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img White River Valley sumo club (ddr-densho-25-6)

Sumo wrestling was a popular sport among the Issei and Nisei. This team from the White River Valley was in Tacoma for a tournament. Front row (left to right): Sam Katsura, Tom Marutani, Tom Hirai, Tony Tsujikawa, D. Kagitani, Frank Takeshita, George Hirai, Mitsuo (Mike) Iseri, unidentified, Ted Takeshita, and Ted Tsukamaki. Back row: Matahichi Iseri, …

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doc Letter from John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War, to Dillon S. Myer (ddr-densho-67-22)

Letter from John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War, to Dillon S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority, regarding transfer of family members to join issei in Department of Justice internment camps. McCloy wary of such transfers, as he believes they would subject Nisei to "issei contamination." Favors instead paroling Issei out of internment camps …

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doc Pinedale Logger Vol. I No. 2 (May 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-192-1)

Selected Article Titles: "Self-Governing Body for Center Planned. Election Next Week" (p. 1), "Candidates for Block Election Announced" (p. 1), "Canteen Opens with Capacity Business" (p. 1), "Pinedale Quota Passes Half Mark" (p. 1), "Local Gov't to Stress Democracy. Service Director King Praises Nisei" (p. 1), "Mumps Chicken Pox Claim 7 Patients" (p. 1), "Inoculations Held" …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 5 (January 30, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-113)

Selected article titles: "Stimson Opens Army to Nisei; Volunteers Will Form Active Combat Unit" (p. 1), "WRA Wages Ruled Taxable" (p. 1), "Hint Removal of Loyal Citizens in WRA Centers" (p. 1), "Editorial: Vindication" (p. 1), "Editorial: To Keep the Record Straight" (p. 4), "Evacuee Problems Present Test of U.S. Citizenship" (p. 4), "Hawaii: An Eye-Witness …

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doc Heart Mountain General Information Bulletin Series 25 (October 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-97-95)

Selected article titles: "Construction of School Buildings to Start Soon" (p. 1), "First Heart Mountain Court Cage Dismissed" (p. 1), "Sawmill Secured to Provide Lumber Here" (p. 2), "WRA Will Defend Rights of Nisei Evacuees" (p. 3), "Buy Additional Celotex from Nearby Towns" (p. 3), "Our Attitude to Affect Our Future, Says Bishop" (p. 4), "Money …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 11 (March 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-119)

Selected article titles: "Citizenship Bill Given Congress" (p. 1), "300 Minidokans Volunteer for Service in Army" (p. 1), "JACL Leaflet Points Out Nisei Opponents" (p. 1), "Newly Furnished USO Lounge Open to Visiting Servicemen" (p. 3), "Editorial: Need for a Juvenile Court" (p. 4), "Two Youths Plead Guilty in Court" (p. 6), "WRA Vocational Retraining Program …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 4 (January 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-165)

Selected article titles: "Selective Service Opens for Nisei. Fighting Ability of '100th' Establishes Sound Basis for Return of Civil Rights" (p. 1), "Tuleans Offered Appeal Hearing" (p. 1), "Field Investigation May Lead to First Large-Scale Movement" (p. 1), "Editorials: Questions and Answers" (p. 4), "Let's Rejoin American Stream of Life, Says Winning Essayist" (p. 5), "'Invasion' …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. IV No. 6 (February 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-218)

Selected article titles: "Spring Will Bring 'Real Test' of Return. 150 Coast 'Returnees' Meeting 'Little Trouble' But State Gives Backing" (p. 1), "Quakers 'Deplore' Attitude" (p. 1), "'Jap Hater' Baptized by Nisei After Visit to Chicago Church" (p. 1), "'Trouble Maker' to Face Court for Shooting 3" (p. 1), "Editorial: Night Riders and Public Sentiment" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 11 (August 13, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-14)

Selected article titles: "Authorities Lift Martial Law Which Followed Disturbance At Santa Anita Assembly Center" (p. 1), "Manzanar Firemen Put Out Blaze Outside Center" (p. 1), "WCCA Order Bans Center Self-Government" (p. 1), "Evacuees Preserve All Rights, Obligations of Citizens, Stresses WRA Solicitor in Legal Opinion" (p. 1), "Nisei Returning to America on Exchange Ship" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 19 (June 3, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-23)

Selected article titles: "Myer Urges Return of Evacuees to Coast. WRA Director Reveals 500 Permitted by Army to Reenter Evacuated Pacific Coast Area" (p. 1), "23 Nisei Soldiers Qualify For Army's Paratroop Unit" (p. 2), "War Veteran Assaulted at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 2), "Tule Lake Holds Funeral for Evacuee Killed by Sentry" (p. 2), "WRA …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 17 (October 27, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-43)

Selected article titles: "War Department Credits Nisei Graduates of School With Major Role in Pacific War" (p. 1), "WRA to Terminate Services at Tule Lake Camp on Feb. 1" (p. 1), "2 More WRA Camps Close Before Deadline. Central Utah, Minidoka Become Ghost Towns as Final Groups of Evacuees Leave for Coast" (p. 3), "Fantastic Rumors …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 10 (September 13, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-37)

Selected article titles: "Renunciations of Citizenship Under Duress Held Invalid. Federal Judge Restores Full Rights to Four Petitioners In Los Angeles Test Case" (p. 1), "Outline Procedure to Obtain Permit for Trading in Japan" (p. 1), "Federal Judge Orders Release of 330 Tule Lake Renunciants" (p. 1), "Alien Property Office Outlines Way for Recovery of Deposits" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 9 (September 6, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-36)

