Note: With Volume 3, the Minidoka Irrigator went to a regular newspaper style of publication. The paper also had regular ads in it.

Volume 3 #1: Feb. 27, 1943

The paper's new appearance.

Page 1: Plans pushed to establish Red Cross chapter here; Army recruiting team to leave next week; registration of residents completed in center; 177 former Bainbridge people here; bus run to start soon; on being born; Sprinkel in Denver; four Sakura brothers enlist; may apply for certificates to purchase shoes.

Page 2: Alien property bill passes state Senate; grower admits spuds saved but raps baths; openings development for fishermen, merchant seamen; civil service status not jeopardized through private work; ping pong tourney plans completed; meetings give way to military program; Utah young given gold key at 'Americaism' luncheon; January pay given out.

Arrests at Tule Lake.

Those who are disloyal.

Page 3: Thirty more leaves issued; internal security chief to resign; enlistment seen as aid to relocation; Bodine here on visit; projects central library changes location; minor land owners must file reports; premarital laws passed; outside employment; 3 students released.

Page 4: List of papers staff; editorials; co-op leaders favor central buying office; block clubs organized; letters to the editor.

Page 5: Feminidoka; weddings; Sweetheart of Minidoka honored; Rupert concert slated; Sub-Deb's club membership drive; The Ten Thousand column.

Page 6: Echoes (what's going on in other camps) column; Block 30 fire causes flutter, no damage; Minidoka art: a tale of many talents; wages paid by WRA held as taxable; 18 scout leaders pass training course; truck drivers warned by I.S.; vital statistics; pound per 6 weeks imposed on coffee drinkers; co-op theaters; call issued for workers.

Page 7: Camp-wide kite contest; Hi Yell King elected; revue auditions held Friday; Hunt enters free throw competition; new books added to Japanese library; eleven chosen on judo group; transfer of goods stored at Nichiren church is advised; art dept. jobs open.

Page 8: Sunday church activities; recent visitors at Hunt; lad, 18, arrested on forgery charge.

Pages 9-14: In Japanese.

Page 15: Calendar.

Page 16: In Japanese.

Page 17: Dokie cartoon.

Volume 3 #2: March 6, 1943

Page 1: Red Cross drive starts Monday; work to start on coal pits; co-op drive tops membership goal; new property office here; shoe ration rules given; Army team leaves Hunt; male registrants may make changes; WAAC officer voices hope for Nisei enlistment; Stafford comments on efforts here; Schmoe arrives; WRA staff here backs bond sale 100%; clothing allowance payments continue.

Military boundary changes.

Page 2: Evacuee help counted on to harvest 1943 beet crop; Puyallup farms under new firm; pay boost due beet workers; 'Melody for Three' next film showing; WAAC article continues from page 1; Spokane Civic Club donates to Hunt; 26 more indefinite leaves issued; final date set for receipts exchange.

Two escaped Poston, were caught.

Trouble at Tule Lake.

Page 3: Overseas broadcasters sought by U.S. government; Irrigator receives congratulatory wire; lad follows flight of model plane, gets lost in wild for 7 hours; but patrons to register names at gate; two leave for school; outside job offers; use of absentee ballots in Seattle election protested; co-op advises on check cashing; visitors; more leaves granted; cash for tractors.

Page 4: List of paper's staff; editorial; letters to the editor.

Page 5: Feminidoka; weddings; 'Samisans' will twang for odori; disc concert; The Ten Thousand column; patients enjoy entertainment; Saringas chosen by Sec.III girls; community sing; dances; vital statistics.

Page 6: Your co-op.

This is one reason I like to see original things rather than reprints of something, and that's the ads. Notice this ad which has a nice drawing of a center, and is an ad for workers.

Page 7: Co-op decries high rental rates; model plane club elects leaders; project wide kite tourney site selected; Evacu-ways (other camps) column; work on outdoor basketball court delayed; unclaimed mail; Senior Class elects president; property office to open here (cont.); volleyball court to be laid out.

Page 8. Apparently the competition for workers was pretty fierce.

Volume 3 #3: March 13, 1943

Page 1: 300 volunteer for combat unit; Perry Hall envisages Midwest as home for many Japanese; Mercy drive is extended; huge banquets to fete enlistees, wives, parents.

HIrabayashi case.

Page 2: Block clubs; use of evacuees answer to beet harvest problem; WRA to open Peoria office.

Segregation of trouble-makers.

The type of prejudice-started rumor that comes from an actual Congressman.

