Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 39

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Dr. T e t suya I sh ijn ar-u,
former Los Angeles optometrist, will arrive here
soon from Boulder, Colo.,
to aid Dr. Earnest M.Euwa-
hara at the center optometry section in handling
the mounting eye cases.
According to present
plans, Dr. Ishimaru will
open his office at the west
end of the Town Hall building (611 re ere at ion. - hall)
on Mar. 26, where he will
chech-: up on persons needing
optometry care.
Appointments will be
made at interviews to be
held at the center co-op,
starting thi s Monday.
• Local Ishi-koen Mai made
the arrangements, whereby
Hr.Ishimaru's service will
be made available to the
residents.
S/8gt, Masami Sakamoto,
26, fourth- son■ of Lrv and
Mrs. Mitsuhiko Sakamoto,
7F~3F,was killed in action
In France on M arch 3,
according to "Tar Department
announcement this week.
Sergeant Sakamoto volunteered for the US Army on
June 3, 1941, from. Loomis,
Calif,, and trained at
Camp Shelby, Minds., prior
to going overseas with the
famed 442nd Infantry.
He is survived by his
parents; three brothers,
T/ogt, Ha z uma, somewhere
in the South Pacific, Cpl.
Walter,previously reported
seriously wounded in France,
and Pvt.Calvin, now training at Fort SneiTing,Minn.,
and three sisters, Mrs*
Edith Chikuda of this center,
Mrs. Gladys Inouye and Mrs.
Susie Fuiioka of Denver,
and Mrs.Taki Okusu of Salt
Lake city.
Hi s b r o the r-i n-1aw,Pvt.
James Fuiioka, is said to
be at Camp John T. knight,
Oakland, Calif.
Jack 0. Bohof, finance WWIMWBLL»S
officer,sent a voucher for
v9,104,88 to Comity Treasurer James B. Swea't,' which
represents the payment to
Prowers county in lieu of
taxes lost by the county
upon the acquisition of
land by the Federal Government.
Assessed valuation of
land and improvements for
taxing purposes is $258,140,
The 1944 levy rate was made
up of 31,46 mills, it was
reported.
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SIXTH ARMY GROUP,FRANCE
—Giving the front-line
nisei doughboys of the
442nd Infantry close, continuous and mobile artillery support, a cannon
Company of that unit is
directing fire against enemy positions- in the' Alps
along the Franco-Italian
"border.
Part of Lieut, Gen.
<Iacob L, Devers' Sixth
Army Group,, the 442nd•s
o-annon company is participating in a tough, mountain warfare by covering
advancing patrols and disorganizing enemy attempts
to attack strategic outposts. It has given constant support to Japanese
American infantrymen'spearheading the Seventh Army's
firive toward Germany.
Included in the 442nd's
cannon company are the
foil owing Amac heans:
Sgt, Tom II. Fu r u s h o,
8G-3C; Cpls. Ylilliam Y.
Hamada, 12G-4C; Mazumh'Ua-
kano, 6F-2F; Fred LI, Hino-
shita, 12H, and George H.
Otsuka, 11F-6C, and Pfc,
George H, Hi shi o, 11H-2I3.
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HOOD RIVER, Ore.--The
local legion post asserted
that although it was restoring the names of nisei
servicemen on its honor
roll, It still objected to
persons of Japanese descent returning to their
homes ' and farms in Hood
River valley.
Several-nisei have returned to the Hood" River
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The conviction of 63
nisei in the US district
court in Wyoming for refusing to report ilor induction into military service
was upheld by the Tenth US
circuit court of appeals
in Denver last Monday,
Judge T. Blake Kennedy
sentenced them to serve
three years in the penitentiary.
The decision was handed
down in the case of Shigeru
Fuji:! and it has been stipulated by both sides that
the opinion in this case
would apply to all the
others.
Fujii,although resenting
the fact that he- had been
put in the ' Heart Mountain
relocation center,Insisted
that he was loyal to the
United States and wanted
to serve this country,provided' it respected his rights,
"Two wrongs do not make
a right,"said Judge Halter
A. Huxman, who wrote the
circuit court of appeals
opinion. .Since Fujii disobeyed a law of the United
States, he must pay the
penalty, ' Judge Huxman
added.
area, however, despite American Legion advertisements urging them not to
come bad:.