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Through its courageous action against the enemy, the 442nd combat team has won the designation of being the "fighten'est outfit" in the U.S. army. This week's dispatches call the nisei team "one of the most famous in American military history" and announce that its members have won 21 Distinguished Service Crosses, six Legions of Merit, 73 Silver Stars, seven Soldier's Medals, 96 Bronze Stars, 79 Division citations, two War Department Distinguished Unit citations besides 1,547 Purple Hearts.

SIXTH ARMY GROUP, France -- Working and fighting in the rugged Alpine mountains along the Franco-Italian frontier, an engineer combat company of the Japanese American 442nd infantry regiment is systematically laying a vast network of defense against possible enemy attack.

Included in the engineers are: Purple Heart winner, Pvt. Toshiro H. Kanbara, son of Mrs. Tokuyo Kanbara, 6-3-C, S/Sgt. Gengo W. Okura, son of Mr. and Mrs. Saichi Okura, 2-3-E; Pvt. George T. Noda, formerly of 9-11-E and 2nd Lt. Harunobu Tsukuno, center relocate, all of Heart Mountain, Wyo.

As part of Lt. Gen. Jacob D. Devers' 6th Army Group, the company has laid hundreds of anti-personnel mines in an estimated 40 minefields and erected thousands of yards of barbed wire-entanglements over the treacherous mountain terrain. Bridges and vitals roads are prepared for demolition in the event of German counterattacks. At the same time, the engineer company is making it possible for its own patrols to probe enemy defenses by clearing the

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SIXTH ARMY GROUP, France -- Still contributing to the impressive record of the 442nd infantry regiment, the 3rd battalion of this Japanese American unit is now engaged in difficult warfare in the French Alps.

Along the Franco-Italian border, the battalion is demonstrating its ability in patrol tactics and all-around skill as a fighting unit. With many months of intense mountain fighting in Italy and the French Vosges behind it, the battalion augments that skill with experience.

A member of the famous 3rd battalion is S/Sgt. Isawo Tabata, a former member of the Heart Mountain, Wyo., fire department.

Previously, these Japanese Americans sparked an Allied drive which had bogged down

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SIXTH ARMY GROUP, France -- The 100th battalion of the 442nd infantry regiment, made up of Americans of Japanese ancestry, is writing another thrilling chapter in its already massive book of courageous action. In a sector of the formidable barrier that separates France from Italy -- 250 miles of jagged mountain ridges and snow-capped peaks -- this battalion, one of the most famous in American military history, is engaged in hazardous mountain warfare.

Along the Franco-Italian border, wary nisei patrols probe their way into German defenses with a skill born out of long combat experience. Their [illegible] dies are well entrenched in defensive positions, ready for enemy counter thrusts or patrols.

Membership in the battalion includes S/Sgt. Kei Yamaguchi, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otochi Yamaguchi, 27-17-C, Sgt. Kiyoshi Horino, son of Mr. and Mrs. Genzo Horino, 6-24-E of Heart Mountain, Wyo., and Sgt. Richard T. Kawamoto, a former resident of the center.

The 100th gained a reputation as "the fighten'est outfit" in Italy. In one of the most sensational actions of the Italian campaign, the battalion was ordered to wipe out a strongly-defended German bastion, a small town north of Rome. In short time, it took the town, cut the main German escape highway at three points, destroyed the enemy's right flank, and forced a withdrawal over six strategic miles. Germans killed, wounded and captured totaled over 270. For this action, and consistently outstanding combat operation in Italy, the battalion was awarded a War Department Distinguished Unit citation.

In France, the story of the 100th's heroic rescue of the 36th Division's "Lost Battalion" has been told and re-told. In its present position in the French Alps, it could easily rest on its laurels: 21 Distinguished Service Crosses, six Legions of Merit, 73 Silver Stars, seven Soldier's Medals, 96 Bronze Stars, 79 Division citations, two awards from the Italian government, and two War Department Distinguished Unit citations. The 100th's infantrymen have been awarded over 1,547 Purple Hearts and Oak Leaf Clusters for wounds received in battle.

By JACK FURUMURA

Pvt. Sanai Kageta, wounded 442nd veteran on convalescent leave, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaburo Kageta and sister, Mitsuko, at 7-14-D. Kageta, who went overseas in August 1944 as a replacement for the nisei combat team was struck in the right leg by mortar fire as he was going to the aid of a wounded buddy in the vicinity of Biffontaine in southern France. He was attached to a company first aid unit, members of which were commonly called "medics".

Most of the wounded, says Kageta, are very calm and self-possessed when hit, and manage to treat themselves with sulfathiazole powders and sulphadiazine pills before the medics reach them. The first thing we do, he said, is administer morphine to stave off the danger of shock and ease the pain.

"The casualties usually occur far up in the front lines," says Kageta, "so we have to work most of the time under fire. It isn't so much the small arms fire that bothers me as the whistling sound of the approaching 88 shells and the resulting explosions."

Speaking of small arms, our automatic riflemen seem to be the first casualties because the Germans fear the deadly accuracy and fire power of our automatic weapons. In fact, the Germans think we also have automatic artillery because our rate of fire is so fast, he added.

The 442nd is highly respected especially by the regiments fighting on either side of the unit, state Kageta. The members are commonly called "morale litters." Whenever the fellows discover that they are fighting beside the famed 442nd, morale skyrockets, for many units are familiar with the exploits of our regiment.

"I have heard officers and enlisted men alike of other regiments praise the 442nd," declared Kageta.

Recalling an incident which in retrospect seems funny but at the time was serious, Kageta said, "One day we went after a wounded man and lost our bearings. We saw Germans running all over the place. We bumped into a bunch of Germans who merely gestured towards us. They were fired upon by some of our men and dispersed; however, two of them walked over to us and surrendered.

"We didn't know what to make of it. Here we were, temporarily lost and unarmed as all first aid men are, and two of them walk over to us and gave themselves up. Well, the upshot of it was, we finally oriented ourselves and had the Germans carry the wounded man back to our

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From the battle blasted rubble of Iwo Jima, an American of Japanese ancestry reported this week that "we hardly get any response from the Japs... they must either be exterminated or hiding in caves.

It was Pvt. Harry Fujiyoshi's first baptism of fire and he was "never so scared in all his life," according to a letter he wrote to George Nakaki, community councilman and former classmate in Los Angeles. Private Fujiyoshi also wrote that he had met T. Sgt. Ben Hirano, brother of May Hirano, 6-9-D, on Iwo.

SPARTA, Wis. -- The citizens of Sparta, Wisconsin, will honor Japanese Americans from Hawaii of the 100th infantry Battalion with a memorial plaque in honor of sacrifice in battle of men of the now-famous fighting unit which trained at nearby Camp McCloy.

It was reported that men of the 100th Infantry Battalion had contributed $400 toward the city's flood relief fund as an expression of the kindness and hospitality of Sparta's citizens toward the Japanese Americans.

Sparta has had no occasion to use the money and the matter was recently brought before the city council. The council voted to erect a memorial plaque in a suitable city square to commemorate the sacrifice of the men of the 100th battalion.

DENVER -- The Tenth United States circuit court of appeals this week upheld the conviction of 63 Japanese Americans from the Heart Mountain relocation center for refusal to report for military induction.

Each of the defendants was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy in Wyoming district court.

The appeals court finding was made in the case of Shigeru Fujii after agreement that the decision would be accepted by the other 62 defendants.

Insisting that the was loyal to the United States, Fujii, contended that his constitutional rights had been violated by confinement in a relocation center and that he therefore was not liable to military service.

Judge Walter H. Huxman said, in circuit court opinion: "Two wrongs do not make a right."

The opinion declared Fujii should have reported for induction and then asked the courts for a writ of habeas corpus.

Fiji islands, Guadalcanal Munda, Bougainville, Guam and Hawaii then home after 33 months of overseas service has been the itinerary of T Sgt. Takashi Kubo, who was allowed a brief pause enroute to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kogoro Kubo and sister, Shizuko, at 17-4-D.

Kubo was stationed in Hawaii for four months in the last stint before returning to the mainland. During that time he managed to cover the high spots and win the hand of a winsome lass, who became the bride and will soon join him here.

Even in Hawaii, says Kubo, I felt that I was very far from home. The moment I stepped from the plane in 'Frisco, well... it was just home to me. I was so anxious to see the folks that I didn't bother to take in the sights, but caught the first train for Heart Mountain.

When the rows of bleak, homely barracks came into view and I saw the barbed wire fences encircling the community, my first thought was one of sympathy for the evacuees, who had to leave their homes on the coast and trek out to unheard of spots to live uncomfortably close to each other. But when I saw how content and adjusted the people seemed to be to their new

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Community Christian Church

6 a.m. morning prayer meeting, both churches; 9 a.m. Episcopal Holy Communion service, 22-26, Father Dai Kitagawa administering; 9 a.m. Sunday school for beginners and primary, 25-26, 12-25; 9 a.m. Sunday school for juniors and intermediates, 28-26, 9-26; 9:30 a.m. Japanese morning worship, 22-26; 10 a.m. Sunday school for seniors and young people; 10:30 a.m. worship, south church; 11 a.m. adult English services, 22-26; 1:30 p.m. Happy Time club meeting, 22-26 N; 6:30 p.m. Chi Sigma Lamda meeting; 7:30 p.m. Japanese C.E. meeting, both churches.

Heart Mt. Buddhist Church

9 a.m. Sunday school, 8-25, 15-26, 22-25, 23-26; 10:30 a.m. junior YBA services, 29-26; 2 p.m. adult services, 9-25, 15-26; 2 p.m. adult services, 9-25, 15-26, 17-25, 29-26; 7 p.m. evening YBA services, 17-25; Mar. 21, midweek services, 17-25.

Seventh Day Adventist Church

Mar. 17, all meetings and services at 23-26-N; 9 a.m. Sabbath school for kindergarten, primary juniors and seniors; 10:40 a.m. church services; 2 p.m. YPMV meeting at 23-3-C; 3 p.m. Bible study at 23-3-E.

Catholic Church

All functions at 14-25-N with Father R.D. Petipren; Mar. 17, 10 a.m. Chi Rho junior choir practice; Mar. 18, 8:45 a.m. confessions; 9 a.m. high mass; 9:45 a.m. catechism senior class; Mar. 21, 6:30 p.m. Chi Rho senior choir practice; 7:30 p.m. stations of the cross; 8 p.m. confessions; Mar. 22, 7:15 a.m. mass.

A fire of undetermined origin Monday caused a minor damage to the coal box near the entrance to the apartment of H. Shintaku, 20-16-A.

