Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 103

              September 25, 1943____________PIONEER______________Page 3
WOULD PREVENT
RACIAL CLASHES
   HONOLULU, Sept. 15--
Seeking to prevent possible
racial clashes in Hawaii
in regard to Japanese res-
idents, a new official
effort to preserve the pres-
ent status of Japanese as
free agents of the commun-
ity and avoid a future
breakdown of this structure
was launched here at an
Army-sponsored meeting of
Japanese community leaders
this week.
   Lt. Col. Charles Selby
warned that unless Americans
of Japanese ancestry "take
aggressive action" to solid-
ify and improve their pres-
ent role as American citi-
zens in Hawaii, they face
a dangerous intensification
of anti-Japanese feeling.
   Selby told the residents
that they must adopt "the
earthy and refreshing Ameri-
can trait of denouncing
the enemy frequently and
unmistakably . . . you can
hardly expect to be regard-
ed as Americans unless you
act like Americans in every
way."
EVACUEES   PLAY
IMPORTANT  ROLE
   Use of farm laborers of
Japanese ancestry has been
a contributing factor in
avoiding a critical labor
shortage and loss of crop
in the Arkansas valley,
according to H. R. Schmid,
county extension agent, in
a story carried by the
Pueblo Chieftain Wednesday.
PRESIDENT
RECEIVES THANKS
   The Japanese American
Committee for Democracy
sent a thank-you letter
dated Sept.20 to President
Roosevelt with reference
to his recent letter to the
Senate on the segregation
and resettlement of evacuees.
It was signed by Executive
Secretary Yoshitaka Takagi.
   The President's message
is partially quoted,to wit:
"Americans of Japanese
ancestry...have shown that
they can, and want to, ac-
cept our institutions and
work loyally with, the rest
of us, making their own
valuable contribution to
the national wealth and
well-being.”
CERTIFICATES AWARDED TO
NAVAL  LANGUAGE  TEACHERS
   The achievement of the
Boulder Naval language
School, University of Colo-
rado, in recently graduat-
ing the "largest group of
Caucasians ever to learn
Japanese," could not have
been accomplished without
the "Americans with Japanese
faces" recruited from re-
location centers to teach
them,according to a recent
article in the Christian
Science Monitor.
   Capt. Frank H. Roberts,
director of all Navy courses
on the campus, presented
each of the instructors
with an engraved certify-
cate "for outstanding faith-
fulness and diligence de-
spite conditions of racial
unrest," at the graduation
ceremonies.
   According to Director
Florence Walne, the inten-
sive instruction required
would be impossible if it
were necessary to depend
upon Caucasian instructors
who had learned Japanese
through college courses.
The pace was too fast. She
therefore sought and found
bi-lingual nisei and issei
in various relocation cen-
ters to do the job.
==ACCIDENTS==
   Tom Shigeru Dote,7G-7C,
39, pinched right index
finger between garbage can
and truck, causing lacer-
ation.
   Roy Hirai, 9E-11B, 16,
fell while playing foot-
ball, Sept. 21, at the 10G
playground, causing deep
laceration of the chin.
TEACHERS'   CLASS
TO BE  PLANNED
   In answer to requests
from various persons,Frances
Shuck, supervisor of stu-
dent teachers,announces an
important planning meeting
for all who are interested
in a class of teaching
methods, 1:30 p.m. to day
at 8H-5E.
   If enough persons are
interested in such a class
wherein she would give
training to those who might
like to teach, the class
will be started;otherwise,
plans will be dropped, it
is stated.
====WANTED====
   Experienced bookkeeper
(female). Apply at mess
division office immediately.
=====RELOCATION====
   Roy    Kenichi Tahara,
Cleveland,   Ohio,   Sept. 30.
   Clarine Yayeko Matsuda,
Chillicothe, Mo.,Sept, 22,
to attend Chillicothe Busi-
ness  college.
   Frances Sachiko Adachi,
New York,   N.  Y.,   Sept.   22.
   Alice Takeko Umekubo and
Lily Yukari Umekubo, Rocky
Ford, Colo., Sept, 22.
   Lydia Tanji, Philadel-
phia", Penn., Sept, 28.
   Minnie Tsuji with daugh-
ter, Dale Hatsuko, Denver,
Sept. 28, to join husband.
   John Hiromu Doi, Chica-
go, Sept. 27.
   Haruko Rose Tademaru ,
with children Eugene,Helen,
and Roy,Fort Lupton,Colo.,
Sept. 25, to join husband.
   Kaneyo Mary Takai, To-
ledo, Ohio, Sept. 24.
   Togo Hifumi Shigezane,
Butte, Mont., Sept. 22.
   Kiyoko Kuwatani, Detroit.
Sept. 27.
   Juna Ruth Yamoto,Cleve-
land, Sept. 30.
 Hideko Tamura with daugh-
ter, Jo Ann, Boulder,Colo.,
Sept. 27.
   Jimmy Yoshio Nakamura,
Butte, Mont., Sept, 23.
   Mitsuye Okuda with daugh-
ter,Masaye Carol, Camp
Shelby, Miss., Oct. 1, to
join husband.
   Kazuko Tamura, Cleve-
land, Ohio, Sept. 27.
   Kosaku Tamura, Boston,
Mass., Sept. 27.
   Grace Tanji, Santa Fe,
N.M., Sept, 27, employment
with US Immigration serv-
ice.
   Fusako Miyasaki, Chicago,
Ill., Sept. 30.
   Rosy Shizuko Hamamoto,
Minneapolis, Sept. 28.
   Yasushi Hara,North Man-
chester, Indiana,Sept. 24,
to attend Manchester college.
   Naoko S. Hoshino, New
York City, N. Y., Sept.30.
   Ruth Y. Hoshino, Phila-
delphia, Penn., Sept. 30.