Minidoka Irrigator: Volume 2 #6-10

Volume 2 #6: Jan. 20, 1943

Page 1: Ogden hears plea for Nisei: accept Nisei in private business, employers told; cold? experts say it's still warmish; clothing checks for 8 blocks awaited; ODT holds up bus service; employment forms for civil service group now available.

Page 2: Exchange column; editorial; year-round sharecropping opportunity is offered; eligibilities column from page 1 continues.

Page 3: Gravel walks contemplated for all blocks in project; more Hunt youths get releases; warehouse coal crews given pay; co-op's growth to present status traced by Essene; representative of Spanish embassy visits project; keep fire-box phones clear; package at post office; asphalt roofing paper will give final touch to winterization.

Page 4: Stride noted in food program; 12 indefinite leaves issued during week; meeting on co-op by-laws; nurses aides male attendants wanted; associate chief of internal security appointed; Hi-Lites will be the name of the high school newspaper; one birth, one death; 6 more off-project jobs listed.

Page 5: Forum for Issei hailed a success; united Minidoka JACL looms; JACL views will be aired; ice carnival to bring out rink talents; Maryknoll election; Jr.-Sr. joint social; record concert; visitors.

Page 6: Permits now required to start bonfire; art exhibit opens; friends honored at party tendered by Portland Girl Scouts; lower co-op prices to be studied; warehouse crew forms grid team; wedding; unclaimed mail; Sec.1 shindig slated; community sing.

This should give people a good idea of just how cold it got in the camp.

Page 7: Writer lauds evacuee labor; statement clarifies tax problem; 183 girl reserves given recognition as charter members; teacher's aid speeds up interviewing of clearance seekers; two scribes bid aloha to Irrigator; project attorney's office renders service, gratis, to whole center; Catholic activities; ad for Bachelor Mother movie.

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

Volume 2 #7: Jan. 23, 1943

Page 1: Two speakers on Sunday; leave centers under WRA control-Myer; share-cropping opportunity opens.

No Japanese to be allowed in the asylum. Is it truly a lack of space, or prejudice against the Japanese?

On the other hand, this is outright prejudice.

Page 2: New classes lined up for adults; editorial; five indefinite leaves given; fill out survey forms; record concert; one birth; stamp club meets; sr. engineer heads for Boise.

Page 3: Return of work permits urged; YMCA leader coming here; new personnel officer; new setup finds main library in D.H. 23.

The prejudice continues with these two articles.

Page 4: Clearances received by four students; advice offered those with colds; immunization not necessary, says government man; community sing; list of visitors; Christmas financial report given.

Page 5: Farm program to be surveyed; farm labor, outside job bureaus merged; a doctor has been transferred to Manzanar; medical situation found satisfactory; outside jobs listing.

This one is sort of funny, really. The poor farmer sees a whole bunch of what he thinks naturally are Japanese soldiers, and calls for help.

Page 6: Leave program slowed up due to applicants not showing up for interviews; co-op plans membership drive soon; belt-making class; church schedule of services.

Page 7: Notice given of alien copyrights; work hours to be strictly regulated; December pay awaited; classes in crepe paper, craft starts; S.S. forms must be notarized; relocation projects probed article from page 1 continues; ad for movie Pardon by Sarong.

Page 8: Relocation: Now or Never; art exhibit draws nice attendance; forum scheduled on cooperative; would-be reports-here's your chance.

Page 9: Cartoon.

Volume 2 #8: Jan. 27, 1943

Page 1: Ex-Senator will speak here Friday; Masaoka voices plea for unity; December pay given; coast cities in winter's grip; share-croppers still recruited.

Page 2: Exchange column; editorial-Unity; need of unity stressed in talk continues from page 1; Japanese library gets more books; Shibai opens in D.H. 4.

Page 3: Pardon, but the name is bitterbush; secretarial job calls local girl; more students get releases; wedding date set; new additions are announced; a marriage; list of visitors; speed limit in school zone reduced to 10 miles per hour.