Arthur L. Kerr, fire department head, requested that all crates and boxes used as coal containers be eliminated as they are definitely fire hazards. Accumulation of coal and kindling wood inside the apartment also constitutes a fire hazard, Kerr said. Block managers have been asked to warn the resident of their respective blocks.

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CLEVELAND -- A 12-page pamphlet on "Ohio Farming" has been prepared by the Great Lakes area of the WRA and is now available for distribution at the relocation program office, Claud Gilmore, acting relocation program officer, announced today.

The pamphlet begins with a blue colored cover page depicting the various agricultural products of the state of Ohio. It continues with three pages of pictures of evacuees who have relocated in Ohio and who are making their living from agriculture. There is also a map showing the sections of the state best suited to fruit growing and to nurseries and greenhouses.

Last rites for Mrs. Ito Morimoto, 62, of 2-5-B, who died last week, were held Tuesday at the Buddhist church, 17-25, with the Rev. Kankai Izuhara officiating.

Formerly of Monrovia, Calif, she is survived by her widower. Shojiro; two sons, George of Cleveland, and Masao of New York, and two daughters, Lucille of Cleveland, and Claire of Chicago.

BIRTHS
To the William Teramotos, of 25-4-B, a girl, at 9:57 p.m., Saturday, Mar. 10.

To the Takeo Kodamas, of 27-8-B, a girl, at 5:44 p.m., Sunday, Mar.11

To the Isamu Okamatsus, of 9-17-D, a girl, at 2:46 a.m., Friday, Mar. 16.

DEATHS
Isao Yagade, 31, of 6-20-A, at 10:55 a.m., Sunday, Mar. 11.

Kinuye Saito, 95, of 12-23-C, at 5:40 p.m., Tuesday, Mar. 13.

Date High/Low/Prc. Mar. 9: 50/23/0
Mar. 10: 60/27/0
Mar. 11: 58/28/0
Mar. 12: 63/37/0
Mar. 13: 64/39/0
Mar. 14: 50/29/0
Mar. 15: 45/22/0

May I take this means to express my sincere appreciation to doctors, hospital staff and friends, for the care and consideration given my daughter, Mitsue, during her recent stay in the hospital. She is now convalescing at home.

Motosuke Watanbe, 9-2-E

Wake services for Isao Yagade, 6-20-A, who died March 11 will be held 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, at 17-25. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 21 at the same locale.

Masako Yagade, wife
Akiko and Sachiko Yagade, daughters
Mar. and Mrs. Takumi Yagade and Mr. and Mrs. Satoshi Yagade, brothers and sisters-in-law
Hideichi Ito and Giichi Kimura, uncles
Mr. and Mrs. Niichi Yamashita, relatives
Block 6 relatives, block 2 mess hall workers, friends and Yanomachi Doshikai

The number of vacant apartment in the center now totals 84, according to Howard R. Embree, housing head. He said families may occupy these units only under the following conditions: to be closer to relatives, an overcrowded apartment (6 or more in a unit), and where a definite service to the community is effected.

Many of the vacant apartments were held in readiness for the occupancy of families that were expected to move out of blocks 7 and 25 where the mess halls have been closed. So far a surprisingly few families have chosen to move from these blocks.

Residents wishing to move to other units should consult Embree in the welfare office as soon as possible since the property control office has issued orders to take the stoves out of vacated apartments.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- How the local Community War Fund solved its clerical problem by hiring 15 Japanese Americans -- "among the best employees the fund has had" -- through WRA is described in an article entitled "Need More Help?" in a recent issue of "Community," the national bulletin of Community Chests and Councils, Inc.

The article points out that "as the shortage of office help is by no means limited to Washington and to campaign time, other agencies may find this suggestion worth considering..."

Other excerpts follow:

"First to arrive in the morning, last to leave in the evening, the nisei girls made every day a working day and immediately won the highest esteem of the whole organization for their efficiency,' according to Herbert L. Willett, Jr., executive director of the War Fund and director of Washington's Community Chest.

Dance Planned by YPC

"Whispering" will be the theme of the Block 27 YPC couples-only dance to be held on March 24. General chairman is Wat Hasegawa. Assisting him will be George Uesugi, decorations; John Terui and George Yamada, bids, and Yosh Oshiro, refreshments. Johnny Shimizu will be emcee. Bids are now on sale by club members.

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St. Patrick's Dance Slated

The couples-only St. Patrick's day dance will be held 8 p.m. tonight at the high school auditorium. Tosh Kuboshima is general chairman. The Belle Sharmiers will service the dance with the Knights assisting with the pre-cleanup. After the dance, the Jackrabbit-Broncos will do the clean-up. Decorations will be in charge of the Zebras. Approximately 300 persons are expected to attend.

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Stardusts Dance

An information dance was sponsored by the Stardusts last night at 22-27. Lucy Matsunaga and Sets Kurasaki were co-emcees. Invitations were extended to the Debutantes, Gingers, Hi-Lites, E.J's, Penguins, JayBees, Royal Dukes and Shamrocks. Chaperones for the evening were Mary Watanabe and Miss Matsunaga.

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Cabinet Installed

Cabinet members of the Spinsterettes were installed recently at impressive candlelight services. The Econolites were special guests. Officers who assumed office were Terry Sumil, pres.; Bunny Matsumoto, vice-pres.; Mariko Ono, sec., and Amy Takata, treas. Mrs. John K. Corbett is adviser.

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Free Tickets Given

Approximately 1315 tickets were distributed by the group activities department to block managers to be given to children who participate in the block program. The tickets will enable the holders to attend a free movie this month. They will become effective Tuesday.

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Talent Show Planned

Plans for a talent show to be sponsored by the group activities department at the high school auditorium are now under way, according to James Sato, supervisor. If enough interest is shown, a monthly program of talent is contemplated. Block activity members interested are asked to sign up at their respective managers' offices.

Approximately 75 students of Mrs. Kayoshi Shitamoto, who completed training courses in sewing and drafting, will receive diplomas at graduation exercises 7 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at the high school auditorium.

Following the ceremony, a program of Japanese entertainment will be presented at 8-30. Featured will be a Takaragawa Hawaiian band. Novelty dances will be also presented by Mrs. Ayako Nishiyori, Hiroko Mori, Taeko Iseri and Midori Yoshida. Refreshments will be served.

Last rites for Isao Yagade, 31, of 6-20-A, who died Sunday at the center hospital, will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Buddhist church, 17-25. The Rev. Chikara Aso will conduct the services.

Wake will take place 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the same locale.

Formerly of Los Angeles, Yagade is survived by his widow, Masako; two daughters, Akiko and Sachiko, and two brothers, Takumi and Satoshi.

We wish to express our deepest gratitude to friends for the many expressions of kindness and sympathy accorded us during our recent bereavement.

Masajiro Morimoto and family
Relatives
Friends and Block 2 Eesidents

Society Editor

PAT IKEBE, who left yesterday for Chicago, was honored at a hamburger feed sponsored by members of The Sentinel staff last week at the USO lounge. May Zaiman was in charge of refreshments. Approximately 20 guests, including Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Mechau, were present. Ping pong and cards were the diversions for the evening.

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Bidding Farewell

to PAT IKEBE, society editor of The Sentinel, who relocated to Chicago yesterday, a group of friends gathered for an informal evening Thursday at the home of Kay Kushino, 23-9-C. Also honored were MARTHA KAIHATSU, former Sentinel staff member, who is visiting from Chicago, and Pvt. KUNIO OTANI, former city editor now on furlough. Fortune-telling and bridge were diversions of the evening. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Mechau, Mr. and Mrs. Haruo Imura, May Zaiman, Yooko Nakagawa, Chesty Okagaki, George Yamamoto and Jack Furumura.

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Farewells

were said to Mrs. TOSHIKO AOKI, who is leaving soon to join her husband in Cleveland, at an informal party at the home of Kiku Yamadera. Chinese checkers were enjoyed. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Yuki Nishiyori and Fuzzy Nishimoto. The following evening, Mrs. Aoki was honored at a farewell party tendered by Mr. and Mrs. George Okuda at their home, 21-24-D. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Roy Yamadera, Mrs. Fusaye Teraishi and Mr. and Mrs. Yuki Nishiyori.

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Honoring

two ex-staff members, MARTHA KAIHATSU, former society editor and advertising manager, who is home on vacation from Chicago, and Pvt. KUNIO OTANI, former city editor who is on a delay-en-route from Ft. Meade, Md., an ice cream party was enjoyed by members of The Sentinel staff Tuesday.

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An Informal

Feting

KAORU NAGAI, who is leaving soon for California, a theatre party was tendered by a group of friends Wednesday. A buffet supper following the movie concluded the evening. Guests included Haru Okamoto, Haru Kawamura, Mich Naito, Mary Morisawa, Chitose Matsunaga, Misako Okano and Jane Matsubara.

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A Sukiyaki Dinner

honoring KIMI and AIKO NAGAI, who are returning to their California home, and KEN SUZUKI, who is leaving for employment in Montana, was tendered by Takako Umezawa last Saturday at her home, 6-1-F. Other guests present were June Saito and Elsie Kawakami.

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Members

of the community activities department honored JANICE SHIROTA and TREA HAMASAWA, who are leaving the center soon, at an informal farewell party Monday evening at the CA. A movie preview, sponsored by the technical department, was the highlight of the affair. Dancing concluded the program. Ruth Otani was in charge of refreshments.

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A Pot-Luck

dinner, honoring JANICE SHIROTA, coordinator, who will relocate soon to St. Louis, and MARI TAMURA, Horizon member who will leave soon for Cleveland, was tendered by the Camp Fire Girls Wednesday at their headquarters. The Odakas assisted with refreshments. Lillian Nishi was in charge of games. Miss Shirota was honored at a dinner party sponsored by the Camp Fire presidents' council last night at 16-N. Miss Nishi and Yooko Hoshizaki were in charge of general arrangements.

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Relocatees

JANICE SHIROTA and TREA HAMASAWA were guests of honor at a farewell social sponsored by members of the community activities division last night at the Y lounge. Yuri Kawakami and Kayo Hayashi were in charge of general arrangements.

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The Junior Misses

enjoyed a theatre party recently at the Dawn theatre. Refreshments were served during the showing.

The Heart Mountain YBA will sponsor its annual "Bussei Ball" 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at the high school auditorium. Tak Ikeda, is general chairman.

Approximately 300 persons are expected to attend this gala affair. During intermission, the pin-up girls sponsored in The Sentinel contest will be presented.

