Minidoka Irrigator: Vol. 4 #31-35
Volume 4 #31: Sept. 10, 1944
Page 1: Lack of workers forces closing of Ward 10; public meets to be held; state dept. answers Sp. consulate; federal trials for Boise Nisei end; 29 Hunt men pass induction physicals; third census of project to be taken; sec'y added to Koen-Kai; manpower commission formed to study labor shortage; Beeson leaves WRA for new post in Boise; first Huntites to return to coast; two commissioned 2nd lieutenants in Italy; good condition of wounded cited by Army surgeon; responsibilities, duties of block clerks released; absentee ballot information released; local farm receives two riding horses.
Page 2: Editorial; Lieut. Col. pays tribute to 100th; Capt. Philip Schafer serves in Patton's Third Army; 'God is protecting me' says Gosho of Burma mauraders; Nisei help break 'little casino' line; Nisei sgt. rescues baby owl; grants to Hawaii; Chaplain penetrates German line to bring back bodies; The Readers' Rostrum.
Page 3: Evacu-ways; weddings and engagements; social news; Christian church sponsors national preaching mission; interracial action committee to present civil rights bill; more leave Hunt in steady stream; importance of PTA in solving Japanese problem stressed; movie schedule; visiting servicemen; Sunday church a activities; ex libris; seven resign, 15 added to admin. staff.
Page 4: Sports.
Volume 4 #32: Oct. 7, 1944
Page 1: NBC to broadcast story on Nisei soldier today; project director gives message; 17 Hunt men answer draft call; judge Clark issues varied sentences to draft evaders; outstanding record of 442nd in battle told; community chest drive begins; farm suffers $15,000 loss from frost; 200 high school students help on local farms; hospital now has 43 1/2 nurses' aides; 15 families sign up for Sioux depot; So. Pacific veteran visits father here; induction for nine men slated; six men to take physicals; two men face evasion charges; National Fire Prevention Week; fair stand on Nisei taken by Pasedena school board; head of relocation named; block clerks picked, replace managers; medal awarded son of project head.
Page 2: Editorial; 400 evacuees leave centers to live in Eastern areas; necessity of distinguishing Japanese in America stressed by N.Y. relocation man; The Readers' Rostrum; church interest in Nisei citizens; soldier visits brother's grave; 442nd cont.; Navy bars Nisei from enlisting; vital statistics; officer praises 442nd team.
Page 3: Evacu-ways; Pasadenan comments on entry of Nisei to P.J.C.; lecture on Idaho; lecture on health; relocated; Chicagoan writes on race feelings on the home front; engagements; 'Ban Japanese Committee' head does about-face; movie schedule; Huntsville PTA; new junior counselor; nursery schools now in operation; last year about this time; popular school teacher leaves; infantrymen write letter to daughter praising dad; singing class begins.
Page 4: Sports.
Volume 4 #33: Oct. 14, 1944
Page 1: Public opinion change due to record of 442nd; Nisei fighters in India front made known; three wounded men receive war dept. awards; farm report is announced; 30 draft evaders leave for McNeil; project directors confer in Denver to discuss problems; lawyers ask rescinding of exclusion act; community fund drive; firemen answer 3 calls last week; Topaz councilman studies problems; Seattlelites plead for fair program towards Japanese.
War Relocation centers.
Page 2: Editorial; The Readers' Rostrum; R. Lewis says liberalism will replace militarism; Texas officer, nine men are honored; Nisei soldier captures 16 Japanese in Burma; Spokane citizen writes letter on Nisei behalf; turnover in ad staff numbers six; housing clarifies new regulations.
Page 3: Evacu-ways; relocated; weddings and engagements; messages, inquiries await claimants at CA office; movie schedule; Seattle Baptist minister tells group to help Nisei returning to coast; flower exhibits scheduled today; group studies for mothers to start; vital statistics; report on conditions at refugee camp; three internees paroled here; block 26 honors soldiers on leave; visiting servicemen.
Page 4: Sports.
