Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 45

              Granada   PIONEER
Vol.   II  No.   45      Saturday,  April, 8,1944           Amache,   Colorado
C.M.   FEATHERSTONE
ATTENDS  AMACHE’S 
CO-OP   CONFERENCE
    C. M. Featherstone of
the Washington Office of
Solicitors arrived here
last Saturday to attend
the Co-op conference, and
temporarily took over the
duties of Project Attorney
Horn, who is now in Heart
Mountain, Wyo.
    Featherstone has been
acting project attorney
for the Poston and Minidoka
relocation centers. He is
scheduled to return to
Washington today.
RELOCATORS   WARNED   TO   CARRY 
SUFFICIENT   IDENTIFICATION
   According to a notice received from Edwin G. Arnold
of the Washington WRA office, many evacuees are re-
locating without carrying sufficient identification
information, announces
Willis J.Hanson, assistant
relocation program officer.
    Japanese-American re-
locatees must realize the
importance of having proof
of both age and citizenship
Hanson stressed. Aliens
are well  identified with
alien registration cards,
although one case was re-
cently made known by the
Industrial Division of the
Children's Bureau where an
alien boy, under age and
unaccompanied by parents,
had applied for a work per-
mit and was unable to fur-
nish proof of his age. If
aliens, of which there are
very few under age, do go
out unaccompanied by parents ,
they should have some cer-
tificate or proof of age
and non-citizenship status.
   Inquiry among the re-
settlers indicates that WRA
form 137 (or 137a or 138)
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ARRANGEMENTS   FOR
COAL  UNDERWAY
   Arrangements are under-
way with the US engineers
in Fort Sam Houston, Tex.,
for contracts covering the
center's coal requirements
for the coming fiscal year,
according to Alton O.Mead,
procurement officer, this
week.
FISCHER  REVEALS   LATEST
FACTS   ON   EVACUEE   PROPERTY
   Evacuees who own properties in either southern
or northern California and are contemplating on selling
them should take advantage of the present high prices,
was the advice given this
week by Paul J. Fischer,
local evacuee property of-
ficer, who just returned
from a California trip.
   During the three weeks
he spent there, Fischer
consulted with WRA offIcials
in Sacramento,San Francisco
and Los Angeles  offices
besides inspecting and ap-
praising evacuee-owned real
estate in those areas.
   Wartime "boom" has made
the prices of all products
rise in those region s
sky high; in fact, some
products have no ceiling
prices, reported Fischer.
These high prices for pro-
ducts have forced, values
of real estate to rise
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FARMERS’  MESS MAY
RE-OPEN  NEXT WEEK
   The Keen farm mess hall,
which was originally sched-
uled to re-open yesterday,
was postponed due to an
unexpected    broken boiler,
it was disclosed by Roy Na-
katani, farm office manager.
Installation of a new boiler
is expected to be completed
within the next few days,
and the probable re-opening
date will be Tuesday or
Wednesday.
CHECK-CASHING
BOOTH MOVES
    The Co-op check-cashing
booth, which was located
next to the shoe repair
shop,has been moved to the
southeast end of the cloth-
ing department in the Co-op
building.
COUNCIL’S   11-POINT   REQUEST
NOW   UNDER  CONSIDERATION
   The Amache Community Council received a letter,
dated Mar. 31, from WRA Director Dillon S. Myer this
week concerning their Feb. 22, 11-point request for
restoration of nisei rights.  It reads as follows:
"Your recent letter to the Vice President has been
referred to the War Relocation Authority for acknow-
ledgement. Please be assured
that the points you raise
are receiving the consider-
ation of responsible of-
ficials of the government.
Their validity generally
is sound, but each of the
items you mention must be
weighed in relation to
many other factors in the
wartime situation, and the
opinions of many officials
with responsibilities for
various phases of the war
effort must be given con-
sideration. Hence, action
along the lines you suggest,
however justifiable, prob-
ably cannot be immediate."
OPPORTUNITIES   IN
SUMMER   CAMP   WORK
NOW   AVAILABLE
   Local welfare section
has received information
regarding work opportunities
in connection with summer
vacation camp activities
in the latter part of June
through August, state Jacob
Gerrild, counselor. The
camps are located in the
mountain region west of Den-
ver and anyone interested
in this type of work should
consult the welfare section
for further  details.