Minidoka Irrigator: Vol. 3 #6-10

Volume 3 Issue 6: April 3, 1943

Page 1: Needy given financial assistance; Army exams here on April 5; Parent-soldier group formation planned; noted evangelist to speak here; Army school head seeks instructors; pump breakdown causes critical water shortage; January clothing payroll completed; new co-op board of directors head; 4,655 workers on February payroll; revised procedure speeds up giving of leave permits.

Page 2: Evacu-ways column; Mercy drive tops $2,600; advisory committee aids property disposal; Kansas' plan for use of evacuees hits snag; Idaho economist to aid relocation; bridge tournament; block 22 hostel open to visitors; parent-soldier group from page 1; speeded permits from page 1; co-op theater; English class starts.

Page 3: Takigawa resigns fair labor board executive post; Nakamura works in Chicago war plant, says conditions fine; Topaz youth makes trout flies, donates to armed forces; internment camp for families not ready yet; counselor's office ready to accept messages to Japan; govt. official will speak to fire fighters; indefinite leaves; fire causes minor damage; leave clearances;.

Page 4: Time Out column; paper's staff; editorials; the people's forum column (letters to the editor).

Page 5: Feminidoka column; old timer's waltz; Karuta tourneys; GR and YW delegates hold conference; weddings; the Ten Thousand column; engagements; mass choir practice.

Page 6: Your co-op; vital statistics; evacuees leaving urged to apply for ration books; visitors; prompt service assured evacuee property owners; class in vocational photography offered.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Unclaimed mail; health hints; outside job offers.

Volume 3 Issue 7: April 10, 1943

Page 1: Army physical exams begin; Army okays plan to use evacuee aid; re-entry possible for those leaving center; beautification program under way in center; emergency financial assistance available to evacuees on leave; 59 pass physical exams at Topaz; 7 man committee will convene in mess disputes; appointments at hospital canceled; George Rundquist, Dr. Chapman due here next week; water shortage lasts but one evening.

Supreme Court involvement.

Page 2: NHA establishes housing centers; crowd of 20,000 bid aloha to Hawaiian enlistees; more jobs than applicants in New York; visitors; indefinite leaves; who has the shoes?; vital statistics; co-op theaters.

Murder.

Page 3: Crew of 200 volunteers aid canal workers; best sellers included among books added to project library shelves; meals in project comply with rationing orders; Kenji Okuda voted student body head at Oberlin college; need workers to push farm plans; labor shortage in center acute; Rundquist will lecture at forums; green stamp books called in by co-op; morse code class to start; U.W. sends books to library; unclaimed mail.

Page 4: Paper's staff; editorials; reader's rostrum; Time Out column.

Page 5: Feminidoka column; the Ten Thousand column; Kimberly High band to play here; weddings.

Page 6: Evacu-ways column; Linvelle assumes duties of properties officer; 12-page telephone directory distributed to each office; maternity care offered wives of servicemen; Scouts court of honor scheduled; animals potential health hazard.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Sunday church activities; two depart for Mid-West colleges; two here to study co-op situation; clothing allowance for December paid.

Volume 3 Issue 8: April 17, 1943

Page 1: 211 volunteers qualify for general U.S. military service; Nisei loyalty pointed out by WRA aide; Parent-Soldier group will hold initial meeting; cancer control work introduced; Savage language school seeks 250 qualified Nisei; Hawaiian enlistees arrive in Miss.; purchase of bonds urged; McLaughlin gets leaves post; Kimberly High's 60-piece band to perform; Rowalt clarifies War Powers act; project offers flood relief aid in Shosone area; co-op elects R. Yoshimura.

DeWitt's prejudice.

Page 2: FSA farm plans for the N.W. includes use of evacuees; reaction sought on proposal of Senate group; 40 leave for orchard work; tickets needed for shoe repair work; opportunity extended qualified Nisei men, from page 1; student releases; indefinite leaves.

Topaz man killed.

Page 3: Two gain Eagle rank at Boy Scouts Court of Honor; cost of living in cities of Mid-west lower than San Francisco; five-man board controls rations; Dr. Chapman named forum guest speaker; local co-op gets Laakso's once-over; 242 volunteer for irrigation work; deadline for stamps set; stricter policy will govern issue of new meal permits; use, don't move pianos; vital statistics.

Page 4: Paper's staff; Time Out column; editorials; the reader's rostrum; spotted fever.

