policy or bust; traffice mishap robs boy's life; teachers take two-week leave; relocation.

Page 7: Sports; Lil' Neebo.



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