pacificcitizen.org€¦ · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY10, 1945...

8
PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL. 20; NO. 6 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY 10, 1945 Prce: Seven Cents War Depart ent Announces Naes of 47 Nse Klled, 13 Wounded n European Area WASHINGTON—Te WarDepartent ts wee dent- fed 47 A ercan solders of Japanese ancestry lled,13 wound- ed andtwo prsonersof war n teEuropean area, presuably on te Western Front. (In alltesecanes next of n aveprevously beennot- fed and avebeen ept nfored drectlybyte War Depart- ent of anycange nstatus. In case of dvergence betweents lst and nforaton sent to te next of n, te last War De- partent telegra or letterto te next of n s alwayste approprate fnal autorty on te status of a solder. Because of te te necessaryto cople tese lsts, nforaton slsted several wees after next of n ave beennotfed. Soe ofte casualtes lsted ave prevouslybeen reported n te Pacfc Ctzen troug nfor atonfro tenext of n or relocaton centers.) Te War Departent's announceent of casualtes ts wee nclude tefollowng: Klled nActon ARIZONA IZUMIZAKI, Pfc. Henry S—Mrs.Hoe F. Izu za, oter,Poston. HONDO, Pfc. Henry M.Yasau Kondo, fater,Rvers. NAGATO, Pfc. Fu tae—BunzoNagato, fater, Poston. OHAMA, Tec. Sgt. Abraa G.—Mrs. Hana Oaa, ot- , er, Poston. ARKANSAS TANAKA, Pfc. Ko—Mrs. SgeoTanaa, oter, Rower. YOSHIDA, Pfc. Mnoru M. Tosro Yos da, fater, Rower. " CALIFORNIA HAYASHI, Pfc.Torao—Mrs.YoneyoHayas, oter, Box 145,Perns. COLORADO OKADA, Pfc. Jon T.—Edwn M. O ada, broter, 1956 Broadway St., Denver. TABUCHI, Pfc. S geo—George 11.Tabuc , fater, Bloc 8,Aace. IDAHO KATO, Pfc Voso—Mrs. Hatsue S. Kato, oter, Hunt. NAKAMURA,Sgt. Ned. T.—Mrs. K o Naa ura, wfe, 17-3-E,Hunt. SAGAMI, Pvt. Yoe Saga , fater, Hunt. SATO, Pvt.S n—YosnosueSato,fater, Hunt. ILLINOIS KOKUBU, Cpl. J e T.—Mss Rose K. Koubu sster, 46East Oa St., C cago. UTAH ENDO,Pfc. RobertT.—Mrs. Kaeo Endo, oter, 147 Sout StateSt., Salt LaeCty. HARANO, Staff Sgt. JonY.—Sataro Harano, fater, Topaz. SHIGEMURA, Pfc. MasaoF.—Mrs. Kaye S ge ura, ot- er, Salt LaeCty. TABATA, Pvt.Teruo—NobuoTabata, broter,Topaz. WASHINGTON KANETOMI, Pvt. Jero—Tsucc Kaneto , fater, Rt.2, Box 250, Krland. WYOMING FUJIOKA,Pfc. Teruo—Mrs. Cyo Fuoa, oter,Heart Mountan. KENMOTSU, Cpl.Yasuo—E roKenotsu, fater, Heart Mountan. TERRITORY OF HAWAII AMAKAWA, Pfc. Nobuo—Mrs.Edt K. Mzutan, cousn, 563 Cooe St,Honolulu. AJITOMI, PfcToo Kaaro Ato, uncle,Laana, Mau. CHIBANA, Pfc. HenryM.—Matsude C.Hga, alf-broter, 2117Ka 4t Rd.,Honolulu. FUJITANI, 2ndLeut. RossX.—Mrs. MldredK yo Fu- tan, wfe, careof Box 550, Kealaeua, Hawa. FUKUBA,Pfc.S rgeo—EzaburoFuuba,fater, 8 Mles, OUa, Hawa. FUYUMURO, Pvt. S geto—Mtsuyo Yos ura, uncle, Waau, Oal. - IMAMURA, Pfc.Larry M.—Hro Ia ura,broter, Box 22,Keaa, Kaua. KATAYAMA, Pfc.Nortada Hroto Kataya a,broter, box511, Waluu, Mau. KURODA, StaffSgt. RobertT.—MLneso Danel Kuroda, broter, Aea, Oau. KUBOKAWA, Pfc JaesX.—Mrs. Ia Kuboawa, oter, 2010Algaraba St., Honolulu. MATSUMOTO,Sgt.Goro Sgeru Matsu oto,broter, 759-G Lanwa St., Honolulu. MATSUNAGA,Pvt. Kana e Kaoru Matsunaga,broter, 2707-H Kal St., Honolulu. MIYAGUCHI,Pfc. Masayu —Yasu Myaguc , broter, Pearl Cty, Oau. . OGATA, Pvt. Fred S.—Mss Fu oOgata, sster, Box529, r *a, MauL OKAMOTO, Pfc.Jaes T.—Mrs. Dasy M. Naano, oter, «ox 66, Hlo, Hawa. 1 ONAGA, PfcTaeyasu—DanT. Onaga,broter, Box 21, Maawao. Mau. . OSHIRO, Pfc. Sa Y.—Yasuu a Osro, fater, Box 578, r »a, Mau. SHIGETA, Pfc Hdeo—DeanS.S geta, broter, Paa, Mau. a V AGAMI, Pvt. Yoso—Mrs. Yosno Taga , oter, Box "I, Waawa, Oau. Ha TAKETA, Pvt. S geto—Goc Taeta,fater, Papaaloa, TANIMOTO, Sgt. Larry T.—Mrs. Fude Os a Tanoto. va\P 8 Naoea St.,Honolulu. oo O]t J a AM.ADA, Staff Sgt. Hdeo—Tec Ya ada, broter, Box 33. . YAMAOKA, Pfc. Tsutou—Mrs. Ku Ya aoa, oter, Mor t°n Papau, Hawa. w ./ASUHIRA,Pfc. Arata—Mrs. Matsue Yasura, oter, Wa'l«u, Mau. Sugar Cooes fro a Star PFC. MORRIS N. MIYASATO, awounded A ercan of Jap- anese ancestry fro Hawa,accepts a sugar cooe fro MADELEINE CARROLL, fl star wo gave up er career to go ntoRed Crosswor. Te potowastaenaboard a osptal tran evacuatngwounded solders fro te Western Front. Pfc. Myasatowas woundedwlefg tng asa e ber of te Japanese A ercanCobat Tea —New Yor T espoto. 4 Men FaceArson, Attepted Dyna tng C arges for Acts of Vandals on DoFar WatsonBroters ReleasedonBal; Two AWOL SoldersRean nPrson; Dstrct Attorney IndcatesTeen-age Grls Wll Not beProsecuted AUBURN,Calf. —JaesEdward Watson,38, and Claude Watson,35 arrested on cargesof partcpatngn acts of ter- rors aganst ter negbor, Suo Do, 26-year old Japanese A ercanfarer, were released on$10,000 bond eac on Feb. 4. bySerff Carles Slvaof Placer county. TwoAWOLsolders, Eler Jonson, 20, andAlvnJonson, 18,also cargedwt partcpatng n te acts of* vglants Eganst Do on tengts of Jan.17and 19, are reanng n al. Te four en were arragned beforeJustceoftePeace P.N. S t on Feb.3 and ter pre- l nary earng was set for Feb. 15 at 2 p. . At teprelnary earng, te nae of one defendant was cang- ed fro Carles P. Watson to Claude P. Watson. Meanw le, Dstrct Attorney Clarence E. Tndallof Placer county s contnung squest for evdence n tecase, wc broe wt draatc suddenness after te arrest of Eler Jonson and s confesson to Tndall pl- catng te tree oter en. It was ndcated tat te teen- age grls wo werereported to ave acco paned te Watsons and te Jonsonson ter ngt- rdng acts of volence aganst te far propertyofte Japa- nese Aercan fa ly would not be prosecuted. Sortlyafter te arrest of te Watson and Jonson broters, Dstrct AttorneyTndall, follow- ng a conference n Sacra ento1 wt Carles Jonson, actngat- torney general, announced ewll flearsonand attepteddynat- ngcarges agast te en. Prosecuton of te en wll be assstedby te State Attorney General's offce. Te Dstrct Attorney stated tat te en adtted n ter confesson tat ter frst rad on te Doranc was "ore or less a drunen party." "Tey scattered fve gallons of gasolnearound tesed and ten gnted t wt atces,"T dall stated. "Te next day wentey read n tepapers ter efforts toburn teplace faled teyde- cdedtey woulddo a betterob. "Tang nnestcs fro acase of dyna te tey adstolen, tey set teexplosve besdetesed, splt tefuse andlt t. Tefuse burned all rgt but burned out before settngoff tedynate." Tndall quotedoneof teWat- sonbrotersas sayng: "Do wastoo close to our prop- erty and we ddn't le te dea of ovngbac." Tedstrct attorney stated te vandals apparently wasnot te caseof anorganzed gang ntent on volence aganst returnng Japanese A ercans. "Neverteless," e sad, "ts case s serous. A great deal of da ageandpossble nury cculS ave resulted f te vandals acts of tscrowd were success- ful." Four Nse Vst Fars n Kent Area KENT,Was.—TeNews-Jour- nal reportedtat four Japanese A ercans returned onvsts to te Ke.nt arealast wee. TeyWere Carles Tos, H. Hoda, and TaroYos ara, for- er resdents of Kent,andTad Myata of Oaland, Calf. Nse Klled, FveHurt on WesternFront One A ercan solder of Japa- neseancestry was lled and fve oters wounded nacton on te Western Front, accordng to n- foraton recevedrecently fro te War Depart ent by next of n n te war relocatoncenters. Klled n Acton SGT. JAMES KARATSU, (Los Angeles), 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Unosue Karatsu, 10H-7E, Granada, lled nac- tononJan. 2. Wounded nActon PFC. ISAMUMANUBU NA- KAGAWA, (Bngen, Was.), son of Mr. and Mrs.SetaroNaa- gawa, 23-6-B, Heart Mountan, slgtlywounded n acton on Jan. 13 n France. Pfc.Naa- gawa. as twobroters n te ar ed forces, of wo one salso servngoverseas. PVT. MITSUYE OSHITA, 19, son of Mrs. Kasu Osta, 7G-BE, Granada, wounded n acton n FranceonDec.13. PVT. HIDEO YASUTAKE, 24, (Sebastopol, Calf.), sonof Ml.and Mrs.KaetaroYasu- tae, 11F-2F, Granada, wounded nacton on Jan. 3. PFC. TOM WATANABE,22, (Lndsay,Calf.), son ofMr. and Mrs.MasugoroWatanabe, 222-8-1!', Poston, slgtly wound- ed n acton on Jan. 16 n France. Anoter son, T/Sgt. Harvey,s n te Sout Pacfc. PFC. SHrGETSUGI MORI- MUNE,23,*(Watsonvlle, Cal- forna), son of. Mrs. Ta Mor- ue of 213-10-A, Poston, slgtly wounded n acton on Jan. 18 n France. Pfc.Mor- une as already beenawarded te Purple Heart for wounds re- cevedlast October. Abroter, Harry,was recentlycalled to actvedutyfro Poston. Doctor Quts Hosptal W c RefusedNse Dr. SeUg Sevn Was Meber of Jacson Par Staff for 17 Years CHICAGO—Dr. Selg A.Sevn resgned spost at te Jacson Par osptal onFeb. 6 nprotest over te refusal of te osptal to treat a19-year oldgrl of Japa- nese ancestry. Dr. Sevn, a eber of te osptal's staff for 17years, ap- pealed for areversal of te os- ptal's decsonnot toaccept te Nse fortreatent at a staff eetngonTuesday. Wen e- bers of testaff upeld te ac- ton of Supt.L. W.Hlton, Dr. Sevn subtted s resgnaton. Dr. Sevnreported tat e ad receved severaltelepone calls congratulatng on ,s acton. Meanwle, te Nse grl, Toy- oo Muraya adeclared tat te refusal of te JacsonPar osp- tal to accept er as a patent was te frst te suc atng ad appenedto er. Evacuee-Owned Land In San DegoArea EsceatedtoState SAN DIEGO,Calf.—Super- or Judge Joe L. Sell recently sgned fnal udg ent esceat- ng: to te State of Calforna 118 acres of land valued at $50,000 andallegedly ownedby Masato andSu Tanda, alens of Japanese ancestry. It ad1 beenalleged tat te Tandas ad eld te land troug subterfuge by deedng t to ter fve Aercan-born cldren. Dstrct Attorney Welan ad brougt sutaganst te Tan- das,cargng tat te Japa- nese ad volated Calforna's ant-alen land law. Te Tan- das, now resdents of te Poa- ton relocaton center, dd not contestte sut. (Contnued onpage2)

Transcript of pacificcitizen.org€¦ · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY10, 1945...

Page 1: pacificcitizen.org€¦ · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY10, 1945 Price:SevenCents WarDepartmentAnnounces Namesof47NiseiKilled, 13WoundedinEuropeanArea

PACIFIC CITIZENVOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY 10,1945 Pri ce:SevenCents

WarDepartmentAnnouncesNamesof47Nisei Killed,13Woundedi nEuropeanAreaWASHINGTON—Th e WarDepartmentth i sweek i denti -

fied47AmericansoldiersofJapaneseancestryk i lled,13wound-edandtwoprisonersofwarinth eEuropeanarea,presumablyonth eWesternFront.

(Inallth esecanes nextofk i n h avepreviouslybeennoti-fiedand h avebeen k epti nformeddirectlybyth eWarDepart-mentofanych ange i nstatus.Incaseofdivergencebetweenth i sli standi nformationsenttoth enextofk i n,th elastWarDe-partmenttelegram orlettertoth enextofk i n i salwaysth eappropriatefinalauth ori tyonth estatusofasoldier.Becauseofth etimenecessarytocompileth eselists,i nformation i sli stedseveralweek safternextofk i n h avebeennotifi ed.Someofth ecasualtiesli sted h avepreviouslybeenreported i nth e Pacifi cCi ti zenth rough i nformationfrom th enextofk i norrelocationcenters.)

Th e WarDepartment's announcementofcasualties th i sweek i ncludeth efollowing:

Killed i nActionARIZONA

IZUMIZAKI,Pfc.Henry S—Mrs.Homie F.Izumizak i ,moth er,Poston.HONDO,Pfc.HenryM.Yasak uKondo,fath er,Rivers.NAGATO,Pfc.Fumitak e—BunzoNagato,fath er,Poston.OHAMA,Tech .Sgt.Abrah amG.—Mrs.HanaOh ama,moth -,

er,Poston.ARKANSAS

TANAKA,Pfc.Ko—Mrs.Sh i gek oTanak a,moth er,Roh wer.YOSHIDA, Pfc. Minoru M.— Tosh i ro Yosh i da,fath er,

Roh wer. "CALIFORNIAHAYASHI,Pfc.Torao—Mrs.YoneyoHayash i ,moth er,Box145,Perk i ns.