Colorful bids designed by Sus Kawamoto, are now being sold by Mits Kodama at 50 cents each. The affair will be sports formal and boys will be required to wear coats or sweaters with ties, Ikeda said. Couples only will be admitted.

Music will be furnished by Tets Bessho and his band, supplemented by P.A. recordings.

Lisette Anderson, state field director, visited the local Red Cross headquarters Tuesday on a routine checkup in conjunction with the local war fund drive.

More than 100 leaders and members will be awarded achievement badges at the fourth semi-annual court of awards of the Heart Mountain Girl Scouts 2 p.m. Sunday at the high school auditorium.

The following girls are cast in the drama "Alice's Blue Gown", which is included in the program: Clara Sugiyama, Troop 33; Chiyo Inouye, 33; Miwako Nakagawa, 33; Akiko Kakiba, 43; Beulah Kawahara, 39; Sumiko Minato, 39; Esther Kurasaki, 39, and Yuki Harada, 33.

George M. Deihi, statistician, will be guest speaker.

Taking part in the presentation of awards will be Mary Umemoto, chairman; Kazue Hitomi, usherette, and Margaret Osuga, clerk.

Leaders who will receive service emblems are Toshiko Hamamoto, Mrs. Betty Ikeda, Mrs. Fumiko Iwanaka, Misao Nishida, Mrs. Helen Taguchi, Mrs. Yae Tsurudome, Mrs. T. Yokota and Mrs. K. Yoshida.

Thirty members of the drill team will received awards. They are Sayuri Ando, Gloria Aoki, Yukiko Harada, Haruko Hori, Chiyo Inouye, Mildred Iwanaka, Ruriko Konoshima, Lillian Kumagai, Joan Matsuda, Tosshiye Matsumura, Jean Minatoya, Mary Nakata, Aiko Okada, Rae Okamoto, Fujie Okita, May Oshiro, Joan Ritchie, Emiko Sakamoto, Yukiko Shida, Tsuya Shimane, Marion Shiota, Claire Shiraki, Mieko Shishido, Clara Sugiyama, June Takata, Sachiko Tsurudome, Rosie Wada, Yiyoko Watanabe and Dorothea Yokota.

Achievement badges will be presented to the following: Joyce Aoki, June Chikasuye, Teruko Hashizume, Haruko Hosozawa, Mary Ikegami, Jeanne Kagiwada, Alyce Kato, Fumiko Kimura, Lilly Kojima, Yoshiko Makino, Junko Matsuda, Fusako Morika, Yoshiko Nabeta, Tomoka Omachi, Joan Omachi, Joan Ritchie and Marion Shiota, Troop 11.

Katherine Fujikawa, Doris Hatakeyama, Junko Nagafuchi, Dorothy Okamoto, Patricia Ryan, Mutsu Shimada, Betty Sueki, Sachiko Sunahara and Edith Yamasaki, Troop 12.

Alice Hashimoto, Mary Hayakawa, Yoshiko Hayashi, Miyeko Hirooka Tomiko Kaneko, Barbara Kobayashi, Lorna Kubo, Mariko Nagumo, Yoko Sumi, Kikue Yamashiro and Chikiku Yoshikami, Troop 14.

Asami Hirashima, Kikuyo Hirashima, Michiko Ibaraki, Mae Kamioka, Barbara Kashiwagi, Sachiko Kurosawa, Joan Murayama, Eva Nakmura, Lillian Nakata, Lillian Oshita; Keiko Shimane, Tsuyako Shimane, Yuri Shimane and Betty Tono, Troop 15.

Sumiko Harada, Teruko Harada, Masuko Hiraishi, Haruko Mori, Sakiko Hori, Harumi Nishi, Misaye Naktani, Aiko Okada, Fujie Okita, Sumi Sugiura, Misako Toyota, Jeannette Yamaguchi and Joan Yamaguchi, Troop 16.

Akiko Hamano, Setsuko Imai, Lillian Kuroso, Mary Nakama, Mutsumi Okada, Marie Sakaguchi, Fumiko Sasajima, Mary Sugiura, Tokiye Yasuoka and Midori Yoshida, Troop 20.

June Akizuki, Yukiko Harada, Tamaki Inaba, Chiyo Inouye, Toshi Matsumura, Miwa Nakagawa, Rae Okamoto, Mieko Shishido, Clara Sugiyama, Rosie Wada and Dorothea Yokota, Troop 39.

Sachiko Nagaishi, Chiyo Suzuki, Sachi Tsurudome and Tokiko Kakiba, Troop 43.

Awards are for service, sports, health and safety, first class, cooking and campcraft.

Joint Social Held

With the theme "Magic Is the Moonlight", the Bobby Sockers and Pepperettes sponsored a joint social last Saturday at the high school study hall. Co-emcee were Haru Tomita and Tamaki Inaba. Assisting with general arrangements were June Tanouye, program; Kimi Shimada, decorations, Eileen Yamaoka and Chiyo Akiya, refreshments, and George Takanashi, bids.

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Church Secretary Chosen

Minako Iko has been named Sunday school secretary of the Community Christian church. Other changes in the personnel are Esther Tagaki, block 9 supervisor, succeeding Miyo Tamura, who relocated recently; Ruth Ishikawa, block 12 supervisor, succeeding Mrs. T. Abe, who has been promoted to general superintendent; Fumi Fukuda, block 25 supervisor, succeeding Mrs. Toshiko Aoki, who left the center recently, and Ray Egashira, who is now teaching the block 25 Sunday school students.

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Cast Chosen

At a recent try-out for the senior play, "Cyclone Sally", the following students were chosen for the various parts: Happy Furiya, Gladys Shimasaki, Dick Kurokawa, Hisayo Saijo, Joe Fushima, Mary Mouri, Ray Egashira, Kitch Yasunaga and Tayeko Fujimoto.

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Sponsor Dance

An informal get-together will be sponsored by members of the high school students council next Monday at the personnel recreation hall, according to Edith Ritchie, general chairman. Games and dancing will highlight the evening. Approximately 20 persons are expected to attend.

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Movies Free

Under the group activities program, members of each block group will be entitled to attend a movie, either at the Dawn or Pagoda theatre, free of charge once a month. The tickets may be obtained at the block manager's office.

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Service Pins Awarded

Six volunteer workers were presented with 100-hour service pins by Yukichi Nishiyori, USO director, at the weekly social last Wednesday evening. They were Pat Ikebe, Florence Ito, Lucy Matsunaga, Miyo Yamada, May Zaiman and Barbara Tachibana. Fifty-hour pins were awarded to Peggy Fujioka, Mary Fukuda, Tak Ikeda, Yuk Kimura, Mits Kodama, Kuni Nakao and Takeshi Nomura.

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Pep Club Entertains

The Junior Pep Club held an informal get-together for the junior varsity players recently at the personnel recreation hall. Ray Egashira entertained with a piano solo.

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Magazines Wanted at USO

Donations of late-issue magazines would be greatly appreciated by the USO, Yukichi Nishiyori, director, announced. They may be turned in to the Red Cross room at 16-N or to the USO in block 23.

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Club Plans Kite Contest

Members of the boys and girls activity groups will participate in a kite contest next week, James Sato, supervisor of activities, announced. The date of the affair will be announced later. Prizes will be awarded to winners.

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Secretary Named

Chiyoko Suzuki has replaced Alice Chikuma as technical department secretary, according to Dave Yamakawa, assistant supervisor of community activities. Miss Chikuma has returned with her family to their former home in Santa Clara, Calif.

With the deadline for nominations only four days away, sponsors are experiencing a little difficulty in selecting their candidates for The Sentinel pin-up girl contest. Deadline is 3 p.m., Wednesday.

Photos of all finalists vying for the title will be sent to France to be entered in an inter-center contest judged by the members of the 442nd nisei combat team.

The results of the center-wide poll to be held Saturday, March 24, will determine the finalists. In order to prevent stuffing of ballot boxes, there will be no ballots printed in The Sentinel as previously announced. Instead, finalists will be selected in the same manner as councilmen are chosen.

Through the cooperation of the councilmen and block managers, an election committee will be present in each mess hall to supervise the voting. Each one who plans to vote must sign up and cast his ballot in the particular half-block where he resides.

If there are not more than eight nominees, all will be considered finalists and a centerwide poll will be unnecessary. The pin-up aspirants will be presented at the traditional Bussei ball March 31 in the high school gym, and prizes in war bonds and stamps will be awarded to the top three selected by competent judges.

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"The 100th battalion of the 442nd combat team ... is writing another thrilling chapter in its already massive book of courageous action ... this battalion, one of the most famous in American military history, is engaged in hazardous mountain warfare..." Thus reported the United States army itself through the Sixth Army Group, under Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers.

Although the tally is not complete, the present record shows that the "fighten'est outfit" has already won 21 Distinguished Service Crosses, six Legions of Merit, 73 Silver Stars, seven Soldier's Medals, 96 Bronze Stars, 79 Division citations, two awards from the Italian government, two War Department Distinguished Unit citations and 1547 Purple Hearts, many Oak Leaf clusters. It has long been known as the "most decorated" single unit in the entire army.

The announcement this week, cleared through the field press censor, was widely greeted particularly by both nisei and issei who have relocated. The news was received in the center, as in the most important announcements, with a lethargic nod of the head. Center people fail to respond with anything approaching a normal reaction that which is of vital importance to them.

Center residents, concerned with the rumors created by the latrine prophets, are too occupied with whether the shipment of rice has arrived, whether they have sufficient lumps of coal cached under the bed, whether the tofu or tsukemono is of proper quality. Many nisei have a deeper concern with the coming dance or poker session, whether the bids will be ready in time and the usual "what will I wear."

Former center residents who have relocated throughout the nation realize with a deeper appreciation what our boys of the 442nd combat team are doing for all of us because they see America at war and are contributing to it.

The record of the 442nd is a positive thing that not even the most prejudiced can discredit. Their heroism under battlefire had been one of the most amazing revelations in the history of the army. Not, according to officers, that there was any belief that nisei soldiers would not perform on a standard with other soldiers but because they performed and are continuing to perform in a superior manner.

Probably one of the most important reasons for the nisei fighting ability is their desire to prove themselves in the eyes of all America and to make firm the positions they and all their parents will have in a post-war world. They have won their place by the sacrifice they have made and it is doubtful if anyone will ever make even a gesture of denial.

The greatest burden our veterans will be forced to bear in the coming peaceful world will be the reluctant groups who, in a wartime world, prefer to remain unperturbed within the narrow selfish walls of their individual immunity.

Soldiers, facing death at all turns, have been depressed with the thought that their parents have been ill-treated and would be thrust out into an unfriendly and vicious world. Nothing is further from the truth.

