Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 86

              Granada  PIONEER
Vol.   I,   No.  86                   Amache, Colorado                 July 28, 1943
DILLON  S.  MYER
SPEAKS  TONITE
   WRA Director Dillon S.
Myer will speak at the high
school auditorium this eve-
ning at 6:30 o'clock. The
public is invited to attend.
   Arriving in the center
this afternoon with Robert
Cozzens, WRA deputy field
director of the Pacific
Coast region, and Project
Director James G. Lindley
from the Denver meeting,
Myer will conclude his
visit of the center tomor-
row.   Myer and Cozzens will
visit Los Angeles and San
Francisco, after leaving
the center.
SEGREGATION PROGRAM
TULE  LAKE  IS  NAMED
CENTER  FOR  SEGREGEES
   The Tule Lake relocation
center has been designated
by the WRA in Washington
to be set apart for the
residence of persons of Jap-
anese ancestry residing in
relocation centers who have
indicated that their loyal-
ties lie with Japan.
    This center is not to
be confused with the Leupp
center in Arizona, or
an alien detention camp.
Persons residing at the
Leupp center will not be
transferred  to the  Tule
Lake center except with
the specific prior approval
of the director.
   Harry Coverly, director
of the California center,
said that segregation of
the disloyal evacuees in
the other nine centers was
going ahead and that loyal
evacuees from the Tule Lake
center were being moved to
other camps.
   Evacuees to be held at
Tule Lake consist of three
classes:
   Those who have applied
for repatriation to Japan.
   Those who have been
denied leave clearance,
presumably because of an
unfavorable report by gov-
ernment investigators.
   Those who answered neg-
atively to the loyalty
question or refused to an-
swer or to register at the
time of evacuee  registra-
tion.
NISEI  WOMEN  TO  BE
ACCEPTED  IN WACS
   A  limited number of
American-born women of Jap-
anese descent will be ac-
cepted for enlistment as
members of the Women's Army
Corps after Sept, 1, the
War department announced.
Arrangements are also being
made to accept applications
at War  Relocation centers.
   Applicants should apply
for enlistment at Army re-
cruiting stations in the
usual manner. Girls ac-
cepted  will not be placed
in special units. The date
of general enlistment of
these women will coincide
with the date set for the
conversion of the Women*s
Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)
on Sept. 1 into a corps of
the Army of the United
States.
   Said the War department
release: "The success which
attended the Army's re-
cruitment of American men
of Japanese descent led to
the adoption of the plan,
thus giving these loyal
women an opportunity to
serve their country along
with other citizens."
WRA  GRANTS  RIGHT  TO
FINE  LAW  VIOLATORS
   Authority to impose fines
not to exceed $300 on vio-
lators of community or-
dinances or WRA regulations
has been granted judicial
commissions and project di-
rectors in an administra-
tive instruction approved
by WRA   Direector Dillon Myer.
   The order reads that a
defendant may be ordered
to pay a fine of a fixed
sum not to exceed $300 as
an alternative to serving
a fixed period of imprison-
ment.    In other words, an
offender against the com-
munity law and order may
not be required by the pro--
ject courts both to pay a
fine and serve a jail term
for the same offense.
   All money received as a
result of such sentences
will be paid into the mis-
cellaneous receipts fund
of the US Treasury, in ac-
cordance with Federal law.
   A charter amendment will
be necessary before the new
administrative instruction
can be put into effect.
Basking Snake 
Causes  Alarm
   A temporary furor was
caused in Block 6F Monday
when a two-foot rattlesnake
was found basking in the
early morning sun directly
behind   the  canteen.
   It was discovered by K.
Watanabe, canteen employee,
who thought the long slim
object on the ground was a
stick until it raised its
tail and stuck out a forked
tongue.
   Gonpei Hironaka, a resi-
dent   of the  block,   came  to
Watanabe's  assisistance  and
promptly dispatched the
snake.   Its skin was kept
by Hironaka  as  a trophy.
HIGUCHI   CHOSEN
COUNCIL   HEAD
   Walter Higuchi, Block
7F representative, was elec-
ted chairman of the Council
yesterday to replace Jimmie
Yamanaka, who resigned.