Manazanar Free Press, Volume 3 #26-30

Volume 3 #26: March 31, 1943

Page 1: Leave clearance work speeded up; cable Japan by Red Cross; puppy love; wages higher this year for seasonal beet work; approval given on chicken, hog farm products; Japanese editor to leave soon; new resolution passed by L.A. city council; meanest man; rice straws here after wide search; co-op proposes activities at level expense; baby food arrives from Tule Lake; nurses leave for jobs; tax deadline.

Page 2: Around the Blocks; Going Out; editorial; anniversary dance; confab calls Carter.v

Page 3: Twin Pines Trail; firemen hold dinner dance; Matrons to meet; daily judo class schedule given; girls' fire college will train for jobs; reading tests show ability of students; alumni in election; income tax cont.; judo medals here; beet furlough cont.; engagement; vital statistics.

Page 4: Sports.

Page 5: Local junior Red Cross to organize; more job offers from large cities; railroads offer work; YMCA officials visit center; clues found by police; Boy Scouts will meet; blood donor; victory garden meeting.

Page 6: Travel permit delay explained; PTA women visit here; accident results in broken nose; ring chairman picked by GRs; music hall to open new term; introducing; rumor dispelled.

Volume 3 #27: April 3, 1943

Page 1: Blood tests; marriage license; seventy workers to leave for Idaho beet fields; Baron wishes information on storage mixup; repatriation discussed in public forum; WRA will help resettlers with financial assistance; Japan messages to be handled by Red Cross; better wages in new job offers; scholarship fund committee formed; Crystal City internment camp misunderstanding cleared; cub reporters hit new high; new ruling opens south section.

Page 2: Editorial; books; From Other Centers; Dr. Watanabe leaves after long service; After the Deadline; Crystal City cont.; some facts about oleomargarine; letter from Smith quoted here; introducing.

Page 3: Blowing th Chaff; leisure wood work shop to open; four groups on 'g-men' work unhearalded; Hi-Y leader goes to Granada; program to mark anniversary day; YBA installation hailed success; firemanship course may start soon; fellowship meet; club fetes graduates; enviable record established by local hospital; classified ads.

Page 4: new movie; Chicago outlook described; volunteers advance reason for act; soap, shoyu sale starts this week; financial aid cont; males smartest and dumbest too; religion plays vital part of residents here; public forum cont.

Page 5: Labor shortage opens jobs here; student leaders study parliamentary procedure; V gardeners to meet; student teacher course to end; flower festival to mark Buddha's birth; nursery class open Monday; departures for month of March.

Page 6: Sports.

Volume 3 #28: April 7, 1943

Page 1: From Other Centers; service flag; co-op approves two new shops; clothing allowance due this week; registration required for 17-year-olds; 72 leave by bus for Idaho fields; reinstatement for FCS ratings; household supplies for procurement; jobs plentiful with reception excellent; committee selected for Easter service by YP council; furlough claims YP members; local hospital set-up explained.

Page 2: Editorial; excerpts from letters; resident gives pleasure through unselfish service; jobs plentiful cont.

Page 3: Around the Blocks; School Students Page; child development pointers given.

Page 4: Blowing the Chaff; pre-Easter service plans under way; wedding; Y to sponsor benefit jamboree; hula dance charms prospective workers; Jr. Hi-Y honors advisor; classified ads; sears catalog awaits claims.

Page 5: Two Cents Worth; non-churchgoers to hold fort at forum; gardening tools to be on sale; books available now at lower rate; Father Lavery here after long illness; big crowd attends program and service for Hana matsuri; room decorated, party given; nobility arrives on monthly visit; kendo club to form; vital statistics.

Page 6: Sports.

Volume 3 #29: April 10, 1943

Page 1: NHA established housing centers in acute cities; photo studio to hold grand opening; new ruling to speed up resettlement program; WRA takes over private storage to prevent loss; plan celebration; identification will require picture, print; new isolation camp in Leupp, Arizona; citizenship status in Japan for Nisei explained; field labor supervisors here; local Red Cross drive next week; ration board move.

Page 2: Editorial; confab ends today; introducing; Hercules classes; citizenship status cont.; co-op office to consolidate; art center reopens.

Page 3: We, the people; uniforms here; delayed shipment of rice explained; judoists to mark completion of judo hall in public program; Christian forum chairman; GR meeting speaker; weaving resumed; election slated; classified ads.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 3 #30: April 14, 1943

Page 1: Goods shipment speeded up under pressure; water supply adequate; recruiting for districts in Idaho under way; outside relief for evacuees in need of aid; competitive exams for FCS offers will be available; lawnmowers secured for residents' use; shoe rationing booms cobblers into prominence; rules set down for sunshades; WRA will provide outright grants to resettlers; internment camp regulation; musical picture; 'King of Kings'; unemployment compensation; Idaho, Montana farms to receive 67 workers; prospective Army student; beet knives.

Page 2: Editorial; Shooting the Breeze; rejected volunteer bemoans fate; today marks 52nd pan-American day; museum exhibits progress photos on transportation; calls for orderlies made by hospital; water supply cont.; vital statistics.

Page 3: Around the Blocks; the Manzanar library; three art classes to be sponsored.

Page 4: Blowing the Chaff; Social Doings; religion to be fellowship topic; meeting called by inter-Y council; anniversary event figures given; orders to be taken on dictionaries.

Page 5: Michiko's 2 cents worth; extension courses for grad students offered by Cal U; Y, fellowship groups in service; group discusses pros and cons on church attendance; flower arrangement classes in session; home art unit in textile offered; no trespassing.

Page 6: Sports.



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