Volume 1, Issues 1 through 5

#1: Oct. 27, 1942

Page 1: The coal supply is assured for the present; Bed Time is last-minute bits of news; the North fence has been completed; no more non-citizen (Issei) Japanese will be allowed within a mile of the camp; schools will open, but there are no stoves for warmth.

Page 2: The school article from page 1 continues, as does the Bed Time column; an article on student registration; a survey is being done related to skills and employment, and a meeting was held to explain this to the residents; the paper will be published Tuesday through Saturday.

Page 3: Four articles on individual residents.

Page 4, another of the very well done cartoons.

#2: Oct. 28, 1942

Page 1: Topaz needs 150 more maintenance workers; the Bed Time column; first paychecks are in; a plant nursery will be constructed.

Page 2: Briefs and Bulletins column; new post office opens; the co-op will sell clothes; a flag ceremony was held.

Page 3: The entire page consists of articles on the Tule Lake camp government.

Page 4: The Back Page, appearing around once a week, is for editorial comments.

Page 5: This page is entirely in Japanese.

#3: Oct. 29, 1942

Page 1: The first snowfall; the Bed Time column; 37 more people from Santa Anita have arrived; the third well has been completed.

Page 2: The Bed Time column continues; article on the death of one of the residents; no sugar beets will be harvested within the camp since so many people will be going elsewhere to harvest sugar beets. (The pay is better, for one thing.)

Page 3: Public Works, a page on various aspects of construction going on in the camp.

Page 4: The Jankee cartoon page.

Page 5: The page is entirely in Japanese.

Page 6: This page is also in Japanese.

#4: Oct. 30, 1942

Neat Halloween masthead.

Page 1: Bed Time column; Topaz and Delta are having an exchange of visitors to develop better relations; some educators have visited Topaz; there will be a Halloween party.

Page 2: Briefs and Bulletins column; a statistician has left; 700 residents have taken up outside work.

Page 3: A page on education, including a listing of teachers.

Page 4: The education material continues, including profiles of some of the staff involved.

Pages 5 and 6: These two pages are in Japanese except for a listing of topics on page 6 in English.

#5: Oct. 31, 1942

This issue is entitled the Weekly Church Edition.

Page 1: All church articles.

Page 2: Church articles, plus Tanforan paychecks not picked up.

Pages 3 and 4 are in Japanese.



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