Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 33

              JEROME  RELOCATION CENTER  TO  CLOSE  IN JUNE
   Interior Secretary Harold Ickes announ-
ced Tuesday that one of the 10 relocation
centers  operated by the WRA-the center 
at  Jerome  Ark.-will  be abandoned in 
June as an economy move, according to an
official release received by Project Di-
rector James G.  Lindley this week.  It will 
be the first center to be closed.
   The 6,554 evacuees at will be
Moved to other centers.
  Because of the WRA program of releas-
Ing Japanese Americans out of the center
As fast as they could be given jobs--and
so long as they were acceptable to co-
munities receiving them-the peak pop-
ulation of 107,000 in centers has
declined to 92,000, the announcement re-
vealed.
	Granada  PIONEER
Vol.  II, No. 33               Amache,   Colorado               February  26,   1944
SELECTED   AS   LAMAR
BOARD  PHYSICIAN
   Dr. William T. Carstar-
phen,, chief medical of-
ficer, was appointed as
examining physician for
local Board 35 of Lamar by
Philip W. Whitely, state
medical officer, according
to a letter from Elizabeth
L. Ford, chief clerk of
the Lamar board.
   D r. Carstarphen will
receive official word of
appointment from the Pres-
ident soon.
Deputy  US  Marshal Serves
Warrants on Five Amacheans
   Five Amache nisei, who
ignored Uncle Sam's orders
to report for their pre-
induction physical exami-
nation in Denver Tuesday,
were taken under custody
by Deputy US Marshal O.O.
Cooley and another officer
Thursday afternoon,announ-
ces James G.Lindley, pro-
ject director.
   Following arraignment
before an US Commissioner
at Pueblo on charges of
violating the Selective
Service Act, they were
taken to the Federal Cor-
rectional Institution at
Englewood near Denver pend-
ing trial.
   Warrants against  the
five  evacuees were filed
Tuesday, when the Prowers
county Selective Service
board notified the US at-
torney's office of the five
who failed to answer their
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RESIDENTS’  CONFIDENCE  IN
BLOCK  MANAGERS  TO  BE  TESTED
   At the recent meeting
of the block managers’ as-
sembly a motion was passed
to offer a suggestion to
the administration that a
question be submitted to
the center residents as to
whether the present block
managers shouId be continued
in office or not. It was
further suggested that a
vote of confidence be asked
from the people of each
block concerning their re-
spective block manager.
   The administration, re-
alizing the need for full
cooperation of all the
blocks in meeting serious
and important future prob-
lems, accepted the block
managers' proposal. The
following procedure has
been set to accomplish the
suggestion made:
   1. Each block to call
a meeting of all persons
18 years of age and  older
on or before Mar. 1.,which
shall be presided by three
block residents. These
three persons shall be:
one block representative
and block monitors from
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AMACHE’S  LARGEST  FIRE
CAUSES $1900   DAMAGE
  The largest fire in the 
history of Amache,which is
believed to have started
from spontaneous combustion
of greasy rags, occurred
Tuesday night about 9:10
o ' clock in the 7K mess hall.
According to Vern Campbell,
fire protection officer,
the loss was set at approx.-
imately $1900.
   The blaze, which could
be seen for blocks, had
gained considerable head-
way when the alarm was turned
in by Ben Shimomura, for-
mer fireman, from 7H. Lo-
cal fire department's pla-
toon B, answering the call
with both fire trucks, had
the flames under control in
10 minutes. And by bring-
ing  the 2 ½ Inch hose into
play for the first time,
the  fire was  completely
extinguished in little over
an hour.
   Campbell and Jerry Sul-
livan, assistant fire pro-
tection officer,  were in
charge of the operation,
which was handled very ef-
ficiently.
   The damage to the build-
ing, which destroyed the
celotex walls and celling,
windows,and southwest por-
tion of the roof, has been
placed at $1000. And the
mess hall equipment, con-
sisting of two refrigerators,
kitchen utensils, tables,
fan, and counters, were
damaged to the extent of
about $900.
  The residents of 7K
block are dining at the 8K
and 7M mess halls until 7K
mess hall resumes opera-
tion.
FIVE  EXPATRIATES
RETURNED  HERE
    Five Amacheans, who re-
guested expatriation and
left for the Tule Lake seg-
regation center Feb. 18,
returned Wednesday night
with escort Willis J. Han-
son, assistant relocation
program officer, stated
James G. Lindley, project
director,Thursday morning.