Poston Press Bulletin Volume 10 #26-32

Vol. 10: #26, March 6, 1943

Page 1: Leave clearance process speeded up; War department team to leave here; Nisei officer here restored to status; vegetable containers wanted by ag dept.; Internal Revenue men to arrive.

Page 2: Editorial; Miss Cushman to interview students at unit III; leave clearance cont; trip to Phoenix cont; question-answer on resettlement to appear in Chronicle.

Page 3: Procedure for rehearing application; instruction revised on shipping of property; Mohave room to open; first baptismal held in Poston III; manager's manual planned.

Page 4: Health officials visit Poston; student body prexy; employment offers; fishing license available at main canteen; ten sewing machines missing; beginner's shorthand schedule.

Page 5: Rev. Goldwater to address YBA; John Nanakura is elected Poston II temporary council chairman; Cub Scout packs receive charter; '227ers' honor volunteer; new fire chief; singspiration.

Page 6: Senior class elects officers; Unit III essential worker trust fund division listed; Spring Swing proves a success; warning on kite flying; volunteers of 329 honored; seiten class scheduled; soldiers feted at block party.

Pages 7, 8: Sports.

Pages 9, 10: In Japanese.

Vol. 10: #27, March 10, 1943

Page 1: Senate subcommittee met with Poston leaders; evacuees may farm in Parker Valley; councilmen discuss net factory closing.

Page 2: A farmer's life; small talk.

Page 3: Sugar firm representative here to recruit workers; adult ed. forum discontinued; packages not inspected by the post office; brief beats; Rev. Goldwater to speak Thursday; first symphony concert soon.

Page 4: Colleens nominees announced; series of meetings for young people scheduled this week at church; policeman's ball; sports; movies tonight; workers wanted.

Page 5: Pool, open theater to become reality soon; beautiful art work on exhibit in Mohave Room; attention casaba managers; Issei aid bureau established; Yamaguchi honored at farewell; communion services; get in the 'groove' at the casaba jump.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Vol. 10: #28, March 11, 1943

Page 1: Reckless driving urged to be checked; manpower commission setup planned in Poston I; week's notice required for job change; 300 Minidoka volunteers for Army; certificates valid 30 days after issuance.

Page 2: Nisei vs. animals; just; Nippon's standard of living.

Page 3: Just incidentally; labor caucus; shoe certificates valid for 30 days cont; drivers urged to check carelessness cont.; Minidokan Army volunteers cont.

Page 4: March calendar.

Page 5: Bussei hear Rev. Goldwater; block 215 honors volunteers; 219ers fete Army volunteers; personnel mess hall workers wanted; traffic regulations in force; afternoon session with Cuthbertson; social news.

Page 6: 2,400 chicks arrive for ag dept; new store schedule; pilfering at movies reported; tennis meeting; brief beats; ten sewing machines missing.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: Movie committee asks for better cooperation; kitchen and latrine inspection improving; deadline for night classes; sewing dept. announces price increase; PTA council to meet; visitor from Granada; first piano recital in Poston is a success; library news.

Pages 9, 10: In Japanese.

Vol. 10: #29, March 12, 1943

Page 1: Chicago WRA office reports number job offers; unit III garnishing factory opening set; Mohave Room to remain open; exchange of nationals denied.

Page 2: Opportunities offered; letter to Arkansas; the law steps in.

Page 3: C.E. to distribute calendars; some volunteers found to be uncooperative; YBA notes; section V volunteers feted at social; Seventh Day Adventist church Bible school.

Page 4: Student relocation bureau transferred to employment division; volunteers may still apply; leveling of firebreak area started; division heads to meet.

Page 5: Sports.

Page 6: Rules to control hospital visits; Rev. Goldwater addresses Bussei; beet growers leave for tour of farms; council treasurer elected; dictionaries arrive; installation held; post office releases February report; student help with government papers; outside employment offered.

Pages 7,8: In Japanese.

