Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 86

              Page  2                       PIONEER                           July 28,   1943
_______G R A N A D A      P I O N E E R_______________
   Published Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  by the WRA and
distributed     free    to each apartment.     Editorial  of-
fice:  PIONEER building,   Amache,   Colorado.
Telephone:     63.                                 Editor:   Khan Komai.
Stoutest    Friend
    Dillon S. Myer, national WRA director,  will speak to
the center residents this evening at 6:30at the high
school auditorium.
   Myer, has led the WRA's fight to restore the evacuees
into the normal stream of American life.    He  has fought
for the nisei's right to serve in the armed forces.   He
was instrumental in making immediate relocation the big-
gest  factor  of the WRA program.
   He testified before the Dies committee giving a lie to
the fanciful charges made.    He has spoken on the radio
explaining the  status  of the evacuees.
   He has championed the cause of the evacuees at every
turn.   Tonight he is speaking at the auditorium-It
should be worthwhile to meet and hear one of our stoutest
friends.
Rustlings
MANZANAR, Calif…
    A    total   of   125 births,
64  girls  and   61 boys,  were
the recent statistics com-
piled at the center hospital.
   Manzanar Junior college
has been officially recog-
nized and accredited by the
California State Department
of Education.
   Gross profit for the
Fourth Of July carnival was
$2,425.24; net profit,
$1,407.68.   The Community
Activities division retained
the amount of $469.22,
while the clubs that parti-
cipated received $938.46.
POSTON, Ariz....
   Nine girls recently com-
pleted their  prescribed
course  in nurses'  aide
training.
HEART MOUNTAIN, Wyo…
   The third Court of Honor
was held by the Heart Moun-
tain Boy Scouts .
   Construction of a swim-
ming pool, 300 feet in
length, 150 feet in width,
and eight feet in depth,
was begun last week.
TULE LAKE, Calif…	
   At the commencement ex-
ercises held recently, 397
seniors received their dip-
lomas.
ROHWER, Ark…	
   A new cannery plant is
expected to be completed
within two weeks.
   The Toyland, filled with
games, toys, and books do-
nated from various outside
organizations, is  a popular
haven for Rowher children.
TOPAZ, Utah....
   The Fourth of July car-
nival  netted $2,053.40 pro-
fit.
   A new soda fountain com-
plete with two carbonators.
was recently opened.
URGE   ASSISTANCE
IN   RELOCATING
   The Citizens Committee
for Resettlement in St.
Louis, Mo., recently issued
leaflets presenting facts
concerning 70,000 American
refugees   (evacuees) and
urged that patriotic citi-
zens assist the WRA "to
help place these people"
as rapidly as jobs and liv-
ing quarters can be made
available.
   The leaflet quoted Pres-
ident Roosevelt as saying:
"Americanism is not, and
never was, a matter of race
or ancestry...."
   Paul V.McNutt was quoted
as saying: "The War Man-
power commission thoroughly
endorses the employment
program developed by the
WRA,” and John J, McCloy,
assistant secretary of war
as stating:  "Anything that
can legitimately be done
to compensate loyal citizens
of Japanese ancestry for
the  dislocation to which
they have been subjected,
by reason of military ne-
cessity, has our full ap-
proval."
===TRANSFERS===
   Naoka Hoshino, Tule Lake ;
Hajime Kajiwara, Santa Fe,
N. M.
©
Short   TAKES
   According to Ted Tana-
ka,assistant project stew-
ard, 600 40-pound lug boxes
of tomatoes from the Gila
relocation center were re-
ceived here Monday.
 ©
   Victor L.Furth, assist-
ant chief of evacuee prop-
erty office in San Francis-
co, visited this center
last week to consult with
the local property office.
©
   Hobi Fujiu, Tetsu Kawa-
z,ye and Bill Saburo Ozaki
will leave the center Mon-
day to be inducted into
the Army.   They will be
stationed at Camp Shelby
as members of the combat
unit there.
©
   Dr.Enoch Dumas, elemen-
tary school principal, left
Thursday for Grand Lake
which is near Rocky Mountain
National park on a two-week
vacation.
NISEI   FEATURED BY
ST. LOUIS   PAPER
   A recent Sunday issue
of the St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch carried a full page
in its rotagravure section
showing Japanese Americans
at work at various jobs in
the city.
   Pictured were Mrs. Mary
Hara,bacteriologist at the
City hospital; Dr. Masauki
Hara, resident physician
at the Alexian Brothers
hospital; Mary Miyamoto,
and Fusaye Yamaoki, regis-
tered nurses at St. Louis
hospitals, Florence Abe,
office secretary at the
YWCA.
  The Henmi family in
their new home; Doris Hata,
domestic worker; and Se-
tsuko Matsunaga, student
at Washington U (St. Louis),
and employed in the soci-
ology library.
   The accompanying story
said that "Americans of
Japanese descent do not
like to be referred to as
a Japanese," and quoted
Miss Matsunaga as saying:
"When people ask me am
I a Japanese, I always tell
them, I am an American of
Japanese descent," and de-
clared that the people were
wonderful in understanding
this very important dis-
tinction.