Minidoka Irrigator: Vol. 3 #46-52

Volume 3 #46: Jan. 8, 1944

Page 1: Boilerman issue cuts off hot water supply; first baby of the year; evacuees will meet in Chicago; scholarships offered to girls; new dining hall serves workers; 111 cases of eggs produced in Dec.; Hunt bundles up to shut out cold; internees rejoin families here; irrigation section undertakes numerous projects during year; Nisei turret gunner back in U.S.; evacuee seamen receive passports; Hunt High holds flag ceremony.

Two articles on prejudice.

Yet a third article on the first page about prejudice.

Page 2: Editorials; The Readers' Rostrum column; so Teddy plant your garden again; relative of 'Japanese Robinson Crusoe' aids Chicago evacuees; N.Y. Japanese give to national bond drive; vital statistics; Colorado Council of Churches presents 'Japanese in our midst';the road back.

Page 3: Feminidoka and The Ten Thousand columns; jacket review; YMCA council member coming; marriage; talent revue makes debut; Evacu-ways column; handicraft exhibit slated this week; American Travelers checks sold here; carnival hailed major success; block 8 holds high shindig; block 22 presents gala 'victory ball'; block 7 sponsors 'leap your shuffle'; live wire blocks organize; at the wheel; crossword puzzle; covering Hunt news.

Page 4: Sports.

Volume 3 #47: Jan. 15, 1944

Page 1: Hunt has hot water as boilermen return; Calif. Ag. board favors post-war evacuee return; community will vote for councilmen soon; M. Satow gives series of lectures; five Nisei girls glad to serve in WAC; 239 feeder pigs vaccinated here; ballot petitions for Seattle ready; four war loan drive starts today; solder writes white hopes of victory year; divisions meeting new labor quota; frozen foods now off rationed list; Rohwer help buys three Army jeeps; our honor roll; approval for auto exchange arrives; Washington merry-go-round praises Nisei soldiers now serving in Army.

Another article on prejudice.

Page 2: Editorials; Random Whirlgig column; my wishes for a happier New Year; encore; the road back; last year about this time.

Minidoka has, without a doubt, the most articles concerning prejudice of any of the internment camps.

Page 3: Evacu-ways and The Ten Thousand columns; high school plans gala 'mardi gras'; second sweetheart contest announced; mystery of '12-28' finally planned; engagements; 'sweetheart swing' promises big night; 'birthday balls' slated; movie schedule; weekly social calendar; covering Hunt news; speculations of the staff; vital statistics.

Page 4: Sports; church services; country clubhouse in Chicago transformed into chicken-houses; relocation opportunities; boilermen article continued; visitors.

Volume 3 #48: Jan. 22, 1944

Page 1: Selective Service open to Nisei; evacuee future to be discussed; 17-year-olds must register for clearance; selective service calls Murikami; delegates to be elected Monday to convention; Director Stafford's message; Air Corps WACs accept Nisei; Tule Lake back to civilian control; Hunt plays honored host to many local lads back on furlough; five reasons why Hunt is proud of her honor roll; four to represent co-op at Salt Lake; only Nisei paratrooper visits parents here; four war loan drive to continue; our honor roll.

The law is examined.

Page 2: Editorials; Pipe Dreamin' column; United Nations facts; visitors; last year about this time; the road back; religious paper writes on Bill of Rights; alternative to dispair.

Nisei in Japan.

Anti-prejudice.

Page 3: Random Whirlgig column; twelve interns rejoin families; Saint Valentine's Day hop draws many fun-seekers; sweetheart deadline; mardi gras promises festive night; The Ten Thousand column; covering Hunt news; movie schedule; partitioning of barracks begin; livewire blocks organize; relocated; Evacu-ways column; jacket review column.

Page 4: Sports; 32 Hunt girls answer roll call for nurses' training; high school boys construct shop; relocation opportunities; Dr. Hutchinson speaks at 'Bishop's crusade' in Boise; Sunday church activities; speculations of the staff.

Volume 3 #49: Jan. 29, 1944

Page 1: Meets for team slated; relocating in Chicago area?; rare foodstuffs received here from internees; Tuleans may appeal case; Stimson reveals Nisei casualties on Italian front; block delegates name 21 for council; DeWitt defends evacuation order; buttons for ex-service men; 12,849 tofu cakes made in Jan; traffic rule violators punished; director Myer reveals plans for Tule Lake center; Sun Valley bus schedule changes; personnel staff holds rally to boost bond drive; Hunt to receive 87 motor vehicles; new co-op board to be elected; blaze damages room in block 24; Selective Service of Nisei brings many new aspects of rule to fore; five families go to Crystal City; three volunteers called for exams.

Pearl Buck anti-prejudice.

