Gila News-Courier, Volume 3 #111-115

Volume 3 #111: May 6, 1944

Page 1: Draft calls more Gilans; Huso reports on progress of WRA relocation plans; Wolter attends Denver confab; Tuttle returns from Washington; 1067 want to come to Gila.

Page 2: Former student writes back; editorial; cartoon.

Page 3: Dry cleaning available soon; union urges non-discrimination toward Nisei workers; resettlement areas relaxed; new leave procedures; center practice comes in handy.

Page 4: Check and pick; church schedule; Buttle girls club meet; leave and job rule series cont; new books in Butte library; vital statistics; PF devotional.

Page 5: To and Fro; foreign owned property should be reported; Iowa ministers welcome Nisei; date changed for Butte high ball; soap to sell early next week.

Native sons involved.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #112: May 9, 1944

Page 1: 32 families to leave in two weeks; trial leaves rules explained; availability card info arrives; 'relocation a necessity for the young evacuees'.

Page 2: Editorial; Nisei win scholarships; ex-Gilan gets job with USES.

Page 3: Savage still takes men; job analysis of relocators; Migaki, Okino crowned at ball; hostel rooms available in Cleveland; ex-editor cont; role of tule-bound cont; ship factory closes doors.

Page 4: Check and pick; last meeting of PTA contest; columnist writes on life in Gila; leave, job rules outlined; Nisei on high school faculty; school confab.

Page 5: Rivers shines at Rotary show; refining company wants twenty more workers; CAS announces fund situation; Iowa hostel has openings; WRA hog farm held a menace; to and fro; toy and game; ex-canalite.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #113: May 11, 1944

Page 1: Board proposes laundry service; active duty notices arrive; Gilan writes from Wash DC; Ishimoto heads canal segregants.

Page 2: Editorial; notes from Washington cont; cartoon; Canal welcomes Mrs. Chambers.

Victim talks.

Page 3: Travel permit, WDC considers individually; Canal students win commercial awards; Canal Hi tops book fund total; dental work rules released; week's movie date shifted; Tule-bound get co-op refunds.

Page 4: Check and Pick; sixth of series on leave; Mother's Day program set; to and fro; vital statistics; watch rationing rules.

Page 5: Rivers' aid remembered; girls fete visiting YWCA secretary from New York; trade winds; telegram hours; Canal Bussei honor mothers; 442nd infantry bids farewell.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #114: May 13, 1944

Page 1: Men for Jerome trip chosen; test cases to be heard; solid stand by 'Time' readers; notified men see Freeland; 100th infantry battalion of heroes; May sale.

Anti-Japanese bill.

Page 2: Last of series on work rules; editorial.

Page 3: Church group remembers Nisei; Navy and White dance Monday; Tokuyuma joins Red Cross; Butte Buddhists invite mothers; WRA bans use of gov't crates; books added to toy,game; Taylor leaves; conserve water.

Sisters face treason charges.

Page 4: Check and pick; sewing, drafting; Butte honors Mothers; canal YBA; church schedule.

Page 5: To and From; debate planned by hi schools; canal Christians honor mothers; Ishikawa moves to relocation; canal PTA contest ends; canal PTA; tubes in co-op; vital statistics; Red Cross note.

Page 6; Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #115: May 16, 1944

Page 1: 300 families interviewed; 34 to report to Florida for basic training; family table system urged; Cozzens heads western post; Tule freight being collected.

Page 2: Gilans first at new hostel; editorial; cartoon.

Page 3: 22 delegates attend local Y conference; Methodists advocate restoration of full citizenship rights; Dies committee will not die out; families interviewed cont; Kaltenborn on 'Japanese problem'; last rites.

Page 4: Check and Pick; Rockford WRA office transfers to Chicago; rotary club acknowledges Gila exhibit; Army reports many prisoners; toy and loan receives books; Butte library; CAS openings.

Page 5: Asparagus farm takes evacuees; Washington Post says Ickes spoke strongly; to and fro; new film serial; housing moves to be frozen; Kansas City needs men.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.



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