Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 45

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PIONEER
- April 7, 1945
by Roy YoshtcM
JUNIOR HOSTESSES
,/OU'RE HOT DOING RIGHT by
them gals.'Yoshida., says
I to -myself. -I mean those
gals who' serve as junior
hostesses at the USO service center--to enlighten
the look of askance on my
countenance.
Yo u s e e, s ay s I, warming
up to the subject,the success of the whole USO program depends greatly upon
the individual efforts of
the girls, which add up to
a collective good time for
the visiting Nisei GI's.
True, I agrees with myself,you' need the genenals
(senior hostesses) to plan
and map out the program but
without the infantry (junior hostesses) the battle
(program) is lost. So you
see, Yoshida, (shaking my
fist in my face) 'it's time
you presented a "unit citation" to them, for their service. And each one should
be awarded a "good conduct
ribbon"for conscientiously
doing their part,
How successful have they
been? Why, Yoshida, what
a silly question. Just ask
any serviceman who Has visited a nd enjoyed the USO's
warm hospitality,and lie'11
tell you that it's just too
too divine. And that he
looks forward to his next
risit. How, my boy, says
I, isnrt that pnoof enough?
It sure is, says myself
to I. These fun and joy
spreading junior hostesses
are to be given a pat on
the back,and as for myself
(for not saying so sooner)
a brisk hick in the pants—
with me in it.
LITTLE THINGS
F ANY OF YOU think that
little things don't
count, then read the following tale of woe, you doubting Thomases, and convince
yourself.
A "T HE" instead of an
"A" inacity ordinance cost
Chicago #8,591,000, which
is no chicken feed in any
language. A g a s company,
arguing against payment of
taxes,said a city ordinance
reading "THE 5 per cent tax"
particularized the statement as referring to an 1891
franchise, expiring in 1916,
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■Reports officer: Joe McClelland Editor: Roy Yoshida
Staff: Julia Shimosaka, Allan Asakawa, Hits Ikeda,
Asano. kasai, Henry Kusaba, Ben Miyahara, Audrey
Nakabe,. Florence Okida, Sad ami Sako.
Japanese, section ..",... Editor: Ichiro Konno
Staff: Yutaka Hubota, Kojiro Hamakawa, Hiromichi
hlorimoto, Takahiko Kawamura. ""' , '
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Smith
of Williams, Calif., received a letter from their
son, Lieut, (j.g.) Smith
who is on duty on a destroyer in the Pacific, in
which he expressed himself
quite clearly in his views
a no %***:*lew*
Typical of the type of
service offered by the Travelers Aid society is that
recently received by Riki-
saburo Ohashi, a paralyzed
returnee.
Ohashi was given every
possible attention by a
representative of the society in Sacramento,while he
and his family changed
trains for Modesto, Calif.
The representative then
wired the Stanislaus county
welfare department at Modesto to meet ■ the train
with a wheel chair, as was
done in Sacramento.
The Travelers Aid society, which is equipped to
arrange for emergency medical and ambulance service
at all railroad transfer
points, should be notified
far enough in advance to
handle special cases.
The Ohashis said that
porters and other railroad
employees were very Hind
and considerate to them.
during the trip.
whereas an "A" would have
had an indefinite force.
The.c o ur t agreed,
TiT.ii.ch reminds us that
there are many of us who
make the same mistake—not
in words, but'in our actions, which express our
moods. Tie do things with
"THE" moods, meaning we
particularize■our feelings
too strongl-y. Whereas, we
should acquire more of "A"
moods, whereby we practice
and preach the ciiceties of
life with "an indefinite
force."
about the Japanese returning to this coast. In part
he said :
"Anybody that sends kids
to fight for a country have
a right to live in any damn
place, I think, and that
is 'something I would like
to be quoted in the Times."
He added that he had
recently received a letter.
from one of his classmates
at'Stanford telling him of
the invaluable ' work being
done in the secret service
by a Japanese who was one
of their classmates at
Stanford before the war.
—COLUSA DAILY TIMES
i%c c. he i»i a m c me
HONOLULU—A nesolution
asking Congness to require
the Navy to ac c ep t q u al if led
citizens of Japanese descent
for service was introduced
in the Territorial Senate
on March 13 by Senator
The lima M. Akana, (R., Oahu).
The measure cites the
r e c o rd of Japanes e A mericans
in World War II and stresses
that Americans of German
and Italian ancestries are
permitted to serve without
discrimination.
In order to spread information of special importance and interest to
Japanese Americans in the
Cincinnati area and their
friends,the Citizens' Committee for Relocation's
sub-committee and interested
evacuees are cutting out a
men tli 1 y p ub 1 i c a t i o n.
Tho bulletin is to contain information of national
and 1 o c al ■ d evelop ments
which migtit not be obtained
from other sources.
T he staff, which is
headed by Bob Hirano, former PIONEER editor, is do-
nating its time and effort.