Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 38

              MYER  REVERSES  STATEMENT  ON  VOTING RIGHT
NO  CHANGE  FROM  PRE-EVACUATION  STATUS
   A  late Saturday after-
noon teletype from Direc-
tor Dillon S. Myer sent to
Project Director James G.
Lindley's office carried
the following information
on Myer’s letter of reply
to the Amache Community
Council's 11-point petition:
   "Please notify Shiro
Abe, chairman of Community
Council,my letter of March
1, erroneous in advice on
right of relocation centers'
residents to vote in states
where located. Legal opin-
ion is the evacuees retain
legal residence in state
prior legal residence until
.new domicile acquired after
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   Granada  PIONEER
Vol.   II,   No.   38                 Wednesday,  March 16,   1944                Amache, Colorado
50  BOYS  EXPECTED
     TO   TAKE  TEST
   Fifty    Amache     youths,
between  the  ages   of  17  and     
22,   were  scheduled  to have
taken,    the  third Army-Navy
Qualifying test this morn-
ing at the high school, ac-
cording to Miss Grace Lewis,
vocational advisor,yester-
day.
   Those    passing the two-
hour examination will be
eligible to enter any col-
lege at government expense
to take the special train-
ing program to provide army
specialists and technicians.
At the same time , traineess
are to receive regular army
pay. Passing this two-hour
grind does not constitute
enlistment.
OUTSIDE  PRE-INDUCTEES
NO  LONGER  REQUIRED  TO  PAY
FOOD  AND  LODGING  ON  VISIT
   A new order has been issued to relocation centers
by Director  Dillon S. Myer, whereby an evacuee on
seasonal work leave or
indefinite leave who has
been accepted for army ser-
vice may visit his family
or friends without the cus-
tomary    payment    for     food
ordinary visitor, accord-
ing to Willis Hanson,assist-
ant relocation program
officer,   Monday.
   Such person may either
make an application to a
relocation officer prior
to     his     arrival     and  have
his     enry certified  upon
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MARUMOTO,OSHITA
REPORT  FOR  “EXAM”
   George Satoshi Marumoto
and Mitsuye Oshita, mem-
bers  of a group of five
Amacheans  who created na-
tional notoriety by their
refusal to report for pre-
induction physical examin-
ation, have changed their
minds and reported for their
army physical, according
to Walter J. Knodel, local
selective service officer,
Tuesday. They were duly
returned to this center to
await  further   orders. 
   They had been held,along
with three others, at En-
glewood Correctional In--
stitution, near Denver,
for grand jury action on
charges of  violating the
Selective Service Act.
There was no indication
that the other three would
follow suit and change their
minds.
PROWERS  DRAFT   BOARD  ORDERS
25  MORE  TO  REPORT  TODAY
   Twenty-five all-Amache youths registered with the
Prowers county local board no. 35 were scheduled to
have entrained from Lamar early this morning to take
their pre-induction physical examination at Denver,
stated  Walter J. Knodel, center selective service
officer. Five pre-inductees originally scheduled
for this trip were given extension, in order to take
the Army-Navy qualifying test. 
    Following  are the   names     
and    addresses   of     those
listed for the local board's     
second call:
   Hisamitsu Roy Murakami,
11F-5C(PIONEER staff); Roy
Morikawa, 11F-3C; Ted Teruo
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18  AMACHEANS
PASS  “PHYSICAL”
   The first official re-
port on the status of the
34 Arnacheans who took their
pre-induction physical
"exams" on Mar. 8 showed
that 18 fellows came thru
with flying colors with 11
rejected and five were held
for further observation,
according to Walter J.Kno-
del, selective service of-
ficer,   yesterday.
MUST  BE  INDUCTED  INTO  ARMY  FIRST
TO BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR  CAMP  SAVAGE
   Of  interest  to  those
eligible  and desirous of
entering Military  Intel-
ligence Service Language
School at Camp Savage is
the news received and re-
leased by Walter J.Knodel,
center selective service
officer, Monday, that fu-
ture applicant will not be
considered until he has
passed the Army physical
and. is duly inducted into
the Army.
   The following is the
text of the reply received
this week by Knodel from
Captain Paul F. Rusch,
director of personnel at
Camp Savage:
   We are selecting a group
of linguistically qualified
men of Japanese ancestry
for a class to be ordered
here in May. Men may apply
to us and after we have
determined their qualifica-
tions,we ask that they ad-
vise us of their Army Ser-
ial Number after induction.
We are then in a position
to request their transfer
for the May or other new
classes. Even though men
are linguistically qual-
ified, we will not request
them from now on until they
have passed the Army physi-
cal and are duly inducted
into the Army.