Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 26

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Ad d it i ona1 wa r c a sua 1 -
ties- oyE Amacheans in the-
arme'd service in France
were, belatedly disclosed
recently by next,of kin
here In . the center. Due
to lack of proper information, sone were not p revi-.
ousiy made public by the*
EIOFSEE.
They ■ ar e -a s f o 11 ows :
WOUNDED IE ACTION:
In October, 1944.
MORITA,- Sgt.Noboru,' 25,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Matsu-
taro. Morita, 12H-11B-. '',
•QFAKOIO,Pvt. Kiyo shi- 0.,
27, brother of Dan Okamo-
to, 120-101).        ; •
EAYASHI,' Lieut. Richard ,
27, nephew of  Taiji Fuji-
moto, 11E-9C.
In November-, 1944.
WADA, Pvt. George,
son of Mrs. Ryo TEada,
11A..
In.: December,   1944.
"   MURAIAEI,   24, son  of Mr*
and Mrs.Otokichi Murakami,
12E-9B.
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Sgt.' Noboru Morita was
drafted from Merced,Calif.,
on Mar.6, 1.941,and trained
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SAN FRANCISCO—Project
Director .Ray R. Best announced that 171 male residents were taken from the
Tule Lake segregation center last Thursday by the
D e p a r tra ent o f J u s t i c e. £ .o r
transfer to an alien enemy
int e rnme.nt c amp ,
He said 144 of them were
born in this country but
had, ' r eno uiic ed c 111 z en sh in
before- John L. Furling,
special Justice Department
r en r e s entatIve»
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WASHINGTON'--After more
than a year of delay,Japan
had indicated a willingness
to negotiate with the United States for si third exchange of Japanese and A-
merican internees, it was
revealed, by the State Department last week.
Japan is especially interested in repatriation-
of Japanese subjects held
at Tule Lake segregation,
center..
The Swiss government,in
charge'of US Interests . in
Japan, has  been asked by
the State Department'to get-
.additional information  on
..-Japan's proposal.
Following is a communication which Japan requested be made known' to the
Japanese nationals c on-
■cerned :
" Jap an e s e g ove rnmeni a r e
-carefully considering Further exchange of ■ nationals,,
between Japan and the United EStates and expect to
be ...able to carry .it out
during next year " (1945),_
in
of
lule
01
Eah
segregauion
center Japanese government
are prepared to give special consideration of--repatriation. 'Japanese subjects detained, there through
exchange
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■UETIURINEES
- AEBIEEE, Calif.—Led by
the commander of the local
post of . Ee t e ran s of' F o r e i gn-
Wars, approximately' 30.0
residents of Placer county
among the 19 nisei servicemen-of the 100th Infantry
Battalion, to be awarded the
Bronze Star medal recently
for "heroic disregard for
personal safety" in action
near Biffontaine on Oct,27.
L i e ut. Gen, Jacob - L.
Fevers,Cth Army group command e r, ann o un c ed the awa r d s
shortly after soldiers of
the 7th'Army had been, angered . by reports of anti-
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Surveys that may determine future policy in as-
signing returning evacuees
to war production jobs
wer e started las t we ek ' in
Los Angeles after a walkout was threatened at the
•Finn ey Al urn in urn c o m p any
.when attempt was made there
..to .put one to work.
It was reported a number
of government agencies held
'informal meetings to discuss, methods of preventing
a recurrence. Other agencies said to be somewhat
alarmed" Included the Fair
Employment Practices Committee, WRA, and the US
Employment Service.
■ According to employees'
'reports,  an  evacuee was
.hired for the night shift,
wh ere up on    50     employees
threatened to quit  unless
he was dismissed.-  The re
signed a petition to boy-  turnpe was escorted out by
cott returning- Japanese
Am e r i c an s and "p e r s on s ■ wh o ■
do .bu6iness with tho Japa-
nese.."
The petition reads:
"We,the, undersigned, agree
n o -t t o ) i u r c h a s e, do b u s in e s s
or fraternize with any returning Japanese and ■ that
we
-all
wi11 bo yc ott and
refuse to do business with
any pe rs6n s who do bu sine s s
wi th* * the Jap an es e* "
the personnel manager and
a guard.
"Clayton von Dietz, USES
office manager, said the
man returned to his office
and was placed elsewhere.
Under terms of the FEPC,
the evacuee has the right
to file a protest over being denied employment because of his racial ancestry, FEFC authorities were
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