Page 3: Property storage provided; Kosaka competes officers training course; some in block 22 may move to make way for school needs; clothing allowances clarified; election of co-op Congress Monday night; St. Paul area needs Nisei; Floyd Schmoe will lecture; blocks 1-10 alien residents may change answers; new housing plans told; recreation division issues bulletins.

Page 4: Paper's staff; Time Out column; letters to the editor.

Editorial reaction to the Senator's charge.

The project director adds his own view, which is a subtle criticism of what the Senator was saying.

Page 5: Feminidoka column; weddings; concert to be presented; block 26 issues bridge challenge; Army volunteers hear vocalists, instrumentalists; The Ten Thousand column; Japanese entertainment; vital statistics; memorial services.

Page 6: Your co-op; visitors; WPB halts work on schools; Hunt prep talent revue staged; Rev. Huston concludes 2-day visit; shoe certificates issued to 946; two more depart on student leaves; tax returns; prospective beet workers interviewed; ice cream orders not to be taken; co-op fish store opens this week; O'Brien back at U. of W; lauds N.W. Nisei.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Sunday church activities; Schmoe will be speaker at forums; Beeson thanks residents for cooperation in registering; outside job offers; community sings; stamp club meets; waitresses wanted; Ballad of the Fig Newton.

Volume 3 #4: March 20, 1943

Page 1: 2,571 given leaves; subsistence for dependents not required; bus bound for Twin careens, some injuries; election of co-op board to take place; fund drive hits pace; ban on commuters; Hawaii Japanese seek permission to Anglicize names; ration offer discloses additions to list of non-rationed footwear; citizenship for aliens in Army; travel bureau service formed; Hawaii volunteers 40% strong; social research a probability; Stars, Stripes fly over Hunt's ten thousand; Wilder assumes stewards job.

Page 2: Church services; re-dedicatory meetings scheduled for this week; food class opens; visitors; vital statistics; new feature billed for future issues; military police transfer to Ogden; carpentry class starts; Yagi is appointed to continue math study at Princeton; scientific dairying; classified ads.

I've seen this attack referred to in books.

Page 3: WCCA closed for duration; 19 volunteer from block 40; enlistees may seek legal aid; YM, YW secretary in Hunt; Bainbridge miss has resided in four centers this past year; 1100 acres to be farmed; exacuees offered property advices; Newsboys elect president; Milady must pay 10% for for perfumes, dyes; residents receive clothing allowances; Oregon driving licenses.

Four articles on the same page dealing with the Senator's views, and similar views.

Page 4: Paper's staff; letters to the editor; editorials.

Page 5: Feminidoka; Weddings; Sec. VII hop; skits feature Sec. VI talent revue; testimonial banquests held; The Ten Thousand column; engagements; co-op theaters.

Page 6: Evacu-ways column; may file claim for lost receipts; livestock may pass through project area; co-op congress picks officers; co-operative to redeem stamps soon; membership bond drive nets $21,369 for co-operative; unclaimed mail; unclaimed magazines.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Glove firm jobs open in Chicago; leaves and clearances; G.R. and YWCA confab; outside job offers; various deaths.

Volume 3 #5: March 27, 1943

Page 1: Two elected directors of co-op board; Nisei volunteers number 1,000; Minidoka paces WRA field in enlistments; Hunt shows way in Red Cross drive; naturalization assured WRA volunteers in War Powers act; civil service jobs reopen; camps to house 1,800 migratory workers; 124 Granada Nisei enlist; new barracks for WRA staff members to overlook canal; new military police company here; 104 volunteer at Topaz.

Page 2: Boost Hawaii Army quota; 150 men needed for working on canal; indefinite leaves; urge study of Japanese; 233 volunteer at Arizona center; orders for yarns taken early; caution truck drivers.

Page 3: Form crew to combat range fires; rare, imported 'Tai' presented to WRA staff by block managers; forums scheduled for coming week; forming of volunteers' organizations suggested; Rundquist will visit; J.DeYoung arrives here; Nine Minidokans leave project to continue higher studies; block 2 partitioning work starts soon; leave clearances; co-op stores to be closed March 31; contracts ready for beet thinning section.

Page 4: Paper's staff; Evac-ways column; editorials; letters to the editor; drawing of project director.

Page 5: Feminidoka column; The Ten Thousand column; weddings; dances; blk. 34 captures prize in Sec. VI skit competition; engagements.

Page 6: Your co-op column; evacuees must show property disposal plans; four girls land waitress jobs; new Utah office created to aid employers seeking evacuee labor; vital statistics; outside job offers; co-op theaters.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Church services; unclaimed mail; Twin Falls residents donate bulbs, shrubs, flower seeds to Hunt; classified ads.

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