Minidoka Irrigator: Vol. 3 #36-40

Volume 3 #36: Oct. 30, 1943

Page 1: Myer urges all to relocate before war ends; all Nisei combat unit receives plaudits for bravery under fire with 5th Army; White House opens relocation office; new territory is now open to center residents; farmers desire evacuee labor; divisions revised as new plans put into effect; center population dwindling says Myer; California legal aid available; harvest vacation extended to Nov. 15; leave clearances being speeded up; test for ASP will be given here; Hunt farms yield many items; editor of annual reports progress; relocation film to show farming angle; Utz approves building plans; doctor receives license; opportunities in East area good.

Pearl Buck testifies in favor of Japanese Americans.

Page 2: Editorials; United Nations facts; picture of relocation centers presented in Harper's magazine; Pipe Dreamin' column; wake up, America; our boys in the service column; call for an encore; visitors.

Page 3: Random Whirlgig; The Ten Thousand column; engagements; weddings; Nisei commended in college play role; numerous new books added to school library; Father Dai from Tule visitor here; Miyagawa with CIO war relief in Washington; Evacu-Ways column; flower arrangement will be displayed; YWCA activities; at the wheel; relocated; thanks, Mr. bonus! Chocolates were good; C.A. sponsors Hunt song contest; Hunt High teachers meet in worship; vital statistics; photo retoucher needed at Jerome.

Page 4: Relocation of college students to be ended; through Tulean eyes Hunt seems inactive except for relocation; evacuee property in; housing reviews fundamentals; exclusion act repealed (for Chinese); ration book No. 4 being issued here; carpenters wanted for public works; relocation opportunities; TFR 500 deadline near; Sunday church activities; truck accident fatal in Tule; Dillon S. Myer from page 1; laundry service announces change; Marr to recruit for hospitals; Buddhist temple now for Negro use; would-be artists take note.

Pearl Buck article continues.

Volume 3 #37: Nov. 6, 1943

Page 1: Evacuees in Denver area top 65,000 tons of beets; unit fighting along vital Italian front; relocation progressing; basic assumptions of WRA policy of relocation outlined; leave grants based on need; VFW to sponsor flower sale; Miller arrives to assume position; plans underway for ad canteen; U.S. treasure department protects evacuees; agricultural division converts sageland into productive farms.

Tule Lake trouble.

Minidoka map.

Page 2: Editorial; Japanese question discussed; daybreak column; the road back column; Pennsylvania is a paradox; this week's news in review column; relocated; our boys in the service column; our Japanese fliers; last year about this time.

Page 3: Evacu-ways and The Ten Thousand columns; relocation film schedule given; military police arrive from Delta; Tule Lake being enlarged to hold more segregants; C.A. sponsors art exhibit soon; 23 families move into staff apartments; clothing allowances here for Tuleans; Christian mission to be held soon; Army tests will be given Nov. 9; visitors; superintendent of schools named; Idaho parent teachers extend invitation here; scholarship winners.

More on Pearl Buck.

More on the Tule strike.

Page 4: Nisei infantry regiment Shelby's undisputed champs; 200 Japanese high school girls serve California; fifth army, from page 1; three officials leave for Tule; send Christmas mail in November; German prisoners caught with snaps of Japanese girls; Maslow issues directive to assure protection for Nisei; two clerical jobs open in Kansas City; Sunday church activities; relocation guidance meet; new Harrisburg, PA. WRA office is opened.

Volume 3 #38: Nov. 13, 1943

Page 1: National war fund drive begins in Hunt; reorganization aided by James; blk,. 23 witnesses early morning fire; statistician to conduct survey; center census slated soon; Nisei relocated in Rochester find warmth and fresh promise; common law trustees chosen; more eligible for assistance grants; inter-racial farm set up in Spokane; John Lardner writes highly of battalion; Camp Savage calls two more Huntites; Betty Ogawa enlists in WAC; Washington reports officer will visit; exchange ships homeward bound; new group of Tuleans arrive.

More on Tule Lake.

