Manazanar Free Press, Volume 4 #6-10

Volume 4 #6: Sept. 25, 1943

Page 1: Uphold promise given domestic minority group; importance of school, attendance explained by Fox; WAC recruiting officers due here; adopt resolution urging relocation; two battery cases reported by police; answer inquires about repatriates; Scout agreement announced by WRA; adult education to sponsor lectures; YBA plans program to fete pioneers; junior college to open next week; sugar company to recruit laborers; Adams spends two weeks vacation; water consumption decrease disclosed.

Page 2: Myer announces official figures on segregation; Fisher expected to arrive here; Around the Blocks; announce change in clothing grant rule; policemen promoted; improvement evident here; no cure for gossip?; English classes to get certificates; Christian church to send delegates.

Page 3: Fifth Column; Boys Town home of nine Nisei boys; release statement of co-op expenses; From Other Centers; Fem n On; more job offers received recently; hostel established in Pocatello, Idaho; recognize Izumis as first to relocate to Philadelphia; release names of evacuee personnel in secondary school; Raqueteer dance.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 4 #7: Sept. 29, 1943

Page 1: Clothing allowance; slippery street causes collision of automobiles; two co-op delegates attend conference; commence hearings on leave clearance; living quarters to be 'frozen'; appreciation letter sent to president; chief steward tells shortage of milk supply; award sportsman trophy; Yamashita explains shortage of paper; Fisher speaks at church services; Manzanar ships melons to Tule Lake; seek workers for Montana contracts; food cost decline seen in report; award diplomas to English pupils.

Page 2: Letters from the Public; Purely Personal; Editorial; Y clubs meet; plan jam session; comin'-goin'; years of friendship through mail told; clean reservoir.

Page 3: Financial statement of Manzanar fall fair; job opening for medical student; Around the Blocks; housing section faces problems; introducing man behind scene; vital statistics; formulate fall fair financial figures; Niseis serve meals to war prisoners.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 4 #8: Oct. 2, 1943

Page 1: Adult education system reports 2000 students during past term; WRA publishes circular telling of center life; last Army volunteer departs; announce new work hours for barbers; food dehydration process under way; Japanese American Navy language school instructors receive honors; Oct. 17 leave date unfounded; Roosevelt stresses unity among races; give opportunities to Kibei overseas; 532 shoes for sale at warehouse 22; class to begin; Thorne explains oil distribution; Sugitani explains loss of pay checks.

Page 2: Letters from the public; editorials; From Other Centers; fete pioneers at Keiro Kai held by Young Buddhists; tennis club plans farewell dance; comin'-goin'; arts, craft classes registration begins.

Page 3: Fifth Column; Around the Blocks; Community Activities plans cooperatives; relocation; combat news; church services.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 4 #9: Oct. 6, 1943

Page 1: Observe fire prevention week locally; teachers hold confab; reveal official effort to preserve Japanese American status in Hawaii; plan third lecture; arrest five for hoodlumism in Utah; plan sports with county high schools; federation hears of resettlement; Niseis in Italy; feature Holland at WRA confab; display fine arts.

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