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img Charles Edison, Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, and Gov. William Wilkins Horton (ddr-njpa-1-249)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Overseas News November 25, 1937. Age of Military Expansion. (New York) Domei. New 10 million dollar battleships, said to be the US Navy's best ships, began construction at Brooklyn Navy Yard on October 27, Navy Day. Photograph: (from left) Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, Commandant of the Navy …

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img David Lloyd George with his dog (ddr-njpa-1-1205)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Newspaper Rengo Overseas Photographic News February 14. Aging but Still Active. Lloyd George, elder of the British Political World. (Churt, England) Rengo. The aging but still active and full of energy elder statesman of British politics Lloyd George, who announced Britain's New Deal policy, recently celebrated his 72nd birthday at his country …

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img Jack Dempsey holding his daughter (ddr-njpa-1-162)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Newspaper Rengo Photographic Sports News April 16. Masterpiece Unlike Her Old Man. (New York) Rengo. Jack Dempsey, a heavyweight boxer cheered on by fans all over the world, has recently been blessed with a daughter, Joan Hannah. As shown in this photograph, he's even happier now than he was when he won …

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img Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Mary Pickford after marrying (ddr-njpa-1-1130)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Overseas News July 17, 1937. Mary Pickford, Secretly Married. (Hollywood) Domei. Mary Pickford, who surprised the world with her divorce from Douglas Fairbanks, secretly held a wedding ceremony with her fiance Charles Rogers at the Lighton home on June 26. It was an extremely meager event for 'America's Sweetheart,' with …

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doc [Ray R. Best had close call with detention camp mob], biographical news article on Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond Best (ddr-csujad-2-39)

Biographical newspaper article about Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond R. Best and his role during the November 1943 protests at the camp, lead to martial law. Describes how his life was in danger during the protests and his diplomatic work after the camp closed. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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img Soldiers reading a newspaper on V-J Day (ddr-densho-22-75)

Caption in album: "Yes as we were here in Donauworth patrolling and cleaning up we were cleaning up what war had made. Not too unexpected had come the news that V-J Victory-Japan had come shortly after the hard fought V-E Victory-Europe day had come. We felt an excitement quite unexplainable but we worked as usuable [sic] …

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img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion sign in Donauworth (ddr-densho-22-74)

Caption in album: "Yes as we were here in Donauworth patrolling and cleaning up we were cleaning up what war had made. Not too unexpected had come the news that V-J Victory-Japan had come shortly after the hard fought V-E Victory-Europe day had come. We felt an excitement quite unexplainable but we worked as usuable [sic] …

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img 552nd Field Artillery Battalion Charlie Btry sign (ddr-densho-22-76)

Caption in album: "Yes as we were here in Donauworth patrolling and cleaning up we were cleaning up what war had made. Not too unexpected had come the news that V-J Victory-Japan had come shortly after the hard fought V-E Victory-Europe day had come. We felt an excitement quite unexplainable but we worked as usuable [sic] …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 24 (June 12, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-132)

Selected article titles: "Myer Condemns Dies Committee. Stop Misleading Charges, WRA Chief Declares in Letter to Congressman" (p. 1), "'Produce or Face Food Shortage'" (p. 1), "Editorial: A Challenge to the Dies Committee" (p. 1), "Two Youths Tried for Illegal Leave" (p. 1), "Resettlement Still WRA's First Objective" (p. 1), "Great Wrong is Being Undone Says …

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doc Letter from Charlie and Flora Pyatt to George Kida (ddr-one-3-41)

Envelope addressed to George Kida in Nyssa, Oregon. Letter from Charlie and Flora Pyatt, addressed to George, Kay, and Kida (meaning Kenjiro) dated March 28, 1943. Mentions that they hope that Sarah "Sade" Pyatt lives long enough for the Kidas to come back so that she can go back home. Says that it would have been …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 8 (August 21, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-34)

Selected article titles: "Administration bias against Japan protested by JACL" (p. 1), "Ike to proclaim Hawaii as 50th state today" (p. 1), "D.C. chapter organizes special anti-discrimination committee" (p. 1), "Traditional Japanese dances add color to Detroit-Windsor friendship festival" (p. 4), "24 laws dealing with race, religious discrimination passed by 14 states this year--best performance in …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 123 (October 15, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-209)

Selected article titles: "Focus Attention on Chicago Now"; "Mizumoto Arrested on Charge of Burglary"; "Burma Jungle Fighter Back Here on Denver Visit"; "Four Pledged to Sorority"; "They'll Have a 'Tough Time'"; "False Alarm! But They Had Celebration Anyway"; "Intentions to Wed Filed"; "Zoning Regulations May Hit Salinas Nisei Hostel"; "Commend Ex-Governor's Fight for Nisei Evacuees"; "History …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 31 (March 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-120)

