The Pacific Citizen
Vol. 16 No. 5
February 4, 1943
Army Begins Recruiting Nisei Volunteers For New Japanese American Combat Team. Announce General Registration For All Adult Evacuees Now in Wartime Relocation Projects. Ten Soldier Teams to Visit Centers to Spur Army Recruitment Program; Those Ineligible for Military Service Will File Forms for 'Indefinite Leaves.'
Saburo Kido, JACL National President, Victim of Brutal Beating at Poston Center. Eight Members of Gang Arrested, Sign Written Confessions to Crime
Colorado Kills Anti-Alien Land Ownership Bill
Federal Court Issues Writ in Wakayama Case. Hearing Set in March in Los Angeles on Test of Evacuation
Abe Resigns From Hawaiian Senate Seat
Agent Seeks Market For Evacuee Goods
Nisei Girl Files Intent to Marry U.S. Navy Sailor
500 at Poston Will Qualify for Army, Says Director
Arrest Seven At Poston on Riot Charge. Alien Evacuees Said To Have Participated in November Disturbance
Mike Masaoka Will Wed Etsu Mineta In Salt Lake City
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Seven Judges to Hear Cases Testing Evacuation Legality. Four Cases Will Be Argued Before District Court of Appeals
Masaoka Talks At Hearing on Proposed Bill. Calls Attention to Contributions Made By U.S.-Born Japanese
Farm Club Started At Minidoka Center
Jerome Youth Commits Suicide on Rail Tracks
California Will Press Suit on Japanese Farm. Charges Actual Owners Of Dos Palos Ranch Violated Land Law
Choir From Hunt Wins Audience
'Coddling' of Topaz Evacuees Denied by Utah Farm Official. Statement Follows State Senate Proposal to Probe Conditions at Center
State Senate To Investigate Utah Evacuees. Allege Preferential Treatment Being Given Evacuee Farm Group
WRA Seeks Jobs for Evacuees in Michigan, Ohio, W. Virginia. Cleveland Office Will Meet With Employers in Tri-State District
Hood River Lions Club Asks Deportation of Japanese Americans
California Chamber Commerce Discusses Use of Equipment
Klamath Basin Farm Operators To Seek Evacuee Workers
Timely Topics by Saburo Kido
Too Much Red Tape in Clearance Permits
Dispersal Program Encouraged by WRA
Minidoka Center Seeks Sweetheart
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Loyal Evacuees Will Receive Opportunity to Serve Nation on Production Front Soon. War Relocation Authority Announces Movement to Place Japanese Americans in Industry to Parallel Drive to Organize Military Combat Team
Myer Reported Deeply Satisfied with Army Plan
Army's Use of Loyal Nisei Applauded by Sen. Chandler. Tokutaro Slocum is Witness at Senate Committee Meeting
Nisei Wins Scholarship to Radcliffe College
Colonel Turner Lauds Battalion of Japanese Americans
Anti-Japanese Bill Approved in Arkansas. Move to Segregate All Orientals From Schools Defeated by Assembly
Hawaii Japanese Win High Praise From Gen. Emmons. Military Chief Says Nisei Role Not Easy One. Performance of Duty By Japanese Americans Commended by Army
Story of the Week: Nisei Uses Entire 'A' Gas Ration to Enlist in Army
California Legion Launches Campaign Against at U.S. Japanese. Deportation of Citizens, Aliens Advocated by State Legion Leader
No Inquest Planned In Suicide Death on Farm in Arizona
Oberlin College Awards Pomona Degree to Nisei
JACL Staff Plans Meeting in Salt Lake
Two Heart Mountain Residents on Honor Roll at Wyoming
American Legion Asks For Seizure of Farm Implements of Evacuees
Hawaii Businessman Wants Evacuation of Japanese Group
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Pacific Citizen Staff
Editorials: On Military Service
Race Hatred Bloc
How to Speak to Japan
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From the Frying Pan by Bill Hosokawa: Nisei Recognition is Long Step Forward
The Lancer by Tad Uyeno: The Four Freedoms Must Be Assured at Home
Reading in the Centers: Books Carried in Relocation Libraries Show Varied Tastes
Christmas at Heart Mountain by Floyd Schmoe
Vagaries
The Copy Desk
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Calling All Chapters! By Teiko Ishida
Meet the WRA: John Province Directs WRA Community Management
JACL Membership Plan for Nisei in Centers Announced. Will Affect Prospective Members in Projects Without JACL Groups
Jerome Residents Take Up Collection To Aid Hawaiians
Ann Nisei Says: Lady, Be Yourself And Face Facts
JACL News: Colorado Calling!
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700 Acres of Land Subjugated For Poston's Farming Project. Hope Irrigation Canals Will Be Completed Within Next Six Months
Evacuee Food Facts Given By Merritt. Meat Served Sparingly, Project Director Says in L.A. Interview
Gov. Carville Raps Use of Evacuee Labor. Reiterates Stand Taken Last Year on Nevada Employment for Group
Vital Statistics
Fifty-seven Register For Selective Service at Topaz Center
Coast Newspapers Favor Army Plan to Use Nisei Troops. Only Proper Test Is Loyalty, Not Race, Declares Chronicle
Mike Masaoka: Why I Volunteered (Cont.)
Poston Police School Gives Twelve Diplomas
Boise Valley JACL Hears Parley Report
Nampa Girl Leaves For Minnesota for Nurse's Training
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The World at Press-Time
Topaz Citizens Will Organize JACL Group. Informal Meeting of Interested Residents Launches New Chapter
Protestant Group Plans to Aid Evacuee Resettlement Program
Hog Raising Project Proves Successful at Topaz Center
Use of Evacuee-Owned Cars Advocated by California Group. Stored Autos Equipped With Pre-War Grade of Tires, Declares Paper
Legislature Will Probe Evacuee Car Situation
Evacuee Youths Choose Inland Empire Schools