COLORADOOKADA,Pfc.Joh nT.—Edwin M. Ok ada,broth er,1956

BroadwaySt.,Denver.TABUCHI,Pfc.Sh i geo—George 11.Tabuch i ,fath er,Block

8,Amach e.IDAHO

KATO,PfcVosh i o—Mrs.HatsueS.Kato,moth er,Hunt.NAKAMURA,Sgt.Ned.T.—Mrs.Kimi k oNak amura,wife,

17-3-E,Hunt.SAGAMI,Pvt.Yoh ei Sagami,fath er,Hunt.SATO,Pvt.Sh i n—Yosh i nosuk eSato,fath er,Hunt.

ILLINOISKOKUBU,Cpl.Jimmi e T.—Miss Rose K.Kok ubu sister,

46EastOak St.,Ch i cago.UTAH

ENDO,Pfc.RobertT.—Mrs.Kamek oEndo,moth er,147South StateSt.,SaltLak eCi ty.HARANO,StaffSgt.Joh nY.—SataroHarano,fath er,Topaz.SHIGEMURA,Pfc.MasaoF.—Mrs.KayeSh i gemura,moth -

er,SaltLak eCty.TABATA,Pvt.Teruo—NobuoTabata,broth er,Topaz.

WASHINGTONKANETOMI,Pvt.Jero—Tsuch i i ch i Kanetomi,fath er,Rt.2,

Box250,Kirk land.WYOMING

FUJIOKA,Pfc.Teruo—Mrs.Ch i yoFuj i ok a,moth er,HeartMountain.KENMOTSU,Cpl.Yasuo—Ei j i roKenmotsu,fath er,Heart

Mountain.TERRITORY OFHAWAII

AMAKAWA,Pfc.Nobuo—Mrs.Edith K.Mizutani,cousin,563Cook eSt,Honolulu.AJITOMI,PfcTok i o— KamaroAj i tomi ,uncle,Lah ai na,

Maui.CHIBANA,Pfc.HenryM.—Matsuh i deC.Higa,h alf-broth er,

2117Kam 4th Rd.,Honolulu.FUJITANI,2ndLi eut.RossX.—Mrs.MildredKimi yoFuj i -

tani,wife,careofBox550,Kealak ek ua,Hawai i .FUKUBA,Pfc.Sh rgeo—EizaburoFuk uba,fath er,8 Miles,

OUa,Hawai i .FUYUMURO,Pvt. Sh i geto—Mitsuk i yo Yosh i mura,uncle,

Waiau,Oah l. -IMAMURA,Pfc.LarryM.—Hirok i Imamura,broth er,Box22,Kek ah a,Kauai.KATAYAMA,Pfc.Noritada— HirotoKatayama,broth er,

box511,Wailuk u,Maui.KURODA,StaffSgt.RobertT.—MLneso DanielKuroda,

broth er,Ai ea,Oh au.KUBOKAWA,PfcJamesX.—Mrs.ImaKubok awa,moth er,2010AlgarabaSt.,Honolulu.MATSUMOTO,Sgt.Goro— Sh i geruMatsumoto,broth er,

759-G Laniwai i St.,Honolulu.MATSUNAGA,Pvt.Kaname— KaoruMatsunaga,broth er,

2707-HKali h i St.,Honolulu.MIYAGUCHI,Pfc.Masayuk i —Yasuj i Mi yaguch i ,broth er,PearlCity,Oah u..OGATA,Pvt.FredS.—MissFumi k oOgata,sister,Box529,r*ia,MauLOKAMOTO,Pfc.JamesT.—Mrs.DaisyM.Nak ano,moth er,«ox66,Hilo,Hawai i .

1ONAGA,PfcTak eyasu—DanT.Onaga,broth er,Box21,Mak awao.Maui..OSHIRO,Pfc.Sam Y.—Yasuk umaOsh i ro,fath er,Box578,r»ia,Maui.SHIGETA,PfcHideo—DeanS.Sh i geta,broth er,Paia,Maui.

i ai VAGAMI,Pvt.Yosh i o—Mrs.Yosh i noTagami,moth er,Box"I,Wah i awa,Oah u.HaTAKETA,Pvt.Sh i geto—Gok i ch i Tak eta,fath er,

Papaaloa,

TANIMOTO,Sgt.LarryT.—Mrs.Fude Osh i ma Tanimoto.va\P8 Namok i i eh aSt.,Honolulu. oo

O]itJaAM.ADA,StaffSgt.Hideo—Teich i Yamada,broth er,Box33..YAMAOKA,Pfc. Tsutomu—Mrs.Ki k uYamaok a,moth er,Moirt°nPapi k au,Hawai i .w./ASUHIRA,Pfc.Arata—Mrs.Matsue Yasuh i ra,moth er,Wa'l«k u,Maui.

SugarCook i esfrom aStar

PFC.MORRISN.MIYASATO,awoundedAmericanofJap-aneseancestryfrom Hawai i ,accepts asugarcook i e fromMADELEINECARROLL,film starwh ogaveup h ercareertogo i ntoRedCrosswork .Th eph otowastak enaboardah ospi taltrainevacuatingwounded soldiers from th e WesternFront.Pfc.Miyasatowaswoundedwh i lefigh ti ngasamemberofth eJapaneseAmericanCombatTeamj—NewYork Ti mesph oto.

4MenFaceArson,AttemptedDynamiti ngCh argesforActsofVandalismonDoi Farm

WatsonBroth ersReleasedonBail;TwoAWOLSoldiersRemain i nPrison;Distri ctAttorneyIndicatesTeen-ageGirlsWillNotbeProsecuted

AUBURN,Calif.—JamesEdwardWatson,38,andClaudeWatson,35arrestedonch argesofpartici pati ngi nactsofter-rorism againstth ei rneigh bor,SumioDoi,26-yearoldJapaneseAmericanfarmer,werereleasedon$10,000bondeach onFeb.4.bySh eri ffCh arlesSilvaofPlacercounty.TwoAWOLsoldiers,ElmerJoh nson,20,andAlvinJoh nson,

18,alsoch argedwith partici pati ng i nth eactsof*vigi lantismEigai nstDoi onth enigh tsofJan.17and19,areremaningi n j ai l.Th e fourmenwerearraigned

beforeJusticeofth ePeaceP.N.Smith onFeb.3 and th ei rpre-limi naryh eari ngwassetforFeb.15at2p.m.Atth eprelimi naryh eari ng,th e

nameofonedefendantwasch ang-ed from Ch arlesP. WatsontoClaudeP.Watson.Meanwh i le,Distri ctAttorneyClarence E. Tindallof Placercounty i scontinui ng h i squestforevidence i nth ecase,wh i ch brok ewith dramatic suddenness afterth earrestofElmerJoh nsonandh i s confession to Tindalli mpli -catingth eth reeoth ermen.Itwas i ndi catedth atth eteen-agegirlswh owerereportedtoh ave accompanied th e Watsonsandth eJoh nsonsonth ei rnigh t-ri di ng acts ofviolence againstth e farm propertyofth eJapa-neseAmericanfamilywouldnotbeprosecuted.Sh ortlyafterth earrestofth eWatson and Joh nson broth ers,Distri ctAttorneyTindall,follow-i ngaconference i nSacramento1with Ch arlesJoh nson,actingat-torneygeneral,announced h ewillfilearsonandattempteddynamit-i ngch argesagaistth emen.Prosecutionofth emenwillbeassistedby th eState AttorneyGeneral'soffice.Th e Distri ctAttorney statedth atth e men admitted i nth ei rconfessionth atth ei rfi rstraidonth eDoi ranch was"moreorlessadrunk enparty.""Th eyscatteredfivegallonsof

gasolinearoundth esh edandth eni gni ted i twi th match es,"Timdallstated."Th enextdaywh enth eyread i nth epapersth ei reffortstoburnth eplacefailedth eyde-ci dedth eywoulddoabetterj ob."Tak i ngninestick sfromacaseofdynamiteth eyh adstolen,th eysetth eexplosivebesideth esh ed,splitth efuseandliti t.Th efuseburnedallrigi h tbutburnedoutbeforesettingoffth edynamite."Tindallquotedoneofth eWat-

sonbroth ersassaying:"Doi wastooclosetoourprop-ertyandwedidn'tli k eth ei deaofh i m movi ngback ."Th edi stri ctattorneystatedth evandalismapparentlywasnotth ecaseofanorganizedgangi ntenton violence againstreturningJapaneseAmericans."Neverth eless,"h e said,"th i s

case i sseri ous.A greatdealofdamageandpossiblei nj urycculSh ave resulted i fth evandalismactsofth i scrowdweresuccess-ful."

FourNisei Vi si tFarmsi nKentArea

KENT,Wash .—Th eNews-Jour-nalreportedth atfour JapaneseAmericansreturnedonvisi ts toth eKe.ntarealastweek .Th eyWereCh arles Tosh i ,H.Hoida,andTaroYosh i h ara,for-merresidentsofKent,andTadMiyataofOak land,Calif.

Nisei Killed,FiveHurtonWesternFrontOneAmericansoldierofJapa-

neseancestrywas k i lledandfiveoth erswounded i nactiononth eWesternFront,accordingto in-formationreceivedrecentlyfromth eWarDepartmentbynextofk i n i nth ewarrelocationcenters.Killed i nActionSGT. JAMES KARATSU,(LosAngeles),19,sonofMr.and Mrs. Unosuk e Karatsu,10H-7E,Granada,k i lled i nac-tiononJan.2.Wounded i nActionPFC.ISAMUMANUBUNA-KAGAWA,(Bingen,Wash .),sonofMr.andMrs.SeitaroNak a-giawa,23-6-B,HeartMountain,sligh tlywounded i nactiononJan.13 i nFrance.Pfc.Nak a-gawa.h astwobroth ers i nth earmedforces,ofwh om onei salsoservingoverseas.PVT. MITSUYE OSHITA,19,sonofMrs.Kasumi Osh i ta,7G-BE, Granada, wounded i naction i nFranceonDec.13.PVT. HIDEO YASUTAKE,24,(Sebastopol,Calif.),sonofMil.andMrs.KametaroYasu-tak e,11F-2F,Granada,woundedi nactiononJan.3.PFC.TOM WATANABE,22,(Lindsay,Calif.),sonofMr.andMrs.MasugoroWatanabe,222-8-1!',Poston,sligh tlywound-ed i n actionon Jan.16 i nFrance. Anoth erson, T/Sgt.Harvey,i si nth eSouth Pacifi c.PFC.SHrGETSUGI MORI-MUNE,23,*(Watsonville,Cal-i forni a),sonof.Mrs.Tai Mori-muh e of213-10-A, Poston,sligh tlywounded i nactiononJan.18 i nFrance.Pfc.Mori-mune h asalreadybeenawardedth ePurpleHeartforwoundsre-ceivedlastOctober.Abroth er,Harry,wasrecentlycalled toactivedutyfrom Poston.

DoctorQuitsHospitalWh i chRefusedNiseiDr.SeUgSh evi nWasMemberofJack sonParkStafffor17Years

CHICAGO—Dr.SeligA.Sh evi nresigned h i spostatth eJack sonPark h ospi talonFeb.6i nprotestoverth erefusalofth eh ospi taltotreata19-yearoldgirlofJapa-neseancestry.Dr.Sh evi n,amemberofth eh ospi tal'sstafffor17years,ap-pealedforareversalofth e h os-pital'sdecisi onnottoacceptth eNi sei fortreatmentatastaffmeetingonTuesday.Wh enmem-bersofth estaffuph eldth eac-tionofSupt.L.W.Hilton,Dr.Sh evi nsubmitted h i sresignation.Dr.Sh evi nreportedth ath eh ad

received severalteleph onecallscongratulatingh i m on,h i saction.Meanwh i le,th eNisei girl,Toy-

ok oMurayamadeclaredth atth erefusalofth eJack sonPark h ospi -taltoaccepth erasapatientwasth efi rsttime such ath i ng h adh appenedto h er.

Evacuee-Owned LandInSanDiegoAreaEsch eatedtoStateSAN DIEGO,Calif.—Super-i orJudgeJoeL.Sh ellrecentlysignedfinalj udgmentesch eat-i ng:toth eStateofCalifornia118 acresofland valued at$50,000andallegedlyownedbyMasatoandSumi Tanida,aliensofJapaneseancestry.Ith ad1beenallegedth atth e

Tanidas h ad h eld th e landth rough subterfugebydeedingi ttoth ei rfiveAmerican-bornch i ldren.Di stri ctAttorneyWh elanh adbrough tsuitagainstth eTan-i das,ch argi ngth atth eJapa-nese h adviolatedCalifornia'santi-ali en landlaw.Th eTan-i das,nowresidentsofth ePoa-tonrelocation center,didnotcontestth esui t.

(Continuedonpage2)

Page 2: pacificcitizen.org€¦ · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY10, 1945 Price:SevenCents WarDepartmentAnnounces Namesof47NiseiKilled, 13WoundedinEuropeanArea

pah uyO i i uPfC> Matsuich i -Sh i "Ji Y«>gi.broth er,Box341,Wai-

PrisonersofWarInGermany

Kah ul?U£ui PfC-Hide°~RyUtar°Mizuk i'fath er-■«282,

Woundedi nActionoaa^ ARIZONA

Boxm dS: T-Y-h »aroSak ato,fath er,Rt.1niT»A t> . ARKANSAS

dressTnson:'-Geor ToraOura(lastWarDept.ad-„,,„,_ CALIFORNIA

LosAe'le'Sen-rS-AnitaSugi'wife'" ».tSt.,

HuntKIMURA> PfC> Mk h i °"-n"-Ki k uno Kimura,moth er,KATvrA»A«,« ILLINOIS

wifeaN4ZsA i t%Soemi-M-Harumi Xa

—"22ndXSAtrßafieC(?eek ami -sHla Kano'»«*<"«SouthBEPPTIT uTcERRITORY OFHAWAII

h ului EMauV:TCCh *'"Tada*-m»*Sh i zuk »BePP".sister,Ka-Waia'C'Hoilulu""SgtKoich i -Kamematsu Fuk uda,fath er,

132,STaua Miyak ado,broth er,Box

4215'W^TAove0ve.SjSonJoa,rHalVi n«"Mi yamKealak eSk ua°KAl W»« Sasaok a,fath er.Box 46,MCTcXfSu'AS:wTh faw?-1"11111681111-0 Yanagida«f*«"r,nJSSfIO,feflrti:Tok ui ch i Yanami--«-

160MainlandNisei SoldiersAwardedCombatInfantrymanBadgesonWesternFrontReplacementsTookParti nBitterVosgesFi gh ti ng

6THARMYGROUP,FRANCE—One h undredandsixtyAmeri-cansoldiersofJapanese-ances-tryfrom th econtinentalUnitedStates,wh orecently j oi nedth e442ndJapaneseAmericanCombatTeam, h ave been awardedth eCombatInfantryman's Badgeforsuperiorconduct i n actionagainstth eenemyi nFrance.Th esemen,wh oj oi nedth eCom-batTeamasreinforcements,tookparti nth ebi tterfigh ti ngi nth eVosges Mountains ofeasternFrancewith th eSeventh Army.Th eyalsotook parti nth edrama-ti crescue ofth e now famous"LostBattalion"ofWorldWarIInearBruyeres,France,i nlateOc-tober.Amongth esoldierswh owonth e

CombatInfantryman'sBadgeare:ARIZONA

Glendale:Pvt.GeorgeSak ato,Route2.Pvt.LloydSek i ,Route2.

