Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 39

              AMACHE   TO  RECEIVE   500   JEROMITES  IN JUNE
   By agreeing to accept 500 Jerome residents when that relocation center closes
sometime in June,James G.Lindley,project director,assured himself of another "full
house" for Amache, according to latest information. This center's "quota" was set
at the recent project directors' conference in Washington DC.
   Rohwer relocation center will receive the largest contingent of Jeromites, some
2000 evacuees, while the remainder in all probability will be dispersed to Heart
Mountain, Topaz and Minidoka relocation   centers.
				Granada   PIONEER
Vol.   II,   No.  39         Saturday, March 18, 1944                           Amache, Colorado
TO  INTERVIEW
POSSIBLE  WORKERS
    In order to interview
workers  to fill vacancies
in the administrative staff,  
Henry F. Halliday,  assis- 
tant project director, left
for Denver Thursday morn-
ing, stated James G. Lind-
ley,project director, yes-
terday. 
    Accompanying Halliday
is Project Attorney Donald
Horn who has been assigned
to interview legal staff
employees for other relo-
cation centers.
SPANISH  CONSUL  CANNOT
ACT  IN  BEHALF  OF  NISEI
   Correcting a misunderstanding created by a state-
ment attributed to the Spanish Consul F. DeAmat that
American Citizens of Japanese descent were under “no
obligation" to serve in the US Army, the Spanish Em-
bassy and Consul DeAmat made declarations that they
had no authority to act on behalf of American citi-
zens. Spanish authorities stated that the protecting
power's (Spain)  duties concerned only the interest
of the Japanese nationals in the United States. Thus
repudiating DeAmat's statement made recently to va-
rious relocation centers in regards to military ser-
vice for nisei evacuees.
   Above information was released by E. J. Utz, acting
WRA director, from Wash-
ington to Project Director
James G. Lindley.
   In other words all ni-
sei of draftable age must
comply with the Selective
Service regulations and
all problems relating to
military service must be
dealt with US Army authori-
ties.  Any action taken on
information released without
the Selective Service sanc-
tion will not be acceptable.
FIVE  BLOCK  MANAGERS
    FAIL  TO  RETAIN  OFFICE
    The names of block managers who have been reappoint-
ed or selected to fill vacancies created by resigna-
tions or lack of vote of confidence by the residents
of the respective blocks were released by James G.
Lindley, project director, this week. Only five men
failed to regain offices, namely, Blocks 8F, 8G,
8K, 11F and 12E.
     Following are the names of the men who will serve
for the next twelve months or until their successors
are appointed:  
6E 	H.S. Takei
6F	H. Kumamoto
6G	M. Murotani
6H	J. Kayokata
7E	H. Aoki
7F	S. Tsumori
7G	H.S. Fujino
7H	N. Yamane
7K	R.Okubo
8E	J. Nakashima
8F	S. Sakamoto
8G	J. Andow
8K	S. Hayashi
9E	K. Takemura
9H	B. Kawashima
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EDUCATION  HEAD
WASHINGTON  BOUND
   Dr. Lloyd Garrison, su-
perintendent of education,
is scheduled to leave for
Washington DC, this morning
to attend a conference of
education directors slated
for Mar.20 to 25 inclusive.
   Programs for summer and
the coming school year are
expected  to be formulated
at this conclave.  Dr. Gar-
rison is expected to re-
turn to the project on Mar.
28.
40  YOUTHS  TAKE
ARMY-NAVY  TEST
   Forty draft-agers toiled
through the two-hour Army-
Navy-Qualifying test Wednes-
day morning at the high
school building, states
Miss Grace Lewis , vocation-
al advisor. Originally,
50 youths were scheduled
to take the test but the
missing members were reported
to have relocated since
their registration.
     Individual rating will
be mailed to each appli- 
cant  between April 15 and 
May 15 from the regional 
office at the Colorado 
State College of Education
in Greeley.    
YWCA  REGIONAL
CONFAB  SCHEDULED
FOR  AMACHE 
   The regional  one-day
YWCA confab, sponsored by
the local chapter, will be
held in Amache on April 1,
with delegates from Denver,
Colorado Springs, Pueblo,
and Rocky Ford districts,
according to Mrs.Brush Arai,
chairman, yesterday. The
central headquarters for
this conclave will be the
Hospitality house.
   Highlights of this all-
day conference are a tour
of the center, luncheon
in the various mess halls,
discussions, programs and
a farewell banquet.  A tre-
mendous turn out is anti-
cipated with the majority
of delegates  remaining over-
night to  attend  the church
services Sunday morning.