Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 55

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New  Position
Willis J. Hanson will
relinquish -His post here
as assistant r ©location
program officer and assistant coordinator and leave
for .Denver Monday to become
Ve t eran s * Vac a t i on a1 c oun-
s e lor • w i th US ■ C i vi 1 S er vi c ©'
commission.
Hanson, long popular' with
DO.th the evacuees and the
appointed personnel, arrived in Amache as a le^ve
officer in August, 1942.
He is one of the 'pioneers
of the project.
Hanson will leave his
wife and two sons Here in
the center until school 1ft-
dismissed- in June.
The  Treasury Department
will .  unblock    all     but  a
limited.number of  accounts
of    evacuees    on    the Army
M.ear list to aid WRA relocation and liquidation program*     Forms 'to'   request
■unblocking   -orders will  be
forwarded".-to the*    Federal
Reserve    Bank  in San Fran-
o i so o     thro ugh -th.G • p r n j ec t-
director..    I he bank    will
determine whether the sfcate-
&«nts    on    the   -individual
bcrns  are  correct.
Evac ue e s int. he foilow—
-.ng categories are not eligible to apply for unblock*
-JOg crders: l)*pe'rsons not
on t He- Army, clear 11 s t, 2 )
"nhose who -Have- been, issued
spp-.cnlfic blocking orders,.
• ■-> i e vac nee s who have rep re-
sen, tod or acted an agents
jfl°r &Aiy person\ outside the
the continental United
.States on or' since 'July 2'6,
-.■941, and 4)-persons who
now hold funds belonging
to  blocked nationals.
I er- s on s and bus ine s s
saterpr i se s ;n o t eligible
may, h<yw*r.Tvr,   apply for re-
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Fr id ay,__ May \l,   1945
..Awache, CTolo.
SET; PHiLS S GAtQKt
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giganr.io FIek
be the "last
celebration bin the project,
wa 3■aun o unc ec"hy t ] i e officials  yesterday.
of final' arrangements for tomorrow's
■.Pay J>sbtivities, which will probably
c en t e r- wi d e     — •
ASSIGNS- ACTlH6
REPORTS   Of Fit. El* •■
Russell Paiikson of the
Washington W RA r'epdr.ts
Tho day's events will
commence promptly at 9:30
a.m., and is scheduled to
c ont in u e to G o'clock.
A varied program of general interest, including a
colorful masquerade parade,
k i t e f 1 y in g c on t e s t, an a ^ an
assortment of races and
division will arrive here contests, .has.been slated.
Thursday -to take change' of Frizes ' galore have been
the- local reports section generously_ donated,  thus
as acting reports officer, assuring each winning and
announced James G.Lindley, placing Individual  of an
pro jeot director, Wednesday, award.
Ile'willf- remain until a
new - r eport s o ff ic er is se-
c ured to replace Dale
Cooley, whose resignation
duo to business reasons was
dl s. c 1 o a e d las t M o nda y.
Bank son was- formerly a - will" be
reports  officer at Topaz ' block,
(Utah) relocation center.
MB
consideration of their cases
by filing Forn TFU-1 with
the Federal Reserve Bank
in San Francisco.
Former internees whose
ac c o tint s r ema in b 1 o c ke d ,
may upon application withdraw up' to $200 a month for
living exp ens e s, whi 1 e
those' Whose accounts ano
unblocked" may withdraw as
much .as "$500 a month* .Any
blocked person or enter-
p r i s e m ay a p p 1 y , f o r a
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Italy   coiaoiurcsT- COSILY
The Boy Scout troop 179
drum and bug1 e corps wi11
offer tuneful renditions
of well known marches, in
addit i on to nee orded music.
Refreshing soft drinks
repared by each.
while children are
promised pop sides, the
officials disclosed. Families are urged to .bring
their lunches and make an '
enj oyable'picnic out of the
Field Da.y tomorrow.-
Since the inception of
the ' local project, last
month (April) was the only
month in -which no death
was recorded here,' accord-
.ing .to Jbsepb. Buckley,
statistician.
There have been 90 deaths,*:
last of which wa.s* on March
50. 01' Doc Stork rang up
585 births to date.
and 10,338
hJASHIHGTOH--T h a United '" 77,248 wounded
States1 share of the price missing. •■ •
paid for tha Italian con- Total..US casualties in
quest was more than. 109,000 all theaters approached
combat casualtiesJ revealed within loss than 50,000 of
Secretary' of War Henry L.
StimS'oh recently..
Tho ' US Fifth; Army had.
suffered 109,163 casitalti es
■from the start of the Italian campaign . to April 28,
Stimson informed His press
conference..
Th'e Fifth's losses were
as follows; 21,577 killed,
an e ven' 1, 000,000. The
over-all figure "was 950,472,
of which 848',089 were Army
losses.'. However,.1 275,467
of the' Army wounded have
returned . to 'duty. Of the
soldiers taken prisoner,
9,074 have been listed as
exchanged or returned to
US military- control.