Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 54

              Dale Cooley of Limon,
Colo,, who replaced Jo e
McClelland as the project
reports officer three weeks
ago, tendered his resignation, disclosed James CH
Lindley, project director,
yesterday. "'
Cooley, publisher of the
LIMOH LEADER,was unable to
dispose of his newspaper
and c on s equ ent 1 y s ubmi 11 ed
his resignation.
A long distance call to
the WRA headquarters in
Wa sh in gton b r o u gh t as suranc e
that a new reports officer
will be assigned here soon,
stated Lindley.
S&CHAMEFTO--Standing pat
on its previous stand, a
senate interim committee on
Japanese resettlement placed
a report before the senate
vigorously opposing the return of'Japanese to California before the end of
the war.
The committee on its
opposition to the Japanese
return stated:
"This committee further
reiterates and finds that
no Japanese evacuee should
be permitted ■to return to
California during the war;
that the policy and plan
stated by the Rational War
Relocation Director,Dillon
Myer, of removing these
evacuees from the camps
throughout the nation and
distributing them in California or the coastal area
should not be countenanced."
Members of the committee
are Sen. Hugh P. Donnelly,
Tunlock Democrat,chairman;
Senators Jesse R, Dorsey,
(Rep. ) Bakejrsf.ieldj Herbert
Wo Slater,  (Dei.)  Santa
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SIXTH ARMY CROUP, G E R-
MA1IY— Gen. Jacob L= Devers,
Commanding General of the
3 ixth Army Gr o up, arm. ounc ed
the awarding of the Bronze
Star medal to Pfc. Frank
M. Adachi of Amache, Colo.
Private Adachi won the
award "f o r mer it or i ou s
achievement in connection
with military operations
from. 19 Oct. to 8 Novi 1944
In the vicinity of Bruyeres
and La Haussi?.re, France,"
Vol, III Ho.54 Wednesday, May 9, 1945   Amache, Colo.
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Although V-E Day has been officially announced,
six more nisei casualties with next of kin here or
formerly residing here have been announced this week
by the War Department. They include one killed, four
wounded and one missing, 	
all in t h e 11 a 1 i an c amp a i gn.
HILLED III ACTIOH:
On April 21, 1945.
KIHOSnilA, Pfc, Mamoru,
21,  son of Mr. and Mrs.
Rosa;.Irwin T, Quinn, (Dem. )
Eureka,and George Hatfield,
(Rep.) Merced county.
/Af*WRI/«.   fjlL$EMWlE%
IIK8II 3mm   MMI/((
During t he month of
April, 346 Indefinite leaves
wore issued, according to
Ma rio Ve cc hi o, r e1o c at i on
advisor. Of this number,
only 80 were for West Coast
returnees.
The total number of persons who have* relocated
from this center now stands
at 4,481^ added Vecchio.
CO,
Ska
Ichijiro kinoshita, 9H-GB.
WOUNDED IN ACTIOH:
On April 14, 1945.
YAMAURA, Pvt. Henry,
son of Mr,  and Mrs.
Yania lira, 6 G-12 E.
On Annil 21, 1945.
HARAHURA, C p 1. Yoshio,
2 6, son of Mr. Rokutaro
Hakamura,Woodland, Calif.,
and formerly of 8E-3A. His
wife, Yoshiko, resides at
7G-5D.
In April, 1945.
OKI, P vt. George, 20,
son of Mr, and Mrs. Onichi
Oki, 9E-3.B.
TOGASHI, Pvt. Kachiro,
19,  son  of Mr, and Mrs,
Shinsaburo Togashi, 12E-7E.
MISSING IN ACTIOH:
On April 15, 1945.
NAKANO, Pfc. Hick Yasu-
mitsu, 21, son of Mr, and
Mrs. Yasuke Nakano., 7E-1E.
RESIDENT   GLAD
"TO  BE
Pfc. Mamoru Kinoshita,
native of Stockton,Calif•,
and graduate of Livingston
(Calif.) high school, was
drafted in May, 1944, from
New York City and received
>n o «™«aoc training at
, Fla., before
joining the 442nd Infantry
in November, 1944, He made
outstanding records in basketball and baseball during
h i s h i gh so ho o 1 d ays .
Besides his  parents,
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Rokutaro Hakamura, for- ins  overseas
me r Amach e re sid ent (8E- 3A), C am.p B1 and inn
and his oldest son,SHigeo,
returned to their preevac-
uation home at Woodland,
Calif., last week.
"I am .glad to be home
again," He told Woodland
residents, "and I want to
do what Is right." -
Hakamura's two other
s ons, Sgt • I o shi o and Cp 1.
Yo shi o, former W o o dlan d
Sea Scouts,are fighting inn Appointed personnel and
the European Theater of their children have been
Operations with the US Army, invited to participate in
Corporal Yoshio Hakamura this Saturday's center-wide
was reported wounded in Field Day events,disclosed
action this week. the officials yesterday.
"I am proud of my boys They will comprise "block
and the fighting they are 30" and will be assigned a
doing for the United States," reserved area as other
said Hakamura.. block's around the field and
In May, 1942, the Uaka- the pavilion,
muras were evacuated along    Festivities will com-
with nearly 1000 otnqfc Yolo mence promptly at 9:30, it
County Japanese.  '       was emphasized.