Topaz Times, Volume 5, Issues 11-15

Volume 5 #11: Oct. 28, 1943

Page 1: Stanley Jones slates mass meetings; one-third of pipelines in center are replaced; first Topaz twins born; director Ernst clarifies Tule situation in letter; potato pickers needed in Tule.

Page 2: Tule Notes; employees' compensation act embraces evacuees; 14 Tule Lake workers here; Eberharter denounces critics of Japanese in house address.

Page 3: Leaves; Topaz employment quota may be increased; Halloween dance plans completed; Topaz art school alumni part set; California lawyers available to evacuees living in centers; new library hours; Gershwin's hit features in concert.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5, 6: In Japanese.

Volume 5 #12: Oct. 30, 1943

Page 1: 20 workers answer call for pipeline replacers; 33 men leave for Tule Lake to pick potatoes; Topaz students to aid beet harvest; sports; Topaz meat quota supplied by farm.

Nisei giving aid to the enemy.

Page 2: Desert Echoes; motor company to train men; evacuees' assimilation not difficult; blowout rolls car into ditch; ration office moves location; Buddhist church to honor Tuleans; hospital party; new library hours; engagement; births.

Page 3: Job openings; 153 Topaz family units depart; WRA office in Peoria opened; filing of TFR 500 extended; new WRA relocation branch in Pennsylvania.

Page 4: Around the Circuit; play equipment set up on 2 center playgrounds; reception-tea honors mission; Scout party set; visiting soldiers; Brownies play Halloween party; church services.

Page 5: Women's Mirror; To the (Wo)men.

Page 6: Sports.

Page 7: 1943 November calendar.

Pages 8-11: In Japanese.

Volume 5 #13: Nov. 2, 1943

Page 1: Amache MPs transferred to Wyoming; Negro authority on race issues to speak tonight; 4500 letters handled daily; 5 internees here from New Mexico; Stanley Jones departs; 35 Topaz workers first group to arrive at Tule Lake center; Tule doctor to join Topaz staff.

Page 2: Job openings; Canadian Japanese can sue government; Millard County WFA farm labor camp established; Halloween dance; Tuleans' family cards now here; deaths.

Page 3: Sports.

Pages 4, 5: In Japanese.

Volume 5 #14: Nov. 4, 1943

Page 1: 1401 persons relocate from Tule; new cash grant system established in centers; construction crew returns; prep drama club slates comedies; forum movie set for tonight; Denver area evacuees harvest over 18 million pounds of sugar; Negro speaker fails to arrive.

Page 2: Notes; first Topaz twins named; experiments with menus for infants considered; shoe stamps-no more now, but more later; girls may join Brownie troops; Topaz students to be in N.E.W. program; marriage; funeral.

Page 3: Sports.

Pages 4-6: In Japanese.

Volume 5 #15: Nov. 6, 1943

Page 1: Farm section buys 425 head of beef cattle; possibility of removing MPs from center being studied; parents invited to visit schools; Topaz firemen save burning car; Barnhart returns; new assistant director arrives; sports.

Page 2: Desert Echoes; editorial.

Page 3: Around the Circuit; surplus clothing prices at warehouse #121 given; Dr. Sugiyama joins staff; ex-Topaz girl makes society; 19 more Tuleans arrive in Topaz; Tchaikowsky slated on record concert; new nurses' aide class to begin; soldiers visit; births, death.

Page 4: Job openings; car operators urged by Barrows to be careful; Provo workers will be paid; WRA branch in North opened; 21 depart to pluck turkeys; group to survey Japanese problem; Indianapolis head denies bad rumors.

Page 5: Women's Mirror; To the (Wo)men.

Page 6: Evacuees in Iowa help relieve labor shortage; wedding; leaves; Sunday school changes hours; teachers may join state association; engagement; church services; Abe leaves; in appreciation.

Page 7: Sports.

Pages 8-11: In Japanese.



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