Minidoka Irrigator: Volume 2 #1-5

Volume 2 #1: Jan. 2, 1943

Page 1: Harold James leaves here Sunday; $39,120 in clothing issue to be given to blocks 1 thru 21; Arnold, writer for Oregonian, here on assignment; steward division to hold contest; block 30 dining hall opened; Ota appointed block 17 manager; Williamson is given charge of leaves.

Page 2: Restrictions placed on food items; Editorial-A 1943 Resolution; record concert; church schedule; Irrigator mailing service available.

Page 3: Steno-pool established for project; 61 register for nation's selective service call; library changes daily schedule; mochi-gome arrives; Brevities column; Here & There column.

Page 4: Facing a crisis; gravel used on roads by hospital; Craig appointed as postmaster; D.H. 36 lauded; list of visitors.

Page 5: In Japanese, with English listing of titles.

Volume 2 #2: Jan. 6, 1943

Page 1: Worry over labor loss; no major change in policy planned by Joseph Beeson; may apply to rejoin families; surplus clothing store is closed; deadline for sending for stored goods is over; Caucasian staff members must now work 8 hours on Saturdays instead of 4; project head Stafford weds.

Page 2: Exchange column; eligibility of evacuees for cash grants is explained; co-op aims are listed.

Page 3: 11 students relocated in past 3 weeks; gala ice carnival is tentatively set; two people left for Utah conference; changes made in Hunt staff; talent show to reopen soon; players sought for project orchestra; 21 families assigned to block 44 to date; Maryknoll Athletic Association will hold elections; two marriages; list of visitors; article on football.

Page 4: A rather interesting article.

Page 5: Need workers for second shoe repair shop; beauty equipment purchase is urged; plans call for united JACL here; public works time decision to move; two more girls given leaves; Yueno honored by block 8 residents; outside job offers listed; Uno teachers boxing; record concerts; Best, Glenn leave.

Page 6: Understanding hits new high -Schmoe; four social rooms set for opening; speaker announced for potluck tea; welcome tea held; one birth; unclaimed mail list; ex-UW students will meet.

Page 7: Steno-pool is inagurated; 9128 is now Hunt's population; school tots safeguard through patrol; one-act plays to be studied; Fujihara captains winning quartet; girls' reserve meets; canteen moved; Brevities column; The Informer movie shown.

Page 8: Cartoon

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

Volume 2 #3: Jan. 9, 1943

Page 1: Clothing grants given; no transfer to another center planned; reunion of internee and family assured by Myer; Christmas issue gets writeup; big coal load; new camp opening (not to be a relocation center).

Page 2: Sanitary survey under way; clothing grants given everyone; schedule of church services.

An editorial about West Coast feeling towards the internees.

Page 3: Talent revue revival; girls form Serviceers club to entertain Nisei soldiers; courses will aid men planning to enroll at Savage; Baptist post head appointed; Hunt Busseis get together; fans schedule Karuta contest; Shibai date changed; forums canceled.

Page 4: WPB aims to conserve tin; 19 granted clearances from Washington; fire wardens make rounds; P.O. issues warning-don't address things in Japanese; bookkeeping class for beginners starts; two births; list of visitors.

Page 5: Relocation before wars end is stressed; fire crew aids work on ice rink; 17 persons transferred in from Tule Lake; dining hall in block 44 to open soon; Ross named to Cleveland post; magazines awaiting owners.

Page 6: Shot wounds sister of J. Sakamoto (in her own home in New York); Japanese library issues call for more books; Brevities column; Senru date; watch lost; offers of outside jobs pouring in rapidly.

Page 7: Immunization offered residents; Tularemia warning given; second radio shop; unclaimed mail; editorial.

The Yasui case.

Page 8: Poem; Little Things column; food wastage; co-op requires identification to cash checks; toys given out to youngsters.

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

Volume 2 #4: Jan. 13, 1943

Page 1: Bus service to Twin Falls; $32,190 paid for clothing; December pages to be paid early next week; five will be picked for radio intelligence work.

Even while behind barbed wire, the Japanese Americans were criticized by the use of unfounded rumors.

Page 2: Exchange column; belt making classes will be conducted; orchestra to be organized; list of visitors.

An editorial in response to the rumors.

Page 3: Steel cots unavailable at present; re-entry procedure clarified for colonists on leave; dining halls 4, 6 now open; leave granted Namishio; checks cashed 10-12, 1-3; gravel walks laid by hospital, civic center; on geta wearing; beauty shop head; four couples got married.

Page 4: Fire rules violations numerous; passes will enable workers to eat in other dining halls; winning dining hall will be announced; revue pasteboards available now; jog openings listed; ice carnival; outside work seekers advised.

Rumors article continues from page 1.

Page 5: Students advised not to go out on undercutting jobs; art entries due in; a physical education teacher joined the staff; 3 released for student relocation; new policy announced for use of recreation halls; one birth, one death.

Page 6: Cartoon.

Page 7, Civic Center map.

More on the food rumor from page 8.

Pages 9, 10: In Japanese, with English listing of titles.

Volume 2 #5: Jan. 16, 1943

Page 1: Checks here for clothing grants, pay; evacuee allowances held not taxable; Windy, Wasn't It?; co-op board's approval sets stage for printed Irrigator; unemployment compensation payment Wednesday; excavation starts soon for schools.

Page 2: Burmain Aids leaves work temporarily; open forum to discuss relocation problems for Issei; church schedule; tax article from page 1 continues.

Page 3: More men than women in the camp; co-op's status gets formal recognition; ice carnival off due to weather and vandals; occupational survey slated; list of visitors; a wedding; urgent call for 240 laborers; umclaimed mail.

Page 4: Art exhibit; couples on dates are to stay out of the laundry rooms and the shower rooms; no private enterprise allowed; all-project girls' reserves club ceremony; sewage pumps received here from Chicago; checks for November cash pay await claimants; caution signs must not be disturbed; Ross to Cleveland; platter chatter; more outside jobs listed.

Page 5: Hal Hoshino parts with famous mittens; Hawaiian orchestra organized; an engagement; Tanaka issues grid challenge; a wedding; young peoples idle heaven planned at Heart Mountain.

Page 6: Co-op sales for December; Passing judgment from the easy chair column; hotel wants bus boys, kitchen help; another wedding.

Page 7: Bus between Hunt, Twin Falls runs twice daily; Mike Masoka to visit.

An opinion piece on the Nisei.

Pages 8, 9: In Japanese, with English article titles listed.



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