Page 2: Editorials; Japanese American fighters; Nisei and the war effort; Pipe Dreamin' column; relocation on the outside progressing quite smoothly; Yashima reveals fascist Japan.

Two more articles on Tule Lake's troubles.

Page 3: Evacu-Ways column; flower exhibit heralded a success; 'shell-shocked' Tuleans bring interesting pastime to Hunt; future guest; USO swings into activities for servicemen; Hunt honors book week; well-known speaker to appear before Hunt audience; sectional girls organize club; model apartment open for public; turkey hop set; The Ten Thousand column; musicians meet Monday.

Page 4: Movie schedule; relocation opportunities; election of block delegates Nov. 26; Xmas mail must be posted now; evacuee property stored in temples must be moved; new loan packet distributed to WRA centers; co-op drive nets 261 new members; Tule pay checks for September here; tule shells article continues; relocated; gobo burs picked for future fest; Hunt Hi reopens; Sunday church activities.

Dakota not prejudice.

Volume 3 #39: Nov. 20, 1943

Page 1: Director Stafford extends Thanksgiving message; fund drive nets $1065.67; clothing grant rules revised; burglar breaks in canteen forty; Hunt census instructions released by statistics; office locations altered this week; Hunt sees busy holiday week; convoy pick-up stations changed; Grew speaks in behalf of Nisei; project artistic talent on display next week; insure safe arrival of gifts, mail early; Twin Falls DAV thankful for donations; volunteers save Tule Lake crops; project's first office mascot unassuming ball of fur; adult program will train evacuees; hog unit acquires 200 feeder pigs; Society asks for Christmas gifts; hours for newest canteen announced; egg production expected to soar; school extends registration; clinic held for crippled children.

Two more articles on Tule's problems.

Page 2: Editorials; life in New England states as seen by New England Nisei; California pastors devote sermons to minorities; Fukei writes of Chicago Nisei relocated from ten centers; Catholic magazine asks weighing of facts before making decision on Nisei; The Reader's Rostrum column; Ex-U.W. writes letter on evacuee feeling; last year about this time.

Page 3: Evau-ways and The Ten Thousand columns; festive Thanksgiving week for Hunt; religious workers speaks here soon; elementary schools hold open house; dancer scores in Broadway's 'Venus'; Stafford PTA joins journal; movie schedule; WRA ag specialist here on visit; weddings; calculus classes; Hoffman inspects fire department; blk. 17 organizes girls' club; books checkable for 2-week period; model apartments closed to public; visitors; vital statistics.

Page 4: Sports; Patterson reports form Philadelphia; freight line offers employment; relocation opportunities; YWCA offers 5-acre tract for farming; unclaimed mail; Sunday church activities; co-op schedules meeting; N.P. railways seek workers.

Volume 3 #40: Nov. 27, 1943

Page 1: Hunt boosts third war fund drive; Christian week begins tomorrow; hostels aid relocation; New York church group aids relocatees; work begins on farm structures; relocation division organized to facilitate evacuee relocation; JA Sgt. awarded distinguished flying cross; income tax must be filed before Dec. 15; wounded Nisei never leave unit; 15,000 pounds moch-gomi ordered for New Years; leave clearance rates move slowly; two articles on specific soldiers; full addresses of relocatees desired by office.

Dies committee again.

Two anti-prejudice articles.

Repatriates get to Yokohama.

Washington state prejudice.

More prejudice.

Page 2: Editorials; the Reader's Rostrum column; Denver Post quotes Sentinel editorial; our boys in the service column; last year about this time column.

A Reverend speaks out.

Page 3: Random Whirlgig column; weddings; gala carnival, dance slated by area A; Bishop visits center; Evau-ways column; movie schedule; 3 juke boxes add to rec. appeal; name for rec 34 theater sought; psychometric clinic held for children; art exhibit schedule given; covering Hunt news in brief column; shorthand, typing classes begin; The Ten Thousand column; Stafford PTA meets; unclaimed mail.

Page 4:Sports, church schedule.



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