Manzanar Free Press

The Manzanar Free Press was published 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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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 25 (September 20, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-273)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 25 (September 20, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-273)
Selected article titles: "Manpower Shortage Hits Local Hospital Staff" (p. 1), "High School Students Harvest Fall Crops" (p. 1), "WRA Releases Figures on Indefinite Leaves" (p. 2), "New York WRA Offices to Aid New Resettlers" (p. 3).
Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 63 (August 7, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-155)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 63 (August 7, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-155)
Selected article titles: "Hospital Staff Augmented as Doctor Arrives" (p. 1), "Insecticides Next Topic for Lecture" (p. 1), "Merritt Speaks on Segregation Plans" (p. 1), "Residents Taste Home-Made Tofu" (p. 1), "Execution of Forms Urged of Evacuees" (p. 1), "Anti-Japanese Law is Unconstitutional" (p. 1), "Project Director Given Authority to Impose Fines" (p. 1), "WRA Policies …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 89 (April 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-334)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 89 (April 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-334)
Selected article titles: "Twelve Called to Active Duty from Enlisted Reserve Corps" (p. 1), "Hollywood Citizen News Editorializes Nisei Return Ban" (p. 1), "Tell 'Relocation' of Appointed Personnel Staff Member" (p. 1), "Parolees Must Wait for Special Permits" (p. 1), "Temporary Housing at Seabrook Farms Nears Completion" (p. 1), "WRA to Crate All Evacuee Property" (p. …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. I No. 28 (June 25, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-28)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. I No. 28 (June 25, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-28)
Selected article titles: "'Trip... Enjoyable as Well as Informative' ... Ted Akahoshi" (p. 1), "Center Officials Return From Visit to Beet Fields" (p. 1), "Daily Total of Nets Manufactured Increases" (p. 1), "Moving Permits Necessary Before Changing Homes" (p. 1), "Scorpion's... Sting" (p. 2), "Showing Their Loyalty" (p. 2), "Legal Aide Society Formed" (p. 2), "Children's …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 22 (March 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-219)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 22 (March 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-219)
Selected article titles: "Block Managers Organize Permanent Committees" (p. 1), "PTA Heads Assure Relocation Support" (p. 1), "Racial Persecution Hits Salt Lake City" (p. 1), "Japanese-Americans are Loyal -- Sandburg" (p. 2), "Opposition Seen Against Deportation" (p. 3).
Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 40 (May 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-132)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 40 (May 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-132)
Selected article titles: "Sugar Available for Preservers of Canned Goods" (p. 1), "Job Opportunities to Nisei Offered in Various Cities" (p. 1), "New York Church Group to Aid in Resettlement" (p. 1), "Housing Shortage in Salt Lake City" (p. 1), "Cigarette Butts Cause of Fires" (p. 1), "No Definite Job Offer Needed for Resettlement. Travel Permits …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 15 (October 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-179)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 15 (October 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-179)
Selected article titles: "Merritt Discusses Points Residents Must Consider" (p. 1), "Novelist Discusses Racial Problems" (p. 1), "Manufacturing Calls for Empty Bottles" (p. 1), "Alertness Prevents Fire Catastrophe" (p. 1), "Outside Purchase Procedure Given" (p. 2), "Relocators' Freedom Amazes Assessors" (p. 2), "Trap Coyotes on Topaz Center Farm" (p. 2), "Former Heart Mt. Resident Tells of …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 24 (September 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-272)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 24 (September 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-272)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Girl Returns to Coast to Enroll at Pasadena School" (p. 1), "Nisei to Help Produce Munitions" (p. 1), "National JACL Office Files Application for Return to Coast" (p. 1), "Nisei Coastal Return Backed by Emerson" (p. 1), "Nisei Fixes Teeth in Wine Cellar" (p. 1), "Manzanar USO Party Huge Success" (p. 3).
Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 39 (November 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-287)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 39 (November 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-287)
Selected article titles: "Army Calls Twenty-One to Active Duty" (p. 1), "Will Disconnect Exposed Water Pipes to Prevent Freezing" (p. 1), "Third Group Departs for Seabrook Farms" (p. 1), "Ickes Denies Rumors on CVP Use for Nisei" (p. 2), "Red Cross Chapters Accept Messages for Prisoners of War" (p. 3), "Eight Nisei Sentenced on Draft Violation" …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 41 (May 22, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-133)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 41 (May 22, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-133)
Selected article titles: "Picnicking Without Pass Discussed in Meeting" (p. 1), "Jobs Plentiful With Need of Help in Essential Work" (p. 1), "Personal Goods are Transferred on Resettlement" (p. 1), "Review Board to Handle Changes on Question 28" (p. 1), "Enforcement by Local Police of New Rules" (p. 1), "By OPA Ruling Sugar for Canning Not …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 67 (August 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-159)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 67 (August 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-159)
Selected article titles: "Camp Shelby Holds Press Open House. Combat Soldiers March in Review" (p. 1), "Evacuee 'Stimulant' in Superman Strip" (p. 1), "Status of Parolees Clarified by WRA" (p. 1), "Army Jurisdiction of Japanese Urged" (p. 1), "60 Evacuees Work in Garment Factory" (p. 1), "Local Problems in Delinquency Show Increase" (p. 1), "Parcel Restrictions …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 15 (February 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-106)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 15 (February 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-106)
Selected article titles: "Block 3 Group May Leave for Minidoka Center. Bainbridge Island Comprise Majority" (p. 1), "Stimson Tells Need of Nisei Unit. Lt. Bogard Receives Statement From Aide to Secretary of War" (p. 1), "New Order Cuts Supply of Paper. Equal Distribution to Begin Tomorrow" (p. 1), "Report on Land Owned by Minors of Alien …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 10 (February 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-100)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 10 (February 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-100)
Selected article titles: "Sugar Beet Agents Interview Prospective Farmers. Beet Acreage and Farms Open this Season for Experienced" (p. 1), "Police Announce Special Six-Man Body. To Represent Force in Meets; Make Smooth Running Outfit" (p. 1), "Japanese Still Left" (p. 1), "Resettlement, Transfers Claim Recent Departures" (p. 1), "Advise Internees to Renew Permits" (p. 1), "Taxpayers …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 12 (February 10, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-103)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 12 (February 10, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-103)
Selected article titles: "Army Registration Begins Friday. Official Representatives Arrive Direct From Washington, D.C." (p. 1), "War Department's Message Read. Lt. Eugene Bogard Addresses Group at Town Hall Meeting" (p. 1), "Nisei Will Not Fight Japanese" (p. 1), "'Relocation Takes Another Meaning Today' States Brown" (p. 1), "FDR Endorses Action of War Department" (p. 1), "Army …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 42 (May 24, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-239)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 42 (May 24, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-239)
Selected article titles: "Co-op Releases Statement on Canteen Sales" (p. 1), "Chicago Offers Jobs for Older Evacuees" (p. 1), "Nisei Rights Upheld by American Soldiers" (p. 1), "Postwar Plans for Manzanar Discussed" (p. 1), "Postwar Deportation of Japanese Aliens Sought" (p. 1), "Nisei Paratrooper Receives Coveted 'Silver Wings'" (p. 2), "Thirty-nine Nisei Women Return to West …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 31 (April 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-122)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 31 (April 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-122)
Selected article titles: "Victory Garden Saboteurs Run Down by Sly Sleuths" (p. 1), "Plane Crash is Fatal to Naval Air Student. Center Residents Eye-Witness Early Morning Air Tragedy" (p. 1), "New Regulation on Refrigerators" (p. 1), "Restricted Length on Outside Shades" (p. 1), "Citizen's Evidence Needed to Relocate" (p. 1), "Former Owners of Harbor District to …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 13 (February 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-104)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 13 (February 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-104)
Selected article titles: "Army to Accept Volunteer Nisei From Outside" (p. 1), "Teachers to Aid Army Registration" (p. 1), "Menus Affected by New Orders" (p. 1), "Army Questions and Answers" (p. 1), "Required Registration Begins in All Blocks. Volunteering and Registration Not Alike, Says Coordinator" (p. 1), "Ration Will Hit Manzanar Same as Other Cities" (p. …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 24 (March 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-221)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 24 (March 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-221)
Selected article titles: "Authorities Understand the Views of Nisei -- Ralph Merritt" (p. 1), "Mark Probe of WRA as 'Painful Parody'" (p. 1), "Reveal One-Fifth of Evacuees Relocated" (p. 1), "Tulean Sentenced" (p. 1), "New Food-Serving Procedures Clarified at Mess Chef's Meet" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer Upholds Relocation Policies" (p. 1), "Solving of Minority Problems Requested" …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. I No. 27 (June 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-27)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. I No. 27 (June 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-27)
Selected article titles: "New Leaders for Four Blocks Officially Announced" (p. 1), "No Work Order, No Pay, New Rule" (p. 1), "Net Project Moves Full Speed Ahead" (p. 1), "Tanka and Hokku Lovers to Meet" (p. 1), "Wanted: A Baker" (p. 1), "Local WRA Officials Leave to Investigate" (p. 1), "WRA Head Drafted. Former Soil Conservation …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 24 (November 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-188)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 24 (November 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-188)
Selected article titles: "McCoach Denies Explosives Found at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 1), "Checks Exposed Found at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 1), "To Complete Master File at Topaz Camp" (p. 1), "First Shipment of Cattle Arrive Here" (p. 1), "Block Managers to Fete Merritt on Anniversary" (p. 1), "Grew Defends Loyal Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Anti-Japanese …
Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 23 (November 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-187)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 23 (November 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-187)
Selected article titles: "Block Managers Hear Thanksgiving Message" (p. 1), "Evacuation of Citizens Violates Article 14 of Constitution -- Day" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer Releases Detailed Report on November Segregation Center Incident" (p. 1), "Explain Sale of Milk in Center" (p. 1), "Relocation Attache Seeks Suggestions" (p. 2), "Seek Translators for Coastal Duty" (p. 3), "Scientific …
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