Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 20

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•Persons of Japanese ancestry were advised by the
national headquarters of
the Japanese American Citizens league to carefully
st ud y p er s o iia 1 p r o b 1 e ms
involved before making any
move to return to the Pa-r
cific coast.
Nisei who are within the
draft age should not return
to their homes wi t ho ut
first clearing their status
with the local draft board.
If they are in essential
work and return without
obtaining releases, they
will not be able to obtain,
new ■ emp 1 o yment t o qu a 1 if y
for deferment.
Even in cases where the
evacuee is returning to
his farm, it would be advisable, it was stated, to
contact the local board to
ascertain, the status he
may be able to obtain hie-
fore making the move. This
precaution may avoid considerable hardship in the
event the local board -is
not friendly.
Issei must remember the
contraband provision which
was revolved by the 'Yestern
Defense Command does not
aPPly 4j0 them. They are
still, subject to the restrictions of the Department of Justice which prohibits them from having
short wave rad io s, c ameras
and so forth. And because
of numerous defense' installations and factories,
issei must bees-pecia11y
careful- in ■complying with
travel regulations. When
traveling more"- than five"
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Amache Silk Screen. Shop ' s
big t h r e e-d ay exh i b i 11on
showing approximately 50
masterpieces of the present
and past center silk screen
artists is scheduled for
this Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at the 6E shop- (recreation hall), announced
Miss Maida G, Campbell,
silk screen director, Monday, Exhibition will be
open daily from 1 to 8:30
p.m.
The masterpieces on display, beautifully framed,
include kodachrome     repro-
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Vol..Ill Ho,20   Wednesday,   Jan.   10,T94b^"lmachle1'~c"oTo.
Amache
award e
d
ona  n.Lace  i:
seo-
ie  of
Colorado in the 1944- fire-
prevention contest for
cities m the United States
and Canada, according to
an announcerr nt received
by Project Director James
0, Lindley from the National Board of E i r e En d e r-
writers and the Eire Prevention and Clean-lip Campaign  committee  of   the Ha-
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The status of visitors
to a relocation center has
been clarified by the Wash-
ington WRA office, disclosed James G, Lindley,
project director,as .follows:
All visitors whose applications for reinduct ion
wer e p end ing on Jan.2,194 5,
or who have applied since
that time cannot be re -
inducted. However, those
who have valid reasons for
visiting family members in
the center may do so, but
must pay two-weeks guest
charges in advance. Per-
s o n s n o t el ig ib 1 e fo r v i s i t s
■ cannot .remain in the center. •
ductions,f'ine art pictures,
Navy posters and training
commercial prints.
At present the Silk
Screen Shoppers are busily
engaged In painting a n d
arranging the interior of
tine GE shop and installing
fluorescent lamps for proper lighting effects for
this Friday's premiere showing.
Center residents,as well
as those of the ' neighboring towns, are cordially
invited to attend, added
kiss Campbell.
tional Eire Protection association. Awards were
made on the basis of detailed reports of fire-ore-
vent ion activities during
Fire Prevention Week last
October 8 to 14.
Aiiaone also was listed
among cities receiving a
special merit grade of between -80 and 3D percent.
Heart Mountain won first
place in Wyoming but placed
below Amache in the national standing. Fort Collins
won first place in Colorado
with Boulder third.
"The Amache Fire Department is to be congratulated
on. winning  this award,"
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stated Lindley. Fire prevention is of utmost Importance in any community and
will continue to be essential here as long as the
c en t e r r ema ins o p en,' T h e
f i re - p r even t i on o f f i c e r
for this center,Glenn Rum-
lev was trained in fire-
control and fire prevention
methods at Fort Collins,
the first-place winner in
this State. With the con-
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IDAHT
Elaj. Gen. Henry Conger
Pratt was given, permanent
ass ignment a s command ing
General of the Western De-
f en s e Command, s \x c c ee d ing
Ma "j. Gen. Charles H. Bon-
esteel. General Pratt had
assumed temporary command
on last Dec, 11.
A former commandant, of
the Southern Defense Command, General. Pratt made
the announcement of War
Department' s lift ing of
the West Coast mass exclusion orders of persons of
Jap an e s e a n c e s t r y, He
i s s ued the -proclamation to
"restore full liberty of
action to all those who
have been cleared by the
Army,"