Volume 4 #34: Oct. 21, 1944
Page 1: Community chest fund nets $1,023.28 to date; deadline for gym work set; citizen denationalization clarified; purple heart; Trial leave rule revised; Nisei fighting in southern France with 7th Army; qualification of candidates for ASTRP clarified; high school bell to ring Monday; Hunt volunteers wounded in action; responsibilities of residents, ad stated by director; Judge Clark issues sentence; 41 families sign up for ordinance work at Sydney.
Anti-Japanese.
Top article anti-prejudice, bottom article pro-prejudice.
Page 2: Editorial; Nisei soldier writes; Republications inject Nisei questions into politics; soldier receives Silver Star award; N.Y. Nisei rally for Roosevelt; two articles continue from page 1; letters in P.I. protest principles of Valley League; stand by Commander McCoy attitude asked of Navy dept.; visiting servicemen; last year about this time.
Page 3: Evacu-ways; weddings and engagements; Philadelphia hostel accommodates many relocates to personal homes; 3000 Nisei students enrolled in 550 colleges in 46 states; movie schedule; relocated; mothers attend nursery meeting; importance of parent-teacher organization stressed by member; relocated; thirteen messages received here; co-op to take over movies.
Page 4: Sports.
Volume 4 #34: Oct. 21, 1944
This is the second issue with the #34, also carrying the same date.
Page 1: Community chest war fund drive a success; 29 sign up for Sioux ordinance depot work; community activities suspended Aug. 31; residence for service vote is clarified; finish of gym requires six months work; agency to aid veterans into civilian life; post office issues mail rulings; Myer speaks before group; 4-year-old girls lost for 2 1/2 hours; reports officer named; new WPB ruling freezes circulation of Pacific Citizen; cards from Japan await claimants; first hometown veteran returns from overseas duty.
Repatriates go to Manchuko.
Page 2: Editorial; 442nd engineers undergo many dangers, hardships; 442nd praised; The Readers' Rostrum; Times-News comments on Nisei 'Sgt. York'; Nisei GI writes of approaching winter weather; men from 100th battalion given party in Wisconsin; Nisei promoted to rank of major; last year about this time.
Page 3: Evacu-ways; weddings and engagements; Cleveland hostel will accept family units; flower arrangement displays; Issei painter wins Carnegie award; movie schedule; class president elected; Miller appointed Denver supervisor; vital statistics; Area B to hear health discussions; fifty new books added to library; Irrigator staff sponsors banquet; copies of memoirs still available; personnel changes during past week; nurses speak at area A nursery; inaugural Buddhist worship services held in Chicago; Masuda admitted to Illinois bar.
Page 4: Sports.
Volume 4 #35: Nov. 4, 1944
Page 1: Test cases before Supreme Court; McWilliams' new book out; three Hunt men get exemptions from coast ban; plans for recreational activities being studied; 20 workers on gym recruited; 39 men to report for active duty; five Hunt soldiers wounded in action on French front; fund drive nets $2087.32; renunciation of citizenship must be sent to attorney general; Nisei have five objectives in winning war; legal committee organized to aid community council; Koen Kai collects; residents eligible for social security benefits; 2 families leave for Sioux ordinance; 'fair' audience report by group at Tacoma meeting; Hunt volunteer neutralizes four German machine guns; pfc. wins award; labor shortage causes delay in clothing pay; CA suspension clarified.
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Military record.
Page 2: Editorial; Random Whirlgig; quarterly census roster; soldier's letter expresses simple everyday affairs; mother of former PJC student upholds return; evacuee return favored by socialist candidate; last year about this time.
Anti-prejudice.
Anti-prejudice
Page 3: Evacu-ways; movie schedule; typing classes now underway; weddings and engagements; Buffalo, New York offer employment to relocatees; relocated; sewing classes to resume next week; vital statistics; water color paintings; lecture on Alaska; lost, found articles reported to police.
Arts and crafts.
Page 4: Sports; Sunday church activities.
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