Manzanar Free Press, Volume 6 #96-100

Volume 6 #96: May 23, 1945

Page 1: Los Angeles files suit for pay for electricity to Manzanar; special buses to stop at cities en route; appointed staff clubs to present musical; high school choir stages final program; apply for duplicates of lost registration cards; need volunteers to haul dirt.

Page 2: Wedding; city sues WRA cont; 'Moved Ousters' story of assembly, relocation center life available; call six for physicals; final concert cont.

Page 3: Nisei chaplain hopes for early win over Japan; attempt by returnee to sell produce fails in Portland market; Oregon City judge orders couple to return land; male cook wanted in Los Angeles immediately.

Two articles.

Page 4: Evacuees in essential work may obtain homes in government projects; 'From camp to college' booklet tells story of student relocation; Paul Fischer heads new WRA office in Visalia; contact welfare for clothing grants; Mitsuhata returns to job with Clifton's.

Oregon.

New Mexico governor.

Pages 5-11: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #97: May 26, 1945

Newspaper format.

Page 1: Six report for induction into reserve corps; Manzanar schools to end on May 29; appointed staff barbecue to honor school teachers; 127 to receive diplomas; mess division staff totals 725 workers; baccalaureate rites for seniors Sunday; appointed personnel music program draws large crowd; family members, close friends allowed visits; top entertainers featured on review; Kow Maruki likes Los Angeles area; has information on state land laws; Springfield plan movie released; arts, crafts exhibit starts.

Page 2: Committee aids Nisei in Seattle; ask appointment for beauty shop; commencement cont; coastal return by 12,000 estimated.

Sign.

Page 3: Aspirin Pills; Oregon residents meet to aid Nisei; Red Cross gets messages for more residents; shipyard workers quite employment; Bambridge review hits Nisei haters.

Canada.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-8: In Japanese.

Volume 6 #98: May 30, 1945

Page 1: Majority of CIO men sign pledge cards; Manzanar teachers seek new jobs as schools end; center Buddhists hold Memorial Day service; visual education museum to close; Hollywood film studio seeks Japanese actors.

Page 2: Mary Kitano receives writing commission; discrimination, facisim 'human degreation' says CIO secretary-treasurer; Buddhist directory still available; ILWU cont; ex-Tulean kills self in New York; Manhattan reader hints to race discriminators.

Page 3: Sgt. Tanaka of Poston becomes lieutenant; exhibit paintings of Nisei, Issei artists; Ted Kanamine chosen for hall of fame by high school paper; poem; soldiers' aid committee appeals for assistance.

Fresno.

Page 4: Seattle Bussei church seeks property owners; bus agent here thrice weekly to sell tickets; school closes cont; corridor collapse kills Nisei worker; co-op seeks two clerks.

Pages 5-11: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #99: June 9, 1945

Newspaper format.

Page 1: Resettlers requested to apply for leave ten days in advance; Tanaka joins WACS in Des Moines; center Nisei aid labor shortage; war department seeks information on Nisei veterans; Weaver due here from Bakersfield; new clinic hours in effect June 11; ten more ERC members called to active duty by Fort Douglas; Tsuchiya to aid at relocation office; WRA installs new eastern office; approximate total of relocatees told; Arai, former co-op manager, relocates; housing denies further changes in residence; illegal to discharge firearms at people; cabinet making course offered.

Page 2: Unemployment problem; Aspirin Pills; Ickes swings against 'bullies'; Bodine resigns position to go to France.

Page 3: United Nations Facts illustration; Cleveland hostel slated to close; residents asked to lock house doors; Snyder named new electrical foreman; young people hold three-day confab; visits Manzanar residents urged to label bags; Father Lavery; farewell parties given to residents; Globetrotters hold farewell party; six young people engaged in debate at Catholic church; 'Faith which leads' theme of service.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 6 #100: June 6, 1945

Apparently a wrong date on this issue.

Page 1: Nine ERC boys to leave tonight for active duty; seven welfare workers plan to relocate soon; double feature movies shown outdoors Sunday; Nisei in Los Angeles observe Memorial Day; miso factory closes; new bill centered at disloyal Japanese.

Page 2: Issei hospital group plans picnic in honor of Nisei co-workers; Father Lavery shows Crosby film; former Manzanar girls honors mother at party; new attorney general aided in evacuation; Mrs. Atwood to teach at Independence School.

Page 3: Writer Prescott criticizes Maki's book on Japan; Ogura receives promotion to corporal; Nisei battalion gets most decorations; columnist Child's lauds Nisei soldiers; Endo seek work in Chicago area.

Anti-Native Sons.

Page 4: Mayor Lapham vetoes 'fair play' bill; Root resigns positon as chairman of group to aid Nisei soldiers; fellowships available at Tulane University; Rochester area office closed by WRA in May; Armed Forces soldier criticizes Nisei hater; recital presented at Carnegie Music Hall; three representatives hit WRA's 'propaganda'; Philadelphia Record comments on hoodlums; meeting held to halt attacks on Japanese.

Pages 5-11: Japanese and translation section.




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