Because of the performance of nisei soldiers, to a large degree, the parents of America's heroes are being given every opportunity to reestablish themselves with every assistance offered by the government from police protection to care of the aged and indigent.

It is time that we, as parents and brothers and sisters, of brave soldiers make sacrifices commensurate with those of our soldiers and quit trying to radiate the reflected glory of our sons until we, too, can face the world as proudly.

DES MOINES, Ia. -- her husband gave up a growing clientele to accept a commission in the army medical corps. Her first child was born two days after her husband sailed for an unknown overseas assignment.

She lived with her in-laws until her husband's return. His eyes went bad on him, and he was sent back to this country. He was offered retirement, but he chose to stick it out in domestic duty, with little chance of going overseas again.

She and her child have followed the regular army wives' circuit, trailing her husband from one post to another. In the last five months they have moved five times, living in whatever quarters are available, often an auto camp cabin.

They think they may be at this station for a while, after scouring around they have located a furnished home, put up for rent by a woman whose husband has gone overseas. This week they'll move in, leaving the little auto camp cabin where their child slept in the kitchenette, the only place there was room for the crib.

The principals in this case happen to be a Chinese American couple. But their story could be that of many other young Americans -- and that includes nisei service men and their families.

This particular couple is relatively fortunate, for they do not find it too difficult to make ends meet with an officer's pay, dependence allowance, housing allowance, and the other little extras. Nor do they begrudge their experiences of the almost three years they have had their lives disrupted.

But there are many enlisted men with wives and children who have not found it easy. There are many worries, not least among them the problem of postwar jobs.

In addition to these, nisei G.I.s who left their families in WRA centers now have the problem of relocation from long range. Their difficulties are complicated when they have aged parents and young brothers and sisters to care for as well as their own wives and children.

Yet it is probable that the dependents of nisei servicemen overseas will make a success at relocation. Under the stress of circumstances they are more apt to make full use of their limited resources together with plain courage and common sense. They will succeeded because they know they have a stake, the responsibility of making good at home for the sake of their men in service.

This recitation of more or less well known fact is for the purpose of pointing out to discouraged evacuees that wartime difficulties are not their exclusive lot.

To the contrary, they have been fortunate to have found refuge in WRA camps after the army's evacuation until they could recuperate from the shock and prepare to set out anew. The evacuees have made a great mistake if somewhere along the line they thought the processes they are going through ended once they were established in the centers.

They would be falling short of their responsibilities if, in addition to reestablishing themselves outside the centers, they could not stop to lend a hand to the families of servicemen who are fighting the battle for all.

Bill Hosokawa

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A year ago today we left Heart Mountain to get back into the much-talked of stream of American life. All along throughout the past 12 months, we've asked ourselves, "Are the relocatees really happy, or is their happiness counterfeit?"

And our answer is: Their happiness is no sham. They are not only as happy as anyone can be under the conditions imposed by war, but also in a degree even greater than that of the average citizen.

A few perhaps -- grumblers, idlers and natural no-good accounts -- are floating aimlessly on this American stream, and are miserable. But the vast majority are sailing along purposefully, enjoying every bit the cup of broad, full living offered by relocation.

We would say that there are three factors contributing to the relocatees' happiness. First, relocatees have found that being made to feel, through lack of prejudice, that they belong to the community instead of being set apart as racial abhorrents as they were on the coast is a prime factor in their happiness. They are not aware of discrimination; they don't go looking for it around every corner, and so they are mentally at east, and can think of life in terms of other things instead of race, race, and more race.

We'd say, too, that relocatees, by fitting as round pegs into round holes of employment, are deriving more joy out of their work than they ever did, and thereby adding much to the sum total of their happiness. For the first time in their lives, the relocatees are doing the sort of work they are trained to do and always wanted to do. They know they were employed on their qualifications, and as such, they take greater pride and satisfaction in what they turn out.

Finally -- the freedom which relocatees find when they leave the center is not so much their escape from the barbed wire fence. That is only a small part of the big freedom. The real freedom comes from being able to live their lives the way they want, without being governed by the narrow-minded standards of the centers or of the pre-war Japanese communities on the West coast.

Many are the relocatees who have said how free and happy they feel because they can do things -- within reason of course -- within reason of course -- without running into community disapproval. Their neighbors have enough to do watching their own business without butting into that of others.

Relocation provides a wonderful opportunity to throw overboard your old patterns and set up new ones, according to your own tastes and desires, and setting up these patterns -- with a touch of defiance -- is fun, exhilarating, and challenging.

--John Kitasako

Completely satisfied with prospects in Los Angeles, William Katsuke, one-time landscape contractor and Manzanar resident, is arranging his affairs to return to his former home, according to the Manzanar Free Press. Relocation Officer Walter A. Heath of Manzanar declared that Katsuke has made the most thorough-going sampling of community sentiment that has yet been made.

Katsuke, who returned recently after 21 days in Los Angeles, knew that there were many friendly people in Los Angeles, but it was the unfriendly persons who interested him and it was to the unfriendly that he went to learn just what reception could be expected in Los Angeles, the Free Press reported.

Jobs are plentiful, according to Katsuke. "I not only found work for myself," he said, "but I can place 15 or 20 gardners immediately and I believe I could find work for a 100. I placed an ad in a small Westwood paper which brought 10 jobs the first day and 25 answers after if had been run twice, even when I disclosed my nationality.'

Katsuke found that gardeners who work on a contract basis for so many hours a week are receiving $1.25 per hour, and that for short jobs such as tree pruning the price ranges from $2.50 per hour and up. Unskilled colored help who do nothing but clean up yards get a minimum of $1 per hour.

"Small tools for gardeners can be found anywhere," Katsuke declared, "but lawn mowers and edgers are hard to find. Through friends, however, I was able to locate several lawn mowers. Housing appears to be more difficult, but when I go back I intend to locate some houses for my friends."

A letter received by Art Okado of the social welfare section from Kay Kunisaki, former manager of store 2 in block 8 who is in Los Angeles, also expresses good reception from Caucasians there.

"I have been here one month now and I like it here so much that I have changed my short term leave to indefinite." Kunisaki wrote. "The more I mingle and associate with the general public at large, the more I'm liked and the more I feel at home. The first two weeks I felt like of lonesome and out of place, but gradually when I realized that there would be no difficulty in remaining here, neither the WRA nor the Western Defense Command could put me back in camp now."

"Los Angeles is a paradise compared to Heart Mountain. Everyone should relocate here except that the housing situation is not so good, but jobs are plentiful and the wages are sky high. Some of the people in camp should come out here and get some of this 'gravy' while it lasts. Any able-bodied person can easily make $15 to $20 a day."

The reception in Palo Alto was clarified by a letter from Mary Okamura, whose parents reside at 30-6-C, to a friend here. "It feels more than great to be back," she wrote. "The people I work for met me at the station and were overjoyed to have me back. Spring is here in California with trees and flowers in full bloom. Everything is so wonderful that it feels like a dream, and this one has come true."

NOW IS THE TIME
REMEMBER
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS

Tom Oki was unanimously elected chairman of the block managers, succeeding Shig Masunaga, who left for Omaha, Neb.

Under the chairmanship of Mrs. Yaye Ambo, an annual YWCA membership drive was conducted.

The local high school's first musical assembly was presented by the junior high department under the direction of Mrs. C.D. Carter and Mrs. Clifford Cowger.

Three local delegates, Peter Osuga, Seiichi Nako and Bill Teramoto, left for Denver to attend a two-day Boy Scout regional conference.

Under the sponsorship of the community activities department, pupils of Tatsuo Yoshimura were presented at the first center piano recital.

Mitsuko Shirao was selected at YWCA correlator, succeeding Michi Misue, who relocated to Chicago.

Jeanette O'Brien, English instructor at the high school, was named choir director of the Community Christian church, succeeding Mrs. Donald K. Toriumi.

Takijiro Kuno was elected president of the mess hall workers club.

A proclamation designating April 2 to 8 as fire prevention clean-up week was issued by Guy Robertson, project director.

Alice Bixby, former Baptist missionary in Japan who is serving the Wyoming area as a missionary worker, arrived here to aid in church work among the women of the center.

Scoring 115 points in 8 games, Babe Nomura, JayBee forward, walked off with class A individual scoring honors.

To the Editor:

I have received and read every issue of the Sentinel since I left Heart Mountain Feb. 15. I hope I may continue to receive each issue as it is published.

I am enjoying my new work and hope to be able to visit at Heart Mountain soon.

Glen Hartman
Former Agriculture
Department Head
Billings, Montana

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To the Editor:

In behalf of all of us on the Middle Atlantic area staff, I should like to express our appreciation for the splendid treatment given our special stories on relocation in this area in the Heart Mountain Sentinel for March 3.

Will you please pass along to members of the Sentinel staff our thanks of the Sentinel staff our thanks for the attention they gave to our copy and our congratulations on the effective way in which it was presented.

Leo T. Simmons
Acting Relocation Super
Middle Atlantic Aea
New York, New York

Genichiro Iwasaki, chairman of the community enterprises board of trustees, has been elected temporary general manager of the C.E. trust committee. He succeeds Henry Horiuchi, who relocated to Chicago last week with his family.

(Ed. Note -- The following article is reprinted from the March 10 issue of the Open Forum, published by the American Civil Liberties Union, Southern California branch, at the request of Dr. Clinton J. Taft, director, "to clear up considerable misunderstanding which we hear exists in many of the relocation centers concerning the test cases pending in the federal court at Los Angeles." In his letter to The Sentinel, Dr. Taft declared, "Many believe that the cases involve only the three individuals in whose behalf the suits have been filed. In the opinion of the ACLU, the cases are of general importance to all persons of Japanese descent and indirectly affect all such persons, as well as the particular individuals who are directly involved in the cases.")

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The constitutionality of the military exclusion orders, issued in over nine thousand cases of American citizens of Japanese descent by the Western Defense Command, is awaiting decision in Los Angeles from Federal Judge Pierson M. Hall. The test cases, involving Elmer Yamamoto, Los Angeles attorney, Kiyoshi Shigekawa, San Pedro fisherman, both now at Poston relocation center, Arizona, and Dr. George Ochikubo, Oakland dentist, now at the Topaz relocation center, Utah, are being sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union.

According to the ACLU, the rights of all persons of Japanese descent throughout the United States, alien as well as citizens, are indirectly at stake in the proceedings, since exclusion orders from military areas are now apparently being issued only against persons of Japanese ancestry.

