Gila News-Courier, Volume 3 #86-90

Volume 3 #86: March 9, 1944

Page 1: Nurse shortage; draft age Nisei petition for equal opportunities; Red Cross drive begins next week; all eligible for leave grant; names arrive for next group; group gathering must be okayed.

Page 2: Shortage of nurses' aides cont; editorial; wedding.

Page 3: Postal rates to change soon; Film 'Go For Broke' will be shown here; Red Cross home nursing schedule released; April exam men listed cont.

Page 4: To and Fro; two evacuees work for Carl Sandburg in Michigan; lumber selection training offered; L.A. Kotsu storage contract expires; Y girls install new cabinet; co-op election; 'Pied Piper' stars Wooley.

Page 5: Check and Pick; 350 Buddhists join Butte YBA; domestic help sought; new unabridged dictionary now in Butte library; refrigeration parts arrive; Butte GR membership social; Y working girls, Phalanx will hold joint meet; vital statistics.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #87: March 11, 1944

Page 1: Power shutout next week; Spring picnic at Fox Butte; food, lodging for inductees; eligible for leave grants; welfare plans counseling unit; offices move; Dr. Hata gets commission.

Page 2: America-melting pot of the world; editorial.

Page 3: Oasis dance tomorrow night; Carl Sandburg says most Nisei are loyal; registration for pattern drafting classes to open; Rivers' taste in fiction; signups still open for home nursing.

Page 4: Tenderfoot pins for 14 Scouts; Y girls now Delta Phi Sigmas; canal Christians will hold joint meet with Phoenicians; relocation bus hours change; vital statistics; cooking class change made; church schedule; For to address P.F. tomorrow.

Page 5: Check and Pick; To and Fro; railroad jobs open to about 300 evacuees; Butte CAS.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #88: March 14, 1944

Page 1: Red Cross drive gets underway; results of March 5 Army examinations released; councilmen to resettle; drive results good in Butte; editorial.

Page 2: Editorial cont; Kuroki speaks to S.F. club; Nisei soldiers help in Marshalls invasion; Tule's star.

Page 3: 'Mr. Lucky' for Butte Saturday; reservations available for Chicago hostel; Kuroki cont; USCNC applications open in Chicago; it pays to look ahead; youth to serve jail sentence; Bennett returns from Washington; Clinton, Iowa seek workers.

Page 4: Check and Pick; Trade Winds; Scouts review year's work; two new books in canal library; GR groups to meet.

Page 5: To and Fro; all dogs must have licenses; half of Nisei never want to return to California; fifth graders help soldiers; clubs to hear Fort tonight; RC messages hours set; vital statistics.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #89: March 16, 1944

Page 1: Marital status must be proved; Jerome center residents to move here in June; Gila's donation acknowledged; relocation advantages; Myer considers Nisei position.

Page 2: Allowances for soldier's family cont; warehousing open to trainee; labor needs in large cities; girls to honor canal elders; Shelley leaves for Washington; Bennett tells of conference; class for Issei; To and Fro; three heard for violations.

Page 3: Check and Pick; war plant clearances obtainable in centers; Onada elected to judicial commission; weekend movie bill crowded; operations chief resigns; what does Rivers like.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5, 6: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #90: March 18, 1944

Page 1: Red Cross Butte donation totals $1542; family counsel program for Gila starts Monday; new class in home nursing; co-elects 49 delegates; captain hurt in Italy.

Page 2: Rex Stout sees new slant on race hatred; editorial; wounded in Italy cont.

Page 3: Clarification on trial leaves; forty six high school students on honor roll; file meetings, socials at CAS; light shutout to continue; dairy wants women workers; 'Spring Frolic' dance coming; call for package; future planning begins; Butte USO calls special meeting.

Page 4: Check and Pick; Smith of Protestant joint mission coming to Rivers; the 'how' of Red Cross messages; vital statistics; church schedule; Delta Phi Sigma.

Page 5: To and Fro; Gila's dietary aides become state association members; hostel opens in Pocatello; co-op new delegates cont; changes in appointed staff; Nisei addresses school groups; Phalanx meets; photos for Grs.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.



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