Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 32

              Page  6________________________PIONEER__________________February 23, 1944
JAPANESE  AMERICANS
ASTOUND  CAPTURED  NAZIS
  FORT  DEVINS, Mass. Feb.
16- When the 100th infan-
try battalion of the Ameri-
can army, made up of Japa-
nese Americans, captured
German prisoners during
the Italian invasion, the
Germans  thought  their axis
partner had forsaken them.
The  bewilderment     of    the
Germans was told today  by
Lt. Edward P. Chasse of
Millinocket, Me., who Is
recovering from shell wounds.
   He paid high tribute to
the Japanese, calling them
"dammed good Americans who
are fighting for a little
bit more than the other
guys.       After     all,     their
homes in the Hawaiian is-
lands were blown up in many 
cases   and,    in addition,
they are  out to redeem their 
race." 
   When the unit came face 
to face with the Germans,
he related, the enemy dis-
played surprise to find
they were fighting Japanese.
"We  got   some  prisoners, and.
they    didn't know what was
happening,"  he  said.  “They
wondered of the axis has
turned against them.”
DRUMMOND  TO   GIVE
DETAIL  LECTURE  ON 
MERCHANT MARINE
   Third in the series of
pre-induction  lectures ar-
ranged by the Army Orien-
tation committee will be
held in room 4 of the high
school Friday night, 7 o’-
clock, announced Melvin P.
McGovern, chairman.
    Donald Drummond, re-
cently of merchant marine,
will speak in detail  about
the life of a mercha nt
marine. After the talk,
movies on the marine train-
ing is scheduled to be shown.
MALLOT  LEAVES
FOR  CALIFORNIA
   Harry F. Mallot, junior
cost accountant of the
finance section, left the
project last week to take
a position at Lindley,
Calif., according to Read
T.Hanson,finance officer.
   Successor to Mallot is
B.E. Lillejeberg who was
transferred from the ware-
house section.
===WANTED===
   4 typists, 3 bookkeepers,
10 nurses' aides,2 order-
lies, 10 swampers, 3 sten-
ographers. Apply at so.ad.
bldg.    (Eaklor)
FILE  PETITION  TO  BAN
JAPANESE  LANDOWNERS
   DENVER,  Feb. 17-Notice
was filed with the secre-
tary of state yesterday
that a petition will be
circulated to place a con-
stitutional amendment, de-
signed to prohibit Japanese
aliens from owning real
property in Colorado, on
the November election bal-
lot.
   Sponsors are Mayor J.W.
Wells of  Brighton and F.
T. Demeree, George J. Man-
cini, Albert H. Hattedorf
and C.H.  Bell, Adams coun-
ty land owners who recently
led an unsuccessful campaign 
to have the Colorado leg-
islature refer such an amend-
ment to the voters.
BARS  SUBTERFUGES
   The proposal would make
it mandatory for the leg-
islature to pass laws re-
gulating property rights
of aliens “ineligible to
citizenship,”  but provides
that incase the legislature
fails to act the aliens be
automatically denied pro-
perty rights.  One section
of the proposaI would  bar
control of property through
shares or voting privileges.
   Signatures of 26,900
electors     must  be obtained
on the petition by March  6,
to gain a place on the Nov-
ember ballot, according to
Walter Alexander, chief
clerk in the office of the
secretary of state.
TEXT  OF AMENDMENT
    The amendment  reads:
    "Aliens   eligible to cit-
izenship in the United States
may    acquire,   inherit,   re-
ceive, possess,   hold,   en-
joy and  dIspose of property
real and  personal.    Provi-
sion shall   be made  by  law
for  the   right and   power  of
aliens who are or shall be-
come ineligible to citizen-
ship to acquire, inherit,
receive, possess, hold, en-
joy or dispose of real pro-
perty, or any right, title,
control or interest therein;
otherwise there shall be
no such right or power to
them, directly or indirect-
ly, or by the attempted use
of shares or voting privy-
leges,  excepting  only to
the extent     of   the  vested
rights     already     acquired
and guaranteed by law,   as
to which provision may be
made by     law for   the  dis-
solution, liquidation or
termination thereof.”
   FARM  FRONT
   The yearly summary report of the farm division
shows the watermelon and radish yield as the highest among
some  30 varieties of vegetables grown on the center
farm project  during the  past  season.  Melon patch
yielded 26,655 pounds an acre to lead the field, closely
followed by 26,616 pounds an acre radish yield.  Other
high crop pound yields an acre were:   celery, 20,206;
carrots,  19,112; daikon, 14,589; turnips, 13,834; and
chongi, 12,205.
  As there was a surplus of vegetables harvested, 247
tons of spinach, swiss chard, Chinese cabbage, beet,
potato, dry onion, and cucumber were shipped to other
centers.   In addition,  23,160 pounds of spinach were
given to the Army Quartermaster Corp.   None of the pro-
ject farm produce was sold commercially.
   25,000 pounds of honeydews intended for mess hall
tables deteriorated in the root cellar due to inadequate
storage facilities and subsequently thrown away and
fed to hogs.
   According to the farm division,the new agricultural
program will follow closely the pattern of past season,
only difference being the planting of additional 160
acres in soy beans, which will be used for making
tofu--fresh bean cake.    -Jim Otsuka