Minidoka Irrigator: Vol. 4 #11-15
Volume 4 #11: May 6, 1944
Page 1: Minidoka roars welcome to Kuroki; Spain counsel visits here; inductees placed on reserve list; enlistment of Nisei WACs sought by Army; co-op sells OPA released shoes; two youths held on draft charge; the courage of a hero.
Page 2: Editorials; Your Co-op; Appointed staff members voice praise of hero; 81 leave for Tule Lake center; aliens requested to report change of address; relocated.
Page 3: Pipe Dreamin; feminine morale soars; rugged Japanese American hero just a regular 'joe' at heart; local USO holds public reception; Hunt delegates return from Topaz; weddings and engagements; orchestra film dance scheduled; YBA elects officers.
Page 4: Foto-chats; sports; church services; classified ads.
Volume 4 #12: May 13, 1944
Page 1: Family interviewing starts May 16; 5 men named by council to judicial body; May draft calls 82 men; improvements on local cemetery asked by board; PTA slates safety patrol tag sale; clothing unit states rules; Gov. Bricker answers Ickes; Marine officer praises Nisei soldiers in Pacific; ration rules for WFA workers; commencement speakers; 17-year-olds must register now; 2359 evacuees relocated from Minidoka; trees given to center; Captain Kawasaki tells of heroic 100th in Italy; many evacuees now relocated; Seattle property officer to visit.
Page 2: Editorials; Soldiers on Furlough; Salt Lake youth council favors racial committee; views on Fortune stories; Chicago offers opportunity for evacuees; relocated; further restrictions on return of Japanese decried by Fortune magazine.
Page 3: Random Whirgig; weddings and engagements; Greer shop offers courses; Hunt clean-up day slated; The Ten Thousand; distribution of annuals completed; area B movie dance; vital statistics; playday to be held by nursery schools; visitors; Stafford paper to be published; library books reported lost.
Page 4: Sports; church activities; classified ads.
Volume 4 #13: May 20, 1944
Page 1: Residents repair damage to canal; safety patrol tag sale on; members elect co-op delegates; family interviews now being conducted here; Hara issues farm report; 27 men report for induction; 39 reservists report for active duty; Hagen to visit here; Dolan to assist in family interviews; clean-up day held over; Issei scholar thanks coeds at Northwestern; Smith speaks in Twin Falls; Chaplain sends word to parents of men in 442nd.
Page 2: Editorials; Random Whirlgig; Hawaiian Japanese unit wins citation in Italy; New York JACL sends letters to Idaho group; N.Y. favorable to relocated Issei; medical officer tells viewpoints of N.W. soldiers; sanitary engineer joins personnel; Rockford WRA offices move to Chicago area; relocated.
Prejudiced congressman.
Treason of three Nisei women.
Page 3: Evacu-ways; Your Co-op; weddings and engagements; N.Y. paper carries Nisei story; court of honor slated; Iowa college will accept evacuee students; schools hold play day; many divisions plan for summer activity program; center-wide 'showup' promised spectacular; Americanization classes begin; postmaster chosen; relocation opportunities; visitors; The Ten Thousand; art students make wild life posters; area A handicraft to be shown public; G.R.s' to meet; block 28 YPC holds election.
Page 4: Sports; church activities; vital statistics; classified ads.
Volume 4 #14: May 27, 1944
Page 1: Seasonal leave instructions clarified; 300 seniors to receive diplomas; Memorial day rites slated; C.A. adviser visits here; partitioning work on 17 barracks completed to date; Army calls 25 reserves into service; Jerome board may call 34 men in June; volunteers finish work on rip-rap; Fisher to speak here; Hagen speaks to residents; grand opening of farm mess held; 20.849 evacuees now relocated in new homes; Capt. Mizuha enjoys tea with First Lady; clean-up day set; mouth disease can be checked; family interviews well underway; three inductees enter service at Camp Savage; project attorney appointed.
Page 2: Methodist group backs Nisei rights; Editorials; relocation opportunities; WRA survey indicates no Nisei industrial cutbacks; No. Park college has five Nisei; last year about this time.
Two articles.
Page 3: Evacu-Ways; High Winds; The Ten Thousand; weddings and engagements; women drivers still needed; hospital issues note of thanks to blood donors; Kansas City offers various jobs; articles on particular individuals.
Page 4: Sports; Sunday church activities.
Volume 4 #15: June 3, 1944
Page 1: 300 to receive diplomas; tot receives hip injury in accident; four face draft charge; turn in co-op stamps; Army calls 24 reserves from center; rulings governing vacation leave clarified; Jerome board adds more names to call; project population drops as residents leave center; milk supply is increased; council body forms special commission; more blocks to undergo family study; pine seedlings planted in nursery; bad wiring cause of fire; irrigation turned on grain crops; Hunt war veterans plan organization; 220 acres of vegetables to be planted in June; water assured ad area as pumping system installed; improvements on cemetery finished; residents thanked in project cleanup; irrigation started in some blocks; Our Honor Roll.
Page 2: Editorials; Evacu-ways; soldiers on furlough take Hunt scenes back to Army; need for justice, mercy cited in letter to forum; relocation keeps steady pace; Fisher urges relocation from coast; last year about this time; articles on specific individuals.
Page 3: Feminidoka; The Ten Thousand; relocation opportunities; weddings and engagements; area B handicraft exhibit; PTA fetes junior safety patrols; Girl Scouts to hold fun frolic; U. of Michigan to recruit labor; churches sponsor vacation schools; traveler's checks sold at co-op office; additions swell personnel staff; relocated.
Page 4: Sports; Sunday church activities.
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