Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 38

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Evacuees who have received- notices from the
local evacuee property, office for. appointments to
check old request forms
should do so immediately,
advised Herbert J.Vatcher,
evacuee property officer.
Unless ' the. residents
appear and fill out new
forms, the requests for
storage or shipment of
property on the West Coast
will have to be cancelled,
he added.
All requests for storage
(Form WRA 155) and shipment (Form WRA 156) that
are now pending have been
returned to the center e-
vacuee property office to
be reviewed, and individuals concerned have been
mailed notices from the
local office.
Vol.Ill Ho. 3_8___ Tfedne sday, Marc h~T%Tl 945 AmacrTe,(Jolo .
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'VISIIS UBCMECEmWEKl
.Mrs. Mark W. Clark, wife of Lieut. Gen. Mark W.
Clark, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in Italy,
was a surprise visitor to this center late yesterday
afternoon.     .._ ....... ....
Particularly interested in a relocation center setup and evacuees because of	
the fine record made by the
nisei soldiers who have
fought under her husband's
command, she was favorably
impressed with the Hasty
tour arranged by Project
Director James G. Lindley.
Incidentally, Amache is the
first relocation center visited "by Mrs. Clark.
She paid a special visit
OIF PROPEMTY TO
0T3SGOH ^CI;TY,-<;Or'e.-^Last;
ordered1-Mr .■ and"Mrs. Dale;'B
to return the farm they had
moto, who has recently r
center. This is '' the firs
ownership of land, it was, r
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DENVER- - - A n a t i o nwi d e
survey revealed that only
few,of the Japanese leaving .relacatXQn .centers .are ,
returning .to the West Coast,
according to II. Rex Lee,
chief of WRA. .relocation
divi si on in.Wa sbington,DC..
Only 1,495 of the 28,541
'evacuees who had reported
tJaeKLr resettlement.were, in
California, -Oregon, and
Washingtons. on. Feb,.. 1, the
survey disclosed. Of the
60,297 Japanese remaining
in eight relocation centers,
only 1,938 had definite
plans to- return to- the.Paair.
f ic« slope.- .      •.	
The West Coast will have
a postwar Japanese population number ing-in low. thou-'
sands,if the, present trend
continues, compared with
the 110,000 living -there
Dec. 7, 1941,the WRA officials  stated.
Most of the resettlement revolves around large
cities,with Chicago,Cleve-
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-week -the:, circuit ./■c.ou r t
e'rgh, Boring,' Ore. ,far>mers,
leased from Masayuki Fuji-
eturned from a relocation
t decision involving nisei
eported.
Judge Earl C.Lato.urette
-directed the jury to find
to Mrs. Chikayo Masuoka-.of
6H-8B who had four sons in
the armed forces of the
United States, one of whom,
Peter, was" killed in action.
Mrs. Clark told Mrs. Masu-
oka how proud General Clark,
was of, the nisei fighting
men and considered them one
of the best outfits he ever
had.
Mrs. Clark was especially happy to meet Charles M.
Ankcorn,project supply officer, who served under her
husband as .brigadier gen-
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Ah ACHE—Mrs. Mark W.
Clark revealed .here yesterday that she had been
notified that,her husband,
the Berghs guilty of forci- Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark,
tie entry on the farm, near has been nominated to the
Boring, about 20 miles rank of- four star general
southeast  of Portland, by the President.. ■•
Other than immediate re- , , ,	
turn of the land to  its eral  in .the Italian cam-
owner,  no  other penalty paign, prior to his re'ti're-
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SAN JOSE--Early last
week'a Japanese family of
nine were attacked with
fire and bullets by a group
of unidentified men-who set
fire to the    ranch home  on
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sedan which subsequently
disappeared in the darkness.
Joe Takeda, nisei and
acting head of the household, said: "We expected
something unpleasant but
the San Jose-Alviso road to we  didn't anticipate this
whi,ch they had returned re-
. cently from a relocation
, center.
This was the first case
of -violence against the
returning evacuees to be
reported to Santa Clara
county authorities.
: Gasoline was , splashed
on the wooden six-room,
house and a match applied.
And as the family wakened
and rushed out to fight the
flames, shots were fired at
them from a  slowly moving
We have no bitterness. We
realize we are the victims
of circumstances. We have
always wanted to help the
war effort and have sent
word to the farmers of the
valley we would, be glad to
help,,.where needed, especially those farms where
sons are in the service."
Three deputies who were
at the scene shortly after
being called found two empty jugs still carrying the
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