COLORADOBrigh ton:Pvt.GeorgeMinobe,Route1.Denver:Sgt.Sam Terasak i ,425ClaytonStreet.Sgt.HenryInouye,122120th St.Pfc.Masami Inatsu,Route1.Pfc.Vi ctorHada,90718th St.Pfc. Tak ash i Masamori,1920LawrenceSt.Pvt. Willi am Fuj i ok a, 3651OsageSt.Pvt.PaulKosh i ,3629 W.Vir-gini aSt.Evans:Pvt.JamesOk umura.FortLupton:Pfc.Jack Sh i getori,Route2.GrandCanyon:S/Sgt.GeorgeT.Murak ami .

GrandJunction:Pvt.Yosh i h aruKitagawa.Greeley:Sgt. BobY.Tominaga,1204Fourth Street.Pfc.GeorgeKagoh ara,Route1.Pvt.MaxM.Ish i gura,Route2.Pueblo:Pvt.GeorgeM.Futumata.Rock yFord:Pvt.Atsush i Sugasawara.

Blanca:Pvt.FredI.Koztwa,Route 1.

Crowley:Pvt.TatsuoT.Hirok awa.

IDAHOBoise:Pfc.KiyotoMi k ami .Pfc.BabeTak eok a,1009Main

Street.Caldwell:Pfc.Frank Maenak a,Route4.Declo:Pfc.Rich ardMayeda,Route1.Nampa:Pfc.GoroKuroda,524 SixthAvenue.Pocatello:Pfc.Kiyosh i Murak ami ,534N.Fifth Street.Pfc.Hidosh i Yamada,Route1.Pfc.Arth urYamash i ta,Route1.Pfc.SamYok ota,145S.Fourth

Street.Pfc.Kiyosh i Morimoto,Route1.Rexburg:Pfc.AndrewSase,343S.Th i rdStreet.Pfc.TogoHi k i da,Route1.

ILLINOISCh i cago:PvtKenneth Kobuk ata,1026N.DearbornStreet.PvtJimh i yDoi,944 Leland

Avenue.Pvt. Joh n Kawak ami ,AnnexHotel.Pvt.Hiroi ch i Tak ah ash i ,2022S.Mich i ganAvenue.Pvt.Willi amM.Furuyama,5210Winth ropAvenue.Pvt.HubertE.Hattori,1927N.Sedgewick Street.Pvt.RobertCh i no,1443E.65th

Place.Pvt.SamS.Ozak i ,65W.MapleStreet.Pvt.SaburoKawamura,5026S.Black stoneAvenue.Rock ford:Cpl.Yosh i oB.Nak amura,1404NationalAvenue.Wh eaton:Pvt.GeorgeYamana,Route 1

INDIANAEvansville:Pvt.WalterOgura,926Welsel'sLane.

MICHIGANAnnArbor:Pvt Haj i meOta,117E.OakStreet.Pvt.KjngoKotak e,WenleeHall.wfr,Geor*c M- Nak ayama,WestQuadrangle.Pvt Hach i ro Kanow, WestQuadrangle. '

BattleCreek :Sgt.RobertYatabe,118S.22ndStreet.Detroit:Pvt.GeorgeS.Fuj i yama,2931Joh nR.Pvt.GeorgeFuruich i ,8335 E.Jefferson.Pvt.Harry F.Fuk i i da,3314Fenk ell.Pvt.KunioSh i mamoto,253E.Forrest.Pvt.Joh nS.Nish i moto,253E.Forrest.Pvt.JimmyM.Tsutsui,19190Greenawn.Pvt.TaroYamaura,YMGA.Pvt.Frank Tsurui,1931Laj h -

rop.Pvt.Tom Aooh i ,1537CenterStreet.Pvt.JunKojak u,MilnerHotel.Pvt.Ch arles Miyada,253 E.

ForrestAvenue.Saline:Sgt.Joseph Noda.

Zeeland:Pvt.Ak i tosh i Satow,59E.Cen-tralAvenue.

MINNESOTAMinneapolis:Pvt. Tom Utsunomiya,1017HarmonPlace.Pvt.GeorgeMatsuzak i ,88 N.

LyndaleAvenue.MISSOURI

KansasCity:Pvt. Isamu Sugimoto, 3319

Olive.MONTANA

Kremlin:Cpl.Eleventh E.Miya.Troy:Pfc.GeorgeKuwah ara.WolfPoint:Pfc.GrantKurok awa.

NEBRASKALincoln:Pvt.JoeJuj i moto.1500'P'St.

NEVEADALovelock :Pvt.HideoTak enak a.

Pioch e:Pvt.SamiruIk ari .

NEW MEXICOGallup:Pvt.NausiroMatsumoto,310N.Fifth Street.Pvt.Edward Sh i bata,304 W.WarrenAvenue.

NORTHDAKOTAMinot:Pvt. Clarence Sawamura, 18Fourth Street.

OHIOCinci nnati:Pvt.JoeS.Sugawara,890Glen-

woodAvenue.Geveland:Pvt.RoyMach i da.6211Detroit

Avenue.,Pyt- George Sek i guch i , 8412WadePark Avenue.Pvt.Sadamu Nak amura,6101

Hough Avenue.Pvt.MinoruMisak a,2368Eu-cli dHeigh tBlvd.Columbus:T, Arth urSak amoto,802 S.KellnerRoad.

OKLAHOMASh i dler:Pvt.Hirosh i Mash i no.

OREGONDee:Cpl.Kenneth K.Miyak e,728SW SecondAvenue.Cpl.GeorgeN.Kino&h i ta.Hilgard:S/Sgt.Kawich i Yamaaak i .Portland:Pvt.Rich ardS.Mayeda,4054VancouverAvenue.vrt'k .Geoe M-Hayash i ,2861NEUnionAvenue.Salem:T/Sgt.TomT.Oye,Doute2Vermonia:Pvt.Frank Tanizak i ,876Secondotreet.Westport:Pvt.MasaruSh i ozak i .*Nyssa:Pvt.Arch i sAtagi,Route2

TEXASElPaso:Pvt.RobertKondo,501 S.St.Vrain.Houston:

Auburn;

Ea\onv,Si OWatanabe'R°u*e3.Pfc.Jimmi eYamaguch iPvt.Ak i raSaito.Harrington:Pvt.TommyKubota.Kent:Pvt.NarutoKamo,Route2.£vth ei goSlumoyama,Route2.pbP;_,Y°ich i lamura,Ro«*e2.rortTounsend:PfcSmith Nak ano.Seattle:

TeSAe*YamagUcM'156Cpl.Mitsuyuk i Yonemura,8900nurdAvenue.

Pfc.HarryNomura,725N.88thStreet.Pfc.Roy Fuj i wara, 11918thAvenue.Pvt.Hisash i J.Muk amoto,519MaineStreet.Pvt.Yuk i oKuniyuk i ,1937Sev-enth Avenue.Pvt. George Y. Mi h ara,423Tenth Avenue.Pvt.Noboru Tak ah ash i , 1414Ki ngStreet.Pvt.Kiyosh i Kumak ua, 5131BallardAvenue.Spok ane:Pfc.Sam Matsuura,Route4.

Tacoma:Pfc.Masami Tok i ,1605S."X"Street.WallaWalla:Cpl.Th omas Ish i k awa,32 E.Walnut.Wapato:Cpl.Sh i gemi tsuSuyetani.Pfc.Sh i zuoNak ano.

WISCONSINMadison:Cpl.Ak i raR.Tok i ,Route4.Cpl.TogoI.Uch i da,1233Jeni-ferStreet.

WYOMINGKemmerer:PfcSh ui l-Ni ah i .Pfc.Jack Yosh i moto.Worland:Pfc.Ch arlesUj i fusa.

SanFranciscoCivi cUnityCouncilPledgesAidTowardResettlementofEvacueesSANFRANCISCO—Asth erec-

ognizedagencyforcommunityac-tiononrace relations i n SanFrancisco,th eCouncilforCivi cUnityrecentlypledgedi tsfullco-operationtoth e Government i neffectingth esuccessfulreadjust-mentofth eJapaneseAmericanpopulationi nth i scity.Th eCoun-ci lh asappointedaspecialCom-mi tteeonth eproblem,i ncludingrepresentationofth evariouscom-munity organizati onswh i ch areconcernedandcanh elp.Inappointi ng th e committee,composedofMrs.Joseph i neDu-veneck ,ch ai rman,Mrs. RobertMcWilli ams,Mrs.Sarah leeLangs-troth andDr.Hugh bertLandram,Ch ai rmanHaroldJ.Boydsaid."Youmaybeassuredth atth e

Council, i ts i ndi vi dualmembersandcooperatingagencies,wi lldoeveryth i ngpossibletoassureani ntelligentandfai rsolutionofth elocalproblem."AtaCommitteemeetingyester-dayi nth eofficesofth eCouncil,anumberofdetailsregardingth espeedand volume ofreturningevacuees, employment, h ousi ngandwelfarewerediscussed.Ac-ti on and clear defini ti on were

postponeduntilth emeetingnextweek ,excepti n th ematterofh ousi ng. Onth i spointth ecom-mitteefeltth atth ei mmediateur-gencyofadequateprovisi onforagroupofpeoplewh i ch i sbeingforcedtoreturnbyth eclosingofth eCentersandforwh omnopro-vi si on i sbeingmade.Th e Com-mitteesentalettertoeach gov-ernmentagencyandoffici alcon-cernedurgingi mmedi ateactioni nth i semergency.Th i sletterh adth eapprovalofth e Board ofDirectorsofth eCouncil. Incommentingonth eaction tak en,Mrs. Duveneck ,ch ai rmanofth ecommittee said."Inviewofth ealreadyi nad-

equate h ousi ngsituation i nth eBayarea,th ereturnofth eevac-ueesatth epresenttimewouldaddtoam alreadyfertilesourceofcommunitytensions,racialandoth erwi se.Anefforttoforceth eabsorptionofasubstantialnum-berofevacuees i nash orttime,with outadequate planning andprovisi on,couldwellbedisastrous.Wh ati stooevidentlya h ousi ngproblemcanwellbetransformedi ntoaracialproblem.Wh atweneedi sarecogniti ononth epartofth eFederalGovernmentofitsresponsibi li tyi nprovidi ng h ous-i ngforreturningevacueesi nth esamewayth ati tprovidesh ousi ngfori ncomi ngwarwork ers."

WoundedSoldierHomeonFurlough

MONTPELIER,Idah o— StaffSgt.Frank Sak amoto,sonofCarlH.Sak amoto ofMontpelier,re-turned h omelastweek ona30--dayconvalescentfurlough fromO'Reilly General Hospital i nSpringfi eld,Mo.Hereceivedfacialwoundsfrommortarsh rapnelonOct.30wh enh i sunit,th eJapaneseAmericanCombatTeam,wasadvancingtorescue th e"lostbattalion"nearBruyeres,France.

JapaneseAmericanEnlistsforMariti meTraini ngRIVERS,Ariz.—"lcanth i nk ofnobettertimeth anth eth i rdan-niversaryofth ebombingofPearlHarbortooffermyservicestoth ecountryofmybirth ,"saidTak atoTedUyenoofBostonuponenlist-i nj ri nth eU.S.MartimeService.

Nisei NurseBack atPostInNorth westSupervisorDeniesReportofProtestAgainstEvacuee

SEATTLE, Wash .— Maiak oTak ayoah i ,aNisei nurse,wtuj.Edtoh erpositi onas supenfo-ofsurgicalnursingservice ich argeofpostoperativecar*«KingCountyh ospi tallastweek .(Th eSeattleStarreported onFeb.6th atMrs,JanetKorntoSsuperintendentofnursesatHi£borview h ospi tal declared*tintth erei snofoundationtoreport!th ath ospi talnursesaregfttJuupapetiti onofprotesttfaiutth e h i ri ngofMasak oTak ayodiJapaneseAmericannursewljoj t!turnedto th e h ospi talreeenfltReportsofth epetiti onappearedi na SeattleHearstnewspaper.Anoth ersource i ndi cated,h ot-ever,th atsomenursesmayjutftplannedapetiti onbutfcnafi h ejh adwith drawni twh enth eycouldnotgeta majori tyof th e85nursesatth e h ospi taltosigni t"MissTak ayosh i i sdoingagoodj ob,andwillremain h ere,"Mn.Korngoldsaid.Atth emeetir*ofth eKingcountyboardofcommis-si onersaletterfrom th eRemem-berPearlHarborLeagueprotert-i ngth e reh i ri ngofMissTak a-yoah i wasread,andreferredtoth eboardoftrusteesofth eh os-pital.)MissTak ayosh i h asbeenattach -

edtoa h ospi tali nDenversinceth eevacuationofpersonsofJap-anese ancestryfrom th e WestCoast.Agraduateofth eUniversityofWash i ngton,sh ereturnedtoth eKingCountyh ospi talatth ere-questofth euniversity'sSch oolofNursing."Mostof h erfellow nuraei

freeted h erwarmly."th ePort-ntelligencerreported,"butth erewasarebellionamongsome,wh ocirculated a petiti onprotestingMissTak ayosh i 'semploymentatth e h ospi tal."JanetKorngold,superintendentofnurses,declared,h owever,th atsh e h adreceivedno petiti onofprotest.

CBIVeteranRapsReportedProtestsAgainstNisei Nurse

SEATTLE—Th eTimesreport-edonFeb.4th atStaffSgt.Ar-ch i eBolon,aveteranof33month si nth eCh i na-Burma-Indiath eater,wh ofough tside-by-sidewith twJapaneseAmericansoldiers,spok eh i smi ndaboutwh ath econsider!"unfair"treatmentbysomei rawwatKi ngCounty'sHarborview h otpitalofMasak oTak ayosh i ,w»h asreturnedtoth e h ospi talMtraini ngsupervisor.Sgt.Bolonreferredtoapeti-tionallegedlycirculatedatth eIK*Pita'- , v"Ifalotofth esepeoplewW

aresowilli ngtocriti ci zeAirWn-canJapanesecouldseeth emfignti ngonour side,th ey'd eh «««th ei rmi ndsi nah urry,"h esai d.Sgt.Bolonwaswith th eflrrtair-borneanti-ai rcraftunittoar-rive i nth eFarEast.In h i erbtttalionweretwoJapaneseAmer-i cans forwh om Bolon h a*"greatdealofrespect.""Nodiscri mi nati onofanyWw

waseversh ownbyanyoneoverth ere,"th esergeantrecalled. »«us.th esetwomenwere j ustAm-ericans....andverygood"»■ch i ne-gunners,too."Sgt.Bolonwas i nth elogptf

businessnearTacomabeforeenteringth e Armysix daysanwPearlHarbor.

