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284 items

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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 61, No. 3 (July 16, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-29)
Selected article titles: "Sen. Inouye's Medicare Change for Aliens OK'd" (p.1), "Calif. FEPC Conciliation Settles Complaints of Housing Bias (Despite Prop. 14) in Practices of Realtors and Lending Firms" (p.1, 4), "Use of 'Nigger' Arouses Negro Community More Than Recent Defeats on Rights Front" (p.1), "Great Society Legislation" (p.2), "Watsonville Japanese Community Raises $38.000 for Hospital …

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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 38 (March 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-127)
Selected article titles: "Statehood and Loyalty Pressed"; "Travel Regulations for Isseis Disclosed"; "Japanese Arrested While Gambling in New York"; "Son Captive of Germans"; "Surplus Farm Tools"; "Nisei Service Held"; "Yorty Candidate"; "Nisei Girl Convicted of Theft in Cleveland"; "17,600 Niseis in U.S. Armed Forces"; "Nisei Girl Dies of Giving Birth to Twins; Marine Loves Overseas"; "Want …

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Nisei Vue Vol. 1 No. 2 (Summer, 1948) (ddr-densho-266-2)
Selected article titles: "Fukui Earthquake" (p. 5), "Canada Story" (p. 9), "Kawakita Case" (p. 13), United Veterans of Fresno (p. 16), Vanport Flood (p. 19), Good News from Washington (p. 21), The Unified Nisei Vote (p. 22), The Jacl Queen Contest (p. 23), Lilli Ann Oka (p. 28), Nisei Heroes Buried at Oka (p. 30), Care …

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Letter from Ryo Tsai to Elder Brother-in-Law (ddr-densho-446-321)
Warm greetings until we meet. Ai Chih Tsai and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai met with Commander Dowie, Lt. Kerr, and J. Dickson of Canadian Mission Board in D.C.. Dickson is very enthusiastic about Ai Chih Tsai's plans. Ryo asked that printed literature with details of the plan (buildings, cost, location, mission, current board members, etc. ) would …

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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Chiong-hui (ddr-densho-446-348)
Getting attention and support from mission boards for Formosa project is frustrating, but Ai Chih Tsai is still trying. He accepted UNRRA assignments and will be in Formosa for 1 year starting in about 5 weeks. Ryou (Morikawa) Tsai and are going to San Diego until he can call them to Formosa or until he returns …

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Nobusuke Kishi's son (ddr-njpa-4-426)
Caption on front: "PREMIER'S SON: Nobukazu Kishi, 35-year-old son of Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, arrived in Honolulu this morning at 7:55 from Tokyo by Japan Air Lines, accompanied by one of the premier's private secretaries, Michio Kawabe. They plan to leave here Sunday night for San Francisco to join the prime minister on his official …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 9 (March 4, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-10)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Defies Nazis, Saves U.S. Major" (p. 1), "Japanese Americans First to Storm Cassino" (p. 1), "Restoration of Rights Sought by Granadans" (p. 2), "50 Thousand Evacuees May Not Return to California, Believes S.F. Chronicle Writer" (p. 2), "Granada Evacuees Plead Guilty to Draft Evasion" (p. 2), "Chicago Sun Sees Economic Basis for …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 21 (May 26, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-21)
Selected article titles: "ILWU Suspends Local for Anti-Nisei Action" (p. 1), "Canada Nisei Inducted Into Armed Forces" (p. 1), "Quakers Visit Seattle Home, Paint Out Marks of Vandals" (p. 2), "War Department 'Concerned' Over Terrorism, Says Childs" (p. 2), "Night-Riding Gunmen Attack Two Homes in Fresno District" (p. 3), "Three California Legislators Oppose WRA's 'Propaganda'" (p. …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 23 (December 14, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-50)
Selected article titles: "California Court Grants New Trial to Youth Awaiting Death For Murder of Nisei Veteran" (p. 1), "Duration Lease Suit Won By Evacuee in California" (p. 1), "State Department Tells Steps to Facilitate Return of Nisei" (p. 1), "Claims May Be Entered for Evacuee Property Damaged While in Government Storage" (p. 2), "Report Title …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 8 (August 30, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-35)
Selected article titles: "Restrictive Covenants Bar Disabled Nisei from Housing" (p. 1), "JACL Asks Canada Embassy To Investigate Exclusion of Nisei Seamen from Vancouver" (p. 1), "Stranded Nisei Protest Seizure of Property" (p. 1), "Deadline For Filing Claims Against Japanese Banks in U.S. Extended Indefinitely" (p. 2), "California Supreme Court Refuses to Intervene in Restrictive Covenant …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 31 No. 14 (October 7, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-40)
Selected article titles: "JACL Given Pledge on Citizenship Measure. Congressmen Promise Action on Naturalization Proposal Before End of 1950 Session" (p. 1), "JACL May Ask Lump Sum Indemnity for Evacuees. Advance Payment Proposal Also Voted by Delegates at Evacuation Claims Session" (p. 1), "JACL Recognitions Banquet Honors Officials, Individuals Who Aided Japanese Americans" (p. 2), "Name …

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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 4 (July 27, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-30)
Selected article titles: "Sharon Nishimi of Sacramento crowned 'Miss Nat'l JACL- '56'" (p. 1), "Newly Qualified Internee Claims to be Processed First by Gov't" (p. 1), "Racial Bias of Realty Board Subject in Damage Test Cases" (p. 1), "Inequalities of Canada Citizenship Cited by Negro Group Leader" (p. 3), "NW-WNDC delegates to recommend new award for …

