Manazanar Free Press, Volume 4 #11-15

Volume 4 #11: Oct. 13, 1943

Page 1: Merritt to visit Tule Lake center; 289 segregants leave Manzanar; urge delegates to persuade relocation; use mess hall to produce milk; rental of temple told next month; plan bike race; Philadelphia hostel nears completion; adult education to show three movies; sell tomatoes to Anaheim county; Merritt okays sale of found golf balls; Caucasian staff buys more bonds; tell curriculum for business college; resident alien sent to detention camp; discuss fire drill at school assembly.

Page 2: Visual education schedule county exhibit; Hooper on vacation; to weigh children; emphasize care of library books; WRA and segregation; ten firemen leave with initial group; reduce fire hazard; telephone company needs more workers; Junior Misses hold anniversary dance; handle books with care.

Page 3: More job offers received here; nursing course; 200 Niseis received well in Philadelphia; opening in Chicago for domestic work; seek typists in Chicago, Illinois; opening in cannery for 15 girls; From Other Centers; announce vocational training for girls; forty promoted; ship more melons.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 4 #12: Oct.16 1943

Page 1: Remind residents water control is still in effect; promise fair play to Utah workers; three local representatives return from Chicago inter-co-op conference; motor pool moves to new location; Tuleans move; classes to resume; Ag inspectors look over tomato crop; finish distribution of clothing checks; Indian protests Nisei teachers; plan apprenticeship training in schools; continue leave clearance hearing; guard war captives; to hold discussions on social problems; council organizes new committees; police report rowdyism here; Manzanar vehicles inspected.

Page 2: Kennedy extends invitation to come to Kansas City; our Nisei neighbors.

Page 3: Local choir has enviable record; blackout Saturday due to lightning; Letters from the Public; $2000 in garments produced in August; Around the Blocks; public feeling outside; shoyu factory goes into full production; farewell party; relocation.

Page 4: Post scripts; fourth lecture; reporters learn process in tofu making tedious; Red Cross members' activities widened; relocation to celebrate anniversary this month; evacuee properties keep pouring in; recreation halls improve steadily; Iowa hotel lists various job offers.

Page 5: Fifth column; handicapped learn in special classes; reveal schedule for social games class; From Other Centers; vital statistics; to hold rally; come claim pack; church news; slate discussion; woodcraft division may make trunks; register for class; classified ads; low living costs.

Page 6: Sports.

Volume 4 #13: Oct. 20 1943

Page 1: Adam speaks at town hall meeting; Schauland tells school program; give time-table for self-help oil distribution; mechanic course under discussion; Brown announces MacNair as mileage administrator; close school roads during school hours; church federation appoints Roy Smith; identify Nisei unit as 100th battalion; 2000 baby chicks arrive from Sears; Nisei in Denver to practice medicine; reveal completion of September pay; cyclists register; inaugurate new conservation hours; to present shibai; young girl lawyer; employment gives September figures.

Page 2: Jack of all trades; music hall begins new class here; Islanders plan Armistice dance; Fem N' On; Gila 'ship yard' builds war ships; professors visit guayule project; club news; complete with neighbors; students meet to form Latin club.

Page 3: Post scripts; From Other Centers; feature Durbin; Chicago has jobs for nurse, janitor; six more Nisei officers join team; Japanese American swimming star aids in instructing Navy students; outlook promising in Washington area; magazines publish friendly articles; folk dancing club features orchestra; PTA to meet.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 4 #14: Oct. 23, 1943

Page 1: Nisei squad saves allied paratroopers; general leave clearance hearings to begin; hog project gets underway; Nakano gives details on Chicago conference; approve plans for fire phones; fifth discussion; hospital purchases diathermy machine; set November 17, 18 as clinic dates; evacuee learns of American justice; Japanese doctor detained in Arizona; reorganizes evening typing classes.

Page 2: Eye specialist to visit next month; shall we dance?; rebate donation to community not subject to income taxes; registration begins for new art class; relocation; leave clearance cont; honor segregants at goh tournament; machine purchased cont; vital statistics.

Page 3: Fifth column; Christian mission week begins Sunday; From Other Centers; refuse offer of Chicago employers; former residents' checks unclaimed; C.A. co-op financial statement.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 4 #15: Oct. 27, 1943

Page 1: Merritt discusses points residents must consider; receive second shipment of hogs; Rowell discusses West Coast exclusion proposal; Chief Hon tells residents of fire hazards; effort made to ease stove shortage here; alertness prevents fire catastrophe; pre-school council formulates plans; Nisei seaman wins campaign medals; novelist discusses racial problems; manufacturing calls for empty bottles; trucks collide; concert Sunday; urge residents to save paper bags.

Page 2: Outside purchase procedure given; News Nuggets; safety first; Letters from the Public; plan jam session; trap coyotes on Topaz center farm; Yale University student visits; establish railway express office; Rowell discusses cont; block manages; relcoators freedom amazes assessors.

Page 3: Former Heart Mt. resident tells of Nisei viewpoints; seek typist-fie clerk in Detroit; From Other Centers; chick sexing class may commence soon; home nursing grads receive certificates; more job offers come from Michigan; extends invitation from Cincinnati; classified ads; want nurses; install Jr. officers.

Page 4: Sports.




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