During the four-day trial before Judge Hall, all the nisei testified to their loyalty to the United States; and none of them was questioned by the government attorneys representing the military authorities as to his loyalty. Yamamoto told of his military authorities as to his loyalty. Yamamoto told of his membership in a number of Japanese organizations, explaining that he joined them purely for social purposes and in connection with his practice of law. Shigekawa spoke of his loyalty to the United States, and of his urging, as Yamamoto had, many persons of Japanese descent to join the armed forces.

The claim of the military authorities is that Shigekawa became a fisherman for the purpose of aiding the Japanese government; this Shigekawa stoutly denied. Dr. Ochikubo, too, took the witness stand, told of his volunteering his services in the army, two days after Pearl Harbor, and of the rejection of his offer because of his race; he narrated also, a number of instances in which he again offered his services, first to the dental corps, and then for any medical service. He announced, too, his willingness to comply with any draft order which his draft board might make.

Charged by the military authorities with having interfered with registration at the Topaz relocation center, at the time residents of the centers were requested to make statements concerning their loyalty and availability for military service, Dr. Ochikubo explained from the witness stand that he was the first from his block to register, and that he urged others to do so also. He told, too, of his activities at Topaz, as chairman of the community council there, to have the rights of persons of Japanese ancestry clarified and protected.

Yamamoto, Shigekawa and Ochikubo were all granted leave clearances by the WRA thus determined that they were loyal. These decisions by the WRA, the military authorities have, however, rejected, and they have issued individual exclusion orders on the grounds that these nisei were a "potential danger to military security".

Witnesses called in behalf of Major General H.C. Pratt, commanding general of the Western Defense Command, against whom an injunction is sought, restraining him from enforcing the military orders were, Brigadier General William H. Wilbur, chief of staff of the Western Defense Command, and Rear Admiral Burrel C. Allen, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Western Seafront.

Each testified that there was still danger on the Pacific coast from espionage and sabotage, requiring the enforcement of individual exclusion procedures against those whose loyalty was suspected. Both admitted that there was no danger of mass invasion. General Wilbur claimed, however, that the danger of sabotage and espionage has increased as military victories of the United Nations mounted, since the Japanese as a "face-saving" gesture would resort to submarine attack or even commando raids on the Pacific coast in order to boost morale in Tokyo.

General Wilbur admitted, however, that numerous steps had been taken by the Western Defense Command which would indicate the decrease of danger from sabotage and espionage, including the cancellation of the curfew orders, and the recision of dim-out regulations.

ACLU attorneys prosecuting the injunction cases against the military authorities printed out that the exclusion procedure did not afford an opportunity to the "subject" of an exclusion order to know the evidence relied upon by the military authorities in making the order; that there was no adequate opportunity for the cross-examination of witnesses whose testimony was against the subject; and that therefore he was denied "due process of law" as guaranteed by the federal constitution.

Appearing in behalf of the nisei are ACLU Attorneys A.L. Wirin and J.B. Tietz. General Pratt is represented by the United States attorney at Los Angeles, Charles H. Carr, as well as by Edward J. Ennis from Washington, D.C., special assistant to the Attorney General.

NEW YORK -- The steady growth of the business which Kay Kageyama, formerly of Manzanar and Culver City, Calif., established here four months ago has convinced him that "export-import men should start their own business in New York City now, if they want to get back into foreign trade after the war," Kageyama said during a recent interview in the midtown plant of his New York Plastics company.

Kageyama said that when he started eastward from Manzanar less than a year ago, accompanied by his wife, he had no resources "except the good advice of the project staff." Within seven months after his arrival in New York, he had established his present business at 355 Third avenue; was grossing $1,000 a week and shipping his products through a jobber to shops in New York Chicago, and Hollywood and exporting to South America; and was planning to purchase a home in New York, Chicago, and Hollywood and exporting to South America; and was planning to purchase a home in a New York City suburb.

Asked whether his was not a Horatio Alger story which other resettlers might find it difficult to duplicate, Kageyama grinned through the lid of a plastic cigarette box, which he was inspecting before shipment to Brazil, and said that he would be willing to help anyone do what he had done, "Not that you need help," he added quickly. "The hakujin here are very friendly and several wanted to help me get started. But it wasn't necessary."

Shortly after their arrival in New York, Mrs. Kageyama took a stenographic position with the Carl Fisher Music Publishing company, and he went to work in a lapidary shop. Soon he began making small plastic novelties at night. At the end of three months, having saved $500, Kageyama decided to go into business for himself. He rented a shop, bought a quantity of plastic scrap from war plants in the district, and, doing all the work himself, began to gross $250 a week. Now, four months later, he has three men in his employ and is planning to open a subsidiary artificial flower business for which he will hire a manager. Kageyama said he also plans to employ, in another subsidiary enterprise, several artists to paint porcelain and other household ware.

CLEVELAND -- A handy pocket-sized guide to the city of Cleveland has been prepared by and at the expense of a group of nisei in Cleveland for use by new arrivals to acquaint them within the city.

The guide is a 16-page pamphlet with a grey cardboard cover on which is printed a picture of the Terminal Tower in the heart of the large Ohio city. Contents include descriptions of transportation lines, eating places, amusement centers, marketing areas, service bureaus, and church facilities. Emi Kimura, formerly of Heart Mountain, assisted in preparing the booklet.

HUNT, Ida. -- T4 Tosh Taniguchi visited his wife and year-old daughter after spending 16 months in the China-Burma-India theatre of operations ... of the 1108 mess hall employees, 205 were terminated, causing a disruption in the meal schedule of from 30 minutes to a hour and a half ... due to a shortage of nurses, ward 16 in the center hospital has been closed ... 800 fans attended the recent sports carnival...

TOPAZ, Utah ... to date 495 families consisting of 1651 individuals have relocated ... effective March 12 resident workers will have an hour and a half lunch period, their 44-hour week will be from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Saturdays ... 24 tracts of surplus irrigated land covering 13,300 acres within the projects were scheduled to go on sale this week ... Kay Kikuyo Murota, former Topazan, has received all A's for the last semester at Wood Junior College in Mississippi ...

MANZANAR, Calif ... former assistant project director Robert L. Brown has been promoted to the position of acting director, camps division of the UNRRA ... a beautiful hand engraved scroll was presented Mr. and Mrs. Takayoshi Arikawa whose son, Nobu, was killed in action in Italy last July ... the local baseball association sponsored a victory dance at the auditorium ... five high school seniors were among 12 residents, who left to report for active duty at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro ...

AMACHE, Colo ... the internal security division revealed that several short-wave sets in the hands of aliens have been picked up ... the last quarterly census revealed a total of 6,197 residents ... Alton O. Mead, procurement officer, revealed that with the lifting of the exclusion orders, the volume of orders issued through his office has dropped 60 per cent ... during February, a total of 160 indefinite leaves were issued by the relocation office ... Marion Konishi, former Amachean, was among the 22 students comprised in the honor roll at Simpson college, Indianola, Iowa ...

GILA, Ariz. ... the net proceeds from movie were turned over to the march of dimes campaign fund ... a three-act comedy "Keep Off the Grass" was presented by the high school junior class ... Dr. John F. West, chief medical officer left for Seattle, Wash. ...

ROHWER, Ark ... under the chairmanship of Dr. Kikuo Taira, an older nisei conference was held recently with Bill Hosokawa, former Sentinel editor and now with the Des Moines Register, as guest speaker ... James F. Wells, assistant project director and Willard H. Ballard, agriculture chief, have left for active service ... 14 pupils of Yuriko Uyematsu, Japanese dance teacher, presented a program of odori at the auditorium ...

NEWELL, Calif ... Robert Dolins, relocation division liaison officer from Washington, visited the center recently to confer with local relocation officials ... the floral arts department sponsored a doll exhibit ...

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Kageta observed that most of the Germans are anxious to surrender but SS troops (Himmler's private army) prevent them. They never surrender en masse but individually. Citing an instance that a fellow GI related to him, Kageta said that this fellow was fast asleep when a German tapped him on the shoulder and offered to surrender. Too sleepy to care the soldier merely turned over and continued sleeping. Came morning and the German was still patiently waiting to be taken prisoner.

The little known and unsung nisei artillery unit, the 522nd, deserves a great deal of praise, stated Kageta said that this fellow was fast asleep when a German tapped him on the shoulder and offered to surrender. Too sleepy to care the soldier merely turned over and continued sleeping. Came morning and the German was still patiently waiting to be taken prisoner.

The little known and unsung nisei artillery unit, the 522nd, deserves a great deal of praise, stated Kageta. They don't waste many shots before they zero into the target. And they're always ready when we need them.

As long as we're mentioning those who should be given credit, went on Kageta, the company cooks rate pretty high with the boys up front. They bring hot food at every possible opportunity and that certainly keeps the morale of the boys high, he said.

Kageta wears the Purple Heart, European theater of operations, pre-Pearl Harbor and good conduct ribbons. After his visit here, he will leave for Madigan General hospital Ft. Lewis, Wash., for further treatment.

after the Seventh Army's sensational sweep through southern and eastern France. The 3rd battalion captured an important gate-way town in the Vosges mountains. Later in this sector, it took part in breaking a fanatically-defended German position, a stretch of railroad fronting a wooded grill. A task force, composed of two rifle companies of the 2nd and 3rd battalions, swung around to an enemy flank and crept thorough two and one-half miles of enemy territory. At dawn, coordinating their surprise attack with a renewed frontal assault, they routed the Germans and broke a stalemate that threatened to hold up the entire American advance in that sector. Over 400 Germans were killed, 95 captured and large quantities of enemy material sized by the task force.

Among the many courageous actions of the 3rd battalion is the dramatic rescue of the 36th Division's "Lost Battalion" which was first reached by elements of the 3rd.

Fifty awards, ranging from the Distinguished Service Crosse to the Bronze Star, have been awarded members of the 3rd, most of them for action in France. Four division citations have also been awarded.

A fire resulting from overheating of the wood sheeting in the chimney at mess hall 22-27 caused an estimated damage of $14.10, according to Arthur L. Kerr, fire protection officer. The fire was discovered by one of the cooks who turned in the alarm.

Due to the quick response of the fire department, the blaze was quickly extinguished. Kerr said that a check will be made of all the mess hall chimneys to eliminate this fire hazard.

winding trails and roadways of obstacles.

In Italy and in the bitterly contested Vosges Mountain fighting, the company cleared approximately 70 minefields, constructed 35 by-passes, 40 culverts and six bridges, often under direct enemy observation and fire.

Several times the combat engineers have gone into the front lines as infantrymen. Serving as infantry patrols near Florence, Italy, they were among the first Allied soldiers to cross the Arno River. In this same sector, a bulldozer operated by Sgt. Alfred G. Tomita, Burley, Idaho, led a group of tank destroyers into a key Italian city.

