Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 49

              March 20,  1943       PIONEER      Page  3
LOS  ANGELES  AREA
HAS  RAID  ALERT
   LOS ANGELES, March 16--
Cities in this area expe-
rienced a jittery 47-minute
air raid alert, but the ap-
proaching target later
proved to be friendly.
   It was the first day-
light "red" alert flashed
in this section of the Pa-
cific coast since the be-
ginning of the war.
   San Francisco was also
under a preliminary air
raid alert lasting 33 min-
utes .
TERRY, WALTHER
SPEAK  AT  PUEBLO
   PUEBLO, March 17-Sta-
ting that the education of
interned Japanese children
is an obligation imposed
by the federal constitution,
Paul J. Terry, superintend-
ent of education at the
Granada WRA camp, addressed
members of the chamber of
commerce at the Vail hotel
Tuesday.
   Terry said that there
is nothing extravagant in
the educational facilities
of the center, and from 35
to 40 students are crowded,
into each schoolroom.
   Herbert K. Walther,
principal of the junior
high  school, was also a
speaker.
NEGROES   MOVE
INTO  LIL’  TOKIO
   The former Japanese Cham-
ber of Commerce has been
taken over by the Los An-
geles Mexican Chamber of
Commerce, according to Lee
Shippey in the LA Times.
   Shippey also writes that
Negroes have moved into
many of the vacant buildings
in Japanese town, and it
looks as though First street
might possibly become an
annex of Centra1 avenue.
NISEI   ARRESTED
IN   BAY AREA
   SAN FRANCISCO, March 16
--"I hate all Japs;  I won't
live with them," says Morris
Eugene Suyetomi  who is
charged with entering a
forbidden area here.
   Suyetomi, who came here
from the Topaz relocation
center, told Federal Judge
A. F, St. Sure that he was
a foundling, born in Los
Angeles of a white mother
and reared in an orphanage.
He said he "had been told"
his father was Japanese.
AG   WORK   OPPORTUNITIES
AIRED AT  GARDEN  CITY
   Four administrative of-
ficials and two evacuees
discussed the agricultural
work opportunities in this
area with representatives
of the United States Em-
ployment service, sugar
company, and farm groups
at  Garden City, Kan., Wed-
nesday.   Also present were
Harold L. Choate of the
Denver WRA office and Mr.
Leeker of Kansas City.
   Those attending the
meeting were Donald Harbi-
son, Walter Knodel, Ernest
Tigges, Joseph McClelland,
Katsuki Iki, and Jack Noda.
PIONEER    PLANS
LITERARY    SECTION
    The PIONEER plans to
publish a monthly magazine
section, the first issue
of which will appear in the
near future.   This supple-
ment will contain short
stories, poems , essays, and
other features.
   Those interested-in cre-
ative writing are urged to
send in their contributions
to the PIONEER building,
or contact Yoshiaki Ogita
or Suyeo Sako.
MONTGOMERY    WARD
PROFIT   DECLINES
   CHICAGO, March 16-Mont-
gomery Ward and Co.'s an-
nual report today showed a
slight decline in profit
due somewhat to the fact
that the company returned
46 million dollars to mail
order customers who ordered
merchandise that could not
be supplied.
   Profit for the fiscal
year ending Jan. 31 was
$26,437,584, compared with
$27,351,716 last year.
Rustlings
  FROM OTHER CENTERS
MINIDOKA, Id...  
   More than a thousand In-
vitations were sent out for
a series of banquets, co-
sponsored by the adminis-
trators and the residents,
who will honor the cen-
ter's Army volunteers.
   The fashion now among
the masculine sex is the
victory crew-cut.   These
haircuts are cropping up
on more heads every day.
   Presenting a well-round-
ed program of semi-class-
ical and popular numbers,
the local high school tal-
ent revue made its initial
appearance before the Bur-
ley high school last week.
Bob Imai was emcee.
  With salted salmon, sar-
dines , red snapper, fresh
shrimp, and crab offered
on the first day, the co-
op fish store was opened
this week.
DENSON, Ark...
   Of the volunteers for
the Japanese-American com-
bat team, Project Director
Paul A. Taylor said, "I
believe the actions of those
young men demonstrates a
loyalty to the United States
that is difficult for any
other American, regardless
of his ancestry, to match."
   Lumber was issued to
each apartment  for roofs
over porches.  Model roofs
were built in every block
for the benefit  of the
residents.
HEART MOUNTAIN, Wyo...
   A large percentage of
the 150 girls present at a
meeting held this week with
Lt. Joyce Burton, WAAC re-
cruiting officer from Butte,
Mont., indicated their wil-
lingness to join the corp
if the opportunity is a-
vailable.
   Plans for a pottery fac-
tory were dropped due to
the change in the policy
of the WRA regarding relo-
cation.   However, a program
for training in the vari-
ous processes of ceramics
is being organized.
POSTON, Ariz…
   With the arrival of
2,400 more chicks, all three
units of Poston are now
able to carry on poultry
projects on individual ba-
sis.   The stocks are msin-
ly  for meat purposes.
   In order to control the
tremendous demand for dress-
es made, the sewing depart-
ment has raised its prices
of garments sewed as fol-
1ows; cotton, 50ȼ; rayon,
75ȼ; silk and wool, $1.
Additional prices will be
added to types of material
and complexity of the styles.