Gila News-Courier, Volume 2 #91-95

Volume 2 #91: July 31, 1943

Page 1: Co-op delegates vote on charter amendment; Superman may help evacuees; baggage inspection rules given; Myer issues statement on WRA segregation policies; actual farm pay good.

Page 2: Myer explains segregation cont.; editorial; cartoon.

Page 3: Prompt car sales urged; wage increase hits all-time high; Ht. Mt. Scoops on Gila flood; melon season = ice shortage; trio expected from Denver soon; Samler hit to promote OSYA; check issuance schedule given; Temple opens.

Page 4: Coming-going; church services; Myer explains segregation cont; mass Obon Odori practice Monday; clothing allowance for May issued; library; movie tonight.

Page 5: Job offers; sports; attractive Ohio farm job offered to evacuee couple; sewing, drafting classes opened; Christian church children's haven; coming departees; equipment rules issued by CAS; births.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #92: Aug. 3, 1943

Page 1: WAC: 500 quote for initial sign-up; first contingent for Tule Lake set for October 13; Tule Lake has priority on outside job offers; Gila not first to be abandoned; check received for civil rights fund; Army recalls nine Gilans.

Page 2: Gila to NY trip related; this is Kansas City; cartoon.

Page 3: Relocators be prompt, please; employment quota set for Rivers; new vocational adviser arrives; Kuroki Nisei hero; thirsty lawns, flower beds receive water; clothing issuances commence Monday; meeting ex-servicemen; canal youngsters present 'all students carnival'; Y working girls meet tomorrow.

Page 4: Gila to N.Y. Cont; identification needed to cash checks at co-op; milk shortage hits colony; coming going; canal junior YBA elects cabinet; Yamamoto's orchestra at Varsity Jump; vital statistics; mid-summer frolic.

Page 5: Co-op congress of delegates ratify amendment; compliments for Gila vegetables; job offers; new officers for Butte YBA; fire breaks in Canal High shop; Nichiren temple broken into; vacationers go west and east.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #93: Aug. 5, 1943

Page 1: Cost of living shows increase; pre-July 'no' to 'yes' change in LCB group; Rivers doctors answer SOS; congressmen visits Rivers; hostel invitations to all simplified; segregation.

Page 2: Southerners help Nisei; editorial; cartoon.

Page 3: Endangering planes traced to school; first all student fair-carnival tomorrow nite; special treat at talent show; responsible for vegetables; jobs for relocators are not arbitrarily frozen; railroad seeks evacuee labor; Issei succeeds.

Page 4: Job offers; notes from Camp Shelby; Swift's satire showing soon; usage of block advisers urged; Butte Engeikai program Sunday; goodwill visit; physical exams start in block 28; two secretaries join staff.

Page 5: Profits from carnivals used for block recreations; Y girls hold membership drive; coming-going; Marshall new scout leader; ducats on sale for Rajah's 'Blue Fantasy;' college opening dates available; living costs rise cont; new fire chief; learn to cook; hands off-Mauser.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 2 #94: Aug. 7, 1943

Page 1: Move Gilans?; co-op education program initiated; social service offered at 69-9; segregation hearings start; monument for soldiers.

Page 2: Oyama relates evacuee life in 'Liberty'; editorial; cartoon.

Page 3: Exchange of nationals in pending stage; Minn. Post opposes wholesale JA deportation urged by ALM; produce seed threshing on; milk for 12 years under; co-op receipts; new arrival; late editions; New York offers plentiful.

Page 4: Job offers; church services; disturbances of peace; postponment of canal YP for farewell meeting; Miyake back from tour.

Page 5: Committee heads announced for Butte Obon festival; new senior ad. Officer arrives; amendment sent to Washington; coming-going; Explorer scouts will organize; girls for Quincy college; Canal YMCA elects officers; varsity jump; vital statistics; adult education.

Page 6: Sports.

Volume 2 #95: Aug. 10, 1943

Page 1: Appeal made for orderly conduct; leave clearance types clarified; monthly supply maximum set; interview pace satisfactory; WRA co-op heads here on visit.

Page 2: Southerners resolve aid; editorial; adult education; cartoon.

Page 3: Leave procedures changed; Butte music department tomorrow; ceremony for nurses' aides; dehydrated food; vacancy in hospital; welfare of community to be protected; farm workers to be reduced soon.

Page 4: Job offers; exams show Shelby soldiers have good teeth conditions; mess 48, 49 take awards; GR girls-eleven go to summer camp; leave procedures changed.

Page 5: Coming-going; checks delayed; social service worker here; hobbyists plan handicraft show; puppet show is hit of canal school carnival; 16 or over only; Sedberry resigns; serum for dogs to arrive soon; new books on library shelves; RN joins Army; Welles moves.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.



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