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Several short-wave radios in p o s s e s s i o n. of
aliens have "been picked up
here within the last few
weeks ,' disclosed Harl ow; K.
Tomlinson,- chief of internal security, yesterday.
It is illegal for -an
evacuee in .a relocation
center, either citizen or-
alien, to possess a shortwave, set,stated- Tomlinson.
Anyone possess ing s ucH a'
set should either turn it
in to the internal security office,to He reclaimed
when he relocates,' or have
the short-wave mechanism
r embve d imme d i ate1y•
According to Presiden-
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Vol.Ill Ho.34. Wednesday, Feb. 28,1945  Amache,Colo.
tial Proclamation 2525, no
enemy alien may have in
His possession, custody,
control, or use or operate
a short-wave receiving set
anywhere in the United
States. Severe penalities
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The War Relocation Auth
its affairs before the war
proposal into action as
crease in relocation of
over the last s even moHth s,
retary Harold L. Ickes  in
t hat a g enc y* s annual report
.for the fiscal year,ending
June 30.
The resettlement task
involves finding homes-for
50,000 evacuees still remaining in relocation centers.
The 7fRA,under Dillon S,
Myer, which became a-part
of the Department of Interior in February, 1944,  is
SENT 442md IfITH
PLAQUE FOR RESCUE
SIXTH AMY GROUP,FRAHC3
--The 442nd Infantry Regiment, comprised of Japanese
Americans who rescued the
36th (Texas)- Division's
now-famous "Host Battalion"
from death in a Hasi trap,
was presented with a silver plaque by the grateful
survivors.
Under the "Remember the
Alamo" regimental insignia
of the 141st Infantry Regiment, of which the encircled battalion was a part,
and under the insignia of
the 442nd, are engraved
these words:
"To the 442nd Infantry
Regiment. YJith Deep Sincerity and Utmost Appreciation for the gallant fight
to effect our rescue after
we had been isolated for
seven days. 1st Battalion,
14-1 st Infantry Regiment.
Biffontaine, France. From
the 24th to the 30th of
October, 1944."
The fexans were surrounded by the Germans^ in the
Vosges mountains and confined to a circular area
roughly 300 yards  in di-
To accomplish the ree-
c u e, t he Jap a?j e s e-Am or I c an
doughboys had to rely- on a
bayonet charge against
superior enemy forces entrenched on a hilltop,
knock out challenging Hazi
Tiger tanks through dim
forests, contend with:enemy soldiers dressed ■ in
American uniforms, disregard radio directions sent
by- the enemy to mislead
them, and to work their
way through two and a half
miles of terrain intricately and heavily mined, booby-trapped and road-blocked.
UnilKEi.*
ameter '-for a week,
VJhat
food and ammunition they
received had to be fired
to them in artillery shells
or dropped by planes.
Their only source of water
was a stagnant pool.
HTASHIHGTO7'--Appears none
too good was the-report
given by Rep. DworsHak
(Hep.,Idaho) to the possibility of obtaining Japanese
government consent to exchange- imprisoned construction workers for Japanese
nationals interned at Tule
Lake, Califv
Recently the Japanese
g ove rnment I n d i c a t e d a
willingness to exchange
American civil!an.internees
for the Tule Lahe Japanese,
but Has refused to release
the c o hstrue t i on worker, s,
of which there are about
1,2 54, for repatriation.
ority proposes to wind up.
ends and is translating its
shown, by 100 per. cent in-
Jap an e s e - Ame r i c an e vac uees
according to Interior Sec-
schoduled for liquidation
sometime within the next
fiscal year and is working
to close all relocation
centers by Jan. 2, 1946.
By the end of 1944 fiscal year,almost 17,000 nisei and law*abiding issei
had been relocated outside
the '/Test Coast area. Since
then the figure has increased to 33,000, who are
now living in 47 states and
the District of Columbia,
and 2500 Japanese .Americans
have joined-the armed forces.
An agreement has been
secured . by the HRA with the
Federal Security Agency,
making relocated- evacuees
eligible for assistance under the program aiding- aliens and other persons
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Quarterly census taken
last month revealed a total
of 6,197 evacuees residing
in the center, an increase
of 603 since the previous
census taken last October,
according to Joseph L.
Buckley,   stat i st ic ian.
The record showed that
Hosaburo Baba, 90 years
young, is Amache*s oldest
resident. Other interesting s id e1ight s d i so 1o s ed:
There are 3,557 citizens
and 2,640 aliens.,,60 years
or older group led the age
groups with 942...Fema1es
barely outnumber males,
5,102-3,095...17 to 20cat-
egory shows tho' gent 1 er sex
holding a small majority,
in 21-2 9. group it over^elms
the poor males, 456-169...
For matrimonially inclined
girls,some consolation may
bo derived from the fact
that there are 1,660 eligible males to-1,464 single
1 a s s l o s ,