Selected article titles: "Winona Camp for Evacuees Finally Closes" (p. 1), "Japanese Canadians Organize National Body to Fight for Rights as Dominion" (p. 1), "Utah VFW Delegation Urges Naturalization Rights for Issei at National Convention" (p. 1), "Civil Liberties Union Cites Challenge of Racial Prejudice In Annual Report on U.S." (p. 2), "CIO Farm Union Ousts …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 16 (October 25, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-43)

Selected article titles: "Acheson Challenges Validity of California Alien Land Act. Wirin Argues Law is Race Legislation in Oyama Case Argument in Supreme Court" (p. 1), "Twelve AFL Locals Charged With Discrimination Against Japanese American Workers" (p. 2), "Stranded Nisei Processed for Jobs in Japan. Now Being Employed On Occupation Duties By Eighth Army" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 19 (November 15, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-46)

Selected article titles: "Army Renames Ship for Nisei War Hero" (p. Report Justice Department Has No Objection to Return of Iva Toguri to America" (p. 1), "Attorney General Clark Says Restrictive Covenants Against United States Public Policy" (p. 2), "Winona Trailer Camp Group Begins One Last Move to New Site in Burbank Area" (p. 3), "Non-Caucasians …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 15 (April 19, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-16)

Selected article titles: "200 Japanese Americans May Join U.S. Naval Reserve In Hawaii, Says Official" (p. 1), "Anti-Segregation Bill Passed by State Assembly" (p. 1), "Nisei Repatriates Return to Hawaii" (p. 1), "Seek New Site for Trailers at Winona Camp" (p. 3), "Separate Schools for Mexican Children Ruled Illegal by Ninth District Federal Court" (p. 7), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 17 (April 24, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-17)

Selected article titles: "House Group Hears Please for Judd Measure. Witnesses Urge Congress Pass Bill to Give Naturalization Privilege to Japanese Aliens" (p. 1), "ACLU Attacks California Law Barring Japanese Fishermen" (p. 1), "British Columbia Proposes Lifting of Employment Bans On Japanese Canadian Group" (p. 3), "Restrictive Covenant Suit Seeks Nisei Ouster from Fresno Home" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 2 (January 10, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-2)

Selected article titles: "Defense Counsel in Tokyo Nisei Case Charges Use of Force by Army Investigators" (p. 1), "Masaoka Seeks White House Support for ADC Proposals" (p. 1), "JACL Files Supreme Court Brief in Oriental American Restrictive Covenant Cases" (p. 1), "Alien Property Office Explains Regulations for Recovery Of Claims on Japanese Banks" (p. 2), "Japanese …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 26 (June 26, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-25)

Selected article titles: "California Commission Moves to Issue Commercial Fishing Licenses to Japanese Aliens" (p. 1), "Congress Sends Evacuation Claims Bill to President" (p. 1), "Contributions from Hundreds of Nisei Groups Pour in for 350 Vanport Flood Refugees" (p. 2), "California VFW Unanimously Approves Resolution Asking Citizenship for Issei Group" (p. 3), "Japanese Canadian Citizens Win …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 9 (March 4, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-9)

Selected article titles: "Interracial Housing Project Started in California City" (p. 1), "Justice Department Submits Bid for $5 Million to Pay Claims Filed by Evacuees" (p. 1), "Prejudice Bars Nisei Ex-GI from Buying Home in Boise District" (p. 2), "JACL, Resettlers Open Drive For Registration of Voters" (p. 7), "Chicago JACL Plans to File Brief Supporting …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 18 (May 12, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-19)

Selected article titles: "First Japanese American From Hawaii Appointed to U.S. Military Academy" (p. 1), "Assembly Committee Approves Bill to Return Escheat Funds" (p. 1), "House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill to Restore Citizen Rights of Two Nisei" (p. 2), "Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Review Citizen Status of Tule Lake Renunciants" (p. 3), "Group Identification Tendency …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 10 (March 10, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-10)

Selected article titles: "Justice Department Requests Authority for Compromise Plan to Settle Claims of Evacuees" (p. 1), "JACL Asks End of Racial Bias in Citizenship Law. Masaoka Wins Commendation for Plea Before Joint Meet on Proposed Omnibus Law" (p. 1), "Federal Judge Rules Nisei Voted Under Duress in Japan" (p. 1), "Japanese American Family, Barred from …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 9 (March 5, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-9)

Selected article titles: "House Passes Judd Naturalization Bill. Measure to Open Citizenship To Issei Gains Overwhelming Approval of Representatives" (p. 1), "Nine Strandees Seek Restoration of Citizenship" (p. 1), "Government Asks Individual Trials in Bid of Renunciants to Regain Citizenship Rights" (p. 2), "Case Histories of Maladjusted Nisei Studied at New York Meet" (p. 1), "Expect …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 1 (July 2, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-26)

Selected article titles: "See Possibility for Senate Action on Issei Citizenship As New Subcommittee Named" (p. 1), "Pressure Groups Forced Army Decision for Mass Evacuation, Says Grodzins in New Book" (p. 1), "British Columbia Fishermen Ban Anti-Evacuee Terrorism" (p. 2), "Expect Justice Department To Open First Evacuee Clames Office in Los Angeles Soon" (p. 2), "Masaoka …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 10 (March 12, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-10)

Selected article titles: "ADC's Contraband Articles Bill Passed by Congress. Permits Payment of Claims for Damage to Goods Ordered Given to Government Custody" (p. 1), "California Attorney General Will Not Seek Funds for Enforcing Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "U.S. Films on Nisei Will Aid Return of Canadians" (p. 1), "University of Washington Group Studies Employment …

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