Manazanar Free Press, Volume 2 #11-15

Volume 2 #11: Aug. 14, 1942

Page 1: Fourteen blocks to open polls; to voters; camouflage; chairman of co-op congress elected; no noise hours; mothers gather to hear talks; citizens form junior councils; departments move into new offices; today; winners announced; Senior B's invited; tutors; meeting; Buddhists plan for obon festival; solicitor arrives; cash prizes in contest.

Men sentenced.

Garment makers worried.

Page 2: Editorials; letters to the editor; platter chatter; beauty spot; religious services; just browsing.

Page 3: Canteen cowboy; fresh pastries, bread for center; citizens council adopts constitution; adult recreation leader; cupid wins four couples; 'meet problems honestly' Y advises youth; hospital notes; residents invest $750 in bonds; classified ads; last rites for pneumonia victim.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 2 #12: Aug. 14, 1942

Page 1: June payments to end as $30,000 disbursed; new residents from Montana; send for your absentee ballot; three new cases for judicial board; net crews to train; save receipts; block elections are scheduled; language tests for translators; free flower plants offered to residents; offices in block 1; death takes young matron; cash prizes for winners; co-op meeting set; local body asks leader's resignation; matrons meet.

Page 2: Editorials; junior jottings; name plates befuddling to reporter; dear editor.

Page 3: Canteen cowboy; patients must head boundary limits; Manzanar breaks into print again; possibility for ceramics project under study here; center receives shoe repairing machine; clubs; learn repairing; miladies flock to classes daily; girls' dorm for center.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 2 #13: Aug. 19, 1942

Page 1: Today; July payments begin; crashes store; cottons; plant nursery opens doors to public soon; more arrivals swell center; co-op board nominated; bank services may be increased; schools to begin despite difficulty; teacher training class slated here; project director at important meeting; new fire chief takes over duties; cash prizes lure contestants; stored furniture to be moved here; moving headache hits center.

Page 2: Editorials; art exhibit depicts Manzanar beauty; we mourn; dear editor; garment factory supervisor arrives; shortage of cement.

Page 3: Canteen cowboy; summer tutoring session draws to end here; fines set for overdue books; blood bank; musicales; ask pupils to report to 1-4; new residents, note!; transcripts needed.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 2 #14: Aug. 21, 1942

Page 1:Today; Japanese section to resume; burglars take cigarettes; citizens send resolutions; block elections held today; grammar schools hold open house; death; club donates sum; one arrives, while two leave center; notary public; continue issue of July payments; potential teachers' interview; 'kibei' differentiation made.

Page 2: Editorials; platter chatter; our aunt Miya; from other centers; engagement.

Page 3: Canteen cowboy; local farm project acclaimed success; Christians plan outdoor rites; elect council; evening under stars; plan community museum; registration set for repair appliances; three new babies.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 2 #15: Aug. 24, 1942

Page 1: Heavy balloting marks election; furlough committee maps program; 93 people have failed to get their typhoid and smallpox injections; last call for absentee voters; stolen cigarettes traced by police; co-op directors named by group; assembly centers send residents; citizen's councils; ceramics experts to arrive soon; July payments continue; policy statements coming; studio visitors.

Page 2: Editorials; news in brief; dear editor; Manzanar Metazoa; return textbooks to receive credit.

Page 3: Canteen Cowboy; ice storage house planned for center; save tires; all-day nursery planned; proud parents see display; sewing girls busy; Scout troops meet; two couples set wedding dates; unidentified glasses; unclaimed packages; owners asked to claim items; explorers brave wilds in quest of materials; girls organize Cosmopolite club.

Page 4: Sports.




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