Minidoka Irrigator: Vol. 3 #16-20

#16: June 12, 1943

Page 1: Procedure simplified for employment of aliens in government-contracted jobs; residents will vote on charter; diet of evacuees depends on centers' farm output; 16 students to receive Seattle High diplomas; Japanese section printing approved; unemployment benefits policy changed; Stafford returns from Washington.

Page 2: Eacu-ways column; hospital in need of nurses' aides; jt. hearing board aids Nisei seamen; Cleveland hostel on cooperative basis; co-op theaters; aliens employment from page 1; Dr. Neher returns to resume duties; vital statistics.

Page 3: Evacuee workers on leave subject to WMC orders; pamphlets, books to aid resettlers; Nisei pastor to serve at boys' camp in Maine; special committee begins study on project's labor situation; Christian confab planned; residents soon to have some home grown vegetables; two families off for Crystal City; Shook joins staff of social services; Seattle diplomas article from page 1; hundreds send off fifth contingent of 26 volunteers; aliens forbidden to operate cameras anywhere in U.S.

Page 4: United Nations facts column; editorials; letters to the editor; good example from Iowa; an Oregonians appeal.

Page 5: Feminidoka column; The Ten Thousand column; teacher from N.Y. joins Hunt staff; weddings; student counselor in Chicago now; Scout leaders complete course; Sec. VI shindig; movies of Ht.Mt.

Page 6: Pipe Dreamin' column; indefinite leaves; ten best-sellers added to block 7 library; visitors must pay 60 cents a day; Bodine to advise college entrants; legal aid division head.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Dispensary closed; outside job offers; church services.

#17: June 19, 1943

Page 1: Residents reject charter; welcome extended to men in Army who visit Seattle; staff housing plans delayed; Director Stafford relates ultimate objectives of the Minidoka center.

Yasui case.

Two articles involving prejudice.

Page 2: Evacu-ways column; food production most important, Stafford says from page 1; NYA trainees in Minneapolis get splendid chance; valuable wristwatch stolen; to medical college.

One new article, one continued.

Page 3: Davidson re-emphasizes importance of community's farm program; progress shown in locating jobs for NYA trainees; vital statistics; House votes for NYA dissolution; plants in hotbed are transplanted; fish market moves; outside job offers; fire dept. gets new rainment.

Page 4: United Nations facts; The Reader's Rostrum column; editorials.

Page 5: Feminidoka column; The Ten Thousand column; weddings; may form USO; skills, hobbies of Hunt residents to be shown in Twin Falls; engagements; block 26 holds dance.

Page 6: Pipe Dreamin' column; the student relocation council; new group take over jr. patrol; junior YBA group will be organized; article from page 1 on safeguarding democracy; co-op theaters.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Your Co-op column; new rules on visits apply; combat unit seeks music-minded men to organize band; indefinite leaves; new fire chief; church services, unclaimed mail.

#18: June 26, 1943

Page 1: Navy school accomplishes teaching job; 11-year-old victim of treacherous canal current; internee family reunions delayed; Minneapolis friendliest city in U.S., visiting Camp Savage soldiers agree.

Two articles.

Myer's idea of why people should relocate.

Page 2: Guests must bring ration book; so long, Chief, and good luck; drivers cautioned as grade pupils start vacation; Bishop Dagwell of Oregon visits.

Legal article continues.

Two articles dealing with prejudice.

Page 3: Prisoner's camp planned 25 miles from this center; first contingent leaves for Savage to start classes; Oberlin finds no cause to regret admitting Nisei; Nisei in Hawaii give $10,000 for 'Bombs on Tokyo'; 35 workers return to Manzanar center; irrigation workers needed immediately; new hearing board reviews all leave stop orders; two Nisei attend NICC conference; volunteers rout first brush fire; fire razes five buildings, sheds at Santa Fe camp; store to open in AdArea soon; three more leave for outside study; co-op theaters; church vacation schools to start; opening of fish market held up.

Page 4: United Nations facts; editorials; Leaving?; why relocate article continues.

Page 5: Feminidoka; weddings; engagements; 'boys in uniform' honored at first Hunt USO parent-soldier gathering; The Ten Thousand column.

Page 6: Cooling system to be installed in 'movie' halls; Dr. Boardman due here from Topaz; Boy Scouts hold court of honor; moving of offices to block 22 nearly completed; friendliest city article continues; nurses' aids arrive; advice to evacuees who are leaving article continues; vital statistics.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Evacu-ways column; procedure given for re-induction into project; church activities; Paul Y. Abe, Nisei, faces expulsion from Washington.

#19: July 3, 1943

Page 1: Myer orders project payroll cut; newsmen see Hunt during 'open house'; Stafford declines resignation of commission; guidance commission helps relocation; applications taken for civil service; pay, timekeeping process clarified.

Dies Committee = Prejudice

Page 2: Relocation asks Pacific Coast leadership aid; indefinite leaves; visitors; more farm workers needed.

More prejudice, this time countered.

Dies Committee article continues.

Some oppose prejudice.

Page 3: Volunteer fire crew lends valuable service; Masoka to be first witness in Dies' investigation; travel counselor gives advice; common people of Japan friendly to U.S.- Grew; keep away from ditches; Alta conference delegates return; guidance committee from page 1; commission retained from page 1.

Answer to Boise official.

Anti-Dies committee.

Page 4: United Nations facts; editorials; They Report from Camp Savage column; the student relocation council part II-how it is financed; letter.

Page 5: Feminidoka and The Ten Thousand columns; handicraft exhibit in Twin Falls is success; gala Fourth of July outdoor stage show; summer assembly starts next week; Sections I, II, and III reorganize Girl Scouts; PTA holds party; engagement.

Page 6: Pipe Dreamin' column; vital statistics; financial assistance for evacuees on leave clarified; our boys in the service; more on telegram from page 1; opening of alteration department anticipated; classified ads.

#20: July 10, 1943

Page 1: Labor quotas set to cut project payroll; Heart Mountain girl becomes first Nisei to join WAC; travel permits required for short termers; hotel set in in Cleveland by mission group; eight volunteers leave for SLC; Nisei pharmacists may obtain license; R.S. Davison promoted to ass't director.

More on the Dies committee.

Myer replies to the committee.

Page 2: Evacu-ways column; indefinite leaves; two join administration; students offered financial aid; Schmoe returns to resume duties; visitors; volunteers must leave addresses; reservations for hostel must be made in advance form page 1.

Page 3: Unit of Friends society to be in Spokane, Wash.; farm, disposal plant need workers, now; farm information available to Hunt residents; residents urged to use newly formed library; more Japanese arrive in Hunt from New Mexico; vital statistics; Chicago schools take evacuees; Huntsville, Stafford summer schools to open; residents complete nursing course; agriculture program gathers speed; employers will deduct up to twenty per cent from wages; aliens must notify change of address.

Page 4: United Nations facts; editorials; they report from Camp Savage column; segregation comes closer.

First part of the article.

Page 5: Feminidoka and The Ten Thousand columns; Fourth of July program acclaimed success; weddings; engagements; Red Cross war fund; other 'society' articles.

Page 6: Quotas of workers from page 1; unclaimed mail; senior day set.

Second part of the article.

Yet another article on prejudice.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Our Boys in the Service column; outside job offers; church services; two nurses to be transferred from Topaz.



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