Minidoka Irrigator: Vol. 4 #6-10

Volume 4 #6: April 1, 1944

Page 1: New indefinite leave regulation announced; two leave for confab; April draft calls 200 Hunt men; residents contribute $2285.97 to Red Cross; Myer backs return to west coast; Myer declares evacuees should relocate now; war veteran healthy at 67; home board ruling clarified; farms being prepared for crops; council airs city problems; improvements due in disposal plant; where lies their faith, loyalty; a child's prayer for his daddy over there; project schools to have holiday; 2 draft evaders under $2000 bond; Bodine to arrive; convoy schedule changes Monday; cable sent to Japanese Red Cross.

Kibei get in trouble.

A prejudiced leader.

Page 2: Editorials; relocated; Lieut. urges integration into American communities; Capt. Suzuki credits his life to blood plasma; letter from a soldier; Nisei employment creates probe by Army intelligence; Kathleen Iseri joins WAC; vital statistics; 3 Nisei casualties sent to California.

Page 3: Feminidoka; Your Co-op; weddings & engagements; two Nisei A.S.T.P. students featured in Post-Dispatch; co-op will pay 10% refund; Jennie Ishikawa finds new ability, wins many friends in Kansas City; Girl Reserves sell daffodils; The Ten Thousand; scout activities during past week; weekly social calendar; movie schedule; cub pack dedication; masquerade held; Professor Smith visits project.

Page 4: Foto Chats; sports; draft from page 1; parolees join their families; evacuee property office position open; Sunday church activities.

Volume 4 #7: April 8, 1944

Page 1: Red Cross drive nets $2330.97; Easter worship services; social security offers aid to relocated people; Nisei drowns in Pacific area; Tule holds leave clearance hearings; centerwide census taken; evacuee property studied by residents, councilmen; reserves list explained; family aid clarified; Nisei ruled eligible to get farm loans; council seeks donation limit for block use; farm work progresses; servicemen from various camps visit Hunt; council meets; AG workers to use field kitchen; evacuee property ruling amended; Camp Savage calls for volunteers; permits needed; legal division advises taxpayers to file estimate before April 15; proper shipping address released; April 22 set for pre-physicals.

Prejudice is blocked.

Page 2: Editorials; The Road Back; Chinese soldiers back Nisei rights; Yuriko Amemiya takes part in New York recital; relocated; The Readers' Rostrum; visitors; local library adds new books; last year about this time.

Some people upset by prejudice.

Page 3: Feminidoka; Your Co-op; weddings and engagements; 'showdown' Hunt's claim to talent revue fame; St. Mary's offers schooling to evacuee girls; greasewood exhibit highly praised; catechism scholarships at 51 church schools; seven vocational courses under way; first campwide egg hunt held; The Ten Thousand; Hunt represented at Boise parlay; Marymount offers scholarships; quarterly reports to be issue in high school; personnel staff adds members; movie schedule; cub dedication officially held; vital statistics; no shoes taken at shop until April 15; glasses must be prepaid; educational board to visit; nurses aides needed; Schmoe plans visit.

Page 4: Sports; Foto-Chats; Sunday church activities; hospital acquires passenger car; Hunt scout groups recognized by C.A.

Volume 4 #8: April 15, 1944

Page 1: Draft to affect farm labor supply in Idaho; alterations are made on disposal unit; two holdouts ask induction; dragline erected for coal hauling; council hears Solon Kimball on policies; citizenship lost through marriage may be regained; new name added to honor roll; WRA goes over quota in fourth loan drive; co-op retains NY office; Beeson leaves to attend confab; official 442nd song titled 'Go for Broke'; 154 Hunt draftees to take pre-induction physicals here; leave denials rules postponed; servicemen visit in Hunt; Dr. Schmoe backs relocation board on agriculture and allied fields; Matsumoto heads hog farm unit; leaves and furloughs office workers become proud godparents overnight; turn in co-op books; five leave for Crystal City, Texas; FBI arrest 53 Heart Mountain boys for failure to report for induction.

Anti-prejudice.

