Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 94

              August 2 5,   1943 •■ -.
.FIOHEER 	
MYEK scwasmes mmcm
Squashing prevalent rumors of the closing of certain relocation centers,
TOA'Director Dillon S.Myer
this week announced that
there are "no plans for
closing any relocation center in the immediate future."
Myer's complete statement  reads :
"I am anxious to correct
an impression which has
been created in some places
that some or all the relocation centers are to be
closed In the near future.
While it is true that the
long-range goal of the War
Relocation authority is to
enable  as many as  possible
CONFERENCES HELD
REGARDING MOVES
Conference between
block ma nagers and the
housing section regarding
Contemplated moves within
the blocks have been taking
place since yesterday according to E. B. Eaklor,
housing  superintendent.
Requests and instructions
for moves will be issued
only after all plans have
been checked and approved
by the housing  secti'on.
CIO Backs Up
Nisei Members
That there were some
2000 CIO members among the
Japanese Americans; that
they were becoming well integrated into American life
before evacuation,and that
their skills and abilities
should .. be utilized now to
help win this war, was expressed by Monroe Sweet land,
national CIO war relief
committee director, in the
August issue of the CIO War
Relief hews, published ,in'
Washington.
.. Sweetland declared that
"together with the CIO Committee to Abolish Race Discrimination and in consult-
t a t i on with government
agencies, we are trying to
help these CIO brothers and
s ister s —whose only of f ense,
sadly enough,was that they
picked-the wrong ancestors."
VHTdH
DEATH:
To Mrs.Kimiko Kaiiwara,
40 years, 12K-1C, Aug. 23.
of the eligible evacuees
to relocate, we realize
that it will be a slow
process. We have no plans
for closing any relocation
center in the immediate
future.As relocation takes
place and more people move
outside,we expect to. close
some centers,but this will
rot take place in the near
future. There will be no
compulsion to relocate outside of centers, although
we hope that an increasing
number of peop 1 e now 1iv ing
in relocation centers will
find it to their advantage
to relocate and become self-
supporting, "
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HOSPITAL CALLS
HELP NEtDED
With the relocation program 'decreasing the nursing
personne1 dur ing the past
few weeks, the center hospital sends out an urgent
plea for residents to serve
as nurses' aides,announces
Chief Nurse Alma K. Polda.
Issei and nisei alike
are urged to offer their
services in order to give
proper care to patients.
Fu 11 -1 i i.e wo r ke r s a r e cl e -
sired, but the immediate
need is so great that even
part-time workers are wel-
.. comed . Applicants are asked
to see Chief Nurse Fold a at
the administration office.
ROCKY MT. NEWS CAR
STORY ON NIS
KI1S
El SOLD-' RS
A feature story by-S*,
Burton Heath, NEA Staff
correspondent,stating that
the Hawaiian nisei at Camp
Shelby,Mi s s ., We r e' c r a c k
soldiers and expert War Bond..
AMERICAN   LEGION,
IS  WORKING HARD
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.18--
A resolution asking Army
control of all released
and interned Japanese and
Immediate discontinuance
of Japanese enlistments in
the Army was unanimously
adopted by the?;State convention of the -American
legion. :.
The resolution also asked that a congressional
c omm i 11 e e d e term in e a po 11 cy
of post-war action regarding Japanese in this country .
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A -letter to Father M.
Maher of Holly reveals the
following work opportunities*
Sister Mary Ange11a,Superior, St Francis Hospital,
Peoria, III., wants five
girls to work as nurses'
aides, with a view of having them enter nursing
school later.They will get
$16*00 a week,plus room and
board.
Address all correspondence to the Superior or to
•St. Francis Hospital.
Father Burns,Marykno11,
Chicago, desires' a couple
to work at the ChlcagoKouse.
buyers, appeared in the
Aug. 22 issue of the. Rocky
Mt • Hews.
The story said that the
nisei, were eager for act ion,'
pr e f e r ab 1 y a ga ins t the Japs ,
and that they were said by
their officers to be better
than average soldiers because they are anxious to
pr ove th ems e Ive s and b e
avenged against the land of
th e i r f or e fa th e r s .
A picture- of five nisei
s o Id. i e r s i n t r a I n i n g wa s
also carried.
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Tin:, the '..American Scene
sect i(Q.n '' of ,Chicago Sunday
Tribune ' s rotagrayure,Aug.
22, a picture of evacuee
workers on an Illinois farm
was carried along with another shot showing three
nisei so Id i e r s in a Hew Yor k
church hostel.
YBA   CABINET   TC
MEE'r   FRIDAY NIGHT
The regular cabinetmeet-
ing of the YBA willbohel d
at 8 p.m. Friday at the 70
Buddhist church, announces
President Tsukasa Saneto.
All members and Sunday
school superintendents are
requested to be present.
Prevailing wages will be
paid. Man will have time
for steady full-time job on
the outside and compensation
will be given i'ov odd jobs
done in his free the. Interested par t i e s s ho uId
write to Father Burns*