Environment, I received a different impression. This is the first time I've ever been in a relocation center, he added.

Kubo is the proud possessor of a "short snorter" indicating that he has crossed one of the oceans by plane. His snorter now consists of several kinds of American and Japanese invasion currency attached to each other and scribbled over with the signature of his traveling companions.

A graduate of the Presidio language school, Kubo was shipped to the Solomons with his younger brother, Takeo, who is now a master sergeant stationed at Fort Snelling. Attached to the infantry at general headquarters, he was later transferred to the air corps as interpreter and translator. He possesses a souvenir wrist band made from part of the tall section of a Zero.

Although Kubo was reticent when quizzed on battle conditions, he did state that the war in the Pacific was "no Boy Scout picnic." He has listened to broadcasts of famed "Tokyo Rose", who attempts in a soft-soothing voice to seduce the nostalgic emotions of the boys with modern recordings and homey patter.

Though army published newspapers, the boys in the Pacific are familiar with the exploits of the 442nd nisei combat team in France. Kubo's youngest brother, Yoshio is a member of that well-known fighting unit.

Kubo left for Washington, D.C., last Saturday to join his organization for further assignment.

Funeral services for Mrs. Kinuye Saito, 59, of 12-23-C, who died Tuesday after a two weeks illness at the local hospital, were held yesterday at the Buddhist church, 17-25, with the Rev. Jyokai Kow officiating.

A former resident of Hollywood, Calif., she leaves no known survivors.

COLORADO -- Soichi Omura, Orime Okura, Alamosa.

IDAHO -- Ayako Aono, Masami Aono, Idaho Falls.

MONTANA -- Kumahei Kawata, Yoshitaro Tamari, Bozeman; Jim Koichi Matsuhara, Missoula.

MINNESOTA -- Fusaye Kadoguchi, Clara Yoshiko Kasano, Hidoye Mitahara, St. Paul.

NEW JERSEY -- Emmie Yabe, Bridgeton.

NEW YORK -- Hideo Date, New York City.

OHIO -- Shoji Ichikawa, Harry Taketa, Cleveland.

OREGON -- Kikuno Aster Takao, Ontario.

TEXAS -- Gene Kazuo Miyakawa, Galveston.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Eiko Hiyake, Flora Yoneko Yasui.

SERVICEMEN -- Sgt. D. Matsumoto, Camp Shelby, Miss.; T4 Yoneo J. Yokobe, Ft. Meade, Md.; Pvt. James Oyakawa, Camp Blanding, Fla.; Pvt. Kunio Otani, Camp Hood, Texas; Pvt. Sanai Kageta, Tacoma, Wash.

CIVILIANS -- Frank Toya, Los Angeles; Charles Inouye, San Jose; George H. Uyeda, Idaho Falls; Claire Morimoto, Eiji Tomita, Mrs. Margaret Fukuyama, Tom Taketa, George T. Tanaka, Shoryo Suzuki, Shizuye Ogata, Martha Kaihatsu, Yukio Yagade, Chicago; John M. Miyamoto, Rock Island, Ill.; William Furukawa, Peoria, Ill.; Shizuo Yoshida, Kazuo Oka, Detroit; Yoshiko Fujimoto, Chiyeko Tadaye Fujimoto, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Fred Bunichi Oda, St. Paul, Minn.; Yoshio Sasao, Clarence Iwao Nishizu, Moorehead, Minn.; Bryan Honkawa, Mrs. Bryan Honkawa, Michie Ota, Mary Shizue Ota, Sam Masami Hinoki, Billings; Shinobu Sakauye, Livingston, Mon.; Atsumu Nakatmatsu Ino, Outbank, Mont.; Soichiro Hamano, Rodina, Mont.; Kiyoko Tsuyuki, Maso Oshinomi, Sally Oshinomi, Masaru Okamoto, Cleveland; Harry Noda, Tetsuo Hishida, Spokane; Tom Sunao Futa, Snake River, Wash.; Bessie Watanabe, Salt Lake City; Roy Ujifusa, Harry Ujifusa, Sam Ujifusa, Mike Ujifusa, Worland; Mrs. George Sunada, Rockspring.

A 73-year old man set an example which other reluctant relocatees might readily follow by displaying a unique bit of fortitude when he returned to his former home in Hood River, Ore., recently despite the fact that that American Legion had openly warned the evacuees not to return, according to Joe Caroll, relocation coordinator. The aged returnee having three sons in the service has asked his daughter to accompany him on his permanent return to the apple valley region.

Combing the slants of Amateur chucker "Porky" Kawakami for a total of 14 hits, the Block 20 horsehiders dumped the youthful Amateurs, 14-6, in an exhibition softball game last Saturday at the block 16 diamond.

Leading the '20' stickers was lead-off man Texie Watanabe, who collected 4 bingles in as many times at bat. Pitcher Funo helped his own cause along by blasting out a triple, double and a single in 5 trips. Shig Kadota, Toby "King Size" Yamamoto and Tosh Umemoto divided the 6 hits doled out by Funo. Kadota and Yamamoto were each credited with a circuit court.

The Amateurs scored first in their half of the initial inning when Yamamoto banged out his round-tripper, driving in Kadota who had led off with a walk. In the '20' half, the winners scored 3 runs on one hit when pitcher Kawakami issued three free passes.

With the Amateur lads drawing goose eggs until the sixth canto, the '20' men added 5 runs in the second, 1 in the fourth, 4 in the sixth and 1 in the eighth. The losers scored 3 in the sixth and 1 in the seventh.

Kawakami went the route for the Amateurs, giving up 14 hits, Funo allowed 6 hits in the eight innings he worked on the mound. Texie Watanabe, who finished the game, held the Amateurs scoreless.

The Block 20 softballers will tangle with the Jackrabbits 1:30 p.m. today at the 16-W diamond. Fresh from their 14-6 victory over the Amateurs last week, the "20" squad is heavily favored to chalk up another win.

Big Shig Funo will once more step to the mound for the Elites with brother Mas receiving. Heading the "20" stickers will be the Watanabe brothers and Tak Ikeda.

The Rabbits will rely on hurlers "Vulture" Nakanishi and Shuzo Sumil. Tak Nomura will work behind the plate. Facing Funo will be reliable Yuzo Yasuhara, "Chicken" Kawasaki and Jim Uyeda.

PAGODA (29-26)

"Life Boat" (Tallulah Bankhead, and William Bendix) March 20, 21, 22, 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m.

"Heavenly Days" (Fiber McGee and Molly) and "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock", Chapter 10, March 23, 24, 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., March 25, 7 p.m.

DAWN (9-26)

"Heavenly Days" (Fiber McGee and Molly) and "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok", Chapter 10 March 20, 21, 22, 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m.

"Life Boat" (Tallulah Bankhead, and William Bendix) March 23, 24, 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., March 25, 7 p.m.

Lanky Toby Yamamoto of the fourth-place Zebra junior varsity walked off with individual scoring honors of the class A basketball league, concluding last Sunday. In 11 games he sank 69 field goals and 11 free throws for a total of 149 points. He averaged a trifle better than 13 points per game.

Chi Akizuki was runner-up with 128 points, but he failed to participate in the last four games. Fred Morita, Yamamoto's teammate, ranked a close third sinking 126 points in 11 games. Fuzzy Shimada of the Amateurs, after pacing the race early in the season, trailed in fourth place with 103 points in 11 games.

Player -- GP -- TP
T. Yamamoto, Zebra J.V. -- 11 -- 149
C. Akizuki, Zebra Ayes -- 8 -- 128
F. Morita, Zebra J.V. -- 11 -- 126
F. Shimada, Amateure -- 11 -- 103
R. Minato, Zebra Ayes -- 11 -- 92
M. Kawakami, Zebra A -- 12 -- 89
S. Sumii, JayBees --- 11 -- 89
S. Uyeda, JayBees -- 10 -- 88
H. Sentachi, Knights -- 12 -- 88
M. Hamamoto, Knights -- 6 -- 77
J. Funo, Elites -- 12 -- 68
J. Naknishi, Knights -- 12 -- 68
T. Ikeda, Elites -- 7 -- 58

Class A
(Final)

Team (GP) (W) (L)
Zebra Ayes (12) (11) (1)
JayBees (11) (8) (3)
Quesuda Knights (12) (7) (5)
Amateurs (12) (7) (5)
Block 20 (10) (2) (8)
PFC (12) (1) (11)

Industrial League

Team (GP) (W) (L)
CA (3) (3) (0)
Swampers (3) (3) (0)
Firemen (3) (2) (1)
Personnel (3) (1) (2)
Electricians (3) (1) (2)
Block 14 (3) (0) (3)

Class B

Team (GP) (W) (L)
Globe Trotters (10) (9) (1)
Blunderers (9) (7) (2)
Elites (9) (6) (3)
Ravens (9) (5) (4)
JayBees (9) (4) (5)
Fade Outs (10) (2) (8)
Rough Riders (10) (0) (10)

By Eddie Yamoka

Sunday night ended another year of competitive class A basketball in Heart Mountain. With the WRA's announcement of the closing of the centers, this is probably the last seson here. Anyway, the Zebra Ayes were crowned champions for the third straight year. Their record for three years is a very remarkable, indeed. In 39 games they have piled up 1725 points to their opponents' 1125. In the same number of games, they have dropped only four tilts to the camp teams. Last season, they swept the league with a clean record, while this year the Quesuda Knights marred their record by taking a clean cut decision in the last game of the season.

The season just closed saw the Ayes play 18 games. Until they were beaten by the Knights, they had chalked up 17 straight victories. They piled up 774 points, in 18 games, averaging 43 points per game. Their opponents were held to 592 points. In three years of competition, the Zebras averaged 44 points per game.

These figures are impressive, but when it comes to giving credit is due, coach Tets Kifune is the man who deserves some glory. For three years, he patiently molded and remolded the Zebra machine. Since his team was handicapped by lack of height, he devised a fast-breaking attack, thus eliminating some of the disadvantages. This type of casaba tossing brought telling results. Chi Akizuki was Kifune's choice for operating the fast break. In case the attack failed, he carefully grooved Randy Minato to talk long set shots to spread opponents' defense.

All in all, Kifune and his boys turned in an enviable record.

