Minidoka Irrigator: Issues 21-25

Volume 1 #21: Nov. 25, 1942

Page 1: Forms ready for jobless benefits; no coal given blocks which fail to help; Hunt will join in celebration of Thanksgiving; Sprague commends colonists for helping in harvest work.

Poston trouble.

Page 2: Exchange column; list of paper's staff.

Editorial.

Page 3: Montgomery Ward agrees to new terms; radio shop opens; young people appeal to FDR for the use of helmets during beet harvesting.

Interesting from a historical perspective.

Probably tied into the trouble at Poston.

Page 4: Gala Yule program set; 16 soldiers visit colony during week; lost & found department included in post office; time signals planned; small truck wanted; Sec.III girls' club choses leader; cash receipts must be exchanged for green stamps pronto; one birth, one death.

Page 5: Schaffer gives pat on back to colonists; letters to the editor; girls' reserve V-VI head chosen.

Page 6: Married Japanese couples in New York; construction of schools begins soon; visitors; survey forms out for adult classes.

A rare reference to the other Japanese in America.

Yasui article continues.

Page 7: Beetin' Around column; football article; Place of the Churches at Minidoka will be forum topic; a reverend moves to Twin Falls; four granted thirty-day leaves; arts and handicraft items exhibited at Twin Falls.

Page 8: Officers picked for mass choir; canteens carry no more coffee; classical concert; prenatal classes; Nisei chemist and engineer visit; unclaimed mail.

The guy gets a medal for putting the Japanese Americans behind barbed wire.

Page 9: Sports page, but with one article that shoe repair equipment is needed.

Page 10: Paper conducts poll on bus service; surplus clothing issue is started; labor shortage delays completion of airport; puppeteers asked to meet; girls' reserve selects staff; mothers requested to claim tots' clothing; holiday menu.

Page 11: Injured man back in Hunt recovering; credit union benefits for Hunt mooted; residents may send messages to Japan; girls' reserve choice; bicycles speed up messenger service; steady coal supply seen; Schaffer will talk; Sec. IV business group will organize; no coal for blocks failing to aid hand article continues.

Poston article continues.

Page 12: In Japanese with English listing of articles.

Page 13: Cartoon.

Volume 1 #22: Nov. 25, 1942

Page 1: Special Christmas fund drive; co-op ready to file papers of incorporation; free movies scheduled for Hunt children.

Yasui article.

Page 2: Feminidoka column; list of paper's staff; church services listing.

Page 3: Six-men shoe repair shop; permit needed for alteration of buildings; unclaimed mail; drama club to present one-act plays; girls' reserve President elected; one death; It Started with Eve movie ad.

Yasui article concludes.

Page 4: In Japanese with English listing of articles.

Volume 1 #23: December 2, 1942

Page 1: Over 500 people still have not been paid for their work in September; sewerage will be completed by mid-October; new leave section formed; three more weddings.

Violence!

Page 2: Exchange column; list of papers' staff; list of visitors.

Page 3: Christmas tree decoration contest set; adult classes ready to start; new forms for clearance available through Washington; short term leave defined article continues from page 1; Goto is chairman of talent revue.

Violence article continues.

Page 4: Schedule of free movies for rest of week announced; couple found after being lost 20 hours; public invited to general JACL discussion; colonists offered higher math course; aid given on tax and insurance matters; new appeal made for coal workers; siren ready soon to indicate time for residents; co-op meets Friday; football games delayed due to bad weather; students vote on names for two elementary schools.

Page 5: Here & There column; legal aid handles property problems; three Hunt girls leave to marry soldiers in Army; beauty shop will stay open.

An article about bad conditions in Japan.

Page 6: Impound private cars, Lee orders; two pre-Christmas songfests; two public dances; girls' reserves inter-club to hold meetings; two births, two deaths; song books donated to choir; unclaimed mail; list of visitors; record concert.

Page 7: Cartoon.

Page 8: In Japanese with English listing of articles.

Volume 1 #24: December 5, 1942

Page 1: Abe found dead (a man had been out searching for greasewood and died due to hypothermia) (two articles on this); leave clearances from Washington being speeded up; now officially a federal post office.

Page 2: New policy facilitates relocation; September pay is cleared up; listing of church services.

Yasui article.

Page 3: Ceiling price of $15 set on flowers; G.I. lenses now procurable; no private enterprises allowed; Schmoe will visit project; harmonica fans will form bands; Beltt heads for co-op conference; national YW leader due; Hunt YWCA seeks more members; motor pool article; social dance.

Page 4: Boilerman's labor row is settled amicably; address for freight; housing officials ask cooperation; mail order department extends hours; legal aid department clarifies duties; list of visitors; call issued by placement for all labor types.

Page 5: All project workers will get clothing; more coal on way here; children urged to attend nursery schools; fire extinguishers are for fires; post office issues instructions for parcel post mail; Hunt's theater assuming real movie characteristics.

The wages of violence.

Page 6: Barbed wire fence held completed; all Italian concert set for hospital; ex-Wapato youth dies in Salem; unclaimed mail list; Hyucke now at Tule Lake; co-op delegates will meet; one marriage; ad for Allegheny Uprising movie.

Poston again.

Page 7: More on Abe's death; Stafford advises residents; Girl Scout aims will be told.

Page 8: Eligibles urged to get benefits; special classes will aid Yule gift problems; snow plow for Hunt procured; speed action on releases column continues from page 1; girls' reserves section notes column; program applies to Nisei as well article from page 1; list of club activities.

Pages 9 and 10: In Japanese with English listing of contents.

Volume 1 #25: December 5, 1942

Page 1:Colony's acute labor shortage now relieved; thousand acre farm planned; long leaves for three more planned; funeral rites for Abe; Fellowship of Reconciliation contact man appointed.

Trouble at Manzanar.

Page 2: List of paper's staff; Exchange column.

Yasui related article.

Page 3: Incorporation articles of co-op ratified; Japanese library opened; record concert; postage now required on colony mail; trio departing to teach at Boulder school; dispensary has doctor assigned; school students to discuss Yule mixer; list of visitors; girls reserve issues call for special meet; Beltt back from conference.

Page 4: Internees in Louisiana camp in good shape; sixth graders display work; October wages paid to mess workers; guidance office offers help; Tolo hop Saturday; B & I girls' club sponsors drive for larger membership; skating is fun even when you hop; travel aid to be furnished article continued from page 1.

Page 5: Green stamp books will be distributed; new rules to govern house assignments; get-together will honor parents; harmonica fans will meet; items reported lost; tentative date set for talent revue; saddle shoes here.

Page 6: Football article; Schmoe to be guest speaker at SEG meeting; benefits from churches topic for forum tonight; Shibai starts Dec. 17 to 21; beet workers asked to special mixer; wedding date set.

Yasui-related article continues.

Page 7: Cartoon.

Page 8: Japanese page with English listing of contents.



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