Gila News-Courier, Volume 3 #166-170

Volume 3 #166: Sept. 12, 1944

Page 1: S/Sgt. Masuda dies in action; twenty nine called to active duty; seasonal jobs open in Idaho; 2nd anniversary; three released after accident; Buttle ruling applies to all.

Page 2: Higa lecture tour expanded; 2nd anniversary cont; the Courier clan; letters tell Nisei loyalty.

Page 3: Co-op answers refund questions; evacuee worker sought help; three year old fatally shot by six year old; seventh graders to be welcomed; YBA discussion group tonight; to an fro; USO to honor Butte inductees.

Page 4: Cleveland offers varied job openings to evacuees; Nisei pilot; check and pick; 442nd Nisei capture Germans.

Page 5: Manpower commission to assemble today; ex-servicemen meet tonight; medical social worker arrives; Ingham hears relocation; war bond redemption to be simplified; Canal Scouts to hold drive; Cleveland Nisei donate funds; letters tell Nisei loyalty; calendar of activities.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #167: Sept. 14, 1944

Page 1: Army munition work open to Nisei; Rivers fall enrollment reaches 2708 students; 16 get orders for induction; draftees leave 8: 30 tomorrow; Canal block managers meet; opportunity for Nisei says Myer; rationed soap sale ends Saturday.

Page 2: He pulls teeth by flashlight; coast return test case; center visits permitted.

Page 3: To and Fro; beverage orders not possible; Butte block managers give meeting results; student interviewer; Tooele to be investigated; week-end movie.

Page 4: Check and Pick; refugee center; JACL seeks reopening of California office; Butte financial statement given; ACLU fights for minorities; vital statistics.

Page 5: Colleges admit Canal students; canal reorganization of community council; paper drive; Calif. proposal lacks support; Sills chosen draft adviser; openings for more teachers; Canal school needs teachers; calendar of events.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #168: Sept. 16, 1944

Page 1: Butte councilmen take various offices; S/Sgt. Masuda honored at memorial service; elementary PTA meets Sept. 28; student visitors speak Sunday; lightning hits barrack; school meal.

Page 2: Sgt. Okumura among first to enter Pisa; Japanese battalion; Granada Nisei enters Pasadena U.C.

Page 3: To and Fro; Delta Rhos meet tomorrow; evacuees must have permits; Poston considers combining messes; Sawyer names instructors; personnel to buy vegetables; two join forces.

Page 4: Check and pick; employment offers jobs for Issei men, women; former visitor writes article; officer praises Nisei soldiers; Col. Cutler relates care of wounded; Red Cross gets Jerome donation; suit filed for five Nisei; vital statistics.

Page 5: Canal council oks commission; wounded veteran will arrive on lecture tour; more students enter college; YBA discussion; surgical teams cont; church services.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #169: Sept. 19, 1944

Page 1: Brown returns from confab; Shelly assumes new position; test cases arraigned before Supreme Court; Nakamura-neighbors help console parents; colleges admit three students; Idaho openings for harvesters.

Page 2: More leave WRA centers for community relocation; Check and pick; Lowe arrives for visit; co-op head Oshima leaves; vital statistics.

Page 3: Features eight Shelby soldiers; Brown assumes x-ray duties; property office seeks Tada; JACL-coast return asked Nisei; hospital needs lab workers; to and fro; McCulloch to recruit workers.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5, 6: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #170: Sept. 21, 1944

Page 1: Higa to arrive in Rivers; co-op chooses 49 to congress of delegates; Butte Scout trip postponed; more induction orders received; to report on Tooele; sewing class; co-op meeting.

Page 2: Sgt. Togioka wins Silver Star for gallantry; editorial; calendar of events.

Page 3: Visitors; meeting slated for Canal PTA; replacements made in farm management dept; late S/Sgt Masuda fought heroically in Italy; Y meetings; 'The Spoilers' Saturday.

Page 4: Pacific Citizen plans special Christmas edition; best sellers in library; check and pick; Butte Red Cross gets messages; Clinton Nisei lauded; Idaho Nisei evade draft.

Page 5: Colleges take two students; Canal library gets new books; Nisei becomes minister Sunday; Suzuki releases River schedule; Delta Phi girls work Saturday; Catholic mass Sunday morning; Gila farm needs tractor drivers; scarlet fever symptoms given; war dept. tells Masuda heroism cont; JACL prepares December meet; vital statistics.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.



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