Vol. 10: #30, March 13, 1943

Page 1: Dept. heads meet for two-day confab; Army team leaves Poston; shoe sales to start; orders taken for Japanese texts.

Page 2; Voice of an Issei.

Page 3: A letter to the T.C.C.; voice of an Issei cont.

Page 4: Small Talk; house fly project; Army team leaves cont; visiting hours changed for Ward 4.

Page 5: Block 45 tops Red Cross fund drive; YWCA to hold 'jig'; dance at Patrick's Hut; first symphony concert soon; sculptoring dept. to move; musical notes; brief beats.

Page 6: YWCA secretary addresses Poston II girls; firemen fetes Army volunteers; sports; policeman's dance set; Shinju, Fujita return from beet fields; soldiers on furlough.

Pages 7, 8: Sports.

Page 9: School Daze.

Page 10: Warning given re: poisoning; polio outbreak found in Poston III; profanity prevalent on school grounds; locales released; meeting scheduled; servicemen on visit; church schedule; Girls Fellowship to meet; departures.

Pages 11, 12: In Japanese.

Vol. 10: #30, March 14, 1943

(Same number as above, but different date.)

Page 1: Manpower commission proposed; cash melon cut by net workers; Poston third in center enlistements; Tojo volunteers for Army.

Page 2: Permits to Phoenix, Gila on quota basis; unit II copes with labor shortage; manpower commission cont.

Page 3: Poston Nisei dumber?; an optimistic note.

Page 4: Can you let them down?; loafing in Parker; rumors again.

Page 5: Jr. Red Cross supplies arrive; church schedule; marriage; pay raise given to construction workers; movies.

Page 6: Residents continue to fete Nisei Army volunteers; Sunday Christian services; employment offers bared; Cpl. Yagi honored; Mllses. to redecorate ballroom.

Page 7: Volunteers visit Phoenix before induction; claim your radios; 305 leads kitchen rating; rulings issued for ironing in barrack; sports; YBA nite; Girls Weekend schedule; calendar of events.

Page 8: Sports.

Page 9: Campus Log.

Page 10: So long to volunteers.

Pages 11, 12: In Japanese.

Vol. 10: #31, March 16, 1943

Page 1: Manpower conference wants commission set; camouflage moves into production; road surfacing project starts; education directors to attend conference.

Page 2: No man indispensable; WRA workers help weave nets; leave clearance-a joke.

Page 3: Red Cross annual meeting set; toy dept. notes; music appreciation hour presented; Japanese literature at library; farm hands for Utah needed.

Page 4: Camouflage workers at units I, II resume work; modern method of medicine applied in Poston; church group to send official on tour of center; Red Cross to hold forum; directors attend conference cont.

Page 5: Social news; sixteen volunteers honored; spiritual emphasis meetings ; block 220 rates high in latrine inspection; debate to be featured tonight at songfest.

Page 6: Movie room acclaimed a success; social news; blockheads fete Fujita; sports awards made at casaba camp; class in fine arts open for students; new books arrive; church news; church schedule.

Page 7: Features; Dust and Deserts; Spring Fever.

Page 8: Sports.

Pages 9, 10: In Japanese.

Vol. 10: #32, March 19, 1943

Page 1: Snelson explains menu set up; canvas of blocks for nurses aides approved; bureau of social relation created.

Page 2: Fair play committee urges Nisei to believe in ideal America; menu explained.

Page 3: Fire fighters urgently needed; singspiration; Y to hold benefit dance; advanced shorthand schedule; employment offer for couple; brief beats.

Page 4: Gala dance tonight at 201 kitchen; permits necessary for buildings; 'ad' workers six honorees at gay party; basketballs arrive as gifts; Novel Hut to observe Sunday hours; soldiers visiting here on furloughs; new Spanish class begins.

Page 5: Beauty shop to open next week; introduction to the study of polio; flower making class to meet; Buddhist choir practice; two volumes missing; fashion illustration classes resume.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.



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