Page 5: Feminidoka column; hospital honor's nurses aides; model room ready for inspection; outdoor talent revue date set; weddings; the Ten Thousand column.

Page 6: Keirokai is planned to honor 70-year-old residents; prizes offered evacuee talent in art contest; Evacu-ways column; co-op stores close earlier; goh tourney.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Beeson returns; classified ads; new books at library; Minidoka youths will observe Good Friday; Sunday church activities; unclaimed mail.

Volume 3 Issue 9: April 24, 1943

Page 1: It'll be Captain Schafer; Nisei in armed forces permitted to enter, travel on West Coast; food supply for consumption by civilians decreases; induction awaited by 211 volunteers; plans abandoned for JACL group; plans offered to face labor needs; 32 evacuees first to sign contracts; Hurst to take job in Panama; WRA financial aid an outright grant, not a loan.

DeWitt again

Another legal matter

Page 2: Nisei praised in talk before social workers; flag pole dedication set; union opens up Great Lakes jobs to Nisei seamen; cooperation need cited by Beeson from page 1; sugar co. man here; dealing for filing claims; mail delivery system faces changes; visitors.

More anti-Japanese prejudice.

Still more prejudice.

Page 3: More people rally to Nisei cause; sunrise service; Nisei poultry farmers from Poston hired; training available at N.Y.A. centers; constitution for parent-soldier group drafted; civil service exam data furnished; vital statistics; former Seattlite offers service as Army chaplain; Pomeroy back from education conference; student releases; cancer recognizes neither age nor sex.

More legal material.

Page 4: Paper's staff; Time Out column; editorials; reader's rostrum.

Page 5: Feminidoka column; engagements; weddings; trio competes in music contest; Buddhists schedule Spring play day; the Ten Thousand column; co-op theaters.

Page 6: Outside job offers; evacu-ways column; more waitresses needed; former Manzanar people may redeem co-op certificates; unclaimed mail; agreement reached on use of canal; plans abandoned for JACL chapter here, article continued.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Sunday church services; one free move of household goods is WRA policy.

Pages 9 through 14: In Japanese.

Page 15: Calendar for May.

Volume 3 Issue 10: May 1, 1943

Page 1: Minn. school seeks more applicants; Hunt's army volunteers parade; throng of 3500 bigs moving farewell to boys; course in nursing open to residents; spring clean-up day; final physicals await enlistees before induction; JACL purchases $2000 in bonds; Hunt's volunteers organize, elect committee of ten; federal job opportunities open up for evacuees; Hunt Hi musicians win first place in state contest; mile-long firebreak constructed.

Page 2: Mass production of tofu begun by Poston factory; internees ordered to highway work; vital statistics; Bailey Gatzert School bond rally; returning evacuees to coast discussed; Mexicans preferred.

More prejudice.

In the Tropaz shooting, books carry information about the shooting, but not about the court-martial.

Page 3: Three lads held for unauthorized tractor driving; Hunt gets face-lifting treatment; those who missed screening exams will go to Utah; storeroom fire blamed on careless smoking; departing evacuees asked to avoid last-minute rush; church gives gifts to departing men, from page 1; Hunt's population drops to 8400; more departing volunteers named, from page 1; ask residents to stay out of seeded areas; pictures available.

Page 4: Paper's staff; the environment; reader's rostrum; editorials; Time Out column.

Page 5: Your co-op; need of property details emphasized; cashiers being placed in general stores; golf course to be six-hole layout; arrange housing early for visitors; public works dept. rearranges setup in efficiency move; preliminary auditing of co-op books starts; elementary electricity class to commence.

Page 6: 1300 prepsters join in campaign for beautification; Sato appointed to co-op post; residents offered postal advice; experimental nursery; sample piece goods.

Page 7: Feminidoka column; the Ten Thousand column; prepsters plan May fete; Funtasia premiere; scholarship won by former Seattle girl; mother-daughter tea; record concert slated for hospital patients.

Page 8: Evacu-ways column; Grew mentions Nisei contribution; visitors; health hints; block managers laud leadership of departing head; beet contracts ready; call for hospital aides, attendants; WRA, civil service commission reach agreement on plan, from page 1.

Page 9: All ads.

Page 10: Church services; outside job offers; indefinite leaves; life of evacuees being studied; data on individual histories seen as aid to outside employers; co-op theaters.



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