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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4295 (April 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-8)
Selected article titles: "WRA Agents Berated at Mass Meet in Shelton, Nebraska. Shelton Residents Oppose Japanese Colony"; "Nisei on Iwo Jima"; "Nisei Girl Helps Yanks on Okinawa"; "Flood of Japanese to West Coast Feared"; "The Christian Century: Canada Threatens Its Nisei Citizens"; "Cornelians to Meet Thursday, April 12"; "Nisei Spearhead Drive on Italian Front"; "WRA Will …

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Diana Morita Cole Interview (ddr-densho-1000-483)
Nisei female. Born May 26, 1944, in the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Prior to World War II, parents lived in Hood River, Oregon. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, they were removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, before transferring to Minidoka. After leaving camp, the family resettled in …

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Dorothy Almojuela Interview (ddr-densho-1001-29)
Female of Suquamish and Filipino descent. Born January 25, 1918. Grew up on the Squamish Reservation near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Moved to Bainbridge Island to work on the strawberry farms in 1942, and married and raised a family there.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, …

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Mikado to Limit Emigration to America. Japanese Emperor Will Take Steps to Prevent His Subjects From Going to United States or Canada. Nippon Nation is Anxious for Peace. (November 20, 1907) (ddr-densho-56-108)
The Seattle Daily Times, November 20, 1907, p. 2

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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 11 (March 20, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-11)
Selected article titles: Another 'Noguchi' Case: Arboretum Director's Job" (p. 1), "Hawaii attorney see 'hard grind' for Negroes, same kind as Issei and Nisei" (p. 1), "More Orientals enter youth apprenticeships" (p. 1), "Students from Japan attending L.A. area colleges organize own society" (p. 2), "Canada couple denied compensation for WW2 confiscation of property" (p. 2), …

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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 28 Part 1 (September 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-102)
Selected article titles: "Stafford Sends Message on Second Anniversary: Big Labor Adjustments, Segregation, Selective Service, Added Impetus to Relocation. Status of Situation Changed" (p. 1), "Mrs. Roosevelt Expresses Hope for Nisei Future" (p. 1), "Canadian Evacuees in Six Camps" (p. 1), "The Democratic Principle: 'Evacuation Was Harsh Measure But it Gave New Liberty Concepts"--McWilliams' (p. 1), …

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Pacific Citizen Vol. 22 No. 13 (ddr-densho-121-18)
Selected article titles: "Eleventh-Hour Releases Save 102 Persons from Internment in Crystal City Camp in Texas" (p. 1), "National YMCA Urges Issei Naturalization" (p. 1), "'Third Evacuation" Under Way for California Evacuees' (p. 1), "Nisei Attorney Will Take Part in Trials of War Criminals" (p. 2), "Immigration Service Travel Restrictions on Nisei, Other Oriental Americans Protested" …

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Prince Louis Ferdinand and Kira Kirillovna on their honeymoon (ddr-njpa-1-333)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "The Grandson of the Former German Emperor Who will Soon Visit Japan. (Honolulu) Domei. Prince Louis Ferdinand, the grandson of the former German emperor who recently married Princess Kira Kirillovna, the second daughter of former Grand Duke of Russia Cyril, on May 4, arrived in Honolulu on June 29 as part of …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 15 (October 16, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-40)
Selected article titles: "General Clark Lauds Nisei Combat Record" (p. 1), "Mrs. Roosevelt Asks Fair Play For Loyal Japanese American Group in Collier's Article. Right to Basic Freedoms, Justice, Equality Of Opportunity Stressed by First Lady in Article Depicting Problems of Nisei in U.S." (p. 1), "Post-War Dispersal Program Urged for Japanese Canadians. Demands for Wholesale …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 15 (April 13, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-15)
Selected article titles: "Ban Travel Restrictions on Hawaii Nisei. Shipping Companies Advised Certificates of Citizenship Not Required for Passage" (p. 1), "Evacuation Remains Smudge on National Honor, Says Post; Urges Payments for Losses" (p. 2), "Nisei Attorney Picked to Aid Trials of War Crimes Suspects" (p. 2), "Canada Lifts Trvel Ban on Nisei Veterans" (p. 3), …

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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 12 (September 20, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-38)
Selected article titles: "Angelenos mourn death of Sansei police officer" (p. 1), "Spark & Patsy won't have easy campaign as Mayor Blaisdell files at last minute" (p. 1), "Matsunaga calls for Dept. of Peace, first advocated for U.S. in 1779" (p. 1), "390,000 Orientals in California now" (p. 1), "Seattle human rights commission asks extra funds …

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Article regarding a Japanese consulate official formerly appointed to Honolulu (ddr-njpa-4-1729)
Article [translation]: "Mr. Ogawa was the former secretary of the consul in Honolulu. He is a gentleman who took many children to Waikiki Beach on Sunday. He enjoyed swimming with the children. Many residents already know Ogawa has moved to Vancouver in Canada. A Japanese newspaper in Vancouver has reported on Ogawa's exploits there. While Mr. …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 17 (May 3, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-18)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Pilot Gives Life in Georgia Crash. Japanese American Veteran Stays With Falling Plane Until It Clears Urban Area" (p. 1), "Utah Governor Supports Evacuee Claims Legislation. Gov. Maw Asks Congress Leaders to Extend Citizen Rights to Issei Residents" (p. 1), "Baldwin Announces Formation of Tokyo Office of JACL to Assist U.S. Citizens …