Denson Tribune Volume 1 #16-20
Vol. 1 #16: April 23, 1943
Page 1: Farm equipment survey to be made; hostel work to be heard; put receipts on sheets; production of tofu in center to start Monday; throngs view 'kobu'; servicemen's children, wives may get grants; passage of Marcantonio bill sought.
Page 2: Editorials; At Random column; evacuee property office; cartoon.
Page 3: Center's concrete water reservoir; Here and There column; The Compass column; Denson has its own brother act, too; letters to the editor.
Page 4: Special Easter services to climax holy week; 'Christ of Easter still lives and reigns-Rev. Aki; violist to feature music hour; Young Buddhists plan all devotional service; Catholic services; call for literature; support war bond drive; vital statistics; co-op books available; one death.
Page 5: Sports.
Page 6: Center delegates attend YWCA conference; Clubs on Parade column.
Page 7: Former Denson resident urges evacuees to leave center; second shoe repair shop now open; more leave for work; visiting servicemen; departees should leave forwarding address.
Page 8: More on citizen bill from page 1; civil service workers will be reinstated; tests to be given here; form must be filled; clothing allotments; faculty increased; pre-Easter dance held; Jack Benny film coming; hop tomorrow; help wanted; YBA directors' meet tonight; Arkansas tax; firemen squelch blaze.
Pages 9, 10: In Japanese.
Vol. 1 #17: April 27, 1943
Page 1: Defense courses offered; paste stubs as requested; six volunteers get physical test notice; soldiers may visit California; call issued for more farm help; shoe ration office moved; students to 'manage'; chest entry wins 'kobu' prize; P-TA meeting time changed.
Page 2: Editorials; At Random column; cartoon.
Page 3: Residents work on hotbeds; letters to the editor; Pot Pourri column; big center food plan undertaken.
Page 4: Easter Sunrise service draws 500 participants; open house scheduled; graduation to be May 8; center marriages; Bussei hear two speakers; funeral; stores to get electric fans; student body head; P-TA committee hears reports;one added to school faculty; students visit.
Page 5: Sports.
Page 6: Property office needs details; address job calls to WRA; medicine bottles still needed; beauty shop being built; vital statistics; scout heads attend meet; Clubs on Parade column; lost & found; dental clinic hours set.
Page 7: Heights, weights of enlistees here found to vary greatly; visiting servicemen; departers revealed; poem; Nisei soldiers' credo; students to hold party tonight; center life discussed.
Page 8: Former Denson men making good in Michigan; mah jong tournament; dining halls 18, 20 win; handicraft show slated; clothing donated; tofu on menu; baseball meet; judoists hold promotion tourney.
Pages 9, 10: In Japanese.
Vol. 2 #18: April 30, 1943
Page 1: More sugar beet workers needed; co-op heads elected; Denson high school to hold open house tonight; Boston WRA office opens; seniors to hear chaplain; YMCA meet scheduled; civil service tests to be given here next week; center magazine published (The Magnet).
Page 2: Editorials; At Random column; cartoon.
Page 3: Where Denson's ill get treatment; Here and There column; The Compass column; Nisei girl gets favorable publicity for good deed; letters to the editor.
Page 4: Enterprises to be topic; dance honors volunteers; sick-call station opens; Nisei now eligible for airman cards; Grable movie to be shown; block 19, 31 girls sponsor Maytime Jive; delegates describe trip to girls' reserves conference; center stores closed today; funeral; new supplies.
Page 5: E. Stanley Jones to speak here; former center resident tells of experiences in Des Plaines, Illinois; Clubs on Parade column; music hour to feature string group; Cal-Teens; Catholic services; night-school applications.
Pages 6, 7: Sports.
Page 8: Bussei to hear talk; YW training conference; high school scholars 'relieve' administrators; student relocation; club prexies will meet; Protestants list Sunday activities; site changed; vital statistics; population decreased.
Page 9, 10: In Japanese.
Vol. 2 #19: May 4, 1943
Page 1: Nisei women wanted by net company; fashion show presented; seniors told to 'think of love'; YMCA branch planned here; emergency assistance; YWCA training conclave to end tomorrow night; handicraft show to start here Friday.
Page 2: At Random column; editorials; cartoon.
Page 3: Residents maintain center roads; Pot Pourri column; editorial; letters to the editor; co-op infor.
Page 4: Teachers hear education man; Clubs on Parade column; fashion show features high school open house; immunization hours set; 'Second Fiddle' next movie; queen contest; high school students 'run' the center for a day.
Page 5: String group makes debut; Buddhists hear talk on drama; two added to appointed personnel staff here; union men eligible; cooperative nursery to donate plants; importance of 'nobody' stressed; work calls residents; Miss Watanabe queen of hop; blasting to drain swamps; lumberjacks.
Pages 6, 7: Sports.
Page 8: Wedding; ice storage plant planned; lower grades to hold open house; Rev. Shirkey will speak; collegians slate picnic; help wanted; co-op board to meet today; co-op set up; visiting servicemen; sale date of Magnet, center magazine, reset; dining 18, 20 win again; vital statistics.
Pages 9, 10: In Japanese.
Vol. 2 #20: May 7, 1943
Page 1: Class of 1943 to be graduated at ceremonies tomorrow night; two center managers hold meet; aliens permitted to hold elective posts; need for beet men; jobs open in Nebraska; center youths may enroll in NYA training schools; mechanics may soon work in East.
Page 2: Editorials; At Random column; family week; cartoon.
Page 3: Block 3's children swing and teeter; The Compass column; Here and There column; evacuee workers greeted with fanfare in Maryland; letters to the editor.
Page 4: Influence of YMCA discussed at meeting; Clubs on Parade column; former center resident describes his experiences in Chicago, Illinois; reduced prices in effect.
Page 5: Church groups will honor mothers Monday; new night school term sign up to begin; violinist to be featured; Arkansas tax due May 15; seniors look nightmarish; beauty parlor equipment; vital statistics; tea party for mothers; goh tourney tomorrow; lost.
Pages 6, 7: Sports.
Page 8: Record number of residents leave center; students to stage operetta; carnival plans to be discussed; co-op plans for drive; Konos visit relatives; local firemen put out fire.
Page 9: Lemonade to be sold; visiting servicemen; beet workers income higher this year; search for Denson's perfect girl begins; obtain leave permits early; plans for Christian mission here made; Cincinnati evacuees meet.
Page 10: Cartoon; Cincinnati receptive to evacuees; public works men get pay; more on council meet; dance social graduation article continues; more on NYA training schools; farewell party.
Pages 11, 12: In Japanese.
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