Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 72

              Granada P I O N E E R
Vol.   I,   No.   72        Amache,   Colorado       June   9,   1945
FIVE  BLOCKS
TO   VACATE   BARRACKS
   Barracks to be used for
the aged and invalids under
the care of the hospital,
for several administrative
and community services of-
fices, co-op, and other
purposes are urgently need-
ed, so a movement is being
made to vacate  a barrack
or two in Blocks 6G, 6F,
6H, 6E, and 7K, according
to Project Director James
G.   Lindley.
   A proposal was made to
vacate Block 6G entirely,
but the residents objected,
declaring that it is dif-
ficult  to move on such a
short notice,that they had
already furnished their
apartments, and that the
residents had "learned to
love  the block after work-
ing together as one family."
This plan was dropped, but
Block 6G agreed to vacate
a barrack or two.
   Lindley stated emphatic-
cally that with shortages
of building materials and
workers, it is impossible
to build the necessary
buildings; therefore, bar-
racks will have to be va-
cated in the various blocks.
Blocks near the hospital
and administration build-
ings are preferred for this
purpose.
   Lindley added that space
is needed to store the
products raised on the
project farm.   And also be-
cause of the evacuees leav-
ing the center for outside
employment and the limited
and  reduced budget,  the
expense of operating this
project must be cut.   The
latter means consolidation
of blocks. This may ne -
cessitate the closing of
certain mess halls and the
use of a common mess hall
by  two  adjacent  blocks.
POLICY CHANGED
ON  COMPENSATION
   As of June 1, unemploy-
ment compensation will be
paid only to those center
residents actively assigned
to project work who are
unable to report because
of illness, announced WRA
Director Dillon S. Myer.
   The change in policy
was attributed by Myer to
"the increasing outside
employment opportunities...
and the mounting need for
full labor utilization in
our national war economy."
    Hereafter there will be
no waiting period between
the expiration of allowable
sick leave and commencement
of compensation.  Upon cer-
tification by the employ-
ment division, unemploy-
ment compensation will be
paid from the date the
applicant became eligible.
There is no change in   the
rate of  compensation--60
per cent of regular wages.
   The maximum period for
which compensation will be
paid is 90 days.   Eligi-
bility must be re-estab-
lished every 30 days dur-
ing this period through a
physician’s certificate.
CRYSTAL CITY
Six Families 
   Six families in. the
Graneda relocation center
whose interned member was
in the advance party that
went to Crystal City, Tex.,
are scheduled to leave to-
morrow morning for reunion
at that internment camp,
according to Project Di-
rector James G. Lindley.
    This group will be joined
at Pueblo by families from
three other relocation cen-
ters who are enroute to the
same destination.
   No further word regard-
ing the acceptance of ad-
ditional families at Crystal
City has been received from
Washington, Lindley stated,
although some delay is ex-
pected as the housing facil-
ities at Crystal City are
also to be used by Japanese
from South America who are
enroute to Japan, he said.
BOY SCOUTS SET
GOAL AT 23,000
HOURS  ON  FARM
   With the goal set for
23,000 hours, 230 Boy
Scouts and Scouters are
now doing volunteer work
on the project farm.  The
program is being carried
out on a competitive basis,
with troop leaders super-
vising the work of their
respective groups.
   The Amache program is a
part of the nation-wide
Boy Scout project to aid
in emergency farm work.
Those who volunteer form
the Victory Farm Volun-
teers.   One hundred hours
per Scout is the national
goal.
   Boys 12 years of age
and over are now eligible
to work on the farm as
emergency farm workers and
receive pay, according to
Scout Commissioner Ed To-
kunaga.
NYA YOUTHS RETURN
TO WRA CENTERS
    Of the 275 youths who
applied for the NYA train-
ing courses,  215 who had
already moved into NYA cen-
ters must return to their
respective relocation cen-
ters at once.
MOVIES
   TODAY
7:00 p.m.--12F mess hall.
7:45 p.m.--12H mess hall.
   TOMORROW
7:00 p.m.--11H mess hall.
7:45 p.m.--11K mess hall.
   FRIDAY
7:00 p.m.--9H mess hall.
7:45 p.m.--9L mess hall.
   "The Spoilers," feature-
ing Randolph Scott, John
Wayne,and Marlene Dietrich,
will start its four-day
showing from this evening.
The story is based on a Rex
Beach best-seller--a raw,
teeming saga of the Klon-
dike, full of action and
excitement at its best.
Added on the program is
chapter ten of "Fighting
with Kit Carson.”- -S.Sako