OregonBerryGroupOpposesReturnofEvacueeFarmersFORESTGROVE,Ore-W»*i ngton courtty berry gloech oi ngth estandtak enby«°°"Rivervalleyapplegrowers,«Jonrecordth i sweek oppos'?*«?sellingorleasingofland i nw.area toreturning evacueesJapaneseancestry. .j.,Th e AssociatedPressreport*th atabout76growersa-PJ*boycottanycannerleasing i *"eith erto American citi zen*aliensofJapaneseancestry. .Itwasch argedth atPo?**!.JapaneseancestryUndersoldcw»

petitors.

WarDepartmentAnnouncesNamesofNisei Wounded

(Continuedfrom page 1)

PACIFICCITIZENSaturday,February i o,19462

Page 3: pacificcitizen.org€¦ · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY10, 1945 Price:SevenCents WarDepartmentAnnounces Namesof47NiseiKilled, 13WoundedinEuropeanArea

Nisei GIsLeadTwinCiti esLeague

FORTSNELLING ALL-STARS-Frontrow,lefttorigh t:"»M, 7Ck H.ayaBh l-AsBlst-coach ;Sgt.JonMatsuo,Assist,coach andbusinessmanager.Seated:Pfc.Sh i geruFuk uyama,center;T/5Joh nLeddy,guard;Pfc.WatMisak a,forward;PfcKenj i Hosok awa,guard;Pfc.Joh nOsh i da,forward.Back row,standing:WarrantOfficerSalJio,coach ;Cpl.Ch eek Matsuospecialservicerepresentative;Pfc.Frank Katsuyama,forward;t>«

HaroldNoguch i ,guard;Pfc.Masaru Nish i bayash i ,center;r/5MerleGulick ,guard;Pfc Joh nnyOk amoto,forward; PfcFrank Kuramoto,guard,and MajorFredB.Keller,BattalionCommander.—ArmySignalCorpsph oto.

WyomingBillBansEvacueeFish PermitsHunting,Fish i nglicensesWouldBeDeniedbyNewLaw

CHEYENNE,Wyo.— AbilltopreventpersonsofJapanesean-cestry wh o h ave resettled i nWyomingbecauseofth ewarfromobtaini ngh unti ngandfish i nglic-ensesorpermitswasapprovedforpassagebyth eWyomingHouseofRepresentativesonFeb.1.Th ebillwasspecifi callyaimedatresidentsofth eWarReoca-ti onAuth ori ty'sHeartMountaincenteri nPark countywh i ch i snewsomeofth ebestfish i ngandh unti ngareasi nth estate.Th ebillprovidesth atanyper-sonsbrough ti ntoth estatebyth eWRAunderanationalemer-gencyproclaimedbyth epresidenti snotentitledtoalicenseorapermituntilCongTessterminates|Sicemergencyorapersonqual-i fi esoth erwi se.In 1943th eWyominglegisla-turepassedabilldenyingevac-uees ofJapaneseancestry th erigh ttovote i nth estate. Th ewaywaspassedonth estandth atevacueeswere notresidents ofWyomingbutwereciti zensofth estatesfrom wh i ch th ey h adbeenevacuatedandcouldvotebyab-senteeballot.

FindRitesHeldatTopazforPioneerEpiscopalMi ni sterTOPAZ,Utah —Lastriteswereh eldth i sweek forth eRev.Hisa-yosti i BarnabueTerasawa,88,firstepiscopalian mini sterto be or-

fled i n Japan,wh odi ed h ereHebecameamini steri n 1887?".wasapastorofth eOsak a♦Vl,/cnurch - SincecomingtoweUnitedStates,h e waspastor«th eWimteraburgandSanFran-cisco JapanesePresbyterianch urch es.In1937 h efoundedth eaanFranciscoEpiscopalch urch .Hei ssurvivedbyfivech i ldren.

BlindNisei HeroCompletesSeeing-EyeSch oolCourse.NEWARK,N.J.— Pfc.Yosh -"*">Omiya,blind H#wai i an-bornNisei h eroofth eItaliancam-Pa»en,willsoongraduatefromth e««igEyesch oolwith h i sdog,g*»»y,accordingtoEdwardCyanrelocatioi i officeri nNew-Hil"""Panywith h i ssecretary,ET",Tfutsumi,Bermanrecent--4rlunch edwith Pfc.Omiyaatth eN?\?ye i nMorriston,«"J.Th ereth eylearnedth ateachJ"*!Personandh i sSeeingEye""« go th rough a four-week

course ofstudyatth eInstitutebeforegoingouti ntoth eworldtogeth er. ."Isn'tAudreyasissynameforabigdog li k e th at?"Berman

"Well,sh e'sagirl,"Pfc.Omiyareplied,andexplainedth atth eIn-stitute'sexperience.h ad provedth atfemaledogsweremorere-sponsiblei nguidi ngth ei rmasters.Pfc. Omiya served with th e

100th InfantryBattalionandlosth i seyesigh tduringth ecrossingofth eVolturnoRiveri nItalyonOct.13,1943.

FortSnellingCagersEnter7th ServiceCommandMeet

ByPvt.PeterOh tak i

WatMisak a,FormerUtah UniversityStar,CaptainsGITeam

FORTSNELLING, Minn.—Th eFortSwellingAll-SUrs,coach edbyWarrantOfficerSal Jio ofSanJose,California, h averunuparecordofeigh tconsecutivevic-tori es i nth eTwin i Cdti esarea,k nock i ngoversomeofth etough -estoutfits i nth i s region, Th eteam i snow i nundi sputedfirstplacei nth eNationalDivi si onofth e Minneapolis Park BoardLeagueandi salsoenteredi nth eSeventh ServiceCommandArmyBask etballtournamentwh i ch willh old i tsfinals i nOmah a nextMarch 16and17.Th eex-collegiatesoldiers,ma-j ori tyofth emAmericanJapanesestationedatth epost,h avealreadyk nock edoverth ei rfirstcontend-ers i nth etourney, th e strongSch i ck General,Hospitalteam,anarmyoutfitfrom Clinton,lowaatth eNavalAirStationgym57--43lastTuesday(Jan.30).Th eAll-Starsareth eonlyarmyteamrepresentedfrom th i sstatei nth eService Commandtourna-ment.Th etourneywilli nclude27teamswi th army camp outfitsfrom Wyoming,Colorado,Nebra-sk a,Mi ssouri,KansasandMinne-sotabeingentered.Th eoutfittrouncedMacallisterCollegelastSaturday58-37(Jan.27)and willtak e on th e St.Mary'sCollegequintetth i sWed-nesday(Feb.7)atWinona.Inth ePark cageleague,th eyh avede-featedth eruggedRuffBros.46--35andh avek nock edoverth eNav-alFlyerstwice.Th eboysarenow

gunningforach ancewith Ham-lineUniversityi nth enearfuture.Th eSnellingrosteri ncludes:Pfc.WataruMisak a,ambidext-

rousforwardand team captain,wh owasonth e University ofUtah outfitwh i ch bagged th eNCAA ch ampi onsh i p lastyear.Wati sn'ttall,barelyfivefeetsix,butspeedyanddeadlyonh i sone-h andpush sh ot,equallyeffectivewith eith erh and.He scored 24pointsagainstth e Sch i ck armyteam lastweek .Pfc.Joh nnyOsh i da,th eoth erstartingforward,played on th eAugsburgCollegeteam h ere i nth ecitylastyearandi salsoth eh i gh scorerofth eteam.Tec5Joh nLeddy,wh oplays

guardandcenteronth eteam,i sanex-Stanford University manback onth ePacifi cCoast.He'ssmooth andfastand addsmuchh ei gh ttoth eteam.Leddy h ai lsfromSanFrancisco.Alsoonth e rosterare Pfc'sJoh nny Ok amoto,forward andMasaruNish i bayash i from Holly-wood,California,wh osawcollegecompetiti onwi th th e Cinci nnatiUniversity h oopteam lastyear.Ok amotoh ai lsfromSeattlewh ereh e wasch osenonth ecity h i ghsch oolall-city team and laterplayedforKansas Ci tyCollege.From Ch i cago'sDePaul Univer-sityh oopteam i s Tec 5MerleGulick ,reserveguardonth eteam.Playingfortop-notch AmericanJapaneseleagues on th e WestCoastwere Sh i geru Fuk uyama,startingcenterandKenj i Hoso-k awa,startingguard,Frank Kat-suyama,forward,Frank Kuramo-to,guard,andHaroldNoguch i ,al-so guard.Th emanagerofth e outfiti sSgt.JonMatsuo,ath leti cleaderfrom Hawai i andswimmeronth eUniversityofWash i ngton swim-mingteam.

Th ri ce-WoundedSoldierVisi tsRelativesatPostonPOSTON,Ariz.— S/Sgt.MmMurak ami ofMaui,Hawai i ,wh owaswoundedth reetimesonth eEuropeanfront,wasarecentvis-i toratth ePostonrelocationcen-ter,th eguestofh i suncle andaunt,Mr.and Mrs.Sh i geoFuj i -motoof350-2-B.S/Sgt.Murak ami wentoverseasi nSeptember,1943,andwasfirstwoundedi nDecemberofth atyearatCori,Italy.OnJuly9,1944,h ereceivedsh rapnelwoundsatLeg-h orn,Italy,andonOct.17,nearth eoutsk i rts1ofBruyeres,France,h ewaswoundedi nth efacebyash ellfragment.

HoodRiverPostDefiesNationalLegionCommander;RefusestoReplaceNamesofNisei Soldiers

Sch ei berling'sRecommendationIgnoredbyOregonGroup;NewspaperAdsUtili zedtoCarryViewsToPeopleofArea;RestorationDeemed"Inadvisable"

HOODRIVER,Ore.—Th eHoodRi verpostofth eAmericanLegiondefiedth enationalLegioncommanderonFeb.5byre-fusingtorestoreto i tswarh onorroH th enamesofAmericansoldersofJapaneseancestryfrom th eHoodRi vervalley.Ignoringarecommendation from EdwardN.Sch ei berling,

nationalcommander,th eHood Ri verposti ssued a statementsaying:"HoodRiverAmericanLegionPostNo.22deems i ti nad-

vi sableatth i sti metotak eanyactiononrestorationofJapaneseAmerican namestoth ecounty'sserviceroll."Th epost h adexpungedfrom

th erollth enamesof16 Japa-nese Americans on th egroundsth atth eseAmericansoldiersowedloyaltytoth eJapaneseemperor.Th eactionbrough tanation-widewaye ofprotestfrom religi ousandli beralgroupsandfrommanypostsofth eAmericanLegion.lOommanderSch ei berlingh adre-questedth eposttorestore th enamesof15ofth e 16JapaneseAmericanswh i ch h adbeenerasedfrom th ecountywarmemorial.Inadditi on,moreth an30 oth erJapanese Americans from th eHoodRiverareaarereportedtobe i nth eservicebutth ei rnamesh ave neverbeen listed on th eh onorroll.Oneofth enamesremovedwasth atofaJapaneseAmericanwh owasawardedaBronze Starforbraveryi nactiononth eWesternFront.Aseriesoffull-pagenewspaper

ads h avebeenpublish ed i nth epastseveralweek s i nth e HoodRiverNewsand th eHoodRiverSun,callingforcivi c action topreventth ereturn ofJapaneseAmericanstoth evalley.Namessignedtoa petiti onprotestingth ereturnofJapaneseAmericansarebeingpublish ed i nth enews-papers.HoodRiverLegionoffici alsare

alsoreportedtobeco-operatingwi th anti-e,vacueegroups i noth erparts ofOregon and westernWash i ngton.

Anti-EvacueeActsDisgustGIsi nFranceMARSEILLES,Prance— Th eStarsandStripes,dailynews-

Paperofth eU.S.armedforcesi nth eEuropeanth eater,report-ed on Jan.5 th atAmericantroopsallalong th e SeventhArmyfront"werebitch i ngloudandlongaboutanannouncement<>fth eHoodRi verAmericanLe-gionposttellingallAmericansofJapaneseancestryth atth eyarenotwantedi nHoodRiverCounty,Ore."Ralph G.Martin,staffcor-

respondentofStarsandStripes,quotedaGIonth eHoodRi verLegion'saction:"Th oseLegionpeopleAugh ttosellth ei rpropertyandgivei ttoth eseNisei .Th eydeservei tmore.Ifth eseJapaneseAmeri-cansaregoodenough todieforth ei rcountry,th eyough ttobegoodenough tolivei ni t."Anoth ersoldiersaid:"Peopleback h omeough tto

k now th ati fi twasn'tforth eNisei ,alotofth ei rsonswouldbe deadnow.Th eysavedourlives."

ProductionFiguresListedforTopazAgriculturalProjectTOPAZ,Utah —JapaneseAmer-i cansandJapanesenationalsre-sidi ngatth eCentralUtah relo-cationcenteratTopaz made alarge h ome-frontcontributi ontoth ewarefforti nagriculturalpro-ductioni n1944,accordingtoth eannualreportofth eproject'sag-ri culturalsection.From th epooralk ali soi lofth eSevierdesertth ey h arvested755,062poundsofvegetablesval-uedatmoreth an$30,000;500,256poundsofgrainwh eat,barleyandoatsvaluedat$11,220,and 340tonsofh ay.Th eyraised9,000ch i ck ens,534pigs,321turk eysand37calves.Atotalof27,954dozeneggswereproducedonth eprojectch i ck enfarm.Inadditi on,1640h ogswereraisedfromfeedersandslaugh t-eredformeatvaluedat$53,773.Beefvaluedat$86,797wasob-tai nedfrom 1,046 cattle raisedfrom feeders.

Fifth Ish i daSonLeavesforArmyMADISON,Wis.— With four

broth ersalreadyoverseas,oneofwh omwasrecentlywoundedi nac-ti on,Moch i uIsh i da,sonofMr.andMrs.A.S.Ish i daofMenloPark ,California,andCentralUtah ,leftMadisononFebruary1forFortSh eri dan,ILlinoi s,toreportforactiveduty.Oth erNi sei reportingatFort

Sh eri danth esamedaywereJoeKubota,Madison,andPatY.Mu-rosak i ,Milwauk ee.Kubota,wh oseparentsreside i nth eGi laRiverproject,wasagraduate studentatth eUniversityofWisconsin.Pri ortoth eevacuation,h elivedi nStock ton,California,Murosak i ,formerlyofFresno,i sth esonofMr.andMrs.M.Momose,7G-3F,Granada.

