Minidoka Irrigator: Vol. 3 #41-45

Volume 3 #41: Dec. 4, 1943

Page 1: Hearings determine evacuee relocation eligibility; Washington approves charter; delegate election returns reported; commission meets Dec. 8; evacuees warned about proper return to project; general manager of local co-op elected; lack of materials slows construction on auditorium; alien registration will be held; new relocation program discussed at joint meeting; Savage makes call for new recruits; acting counselor designated; fund drive total reaches $1938.95; many vegetables stored in cellar; ODT bans travel Dec. 17 to Jan. 10; anonymous donor sends $525 for children's Christmas; Army opposes military control in Tule center; 400 Japanese Americans resettle in Minnesota; crops received here from Tule; WSA will accept Nisei on merchant ships; Navy refuses; parolees return to join families; covering Hunt news.

Related to Tule Lake.

Page 2: United Nations facts; Pipe Dreamin' column; editorials; we still have a chance to lose both war and peace; The Reader's Rostrum column; vital statistics; our boys in the service; last year about this time; at the wheel.

Related to problems at Tule.

Page 3: High Wind column; marriages and engagements; Random Whirlgig column; sixty new books added to library; the Ten Thousand column; Hunt High report cards out Friday; movie schedule; live wire blocks organize; 'gangsters ball' on Christmas eve; Stafford PTA meeting Friday; survey of evacuee adjustments in Denver conducted by analyst; trio head for college.

Page 4: Sports; relocation opportunities; relocated; Sunday church activities; Evacu-ways column; donations received for equipment; post office rules for mailing of cards clarified; used electric irons on sale at co-op office.

Volume 3 #42: Dec. 11, 1943

The first page. This shows how professional the paper looks, and also gives an idea of just how old it is with the discoloration.

Page 2: Charter: the basis for self-government; along familiar streets; land sales hit by Nampa citizen; editorials.

Anti-prejudice

Page 3: Feminidoka column; crowd of 2511 sees art display; project libraries receive books; covering Hunt news column; all-Nisei talent tabbed Jan. 7, 8, 9; plan for New Year carnival underway; optical orders to be canceled; 'holiday hi-jinx' slated here soon; organizations throughout center springing into lively activities; relocated; movie schedule; unclaimed mail; the Ten Thousand column; new ruling for DH 23 users; Evacu-ways column; accident from page 1.

Page 4: Sports; Father Tibar receives replies on Hunt article; Christmas vacations for project schools announced; relocation opportunities; Roosevelt bans discrimination in govt. contracts; religious groups gather gifts for evacuee children; vital statistics; Sunday church activities.

Youth shot at Gila.

Volume 3 #43: Dec. 18, 1943

Page 1: Draft age evacuees must sign up; gala Christmas festivities in store for Hunt residents; charter vote set for Dec. 28; six volunteer for Camp Savage; clothing money paid next week; fire department asks residents' cooperation; Spain consul visits center; annual gift-givers may obtain cards; alien evacuees must abide by justice rules; re-induction process explained by statistician; Japan refuses further exchange until investigation; personnel section directs WRA employment rules; Washington orders milk reduction; Stafford in Boise on annual leave; project agriculture department proves desert sageland can be made productive; flu prevention for center stressed; farm firm near state of collapse; two leave for Army.

This is linked to repatriation, but it also covers treatment of American citizens still in Japan.

Page 2: Letters from Nisei in Pacific reveal meritorious deeds; editorials; life in Toledo is moderate, comfortable and pleasant; Random Whirlgig column; the Japanese invasion of Marengo; the Reader's Rostrum column..

Page 3: Feminidoka; weddings; 'holiday hi-jinx' promises cream of Hunt entertainment; Christmas concerts planned by CA; returns from block clubs interesting; Stafford PTA meeting held; vital statistics; movie schedule; the Ten Thousand column; special Episcopal Christmas service; last year about this time; covering Hunt news; 5 more parolees arrive at Hunt; USO sends cards; unclaimed checks await claimants.

Page 4: Sports; Sunday church activities; relocated; relocation opportunities; project gasoline consumption to be reduced by 40 per cent; visitors; Nisei promoted to rank of captain.

Volume 3 #44: Dec. 25, 1943

Page 1: Polls open Tuesday for ratification of charter; variety of events mark second Christmas in Hunt; consul, delegates discuss aspects of center conditions; sincere best wishes for Christmas-Stafford; Des Moines paper cites JA soldiers in 100 battalion; requests for repatriation must be sent now; two to enter U.S. Army; center flu cases not epidemic-yet; project will acquire later model vehicles; DeAmat arrives at Tule center; Myer sends message for Christmas, New Years for Minidoka residents; post office has busy week; maintenance shop being planned; partitioning starts.

Prejudice is dealt a blow.

Another anti-prejudice statement.

Page 2: Editorials; short term leave; the Road Back; call for an encore; at the wheel; Mr. Grew holds the torch.

And another anti-prejudice position is taken.

Page 3: I'll be home for Christmas; Union College, Nebraska, accepts Nisei students; Hunt Boy Scouts council attends meet in Jerome; WRA policy shift gets cool reception in Washington; Christmas in Hunt poem; A Christmas Dream; A card; the charm of Christmas; Kansas City WRA extends hearty best wishes for Christmas holiday; Hawaii's gift to Shelby is $6000 of good cheer; 21 blocks answer questionnaire; continuation of student relocation council assured; schools hit by cold epidemic.

Page 4: Random Whirlgig column; school lighting undergoes change; jacket review; property exchange in Idaho desired; Nisei buy cards from Italian priest; YMCA reception honors 75 Nisei; faith...our watchword.

A really good illustration.

Page 5: Covering Hunt news; weddings; engagements; area B New Year carnival biggest ever held in Hunt; Evacu-ways column; Iowa town glad it employed Nisei as principal of Galt High School; 'holiday hi-jinx' premiers Monday; The Ten Thousand column; Friends University wants 3 students; movie schedule; two skating rinks contemplated by CA; U. of Minnesota open to Nisei; New Years' Eve dance at block 28; Christmas trees; Hunt orchestra to be formed soon.

Page 6: Sports; Sunday church activities; classes in truck driving to start; relocated; core class reports receive attention; relocation opportunities; Higashi ordained as Buddhist priest.

Prejudiced farmers.

A bill to get 'no-no's kicked out of the U.S.

Volume 3 #45: Jan. 1, 1944

Page 1: Community charter ratified; expansion of Hunt farm program seen for 1944; commission to meet January 5; holiday today; Hunt exports onions; block spirit, Issei-Neisi cooperation shine through 'big five' hall decorations.

An answer to a prejudicial letter.

Anti-prejudice decision.

Page 2: Editorials; the Readers' Rostrum column; 'mid strange surroundings; report from Denver; good will can solve problem; encore; relocated.

Prejudice lives.

Page 3: Feminidoka column; local library offers wide variety of historical novels; weddings and engagements; Nisei and Chinese work together in New York office; covering Hunt news; High Wind column; the Ten Thousand column; Bojangles, 'different' girls' club makes bow; live wire blocks organize; movie schedule.

Page 4: Evacu-ways column; relocatees aided by churches; Grazier extends appreciation to fire fighters; co-op forms plan for limited sale of hot plates; housing begins partitioning soon; relocation opportunities; local co-op pays out certificates of indebtedness; Lutheran church opens hostel in Minneapolis; clothing issuance under new ruling; residents urged to exercise care against colds; vital statistics; at the wheel; last year about this time; Sunday church activities.



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