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Losses Sustained by Nisei Landowners Noted by JACL\" (p. 1), \"Nisei Atom-Bomb Survivors Arrive In San Francisco\" (p. 1), \"Note No Major Anti-Evacuee Acts Occurred in Colorado\" (p. 7), \"Canada Removes Restrictions On Movement of Evacuees Outside of British Columbia\" (p. 8).","extent":"Pacific Citizen","links_children":"ddr-pc-19-18","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"The Japanese American Citizens League"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","creation":"May 3, 1947","status":"completed","search_hidden":"The Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-19-18-mezzanine-5304aef458-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-39-5","model":"entity","index":"22 1297/{'value': 2126, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-39-5/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-39-5/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-39/ddr-pc-39-5-mezzanine-49bf99300f-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-39/ddr-pc-39-5-mezzanine-49bf99300f-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 5 (February 3, 1967)","description":"Selected article titles: \"New approach on fair housing law detailed: Rumford Act doomed because of provisions unacceptable by majority of California voters\" (p. 1), \"Tule Lake still leased to U.S., says N.Y. writer\" (p. 1), \"D.C. 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(Hollywood) Rengo. It was recently announced that Ms. Greta Garbo, who has reached the peak of her field as a queen of the screen after starring in 'Mata Hari' and 'Grand Hotel', and the famous director Rouben Mamoulian, who has directed first-rank films such as 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' and 'Love Me Tonight' for Paramount, secretly married on January 15 in Williams, Arizona, creating an extreme sensation for not just the film world but all of America. Although there has been a lot of talk about Garbo and marriage up until this point, at last this time it's not just a rumor, she has actually begun her married life. 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