Vest-Pock etNi sei WACJoinsPh armacyStaffofArmyHospitalLOUSIVILLE,Ky.—Th e ph ar-macyatNich olsGeneralHospitalgoti tselffourfeet,teni nch esofpestle-and-mortareffici ency lastweek i nth eformofalmond-eyedPvt.Kumi Matsuaak i ,th e Cour-i er-JournalreportedonJan.28.Th eNi sei WAC Wasgraduatedfrom h i gh sch oolatLasCruces,N.M.,wh ereh erparentsstilllive,andreceivedadegreei nph arma-ceuticalsciencefrom th eUniver-sityofColoradoi n1940."Iwantedtobeadoctor,buti twastoolongandcostlyaprop-ositi on,"sh etold AgnesSnyderofth eCourier-Journal."SoIset-tledforph armacyandwork edmywayth rough collegeasawaitressandtypistonth ecampus."GraduatingfromColorado sh e

founda j obatBeth -Elh ospi tali nColorado Springs,Colo.,andlat-eratSt.Luk e'sh ospi tali nDen-ver.Oneofth eCi vi lServiceem-ployeesatNich olsi sa man'towh omsh etaugh tspeciali zedh os-pitalph armacy wh i le atSt.Luk e's.Alth ough h ervest-pock etsize

wasagainsth er,th eWacs,eagerforexperiencedtech ni ci ans, pro-videdamini mum h ei gh twaiverandinductedh erlastfall.Sh ear-rivedatNich ols i nJanuaryfol-lowingth ecompletionofh erbasictraini ng-atFortDcsMoines."Iwaaalreadyaccustomedto

h andlingwartimePh armaceuticalsli k epenici lli nand sulfa deriva-tives;th eywere i nuse atSt.Luk e's.Buti t'ssometh i ngnewtobecompounding and dispensingdrugsi nbulk ,notby prescrip-tion,"Itwasatth esuggestionofh erfath er,wh ocamefromJapanal-most50yearsago,th atsh econ-sideredgoing'i ntomili taryser-vice,Pvt.Matsuzak i said."He'ssuch astaunch patriotth ath ewasactuallyunh appyoverh avi ngnosonstolendtoth ewareffort,"sh esai d.Twoofh erbroth ers-in-law,bothNisei ,areaprivatei nth e i nfan-tryi nFranceandafirstlieuten-antinth eArmy'sSanitarySer-vi ceCorps i nNew Guinea.An-oth er,wounded i nItaly,i sbacki nth eU.S.

PACIFICCITIZENSaturday,February10,1945

3

Page 4: pacificcitizen.org€¦ · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY10, 1945 Price:SevenCents WarDepartmentAnnounces Namesof47NiseiKilled, 13WoundedinEuropeanArea

EDITORIALS:Nisei i nAgricultureAsCalifornia'sGovernorWarrenpointed

outrecentlyth egreatmajori tyofth epeopleofth eWestCoasth ave tak en with goodgraceth eArmy'saction i nrescindi ngth eexclusionordersagainstpersonsofJapaneseancestry.Returningevacuees,i nmostcases,are beingwelcomedback by th ei rneigh -bora.However,despiteth esplendidattitudeofth evastmajori tyanti-evacueemovementsare beingfostered i ncertain WestCoastcommuniti es.Nationalattention h asbeenfo-cusedonatleasttwoofth eseareas,th eHood Ri vervalley i n Oregon and Placercounty i nCalifornia,becauseofcertainanti-democratic actions.Newspapersreportth eexi stenceofactiveanti-evacueemqvementsi nth esedistri cts,and i ti sbynomeansacoinci denceth atallofth eseareas i nwh i chanti -Ni sei activi tyh asbeenreportedh appentobefundamentallyagriculturali nch arac-ter.Beh i ndth erace-baiti ngstandspecialeco-

nomic i nterestswh i ch seek tocontinuetoexploitth egainswh i ch h ave been th ei rsth rough th etotalelimi nati onoffarmersofJapaneseancestryfrom WestCoastagri-culture.And i ti snotmere h appenstanceth atagitati onagainstth ereturn ofJapa-neseAmericans i sstrongesti nth eWh i teRi verandPuyallupvalleysofwesternWash -i ngton,Oregon'sHoodRivervalleyandth ePlacercounty,Imperialcountyand SantaMariavalleydistri cts i nCalifornia.Ineachofth esedi stri ctsJapaneseAmericanfarmersplayedamajorrole i nfarm productionbe-foreE-day i n 1942.Th erewere 400 indi -vi dualfarmsoperatedbypersonsofJapa-nesedescenti nth eWh i teRiverand Puy-allupvalleysbeforeevacuationand84farmsi n th eHoodRi verareawh erefarmersofJapaneseancestrycontributed25percentofth etotalproduction.Beforeth eevacuationth erewere 157farms i nPlacercounty,212farm operatorsofJapaneserace i nth eIm-perialvalleyand61 i nSantaBarbaracoun-ty,mostofwh om were i nth eSantaMariaandLompocvalleys.Hereth enaresomeofth e realreasons beh i nd th e racism andflag-wavingofth e anti-evacueegroupsatSumnerandAuburn i n Wash i ngton,HoodRiveri nOregonandAuburn,SantaMariaandBrawley i nCalifornia.CurrentWestCoastagitati on,wh eth er

i tdevelopsas a movementto erase th enamesofsoldiersoffan h onorrolli nOre-gonofflames i ntonigh t-ri di ngviolence i nNorth ernCalifornia,h asadefini teeconomicbaseandisdi rectedagainstth ereestablish -mentofJapaneseAmericans i nfarm pro-duction.Recentfiguresreleasedbyth eBu-reau ofAgriculturalEconomicsofth eDe-partmentofAgriculture i ndi cate th atth eevacuation dealtaseriousblow toJapaneseAmericans i nfarmingonth eWestCoast.Ifth epresenttrendoftransferofagriculturalpropertiesto non-Japaneseowners contin-ues,th eBureauofAgriculturalEconomicsestimatesth atth eland h oldi ngsonth eWestCoastofpersonsofJapaneseancestrywillnotexceed25percentofth epre-warfigure,orrough ly,60,000acres.Abulletinpublish edbyth ebureaurecalls

th atpersonsofJapaneseancestry i n 1940operated,asowners,tenantsandmanagers,6118farmsconsisti ngof258,074acreswi th anestimatedvalueof$72,600,000.Eigh ty-fourpercentofth esefarmswerelocatednCali-fornia.However,duringth eevacuationper-i od approximately 9,100 acreswere trans-ferredbysalefrom JapaneseAmericanstonon-Jppaneseandwith th econtinuanceofth i strendth e Federalagriculturalgroup

estimatesa75percentcutinth eoperations

ofJapaneseAmericans i nWestCoastagri-

culture.

AnOrdinaryAmericanEarlFinch ofHattiesburg,Miss.,th i nk s

ofh i mselfas "justan ordinaryAmericanwh ovaluesth eAmericanwayoflife."Butto th e Ni sei i nth e Uni tedStates Army,especiallytoth osewh oh avetrainedatCampSh elby,afewmilesfrom EarlFinch 's h ometown"ofHattiesburg,th i syoung business-manand farmer i sth epersonifi cati on ofth efriendly h eartofAmerica.Th estoryofEarlFinch andth eJapaneseAmericanvol-unteerswh ocame to h i snati veMi ssi ssi ppitolearnth egrim businessofsoldieri ngi stold i nanarticlebyKath rynClose i nth eFebruaryi ssueofSurveyGraph i c.

EarlFinch runsasecond-h andfurniturestore,acombinati onbowling-alleyandarmygoodsstore,anda stock farm j ustoutsideofHattiesburg.Onesummerdayi n 1943,ac-cordingtoMissClose,h ewaswalk i ngdownHattiesburg'smainstreetwh en h enoticedi nfrontofh i m averysmallman i nanAmericanarmyuniform too bigfor h i m.Th e soldierlingeredatash opwindowandEarlFinch saw an Orientalfacereflectedi nth eglass."Th eli ttlemanlook edsofor-lorn,"Mr.Finch sai dwh enh ewaspressedforth estorybyMissClose,"th atIi nvi tedh i m h ometosupper."Th atwas 18month sagoandsinceth atti meEarlFinch h asbeenh osttcth ousandsofNisei soldiers,notonlyi n h i sh ometownbuti nNewOrleans,Ch i -cago,Wash i ngtonandNewYork City.Kath rynClose,associateedi torofSurvey

Graph i c,h aswrittenanarticleaboutEarlFinch because sh e believesth ath i s i s astoryoffriendsh i pth atneedstelling i nth ese ti mes.And i ti sperh apssigni fi cantth atEarlFinch i saciti zenofMissi ssi ppi ,astatewh i ch i snotespeciallynotedforra-caltoleranceand isth e h ome groundofRepresentativeJoh nRank i nwh omak esradiospeech esaboutagroup h edescribesasth e"so-calledJapaneseAmericans."Sh ortlyafterh e made h i sacquaintance

with Nisei soldiers atCampSh elbyEarlFinch i nvi ted600ofth emtoapicni cath i sfarm.Learningth atmostofth e soldiersfrom Hawai i h ad neverseen a rodeo h estagedone,completewith cowpunch ers,un-brok en h orsesandallth etrimmi ngsofth eWi ldWest.Anoth erti me h etook 300toawatermelonpicni c.Heh assponsoredboxingmatch es,swimmi ngpartiesand'possum h untsforth eNi sei troops.He h elpedarrangeth evi si ts ofNisei

girlsfrom th eRoh werrelocationcenter,300milesaway,toCampSh elbydancesandh elp-edpersuadeth eHattiesburgUSO counciltocooperate i n th e establish mentofa clubwh ereth eseth ousandsofNisei couldfeelath ome—th enow-famousAloh aUSO club.Heputuptroph i esforath leti ccontestsandmade i s possibleforNisei teams ofth e442ndInfantrytogoonath leti ctri psout-side th ecamp.He h elpedpublish ,"GoforBrok e,"th ebattlesongofth e 442nd.Hearranged h otelspace i nNew Orleansandciti esalongth eAtlanticseaboardforsol-di ers on furlough s.And th esoldierswh oleftCampSh elbytofigh tonaliensoilh avenotforgottenh i m.Hegets"scoresoflettersfrom th em daily—onedayh ereceived500.And i th asbeenwri ttenth atwh enaJapa-neseAmericansoldierlaydyingon anItal-i an battlefield,h i slastwordswere:"SaygoodbyetoMr.Finch forme."EarlFinch 'smain concern i swith th e

wounded—with allwoundedsoldiersbutes-peciallyth oseofJapanesedescent.Heh asvi si ted th em i n h ospi talsalloverth eEastandMidwest.Heh as"doneth etown"withwoundedNi sei i n New York and Ch i cagoandafew week sago h e gaveapartyatNewYork 'sHotelAstorfor150AmericansoldiersofJapanese,Ch i neseandHawai i andescent.Th eNi sei willspeak ,accordingtoMiss

Close,ofEarlFinch 'sfabulouswealth ,buti nrealityh e i samanofcomfortable,butmodestmeans.Heisasymbolofth ewarmh eartofAmerica,amanwh o i smak i ngafulltime j obofth esi mpleactoffriend-sh i p.Itallstartedwh enEarlFinch ,aMissi s-

sippi businessmanandfarmer,metalonelysoldieronedayonastreetinHattieaburg.Todayh ei sk nowntoNisei onallofth efar-flungbattlefrontsofwar,andth eth ousandswh oh avek nown h i mandth eth ousandswh oh avenevermeth i m butwh ok now h i swork swillneverforgeth i m.

nisei USAbyLARRYTAJIRIAPublish i ngFailureInth enextyearortwosev-

eralbook s dealingwi th Ameri-cansofJapaneseancestrywillbeprintedi fpresentplansofpub-lish ersmateriali ze. Severalpub-li sh i ng h ousesare i nterestedvibook sonJapaneseAmericanaal-th ough th ey realize th atsuchbook swillreturnlittle i t.anyprofit.Butth enbook publish i ngi n America,alth ough grossingmilli onsofdollarsannually,i snotstrictlyabusiness.Book publish -i ng,i nmanyrespects,fallswith i n,th erealm ofth eFourth Estateand reputable publish ers areawareofth ei rresponsibi li ti esi nth efieldofi nformationanddis-cussion. Hundredsofbook sareacceptedannually by publish erswh o k now th atsuch book swilllosemoney.Th etremendousprof-i tsofsuch best-sellersas"For-everAmber,""Gone With th eWind," and "Th e Robe" h aveh elpedtowardth epublicati onofmuch worth i erwork s.Th e story ofone "publish i ngfai lure"wastoldi nan i nterest-i ngadvertisementbyHenryHolt&Co.i nth eJan.27th i ssueofth eSaturdayReview ofLiterature.Th eadconcernedth efi rm'sexper-ienceswith TaroYash i ma'sauto-bi ograph yi npi cturesandwords,"Th eNew Sun."Readersofth ePacifi cCi ti zenarefamili arwithTaroYash i ma'swork th rough h i scartoonswh i ch werepublish edi nth esepagesuntilth epressureofh i swork foraworlddemocraticvictoryforcedatemporarydis-continuance."We do not k nowwh ereTaroYash i mai stoday.Wedo k now th ath e i scarryingonth ework forh uman j usti cewh i chh ebeganasayoungmanandar-tistmanyyearsagoi nJapan.Th eHenryHoltadmerelysaysth at"Taroisnow i nth eserviceofth eUnited StatesNavy,somewh ereatsea,andstillpainti ngpi cturesagainsth i senemies."Inh i sfi gh tasamemberofaprogressive movementi nJapanandlaterasanartistonanun-dergroundnewspaperagainstth emili tarytyrantswh owereseizi ngallpowerduring:th emountingyearsoffeari nth e lastdecade,TaroYash i mawasj ai ledtentimesand h i swife,th edaugh terofawealth ysh i pbui lder,wasalsoseiz-ed. Th eylosttwosons i nth atfigh t,onech i ldbeingborni npri -son.Th eYash i mas,wh oarestilli nth ei rth i rti es,escapedtoth eUni tedStatesi n1940.Th eyfoundalittleapartmentonNewYork 'sEastSide,wh ereso manyh avefoundrefugefrom th e"teemingsh ores"ofoppressedlands. Wemetth eYash i masi nNewYork i n1941andwedidacolumnonsomeofh i sexperiencesasapoliti calprisonerof Japan'sübiqui tousKempeitai . Welearnedth enofth e determinati onofth esetwoyoungJapanesetocontinueth ei rfigh tforth eli berationofth ei rpeoplefromth eth ralloffascism.Th ework wh i ch TaroYash i mai sdoingtodayi nth eserviceofth eUnitedNationsi sapracticaldem-onstrationofth atdeterminati on.Th e Yash i mas were born i nJapanandlivedth efirstth reedecadesofth ei rlivesi nJapanbutth eyareclosertoth espiri tofafreeworldth anth eWestCoastracialbigotwh o can trace h i sancestryth rough generations i nafreenation."Th eNewSun"wasth ei rstoryandi twasani mportantone.Butth ebook wasapublish i ngfailure.Th eHenryHoltad i nth eSatur-dayReviewdeclares:"Wek eeptalk i ngaboutourbe-li efi nbook sand i ndi cati ng h owth eyh ave j usti fi edth atbeliefandreach ed th e audienceforwh i chth eywere i ntended.Itdoesn'tal-waysh appenth atway.We'veh adfailuresonourlist,andoneofth ebitterestfailuresoccurredlatei n 1943wh enwepublish edTaroYash i ma's"Th eNewSun.'Wedi dnotexpecti ttobeafinancialsuc-cess,butwedidth i nk i twouldbenoticedbyth emenandwomenofgoodwill,th ati twouldsaysome-th i ng i mportanttoopini onmold-ers,atanyrate,amongth eAmer-i can people: namely,th atth estruggleofah umanbeingforth esimpledigni ti esofth edemocraticwayoflife isoneofth emostmovingevidencesofman'sincal-culably slow progress i n th i swearyworld.Th etroublewasth atTa.roYasJuma i sJapanese....Wepublish edTaro'sbook be-cause h e i safineartistwith agreatstorytotell.Ith eartenedus

