Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 96

              Page 4________________PIONEER____________September 1, 1943
SEEK CAMERA  EQUIPMENT
   The section base at Trea-
sure Island discloses that
they wish to obtain an 8-
by-10-inch view camera,
Agfa Universal model man-
ufactured by Wollensok,
Rochester, N.Y., suitable
for copying, e n larging,
and reducing with  complete.
diaphragm and color filter.
   Any evacuee having equip-
ment of this kind who is
willing to   sell  it is asked
to advise Victor L. Furth,
assistant chief, Evacuee
Property office,giving the
asking price and location
of  the  equipment.
RELOCATION PROSPECTS IN
EAST DEEMED ENCOURAGE
   Robert Dolins, reloca-
tion officer of Washington,
DC, Virginia, Maryland
and Delaware, reports that
the prospects for success-
ful relocation of persons
of Japanese ancestry in
this area are very encour-
aging.
   Dolins continues, "There
are jobs and work opportu-
nities open in practically,
every occupational field.
Farming in this area is on
a year-round basis. Eva-
cuees will find a friendly
reception in this area.
The cost of living is about
the same as in most other
parts of the country, and
housing, is much more readi-
ly obtainable, except in a
few areas of concentrated
population such as Washing-
ton and Baltimore.
   The relocation officer
discloses the following in-
formation about this area:
DELAWARE--
   "Delaware is predominant-
ly agricultural with a hea-
vy production of truck
crops, poultry, fruit,and
dairy products. Industry
in the state is centered,
largely in the city of Wil-
mington.
MARYLAND--
   "In Maryland, Baltimore
is the largest industrial
city. ...Serving this huge
city market is the nearby
agricultural area along the
Eastern shore of Chesapeake
Bay with its heavy produc-
tion of vegetable and fruit
crops.
VIRGINIA--
   "Virginia is also pri-
marily an agricultural
state, producing fruit,
vegetable,grains and dairy
products.   Industrial ac-
tivity is principally cen-
tered in Richmond,its capi-
tol and largest city,where
extensive tobacco process-
ing plants, lumber mills,
paper mills, food process-
ing    plants  and textile
mills  are   located.
WASHINGTSON,  D.  C.-
   “Metropolitan Washington,
with an estimated population
of over a million, is the
seat of the Federal Govern-
ment and aside from the gov-
erment jobs there are many
opportunities for employment
in the service trades,mar-
kets,transportation and in
nearby farm areas.”
   MOVIES
   TODAY 
7:30 p.m.--12K mess hall.
8:15 p.m.--12E mess hall.
(Sun Valley Serenade)
   TOMORROW
7:30 p.m.--7K mess hall.
8:15 p.m.-6H mess hall.
   (Lady In A Jam)
FRIDAY
7:30 p.m.--8F mess hall.
8:15 p.m.--7G mess hall.
   Concluding a two-day per -
formance tonight is "Sun
Valley Serenade," starring
Sonja Henie, John Payne,
and Glenn Miller and his
orchestra in a feature fill-
ed with gay romance and
music.
   Starting a four-day run
tomorrow in Universal's
production,"Lady In A Jam,"
featuring Irene Dunne,Pat-
ric Knowles,and Ralph Bell-
amy. It is a gay comedy
in which an irresponsible
New York heiress loses her
fortune and then goes West
to the badlands of Arizona
to work an abandoned gold
mine in a ghost town where
a slap-happy cowboy attempts
to help her.
   Since the showing of
movies has been returned
to the mess halls,the Flash
Gordon serial will be shown
every Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday,while the Mystery
Squadron serial will be
shown every Thursday, Fri-
day, Saturday, and Sunday.
                     --Sueo Sako
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     SKETCHES
   Those employed at the
center hospital are cons-
tantly aware of a petite,
hustling figure going about
her work with boundless
energy.   This attractive,
98 pounds of femininity--
all of four feet eleven and
one-half inches--is Masae
"Miki" Yasuhira.  She is one
of the   two registered evac-
uee nurses employed at the
hospital.
   She recalls with a gri-
mace the trials and tribu-
lations she encountered dur-
ing her three-year training
course at the Fresno county
hospital.   During, the initi-
ation of the new student
nurses, she was required to
make an "ether bed,” a given
name for an ordinary bed
used bv patients following
an operation.   Not knowing
exactly what to do, she
placed a sheet and a bottle
of ether on the bed!
  Another time, Masae was
instructed to clip the sur-
geon’s gown before an oper-
ation. This being her first
experience on a surgical
case she was nervous and ill-
at-ease, and the resulting
"catastrophe" was that she
pinched the surgeon, with the
clip. He howled and the
following verbal thunder is
something that has never
faded from her memory.
   Hailing from Fresno,
Calif., this bespectacled
nurse attended Fresno State
college and graduated from
the Fresno County hospital
as the most outstanding
student.
  On Sept. 21,1942, Masae
Passed the California State
board examination and be-
came a registered nurse.
This accomplishment brought
into being her mother’s
fondest dream:that of hav-
ing one of her three daugh-
ters--a nurse-help her
operate the maternity home,
of which she was in charge.
   During  her leisure mo-
ments, Masae putters around
her victory garden. She is
said to have a "terrific
appetite , "but will not re-
veal her favorite dish.
   She is quiet and reserved
and declares that the nurs-
ing profession is hard on
the feet,but she loves the
work.                --Sueo Sako