Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 19

              Page 6_________________PIONEER________________________January 8, 1944
COLLEGE ENTRANTS
MUST FILL FORMS
   Students planning t o
attend college next fall
through the National Stu-
dent Relocation council
should fill the application
blank  before March at room
13, states Grace Lewis,
vocational advisor.
SEMESTER   SIGN-UP
STARTS  NEXT  WEEK
   Registration for the
second semester which will,
begin Jan. 17, at the high,
school will be taken during
next week, announces Grace
Lewis, vocational advisor.
CHECKER   TOURNEY
PLANNED FOR   TOTS
   A checker, tournament
strictly, for elementary
school students will be
held at the Little Theater
in the near future, announces
Taka Aratani.
   Prizes will be awarded
to winners and several old-
er persons familiarized
with the game is required
to volunteer and aid in
making rules and take charge
of thee contest.
CSBA RECOGNIZES IMPORTANCE
OF EVACUEE FARMERS' RETURN
   The California State
Board of Agriculture has
become one of the first of-
ficial organizations t o
publicly recognize the im-
portance of restoring to
evacuees the privilege of
working on California farms
after the war, according
to word received today from
WRA headquarters in Washing-
ton.
   Commenting on the evacua-
tion of persons of Japanese
ancestry in 1942,the reso-
lution contains this perti-
nent  clause,   "Therefore,
be it resolved,that if and
when the military authori-
ties shall decide that mil- 
itary necessity no longer
requires  that persons of
Japanese ancestry shall be
excluded  from this State,
the California State Board
of Agriculture,in the light
of that decision will use
its influence to assure
that race prejudice shall
not jeopardize the lawful
participation of this or
any other group in the ag-
ricultural life and industry
of the state."
   National Director Dillon
S. Myer stated, "This res-
olution strikes an encour-
aging note. Nevertheless,
the people in the centers
must guard against wish-
ful thinking regarding the
prospects of an early re-
turn to California. Relo-
cation at the earliest prac-
tical date should continue
to be a matter for serious
consideration by all center
residents.  I firmly be-
lieve that with relocation
will come renewed indepen-
dence and self-confidence,
which in the end will make
for an easier post-war ad-
justment.”
    WAR-TIME   LOS  ANGLES
   Following is a narra-
tive by Yoichi Nakamura,
Amache police chief, on
his recent trip to Los An-
geles-Ed. note.
   Purpose of my trip to
Los Angeles was to see my
dying brother but it was
great to see that city a-
gain. And the people I
contacted were very friend-
ly.Several high-class res-
taurants and the hotel I
patronized were cordial and
treated me well. And the
laboring contingent down
the main street paid little
attention to me, it seems
they have forgotten the
bitterness of the war and
realized that the Japanese
residing in the United
States are not responsible
for this war.
   My trip was delayed 12
hours at Needles,Calif.,
because I was unable to
contact my military es-
cort. Thanks  to arrange-
ment made by a special gov-
ernment agent with the su-
perintendent of the Santa
Fe,I was able to resume my
trip on board a mail train,
which was a special conces-
sion. I arrived in LA on
Dec. 30. The first thing
I noticed was the big"boom"
in the city with plenty of
work and the people taking
more money than ever be-
f ore . Only "complaint"
was by the employers due
to manpower shortage.
   Down the East First and
San Pedro streets, the place
is teeming with colored
people--thousands of them.
Former Japanese "town" is
totally different and the
appearance of the various
shops are strangely renova-
ted. Some of the chop suey
houses are still in opera-
tion, but patronized mostly
by the negroes .
   And the residential dis-
trict is practically all
occupied by the colored
people. They seem to be
taking good care of the
evacuee houses as they are
higher class of people than
those occupying the down-
town shops .
   The New Year’s Eve there
reminded me of the one in
1918.   It was normal in many
ways but people today seem
to have more money to spend.
And there was less noise
and less trouble.
   I saw the evacuee pro-
perty stored in the Nishi
Honganji church being trans-
ferred to a government ware-
house. I met Rev. Gold-
water who assured me that
all the personal belongings
are being well taken care
of and safely removed to
government custody. H e
extends his regards to his
friends in Amache.
   CHURCH   SERVICES  SUNDAY
Event			Time		Place
   SEICHO_NO_IYE
Service			2:00 p.m.	9H
   PROTESTANT
Sunday school		8:45 a.m.		8H
English   service		10:15 a.m.	8H
Youth fellowship		6:30 p.m.	6G
YP meeting		7:00 p.m.	8H-1C
   CATHOLIC
Mass			10:00 a.m.	11K
     "Seicho-No-Iye and Ex- 
isting Religions” will be 
the sermon theme to be con- 
ducted by Unosuke Karatsu
at the 9H recreation hall tomorrow, 2 p.m.