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the- US
serve corps will depart tomorrow morning to report
for active duty at..Jefferson Barracks, Mo.t Two former  center residents are
also lis ted on the call.
They are as follows:
Pvt* Sadao. Akaki, 8G-7B;-
Fvt. iasuo R. Befu, 8K-11E;
Fvt. John M. Hatamiya, 611-
7E..;  Pvt. Jack M. Hayashi,
HG-6C;Fvto Naoji Tsutsui,"
10E-10B;  Fvt. Minoru W.
Yama gIwa, 7E-2B.
. Two relocatees are Pvt,
Frank S. Suyenaga and Pvt.
Toshitsugu Wada. RR
' Amacheans will le'av,e.
from the police station at
7:15 o' clock,  " . ".
m$m Tajki
Vol. Ill
Saturday, Feb. 17,
The urgent need for center residents to make up
their minds in order to assure greatest benefit for
themselves was emphasized by Dillon S. Myer, national
WRA director, at a special Community Council meeting
held at town Hall Monday afternoon.
Eeclaring  recognition ,	
and sympathy for the many-
problems that have beset
and \>\£11 face the evacuees,
.My er. e n.c o ur a g e d 'the formation, of clear-cut- decisions to remove any fear
of insecurity -which is a
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WHIUIN C«OH,MPil!l¥¥
Under tho regulations of the Department of' Justice,
an. enemy alien may freely travel without special permission within the limits of the, community in which
 ; , , _—. he- resides, In such a way
as . to -permit his engaging
in normal activities, in
each case his community includes all the area generally thought of as .constituting -a metropolitan district or an urban, or rural
community, and is not limited to the boundary lines,
■of a city or. a, county.
Thus he may commute between
his home and his place of-
business., . and may travel
between his . home and his
church,, school,, and so
forth-, as Is. normally required..       •- ■•' •  :
His 'travel .being restricted to within five-
miles from his home ha,s.no:
basis in f.ac-t.h   ■ v-
. That is -the opinion released by .the  US .assistant
solicitor to R. B. Cozzens,
assistant WtA director, -In-
San-Francisco,        - |.
If . he  (enemy, alie-n)
wishes ■ to .make, a trip or
move from one , community
into another,  he., should,
send a statement, giving
required,  information, •■■ to
the■US. Attorney of the dis-
strict of his residence at
least seven days before his
.. intended  departure-.   If
neither the US Attorney nor
the.FBI know of any reason
why the trip would endanger
the national security, the
US.. Attorney wall stamp an
 continued on page. 5 <„.
NEESLL, Calif.—Largest
group movement thus far of
enemy, aliens.-inthis country,
650 men of Japanese descent,,
left the Tule, Lake segregation center in a special..
21-car train last Sunday
for an enemy alien internment camp operated by the
Justice Department.    . r.
This third contingent
of enemy aliens to be shipped, from Tule Lake was composed of 652 nisei who had
renounced their American
citizenship, and 18 Japan-
born individuals. They .were.--
policed by 100 immigration
and naturalization service
agents .
Seventy left last Sept.
£7.and 171 were transferred
last Jano26.. In the latter
group all but 27 were American-born. ■ ,y
The • movement followed
hearings by John L. Burling,
special representative of
the Department of Justice,
and his staff.
Most of the transferees
were members of Hokc&ku \Sei-
nen Dan, young men's pro-
Japanese society, which has
attempted to influence loyal Japanese Americans to
renounce their citizenship.
factor in the potential
relocateehs hesitancy in
making, definite resettlement plans. He urged every--
one to make plans now as
dreaming about living .in
centers indefinitely will
be detrimental and merely
make it harder and harder
for therase Ives,
Myer dwelt  large part
of his  time  to problems
and questions submitted to
h i m by local . residents
through their block representatives »'-,.. ■ ..:•
Brief summary of . the
discussion follows j Housing is. a problem, but not,
impossible ... *F i n a n c i a 1
 continued on page 5—_.
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SIXTH ARMY  GROUP, FRANCE '.
—Four Amacheans were listed     among     the  21 American
soldiers of-Japanese .ancestry, with the  442nd Combat.
Team, who have  been awarded
the  Good Conduct medal  recently    .for- exemplary  con- ■
duct    -during the   last  year
or ., more..     All have  earned
the     Combat     Infantryman's
Badge for   outstanding performance  under enemy fire*.
They are   as  follows:-
...Sgt.     Saburo   Sugawa/ra
.■and Pfc.s.  Kenichl Kinoshi-
...ta,..    Masao    Miyamoto    and
:'■■"Benjamin ..Okuye.
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.Casualty. - totals     among
the  Japanese-Americans who
.entered    the.    armed forces.
of     the   United..States from
relocation     centers   as.    of
Jan..  .25,     1.945,   were  48 6,
according to VtftJL* s  western
field  office recently,
^Following   is - the break-
.  down of this.figure;   killed
• 111, wrounded  359',.. and miss-
:  ing  in action. 16.