Manazanar Free Press, Issues 11 through 15

Vol. 1 #11: May 14, 1942

Page 1: Wage scale announced; 850 more evacuees coming from Los Angeles; an orphanage will be established at the camp; the paper's staff got a course in newspaper work; stories and other items are needed for the planned magazine.

Page 2: List of paper's staff; an article on the wind; a well-baby clinic; stage dancing; the police force; equipment for the hospital has been ordered; judo; name-plates need to be put up to help the mailmen deliver the mail correctly; an article about a kitchen worker.

Page 3: Straws in the Wind column, which is about news from other camps; the fire department averages two calls a day; the girls' meeting has been postponed; girls' volleyball schedule; two comedies will be performed by the drama group; rye seeds have arrived for planting.

A cute cartoon.

Page 4: Sports page, with articles on baseball.

Vol. 1 #12: May 14, 1942

Page 1: Twelve blocks to hold elections; people need authorized word orders ; I Am An American Day schedule; one death due to heart disease; the name Owens Valley Reception Center has been changed to Manzanar Reception Center; playing ball near apartments is banned (due to broken windows, screens); people are not to talk to the sentries; Santa Monica pair to address churches.

Get this. The very best student at the university couldn't get his medal. Why? He was Japanese American and had been evacuated.

Page 2: List of the editorial staff; the life of the services director was saved by a local doctor; article about taking showers and conserving hot water; church services schedule; an article about someone who claims to set broken bones, and an article about a young kid whose clothes were taken when he was in the shower.

Page 3: One local person was allowed to leave for a few days since he was a witness in a murder trial; an article on the library; woodcraft classes; shower curtains for women are being made; no more jobs as mail carriers are available; fire trucks due; make sure correct address is put on letters; postal savings proposed, and a cartoon.

Page 4: Sports page with articles on baseball and volleyball.

Vol. 1 #13: May 19, 1942

Page 1: WRA takes over center; water supply was cut off for a couple hours due to leaves; elections; empty soda pop bottles must be returned; baby clinic set; article on food served during the month; present sentry lines must be observed-no more walking into the foothills.

Page 2: Paper staff listed; things planted around block 29; someone named Clayton Triggs is leaving; new center head article continues from page 1; one death; baseball results.

Page 3: Clothing distributed; classes for The Ideals of Citizenship and Study of the English Language are under way; an article about some twins; volleyball results; ballet class is held; people who use own eating utensils cannot wash them in the laundry-the grease, etc. clogs the pipes; rubber stoppers are being taken from laundry tubs; a cartoon.

Page 4: Sports page about baseball.

Vol. 1 #14: May 21, 1942

Page 1: Poppy day; a wedding; Voluntary Work Corps will be established; twelve block leaders were selected; Aloha Ramblers hold membership meeting; a funeral.

Page 2: Some guy got bitten by his pet squirrel; editorial; guayule seedlings arrive; police praised; church schedule; goh tournament; election results continue from page 1; fire alarm system; typhoid and smallpox inoculations are being given; girls' volleyball; Manzanar's farm has 10,000 plants.

Page 3: Mothers plan birthday parties by block; cemetery site selected; a Press Prom was held; a Nisei working as a chick sexor was killed in an auto crash; the art department needs drawing and painting material; slides show beauty spots; an article about a guy getting typhoid shots in both arms with both ending up hurting.

Page 4: Sports page with articles on baseball and weight-lifting.

Vol. 1 #15: May 23, 1942

Page 1: New canteen to open; victory farm; Poppy Day sale coming soon; camouflage net factories will be built; shoyu and miso will be made at the camp; school site; war bonds sales pushed.

Historically interesting.

An investigation will be held of those who defrauded Japanese when they had to sell their houses and belongings when the evacuation started.

Page 2: A talent show is planned; a notary public will be available; schedule for dance classes; new lunch hour for those under two; Issei ministers to speak; old newspapers are needed; social calendar; new head of girls' recreation.

A rather curious article.

Page 3: Return empty pop bottles; a 66-year-old is the oldest person to enroll in the Citizenship and English class; baggage rulings; soap distribution; new arrivals to the camp; baseball results; sympathy thank-you; a cartoon.

Page 4: Sports page with articles on baseball and wrestling.

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