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doc Manzanar Free Press Relocation Supplement Vol. 1 No. 18 (August 15, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-386)

Selected article titles: "N.Y. Church Committee Provides Scholarships" (p. 1), "Demand for Workers in New York High Despite V-E Day" (p. 1), "Chicago Passes Laws Favorably Effecting Security of Resettlers" (p. 1), "Outstanding Nisei Work Results in More Offers" (p. 1), "Explain How to Obtain Social Security Card" (p. 4).

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 7 No. 4 (July 18, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-356)

Selected article titles: "Police Seek Owner of Lost Suit Case" (p. 1), "Teletype from Myer Reveals Closing Date of WRA Centers" (p. 1), "Evacuees Now Eligible to Purchase Insurance" (p. 2), "442nd Separated from Negro 92nd Infantry" (p. 3), "Civil Liberties Union Offers $1000 Reward for Nisei Attackers" (p. 4).

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 10 (October 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-174)

Selected article titles: "Project Director Explains Three Major Steps in Present Program" (p. 1), "'Correct Injustice to Japanese' -- Ward" (p. 1), "Mess 36 Serves Last Meal Tonite" (p. 1), "F.H. Smith Criticizes Immigration Group" (p. 1), "Group to Centralize Recreation Finance" (p. 2), "Vote of Confidence Given Nisei Workers" (p. 2).

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 41 (November 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-289)

Selected article titles: "Civil Service Exams Slated for Saturday" (p. 1), "Registration to Open for 'Beard Contest'" (p. 1), "Nisei Combat Unit Helps Rescue 'Lost Battalion'" (p. 1), "Release Statistics on Center Population" (p. 1), "Report Number Signed for Seabrook Farms" (p. 1), "Messages From Japan Await Residents" (p. 4).

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 95 (May 19, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-340)

Selected article titles: "Six Manzanar Boys Get Notices to Report for Army Physicals" (p. 1), "Ministers Appalled at Japanese Haters" (p. 1), "Resettlement Aid Assured Evacuees" (p. 1), "Japanese in Chicago Shot by Negro Boy" (p. 1), "Vandals Deface Home of Nisei" (p. 1), "Assist Evacuees to Find Housing" (p. 3).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 179 (October 14, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-334)

Selected article titles: "Man Power: Age Ceiling on Four Mess Jobs" (p. 1), "Thomas: Expresses Views on Evacuation" (p. 2), "Gilans Named in Escheat Case" (p. 2), "Nisei Test Cases Taken Before Supreme Court" (p. 3), "Six Juveniles Disturb Peace" (p. 3), "DeWitt Leaves after Four Day Visit Here" (p. 5).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 99 (April 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-254)

Selected article titles: "Nisei May Use Absentee Ballot " (p. 1), "Twenty-One Men Named for Induction April 17" (p. 1), "Visitor: Compares Gila with Heart Mt." (p. 1), "Editorial: Seeing is Believing" (p. 2), "Clarification Issued on Possession of Animals" (p. 2), "Opportunities for Private Enterprise in Kansas" (p. 5).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 35 (March 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-71)

Selected article titles: "Net Camouflage Weavers Crack One Million Mark. 464 Garnish 2,262 Sq. Ft. Average. Substantial Payroll for Workers" (p. 1), "Penalty for False Info" (p. 1), "Editorial: Confidence in Nisei" (p. 2), "Tofu Manufacture Contemplated Here" (p. 3), "Center Leave Grants High. Additional 2,942 Clearances Made" (p. 3).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. IX No. 6 (October 21, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-350)

Selected article titles: "Unauthorized Construction Ban to be Enforced" (p. 1), "Fishing Season in This Area to Close October 31; Rules Given" (p. 1), "Accident Victims Found Guilty; Penalties Imposed" (p. 1), "US Att'y Checks Alien Travelers" (p. 1), "No Discrimination in Army, Says Nisei Veteran of Italian Front" (p. 2).

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. IV No. 34 (April 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-143-161)

Selected article titles: "2500 Jerome Residents to Transfer to Rohwer" (p. 1), "Segregees to be Assigned Quarters for Tule Lake" (p. 1), "All Tule Bounds to be Processed" (p. 1), "Secretary of War Stimson Clarifies Reason of Nisei in Enlisted Reserves" (p. 1), "Aged Segregees to Get Pullman" (p. 1).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. IV No. 20 (August 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-200)

Selected article titles: "Topaz Ranks 3rd in Resettlement" (p. 1), "Parolee Status Cleared to Suppress Rumors" (p. 1), "Transferees: Crating Lumber to Arrive Soon" (p. 1), "Students Denied Cash Assistance" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Setup Described" (p. 2), "Blankets: Surplus Needed for Tuleans" (p. 3), "Draft Boards Caution Nisei" (p. 3).

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. VI No. 15 (February 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-143-244)

Selected article titles: "Sign-ups for Civil Service Examinations" (p. 1), "Will Help Fill Out Tax Blanks" (p. 1), "Delegates of Seven Ctrs. Meet in Utah: Conference to Last from 16-20" (p. 1), "AER Will Aid Soldiers and Their Dependents" (p. 1), "Assure Equality for Nisei Students, Sproul" (p. 3).

