Topaz Times, Volume 7, Issues 6-10

Volume 7 #6: April 19, 1944

Page 1: SSAF benefit show slated; Army rejects 22 Topaz draftees in physicals; spring festival to be held here; ward II WBA to hold social; 350 residents attend dedication; Tule Lake-WRA arrests five evacuees; field supervisor sent to Jerome.

Page 2: No discrimination felt by Cleveland evacuees; report from Chicago; 5 Nisei in Indiana refining plant receive special commendations.

Page 3: Tule pay checks due here soon; poultry and livestock output to be increased; concert recital set; Indiana war plant opens to Nisei; report from Chicago cont; 73 Tuleans subject to preinductions; Sgt. Takata wins 1st Distinguished Service Cross for Italian fighting.

Page 4: Center-wide festival slated by CES; secret service warns alterers of government checks; training courses still available; persecutors of Nisei denounced by AAF captain in Time magazine.

Page 5: Leaves; restrictions on evacuees in Utah counties relaxed; Chicago hostel to move to N.Y.; Endo case to be heard; center mess halls receive calcimine; Dickinson leaves for confab in Chicago; Lt. Ozamoto says Army is 'wonderful.'

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Volume 7 #7: April 22, 1944

Page 1: Transplanting of vegetable sets now underway; tentative program for Spring festival planned; 86 Topaz men pass physicals; Delta High play; leave clearance hearings being conducted at Tule center; Lewis to work for SLC field office.

Page 2: The Mail Box; Keeping Posted.

Page 3: Around the Circuit; music school to present recital; suit filed against federal gov't; innoculation of dogs arranged; USO members elect officers; Nisei seamen free to sail out; Pratt attends confab.

Page 4: Buddhists plan 3-day confab in Topaz; YBA to hold installation; new hours to be adopted for well baby clinic; eye tests given to h.s. students; two-day show set by adult ed; church schedule; odori recital tonight.

Page 5: Sports.

Pages 6-10: In Japanese.

Volume 7 #8: April 26, 1944

Page 1: Supreme Court advice asked in Endo case; nat'l Buddhist confab to open here; 3rd segregation movement set; 'Nine Girls' to be presented tonight; 5 former residents of Hawaii leave Topaz to join relatives; YBA to sponsor inaugural ball.

Page 2: Nisei ERC use mooted; evacuation is propaganda news for Japan, Nash; California alien land law changes proposed.

Page 3: Leaves; evacuees now eligible for assistance from RFC; Farrars join high school faculty; sports; 'girls' drag'.

Page 4: Acting head of NSRC; N.J. ministers deplore action of racialism; job open at Sandburg farm; WRA education advisor arrives; air commando Nisei in India writes.

Pages 5-8: In Japanese.

Volume 7 #9: April 29, 1944

Page 1: Red Cross fund drive to open here next week; 33 WAC positions now open to Topaz women; status of men in ERC clarified; new relocation interviewer here; Leupp center to be reopened.

Relocatee encounters prejudice.

Page 2: Editorial; Keeping Posted.

Page 3: Around the Circuit; Ickes raps La Guardia, Bricker for racialism; sports; WAC recruiting cont.

Page 4: Positions are open in all divisions of center; east of center available for victory gardens; 15 more workers needed by farmer; 43 Amache boys answer Army call; Nisei in U.S. Marines have respect of their buddies.

Page 5: Farm section gives reports on crops; 30 delegates arrive for Buddhist confab; 'Mrs. Miniver' nets $300; nurses class to be given in Japanese; soldiers on leave; church services.

Page 6: Calendar.

Pages 7-10: In Japanese.

Volume 7 #10: May 3, 1944

Page 1: Festival to open Friday; ACLU attorney to visit here this week; 8 registrants to get physicals; Minidoka honors Sgt. Kuroki; 74 relocators leave May 1.

Page 2: Editorial; leasing of homes to ex-Topazans causes dispute; cartoon. Page 3: Farm notes; departure allocations; Topaz choses as BSC hdqrs at 3-day conference; high school to give gay nineties review; amateur show to be sponsored by CAS.

Page 4: Hostel for resettlers opened in Philadelphia; leaves; '44 Rambling now on sale; vocational training head to arrive; Turner added to relocation staff; new scheduled used by adult class; H.S. Fellowship to hold picnic.

Page 5: Absentee vote advice given; California alien land law to be tested; Capt. Kawasaki gives report on 100th battalion in Italy.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 9-10: In Japanese.



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