Gila News-Courier, Volume 2 #1-5
Volume 2 #1: January 1, 1943
Page 1: Factory weavers average 1200; oil stoves; let's hope that 1943 will bring better days; geesy gander for New Years'; Postonians study net wages.
Page 2: Editorial; Center Exchange column (news from other centers); church services; 'Bachelor Mother' to be shown.
Page 3: Vocational agriculture class to be organized; stores close New Years day; church services; shoe hospital reopens soon; wedding; public works employment roll increases; barber shop opens Monday; inventory shows 180 vehicles; vital statistics; Taketa's steel wagon stolen; new journals for school library.
Page 4: Staff artists in limelight; in retrospect; GYPA discourage monetary gifts.
Page 5: Sports.
Page 6: Sports.
Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.
Volume 2 #2: January 5, 1943
Page 1: New year starts well as 30 new net workers report; stores show $15,000 profit; R days set for next week; resettlement meet planned; unclaimed packages; KFWB violates free speech rights; Ishii gets permit to visit internee.
Page 2: Editorials; stored property to be reported; O.W.I. releases Tokyo broadcast; weaver stipends piece-work basis; sufficient oil for all stoves; Butte colony cloths cash; domestic offers.
Page 3: Exhibit draws capacity crowd; Butte CAS notes; new evening classes offered; CAS pamphlets distributed; various contest sign-ups begin; Sunday school officers chosen; birth; wedding.
Page 4: Sports.
Pages 5, 6: In Japanese.
Volume 2 #3: January 7, 1943
Page 1: WRA equipped to handle 300 applications daily; GI clothing on sale to all; qualified aliens wanted for federal positions; lines for fuel long; board to study consumer coops; seven depart for freezone; factory hands receive advance.
Page 2: Editorials; Tradewinds column (news from other centers); civil service open to Nisei, article continues; message from project director Bennett; births; thanks; wanted.
Page 3: Buette CAS notes; unemployment compensation eligible asked to apply; Buddhists elect new officers; claim confiscated materials now; outside machine job openings; school gets oil stoves; newly equipped clubroom opens; important Glee Club confab; lost; choir.
Page 4: Sports.
Pages 5, 6: In Japanese.
Volume 2 #4: January 7, 1943
Page 1: Japan messages free of charge; need of consumer coop to be stressed at meets; ex-servicemen serve country again; block managers hear of business; report alien interest; windstorm hampers camouflage work; U.S.E.D. claims senior engineer.
Page 2: Editorials; Trade Winds column; pre-war character actor reminisces.
Page 3: First shipment of vegetables for new year; hospital seeks nurses' aide; social, medical consultant here; lower your ears for 15 cents; keep warm with woolen jackets; mess hall worker age limit given.
Neat artwork.
Page 4: Flowers adorn hospital wards; new evening classes scheduled; Scout Troop 60 confab today; latest departure, arrival statistics; church council elected at meet; church schedule; university club forum tonight; actor's reminisces continued.
Pages 5, 6: Sports.
Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.
Volume 2 #5: January 12, 1943
Page 1: Camouflage net stipends here; draft registration; 800 gas stoves to be installed; Q.A. insurance applications; leave permit office moves; news office aflame!
Page 2: Editorials; Trade Winds column; ex-seviceman visits; biographical briefs.
Page 3: Numerous job openings for young people; faithful warden gets promotion; mess 54 cops winning award; adult classes; communal cooperation-for successful program; library notes; new barber shop proves popular; former secretary to Dewey here.
Page 4: Bonfires taboo in canal city; student honor roll commences this week; gila receives 14 new trucks; marriage; education lures more colonists; canteens close doors Sunday; shoe hospital completes work; blocks hold own variety shows; marriage; vital statistics; juvenile office bids farewell.
Page 5: Sports.
Pages 6, 7, 8: In Japanese.
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