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At Last

After 17 consecutive wins, the Zebra Ayes tasted defeat in their final game of the season last Sunday. The Quesuda, Knights -- Mas Hamamoto and Ham Miyamoto and company -- did what no other team had been able to do all season. For the entire 40 minutes of the game, the Knights played smart heads-up ball. In the final quarter, the Ayes started one of their last minute do or die rallies, but this time it fizzled out. Twice before against the camp all-stars and the Elites, they pulled the game out of the fire when defeats stared in their faces, but last Sunday was something else.

As the final whistle sounded, the entire Zebra team rushed over to the Knight bench and congratulated the players. They acknowledged defeat, although it was a bitter pill to swallow, in a true sportsmanship manner. Afterwards, in the shower room, man for man they admitted they lost to a better team and were lavish in praising the performances of Miyamoto and Hamamoto. No doubt, the services of Dick Miyakawa and Chi Akizuki were sorely missed, but they had no alibis. They stuck to their story that the better team had won that night and that team was the Quesuda Knights.

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Softball

The block 1 old men's softball team is already nearing midseason form. Last year's center championship squad is virtually intact and they are pre-season favorites to cop the title again. Most of the players are former old time hard ball players, so the tricks of the trade are nothing new to them.

By "CHESTY" OKAGAKI

With forward "Ham" Miyamoto racking up 17 digits, the Quesuda Knights finally did what every other team in the A circuit had been gunning for as they outplayed and outscored the Zebra Ayes to hand the three-time Heart Mountain champions their first defeat of the 1944-'45 casaba season, 43-35, last Sunday. Until Sunday, the champions had chalked up an enviable record of 17 straights wins, 11 of which were in loop play.

In the finale of the evening, which wrote finis to the season for A cagers, the JayBees took second place as they came from behind to nip the Zebra jayvees, 36-34. The Elites forfeited their game to the Amateurs.

The Knights buckled down to business as they took the initiative after 4 minutes of scoreless play, racking up 6 points before Randy Minato countered for the Zebras. Miyamoto's 10 points gave the Knightmen a first quarter 13-4 lead. Slipping through time and again, the winners kept comfortably in the lead and at the half were on the long end of a 25-14 lead.

The Ayes definitely missed the board work of rangy Dick Miyakawa and their scoring ace, Chi Akizuki. Coupled with the limited services of center Kats Minato, whose injuries kept him on the bench most of the evening, the Zebras were anything but the team that copped three titles in as many years.

Keyed up for the upset, it was the Knights' ball game from the beginning to the final whistle, although it looked as if the champs would pull another one out of the fire when they came within 6 points of tieing it up late in the final period. With less than 4 minutes remaining, the Zebra scored machine stalled after whittling the Knight's lead down to 39-33.

Miyamoto's 17 points took high scoring honors. Center Mas Hamamoto and Johnny Toya followed with 9 and 8 digits, respectively. Randy Minato again led the attack for the champs by registering 16 markers, followed by Keiichi Ikeda with 8.

In dumping the Zebra jayvees, the JayBees sewed up the number 2 position, ending their season with 8 victories and 3 setbacks. The defeat dropped the jayvees from third place to fourth. The losers held a 25-8 halftime lead in this bruising finale, but lost in the second half as they could only score 9 points. Forwards Shuzo Sumii and Jim Uyeda tanked 14 and 12 digits, respectively, to pace the winners. Toby Yamamoto netted 15 to lead the losers' offense.

In a post-season practice tilt, Fuzzy Shimada and Tabo Shimizu teamed up to pace the Amateurs as they topped the PFC's, 37-31. The winners led all the way, holding a 19-15 advantage at the intermission. The PFC's spurted in the third quarter as they closed the gap, 23-22. Shimada amassed 14 points with Shimizu and "T" Sugita following with 10 and 8, respectively. For the losers, "Shorty" Nagaishi and Tats Okabayashi tanked 8 and 7 digits, respectively.

An old adage that a "good big team could beat a good little team" was reversed Thursday night, when the fast and tricky Block 2 sextette upset the favored CACs, 23-22, in a nip and tuck game. The victory enabled them to gain undisputed leadership of girls' cage play.

Block 2 drew first blood, but the CACs came right back with two buckets. With loop leadership at stake, both teams appeared jittery and numerous shots were missed. At the half, the CACs clung to an 8-7 lead.

In the second half, both sextettes settled down to a furious brand of basketball, trading points on even terms. Late in the third quarter, diminutive Sandy Okura broke loose on a beautiful feed-in pass from teammate Maggie Hamada and Block 2 forged ahead, 15-14, Agnes Akizuki came right back with a basket to send her team into the lead again.

With three minutes left to play, Norrie Yamagiwa tanked a set-up to put Block 2 out in front. A few seconds later, Okura sank the clincher.

Maggie Hamada of the winning team turned in an outstanding performance. Closely guarded by her taller opponents, she ran the defense ragged by utilizing speed and deception. Norrie Yamagiwa and Sandy Okura led the victors in scoring with 10 and 9 points, respectively. For the CACs, Agnes Akizuki played a bang-up game, besides ringing up 15 digits.

The Debutantes, improving with every game, trounced the Luanas, 35-18. Fumi Urushibata and Mary Stitamoto paced the winners with 12 and 10 points, while Mary Iriye tanked 12 for the Luanas.

The second place Thunderbolts kept in the running by squeezing out a 21-17 triumph over the CBTs. Sumi Nakanishi sparked the victors with 9 points, while the Tachibana sisters, Masako and Barbara, led the losers with 8 and 6, respectively.

In the final tilt of the evening, the Dot and Dash sextette scored a 26-14 victory over the winless Block 15 lassies for its first win of the season. Mary Hirata paced the winners with 10 points. Miyo Konishi sparked the losers with 6 digits.

The Industrial league staggered through its third round of play Wednesday as the Swampers and the CA quintet continued to pace the loop with clean slates.

The CA aggregation "short-circuited" the Electricians, 31-22, for its third straight victory. Displaying championship form, the victors jumped to a quick 8-0 lead in the initial period, and from there on the outcome was never in doubt. With Herman Santo continually sinking digits and Moon Kataoka doing a bang-up job in feeding the players, the CA lads enjoyed a 23-10 lead at the half.

Electricians' Kiyo Suzuki opened the second half by connecting four times, but the title contenders came back strong to hold their lead. Hide Muekiyo and Harry Nouchi on Kataoka's order to shoot, sent up a barrage of shots at the basket and finally ended up with the former sinking two and the latter one. Santo was high point man with 13 markers. Suzuki sank 12 digits for the Electricians.

The Swampers lived up to their name by swamping the tall Personnel five, 30-15, in a rough tilt. It was their third victory in as many starts.

George Komoto and M. Ikeda with 8 and 6 digits, respectively, paced the attack for the Swampers. Diminutive Howard Walker and Mel Anderson copped scoring honors for the Personnel team with 4 apiece. Ralph Forsythe played his usual bang-up game.

The Firemen led by George Asato and Yosh Shiozaki, kept in the running by handling the Block 14 quintet its third set-back. Although their high scorer Billy Shundo had an "off night", Asato and Shiozaki came through with 8 points apiece. Ken Ando and George Tanaka hit 5 apiece to lead the losers.

Girls' League

Monday, Mar. 19
6:15 p.m. -- Thunderbolts vs. Luanas
7:15 p.m. -- Dot and Dash vs. CAC
8:15 p.m. -- Block 2 vs. Block 15
9:15 p.m. -- Debutantes vs. CBT

B League

Tuesday, Mar. 20
6:15 p.m. -- JayBees vs. Globe Trotters
7:15 p.m. -- Ravens vs. Elites
8:15 p.m. -- Blunderers vs. Fade Outs

Industrial League

Wednesday, Mar. 21
6:15 p.m. -- Swampers vs. CA
7:15 p.m. -- Fire Dept. vs. Personnel
8:15 p.m. -- Electricians vs. Block 14

Girls' League

Thursday, Mar 22
6:15 p.m. -- Debutantes vs. Block 15
7:15p.m. -- Dot and Dash vs. Luanas
8:15 p.m. -- Block 2 vs. CBT

Class B

Friday, Mar. 23
6:15 p.m. -- Ravens vs. JayBees
7:15 p.m. -- Elites vs. Blunderers
8:15 p.m. -- Globe Trotters vs. Rangers

By dumping the Penguins, 40-11, last Saturday, the Royal Dukes wrapped up the high school intramural class B cage crown with 4 victories and no defeats. In taking the title, the Dukes made it two in a row as they annexed the C championship in last year's intramural race. Forward Maki Deguchi contributed 13 digits to pace the champion's offense.

In the other B game, the Bulldogs came up with their first win of the league by turning back the Blue Raiders, 14-9.

The Ajax took the A league lead with a 33-16 victory over the Penguins.

In class C play, the Mustangs downed the Panthers, 28-8, and the Block 27 lads edged out of the Seagulls, 11-10.

The Globe Trotters drew a step closer to the class B cage championship as they smothered the Elites, 40-18, last Tuesday. The Ravens had an easy time downing the Fade Outs, 54-28, while the Blunderers defeated the winless Rangers, 40-24.

Holding their opponents to two field goals and two free throws in the first three quarters, the Globe Trotters piled up a commanding 28-6 lead as they coasted to their ninth victory. Each member of the winning team contributed at least two field goals. High point man of the game was Moto Teramoto with 10 points, followed by Mas Ogimachi with 8. For the losers George Kuwatani and Popsie Watanabe were high with 6 digits apiece. The intermission score was 17-3 in favor of the Globe Trotters.

In losing to the Ravens, the Fade Outs suffered their eighth defeat of the season. The big guns for the winners were Kats Ogawa, Sho Kaihatsu and Kiyo Tomikawa, who tallied 19, 14 and 10 points, respectively. For the losers, Harry Wada and Hod Otani were high scorers with 8 and 6 digits, respectively.

With Lloyd Matsuda racking up 22 points, the Blunderers defeated the hapless Rangers in the last game of the evening. By defeating the Rangers, the Blunderers kept their chances alive for the crown. The winners held a 23-6 advantage at the half. The losers were paced by Roy Uyeda and Doug Kagawa with 10 and 8 digits, respectively.

The league-leading Globe-Trotters, defeated the cellar-dwelling Rangers, 50-29, in class B cage play last week. In the other tilts of the evening, the JayBees B's bowed to the Ravens, 25-21, and the second-place Elites suffered their second straight defeat at the hands of the Blunderers, 23-19.

With Dabo Nagafuchi and Moto Teramoto pacing the Globe Trotters with 14 points apiece, the league leaders had an easy time handing the Rangers their ninth straight setback.

The Ravens moved into third place by downing the JayBees B's who dropped to fourth place. The victors were led by Bob Ogawa with 10 points.

