Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 54

              April  7,   1943 __________PIONEER______________Page 3
Manzanar Free
Press Lauded
   In his column, "What
Goes On," Chapin Hill of
the LA Times recently
wrote:
   "The first anniversary
number of the Manzanar Free
Press, published by Japa-
nese at the big camp in
Owens valley, is a 16-page
edition, well-written, edi-
ted, illustrated and print-
ed.  It contains much in-
teresting information and
is a highly creditable per-
formance . . . ."
   Chapin also wrote that
the Manzanar post office
handles on a daily average
1500 letters, 350 par-
cels, 10  registered   letters,
and $500 out-going money
orders.
RELEASE  RECOMMENDED
FOR 82,000 JAPANESE
   WASHINGTON, DC, April. I
--Senator Albert B. Chan-
dler (D), Kentucky, said he
will recommend release in
the next few months of about
82,000 loyal American-born
Japanese from relocation
centers.
   Release     of  loyal Japa-
nese,   Chandler said, would
leave     25,000 persons in
the  centers who, by their
own admission are not
loyal  Americans.
   By release of the loyal
internees , Chandler  esti -
mated the government would
be saved some 50 million
dollars in the cost of op-
erating   the   centers.
   Chandler  said that those
released would swell the
nation's military, indus-
trial, and agricultural
man-power pool.  He  has
visited centers in Califor-
nia,   Arizona, and  Arkansas.
PAPER  ALARM CLOCKS
TO GO-ON SALE
   WASHINGTON, DC, March 28
--A  paper alarm clock is
the newest contribution to
America's war economy; it's
a 6-by-6 inch affair with
a bell strong enough to wake
the neighbors. The innards
are of metal.
   It will soon be on the
market and there will be
no rationing.  First come,
first served.
COY IS PRESIDENT
Of   SCHOOLMASTERS
    DENVER, April 2--S. Clay
Coy, principal of the Ama-
che high school, was elec-
ted president of the Col-
orado Schoolmasters club
at a general meeting of
the organization in the
Albany hotel.
FLAG   SALUTE
METHOD   CHANGED
   LOS ANGELES, March 30--
Members of the Board of Ed-
ucation, adopted a resolu-
tion ordering a change in
the method of saluting the
Flag, whereby the right
hand will be placed over
the heart throughout the
recitation of the Pledge of
Allegiance.
   Last year Congress a-
dopted this method of sa-
lute and urged that it be
made uniform throughout the
nation.
   The reason given for the
change was that the former
method was too much like
the Nazi and Fascist sa-
lutes .
INCOME TAXES
SHOW INCREASE
   WASHINGTON, DC, March 29
--Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau said today that
the March income tax col-
lections will total nearly
$4,500,000,000.
   This is approximately
$250,000,000 above Treasury
estimates and more than
$1,400,000,000 above the
amount collected last year.
CHOATE  ISSUES  CIVIL
SERVICE  INSTRUCTIONS
   DENVER, April 7-In-
structions relative to civ-
il service application pro-
cedures for evacuees were
issued here last week by
Harold S. Choate, reloca-
tion supervisor.
   Choate revealed  that
civil service examinations
for clerks have been dis-
continued, but said that
examinations for steno-
graphers and  typists are
held every Tuesday night
in Denver.
   Evacuees may take ex-
aminations by the following
methods:
   1. They may write to
the Civil Service commis-
sion, 13th District head-
quarters, Customs House,
Denver, requesting applica-
tion forms.   The commission
will tell the applicants
when and where to take the
examinations.
   2. They may obtain
leaves to take examinations
in Denver, where they may
contact Mrs. Carolyn H.
Jenner, Civil Service in-
terviewing office, 220 Kit-
tredge building, on any
Monday.   After a personal
interview,  Mrs. Jenner will
make arrangements for the
applicants to take the ex-
amination on the following
evening.
   Granada relocation cen-
ter girls who wish to ap-
ply for civil service exa-
minations may receive fur-
ther   information about ap-
plication procedures and
hotel accommodations from
Walter J. Knodel, placement
officer, in the employment
building.
NISEI  HAS
TOP  HONORS
   FORT COLLINS, April 2--
Willie Nakaoka, sophomore
chemistry major from Delta,
received an award for mak-
ing the highest scholastic
average in his class, dur-
ing the annual Colorado
State college  honor-day
assembly in the school
auditorium.
   George Oba of Alamosa
was initiated into Phi Kap-
pa  Phi.
Woman's Rayon
Hose Banned
   WASHINGTON, DC, April 1
--The War Production board
banned the manufacture of
the "sheerest" rayon hosiery
for women and limited hose
of all types to seven basic
colors in a move to effect
savings of cotton, rayon,
and wool yarns.
   Lace bands and fancy
designs are prohibited for
women, and greater rein-
forcement in heels, toes,
and welts are required under
the   new  order.
amount  collected last year.