Page 4: YMCA official here soon; agriculture club holds its first session; ice carnival put off until weather permits; plumbing fixtures for beauty, barber shops being installed; one birth; relocation projects should be left alone.

Page 5: 4550 employed here; more than 500 meal tickets out; pennants await winners in dining hall contest; lost item.

Basically put up or shut up to one of the prejudiced Senators.

Page 6: Ice hockey loop forms; farm machinery in storage sought; Rupert Rotary Club will hear male quartet; gym, auditorium included in school plans; community enterprises lauded; variety of in-project jobs listed; outside job offers.

Page 7: Social rooms set; 30,000 tons of coal in; mass choir will appear in Jerome; G.R. interclub meet; deposits set-up explained; unclaimed mail; Brevities column; community sing.

Page 8: Girl Scout activities; teacher;s help speeds work of leaves division; fete performers; Catholic activities; Record concert; claim your towels.

Another article dealing with prejudice.

Page 9: President's birthday dances slated; call issued for farm machinery, cars; Burman back at old post.

Page 10: Glamour hunt on; pick block winners by Jan. 31; co-op membership drive underway.

Pages 11-13: In Japanese, with English listing of articles.

Volume 2 #9: Jan. 30, 1943

Page 1: JACL chapters pledge to support war effort; benefits policy clarified; JACL swings into drive for members; evacuation topic talk; Benson leaves for Washington, D.C.

Page 2: New adult classes due to start; church schedule; boxing class; benefits article continues.

Page 3: Push plans to form Red Cross unit; Housing office statistics show 52 apartments vacant yet; aliens eligible for leaves; survey forms return asked; seven more students released; two in-project jobs listed; have address, stamp on mail; outside job offers; one birth, one death.

Page 4: Ofuros to be removed from showers; test being made of fire, time siren; flush toilets will be ready for use in mid-Feb; visit paid here by Dr. Beers; Record Concert; letter commends Hunt's harvesters.

Page 5: Feminidoka column; letter, poster design class meets bi-weekly; more leaves issued here; sketching class; 3730 see exhibit; visitors list.

Page 6: Mass choir lauded at Jerome debut; sweetheart-quest stirs male storm; new 2 cent torch stamp available; three sectional hops tonight; unclaimed mail list; ad for movie Broadway.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese, with English list of article titles.

Volume 2 #10: Feb. 3, 1943

Page 1: War Depts' action hailed by local Nisei leaders (forming a battalion of Nisei); calling all volunteers; mass choir to sing in Twin Falls; clothing grants fully discussed.

Yet another example of West Coast prejudice.

Page 2: Exchange column; editorial about volunteering for the military; outside job offers.

Page 3: Glamour interest rises; JACL drive success seen;section winners; group leaves to survey share-crop propositions.

Page 4: Article in Missions about evacuees disappointing; more going out leaves come thru; four births; list of visitors.

Page 5: $4510 here raised for paralysis fund; Arnold's initial article on Minidoka is widely read; Seattle election ballots available; co-op drive leaders; three marriages; two hunt patients in Boise hospitals; appeals to churches to aid relocation.

Page 6: Letter urges use of Nisei manpower; Middle West receptive to resettlement; Red Cross sets new meetings; Japanese labor from Tule Lake to be sought; stamp club meets; 3 dances announced for this weekend; Record concert; checking station burns.

Page 7: Hunt to participate in national Boy Scout week; co-op starts drive for membership; community sing; courses given in bookkeeping; more in-project jobs offered; discuss Yasui case.

Page 8: Girls' reserve activities; Oregonian hails Army's acceptance of Nisei; Catholic weekend activities announced; comments on farm action article continues from page 1; unclaimed mail; lost a pen.

Page 9: Cartoon.

Pages 10 -12: In Japanese, with English listing of article titles.

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