Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 26

              DRAFT-AGE  STUDENTS  MAY  REQUEST  DEFERMENT
MUST MAKE APPLICATION THROUGH  SCHOOL  PRINCIPAL
   According to information
from the Selective Service
board in Lamar all resident
citizens are eligible for
induction into military
service upon, reaching their
18th birthday,stated Lloyd
A.Garrison, superintend-
ent of education. However,
if a boy is 18 years of
age and is enrolled in high
school, the superintendent
of education may request
deferment until (1) the
school year is completed
or (2) until graduation.
Such deferments are under-
stood not to exceed six
months.
   Garrison added that all
high school boys who are
now 18 years of age should
notify the high school prin-
cipal  in writing  if they
wish to be deferred until
the close of the current
school year. Upon receipt
of such requests the super-
intendent of education will
then petition the local
Selective Service board
for deferment. All requests
for this action must come
from the boy concerned and
they should be presented
as quickly as possible.
   Granada  PIONEER
Vol. II, No. 26                  Amache, Colorado                 February 2, 1944
WRA   STAFF'S 4TH
WAR LOAN DRIVE
GETS UNDERWAY
   With purchases of
$3 068.75--two-thirds     of
the   cash-sales  quota the
Fourth War Loan drive by
WRA staff members is off
to a good start, states
Reports Officer Joe McClel-
land, chairman.
   The "Army" team headed
by Walter J. Knodel leads
in the staff contest with
cash sales of $1,612.50.
The "Navy" is an also-ran
with $1,456.25, Navy Cap-
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REVISIONS  MADE  IN  RELOCATION,
PERSONNEL  MANAGEMENT  SECTIONS
   With the resettlement
tempo speeding up, a per-
sonnel revision of the re-
cently established reloca-
tion division was made ef-
fective yesterday, accord-
ing to Walter J, Knodel,
relocation program officer.
   Willis Hanson, former
leave officer, has been
named assistant relocation
program officer, while
Mario Vecchio,ex-assistant
placement officer,has been
given the   position of relo-
cation advisor. Lewis Fans-
lan who was serving as re-
gistrar, became the new
leave officer. In addition,
11 evacuee workers comprise
the   staff.
   Knodel stated that since
the reinstitution of Selec-
tive Service, relocation
has   nearly doubled.
   The reorganization of
the relocation division
and the personnel manage-
ment section was initiated
some weeks ago but the ac-
tual physical transfer took
place yesterday as the en-
tire employment section,
including the statistical
department,moved into room
6 of the south ad building.
This section under the ad-
ministrative division will
only deal with matters re-
garding the placement and
selection of evacuee and
appointed   personnel.
   Heading the personnel
management section is Walter
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CONSOLATORY  GOODS  SLATED
TO ARRIVE HERE THIS WEEK
   Amache's share of con-
solatory goods shipment,
which arrived from Japan
on the exchange ship M. S.
Gripsholm, is scheduled to
reach here this week from
Kennedy and Crystal City,
Tex., according to  W. Ra y
Johnson, assistant project
director.
   Included in the local
allotment are 340 barrels
of soy sauce, 14 barrels
of miso (bean mash), one
case of drugs, one large
box of tea and one box of
books.
   The consolatory goods
were sent to the Japanese
nationals residing in re-
location centers and intern-
ment camps in the United
States by the Japanese
government as a token of
comfort. The Japanese Red
Cross through the Interna-
tional Committee of Red
Cross in Geneva, Switzer-
land, handled the arrange-
ments.
   The shipment will be re-
ceived at the Town Hall by
the block managers upon its
arrival and will work out
the matter of distribution.
Receipt will be signed by
an accredited representa-
tive to acknowledge receipt
of same to the Japanese
government,stated Johnson.
500 PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING
CENTER  LIFE  AVAILABLE  SOON
   An assortment of some
500 official WRA photo-
graphs,illustrating Amache
camp life, is expected to
go on sale at the local
Co-op store the latter part
of this month, states E.H.
Runcorn, enterprise super-
visor.
   These attractive gloss-
finished pictures may be
ordered by numbers from a
sample book,which is still
in the process of prepara-
tion.
   The probable dimension
of the photos are 4" x 5"
and 5" x 7", however,other
sizes may be ordered, Run-
corn said.
   Approximately two or
three weeks will be taken
to set up a special booth
and to make preliminary
plans.
   Runcorn added that fur-
ther details will be an-
nounced at a later date.