Minidoka Irrigator: Issues 26-30

#26: Dec. 12, 1942

Page 1: Fryer lauds local group for charter; meat rationing planned by WRA; allowances for clothing are compiled; project attorney arrives; wages paid at new location; paper asks for contributions for Yule issue.

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

Page 3: Skating rink will be made; Red Cross chapter will be formed; pan of water should be kept on stoves (to help keep moisture up); association superintendent of community enterprises to get truck, shoe repair equipment; recruits from Tule Lake for Savage listed; classics liked; list of visitors; legal aid tax person moved into new office; a marriage; beauty shop cuts prices.

Page 4: No more dances in dining halls that are being used; poll favors camp getting a bus; four births; one death; Shirley Temple on co-op screen; Suspicion to be next movie; one resident left camp for domestic employment.

Another article on the problems at Manzanar.

Page 5: Two registered nurses due soon; work expected to start shortly on school buildings; Lee cautions on damage to WRA property; co-op papers sent to Washington for formal recording; citizens may use cameras; record concert; sewerage won't be completed until January; retail price in canteens to be same as outside; Osawa reinstated to stewards job; list of visitors.

Page 6: Poston next to join circle of printed press; resettlement success will depend on public, evacuees; center brevities column; Nisei private writes for Common Ground.

Another article on Yasui.

Page 7: Sagebrush Revue opens Tuesday nite; colonists are reminded of road hazards; Seattle JACL to hear report on convention; Portland group meets Dec. 15; preparations go on for Yule puppet play; reunion social for Buddhists planned; pair of Tolo hops scheduled for tonight; pre-Christmas dance.

Page 8: In Japanese, with English listing of contents.

#27: Dec. 16, 1942

Page 1: Study relocation program-Holland; block 44 opening in a few days; November payroll over $50,000; new engineer here.

Movies being taken of the camp.

Page 2: Exchange column; community activities column; list of paper's staff; student council lists objectives; shorthand class meets tri-weekly.

Page 3: Nominal charge to be made for cashing personal checks; Amache camp starts course in Japanese; 370 attending initial choir; winterization is expected; Iwata teaching math courses; stamp books issued; four births, one death; arts and handicraft taught grade pupils; induction office wants passes back; lecture on history.

Page 4: A Christmas Carol record concert; stored goods may be secured here; members of Seattle Friends club visit; article on football; Exchange column continues from page 2; airplane mechanics class is planned; Japanese library open on Sundays.

Page 5: Printed news for project up to people; job opportunity in middle West will be aired; 6 indefinite leaves given in past week; forum deals with post-war; Beltt accepts new job in Washington; tax papers; letters to the editor; Yule puppet play offered; new leave policy explained article continued from page 1; list of visitors.

Page 6: Prepsters slate carnival; originality counts in tree make-ups; girls' reserve inter-club cabinet picked; center brevities column; rec8 revue is called off.

Page 7: A cartoon.

Page 8: In Japanese, with English listing of contents.

#28: Dec. 19, 1942

Page 1: Rules clarify stored goods for evacuees; federal employment outlook held promising for evacuees; $3000 donated by Seattle JACL for relocation; data on harvest conditions sought through questionnaire.

Page 2: Editorial: Christmas thoughts; Pickin's for Pasty column; November pay given workers; co-op specialist visits; government jobs continues from page 1; JACL article continues from page 1.

Page 3: Art exhibit scheduled in January; post-relocation picture bright; Tule Lake plans Japanese course; S.L. job for Reverend Kumata; six acres cleared for airport; borrowed property return asked; 284 colleges on approved army list for evacuees; workers sought.

Page 4: Government seeks qualified men who can speak Japanese; birth papers denied those born in Arkansas; block 44 still closed; telegraph service available; Pickins for Patsy column continues from page 2; one birth; senior carpenter leaves.

Page 5: Wiring holds up second shoe repair shop;ice skating rink ready soon; police department now in block 23; local movie schedule will have a slight change; hospital laundry equipment here; mail to Twin Falls; Letters to the Editor; a secretary is leaving the camp.

Page 6: Names for two schools designated; gravel will ease road conditions; high school plans to publish paper; stored goods column from page 1 continues; more workers asked; umclaimed parcels; list of visitors; school children will go caroling.

A snapshot of the population of the various centers as of that date.

Page 7: Girls reserves leaders elected; girls' club note; article on football; church service schedule; girls club picks representatives; Hellzapoppin movie ad.

Page 8: Mass choir concerts set; gay Christmas day seen as donations pour in (two articles); Christmas seals available; song sheets available; 35,000 pounds of scrap metal collected by JACL group; an article on music called Platter Chatter.

Pages 9 and 10 are in Japanese, with English listing of titles.

#29: Dec. 25, 1942

This is their special Christmas issue.

Cover.

The contents.

An editorial about the troubles at Poston and Manzanar.

A list of the paper's top stories for the year.

#30: Dec. 30, 1942

Page 1: 18-year-olds must register for draft; stamp plan is clarified; united JACL group seen; babies born in Hunt duly registered.

New Mexico anti-Japanese prejudice in action.

Page 2: Survey shows reunion of internee families favored; Exchange column; 17,000 gifts donated to Hunt; two new teachers added to staff; 8 additions to Hunt's Caucasian staff; New Year's Eve dance.

Page 3: Former U of W students will meet next week; interpreters sought for foreign broadcast service; a reverend will work with Issei on outside-the-camp issues; New Year's Eve service slated; canteens to be closed for two days; six leaves granted; special mass; You'll Find Out and Gunga Din movies; three births.

Page 4: Heads picked to lead Boy Scout doings; reasons given for use of cameras; measures taken for sanitation; all divisions paid for November work; unclaimed mail; Platter Chatter column about music.

Political cartoon.

Page 5: Warning issued stragglers; traffic patrol to be set up; four marriages; unclaimed package; D.H. 17 decorations catch judges' eyes.

Page 6: Yamagiwa and family depart for Ann Arbor; Yoshimura gets co-op post; residents asked to observe rule for ash disposal; wrist watch found; tea for Oliver's; truck drivers reminded again about parking; list of visitors.

Page 7: Cartoon.

Page 8: Pages 8 and 9 are in Japanese and include a cartoon.

1943 Calendar for the camp.


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