Page 2: Editorials; a year and 3 minutes to live; encore; questions and answers on Nisei draft; last year about this time; we find that loyalty counts.

Page 3: Evacu-ways column; eleven girls vie for sweetheart; Hazelton Ice Revue to give first performance; Denver relocatees give 'northwest night' program; construction on gym renewed; weddings and engagements; The Ten Thousand column; covering Hunt news column; movie schedule; bids still available for blocks 6, 7 dances;weekly social calendar.

Page 4: Sports; that you may know where you are going; ping pong tournament slated; address cards required from all alien camps; unclaimed checks; area B to hold block team tourney; ration books must be reported lost before replacement made; Sunday church activities; Myer column from page 1; unclaimed mail.

Volume 3 #50: Feb. 5, 1944

Page 1: Residents to elect councilmen; inspectors will arrive for alien registration; project trucks, auto exchange now underway; talking about the future; Minidoka will hear facts from outside; rare foodstuff distribution decided by group; Nisei staff Sgt. awarded silver star; WRA's transfer to Interior Dept. seen; leaves division workers donate blood; 84 mid-year students graduate; instructions given on tax returns; addition of dump trucks to ease coal situation; company of Army troops removed from Tule center; co-op announces coming dates for board election

More prejudice.

The prejudice extends to the news media.

Page 2: Editorials; relocation with pride, without bitterness; The Reader's Rostrum column; Huntite praises New York; visitors; encore; letters to the editor; loyalty of Nisei told by IS chief; large group of Denver Nisei donate blood; relocated; at the wheel.

Page 3: Feiminidoka column; who of the seven will be the 'sweetheart?'; Evacu-ways column; The Ten Thousand column; movie schedule; engagements and weddings; center dances slated; vocational unit to start soon; local Boy Scouts reorganize; Dr. John Thomas visits here soon; 2000 enjoy area B talent revue.

Page 4: Sports; relocation opportunities; vital statistics; project gym construction stops temporarily; Sunday church schedule; job-seekers must get interviews first.

Pages 5-8: In Japanese.

Volume 3 #51: Feb. 12, 1944

Page 1: Center hears 2-man team; 59 of 100th awarded Purple Heart; presenting the sweetheart of Minidoka and her court; run-off election for councilmen Monday; Colorado state senate prevents alien land ban; 242 feeder pigs purchased in January; Nisei seamen may board ships on Atlantic coast; Green Tea archives for distribution.

No business licenses for Japanese.

Canada also gathered up its persons of Japanese ancestry and shipped them to its interior. The government of Canada bought up the land that had belonged to them.

Page 2: Editorials; letters to the area; Evacu-ways column; two people-real Americans;visitors; relocated; our boys in the service; Drake University graduates Nisei; The Readers' Rostrum; unclaimed checks.

Page 3: Feminidoka and The Ten Thousand columns; weddings and engagements; movie schedule; Nisei students may enter any university with approval from provost marshall; soldier speaks before Colorado legislature on law; blind Nisei war hero, back from battlefield, rests; warnings given for traffic safety; three more clubs announce officers; covering Hunt news; let's dance.

Page 4: Sports; relocation opportunities; vital statistics; classified ads; assistant principal for high school here; Hawaiian residents may apply for return; last year about this time; Sunday church activities; Stafford issues warning on using coal dust for walks.

Volume 3 #52: Feb. 12, 1944

Page 1: Draft calls 151 Hunt men for pre-physicals; aliens must carry certificate of identification; project labor cut to meet budget quota; runoff election gives community council; WRA makes transfer into interior dept.; new fair labor practice plan made by Stafford; two go to farm conference; Washington liquor licenses wanted; House moots disloyal citizen rights restriction; women buy bonds; Twin Falls City council views racial issues; ex-junior counselor finds Seattle unchanged; Mrs. Woo finds 'home sweet home'; federal farm grants halted; bus collides.

Two sides of prejudice.

Korematsu.

Page 2: Editorials; Pipe Dreamin' column; The Reader's Rostrum column; encore; relocated; visitors.

Page 3: Random Whirlgig column; center-wide 'Gone with the Wind' dance; Oxford College offers scholarship; engagements and weddings; regulations for hall uses given; nine Nisei receive Wash. U degrees; The Ten Thousand column; theater contest winner; Japanese taught Iowans by Nisei; center holds YWCA conference; Evacu-ways column; covering Hunt news; movie schedule; Hunt YWCA to meet with Twin Falls; vital statistics.

Page 4: Sports; relocation opportunities; WRA transfers; tax collector will aid with returns; Tule residents return to work; work on poultry house worked; many appointed personnel changes made during past week; Sunday church activities; requisitions, life-line of project, handled by procurement, supply unit.



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