Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 10

              AMACHE  NISEI:  HONORED  AS  FIRST  WAC  RECRUIT
TO   BE INDUCTED  AT DENVER  ON  DEC. 7
   The distinction of being the First Japanese American accepted as a WAC recruit
is believed to be Miss Iris Watanabe, 20 years of age, of Amache. She completed
arrangements for induction with the WAC officials in Chicago on Nov. 22.
   Noteworthy is the fact that Miss Watanabe is scheduled to be inducted on Dec. 7,
the second anniversary of the sneak attack by Japan, on Pearl Harbor.
   This week, Miss Watanabe is visiting her parents here, and will be leaving with-
in a few days for induction at Denver.
    Said Miss Watanabe, “I hope to help make the land of' my ancestors pay for its
unwarranted attack on my country."
    Prior to her enlistment in the WACs, Miss Watanabe was employed at the center
leave office.
TO  SELL  HARD
CANDIES   SOON
   A big supply of hard
candies     have     arrived    at
the  Co-op    warehouse    and
will be   sold at  the  canteen
soon,  announces     Ken Shin-
tani,   general  manager.
   Other merchandise sched-
uled to arrive soon are
enamel ware and toys. War-
time conditions allow the
Co-op purchase only a limit-
ed   stock._______________________________________________
Granada PIONEER
Vol. II,  No. 10         Amache, Colo.     December 1, 1943
GRANT  SEASONAL  LEAVES  IF
CERTAIN  CONDITIONS  ARE  MET
   Seasonal leaves will be
granted despite ODT re-
quest     in     special merited
cases, disclosed Ellis
Hanson, leave officer, if
transportation used is not
by train or bus,nor in any
way interfere with this 
bureau's  emergency measure.
   ODT "directive" states
that during the period of
Dec. 1-Jan. 10 no short-
term or seasonal leave
shall be  granted so that
the expected heavy holiday
traffic on traveling by
service men will not be
further taxed by civilians.
   But if a farmer needs
seasonal workers for im-
mediate harvest and is able
to furnish his own vehicle
for transportation, the
leave office will consider
his case on its merit,con-
cluded Hanson.
EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURES TO BE
REORGANIZED  FOR  EFFICIENCY
   A new reorganization
plan for operating evacuee
employment procedures ef-
ficiently will be installed
which calls for the formation
of a relocation division
and a personnel management
section. Discussions for
the new plan have been un-
derway since Monday with
Harold James , employment
officer of the personnel
division in Washington DC,
who  arrived  here the first
of the week.
   The relocation division
will deal only with the re-
location program while the
personnel management sec-
tion under administrative
division will be responsible
for the selection and place-
ment of appointive and evac-
uee personnels. To date,
the employment division has
been handling  both problems .
   This revised plan will
be inaugurated in all the
centers to establish a high-
er standard of center em-
ployment.
EDUCATION   HEAD
TO  VISIT SCHOOL
   Dr, Lester X. Ade, di-
rector of education for
the WRA in Washington DC,
will visit and inspect the
Amache schools Friday, an-
nounces Dr .Lloyd Garrison,
superintendent  of education.
NISEI  CASUALTY  LIST
IN  ITALY  REACHES  169
   Secretary of War Stim-
son has given special
praise to the battle record
made in the Italian cam-
paign by Americans of Jap-
anese  ancestrv,   in his   re-
cent press conference in
Washington ( November 25)
he   said:
   "General Clark reports
that the 100th Infantry
Battalion, composed of
Americans of Japanese an-
cestry, continues to make
a highly creditable campaign
record. These soldiers
are well  trained    and well
disciplined and fight with
confidence and resolution.
They are particularly skill-
ful in scouting and patrol-
ing.   They are cheerful
and uncomplaining,and their
rate of illness is practical-
ly nil. The casualties to
date in the Italian campaign
are 34 killed, 130 wounded
and   5 missing.”
NURSES'  AIDE  PROBLEM
BECOMING MORE CRITICAL
   The problem of alleviat-
ing the nurses' aide short-
age still remains unsolved
with only 10 new employees
answering the call for one
nurses' aide from each
block, according to W. Ray
Johnson,chief, of community
management.
   At present, only  24
nurses'   aides,11 part-time
workers and two orderlies
are caring for the patients
at, the center hospital,
while minimum requirement
is at least 40 nurses ' aides.
   Out of the 24 workers,
six have already given in-
tentions of relocating to
outside hospitals or further-
ing their training else-
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