Manzanar Free Press, Volume 6 #71-75

Volume 6 #71: February 24, 1945

Page 1: Twelve called to active duty; tell temporary closing of laundry; apply for permits at fire department; Hashii to help farmers settle in Nebraska; tell number of Nisei casualties in Armed Forces; volleyball teams register for play; outcome of infantile paralysis campaign revealed; Pfc. Arikawa receives good conduct medal; more Red Cross messages here for residents; Merritt reveals Myer's schedule for next week; aliens, citizens may be issued business licenses; Don Brown post to admit Nisei; Azusa Nisei GI 'happy in Army'; anti-Nisei sentiment hit by war veteran.

Page 2: A Hood River Nisei soldier dies; United Nations Facts illustration; guide given on milk types; editorial asks fair play towards Nisei.

Page 3: Purely Personal; letters from the public; offer domestic job to girl or woman; boat repairmen needed in Ohio; Buffalo opportunity; pamphlet tells of Nebraska State; announcer wanted; Father Gilbert visits Manzanar; Riverside YWCA has temporary housing; tell total of leaves to coast.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-8: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #72: February 28, 1945

Page 1: Baseball group to hold victory dance; Ruth Bond resigns post for position in Hawaii; deadline for filing 1944 income tax; to liquidate Yokohama bank of Los Angeles; son of resident places high at Drake University; to begin flower, doll exhibits on Saturday.

Page 2: Warn aliens to notify of change of address; offer to sell barracks; liquidation cont. (there are 3 other articles that I simply cannot make out the headlines).

Pages 3-6: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #73: March 3, 1945

Back to the newspaper format.

Page 1: Thirty days or more on short term liable to automatic leave; Sgt. O'Neil defends Nisei GI's; Robert Brown promoted in post; Pvt. Yamazaki here on brief furlough; capacity audience hears Myer speak; scroll presented Arikawa family; hostel begins in Los Angeles; Holland arrives from Nebraska; Schramm arrives to recruit men; project attorney tells of tax rules.

Threats.

Page 2: United Nations Facts illustration; editorial; New York Calling; leaves cont.; Myer speaks cont.

Page 3: Purely Personal; Nisei nurse leaves hospital position; appoint Minidoka counselor to head St. Louis district; receive job offers in Los Angeles area; two hundred Nisei federal employees; pamphlet on Issei relocatees ready; Schramm arrives cont; application taken as with other citizens; housing survey made for returnees.

Page 4: Return lost purse to Philadelphia Nisei; San Jose college president doubts poll's accuracy; prospects good in Los Angeles; WRA plans to quit within 11 months.

Pages 5-7: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #74: March 7, 1945

Page 1: Nisei WAC in Kentucky made chaplain's aide; WRA issues grants to Hawaii; sixty five-percent will welcome Nisei; terminate furloughs for farm employment; six former Manzanites called for induction.

Threatening phone calls.

Page 2: To present program; Captain Letts due from Seabrook farms; 'Show Business ' movie slated tomorrow night; U.S. employment office aids west coast Nisei; Hawaii grant cont; messages await owners at Red Cross office; furlough cont; stop appointments at photo studio; disclose schedule for baseball games.

Pages 3-6: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #75: March 9, 1945

Newspaper format.

Page 1: Twenty-four residents receive notices for Army examinations; get hearing notices from Army Board in San Francisco; local USO to honor boys at 'GI Jive'; Army's specialized training test offered center youth; high school begins drive for annuals; refuse contrabands to coast excludes; Letts or Munyon due from Seabrook for recruitment; goal set for drive of Red Cross fund; Manzanar boys win combat awards in European front; Washington changes policy on relocation to outside cities; hospitals open for cadet nurse corps training.

House burned.

Page 2: On human reconversion; questions and answers; cartoon; 'people more understanding' declares sgt; advise evacuees of regulations on deferment request.

Page 3: Adams 'born free and equal' reviewed; questions, answers cont; Zischanks open resort in March; names restored on Hood honor roll; farm opportunities develop in Texas; Chinese mistook for Japanese; Kuroki story in comic magazine; depositors notify bank superintendent.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-8: Japanese and translation section.




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