Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 47

              Granada   PIONEER
Vol. II No. 47                                        Saturday, April 15, 1944                                    Amache, Colorado
HORN  EXPECTED
TO  RETURN  MONDAY
   Donald T. Horn, project
attorney, who has been at 
Heart Mountain since Mar. 
23, is expected to return 
here by Monday morning,ac-
cording to James G.Lindley, 
project director. 
543  BID  FOR
PURCHASE  ORDERS
   Out of the 888 inquires'
sent to firms selling pro- 
ject needed materials, 543
have replied and shown de-
finite interest as bidders
for various orders,announced
Alton 0. Mead, procurement
officer, Thursday.
   These replies will be
used to compile a new mail
order list.
MUST  LIQUIDATE  OVERTIME
ACCUMULATED  UP  TO JAN. 1
   Orders from Washington will necessitate the liq-
quidation of compensatory time accumulated up to Jan.
1, 1944, by the end of the fiscal year, June 30, ac-
cording to T. Read Hanson, finance officer, Thursday.
   “Approximately 150,000 compensatory hours are still
recorded in our books, some of which have been trans- 
ferred here from Tule Lake and other relocation cen-
ters," Hanson stated.
   Draftees inducted into the US Army will receive their
overtime compensation in monthly pay installments until
paid in full. They are requested to advise the finance
office of their army addresses  and subsequent changes
in order that pay checks
can be properly mailed.
   At present, the various
division heads are busily
engaged in devising ways
and means so as to liquidate
the overtime hours by June 30.
UNCLE   SAM   CALLS
SEVEN  AMACHEANS
   Seven local youths left
Thursday morning for their
pre-induction Army physi-
cal examination in Denver,
according to Walter J.Kno-
del, Selective Service of-
ficer, yesterday.
   Those who were called
are Akira Buddy Saito, Roy
Morikawa, Tom Kaoru Kashi-
wagi,Kiyomi Hamamoto, Mar-
vin Etsuro Enomoto, George
Morishige and Sho Matsuoka.
PROCEDURE  FOR  ALIEN  PAROLEE
CUSTODY   RELEASE  OUTLINED
   Proper procedure to be
followed by an alien parolee
who. wishes to be freed of
his  status  as  a parolee
and to be released entirely 
from the custody of the
Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion service has been out-
lined by the solicitor In
a communication to the pro-
ject attorney,  according
to the Topaz Times.
   "The parolee should ad-
dress a letter to Edward J.
Ennis, director, enemy
control unit, Department
of Justice ,Washington, DC,
setting out the facts of
the case," it was noted.
   "The letter should say
why he wishes to terminate
his status as a parolee and
what factors justifies
making such a change and
all other information which
has bearing on his case.
   "If he can accompany
the letter with statements
or recommendations from
persons acquainted with
him it Is well for him to
do so. The latter may in-
clude letters from officials
of the centers."
PITTS  RETURNS  
FROM   WASHINGTON
   Malcom E . Pitts, WRA
field director, returned
from Washington DC to his
Denver office this week
after discussing matters
concerning the closing of
the Jerome relocation cen-
ter in June, according to
James G. Lindley, project
director.
LATEST  RULING  SHOWS  LEAVE
WITH  PAY  EFFECTIVE   FEB.  22
   Latest ruling from Washington WRA office, which
entitles center employed pre-inductees a maximum of
three days leave with pay,is retroactive to Feb. 22,
stated T. Read Hanson, finance officer, Thursday.
   Draftees going for actual induction into the Army
will not be eligible for leave with pay. However,
they may be re-inducted and re-employed upon being
placed on the reserve corps.
   Hanson further stated that February and March
pre-inductees, who had their pay deducted, will be
reimbursed with separate checks.
GROUP  LEAVES
FOR  CRYSTAL  CITY
   A group of six Amacheans
left Lamar early Thursday
morning for the Family In-
ternment Camp at Crystal
City, Texas, according to
Sarah A. Brown, assistant
counselor. Those in the
group were:   Mrs. Chika
Matsumoto; Mrs.Asao Okabe,
and children, George, Jim-
my, Masayuki and Takashi.
Miss Fisher of Crystal City,
who arrived at the center
Wednesday night,accompanied
the group.
20  MORE  PLACED
IN  RESERVE  CORPS
    Amache's second group
of 20 draftees who were in-
ducted into the US Army on
Apr. 10 have been placed
in the enlisted reserve
corps and have returned to
the center this week, an-
nounces Lewis FansIan,
leave officer. Including
the first group of induc-
tees who answered the draft
call on Mar. 27, Amache
has now a total of 40 draf-
tees in the reserves.