Gila News-Courier

The Gila News-Courier was published in the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, from September 1942 to 1945. The newspaper was staffed mainly by camp inmates who wrote the articles, set the type, and printed the final copies.

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 8 (January 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-366)

Selected article titles: "Exchange of Nationals" (p. 1), "Coupons Void After January" (p. 1), "Dear Nisei Soldiers" (p. 2), "Farm: Fields Will be Consolidated" (p. 3), "Haircut Price to be Raised" (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. I No. 13 (October 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-141-13)

Selected article titles: "JACL Organizer Pledge Support to WRA Policies" (p. 1), "Camouflage Crew Foreman Prepare" (p. 1), "Yellow Americans" (p. 2), "Drivers Warned on Speed Hazard" (p. 3), "Beautification Beginnings Set" (p. 3), "Postoffice Reissues Regulations for Benefit of Newcomers" (p. 4), "Japanese Visit Status Revealed" (p. 4), "Power Assured Lightless Blocks" (p. 5), "Linoleum …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 47 (December 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-200)

Selected article titles: "Next Week: Construction of Cannery Slated" (p. 1), "Gift Exchange Discouraged" (p. 1), "Gilans Asked to Stay Within Camp" (p. 1), "Editorial: An Unwritten Compact" (p. 2), "Catholic Paper Hits West Coast Anti-Nisei Prejudice" (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 152 (August 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-308)

Selected article titles: "Cleveland: Nisei Establish Church Group" (p. 1), "Tule Hunger Strikers End Eleven Day Fast" (p. 1), "Center Jobs May Be Put Under Priority System" (p. 1), "Portland: Japanese Graves Pillaged Twice" (p. 3), "Tule Boy Killed by Dump Truck" (p. 4), "Twenty Japanese Linguists Needed at Stanford University" (p. 5), "No Immigration Canada …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 23 (October 14, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-169)

Selected article titles: "Battle Action: Nisei Rescue Yanks Behind Enemy Lines" (p. 1), "Hearings for 600 Still On" (p. 1), "Editorial: Men are Essentially Alike" (p. 2), "Laws Needed to Break Color Line" (p. 2), "National Preaching Week: Four Christian Leaders to Speak Two Days in Rivers" (p. 3), "Tule Lake Described by Wolter" (p. 3).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 4 (January 13, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-362)

Selected article titles: "JACL: Intermountain District Meet " (p. 1), "Army Orders Come for Physicals, Inductions" (p. 1), "'Did I Give My Arm in Vain?'" (p. 2), "Fair Play Urged" (p. 2).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 51 (April 29, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-87)

Selected article titles: "Screens for Apartments Arrive. Installation Soon" (p. 1), "Butte Suffers Water Shortage. High Spots Badly Hit" (p. 1), "Photo Studio Opens Sunday" (p. 1), "Evacuees Not Being Pampered" (p. 1), "Labor Accepts. Priest Aids in Relation" (p. 1), "Parolees Get Indefinite Leaves" (p. 1), "Editorials: Letter from Chicago" (p. 2).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 125 (June 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-281)

Selected article titles: "Canal Hi: Commencement Tomorrow Night" (p. 1), "Resident Fined for Gambling" (p. 1), "Jerome Group Comes Next Week" (p. 1), "Relocation: Booklet on Cleveland Here" (p. 2), "Revised Procedures on Short Terms Released" (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 68 (June 8, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-104)

Selected article titles: "Mid-Western Farms Offer Relocation Opportunities. Shirrell Urges Pioneering as Ice-Breaker for Good Relations" (p. 1), "Editorial: Phoenicians Say Hello" (p. 2), "Californian Decries Abuse of Democracy" (p. 2), "Despondent Girl Commits Suicide" (p. 3), "Must Report All Accidents to I.S." (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 45 (June 6, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-404)

Selected article titles: "200 Seniors to Receive Diplomas at Graduation" (p. 1), "New York: N.W.L.B. Praises Nisei Employees" (p. 2), "Parlier Gunman Gets Probation" (p. 2), "West Hoodlums Called Yellow" (p. 4), "CIO: Stockton Unit Resents Nisei" (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 5 (January 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-363)

Selected article titles: "Myer Defends Evacuee Rights" (p. 1), "Twenty-two Go to West Coast" (p. 1), "JACL to Discuss Japanese Future" (p. 2), "Japanese Study License Asked" (p. 2), "Fishermen: Japanese May Resume Work" (p. 3), "New Term for 'Nisei American'" (p. 5).

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doc Gila News-Courier, Armistice Day Supplement (ddr-densho-382-11)

Lists of dead, wounded and serving Japanese Americans

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doc Anniversary Supplement of the Gila News-Courier (ddr-densho-382-9)

Select articles: "Evacuees Are Facing East" (p. 4); "Evacuees Help Tackle Uncle Sam's War Jobs" (p. 6); "Camouflage Workers Get Prevailing Wages" (p. 9); Gilans Answer 'Yes' or 'No'" (p. 10); "Loyalty Questions Defined" (p. 11)

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doc Gila New-Courier Supplement, Issei, Nisei, Kibei (ddr-densho-382-12)

Transcription of Fortune magazine article from April, 1944. "The U.S. has put 110,000 people of Japanese blood in 'Protective Custody'"

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doc A Year at Gila Anniversary Booklet (ddr-densho-469-8)

Includes the legend of Gila, a history of the beginning of the Gila River, facts, and maps of the Gila River, as well as summaries of Gila's River's various organizations, departments, work, and activities.

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doc Second Year at Gila (ddr-densho-469-9)

A summary of the second year spent by camp inmates at the Gila River Relocation Center. Topics on the second year of the camp include the camp's administration, involvement in the war, predominant religions, schools, agriculture, recreation, and population, ending with a timeline of events.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-469-9/