Title: The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 27, 12/8/1942, (ddr-pc-14-26)
Densho ID: ddr-pc-14-26

The Pacific Citizen
Vol. 15 No. 27
December 8, 1942

Eight Nisei Evacuees Enlisted in U.S. Army at Height of Disturbance at Poston Center. Project Director Seeks to Return Disrupted Civil Administration at Poston to Loyal Evacuees; All Positions Declared Vacant

The World at Press-Time

Manzanar J.C. Will Hold Classes Soon

Story of the Week. Nisei Soldier Fights for Democracy on Pacific Front

[Illegible], Believed Japanese, Dead in S.F. Mystery

Ration Rules Observed in WRA Centers. Food Purchases by Evacuees Affected by New U.S. Regulations

107 Evacuees, First Contingent From Hawaii, Relocated at Jerome Center in Arkansas. Old Women, Children Volunteered for Removal From Crowded Islands

California State Official Thanks JACL for Wire

JACL Reiterates December 7 Denunciation of Military Japan. Expressions of Confidence in WRA, Greetings to Nisei Soldiers, Modifications of 'Enemy' Status of Parents Among Resolutions Passed

Judicial Commission Picked at Granada

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Delay in Processing Cases Against Nisei Civil Service Workers Told Assemblyman. Dismissal Trials Sought Against State Employees Of Japanese Ancestry

Remove Curb On Wages Of Farm Labor. Agricultural Workers Get Preferred Status Under Byrnes Order

Youths Lodged in County Jail After Assault at Granada

Manzanar Seeks Name for Shoyu

Sgt. Ike Masaoka Weds Sumi Andow Idaho Ceremony

U.S. Citizens Arrested in Shanghai Area. Americans Had Asked For Repatriation, Hull Forecasts Delays

Evacuee Workers Will Over Public Opinion in Idaho Town. Youths Maui Tojo's Effigy After Preston Scrap Drive Parade

Tule Lake to Start Poultry Production

Thanksgiving Celery Sent to Topaz by Salt Lake Farmers

Utah Group Opposes Sale of Farm Land. West Jordan Meeting Gets Reaction on Evacuee Farmers

Boise Valley JACL Hears Confab Report

Timely Topics by Saburo Kido

Resettlement is a Magic Word

Public Relations Work of Evacuees

Lack of Finances Stumbling Block

Furlough Suggested To Find Employment

Topaz to Purchase 500 Head of Cattle

Yamamotos, Inouyes Found Most Numerous in Wyoming

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50 Evacuees To Work for N.P. Railroad. Permission Obtained To Use Japanese in Eastern Washington

Nisei Soldiers' Names Inscribed on Honor Roll

Services of Scout Troop at Portland Center Wins Citation

75 Volunteer as Blood Donors at Granada Center

Army Camouflage Net Project Placed on Private Contract. Prevailing Wage Rate Seen for Citizens on Vital War Production

Disturbance at Poston... Newspaper Editorials Reflect Opinions on Recent Incident

Volunteer Red Cross Knitters Making Tule Lake Sweaters

Heart Mountain High Staff Issues Paper

Community Christmas Drive Seeks Gifts for 40,000 Children in Relocation Camps. Nisei Soldiers at Camp Crowder Insure Gifts for 400 with Contribution; Speed In Sending Packages Urged by Committee

Merritt Takes Manzanar Post. Prominent California Official Succeeds Kimball at Center

Hospital at Rivers Opened Recently with Dedication Ceremony

New JACL Department To Handle Problems Of Resettlement

Embroidery Pieces From Heart Mountain Will Be Exhibited

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Pacific Citizen Staff

Editorial: Nisei Background

December 7, 1942

Test Case Reactions

Nisei USA by Larry Tajiri

From the Multnomah Jail... Min Yasui Tells of Unshaken Faith in American Democracy

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The Lancer by Tad Uyeno: Resettlement Problem Confronts Evacuees

From the Frying Pan by Bill Hosokawa: Conversation Aboard a Trans-Country Bus

A Japanese American on Dec. 7... How a Nisei Soldier Felt That Day When Nippon's Warlords Attacked the United States

Close Quotes

Vagaries

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Calling All Chapters! By Teiko Ishida

Evacuees Fed in War Relocation Centers on 45 Cents a Day. Problems of Feeding 110,000 People Daily Told by War Relocation Authority; Seek to Make Projects Self-Sufficin in Food Requirements

Santa Anita Team Beats Stockton At Rohwer Center

Topaz Students Will Name Own Schools

Ann Nisei Says: Christmas Gifts For the Woman IN Your Life

Granadans to Teach at Navy School. Selected from 100 Applicants at WRA Center in Colorado

Caucasian Children Attend School at Center in Topaz

Work Progressing On Hog Farm at Topaz WRA Center

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Sacramento Paper Comments of Challenge on Nisei Votes. Ballots of Evacuated Citizens Allowed to Stand by Officials

Wyoming WRA Group to Get More Freedom. Daytime Privileges of Entire Center Area Promised Evacuees

Crowd Cleans Out Coffee Supply at Manzanar Canteen

Oriental Dancer Introduces New Dance Form to New York. Husband, Yuji Ito, Now Writing Book on Music of Far East

Topaz Library Opens Doors for Center Readers

Vital Statistics

School Construction Will Start Soon At Granada Center

Washington Letter: Strategic Bases Gained by African Offensive

Prep Team Defeats Visiting Granadans

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Evacuation of Nisei Creates Problem for Movie Studios. Hollywood Worried Over Lack of Actors to Portray Japanese Villains; Oriental Types In Great Demand in World's Cinema Capital

Yasui Letters (Cont.)

Fire Destroys Sake Brewery In San Jose. Mysterious Fire May Have been Set by Arsonist, Says Chief

Marie Nomura Weds Everett Kuramoto

Chico State Students Undertake Project

Nisei Editor Reviews Own Reactions for Sugar Beet Work. Caldwell Merchants Send Bus for Nisei Furlough Workers

Youth Held at Manzanar. 16-Year-Old Youth Held as Suspect in Center's Anti-Police Activity

Kuramoto, Kubo Elected to Head Tule Lake Co-op