to k now th atth ere i sanrak i .groundmovementi nJapan.'firstreactionfrom th eaook tabwh enoursalesmanweresellini nadvance,wasbad.'Nobody»fflbuyabook by aJap,'most"th emsaid."HenryHolt&Co.printed2iMcopi esof"Th eNew Sun."]£Zdertoarouse i nterestcopieswensentnotonlytoregularreviewenbuttoliberals i neveryw»lk Jlife.Seven h undredcopieswengiven awaybefore publicati tt,and th eadvancesales toW.stores was less th anth at.1viewsonth ebook wereeceUutbuti nth ewordsofth epublish er!"th ei rtonewaspersuasive."Afewpeoplewere i nterejW

somewereexcitedandwrote*th usi asti cletters,butth eAsm-i canbook public i ngeneralwuapath eti c. Simi larly,anatteutto i nterestwarrelocationcenteni nth ebook alsofailed.Th ereviewerssaidfineth i nn,"butth eyrangnobell,nwWth eyrevealth eexicti ngcoredwh at'Th eNewSun'wassayiM,"Againi nth ewordsofth ewk .lish er:"Weh aveoftenwonderedwh j ,

wh enpeoplearenoti nterestedaasubjectdealtwith byatoot,th eywi llnotabsorb,even i fth e;doreadth em,th efinestreview,norwillth eyevenseeth eadvertisi ng. Forofcourseth atwmth ei rreason— peopleweren'ti n-terested."Th i s,th en,i sth esh ortpubUi h -i ngh i storyofabook byi aJap»-nesei nAmerica,asrelatedbyi tapublish ers. Th e,HenryHoltadconcludes:"Becausewe k eptgi vi ngaway

copies,we h adtoreprint—j utith ousand,andweh avealmostnineh undredofth em left.Th ebookh asbeenbough tby1,800pedpie,wh i ch some ofour publish mfri endssayi sn'tsobad'forabookbyaJap.'""Th eyk now,too,th ei mperturbable prejudi ce ofth epublic,th evastareasofi ndi ffer-encewh i ch cank i llabook ."Th eNewSun'i safailure,notbecawi tlostusafewth ousanddollaributbecause,asfaraswek now,i th as suppliedno yeastforth eAmericanmind.Moreth anth at,i ti sdish earteningtoth i nk ofth atmind'sinfluenceonth erestoftitworldandon i tsfuture."HenryHolt&Co.,publish er*of

such recentbook successesaiErniePyle's"BraveMen"andth ecomi cstripadventuresofBarnabyand Mr.O'Malley,spentmortth an$1500onth epromotioncam-paignfor"Th eNewSun"becameth eybelievedth atth i sbook by"manwh o h adfough tJapanesemili tari smwith h i sh andsandh ih earth adsometh i ngtosayatitimewh enpeopleofAmericawenbeginni ngtolook beyondth eh olo-caustofwartowardth eremak i njofaworldpeace.Publish ersUbHenryHi twi llcontinuetobriajsuch book sofi mportancetoth eAmerican people alth ough th ejrealizeth atmanysuch book swube"publish i ngfailures."(Th e900copiesof"Th eNew Sun"wh i charestillavailablemaybeobtatfedfrom HenryHolt& Co.,261Fourth Aye.,NewYork 10,or<£deredth rough 'localbook stres.Twpri ce i s$2.75.)Th epublish i ng h i storyof*T»New Sun"does notend h ere,h owever.We h ave i nformedtn»anediti on i sbeingpreparedi ntMFarEastfordistri buti ontoU*peoplesofeasternAsia.Andi t»noti nconceivable th atwith vic-

toryi nth ePacifi canediti onwbepublish edi nJapansoth atMpeoplewilllearnth estoryoftwfewamongth em wh ofough tt»fascistaggressionandoppressiwwh i ch h asmadeth ei rnation"outcastbeforeth epeopleofanwIworld.

CaliforniaCh ri sti anYouth UrgedtoWelcomeEvacueesLOS ANGELES—"Buildi ng"Ch ri sti anworldmeansth ecaw"i ngofth e i nsi gh tofJesus&»everyareaoflife,andi tmew*th ei mmediateobjecti ve of*»coming'AmericansofJapanese»£cestryback to California, "*HarlanHogue,professorofm.gionatScrippsCollege,toldS«Jyoungmenandwomenon*eD-.atth erallyofth eUnitedCM*tianYouth Fellowsh i pofS«wemCaliforniaatFirstOongre*

1

PACIFICCITIZEN

PACIFICCITIZENOffici alPublicati onofth e < >

JapaneseAmericanCi ti i ensLeague

NationalHeadquarters:41S-15BeasonBuild-i ng,25 EastSecond South Street,SaltLak eCity,Utah .

Editori aland BusinessOffice:415 BeasonBuildi ng.Ph one5-6501.

Oth erNationalJACLOfficesi nCh i cago,NewYork andDenver.

Subscripti onRates:JACLmembers,$2.00yearNon-members,$2.50year

Enteredassecondclassmatteri nth epostofficeatSaltLak eCity,Utah .Publish edweek ly,underth eactofMarch 3,1879.

LARRYTAJIRI EDITOR

Saturday,Februarys,lifM4

Page 5: pacificcitizen.org€¦ · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY10, 1945 Price:SevenCents WarDepartmentAnnounces Namesof47NiseiKilled, 13WoundedinEuropeanArea

Th eNi ttasComeHome

WELCOME HOME!—Oneeveninglastmonth a familyofJapaneseAmericanevacueesreturnedtoth ei rfarm nearSantaAna,Calif.,from th eColoradoRiverrelocationcenteratPoston,Ariz.,afteranabsenceoftwoanda h alfyears.Sh osuk eNi ttaand h i sfamily h adbeenevacuatedwith oth erpersonsofJapa-nese ancestryfrom Orangecounty i n1942.Th eywereamongth efi rsttoreturn.(Top)Dark nesswasfallingwh enth eNi ttasaligh tedfrom th ei rcarafterth elong journeyfrom Poston totouch footonth ei rownlandforth efirsttimei n30month s.Th eywerewarmlygreetedbyth ei rfriendsofth eSantaAnaMeth -odistCh urch wh o h adawaitedth em.(Lower)Th eNi ttasstandonth estepsofth esmallranch h ouseth atwill,be th ei rh omeforth enextsismonth s.(Th emainh ouseonth ei rranch i ssti lloccupiedbytenantsandrath erth andisplaceth em th ereturnedevacueefamilydecidedto stay i nasmallerh ouse onth ei rranch .)Lefttorigh tareHitosh i ,th eoldestson,and h i swife,Mary,Sh osuk e h oldi ngHitosh i ,Jr.,andMrs.Sh osuk e Ni tta.Hitosh i andMarymetatPostonwh ereMarywaswork i ngasaregisterednurse.Sh e i sfrom Reedley,Calif.Hi tosh i graduatedfrom CaliforniaPolytech ni cInstitutewh ereh ewasamech ani calandengineeringmajor.Oth ermembersofth efamilyare:Min-oru,son,now employedata Clevelandwarplant, h i swife,Fusaye,andath i rdson,SecondLieut.Mitsuo,wh owas i nduct-edi ntoth eArmyatLosAngelesi nFeb.,1943.Mi tsuowascom-missi oned asasecondli eutenantonth edayth efamilysetoutforh omefrom Poston,Jan.6,1945.

Acrossth eTh resh old

ObservinganoldAmericancustom(leftph oto),Hitosh i Ni ttacarriedh i swife,Maryandth ei r10-month soldsonacrossth eth resh oldofth ei rh omeon th eNi ttaranch .Hitosh i ,Jr.,wasbornatth ePostonrelocationcenterandth i swillbeth efirsth omeh ewillh ave k nown,oth erth anth ebarrack sapartmentatth eevacueecamp.(Topph oto).On th edayafterth ei rreturnSh osuk eNittaandh i ssoni nspectedth ei rfarmwh i ch h asbeenoperatedforth em i n th ei rabsencebyth ei rranch manager,SalvadoreQuintana.Th eNi ttaswere h i gh lypleasedwith Quin-tana'smanagementandarek eepi ngh i month ej ob.Quintanavisi tedth eNi ttafamilyth reeorfourtimesayearatPostonforcon-sultationand discussion.Th eNittaranch growsorangesandvegetables.Inth i sph otoQuintanapointsoutsomenewfeatures.(Topcenter).Oneofth efirstactsofth eNi ttasonreturningtoth ei rh ometownofSantaAna,Calif.,wastopayth ei rre-spectstoth epastorofth ei rch urch ,th eFi rstMeth odi stCh urchofSantaAna.Here,th eRev.Joh nN.Ash ley-welcomesSh osuk eandHitosh i Ni tta.Beforeevacuationth eNi ttaswereregularmembersofth ech urch andnevermissedaSundayservice.Onth eSundayafterth ei rreturnth eNi ttasattendedservices i nth ech urch atwh i ch ti meth eRev.Ash leymadeth ereturnofth eJapaneseAmericansth esubjectofh i ssermon.(Lowercenter).Hereth eNi ttasconferwith th ei rbank er,L.S.Mortensen,vice-presidentofth eFi rstNationalBank ofSantaAna.Th ebankleased30ofth e100acrescomprisi ngth eNi ttaranch toaten-antfarmer,andh eldth eoth er70acresi ntrust.Th eelderNittaestimatesh i slossduetoevacuationatabout$10,000butwarmlypraisesth ebank andranch managerforh oldi nglossesth atlowand k eepi ngequipmenti ntact.(Bottom ph oto).Th ei rbusinesscompleted,65-yearold Sh osuk eNittaand h i s 27-yearoldsonwalk h ome th rough th estreetsofth ei rh ometown.—Ph otosfrom Acme.

VAGARIESAnti-Evacuees ...Anti -evacuee groupson th eWestCoastaregoing "under-ground."Th eOregonAnti-Japa-neseorganizati onatGresh am h asrenamed i tsgroup"OregonProp-erty Protective Associa-t*>n."InPlacercounty,California,wePlacerCountyAnti-JapaneseJfaguei snowcallingi tself"Cal-'roni i aPreservationAssociati on.":""ManuelOrtiz,CaliforniaMex-h =*Americ«nwh o i sth eworld'sBantamweigh tboxingch ampi on,won h i scrown i n 1942 sh ortly«werth eevacuationofpersonsof

Japaneseancestryfrom South ernui i i forni a.Onth enigh tOrtizwon?'*ch ampi onah i p, h ewascalled»th emicroph one."Hello,mom,"«cbegani nth etraditi onalman-J*,1*Pugili stsbroadcastingaft-"av figh t,"and,h elloto111oftiL Ids1ds i n**»Poßt°nreloca-«oncenteri nArizonawh oun-

fortunately wereforced tobeevacuated." . ,Oneofth eleadingserviceclubsi naCaliforniacityrecentlyre-j ectedunanimouslyth e demandsofcertaincommunityleadersth atth e organizati ongo on recordagainstth ereturnofth eevacu-ees. ...Th eJan.5editi onofStars and Stripes (Marseilles)carriesastoryonth eangerofGlsonth eWesternFront,partic-ularly i n th e Seventh Army,againstth eHoodRi verpostofth eAmericanLegion.Th enews-paperalsopublish edtwopicturesofJapaneseAmericanscaptioned"Nisei Againstth e Nazi onth eWesternFront."...StateSena-tor Hugh DonnellyofTurlock ,Calif.,ch ai rmanofth eCali forniaSenate'scommitteeto i nvestigatepersonsofJapaneseancestry,Mth esponsorofabilli nth eCali-forniaLegislaturetodenycom-mercialfish i nglicensestoJapa-nesealiens. , ..FourJapaneseAmericangirlswere among38 nursesrecently

graduatedfrom th eWash i ngtonSanitari um i nWash i ngton,D.C..It'sreportedth atafterth eclosingofth eGi laRi verWRAcenteratRivers,Ariz.,th «campmaybeconverted i ntoapost-warveterans'reh abi li tati oncenter....Th eSt.Paul,Minn.,Dispatch sug-gestedi naneditori alonJan.18th attwoWestCoastveterans'or-ganizati onswi th anti-evacueepro-gramsch ange th ei rnames to"HoodRiverAnti-Asi ati cLegion"and"HermistonPostofDisabledVeteranswith Sk i nPigmentationSh adi ngfromAtoFButNotOneWh i tBeyond."

PACIFIC CITIZENIfnrday,February10,19455

Page 6: pacificcitizen.org€¦ · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY10, 1945 Price:SevenCents WarDepartmentAnnounces Namesof47NiseiKilled, 13WoundedinEuropeanArea

Fromth eFryingPanByBILLHOSOKAWA

Th eNigh t-Ri dersofPlacerCountyTh ecaseofSumioDoi,Placercounty,Calif.,fruit

farmer,

h asattractedmoreth anpassingattention.Th reatsagainstJapa-

neseAmericansreturrfing,toPacifi ccoastfarms h avenotbeenuncommon,butDoi apparently isth efi rsttobesubjectedto

moreth anth reatsofviolence. "

Fourmenwerearrestedrecently,andch argedbyth edis-

trictattorneywith arson,attempttodynamite,andi nti mi dati on.