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doc Denson Tribune Vol. I No. 30 (June 11, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-71)

Selected article titles: "Hostel Opened in Chicago by Old Japanese Residents" (p. 1), "WRA Farm Head Says: Diet of Evacuees Will Depend on Local Crop" (p. 1), "Nisei Have: A Record to Maintain" (p. 2), "Mess Hall 18 Considered Best Kitchen" (p. 4), "No Discrimination Policy Reaffirmed by President" (p. 4).

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. III No. 19 (September 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-95)

Selected article titles: "No! No Labor Lost" (p. 1), "Segregation Group 1 to Leave on Sept. 14" (p. 1), "Red Cross Mail Contact With Gripsholm Arranged" (p. 1), "54 Exchange Substitutes to be Housed in Rohwer" (p. 1), "Outpost Paper Shortage" (p. 2), "Editorial: Nisei in the News" (p. 6).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. XI No. 5 (April 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-142-399)

Selected article titles: "Topaz Pays Tribute to Roosevelt at Service" (p. 1), "New Orleans Has Abundant Opportunities for Issei, Nisei Relocators; Arne Says" (p. 1), "Education Unit Plans Closing Schools June 1" (p. 2), "Anti-Japanese Groups Organize Against Return" (p. 3), "Ritchie Collects Fees for Hating U.S. Japanese" (p. 3).

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doc Denson Tribune Vol. I No. 67 (October 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-108)

Selected article titles: "Denver WRA Area: Relocation Opportunities to be Given Here" (p. 1), "Evacuees Aid on Michigan Farms. Densonians Well-Received" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldiers Rescue 22 American Paratroops" (p. 1), "More than 1/8 of Center Now Out on Relocation" (p. 1), "Building Morale: Through the Mail" (p. 2).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXI No. 7 (October 26, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-575)

Selected article titles: "Two Here Receive Permits to Return to California" (p. 1), "Dr. Hachiro Yuasa Discusses Future of Japanese in America. Says 'Japanese Must Do Twice as Much, Expect Half as Much'" (p. 1), "Pasadena J.C. Student Publication Answers Question 'What Shall be Done With the Nisei?'" (p. 2).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXII No. 30 (April 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-628)

Selected article titles: "Truman is Thirty-Second President. Took Oath Three Hours After Death of Roosevelt" (p. 1), "Project Mourns the Passing of Chief Executive" (p. 1), "Socials are Suspended" (p. 1), "Residents Return to Sacramento Safely" (p. 3), "Both Issei and Nisei have Good Chance in NY" (p. 6).

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doc Poston Official Daily Press Bulletin Vol. III No. 13 (August 6, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-74)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Voting Status Discussed" (p. 1), "Scenes of Poston Shown in Stewart Movie" (p. 1), "Be Patient, Swimmers!" (p. 1), "Express Office Handles 180 Packages Daily" (p. 1), "No More Lumber Without Authority" (p. 3), "Articles on Poston Printed in P.C." (p. 4), "'Spike Those Rumors'" (p. 4).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXI No. 27 (December 12, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-595)

Selected article titles: "Warren Pledges Support if Military Decides on Mass Japanese Return" (p. 1), "Unit III Man is Victim of Hatchet Assault" (p. 1), "One Refuses Induction" (p. 1), "President Roosevelt Praises Nisei G.I.s" (p. 2), "Inductees Requested to Go to Red Cross Office Before Leaving Center" (p. 3).

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 59 (May 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-148)

Selected article titles: "War Casualties"; "School Supt. Checks Committee Report"; "Okusako Honored"; "Girl Join WACs"; "Shots Fired Into Home of Fresno Issei Leaders"; "Throw Rock in House"; "Want Ads Today"; "Church Loses Case in Court"; "Investigation Demanded"; "Improvement Club"; "Fire Destroys Hotel in Oakland, California"; "Urge Confiscation of Nisei Ranches."

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doc Tanforan Totalizer Vol. I No. 19 (September 12, 1942) (ddr-densho-149-16)

Selected article titles: "Advance Tanforan Contingent Leaves for Utah WRA Project. Main Evacuation of Center to Start Sept. 15" (p. 1), "Administrative Messages to Tanforan Residents" (p. 1), "Embarkation Procedure Given for Relocation" (p. 1), "Co-op Canteen Envisioned for Utah Relocation Site" (p. 1), "Nisei Faces the Future" (p. 12).

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img Group of women with Rev. Motoyoshi at train station with suitcases (ddr-ajah-6-120)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei women pose at the Alameda train station, probably on their way to a YWBA conference with their minister, Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi. He began his work at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA in 1932 and this appears to be early in his time there. Individuals identified.

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doc Letter from Tetsuro Sumida to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-25)

Letter from Tets Sumida to his father describing life at Santa Anita Assembly Center from the perspective of a young school-age Nisei. He expresses his hope that there will be college-level classes during internment, but in their absence he hopes to take practical classes like typing and bookkeeping.

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vh Ben Ohama Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-5)

Nisei male. Born December 10, 1917, and grew up in Sanger, California. During World War II, incarcerated in the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Served in the Military Intelligence Service as an interpreter in Japan. After military service, moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and became involved with the Japanese American Citizens League.

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