Manazanar Free Press, Volume 3 #41-45

Volume 3 #41: May 22, 1943

Page 1: Picnicking without pass discussed in meeting; personal goods are transferred upon resettlement; review board to handle changes on question 28; Merritt leaves for meeting in Washington; jobs plentiful with need of help in essential work; co-op workers paid by profits; enforcement by local police of new rules; by OPA ruling sugar for canning not available; milk limited; all departments to be paid soon; 60 beet workers to leave Monday; special buses; glimpse of aged lady brings back memories; servicemen enjoying May furlough in camp.

Page 2: Editorial; From the Nation's Press; open letters; Twin Pines Trail; property shipment cont.

Page 3: Around the Blocks; co-op items; News Nuggets; plans of YWCA to be discussed; vital statistics; church news; employment cont.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 3 #42: May 26, 1943

Page 1: Governor Warren signs equipment seizure bill; shoe repair shop asks cooperation of local residents; rotations made in town hall; population of camp dwindles down to 8,822; leave officer reviews resettlement features; internal security releases results of recent election; residents urged to restore pennies to circulation; engineer Brown leaving project; April pay checks; cause of prejudice analyzed by Dr. Martin; process to obtain ration books simple; tentative plans for picnic area moving ahead; parents eligible for assistance; a right to feel better, 1,051 indefinite leaves.

Page 2: Editorial; open letter; Canadian Nisei corporal returns to his home from service abroad; Scout uniforms returned; school in Wisconsin beckoning evacuees; A Capella singers entertain soldiers; job offers; hospital notes; tentative plans cont.

Page 3: News Nuggets; coming and going; Nisei considered for Army post offers; clothing news; Red Cross drive; vital statistics; co-op items; Kendo platform; pictoral edition; vital statistics.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 3 #43: May 29, 1943

Page 1: Photo studio temporarily closed due to lack of photographer; four religious leaders plan summer program; General DeWitt to be given post in Washington DC?; journalism for weekly magazine; reorganization delays training; acting director approves opening of south area; attorney general clarifies issue of land titles; men over 38 may now volunteer; US in wartime depicted by job offers; flower arrangement course to be given; resettlers offered accommodation on special bus; average attendances good declares principal high; completion rushed on new nurse home.

Page 2: Editorial; south park cont.; religious leaders cont; return of Japanese to west coast; Sunday lecture.

Page 3: News Nuggets; church news; Kendo club begins practice at dojo; police items; campus copy.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 3 #44: June 2, 1943

Page 1: From the Nation's Press; rumors; 175 Nisei soldiers in South Pacific on special duty; center visitors required to pay room and board; discussion urged by WRA official on relocation; Brown advises plan to collect cash for medics; $5000 fine or prison term for violators; traffic rules to be enforced; awnings prohibited; four reasons to see exhibit; results released on art exhibit; warnings given violators; new M.P. escorts arrive here; farewell banquet given for Brown.

Page 2: Editorial; arrivals and departures; minority problems studied by writer; letter to Manzanar; With the Clubs; NYA applicants depart for Iowa; relocation booklet.

Page 3: Manzanar Cooperative Enterprises, Inc. Vol. 1 #1; additional services and shops; these men run your business; discussion and publicity aim of bulletin; year's operation reveals substantial savings; outdoor movies to start soon; these men run your business; co-op stores, shops employ 200 people; value of cooperation stressed by president; financial status of co-op favorable; odd items.

Page 4: Twin Pines Trail; policy makers of co-op hold nine meetings; keynote of co-op cont; substantial savings cont; figures reveal sales and distribution of June.

Page 5: News Nuggets; actions of veterans scored by Herald; From Other Centers; landscaping work beautifies hospital; lost and found accumulates; course in farming; YMCA has board of directors; vital statistics.

Page 6: Sports.

Volume 3 #45: June 5, 1943

Page 1: 28 residents depart for Texas internment camp; leave canceled for NYA; windstorm damages several apartments; charity work by local Red Cross proves successful; Denver Post article censured by WRA; rules clarified for transfers; packages inspected for contraband; course now open in journalism; farmers needed to raise crops; student relocation director to arrive; employment division tells labor shortage; no changes made on compensation.

Page 2: Twin Pines Trail; editorials; outside living expenses depend on individual; Illinois offers; job priority for rejected volunteers; YP fellowship.

Page 3: A letter to the public; 7600 clearances granted evacuees from 10 centers; cooperation by housing asked; News Nuggets; tofu manufacture given approval; job offers; co-op items; motion pictures; Schauland lectures; bride-elect feted; vital statistics.

Page 4: Sports.




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