Th ech argeswerefiled i nconnectionwith placingofdynamite

underDoi's pack i ng sh ed lastmonth ,and sh ooti ng over h i s

Th e accused, i th asbeen re-vealed,aretwosetsofbroth ers.Th eyoungerpairare 18and20years old,both army privatesabsentwi th outleavefrom th ei rrespectivestations.Inth ei rcasei twouldseem th atnotonly h aveth eyattemptedtotak eth e lawi nth ei rh ands,butalsoth eprose-cutionofth ewar,ch oosi ng toconductth ei rownbattleagainstsomeoneth eymi stak enlyconsiderth eenemy.Th eoth erpairarea38-year-

oldbartenderand h i sbroth er,a35-year-oldranch er,both obvi ous-lyoldenough tok now better.Iti sobviousfrom wh ath as

been revealed th atth ere i s noorganized gang ofInigh t-ri derstospread terrorism againstre-turningJapaneseAmericans.Th osewh o h aveorganizedtoopposeth ereturn ofth e evacueesh ave,i nmost i nstances, h ave warnedagainstviolence.Mostofth em h ave stressedth atth eywouldseek legaloroth -erpressuresh ortofviolence,andth ere i sli ttlereasonto believeth eywouldfloutth elaw,eith erpersonallyorby h i ri ngordelib-erately i nsti gati ngth e h oodlumelementtoviolence.Yet,i tbecomesapparentth atalth ough th eanti-evacueeleadersth emselves may sh un violence,th ei robjecti ves—th atofdenyingth eConstituti onalrigh tofAmer-i can ci ti zenstotravelandlivewh ereverth eych oose—are suchas toattracth oodlumsandruf-fi ansandencouragelaw-break i ng.Th eobjecti vesofth eexcluaion-i stsare,to j udgefromth estormsofprotestth ath avebeenarous-edpublicly,unpopularamongre-spectablepeople,and attractiveonlytoth ebaserelementofth epopulation.We doubtth atth espeedyar-restofth esuspectsi nth i spar-ticularcasewilldiscourage h ood-lumsandvagrantselsewh erefromviolenceagainstJapaneseAmer-i cans.Nigh t-ri dersanddynamitersusually need alcoh oltofortifyth ei rbravado,and i nth atstateth eyare h ardlyabletoreason.Butth ei nci dentsh ouldbewarn-i ngenough t&th ering-leadersofth e RememberPearlHarborleagues,and oth er h ate-th e-Japoutfitsregardlessofth ei rmoresanctimoni ous names th atth eyare playing with dynamite i nmorewaysth anone.Th eevacueesTeTurtoingItoth ei r

h omesh aveth ecompletestipportofalllaw-enforcingAgencies,federal,state—andasdemonstrat-edby th eDoi case—Uocal.\Th eevacuees are .going h ome .withth eapprovalofth earrnyrItsh ouldbemoreevidentth aneverbeforeth atJapaneseAmer-cansnolongerarefairgameforany economically-motivated h atebund.Th e JapaneeAmericansh avepaidapricetoacquireth ei rpresentpositi on i n wh i ch th eyarefreefrom suspici onofdis-

Th atprice h asnotbeench eap.Ith as meantvirtualdisposses-sion,ath ree-yearexile,h umi li a-ti on.Tragic as th i s ph ase h asbeen,i ti sovernow,andth evin-dicati onmustbecomplete.Th efactth atDoi i sstanding

on h i srigh ts,declaring h ewillh avetobeblastedoutbefore h ewillbe i nti mi dated,i sfairwarn-i ngtoth eexclusioni sts.Th eevac-ueesdonoth avetorun.Th elawi sonth ei rside,andso i spublicsentiment.Afterth ree years i ti s th eh ate-mongers,th ecovetersofrichacreages,wh _o are i nth equeru-lousminori ty.

Idah oSoldiersReturnHomeOnFurlough sPOCATELLO, Ida.—Pvt Wa-taru Nak ash i ma,Sei j i Endow,JiroYamada,BenYamash i taandGeorge Sumida recently visi tedth ei rh omes h ereonten-dayfur-lough s

EDITORIAL

DIGESTROCKYMOUNTAIN NEWSViolence i nCalifornia

"Th ank God,welive i nColo-rado!"saysth eRock yMountainNewsofJan21,noting th ata"gangofh oodlumsattemptedtoburnanddynamiteabuildi ngonaranch operatedbyaJapaneseAmerican"i nAuburn,California."Coloradocanbeproudofth efactth atduringth eentireti meofth e evacuation—with 5000 Japa-neseAmericansbrough ttoDen-veralone—th erewasnotasinglei mportantactofviolence.Th eevacuationwas awarmeasure,and Coloradoacceptedth eseup-rootelciti zenswith aspiri toftoleranceand understandingforth ei rproblems.Notso,apparent-ly,th egreatstateofCalifornia!"And,i nci dentally,didyou no-ticeth e h eavycasualtylistpub-lish edi nFri day'sRock yMountainNews?"addsth eeditori al. "Ofth e34Coloradomenwoundedi naction,13ofth em wereJapaneseAmericans—moreth anoneth i rd.Wh atgreaterway cana "mansh owh ei sanAmericanth anlay-i ngdown h i sli feforh i s coun-try?"

♦ * »

MILWAUKEEJOURNALSavingCalifornia'sName

Californiaand i ts reputationwasth esubjectofanoth eredi-torial,th i sti mei nth eMi lwauk eeJournalofJan.22,wh i ch sai d:"Gov.WarrenofCaliforniah as

appealedtoth epeopleofh i sstatetosave i tsreputation.He seescorrectlyth ati twi llsink rapidlyi f th e outrageous terrorismagainstreturningJapaneseAmer-i cansi snotstopped...."Neverth eless,groupswh i ch i n-terpretth eAmericanway i nastrangemannerareusingarson,dynamiteandriflesi nanattemptto i nti mi dateth efew returningJapaneseAmericansandtofrigh t-enoth ers fom coming back totseirh omes....Statepoliceandsh eri ff'sdeputiesh avebeennec-essary to guardone returningAmericanfarmer, wh oh as twobroth ers i nth earmy.Wh atadis-gracefulnecessity! No wonderGov.Warreni safraidth atCali-fornia'sreputationwillsuffer!"

MINNEAPOLISSTARJOURNAL**

OnNationalPoll

Th eNationalOpini onResearchCenterpollonpublicattitudesto-ward Japanese Americans was"discouraging"i nth eopini onofth eMinneapolisStarJournal.Th epoll,wh i ch sh owedth at61percentofth epeoplei nth ecoun-tryareopposedtoequalopportun-i ti estopersonsofJapanesedes-cent,was"discouraging i n th efirsti nstancebecauseofth e i m-plied violationofth espiri tofAmericandemocracy;i nth esec-ondi nstancebecausei tsh owsth atth emajori tyofAmericansareun-awareofth efactsaboutJapa-nese American loyalty in th i swar,"saysth eJournal.Recounting th e loyaltyrecordofAmericansofJapanesedescentand th ei rextraordinaryfigh ti ngrecordi nth eU.S.Army,th eStarJournaldeclares:"Grantblindly,i fyouwill,ev-eryatrocityreporteverutteredaboutth eJapanesei n th i s war.Butlet'sk eepouth i nk i ngstraigh tonwh atconstitutesanAmericanandloyalty.It'sth e mi ndandh eartth atsh ouldcount,notth eh ai r."

PALO ALTO TIMESAuburnMarauders

Th eAuburnmarauderswh oat-tack edth e h omeofSumioDoinearAuburnwereeditori allyat-tack edbyth e PaloAlto Times,wh i ch declaredonJan.23:"Th ecrimi nali tyofth ei ract

cannotbecondonedbyanyfalse-lypatrioti c motiveth ey mi gh tplead.Th erei snopatrioti sm i nlawviolationofanysort.Inth i si nstanceth ecri mei sallth emoreflagranti nviewofth especialex-h ortationsth ath avebeen made

recentlybyh i gh offici alsi nseek -i ngtoprentth atsortoflaw-lessness."Th emaraudersmayargueth atth eydistrustth ereturnedNiseibecauseofth ei rJapaneseances-tryandfearedth eymi gh tresorttosabotage.Butwh atwasth ei rownactbutsabotage?"Th ecrimei sparticularlyrep-

reh ensi blebecause i tprovidesth eJapanesei n Asiawith aready-madeexcuseforreprisals th atwouldincreaseth e suffering ofth eAmericancaptiveswith i nth ei rgrip.Everyrelativeofaservicemani nth ePacifi cth eaterofwarh asspecialcauseforresentmentofth eAuburninci dent."*

CHILDREN OFTOPAZASk etch byTosh i oMori :

Snowfelli nTopazoneearlyafternoonandtowardsevening

h ssstSSess""j j TlJlSLffi Jiroak i ,GeorgeSasak i HideNaitoDopeyHanaok a,HarySh i mak awaandCh arli eYamadatook

asnowbattle.Th eylaboriouslybuiltth ei rsnow■forts

andasth eypack edand h oardedsnowballs,th ei rfacesbecameflutedwith k eenantici pati onofth ei rcomingbattle.At

anoth er

rnerSammyKato,MaryMayeda,EllenItoandToraDoi were

mak i ngafoundationforth ei rsnowman.Andsmallerch i ldrenwerepush i ngandpullingth ei rsledsoverth eth i n

layerofsnow

wi th criesandlaugh ter.Th ensnowballsbegantofly,and th e

olderfolk swatch edth eli ttlech i ldrenwith anxietyandh umor,

rememberingth ei rch i ldh ooddays.Th esnowmansbodybegan

toform.Criesofpleasurefi lledth eair.

Nowbigsnowflak essteadilyfell,and i trestedonth efaces,

cloth esandth egroundsali k e.Th ech i ldren,protectedbyth ei r

wi ntercloth i ng,fascinati nglywatch ed th eflak esclingto

th ei rj ack etsandcoats.Soonth esnowmanwascompletedwith apieceofstick for

apipeandan old h aton topofh i s h ead.Th egroundswere

mark edbytinyfootstepsandtrailsofsledsbutth enmoresnow

would falland erase th em.Ti meandagain th e snow battle

wouldbeginandendonlytostartanewwi th morepartici pants.

Suppertimedrewnearbutth ech ldrendidnoth eedth ei rpar-

ents'scall.Sh outsandlaugh tercontinued,untilth eolderfolk s

cametodragth ei rch i ldrenaway."IbetDaleBro\fi wouldli k etoplay h ere,"HarrySh i ma-

k awacriedas h ewasledawayfrom th esnowfort."Heneversawsnow-j ustli k emeuntilIcame h ere.""AndIsabellaPerrytoo,"addedEllenItoassh eremember-

edh erJss§tfriend i nSanFrancisco."Let'scomeback andplaysomemoreaftersupper,"George

Sasak i suggested."Ok ay,"criedth ech i ldren."Seeyoulater."JiroArak i wasth elasttoleaveth escene.Hewish edall

h i sfri endsback h omecouldcomeoverforavisi tandh avesomefun....h i sNegrofriendsSpanish boys,Jewish fri endsli k eHarrySolomon,JoieSch wartz,AbieMosk ovi tz,h i sItalianbud-dies,h i sRussiancomrades—Americansall.Helook edatth esnowforth eh adh elpedmak eand h opedsomedayh ewouldbeableto i nvi teh i sfri endsoverandh avesomefuntogeth eragain.

SeattleNisei SavedBuddies,AwardedDSCPosth umouslyPfc.Nak amuraCitedForExtraordinaryHeroism i nItaly

WITH THE 36TH DIVISIONOF THE SEVENTH ARMY,France— Pfc.Wi lli amK.Nak a-mura'sFourth ofJulyexploitssavedth elives_ofmanybuddiesbutcosth i m h i sown.Astudentatth eUniversityofWash i ngton,i nSeattle,Pvt.Nak a-mura h asbeenawardedth eDis-tingui sh edServiceCross,posth u-mously,forextraordinary h ero-i sm.Hevolunteeredforth especial

JapaneseAmericanCombatTeamwh en i twasactivatedandspenth i senti remili tarycareerwith th e442ndCombaatTeam.Th eactionwh i ch wonforPvt.Nak amurath ecovetedDSC tookplacenearCastellina,Italy,onaslopeth ei nfantrymenh ave dub-bed"Suici deHill"becauseofth ecasualtiessustainedth ere.AsPvt.Nak amura'sri flecom-

pany attack ed th rough terraincovered with scrub trees andbrush ,th eenemyopenedup onourtroopsatpoint-blank rngewith automaticweapons,rifles,andmach i neguns.Th emach i negunsonth eleftflank wasdoingth emostdamageas i tcontinu-ouslysprayedandrak edth eareawith firetwo feetabove th eground.Pvt.Nak amura,with outwaiti ngforordersandwith outanypro-tectivefi refrom h i snowdispersedmates,crawledover20 yards,mostofi tfullyexposedtoth eenemy,toapointony15yards

from th e German emplacement."Th atwassoIwouldn'tmiss,"h elaterreportedto h i ssergeant.Heth rewfourh andgrenadesi nrapidsuccession,k i lli ngatleastth reeofth eenemyand k nock i ngoutth emach i negunnestsoh i scom-panycouldcontinueth ei radvance.Asenemysnipersfiredonth e

advancingAmericanswith devas-tatingresults,Pvt.Nak amura'splatoonwasorderedtowith drawtoth erearwh i leourmortarstriedtoclearoutth esnipers.Asth eyweremovingback amach i negunopeneduponth em from afarmh ousesome300yardstoth eleftandh eldupth ewith drawal.Again,entirelyon h i sowni ni -tiati ve,Pvr. Nak amura work edh i swayupth eedgeofawh eatfi eldnexttoth efarmh ouse andfiredh i sMlriflesorapidlyandeffectivelyth ath epinneddownth emach i neguncrewandenabledth eplatoontosafelywith draw.Wh enth eplatoonh adreach edth esafetyofadefiladeandNak a-muradidnotreturn,h i ssergeantreturnedtoth espotwh ereh eh adlastseen Pvt.Nak amura aftermortarfireh adclearedth eenemyfrom th evici ni ty.Hefound h i mdead,with abulletwound i n h i sh ead."If>h eh ad notelimi nated th e

enemymach i ne gun onourleftflank wi h eni h edid,ourcasualtieswouldundoubtedlybeenforgreat-erth atday.And,bypinni ngdownth emach i neguni nth efarmh ouse,h eenabledth eplatoonto with -drawwith outcasualties. Inbothi nstances,h eundertook th etaskon h i sown i ni ti ati ve i nspiteofth e obvious dangers i nvolved,"S/Sgt.GeorgeS.lida,168NorthBeretaniaSt.,Honolulu,Hawai i ,declaringi nevaluatingth eDSCwi nner'sactivi ti es.

EvacueeConferencePlannedi nSaltLak eRelocation centerdelegateswillmeeti nSaltLak eCityFebruary16to23todiscussproblemsandplanspertinenttoth ereopeningofth eWestCoastandclosingofth eWRAcenters,th eTopazTimesreports.Th eTopazcouncilwillactassponsorsofteconference,i twasreported.Conference h eadquartersareexpectedtobeatth eMoxumh otel.

