Topaz Times, Volume 9, Issues 21-24

Volume 9 #21: Dec. 13, 1944

Page 1: State education advisory board to visit; 33 issued permits to re-enter Pacific Coast; seven families may return home; nominations for council; sharecrop offers; evacuation tragic casuality; translators and writers wanted.

Page 2: Evacuee property office functions; reception committee to meet relocators at N.Y. station.

Page 3: Leaves; 'Chu-shin-gura' to be shown; Keithahns speak of Indian life; letters protest veteran ousting; evacuees reception cont; Mochiu Ishida is 5th member of family to be called into Army; 2nd lt. commission given Geo. Sakanari.

Page 4: Washington office sends warning against fire; sports; new Wash. hostel extends invitation; soldiers on leave.

Pittsburgh.

Pages 5-8: In Japanese.

Volume 9 #22: Dec. 16, 1944

Page 1: Detroit hostel arranges suite for families; 57 council candidates named; Delta-Topaz bus line to start; 4 more receive permits to coast; legal aid assoc. to help evacuees.

California again.

Page 2: Evacuee property office functions; JACL suggests confab on minorities to FDR; return to coast to be discussed.

Page 3: Co-op movies; 'Up in Arms' to be shown; more preferred vegetables promised; nomination of council candidates completed.

Again California.

Page 4: Church xmas program to be held; Around the Circuit; Girl Scouts to go caroling; new hostel head; Chu-shin-gura; soldiers on leave; 'Prejudice' to be discussed; church services.

Page 5: Sports.

Pages 6-10: In Japanese.

Volume 9 #Special Edition: Dec. 18, 1944

Page 1: Coast re-opens; camps to remain open for 6 months; exclusion orders to be rescinded Jan. 2; full rights to be restored; Calif. relocators may get WRA help; who may go back.

Page 2: WDC statements to residents clarifies system; evacuee's rights must be protected; more about procedures cont; don't ask status; 4500 former Bay area people here.

Page 3, 4: In Japanese.

Volume 9 #23: Dec. 20, 1944

Page 1: Newly elected councilmen; 34 new council members to take office; resident mailmen to work 23rd, 24th; Christmas Eve dance is slated; showing of 'Passage to Marseille' to be shown tonight.

Endo case.

Page 2: Ickes says relocation program to be intensified with coast reopening; sports; soldiers on leave; hospital shortage to be discussed.; those with permits may go before Jan. 2.

Page 3, 4: In Japanese.

Volume 9 #24: Dec. 23, 1944

Page 1: Community plans joint gala New Year's Eve party; cleared evacuees may enter Calif. after Jan 2; Snelling Nisei choir on air; coast housing survey; Time comments on court decision in Endo case; Christmas meals.

Page 2: Cartoon; Desert Echoes; season's greetings.

Page 3: International Red Cross sends 4 boxes of books; relocation officers for west coast areas named; interest grows in training class; co-op resolution sent to Myer; co-op movies; 50 women needed at Seabrook Farms; Chicago, Kansas City relocation offices merge.

Page 4: Metals refining company in Indiana needs 25 men; PO handles huge Christmas mail; pro opinion made on coast re-opening; offices merge cont; meteorite found by residents is 9th largest in U.S.

Page 5: Ice skaters to have music; Christmas program to be presented tomorrow; carolling; Myer sends Yule greetings; blocks to have holiday parties; Girl Scouts; Christmas program; Poston ex-service club has four races.

Page 6: Christmas eve dance to be held at Mess 2; Catholics plan midnight mass; leaves; Girl Scouts elect new officers; AFL convention makes resolution; art school to close; sports; church services; Buddhists slate year-end program.

Page 7: Santa Claus for Children.

Page 8: Santa Claus for Children cont; poem.

Page 9: Rev. Nugent tells sincerity of gift senders; list of donors given.

Page 10: Messages from gift senders; more gift donors; Santa Claus cont.

Page 11: Gift contributors total 361 from thirty different states; more gift donors; distribution of gifts planned by church; Dayton community war chest to aid Japanese relocation; Ogami is first in golf tourney.

Page 12: Please thank donors; donors list cont.

Page 13: Evacuee property office helps in collecting rent, making leases, etc.; Lt. Matsunaga tells about Japanese in U.S.

Pages 14-18: In Japanese.



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