Minidoka Irrigator: Issues 16-20

#16: November 7, 1942

Page 1: Mess workers need to pick up their pay; barbed wire fences going up in hospital area.

Difficulties the relocation program is facing.

The controversy over the young beet workers continues.

Post Halloween damage.

Page 2: Listing of paper's staff; From the Beet Fields column; editorial - More Socials Needed; co-op stores will be getting in winter clothing.

Page 3: More Nisei men than women; Cooperatives' principles enumerated; soldiers on furloughs visit friends; the movie The Devil and Miss Jones will be shown; hospital acquires new oven; green stamps now given in exchange.

Page 4: Music department slates two concerts; bicycles purchased; the bus is being repaired.

Continuation of the beet worker controversy article.

Page 5: Very few people voted absentee ballot; a Recreational Educational Co-operative has been suggested; Stafford praises Hunt colonists; Bishops will visit project; the paper moves; first snowfall.

Page 6: Ample supply of textbooks assured; job study gets underway; night school opening soon; articles sought for art exhibit; storing lumber discouraged; musical and entertainment activities lauded.

Page 7: Scout leader will assist program.

Mascot christened.

Page 8: Bus for administrative staff awaits seats; prompt hospitalization needed to check spread of diseases; tea for staff carries out patriotic idea; church notices; Co-op movement, principles aired; Girl Scout head will offer aid article continues; barbed wire article continues from page 1.

A theft.

Page 9: Two handle grievances of workers; computation of clothing allowances begins soon; dance tonight; package received, but whose it it?; a marriage; last rites held; males barred at Jr. Girls dance.

Article on relocation difficulties continues.

Page 10: In Japanese, with English listing of contents.

#17 : November 11, 1942

Page 1: Two chosen delegates to JACL meet; hospital workers receive September pay (note; this is issued almost in the middle of November. Getting pay late seems to have been a fairly common event); the project director is trying to find reasons for the coal shortage; no more students will be relocated until the winter quarter begins; buy war bonds residents advised; Nisei, Kibei for Army school sought by placement office.

Page 2: Exchange column; list of paper's staff; Editorial: A New Armistice; children to name block 32 school; clothing issue still undecided.

Page 3: Co-operative issues call for supplies; Neher returns in two weeks; four Tule Lakers make home here; Maeda sparks Colorado state to first conference win.

Interesting employment article.

#18 : November 14, 1942

Page 1: The camp director will soon get a draft of the camp constitution; 1319 students will be in high school.

Articles on workers on the beet crop, and an important article on an electrified fence.

Page 2: List of paper's staff; Editorial: A Crop is Saved; U.S. History course offered in first night class; Here & There (a new column.)

Page 3: Clothing allowance in cash; family style service begins; coal, copper miners sought; ping-pong fans urged to sign up; adult interests sounded as night school is readied.

Page 4: Unclaimed mail awaits claimants; priorities delay sewage plant completion; Ingham handles administration, housing cases.

Cute article.

Page 5: Article on unemployment benefits plans; coal problem relieved; author Sasaki leaves for Wisconsin; Here and There column continued form page 2: 2 births.

Page 6: Coal deal signed with Denver farm; two articles dealing with churches/religion; final charter drafted article continues from page 1.

The fence article from page 1 finishes.

Page 7: Feminidoka column; co-op board would junk bus, movies; Sato flies north to be witness.

Page 8: Large crowd on hand at art exhibit; how much food is bought per day; Drama club sponsor's kiddies puppet show; Takeno ends visit here; Sec.III girls' club to pick head, advisors; cashiers cash checks; When the Daltons Ride will be the next movie shown; Turkey Day Hop scheduled; soldiers visit.

Page 9: Girls' Reserves name President; girl reserves delegates will attend Filer meet.

An accident, with injuries.

Page 10: All in Japanese.

#19: November 18, 1942

Page 1: October payroll awaited; 4511 persons attend art exhibit; an apartment had a fire because wood was piled too near the stove, with some damage done but the residents were away at the time; several recruited by Savage language school.

Which isn't what it sounds like. It sounds like the school is savage; vicious education! Actually, it's a language school to train people to translate Japanese.

Page 2: Exchange column; list of paper's staff; Editorial: Student's Reaction Good.

The wire fencing issue is not going away.

Page 3: Mail boxes will speed delivery; chairs and pianos here for camp use; clothing grants being issued at Heart Mt.; airport work is falling behind due to lack of labor; regular issue of coal arrives; two recreation halls have been converted into movie theaters; some items found.

Page 4: Labor study forms being sent out; delegates leave for Utah confab; construction of guard towers and wire fences is held up due to possibility the camp itself will be expanded in area; returning workers given housing aid; Essene returns after lecturing at Stanford U.; couples only dance.

Another legal matter.

Page 5: Graduate of intelligence school glad to be serving; Wakamatsu wins birth at Girls' Reserve confab; old age benefits limited to WRA; teachers asked to attend drama meet; paper's office moved again; article on Army school from page 1 continues; a wedding.

Page 6: Socials encouraged for soldiers visiting here; Brevities column (short notes); two football articles; one birth; garage shed destroyed by wind.

Page 7: Full-page cartoon.

Page 8: In Japanese with English listing of contents.

#20: November 21, 1942

Page 1: 21 selected for Minnesota schools; Essene voices co-op stand, cites Board authority.

Making headlines, Yasui's challenge to the legal system.

Page 2: Brevities column; listing of paper's staff; church services schedule; Essene article continues from page 1; letter to the editor.

Letter to the editor relating to Yasui's challenge.

Page 3: Sign up for clearance advice given; co-op plans movies for young, studies bus problem; paper will be short due to lack of enough typewriters; article on those studying in Minnesota from page 1 is continued.

Yasui article from page 1 continues.

Page 4: In Japanese, with English listing of contents.



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