Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 40

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March 21, 1945 , PICHHHR:
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"VITH SIXTH AHHY, France . —■	
--In some of the roughest
fighting terrain in the
European Theater of Operations, the 442nd Infantry's
second battalion is engaged
in front-line combat high
in the French Alps along
the Franco-Italian border.
As part of Lieut. Gen.
Jacob L. Devers' Sixth Army
Group, the battalion is
sending out patrols into
the mountain wilderness,
exploring enemy territory
for signs of troop movement and weaknesses.
Among the Nisei-- GI' s
of the • second bat talion
are the following Amacheans:
S/Sgts. Howard M. Fuji-
wara., 12G-9A„ and Shigeyoshi
T. Takata, 12F- 8A; T/Sgt.
Paul Yamamoto, 6F-6A, and
Sgts. Saburo Sugawara,11F-
3B, and Kazuo F. Sugimoto,
11H-9B.
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ANTI-RACE ACT
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depend greatly upon the
wisdom, tolerance and understanding of the members of
the commission. The law
must be administered with
tolerance and generosity
of spirit on all sides,
"It must not be understood that the state'is here
attempting to impose itself
as arbiter of social or
personal likes or dislikes.
By this act the state declares the' simple principle
that In employment there
shall be no discrimination
by reason of race, creed,
color or national origin.
It expresses the rule that
.. .no man shall be deprived
of the chance , to earn his
bread by reason of the circumstances of his birth."
il8E!D   liOR!
IRS
Jack G, Bohon, finance
officer, needs at least two
typists immediately in his
payroll section. The payrolls are delayed about 10
days, stated Bohon.
Elzle Brown, garage supervisor, wants two stenographers to carry on with
his work at the motor pool.
Three swampers are needed
by the mess division.
FOUHD:
Brown eye - glass case
containing money and senior
play ticket at 9L movie.
Claim at 8F CA office.
A new- rationing system,
for tho sale of cigarettes
was adopted at the joint
meeting of the Co-on board
of directors and the business committee Held ■ last
Saturday afternoon, disclosed. Akira Inaba, executive secretary.
One thousand two - hundred ration tickets, holding 20 stamps, have been
distributed to the 29 blocks
in proportion to the number ;.of persons over 18
years of age in the block.
These ducats will be given
to the smokers in each
block at the discretion of
the block's Co-op business
committeeman or a special
block committee created for
this purpose.
Bach stamp on the ticket
will be valid for a three-
day period (Monday-Tuesday-
YTednesday or Thursday-Friday-Saturday') and will
expire automatically at the
end of the third day.
Tickets will expire in 10
weeks, at which time new
tickets will be Issued.
The first stamp becomes
valid tomorrow and will
expire Saturday night.
Stamp 2 becomes valid Monday and expires YTednesday
night; stamp 3becomes-valid Thursday and expires
Saturday night, and so on.
As 1200 packages of cigarettes will be sold acros-s
the counter for each, three-
day period, each ration
ticket holder is assured
of two packages a week.
Any change in the rules
or.policy will be announced ■■
in   t he ; PIOHEER, add ed
Inaba.
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BIRTHS:
To Mr. and Mrs. Takeo
Tomita, 7E - 5E•,'.-. a- g i r 1,
March 14,
., To Mr. and Mrs. Yoshi-
matsu Matsumoto, 8F--6B,' a
boy, March 16.
DEATHS:
. Umesaku Ohama,'. 6E- IE,'
61, March 16.
Mr s . Raku Hamur a, 7F- 6F,
62, March 19.
Local.,residents wishing
immediate. eye examination
should make appointments
with Mrs. Ed Y0shimoto at
the Co-op jewelery department today, tomorrow and
Friday, announced H. T.
Tomio, general manager.
Dr. Tetsuya Ishlmaru,
Boulder,Colo., optometrist,
whose services have been
secured through the' efforts
of the Ishi-Hoen Hai,-will'
begin examination'- this:
Monday.
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SCHEDULE   SlEI
The new schedule of days
and hours -of the various
center hospital clinics was
announced by Dr. Y7. T. Car-
starphen,chief medical officer, last Monday.
All patients are asked
to be in the clinic promptly at registration time.
If necessary to cancel an
appointment, you are requested to notify the clinic as early as possible.
Patients needing dental
or optometry services are
to register directly with
these clinics.
Hew schedule of the various hospital clinics will
be found on page 5 of this
i ssue,
5G7* TADAKUMA
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a communication line was
disrupted by a direct hit
by enemy artillery, Sgt.
Tadakuma left his covered
position and went forward
for a d is tanc e. -of .;.3'00, yard s
■ to locate the break in the:
line."' '■
While 'repairing the damage, an enemy artillery
shell landed. 10 yards away
and wounded himin'the leg,
"Ignoring . his. injury,
which needed medic aJL attention, he voluntarily remained on duty until the
necessary repairs w e re
made,-" the citation continued. "The following day,
while^repairing the line
under similar circumstances,
he was again hit and though
severely injured, completed
the repair with the help
of a rifleman "before being .
evacuated to the rear."
' Awarding of the Silver
Star to Tadakuma was announced over the radio
station KOA in Denver last
Monday morning.