Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 50

              Granada    PIONEER
Vol.   II No.   50                                Wednesday,  April  26,1944                                    Amache, Colorado
RESIDENTS   CONTRIBUTE
$1,847   TO   RED  CROSS
   Local evacuee residents gallantly answered the call
of "the greatest mother on earth"--the Red Cross--and
contributed $1,847.45 in the recent 1944 Red Cross fund
drive sponsored by the Amache chapter.This information 
was released by  Shinshichi Fujino, chairman of the 
block managers' Red Cross fund drive committee.   
   Incidentally, this sum greatly surpassed 1943 drive
which netted $1,289.83.
   In a similar drive which ended Apr. 8,the appointed  
personnel staff raised $500.01 to make the grand total
for the center $2,347.46. Last year's combined  sum
was $1,840.
   Residents of Block 7G won the distinction  of con-
tributing the largest sum- $87.45, with 8K in the run-
ner-up spot with $76.25.  Blocks, 11F, 11H, 8g and 6H
all vied for third place,
each giving little over $71.
   The evacuee sum repre-
sents 1951 individual con-
tributions, of which 1703
were for memberships.
   Amache chapter's share
of the fund will be used
in fulfilling the varied
functions of the Red Cross
organization, such as:
    Communicating with re-
latives and prisoners-of-
war in foreign countries;
   Helping servicemen and
their families;
    Conducting first aid
and home nursing courses;
    And other equally im-
portant services.
   The Amache Red Cross unit
extends thanks to all cen-
ter people who gave so gen-
erously, and to block mana-
gers and the Silk Screen
shop for their untiring
efforts and cooperation
in making this year's cam-
paign a huge success.
GIVES   PROCEDURE
TO   ENTER  MARITIME
EMPLOYMENT
   Procedure  for clearing
nisei for maritime employ-
ment  in the Atlantic has
been completed by the Coast
Guard and application
blanks will be available
here soon, according to
teletype received by James
G. Lindley, project direc-
tor.  Inexperienced per-
sons under 26 years of age
will not be considered for
Atlantic shipping by the
Coast Guard or the War
Shipping Administration.
TRANSFEREES   FROM  JEROME
   TO  ARRIVE  HERE  JUNE 15
   Trainload of  trans-
ferees from Jerome reloca-
tion center is expected to
pull into Amache on or about
June 15,announces James G.
Lindley, project director,
who returned Sunday from
Denver after conferring
with Malcolm E. Pitts, as-
sistant WRA field director,
in that city.
   Lindley also stated that
the first contingent of
Amacheans bound for Tule
Lake in the third segrega-
tion movement will leave
here Friday, May 19. Ap-
proximately 100 local seg-
regees are listed, but the
exact number is yet to be
determined.
   Willis J. Hanson, as-
sistant relocation program
officer, accompanied Lind- 
ley on his two-day sojourn 
to the Mile High City.      
SEASONAL  LEAVES  ISSUED  ONLY
FOR   APPROVED  WFA  FARM WORK
Seasonal work for this year will be strictly re-
gulated by the War Foods Administration and will be
for farm work only, stated Mario Vecchio, relocation
advisor, yesterday.
   It will be under contract basis which places certain
obligations on the employer as well as the employee
for mutual protection. The contract will be signed be-
tween the WFA, known as the "Administrator, "and the
employee, known as the "worker." No changes will be
allowed subsequently unless approved by the WFA.
    In the  procedure a prospective employer applies
 to WFA for an approval to
hire a certain number of
seasonal workers, in which
he may list the name or
names of persons desired.
Or he may just specify the
number of workers needed.
If approved, then the WFA
either recruits the workers
or in the case of a relo-
cation center request the
local relocation officer
to do the recruiting.
   Some of the contract
agreements are as follows:
   Worker frozen to job ac-
cepted until end of con-
tract, unless released by
the WFA;
    Employer to pay for trans-
portation and subsistence
to and from center;
   Worker guaranteed 75 per
cent employment during
period of contract and will
be allowed $3 for each idle
working day. And the work
required  by the employer
must be approved by the
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GERRILD   ATTENDS
COUNSELOR   CONFAB
   Jacob Gerrild, counselor,
left here Friday to attend
an all-center counselors'
convention in Washington
DC, according to Sara A.
Brown,assistant counselor,
Monday.Gerrild is expected
to return next Wednesday
from the one-week confab.