By whipping the Elites, the Blunderers moved into a second place tie with the former league leaders. The Elites just couldn't cope with the smooth-working Blunderers. The halftime score was 13-8 in favor of the winners. The Blunderers were led by Lloyd Matsuda with 5 points, but George Kuwatani of the Elites was high point man of the game with 7 digits.

With the recent announcement that there will be no crop production on the project this year, the local agriculture department has released final farm figures, covering a period from April, 1943, to December, 1944.

The new land subjugated by the agriculture section totaled 1,753.5 acres, according to Alden S. Ingraham, farm superintendent. An additional 90 acres was subjugate by the high school students. During the two farm seasons here, a total of 2,762.26 acres of crops were planted. Crops were harvested from 239.5 acres of the total acreage.

A total of 6,375,818 pounds of crop produce (including feed crops), 462,538.5 pounds of pork, 32,674.5 pounds of poultry meat and 94,867 dozen eggs were produced for center use at a transfer value of $309,585.66. Pork amounting to 462,538.5 pounds was derived from 2,285 slaughtered hogs while 8,150 chickens were slaughtered to obtain 32,674.5 pounds of poultry meat during the two-year period.

The 1,753.5 acres of land on the project which were subjugated will be a definite and permanent contribution to the future agriculture of the local community, state and nation, Ingraham said.

The cropping systems which were used on the farm land were in accord with the best known principles of soil conservation. The cropping procedures were designed to improve the soils as the program progressed.

All lands which have been cultivated have received in addition to clearing and leveling, improvement treatment such as the turning under of green manure crops, and the use of hog and poultry manure and commercial fertilizers, Ingraham added.

At the close of the 1944 crop year over 65 per cent of the subjugated crops of sweet clover and alfalfa. These lands were subjugated at a cost of $7.74 per acre, Ingraham said.

The Rev. Daisuke Kitagawa, director of the United Christian Ministry to Japanese Americans in the Twin Cities, is scheduled to arrive here today. Reverend Kitagawa has been active not only in Minneapolis and St. Paul but also throughout the state of Minnesota.

He will be in Heart Mountain through Tuesday to present to the evacuees numerous relocation opportunities. According to information received here, he is bringing with him many job offers, particularly for issei.

Taro and Saito Fukishama arrived in Richmond, Calif. Recently to take over their nursery which had been teased. The pair, who had been leased. The pair, who had been working in defense industries in Chicago and whose parents live at Topaz, stayed with a neighbor who returned from a center a month earlier. Both reported kindly treatment and that the neighbor, who lives on a farm near Richmond, moves freely in the vicinity with no comment.

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Isao Yoshikawa left Manzanar to make an investigatory trip to Venice, Calif., and Brentwood, found people friendly at both places. A Catholic church in Los Angeles aided him in his search for farm property by providing an automobile.

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Shegataka Onishi, his wife and son moved back to San Jose more than a month ago to their old home. They report friends, neighbors and storekeepers as being courteous and friendly. The son, 13, was warmly received by his classmates on Valentine's Day received 15 valentines. The Onishis, who were at Heart Mountain for a year before temporarily relocating to Denver where Onishi did gardening, said they regretting much more of their friends are not returning, or appear hesitant about doing so.

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George Ninomiya, his wife, Mildred, and their two children, aged two years and three months, respectively, returned to San Francisco February 20 from the Colorado Relocation Center. On their way from Poston they boarded a train and found that one of their Pullman reservations had been cancelled. It would have meant that Ninomiya and one of the children would have had to sit up all night had not a service man insisted on giving his berth to them. Friends of the American Way made every effort to make the family comfortable, made arrangements for a girl to sit with the children while the Ninomiyas went out to shop.

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In Lodi, San Joaquin County, four children reported that the teachers had told their Caucasian classmates that they must "treat them (the returning children) like anybody else" and that's what they're doing.

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In Atwater, near Merced, where two families have returned, the children reported they liked the schools there better than in the center because "the children were nicer."

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Robert Ozawa recently became the first nisei to register at the San Francisco Junior College. He was cordially received by the dean of the college and every teacher he has met so far has assured him of his welcome. Robert, who comes from Topaz and is staying with Caucasian friends in his old home in Berkeley, reported one of his teachers volunteered to "stand by him" at all times.

LOS ANGELES -- Ninety-five thousand of the 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry in the Western Defense command have been approved by the army for return to their homes within the area and individual exclusion orders are pending against only 9,000, of which many are under review, Brig. Gen. William H. Wilbur, Chief of Staff of the Western Defense command testified in Los Angeles recently.

During his testimony as a government witness in the case of three Japanese Americans who are seeking to restrain the Army from preventing their return, General Wilbur declared that an "enemy espionage system" is operating on the Pacific Coast. (General Wilbur did not specify, however, whether persons of Japanese ancestry were involved in "enemy espionage " activities.

"Things are constantly occurring which could not occur unless an enemy espionage system was in operation," he was quoted as declaring.

When A.L. Wirin, attorney for the Japanese Americans, read from a report by J. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief, and Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt, former head of the Western Defense Command, saying there had been no act of sabotage, General Wilbur said:

"I am sure that General DeWitt's report was correct as he saw it at the time. If I were forced to make a report at this time I could not make that statement, but there are many things I cannot reveal here. I am able to say, however, that the number of incidents dropped after the expulsion of the Japanese population from the coast in July, 1942.

"We have many fine citizens of Japanese ancestry", General Wilbur added, stating that 95,000 evacuees had already been cleared for return to the West Coast.

Carl. R. Neikirk, former social studies instructor at the local junior high school, left Wednesday for Denver to become gauge inspector for an ordnance plant. He came here last August. Mrs. Neikirk, who is employed in the office service section, will join him later.

C.D. Carter, superintendent of schools, announced that Neikirk's classes will be continued by other members of the faculty until a replacement is secured.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- A Japanese American family of nine was attacked with fire and bullets early on the morning of March 6 by a group of unidentified men who applied the torch to the ranch home on the San Jose -- Alviso road near San Jose to which they had returned from the State of Utah, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Gasoline was splashed on the wooden six-room house occupied by the Taketa family and a match applied. As the family wakened and rushed out to fight the flames, shots were fired at them from a slowly moving sedan which subsequently disappeared into the darkness.

It was the first case of violence against returning Japanese Americans to be reported to Santa Clara authorities, the Chronicle noted.

Victims of the attack were Suyekichi Taketa, 60; his wife, Misao, 51; their son, Joe Takeda, 25; Joe's brothers and sister, Bill, 20; Herbert, 16; Edward, 14 and Beverly, 12; a brother-in-law, Philip Matsumura, and Philip's wife Sue. (A daughter, Thelma Takeda, is employed as office secretary with the National JACL in Salt Lake City.)

"We expected something unpleasant but we didn't anticipate this," Joe Takeda said. "We have no bitterness. We realize we are the victims of circumstance. We have always wanted to help the war effort and have sent word to farmers of the valley we would be glad to help on the farms where needed, especially those farms where sons are in service."

The stark reality of war with its tragedy and heroism was unfolded on the stage of the Poston, Ariz., relocation center auditorium recently when Mrs. Matsu Madokoro was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the army's second highest military award, for her only son, Pfc. Harry Madokoro, who was killed in action on the Italian front.

Brig. Gen. John H. Wilson, chief of staff of the Ninth Service Command had to bend down to pin the medal on the tiny issei woman.

The citation, signed by Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark, was read at the ceremony. It told of Private Madokoro's extraordinary heroism in repeatedly routing German machine gun nests and snipers single-handed.

Mrs. Madokoro and her son were evacuated to Poston from Watsonville, Calif. Private Madokoro volunteered for combat duty from Poston where he was chief of police.

WITH THE MARINES ON IWO -- Sgt. James Yoshinobu, veteran of World War I and one of the first Americans of Japanese ancestry to work with the Marines in the Pacific, says that he will not return to California after the war since his house "has been stripped of everything but the walls."

Sergeant Yoshinobu landed on Iwo Jima with two nisei units of the 4th and 5th marine divisions.

The non-com has seen action on many of the Pacific Islands during the march toward the Japanese homeland.

A gold star was recently put on the Palo Alto, Calif., high school service flag for Palo Alto nisei, Pfc. Fred Yamamoto, who was killed in action in France last November. His mother, Mrs. Yumi Sato, resides at 24-18-C. Private Yamamoto was a former Sentinel staff member.

Washington, D.C.

The Washington Post in its editorial of March 10 congratulated the Hood River, Ore., post of the American Legion, which last week voted to restore the names of 15 nisei expunged from its honor roll, "on its courage in making honorable amends for an un-American action into which it had blundered."

Pointing out that the names are those of men serving in the armed forces of the United States from the Hood River area, the Post declared., "Their names like those of all Americans serving in their countries uniform, belong by right on any roster which pretends to comprise the heroes of their community."

The editorial continued:

"Credit is due not only to the post itself but also to the Legion as a whole and in particular to its national commander, Edward N. Scheiberling, who called upon the Hood River Legionnaires to restore the names which had been removed from the roster. His request was met at first with a flat refusal. That the members of the Hood River post have now changed their minds is evidence as Mr. Scheiberling put it, of their 'sound sense of American fair play.' And we agree with him that it shows that the Hood River, Legionnaires, individually and collectively, were honest enough to admit a mistake and big enough to correct the mistake.

"That is Americanism in the best sense. We hope now that the result of this unfortunate error will be to enlist the Legion as a whole in the protection as a whole in the protection of the civil rights on Japanese Americans on the West coast and elsewhere."

Chicago, Ill.

A campaign for tolerance was launched in Hyde park recently by community leaders and Parent-Teachers' associations of three schools in the district at a George Washington birthday party in the Frolic theatre, the Chicago Sun reported.

The meeting, attended by 900 sixth, seventh and eighth grade pupils, represented the first concerted attempt among parents, teachers and civic leaders of a Chicago community to promote good sportsmanship and religious and inter-racial harmony among children of school age.

Pointing out the difficulty in getting "adults who needs them to come to inter-racial rallies,"

Ald. Bertram B. Moss declared:

"The only way to instill tolerance is through the children in our schools."

A nisei girl, Grace Nitta, 10, was enthusiastic about the meeting.

"We should have more meeting like this. Then, maybe the name-calling in the school yards will stop." she said.

"Why should we call names at each other. Aren't we all Americans?" she asked.

NEW YORK CITY -- Mine Okubo, talented nisei artist who illustrated Fortune magazine's article on relocation centers, is holding an exhibit on her work at the American Common, 40 East 40th st., until March 29. Benji Okubo, her brother and also a well-known artist, is at Heart Mountain relocation center.