Manzanar Free Press, Volume 6 #91-95

Volume 6 #91: May 5, 1945

Newspaper format

Page 1: Bandits stage second robbery in three weeks; 442nd takes part in capture of Genoa; six Nisei soldiers visit senators in state capital; Red Cross drive tops previous year total, exceeds $2000 goal; WRA remains on job on V-E day; Dr. Brockway here next Wednesday; Japanese section seeks translator; civil service jobs available at Tooele; Nisei rights upheld by labor unions; Axis Sally rates Nisei GI's as secret weapon of Army; map club holds farewell party for members; Republic shoots Mono county scenes; Manzanites among guests in Wisconsin; Father Malone, Brother Bernard visit center.

Page 2: Tell work of Nisei soldiers on Iwo; Aspirin Pills; United Nations Facts illustration; reveal closing of Woodpecker's club; Issei woman takes life with poison; housing offered to orchard workers.

Page 3: Letters from the public; debate return of Nisei to west coast; Buddhist hostel in need of donations; more Tuleans leave.

Shots fired at home.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-9: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #92: May 9, 1945

Page 1: Two more mess halls close as population dwindles; final civil service exams to be given; Washington discloses civilian sugar supply cut; persons found outside center boundary to be denied readmittance; former UC students hold meeting here; Merritt warns on water supply for garden use; vandals damage empty center apartments.

Page 2: Remind Issei to carry registration books; Dr. Province addresses meeting of block managers.

Pro-prejudice

Anti-prejudice, two articles.

Japan says Nisei mistreated.

Page 3: Enlisted reserve corps members ineligible for relocation assistance; reveal rules on permits to Alaska; WRA seeks to reunite family members with discharged patients; school for brides open to newlyweds; international group holds open house; surplus farm supplies sold to 100 buyers from Topaz center.

Anti-prejudice.

Page 4: Five Minidokans killed in Italy; Truman authorizes use of WRA money for assistance program; Stockton group favors return; San Franciscans, Army men, comment on decision on Doi case; T/Sgt. Ben Kuroki visits Honolulu; new hostel opens in Boston; McNutt seeks to exterminate Japanese.

Pages 5-8: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #93: May 12, 1945

Newspaper format.

Page 1: Treasury department unblocks accounts of cleared evacuees; Catholics slate 'crowning' rite; fellowship sought; sole surviving son to be placed in inactive duty; ACLU attorney hits orders of military; center Protestants to honor mothers; war veteran visits center on furlough; Japanese returnees treated 'kindly' in Los Angeles area; high school choir to present concert; eighty Manzanar youths serve in United States Armed Forces; German surrenders to Allies unconditionally on all fronts.

Page 2: V-E day; Manzanar high school news; relatives of war heroes warned against swindlers; United Nations Facts illustration; Bernado cont.

Page 3: Civil liberty union offers aid; policeman wanted; suggest repeal of naturalization laws.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 6 #94: May 16, 1945

Page 1: Dr. Brockway arrives here on routine visit; Japanese girls leaves to join Army Nurse Corps in Des Moines; CACA gift shop robbed during recent blackout; high school choir to present concert; Negroes win case on Buddhist church use; new executive secretary of block managers.

Page 2: Seattle Council of Churches opens new hostel; over 50 roofs damaged by Manzanar windstorm; hits discrimination against minorities; Harold Fister speaks at Republican luncheon; Evergreen hostel aids over 300 resettlers.

Windshield sticker.

Page 3: Five Manzanar families get resettlement aid; qualified translators sought by government in various states; Norman Thomas praises Nisei; April paychecks arrive in center.

Racial restrictions.

Page 4: Claudette Colbert answers fan mail; appoint Dahl to police staff; 700 attend meeting at Overlake grade school; letter hits suggestion to ban all Nisei; aided cont; Welch visits Manzanar YMCA group; domestic offer by actor Tone filled.

Home stoned.

Pages 5-11: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #95: May 19, 1945

Newspaper format.

Page 1: Six Manzanar boys get notices to report for Army physicals; congratulatory telegrams okay; Inyo Writers Club visits Manzanar; baccalaureate services slated in auditorium; Girl Reserves plan ring ceremony; Mc Williams hits anti-Japanese in PM paper; Neeno praises Wisconsin reception; remind registrants to notify board of change of address; Nielson to head music class; Bromley's poems still available; resettlement aid assured evacuees; 442nd on air Sunday.

Anti-prejudice.

Anti-prejudice

Nisei shot by black; home defaced (two articles)

Page 2: Purely personal; United Nations Facts illustration; vital statistics; railroad in Tooele offers employment to teen-age youth; Zoriki called; Chalfant press owners changed.

Editorial on shootings, etc.

Page 3: Catholic church receives books; time to change pledge to flag say soldiers; assist evacuees to find housing; Merritt returns from conference; Arai receives scholarship honors; former Manzanite hostess at party; private Matsumoto back on job after treatment of arm; resettlement aid offered in Ohio; Red Cross receives generous donations.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-12: Japanese and translation section.




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