Page 2: Editorials; Jacket Review; residents warned against teasing strange dogs; Your Co-op; post editorial says loyal evacuees 'war refugees'; relocated; Noda family happy in Kansas City; relocation library receives pamphlets about New York; relocated; Encore; Japanese Americans convert 10,000 acres into fertile land; visitors; last year about this time; return all empty bottles.

Page 3: Feminidoka; weddings & engagements; High Wind; movie schedule; Scout leadership training course will be offered; elementary schools contribute $50.92 to jr. Red Cross; Tom Bodine here to assist student relocation; Hunt beauty salon is popular place; proceeds will send girls to confab; YMCA board of directors organized here; seniors take over school for day; kiddies enjoy annual egg hunt; Evacu-Ways; carnival and dance to be held; weekly social calendar.

Page 4: Sports; Mont. detention center closed; women drivers needed now; dormitory no. 50 ready for use; classes open to new members; draft list cont.; reserve labor pool transfers; Sunday church activities; Chicago hostels will be closed; speculations; operations unit calls glove makers; parolees join families here; checks her for former Tuleans.

Pages 5-8: In Japanese.

Volume 4 #9: April 22, 1944

Page 1: 48 Hunt men to report for induction; new board of relocation formed here; local cancer education begins here; draftee may get defect statement; new rulings aid families; men return to work in mess division; three units have priority on workers; Professor Smith new analyst; USO awards 28 workers; Hunt organizations plan welcome for Nisei war hero; Army court convicts six soldiers; ban on Italian aliens lifted; 'Minidoka Interlude' now being distributed; Nisei discharged from N.J. farm after protests; Salt Lake area open to limited relocation; 180 draftees undergo physical examinations; 73 men to report from Tule Lake.

Page 2: Editorials; last year about this time; relocated; Hunt volunteer on Italian front sends mail home; Nisei officer likes Army; evacuees find little prejudice in Cleveland; Secretary Ickes gives talk on WRA policies; ACLU disagrees with Hunt Mountain fair play group; visitors.

Page 3: Evacu-Ways; The Ten Thousand; weddings and engagements; Bodine interviews students in Hunt; Hunt high school sponsors art exhibit; memoirs staff completing primary steps in publication of annual; homemade item exhibit slated; Scouts training course conducted; Brethren open N.Y. hostel, close Chicago housing; Scout awards to be made at ceremony; segregants leave for Tule in May; more best sellers added to library; YMCA organizes Hunt Gray-Y clubs; Hunt elemental school; vital statistics; ministerial group meets in Hunt; PTA delegate chosen; appreciate expressed by visiting soldiers; Bussei sponsor rally; unclaimed mail.

Page 4: Sports; church services; Indiana smelting company opens jobs to Japanese Americans; classified ads.

Volume 4 #10: April 29, 1944

Page 1: 51 Hunt men report for induction at Ft. Douglas; gala welcome mapped for war hero; mess division workers go back to work; five Tule Lakers detained by WRA; absentee voting rule revised; OPA releases tots' shoes; Rohwer Nisei now on CIO payroll as office worker; Nisei decorated as 'one man tank destroyer outfit'; Beeson back from parlay in Chicago; poultry, livestock production boosted in centers; servicemen visit Hunt from various camps; 114 men pass physicals; volunteer from Tule Lake now fighting in Burma; private sends letter of appreciation.

Page 2: Editorial; my ancestry means nought; five Nisei cited in Army-Navy 'E' award to plant; Governor Bricker advocates local decision on relocatees; Commonweal writes on Nisei; Encore; Nisei seamen to return to U.S. merchant ships; many servicemen visit Hunt during past week; vital statistics; visitors.

Page 3: Evacu-ways; The Ten Thousands; weddings & engagements; Hunt Buddhists go to Topaz parlay; men over 70 years to be honored; 'million dollar exhibit' opens; Jacket Reviews; program to feature Japanese music; nominees for YBA offices named; high school plays May day carnival; library adds new Army books; high school art exhibit a success; new classes open to Hunt students.

Page 4: Sports; Foto-Chats; relocation opportunities; typewriters off rationing list; church services; your co-op.



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