Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 82

              Granada P I O N E E R
Vol. I, No.  82                      Amache, Colorado	July 14, 1943
Carnival  Is
Successful
RAIN  SHORTENS
3-DAY  AFFAIR
  Although the rain cut
short the hours of the
three-day carnival at Block
10G, the event proved to
be a successful one.
   The parade, which began
at Terry hall and ended at
the high school, started
the celebration. The Boy
Scouts, senior high school
band,GR's and entries from
the various blocks competed
for awards.
   Concessions and booths
at 10G were opened for three
days.   A dance highlighted
Saturday's entertainment.
On Sunday, two baseball
games were the features.
   The awards assembly was
postponed until Friday due
to failure of the lighting
system.
OUTDOOR DRAMA
TO  BE  PRESENTED
   The drama, "Kunisada
Chuji," will be presented
Friday and Saturday, 7:30
p.m. at the outdoor stage
in Block 9F.   Koshiro Ku-
magai, Jutaro Gondo, and
Yasutoshi Yoshizawe.
   For the convenience of
patrons, a canvas ground
covering will be laid over
the parquet with benches
in the rear section,stated
Roy Uragami, shibai chair-
man.    Assisting Uragami
are Giichiro Mitani and S.
Yoshizawa.
   Admission will be 25
cents per person.
PRIZES   TO   BE
AWARDED  FRIDAY
   The postponed awards
program will be held just
outside the theater area
in Block 9F Friday, 6:30
p.m.   Prizes will be pre-
sented to winners of the
parade, concessions, and
stamp sales.  Byko Umezawa
will  be  the master of cere-
monies.
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SEGREGATION   MOVEMENT
TO  START  SEPTEMBER 1
   Segregation of people
of Japanese ancestry now
in  relocation centers on
the basis of national lo-
yalty or sympathy was an-
nounced by WRA Director
Dillon S. Myer in hearings
before the Costello sub-
committee of the House Com-
mittee on Un-American ac-
tivities last week. Started
some time ago, the plans
are now virtually completed.
   One center, to be an-
nounced later,will be des-
ignated to accommodate all
persons  not  eligible for
leave, with the movement
of evacuees expected to
begin about Sept. 1. The
War department will coop-
erate in the movement.
   The first groups to be
segregated will be tho e
who have asked for repa-
triation and had not with-
drawn their requests prior
to June 1, 1943.   Others
will be determined after
individual hearings. The
latter group includes per-
sons with unfavorable rec-
ords with I n te 1 1 i gence
agencies or with the WRA;
those who answered the lo-
yalty question in the neg-
ative or in such a way as
to raise serious doubt a-
bout their loyalty, and
those who refused to regis-
ter and answer the loyalty
question.
   According to Myer, the
hearings  will be suffi-
ciently thorough to satisfy
possible legal requirements
and to make certain that
selections for segregation
are justly determined.
   After segregation has
been completed, residents
of the segregation center
in general will be ineli-
gible for indefinite leave,
and all residents of the
other centers will be eli-
gible. A special appeals
procedure will be available
for residents of the segre-
gation center.
   Said Myer, "Segregation
will be undertaken because
it should promote harmony
in the relocation centers
and, facilitate the program
of outside relocation for
loyal American citizens and
law-abiding aliens among
the evacuees.”
   Details of the segrega-
tion procedure will be an-
nounced shortly.
   Project Director James
G. Lindley added that this
program will cause the in-
flux of a thousand or more
evacuees  into Amache for
whom room must be made.
FOUR ATTEND
WRA  MEETING
   Representing the Grana-
da relocation center,Proj-
ect Director James G.Lind-
ley, Henry F. Halliday,
senior administrative of-
ficer ; Waiter J. Knodel,
placement officer; and Wil-
lis J. Hanson, leave offi-
cer, left the center yes-
terday to attend the relo-
cation meeting in Denver.
They will return to the
center Friday.
   Robert W. Frase, assist-
ant chief of the employment
division, will p re s ide
over the meeting.
ACCOUNTS  UNIT
CHIEF  REPLACED
   James Maitland of Oregon
Utah,replaced Delbert Love
as the chief of the ac-
counts unit.  Love was
transferred  to Washington
to be trained as a general
accounting officer. When
he finishes his training,
he will be stationed at
Fort Worth, Tex.
   Other recent additions
to the appointed personnel
of the accounting depart-
ment are James Young of
Denver  as accounts clerk,
and Clara Smith, also of
Denver, as audit clerk.