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LANCASTER, Calif. - - Six
rifle shells, said to bear
Army markings, were found
near the house of John
S h i oka r i, wh o r ec ent1y re-'
turned to his farm 14 miles
north of here. Shiokari
reported to the sheriff's
office that shots were fired
into his home and pimp
house•
"This is my home and
somebody is trying to shoot
me out of It and I can't
.understand it," said Shio-
•kari, who has been called
to report for his pre-in-
duction physical examination.
He said he- was in the bedroom when he heard six shots
fihed.
• Shiokari relocated from
Poston relocation center to
attend the University of
Nebraska. He returned to
his ranch on Feb.  15,
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Oehitoubo,   former    Oakland
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intlelinwties
During the month of February, a total of 160 in*
definite leaves were issued
by the local relocation
"program office, disclosed
Mario Vecchio, relocation
advisor, yesterday. Of
this number,46 were issued
for individuals returning
to the West Coast,while 47
families comprised of 127
persons were included in
the figure for the last
month to boost the family
relocation program.
To date, 3,4-19 have gone
out on indefinites since
the opening of the center,
of -which 67 have returned
to the West Coast.
liJmi*LAGIl CLE AM. ABC V
In practically all war
plants near San Francisco,
particularly smaller ones,
no difficulties of clearances will be encountered
by qualified nisei seeking
employment, according to
report received from Fred
W« Ross of the San Francisco
WRA relocation office by
the relocation program
office here,
.Ross wr ot e; "We have
discussed the problem of*
war-plant clearance on a
local basis with the district security officer of
the Provost Marshal General's office for the , em-.,
Nployment of persons of Japanese ancestry • In plants
and facilities- will no
longer be required,except
on certain specific facilities, such as Master Inspection Responsibility
list and -secret and top
secret contracts. Not more
than 1 or-2 per cent of
all the plants in the San
Francisco Bay region are
on the special list. This
♦•%should greatly expedite
the- ejr^Lcym.«nt of evacuees
in war plants,"
Further information
Jap ano s3 Amer i cans- - Dr. Georgo
d ent 1st; El m- e r Yamamo t o,
former LA attorney, and
Hi yo sh i S h i g o ka wa, o r s t-
whi-lo San Pedro fishing
boa,t operator -- app eared
bol^ore Federal Judge Poir-
son II. Hall' last Tuesday
to contest the legality
of military orders excluding them from California.
' At torn ay A. L. Wirin,
representing tho American
Civil Liberties Union, in
seeking to enjoin officials
of the Western Do fen so Command from preventing their
return to Los-Angeles,contended that the WRA had
listed tho throe plaintiffs
as "loyal," but -the Army,
he charged, had refused
to permit the petitioners
to return to their-former
homos here.
US Attorney Charles H.
Carr informed tho ounrt
that the Army had issued
individual exclusion orders ' against the three
after a "thorough investigation," and said the
Government would "uphold
to
those interested in war- the Army to tho limit" and
plant work, will be fur- vigorously resist their
nished at- the center relo- efforts to secure the in-
catidn program office. junction.
««!F»FII§SIIES Id ttftlEWllEW AlECWSWOIII
WASHINGTON—The Supreme   ; ;	
Court rocently refused to
reconsider its decision in
upholding the Army's evacuation of Japanese from the
Pacific coast in 1942, declaring it was a legal
wartime action,
The court denied a petition of Fred T, -Horematsu,
nisei from San Leandro,
Calif., who asked for a
reconsideration of his
conviction on Dec, 1 8 ,
1944, for failure to report for evacuation,
Horematsu,given a five-
year probationary sentence,
c ont end ed the decision
overlooked the fact that
native-born Japanese had
been shorn of citizenship
rights,
• "If military control
over eivi'lians is to bo
unlimited," his
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Shigoyoshi K&wabata and
Minoru Ilinoki, Tule Lake
segregation center internees, are serving 30-day
confinement sentences for
unlawful activities as
prosidonts of center's two
pro-Japan societies, Sokuji
Kikoku Hoshi Dan and Hokuku
Soinon Dan.
• They were arretted and
sentenced on a charge of unlawful assembly, following
a £*aid by center police on
a'' mooting of leaders of
tho two societies.
read, "we might as well
openly declare in favor
of a modern police-state
patterned aftor the eld
Byzantino law oV Yisigothic
petition co4o»H