Manzanar Free Press, Volume 6 #11-15

Volume 6 #11: Aug. 2, 1944

Page 1: Continue investigation of warehouse fires; direct inquiry to home draft board; 25 sworn into enlisted reserve corps; Satow leaves to attend Lake Tahoe conference.

Page 2: Block managers meet in 100th assembly since reorganization; editorial; discuss public opinion.

Page 3: As They Come and Go; Murphy augments staff; Tule Lake co-op checks; make arrangements for obtaining auto parts; take vacation; evacuees checked; Nisei doughboys busy setting records; wedding.

Workers protest.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-8: In Japanese.

Volume 6 #12: Aug. 5, 1944

Page 1: 25th take oath as second induction held; eight men charged with draft evasion; Manzanar personnel pass in quota drive; receive notices of Nisei contingencies sustained; House of Commons passes amendment; Will attempts to remove TB patients; experiments of Army proven successful; to hold service for Pfc Arikawa; two soldiers tell of battle experiences; soldiers see action on two war fronts; Christians advocate loyal Nisei return; slight increase in sugar quota here; 14 segregees stage hunger strike for seven days at Tule.

Page 2: Nisei soldiers; Town Hall Topics; United Nations Facts; aspects of public opinion deliberated; Heath tells of gain in family relocation; claim five in service largest; Engle tells Legion of deporation bill; more delinquents from Wyoming camp; folk dancing taught.

Page 3: Japanese language schools prohibited; two Nebraska Nisei doing well; midwest relocatees treated squarely; adviser appointed in Great Lakes area; Dollars and Sense; offer for learning printing trade made; students urged to see new catalogs; Nisei violates order for Army physical; two Nisei held in investigation; Nisei troops cont.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-8: In Japanese.

Volume 6 #13: Aug. 9, 1944

Page 1: Evacuee property safe at Florin; Silverthorne replaces Saks as project attorney; many attend service for private Arikawa; Dr. Little seeks aid on hospital matters; Red Cross office seeks claimants of telegrams; slate public dance tomorrow at auditorium.

Page 2: Panel board to discuss future of farmers at meeting tonight; expect capacity crowd at urban festival; sports; WRA assumes custody of Fort Ontario; new hostel opens in Philadelphia; movie slated tomorrow.

Pages 3-6: In Japanese.

Volume 6 #14: Aug. 12, 1944

Page 1: Story of local youth told in L.A. Daily News; release ruling on picnic ground area; famous Nisei battalion receives distinguished citation awards; drivers cautioned by chief of police; slate benefit dance for Nisei soldiers; discuss prices of farm crop at panel; King George talks with Nisei soldiers; LA Christians favor Nisei return; dead Nisei soldiers honored at Granada; postpone concert; interview Nisei for civil service jobs; loyal Nisei return urged in resolution.

Cemetery desecrated.

Page 2: Poem; Town Hall Topics; letters from the public; opportunities vary in Nebraska city; school seeks Nisei; Nixon to visit here; group holds party; Tulean boy is killed in dump truck accident; club holds election.

Page 3: As They Come and Go; From Other Centers; Dollars and Sense; truck farming work in New Orleans available; elect new members to CACA congress; cholera causes 25 hog deaths in July; Nisei problem topic of radio broadcast; start search for possible spy ring; railway express to go out twice daily.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-8: In Japanese.

Volume 6 #15: Aug. 16, 1944

Page 1: Proposal on Manzanar will receive 'due consideration'; release facts on Nisei battalion; regulations on water use released by Merritt; fire department seeks more fire-fighters; Inyo businessmen meet to discuss Manzanar.

Page 2: For safety's sake; letters from the public; new jobs obtained by Chicago evacuees; jail local resident for disturbing the peace; release estimated cost of recent fire damage; mounted patrol holds barbeque feast; explosion occurs at sewage plant.

Page 3: Two Nisei soldiers killed in action; 'small business man' topic at panel tonight; Gee to head WRA Detroit office; job opportunities exist in New York; instructions issued by railway express; Father Lavery to arrive this week; first major fire at Rohwer center; local Catholics hold holy communion.

Three sisters convicted.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-8: In Japanese.




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