Gila News-Courier, Volume 3 #81-85
Volume 3 #81: Feb. 26, 1944
Page 1: Farm leaders from 10 centers convene here; council investigation absolves police force; ruling affects Nisei seamen; resettlement for students; Nisei soldier-Hitler hadn't told them.
Page 2: Writer scores draft agitation; editorial; rooted in false ground.
Page 3: March brings two comedies; to interview residents for eastern locations; student relocation cont; medical worker joins hospital; express office relocates; police dept. cont; leap year hop at 8 tonight; fun-by-doing meets Tuesday.
Page 4: Thanks sent to Red Cross; church schedule; installation social planned; canal Phalanx gets pins and keys; future planning unit instituted; canal organizes working girls; to and fro; office moved.
Page 5: Judicial comm. cases listed; ex-Chicago Friends hostel director will visit Rivers; commercial classes receive typewriters; subscription of L.A. paper given; donations made; ex-Gilan in Iowa as WAC; Chicago-grocery workers wanted; etiquette.
Page 6: Sports.
Pages 7-9: In Japanese.
Volume 3 #82: Feb. 29, 1944
Page 1: Granada Nisei seek rights; Jerome residents headed for nearest centers; 700 Nisei students to be placed this year; $1035 goal set for Red Cross drive in Butte; inducted Nisei go on enlisted reserve list.
Page 2: Editorial; we must fight for our rights; Granada Nisei cont.
Page 3: Income tax must be filed by March 15; Butte Red Cross elects; thirty to leave for Texas camp; FSA makes farm loans; Lamar secured for canal hop; Jerome closing cont; Sleath to leave.
Page 4: To and Fro; cooking, baking class to start; job offers from Iowa; Y girls will hold election; leap year hop is postponed; YBA membership; more cattle for Gila in offing; games ,books for toy loan dept; vital statistics.
Page 5: Check and pick; Granada rights cont; Rivers sends another WAC; physicals-21 additional names arrive; Bodine interview cont; two persons being sought; business law open to adults.
Page 6: Sports.
Pages 7-9: In Japanese.
Volume 3 #83: March 2, 1944
Page 1: First physical list completed; names to go on monument; evaders subject to penalties says director; Nisei cited for Cassino fight; Manzanar sends 1900 to Tule; co-op elects next Friday.
Page 2: Unrationed corn; editorial; Eberharter will file minority opinion again.
Page 3: Research finds Arizona valley fever carrier; Nisei look eastward for new homes says Chronicle; court finds youth guilty; draft evaders cont; Bishop discusses evacuee problem; canal telegram hours released; Butte PTA meeting tonight.
Page 4: Check and pick; property office announcement; 'Hit the Ice' to hit Rivers; meeting calls project director; Hoffman gets Gila souvenir; bigger, better dance slated; taboo on fire phones.
Page 5: 25 students join honor society; YMCA ,hotels to care for Chicago hostel overflow; advance notices for housing; to and fro; Butte library; letter writing class to open; new vegetable store hours.
Page 6: Sports.
Pages 7-9: In Japanese.
Volume 3 #84: March 4, 1944
Page 1: Canal will hold Spring picnic; Butte Red Cross drive to be launched Monday; 18 more names for Army exams; 16 war units needed for farm deferment; Nisei hero saves unit bare-handed.
Page 2: Nisei fight discrimination; editorial; happy in Chicago writes mother of two children.
Page 3: Leaves-Rivers lowest among centers; hearings start at Tule Lake; latest order names 18; civil service test applicants to get rating; Moriguchi heads Y working girls; cooking, baking classes start; how war units are calculated; Red Cross expenses listed; victory hop tomorrow.
Page 4: Four new courses opened; one cablegram yearly is quota; hospital aides sponsor dance; Gila receives more cattle; church schedule; staff addition; Pilgrim Fellowship meet theme.
Page 5: Check and pick; to and fro; relocation will never be a coercive measure says Myer; coke bottles still missing; canal auditorium to be ready in April.
Page 6: Sports.
Pages 7-9: In Japanese.
Volume 3 #85: March 7, 1944
Page 1: Recreation fund raising body proposed; vegetable farming good in Colorado districts; more physicals next month; church council asks clarification in mix up; fire burns building, property worth $13,000.
Page 2: 2500 students relocated; editorial.
Page 3: Dietitians visit yesterday; information on farm loans now in relocation office; draft is major step forward; girls may apply for CNC training; libraries get new books; gambling charge against 7 dropped; shoe repair.
Page 4: Check and Pick; Chicago-evacuee joins church staff; home nursing class postponed; canal CAS financial sheet; social living to be discussed; tid-bits.
Page 5: To and Fro; keep amphitheater clean; relocation-students show great interest; installation on tap for Y girls; Mayeda to serve jail sentence; 'Years Flight' goes on sale; vital statistics.
Page 6: Sports.
Pages 7-10: In Japanese.
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