Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 33

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PIONEER
February 24, 1945
BISCI SJEKGE/J&aY YJII.fCS
m.. m m m   j
WITH THE UNITED STATES
THIRD FLEET IN THE' PACIFIC,
(NANA)V-Uuddied ' in .a' cave
on the"precipitous face of
a cliff were about 40 wounded, ragged, starving men,,
women • and children," For,
five __ davs .they remained
mutely, immobile while. Americans plea d e d, c a jo led ,
threatened.'and bribed*.
At last Sgt. Kubo shucked
off his weapons and scrambled down the face of the
cliff and, unarmed, walked
into the cave. He talked
calmly, reasonably, with
sympathy. .
Yo i.i' re tired hun g r v
wounde 1 • You need he 1 p .
If you will listen, I can
give you that and. justice,"
he said, "I don't expect
itou to .believe me, but
Here I give ;-ou the names
of your neighbors who already have surrendered and
now are receiving the things
you need."
A movement behind  him
b r o i }g ht Hub o t s he a d a r o und
him and  there     stood  a  Jap
soldier with a rifle  leveled
at  his  back.     He     remained
calm and  continued:
"We Americans admire
vo n,, You f o ught we 11. B ut
you have lost. There is
nothing further you can do
for your country now. If
I were you, I would choose
to   live.
"I'm leaving now, I can
give you a little time to
think it over. Then because-
we must have it, an American
battalion will take this
cave and you cannot stop
us, If you decide to surrender,   lei me  know."
He walked out, not even
batting an eye as   he passed
Blllfflll.!»IEIRLIEB
MSI-IB SOtllBlltia
Pvt, Karl Doi, brother
of Sumio Doi whose property
was the object of vigilant ism r ecently, is reported
to be "the most bewildered
soldier in the US Army."
He is now stationed at Fort
Snelling,    'inn.
Karl is puzzled that
such action would be taken
against his familywho were
urged by neighbors to return. He feels that bis
brother, Cpl, Shig, who
helped to rescue the "Host
Battalion" in France" will
be  puzzled  even more,".
the soldier with the rifle.
An h o ur later, t w o
frightened old men crawled
upon the cliff and said
they wanted some of that
justice Kubo had talked
about. Next morning the
who1e lot, Ino 1ud1ng the
soldier,   surrendered.
I
Evacuees who desire t.H e
services of an interpreter when consulting anyone
with resettlement problems
may obtain one at the Evacuee Relocation Information
bureau, now located in the
former farm division timekeepers' office.
rift ft O0i
in a lett-r to Miss
Elizabeth M, Eva ns,. assistant relocation advisor,
the Shigakis* who recently
returned to Loomis,Calif.,
wrote th at their " old
friends w ere st ill our
friends" and they "haven't
seen any hint of boycott ing,"
Text of Une letter follows :
Box  425
Loomis,   California
Dear  T:Mss  Evans :
We want to thank irou for
all that '-ou'vo done for us
while we were in Amache.
Left Amacke on Feb, 3 and
was sure glad to be on the
train again heading for
Californiao We arrived in
Loomis on ' the . 10th and
there we aet Chester Ha 11,
the local a ont of the Pacific Fruit Exchange: he
drove  us   to  our  home.
After resting for a few
days-,I •vent into Loomis on
a little business trip and
found out that all of my
old friends ./ere still our
f r i e nd s »     I d id my s h o pping
.t     severa'
)f the  stores
and was treated ina .respectable     sort   of a    way.
Although Loomis is located
in Placer county which, is
supposed to He one of the
hot beds, I haven't seen
any hint  of boycotting.
We. are   planning  to work
on the' orchard     as     soon as
we  pet the House   in  living,
condition again..'
All our farm equipments
TO THE EDITOR
'■ TO THE  HOTTEST0 BEE:
Editor—Sir: I am 17
years old and s.oon will be
in the navy. It irks me to
hear people,who do nothing
but talk, say all the Japanese should be sent back
t o  Ja pa n.
The Bible says all men
are created equal--a11 men
--and we should treat all
men as brothers, with no
racial prejudice. Cod was
not just saying this. He
meant   it.
Some people would change
the meaning of the Bible
in their minds by saying
this is wartime. If every-'
one lived as the Bible says
to live there would be no
wars. But ve are in a war,
and I am going to do my
b es t,by giving up my 1ife,
if I have to, to prevent
future wars.
The government is releasing the Japanese and
belli ng " them, t o 1 ive the I r
own lives again. Thank God
the government is going to
decide what happens to the
Japanese instead of some
of these .mothers who are
left behind. If the mothers could only realize what
they are doing, along with
these people ' who keep on
with race prejudice and
their hating »■•• They a re
going to have to answer to
God some day.
Modesto R.   L.
TO THE SF CHRONICLE:
Ed 11 o r - -T he art ic le c c n-
cerniny the departure of
Miss Masako Takayoshi,Japanese -Ame r i c a n • nur s e, f r om
Seattle, occasionedby pressure from, agroup of nurses
who "objectod- to "working
alongside anyone of Japanese ancestry,"  conjures an
ironic picture. Is it not
strange     that    a  prroup who
taken the sacred medical
pledge to serve all humanity exclude an individual,
because of physical race
characteristics,from serving with them?
Susan Atkinson Fischer.
San Francisco.
are in good shape, so, all
in all, we are fortunate
and happy to have comeback
to   our  home . ' '**
Yours   sincer Ely,
Mr.  and  Mrs.   Shigaki