Selected article titles: "Citation Awarded"; "Business Men of Parker Extend Hands to Poston"; "See Masterpiece"; "Citizen's League Regional Representative Masaoka to Open Los Angeles Office"; "Relocation Movement Record Shows Return to West Coast is Slow"; "Name Niseis Serving in Pacific"; "Nisei Girl Working for CIO Council"; "Draft Nurses"; "Want Ads Today"; "Tri-State Office to Move to …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 116 (September 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-202)

Selected article titles: "Resettlement in Colorado Told"; "Soldier Asks for Plan to Assure Equality"; "Anti-Returnee Terror Raid Experienced in Auburn"; "Rince Worried About Whereabouts of His Son"; "Tons of Evacuee Goods Shipped Out Each Mo."; "Nun Workers, Manchuria"; "Seabrook News"; "Chronicle Says Nothing Trivial About Rowdies"; "WRA Forsees Chaos if Congress Decides to Cut 5 Millions …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4350 (August 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-62)

Selected article titles: "Grandson of Tokyo Lawyer in Texas Ready to Take on Japan. Major Robert Saibara of Webster, Texas, Has 3 Battle Stars"; "Racial Problem May Come Up in Calif. As Initiative Measure"; "Anti-Japanese Unit Formed in California"; "An Editorial That Ranks Well in the Big Parade for Right Thinking!"; "'And Little Children Shall Lead …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 78 (June 29, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-167)

Selected article titles: "Returnee News"; "On the Other Hand"; "First in New Jersey"; "Art Show Draws Crowd"; "Turn Down Rice Shipment for Center Residents"; "Job Contacts Established by 442nd Infantry for Returning Soldiers"; "'We Demand It!'"; "Fourth of July Fete to be Held"; "Some Refugees Go Home"; "3 Personalities"; "Iwasaki Dissatisfied with Jurist's Action"; "Bilbo Filibuster"; …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4319 (June 5, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-33)

Selected article titles: "North Weld News Roundup"; "Nisei Promoted in Field to 2nd Lieutenant"; "Ickes Condemns Judge in Nisei Case"; "Judge Stands Pat on Decision"; "CIO Condemns Jury in Placer Raid Trial"; "National WLB Praises Nisei"; "Ranchers to Hire Evacuees in Fresno Area"; "Luptonians to Hold Skating Party"; "ILWU Officials Score Action of Stockton Local"; "Greeley …

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 30 (ddr-densho-156-342)

Original summary excerpt: From Western sources came the major news items reviewed this week. Director Dillon S. Myer, after leaving the Denver conference of WRA officials, visited Granada Relocation Center at Amache on July 28, and addressed a large gathering of evacueees and personnel. On arriving in Los Angeles, he conferred with WRA officials in charge …

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 6 (ddr-densho-156-318)

Original summary: Military service and Middle West employment program continued as chief news sources. Hawaiian Japanese have responded enthusiastically to Army enlistment program; no newspapers have published reports on resopnse in the continental United States. Considerable local resentment to resettlement in Middle West has apparently developed. Act to prohibit land ownership by Japanese in Arkansas was …

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 44 (ddr-densho-156-357)

Original summary excerpts: News clippings on Tule Lake showed a decided reduction from the comparatively high peak of the preceding two weeks. New developments were limited largely to the demands of various civil and congressional leaders for permanent Army control of Tule Lake and possibly all relocation centers. Army statements that "no signs of resistance or …

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 32 (ddr-densho-156-344)

Original summary excerpt: Most important news events of the week were the release of the report by the Costello subcommittee on August 24 and the minority report released by Rep. Eberharter on the following day. The majority report found WRA procedure of releasing evacuees "loose and dangerous", while Rep. Eberharter claimed his fellow members of the …

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img Malcom Epley (ddr-csujad-29-217)

Photograph title: "The Tule Lake War Relocation Center, was located on the northern California border, 35 miles south of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Standing on the left is Malcom Epley, then managing editor of the Klamath Falls Herald and News. The man on Epley's right is unidentified." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

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img Katharine Hepburn (ddr-njpa-1-617)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Rengo Overseas Photographic News November 18. Hello, Mister Hepburn. (Hollywood) Rengo. With Marlene Dietrich's male dress being surprisingly popular, other stars have been joining in in swarms, dashingly swaggering through Hollywood in chic male dress. And it seems that Katherine Hepburn has also decided that this way is more convenient and has …

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img Prince Louis Ferdinand and Kira Kirillovna on their honeymoon (ddr-njpa-1-335)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Domestic News No. 1-4. Prince Ferdinand and Wife Go to Hakone. (Tokyo) August 20, 1938. Enjoying honeymoon sightseeing and shopping in Tokyo since entering the capital on the 5th, Prince Ferdinand, the grandson of the former German Kaiser, and his wife left the German embassy where they are staying at …

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doc Sentinel supplement, series 212 (July 6, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1623)

News bulletin published at Heart Mountain incarceration camp covering administrative announcements, events, vital statistics, and other necessary information concerning daily life in the camp. Current issue includes information on transportation for seasonal farm work, procedure for moving within center, beauty school, funeral services, employment, and general information. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …

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