Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 31

              INDUCTEES MUST REGISTER
TO ARRANGE FOR  TRANSPORTATION
  Nisei men who have re-
ceived through the mails
notice to appear for a pre-
induction Army physical ex-
amination on Feb.22 should
register their names with
Chief Internal Security Of-
ficer Harlow Tomlinson not
later than Monday noon,
Feb. 21, announces Walter
J.  Knodel,   local  Selective
Service  representative.
   Chief Tomlinson will
arrange transportation from
Amache to Lamar.  The Se-
lective Service System pays
all traveling  expenses, in-
cluding meals and lodging,
from Lamar to Denver and
return,  Knodel  explains.
	Gramada  PIONEER
Vol. II, No. 31    Amache, Colo.   February 19, 1944
DRAFT  LECTURE
SET  FOR TUESDAY
   "Opportunities in the
Armed Service," will be
the topic in the series of
pre-induction lectures to
be held Tuesday night, 7
o'clock, at room 4 of the
high school, according
to Melvin P.McGovern,chair-
man.
   Different opportunities
offered in the Army such as
medical, bakery, secre-
tarial and electrical work
and. how to qualify for them
will be discussed in detail.
The lecture will be con-
cluded with a technicolor
movie on the history of
American soldiers.
THIRTEEN  LOCAL
REPATRIATES  HEAD
FOR  TULE  LAKE
   Thirteen Amache repatri-
ates to Japan left for the
Tule Lake segregation cen-
ter at 9 o'clock yesterday
morning,according to James
G.Lindley,project director.
   According to Lindley
the repatriates who left
are: Tadao Fujii, Takashi
Hori, Harry Ioka, Hiroshi
Nakaguchi, Tom Sakurai, and
Mr* and Mrs. Kiyomi Yoko-
hama and their children,
Shizuko, Akiko, Tomoye,
Hifumi, Hisako, and Hiro-
ko.
   This group was escorted
by Willis Hanson,assistant
relocation program officer.
Hanson is expected to visit
the relocation centers In
Arizona on his return trip
to Amache.
INTERIOR  DEPARTMENT  TAKES
OVER  WAR, ROOSEVELT  ORDERS
   President Roosevelt made
an announcement lednesday
night that he had ordered
the transfer of the WRA to
the Department of Interior
under Secretary Ickes, ac-
cording to the teletype re-
ceived by project Director
James G. Lindley, Thursday.
   The White House state-
ment said that WRA still
has "the responsibility
for the maintenance and
relocation of persons of
Japanese descent evacuated
from the pacific Coast ear-
ly in 1942."
   The President declared
that the transfer was de-
signed to simplify adminis-
tration and bring the au-
thority under supervision
of a cabinet officer. The
agency of which Dillon S.
Myer is director,was moved
in its entirety to the
jurisdiction of the In-
terior Department in accord-
ance with the President's
frequently announced be-
lief that the number of
independent agencies should,
when practicable,be reduced.
   According to reports,
President Roosevelt stated
that he "considered the
program of the WRA sound
in principle, and the work
already accomplished by
the agency highly satis-
factory."
LOCAL  WAR  STAMP
SALES  RACH $239
   The members of the Blue
Star Mothers organization
have sold $239 worth of
war stamps in the center's
Fourth War Loan drive, ac-
cording to Mrs. H.Yoshida,
secretary of the  club.
   Although the drive of-
ficially ended Tuesday,
sales of war stamps and
bonds will be continued
through the 29th of this
month.
SOLDIER  DISCHARGE
ALLOWANCE  AVAILABLE
   Mustering-out pay  for
honorably discharged ser-
vicemen,which was recently
enacted, is now available
by filling out necessary
application papers, stated
Walter J. Knodel, center
selective service officer,
Thursday. Local honorably
discharged ex-soldiers are
urged to contact Knodel
immediately to obtain in-
formation regarding their
rightful claims to the
government.
   The mustering-out bill
is retroactive and makes
all servicemen discharged
after Dec. 7, 1941, eligi-
ble for this allowance.
Hereafter, a soldier will
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WRA  STAFF BOND
DRIVE  NEARS  GOAL
   With 102 per cent of
its quota, the "Army" team
now leads in the WRA Fourth
War Loan Drive, according
to the Feb.15 report. The
"Navy" team has 94 per cent
of  its  quota.
   The staff has purchased
a total of $13,944.24 in
war bonds and stamps--98
per cent of its quota.  Pro-
ject Director James G.Lind-
ley states that with the
payroll-allotment bonds
for the last half of Febru-
ary, the staff is well over
its quota. A final report
will be made  Feb.   29.
2-DAY  VACATION
FOR  LOCAL  SCHOOLS
   In observance of George
Washington's birthday, the
Amache schools will be
closed Monday and Tuesday,
excepting the adult educa-
tion classes, according to
Herbert K. Walther and Dr.
Enoch Dumas, high school
and elementary school prin-
cipals   respectively.
   It was reported that
the two-day vacation was
made possible by the pre-
vious holidays having been
shortened.