Manzanar Free Press, Volume 6 #101-107

Volume 6 #101

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Volume 6 #102: June 13, 1945

Page 1: Adult education offers new courses; new ruling gives temporary aid to family resettlers; two center residents baptized Catholics; rules on equipment disposition given; Army disbands ERC status for Nisei; new junior counselor added to welfare staff.

Page 2: Five teachers quit to work on outside; Ioki honored at farewell party; Methodist hostel holds open house festivities in San Francisco; hire high school girls; new courses cont; ten cents per baggage sufficient for tips; four more workers wanted by co-op.

Page 3: Nisei students receive Masters degree, prizes; around the blocks; Japanese American team to retrain European veterans in Pacific; sports; General Clark pays tribute to Nisei boys.

Good article.

Page 4: V-mail letter reveals Takeuchi in Germany; assistance cont; Nisei council, JACL extend warm welcome to resettlers; Private Azuma arrives at Camp Wolters, Texas; Idaho project director notified of son's death; housing sought for evacuees in Cleveland; fifteen dollars stolen from victory garden; Olympic team champion in route to Hawaii.

Anti-Japanese land law.

Pages 5-11: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #103: June 16, 1945

Newspaper format.

Page 1: War service to reconsider selective service classifications; summer program planned by community activities section; shortage of workers affects residents; instructions given residents leaving on special buses; proposals to naturalize loyal Asiatics up before Congressional subcommittee; Keyser to speak on 'kinds of faith'; Myer makes inspection tour; bus schedule changes made; eight depart for Fort Douglas, Utah; block 23 holds farewell party; 19,000 Nisei boys in Armed Forces; Manzanar soldiers at Camp Wolters; WRA removes ban on Pacific hostels; residents urged to notify Free Press.

Page 2: Hostels; on the L.A. beat; illustration; summer program cont; reader scorns Nazi tactics of race haters; Red Cross chooses Sugimoto as leader.

Page 3: Sight seeing; Nisei as American as statue of liberty; 25 New York Nisei take part in movie; Free Press staff members relocate; vital statistics.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 6 #104: June 20, 1945

Page 1: Doctor Carter accepts job as director of research; Nielsen reveals closure of art center; Shikami resettles to Chicago with family; Christmas fund balance transferred to library; block 5 manager leaves on terminal departure for Seabrook Farms; picnic held last week for Dr. Emerson's son.

Page 2: Residents of block 13 hold farewell picnic; hold worship services for Issei in Milwaukee; guard Richard Clark accepts Navy position; JACL publishes booklet on Nisei war effort; former baseball star hires Japanese on farm; former Manzanar girls among students at UCLA; Clark's men praised for contribution to victory.

Canadian hates Japanese.

Page 3: Emancipation league formed by Japanese who seek democracy; Cleveland Issei publishes report; community leaders hold meeting in Washington; St. Paul Pioneer Press praises Nisei soldiers.

Attempt to burn garages.

Two articles against prejudice.

Part 4: Myer determined to close centers; Major Hotchkiss writes of Japanese Americans; Oregon man walks out of anti-Nisei rally; to seek ruling on alien land laws of California; Kojima escapes injury in European battle.

Anti-prejudice.

Pages 5-11: In Japanese.

Volume 6 #105: June 23, 1945

Newspaper format.

Page 1: Bruttig leaves WRA; center children barred from county schools; Inyo county farmers win water rights; hold conference; reservations needed for Oakland hostel; Myer orders Gila, Poston to evacuate by October; Maeda supervises parcel post division; 'tremendous trifles' subject of sermon; judo association seeks 'judo-gi'; five boys leave for Fort Douglas; party honors Dorothy Harth; Choate discloses ruling on freights; Glick designated assistant director; Capt. Arikawa visits parents on furlough; Oka relocates; Ritchie resigns job; Fujinami appointed treasurer of co-op.

Page 2: Mid-August population -2202; sight seeing; Myer cont.; former Manzanite enters LACC; Nakaharas leave for Tule Lake; dormitory available at Seabrook farms.

Page 3: 7000 persons on Army free list at Tule; jobs for evacuees open in cannery; approves policy; classified ads; addresses students; Eva Robbins returns children to guardian; insurance situation improved; seek manager for dry goods store; students expected here for USO work.

Page 4: Sports.

Pages 5-12: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #106: June 27, 1945

Page 1: Wetner visits hostels in Los Angeles; Nielson terminates, accepts UNRRA position; give refund for empty bottles without ticket; appointed staff member greets soldier husband; mess halls display pictures of resettlers.

Page 2: Map club holds farewell party; Wetner cont; receive catalogues on New England colleges; Negro boy killed in attack by white men; Gila employee faces embezzlement charges.

Page 3: Former block manager acquires grocery store; American soldiers puzzled at unfair treatment Nisei; evacuees requested to watch crating operations at mess 4; 486 evacuees resettle to California in week.

Page 4: Project attorney gives office hours for legal assistance; Choate succeeds Booth as assistant supervisor; records office census shows 1152 families left in Manzanar; Universal makes movie in Inyo-Mono county; appointed personnel staff members enjoy vacations; Myer says majority to relocate to East; public works division makes staff changes.

Pages 5-12: Japanese and translation section.

Volume 6 #107: June 30, 1945

Newspaper format.

Page 1: More appointed staff members resign as center closure nears; reports favorable on eastern coast for ex-fishermen; Seattle hostels now available; Nakata receives Bronze Star award in Italy; creditors asked to file claims at once; two blocks hold combined picnic; Protestant church holds youth rally; Protestant church slates 'kids' party; Tuleans depart for internment camp; eleven ask repeal of Army status; Bing Crosby visits Lone Pine; Wilson warns aliens of land purchases; Akita heads salvage department.

Page 2: Purely Personal; United Nations Facts illustration; Eventually-why not now; party held for Nisei soldiers.

Page 3: New Jersey Nisei inducted into Army; on the L.A. beat; sports menu; Hirata family returns to Linden to operate farm; to sell bus tickets; Granada Nisei works as office manager; Smith to speak.

Page 4: Sports.




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