Topaz Times, Volume 7, Issues 1-5

Volume 7 #1: April 1, 1944

Page 1: Korematsu case to be reviewed by Supreme Court; 168 ordered to report for preinduction exams; $100 sent to Nisei soldiers; draft refusers; evacuees produce own vegetables; ex-Californians must register by April 6 to vote this year.

Page 2: Editorial; Guadalcanal vet commends Nisei soldiers' bravery.

Page 3: Leaves; labor market conditions in large cities surveyed; fire damage totals $1000; CAS semi-formal features Savoy 5; Nabeshima stars in school play; on the outside cont; student forum.

Page 4: Around the Circuit; Japanese books at reduced price; Christian churches plan Easter week observances; initiation held by Desert-eers; YP group to give April Fool's party; church services.

Page 5: Tule Notes; new rules for leave clearance grants issued; Student Council members named; Girl Reserve officers elected; Junior Prom Dance to be held tonight.

Page 6: Draft dodgers rapped by JACL president Kido; 1935 persons depart on indefinite leave; 20 residents accept railroad work; seasonal leave change revealed; Pasadenans favor restoration of Nisei's full civil rights.

Page 7: Personality sketches.

Pages 8, 9: Sports.

Page 10: To the (Wo)men.

Page 11: Women's Mirror.

Page 12: Apropos questions, answers.

Page 13: Keeping Posted; cartoon strip.

Page 14: The Nisei and Selective Service; Ramblings.

Page 15: Ramblings cont; Kibei problem is very complex; keeping posted cont.

Page 16:Report from Chicago; NBC dramatizes the new sun; New York evacuees in review.

Page 17: Report from Chicago cont; Desert Echoes.

Page 18: The Mail Box; Digests; news letter reprints.

Page 19: Story-the fruit picker.

Page 20: Story cont; poem.

Page 21: Story cont; poems.

Volume 7 #2: April 5, 1944

Page 1: Unclaimed mail held at post office and welfare; farm equipment arrives from Jerome center; Hawaiian Nisei receive awards; appointed staff gives to Red Cross; center greenhouses nearing completion; farmers send in seasonal offers; procedure given for alien parolees who wish to be freed; Easter egg hunt.

Page 2: Sports.

Page 3: April calendar.

Volume 7 #3: April 8, 1944

Page 1: 130 called for physicals; first 12 Topaz inductees to report; hospital to give training to nursing; Ernst returns from California; new work, meal sked will begin; work on science building started; Camp Savage.

Page 2: Editorial; Scout outing regulations.

Page 3: Boston Nisei makes good, says Clapp; relocated Nisei evacuees eligibile for FSA loans; relocation-500 interviewed in discussions; root cellar now used by AG dept; Omura first Nisei killed in Pacific; Boy Scout rules cont; Kaltenborn criticizes detention of Nisei.

Page 4: Special services slated; Topaz Red Cross drive to begin; church schedule; firemen put out block 19 bonfire; soldiers on leave; hotel offers jobs on trial leave.

Volume 7 #4: April 12, 1944

Page 1: First 11 to be inducted today; three answers to mothers' petition here; fire destroys Buddhist church; 130 Topaz youths to report tomorrow for preinduction; finance building fire is extinguished.

Page 2: Mothers' petition cont.; new Missouri WRA supervisor named.

Page 3: Leaves; new relocation officer joins Omaha WRA staff; 1800 cakes of Tofu distributed to mess halls; lab aides wanted at local hospital; steno hired by union headquarters; Easter egg hunt winners; paintings by Mikami exhibited at rec 31; Chicago hostel; no. 18 shoe stamp expires April 30.

Page 4: Nisei may still register for Nov. 7 election; Around the Circuit; council adopts resolution re resignations; 130 called for examinations cont.

Page 5: Nisei fells like a child 'kicked out from home'; Negroes also rap Army discrimination program; Nisei appears in New York dance recital.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Volume 7 #5: April 15, 1944

Page 1: Topaz allotted 2776 workers for fourth quarter; coast race mongers rapped by Ickes; 131 men leave for pre-inductions; Niesse appointed acting project head; Kimball here; project director Ernst addresses Calif. groups on WRA program; Cornwall supervises WRA field office.

Page 2: Editorial; Keeping Posted.

Page 3: Around the Circuit; council gives statement on blood donor drive; pay checks-new distribution system installed; AG to sponsor Japanese show; forty railroad jobs open for Nisei men.

Page 4: SSAF committee to sponsor 'Mrs. Miniver'; churches to be dedicated Tuesday; YBA members hold election of officers; Bodine to arrive next week; officers elected by nurses' aides; church services; Bishop Reifsnider to speak Sunday; soldiers on leave.

Page 5: First Nisei chaplain joins combat team; social security boards aid relocated evacuees; 3 Uno brothers fighting for U.S.; Nisei in Italian campaign stages one-man tank destroyer act.

Page 6: Draft refusers must take consequences-ACLU; CUSA conclave to be held in Topaz; evacuee property; Boy Scouts take overnight hike; supt. address Utah universities; Topaz schools begin Monday morning; SGR to sponsor dance; tule co-op rebates; students to see films on national park.

Page 7: Sports.

Pages 8-12: In Japanese.



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