Gila News-Courier, Volume 3 #196-202

Volume 3 #196: Dec. 9, 1944

Page 1: Council to supervise fund raising; 28 Gilans leave for active duty; registration deadline today; annual prepares Christmas play; Thomas resigns steward post; injured Gilan back in states; co-op redemption to start next week.

Page 2: To and fro; editorial; co-op resolution.

Page 3: Ready to start regular classes; hospital announces visiting regulations; vocation head leaves Rivers; Butte high presents concert; Butte library.

Page 4: Dr. Kehoe discusses life in WRA center; hot dogs in canal tonight; canal releases income expenses; carnival nets profit of $588; resettlers get financial help; Poston evacuee returns to L.A.; marble contest needs entrants.

Page 5: YBA to hold morning service; navy and white social; YBA will hear Rev. Kimura; canal service; vital statistics; tickets on sale for concert; cubs training nearly finished; church schedule.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #197: Dec. 13, 1944

Page 1: Gila architect wins $750 prize; family returns to farm; canal movies in auditorium; relatives sought; principle of Poston visits; hot dog nets $37 for Scouts.

Page 2: Recipients of checks listed; editorial; a safe Christmas; heart of an American.

Page 3: Canal YBA plans laid for Dec. 31 social; canal high seniors to present comedy; Butte YBA to elect officers; Bennett speaks to Lions club; co-op refund distribution; Delta Phi plans joint social.

Prejudice defeated.

Page 4: Check and pick; mess hall utensils must be returned; family has five sons in Army; marriage; messages here from Japan; PTA will see xmas program; Butte library gets new book.

Page 5: Sports.

Page 6: To and Fro; Washington offers jobs in Japanese translation; old yearbook still available; vital statistics; ads and ands.

Barbershop incident.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #198: Dec. 16, 1944

Page 1: Canal movie-chairs will be provided; Butte Canal elect 49 councilmen; Army calls 9 for induction; Gila receives gifts by mail; Navy school needs teachers; vocation training approved.

Page 2: List of check new fund recipients; Christmas message from national YWCA.

Hood River

Page 3: To and Fro; canal seeks soldiers names; general authorizes travel without escort; Yule program by canal PTA; YBA election this Sunday; carols planned for hospital; dietary aids present brunch.

Page 4: Check and pick; resettlers welcome to Washington, D.C. hostel; mess utensils must return; Gila educators visit Phoenix; lost and found; toy and loan gets donation.

Page 5: Butte elementary Yule program; Butte hi presents 'The Other Wise Man'; nursery pupils plan program; Butte teacher speaks Sunday; canal to hear Rev. Hida; Rev. Morton will speak; chuch schedule.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #199: Dec. 20, 1944

Page 1: Army lifts coast ban; Huso tells of eastern trip; Butte hi gives drama tomorrow; CAS announces New Year social; canal movie.

Page 2: Kukiyoshii -feeling shows in art work; evacuation right; JACL seeks minority gathering; Detroit hostel has family unit; vital statistics; YBA publishes more calendars; ban lifting headlined; ads and ends.

Page 3: Nurses aides social Sunday; Bodine -students may get interviews; to and fro; YBA to hold morning service; canal to give 'The Messiah'; mail delivery schedule given; canal hi PTA to donate $50; check cashing for xmas week; stores cannot wrap gifts; Cub Scouts plan hiking.

Page 4: Check and pick; incidents told of evacuees getting aid; New York group greets new arrivals; new books in canal library.

By a hospital. This also shows how some of the articles did not seem to print clearly.

Page 5: Duluth group aids resettlers; YBA announces new officers; co-op names new secretary; fish selling days changed; Father Lavery will preside; Peddy elected board chairman; butte library gets 2 books.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #200: Dec. 23, 1944

Page 1: Santa Claus visits Gila; thirteen called to Army duty on January 6; Bennett's message; new system of milk permits; family returns to California; Nisei to sing on Army hour.

Page 2: 'Justice delayed, justice denied'; Christmas message; Poston cosmopolitan club; more messages from Japan.

Page 3: Pasadenans to operate hostel; canal white Christmas social tomorrow; cigaret tickets expire tomorrow; barn dance on Wednesday; canal Bussei plan social; Chicago WRA offices merged; all changes of housing frozen; canal movie free tonight; Seabrook needs single workers.

Page 4: To and Fro; Huso sees evacuees in many occupations; canal Buddhists cancel party; Canal Cub Scouts organize; ands and ends; vital statistics.

Page 5: Santa visits canal children; canal high announces 43 honor students; canal xmas program to be given; Rev. Steward to speak for xmas; father presides; butte YBA plans morning service; church schedule.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #201: Dec. 27, 1944

Page 1: Draft orders for three more; WRA to open offices for coast relocation; moche gome for Gilans; tickets for Butte movies; Bodine arrives for student interviews; an encounter on Powell st.

Page 2: People without a country; editorial; Takeda elected to YBA office; Myer's message.

Hood River

Page 3: 'I'll be seeing you' tomorrow; Sgt. Kimura gets field promotion; social; Tahara cited for gallantry; special Butte movie tonight; canal grads plan social.

Page 4: Check and pick; Yamamoto seeks farm workers; Huso says ex-Gilans content at Seabrook; brick firm offers jobs; empty bottles must return; vital statistics.

Page 5: Sports.

Page 6: To and Fro; Sgt. Sasaki helps rescue lost battalion; Bussei assemble in Cleveland; farm mgt. board visits various units; Delta Phi holds jam session; Gilan to enroll at Pasadena.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #202: Dec. 30, 1944

Page 1: Restrictions on visiting get stricter; Ickes praises evacuees for patience, sacrifice; Bodine meets students; two Gila boys hurt in France; milk limited to few cases; citizen may have camera; visiting rule.

Page 2: Co-op refunds almost done; Ickes cont; Swiggum will replace Tuttle; new rules cont; message from Japan for Sada.

Page 3: To and Fro; ticket system for movies; orders for annuals taken; canalites to waltz out old, usher in new; Hi-Y, Tri-Y hold social; wedding; Pilgrims plan Sunday meeting; Japanese film may arrive; repair shop; vital statistics.

Page 4: Butte council begins fourth term; Ickes says 33,000 have relocated; crop planting until April; check and pick; university men visit rivers.

Page 5: YMCA men's group may be formed; Georgia coastline has relocation possibilities; Butte YBA plans gathering; canal to hold joint service; canal Y board meets Jan. 2; church schedule.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-9: In Japanese.



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