CoastUNKNOWNHit byUNKNOWNNewspaperOAKLAND,Calif.~forotoLabar Review£*publish edan editori alZL1"APL,UnionReporter*fe

N.J.,wh i ch comraente«J,oß«rrrr*»"*<"Afterth ree yearsof«k idiscri mi nati on and i nti »Sth eyarepermittedto«£?h ome*th «y sh ouldnwwi'beenforced toleave,"th e«paper'seditori aldeclared.%fascistgroups,h i di ngbeh i ndAmericanflagandspeutittTJpeasesfor 100peweatYengineered th i s despiej k l»7Someth i ngi swrongwh eak mcansaretornfrom th ti r£and sentpack i ng baeansTcountryofth ei rbi rth ortbth ei rforebearspartici i srttn.barbarousactofaggreni "

JACLCreditUnionDirectorsDeclareFirstDivi dendTh eJACL CreditUnionJweek declared i tsfirstdiri lsince i ts organizati on wfaflflmonth sago,i th asbeenannewdlh erebyHitoOk ada,treuumITh edivi dend,amountingto«|percent,was declaredbyUtHboard ofdirectors meetint"■Feb.2atth eJACL.Th eCreditUni onh ad143k »H

bers,asofJanuary 31,with i Htotalsavingsof$9,262.47,Qk xMreported.Loans to datelunflamounted toover $7,108,tillloansoutstandingatth epn«s|Htimeamountingto$3*17.16.Th e board ofdireetoratillmovedtopurch ase$3,000i nU,lMwarbonds,SeriesG.Th eannualmeetingoftbtelh olderswillbeh eldPebru«rBßi twasannounced.

LONGBEACHYWCAWELCOMESBACKNISEIEVACUEESLONG BEACH, Calif.-Aaistl

ancetopersonsofJapanettaiHceatryreturning to th e LonjHBeach areawasofferedonJu.it■i nan"openletter" toevaawßfrom th eYWCA,Sixth atPacifi c■Streets."Realizi ng'th atth ebanisliftdfl

andth atperh apsyoumaybecon-■sidering-returningto th e Lfißf■Beach area,afriendlygroupoilci ti zensofth i scommunityextend■greetings,"th elettersaid.Itwasstated, h owever,tk H"h ousi ngi scri ti cal"i nth eLonflBeach distri ct."Th i s i saseriousobstaclefor■

th osewish i ngtoreturn to ttoßcongested i ndustrialarea,"«*■letteradded."Atpresentwecußsuggestnosolutiontoth i sv»mlem?'"Wewouldli k eto giv«y*Wmoretangibleaid,butw« wirtlyoutok now th atweare h appj■youarefreetoreturntononnil■livi ngwh eth eri nLongBeach or■elsewh ere,"th elettercontia«»|"Ifwecanbeofassistancei nWIpracticalwaypleasefeelfree»■callonus."Among th osesigni ngth eVet-■terare:Clyde Roseberry,»»■.HelenGuestKnox,Dr.MaudWJ-BsonDunn,Rene Sebring SammDavid Burch ai o, Elga Sh earerißMrs,LeslieA.Mayes,GraceW*|ardson,Mrs.O.T.Ellis,R.Fred!Roeh m,Rev.StaurdLeßoyA»|dersonVi oletSellandMrs.Mar■garetHath away.

TwoNisei ReturnToCoastSch oolSANFRANCISCO—Mr.Jo**YamamotoandMr.Joh nlah tf*h avereturnedtoSanFran«*?J»studyatCollegeForPh ysKi wiandSurgeons.Th eyare h wfj laroomingh ousetwoblock s»"th ecollege.Th elandladywek o*edth enewtenants-andaft<*rSh adbeenth ereafewdaysofwjto h oldh ernextvacatedroom i »aJapaneseAmerican.

CorrectionTh ePacifi cCi ti zenh asbeenad-vi sedth atth eaddressofDr.■Mrs.K.IwasaofCh i cago,IW Ti ncorrectlyreportedamongg»*i ngspublish ed i nth e Ch nstWJi saue.Th ecorrectaddressfor«"Iwasafamilyi s:808E.37th St.Ch i cago15.

PACIFICCITIZENSaturday,Febrmry

6

Page 7: pacificcitizen.org€¦ · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY10, 1945 Price:SevenCents WarDepartmentAnnounces Namesof47NiseiKilled, 13WoundedinEuropeanArea

UNKNOWNCampsWillCloseUNKNOWNYear'sEnd,MyerDeclares

lyvRADirectorVbiU■Roh wer;Optimi sti c■OverCoastSi tuation

mHWBB.Ark -T*Allofth erRelocationAuth ori tycentersIwmain openuntil Jan.1,k topresentWRAZ DMon S.Myer,director,

onJan.30mBoh wer,£» h ewas mak i ng h i s fi rstJrf.tearwh i ch willtak eh i maU th ecenters.with th eexceptionofasegre-tioncamp,allth ecampswillbegadonJan.1,ch ange i nplansceoted h esaid.Inallcasesa«£month noticeofclosingwillriven,h ewasreportedassay-rVth eRoh werOutpost,liverdeclaredth atanyevacu-B£h ocannottak ecareofth em-Iveswh enonth ei rownwillbe»t«dasi ndi vi dualcasesaccord-ttoneed,with assistancetobewn th rough various welfare«ncies orth e SocialSecurity«rd.Myergaveafirsth andaccountth eWestCoast"Th esituationi nCaliforniai s■eellentforth eevacuees,bet-cfth an i th aseverbeen be-ta,"h esaid. 'Th eevacueesi rereceivi ngspecialattention,romth egovernordown.Anim-

portantfactoristh atth ereturnofevacueestoth eWestCoasth asbecomeanationalproblemandi snolongeralocalprob-lem.AlleyesarefocussedonCalifornia,Oregonand Wash -i ngton,for35,000 persons ofJapanesedescent,emissariesofgood-will,h averelocatedtoallpartsofth enationand 13,000Nisei arei nth eUnitedStatesarmedforces.""Incidents" against JapaneseAmericanswillbeth eexception,rath erth anth erule,Myersaid.Th emajori tyofth eWestCoastpopulationh asacceptedth emili -tarydecisi onandwillaccordgoodreception to fellow law-abidi ngciti zens,h edeclared.

Nisei SoldierBewilderedbyReportedViolenceMINNEAPOLIS,Minn.—Pvt.KarlDoi,wh oseh omei nPlacercounty,California,wasth eob-j ectofvigi lantism recently,wasrecentlyreportedi nani n-terviewatFortSnellingtobe"th emoßtbewilderedsoldieri nth eU.S.Army."Th e Tri bunereported th atPvt.Doi i spuzzledth atsuchacti onsh ouldbetak enagainsth i sfami lywh o,h esaid, h adbeen urged by th ei rPlacercounty neigh bors to return.Pvt.Doi addedth ath efeltth ath i sbroth er,Sh i guch i ,acorpor-ali nth eJapaneseAmericanCombatTeam i nFrance,"willbepuzzledevenmorewh enh egetsth enews."

88HuntResidentsApplyForReturn

HUNT,Ida.— Todate88per-sonsfrom Hunth aveappliedtoreturntoth eevacuatedareas,i n-cludingHawai i andAlask a,th eIrrigatorreportedlastweek .

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToMr.andMrs.TadaoToyo-sh i ma,12-7-P,Ht.Mountain,aboyonJan.29.ToMr.andMrs.Hitosh i Inaba,

7E-6A,Granada,agirlonDec.27.ToPvt.andMrs.Sam Miyano,10E-128, Granada, agirlonDec.28.ToMr.andMrs.Tosh i mi Mat-sush i ta,11K-BC,Granada,agirlonDec.28.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeOch i -k ubo,7F-58,Gradada,agirlonDec.28.ToMrandMrs.Hirok i ch i Asa-

k awa, 10E-BD,Granada a girlonDec.30.ToMr.andMrs.HisaoWada,

BG-10D,Granada,aboyonJan.2.ToS/Sgt.andMrs.Geor,geDoi,11K-BF,Granada,agirlonJan.1.To Mr.andMrs.Nobuo Sak a-moto,Koen Ranch ,Granada,aboyonJan.5.ToPfc.andMrs.MasonFuna-bi k i agirl,Nancy,onJan.28 i nMi nneapolis,Mi nn.ToMr.and Mrs.Masao Mas-ada,11F-IF,Granada,aboyonJan.25.ToPfc.and Mrs.JamesKubo-ch i ,12F-6A,Granada,agirlonJan.12.ToMrs.andMrs.NobuoSak i -yama,12-9E,Granada,aboyonJan.14.To Mr.and Mrs.RoyKish i ,

6F-11D,Granada,aboy onJan-uary15.To Mr.andMrs.Sh i geruTan-i guch i ,306-9-C,Poston,aboyonJan.23.To Mr.andMrs.NoboruTer-anish i ,305-10-D,Poston,a boyonJan.25.ToMr.andMrs.AndrewTsu-ch i ya,BG-2D,Granada,aboy on

ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeKita-bayash i ,6E-48,Granada,a boyonJan.18.To Mr.and Mrs.JamesKubo-

ch i ,12F-6A,Granada,a girlonJan.12.To Mr.andMrs.NobuoSak i -

yama,12G-9E,Granada,aboyonJan.14.To Mr.and Mrs.Roy Kish i ,

6F-11D,Granada,aboyon Jan-uary15.ToMr.andMrs.MinoruMori-moto,3-7-E,Topaz,a boy onJan.26.ToMr.andMrs.IwaoHayase,

38-9-B,Topaz,aboyonJan.29.ToMr.andMrs.Lou Tsune-

k awa,23-12-F,Topaz,a boy onJan.30.ToMr.andMrs.Ki k ui ch i Mar-

umoto,329-9-C,Poston,agirlonJan.26.To Mr.andMrs.NobuoHira-ok a,207-2-D,Poston,a girlonJan.24.

DEATHS

KenzaburoFuk uda,73,of29--22-D,Ht.Mountain,onFeb.1.Hisak o Yamamoto, i nfant, 2-

-11-B,Ht.Mountain,onFeb.1.Mrs.TaminoMiyano, 11F-IC,

Granada,onJan.11.Rev.Hisayosh i Barnabus Ter-

asawa,88,of26-12-E,Topaz,onJan.31.Mrs.Ri k a Napayama,79,x>f35-3-F,Topaz,onFeb.1.

MARRIAGESKimi k o Tai nak a toP.vt. FredToyaonJan.27i nBilli ngs,Mont.

Nisei Busi nessmanCh allengesOgdenCityPolicyofDenyingJapaneseAmericansLicenses

Offici alsOrderedtoSh owCauseasFederalCourtSuitIsFiled

OGDEN,Utah — Ogden CityCommissi on'spolicyofrefusingtograntbusinesslicensestoAmeri-cansofJapaneseancestrymovedtowardacourttestth i sweek ,fol-lowingth efili ngofacomplainti nFederalDi stri ctCourtbyGeorgeT.Sugi h ara,co-operatorofth eGreenParrotcafe.Inth ecomplaintfiledbySugi-

h araandh i spartner,VerdaHulse,againstth eOgdenCi tyCommis-sion,th elatterisaccusedofre-fusingSugi h araalicenseonth egroundofh i sJapaneseancestry-BornOct.21,1913 i nSeattle,

Wash .,Sugi h arah as spent nisli feti me i nth eUnitedStatesandi sanAmericanciti zen,th ecom-plaintdeclares,asi sh i spartner,VerdaHulse,born i nGardenCity,Utah .Afterdenying.h i m alicense,i twasch argedth atth eOgdencom-missi onersarenowth reateningtopadlock th ecafeand arrest i tsownersbecauseofth elack ofalicense.Followingth efi li ngofth esuitOgdencommissi onerswereservedwith paperssignedbyU.S.Mar-sh alGilbert Mech am orderingth emtosh owcause i nth eU.S.di stri ctcourtonMarch 12.Namedi nth eorderwere MayorDavidS. Romney,Commissi oners Wil-liam D.Wood1and HaroldL.Welch ,CityRecorderElizabeth M.TillotsonandCi tyAttorneyDer-rah B.VanDyk e.

WisconsinVeteranVisi tsHomewithWoundedNisei Buddy

MILWAUKEE, Wis.— TwoAmerican war veterans, Pfc.Ch arlesFish erandS/Sgt.SidneyOsh i ro,were i n Wisconsin lastweek visi ti ngatth eh omeofPfc.FMsh er's parents,Mr.and Mrs.Ch arles M. Fish erofCudah y,Wis.,th e Journalreported onFeb.4.Pfc.Fish er,wh olost.h i srigh tleg i nmortarfirenearFlorence,Italy,wash omeforth efi rsttimei n many month s,amd h e h adbrough th i sbuddy,S/Sgt.Osh i ro,wh olosth i srigh tlegandh i srigh th and,i nth epush onLeg-h orn,Italy,lastJuly.Th etwomenweremembersof

th e34ti h divi si onwh i ch sa\vmuchofth eh ardestfi gh ti ngofth eIta-liancampaign. Osh i rowaswithth e100th InfantryBattalion."Th ereweremore th an 1200ofuswh enwewenttoItaly,"h eBai d."Th erearenotmanyofusnow.Wewere i nth efrontlinesfor40straigh tdaysbeforeCas-si no."Th eveteranstouredMilwauk eeandvi si tedadozenspotswh i charefavoritesofPfc.Fish er,andwentbowling,despiteth ei rh andi -caps.

Milwauk eeEvacueesHoldStork Sh owerMILWAUKEE,Wis.—For th epleasureofMrs.Milton Maeda,Mrs.GeorgeHiguch i and MissGh i eOk azak i wereh ostessesatastork sh oweratMrs. Higuch i 'sh omeonJanuary28.Th eguestlist i ncluded: Mrs.HenryDate,MissFlorenceDate,CentralUtah ;Mrs.JamesMomoi,MissCh i yeTooni h i ro, Mi ni dok a;Mrs.George Saito,Miss Sach iOk azak i ,Manzanar.Mrs. Maeda,wh owasMissMollyKageyamabeforeh ermarriage,andMrs.Hi-gudh i arefrom Mini dok a.Mi ssOk azak i i sfromManzanar.

GraduatesFromParatroopSch oolPOSTON,Ariz.— Cpl.Tak ash iObata,sonofMr.andMrs.Tak i zoObataofPoston, h aswon th erigh tto wearth e"Wings andBoots"ofth eUnitedStatesArmyParatroops,th ePoetonCh roni clereportedrecently.

EpiscopalDioceseLOS ANGELES—Aresolutionwelcomingback evacueesofJapa-neseancestrytoth ePacifi cCoastwaspassedatth efifti eth anniver-saryconventionofth eLosAng-elesEpiscopalDioceserecently.

PACIFICCITIZENlirday,February10,IMB 7

MAINJEWELRY70WestIstSooth

SaltLak eCity1,UtahJIRO SAKANO,Prop.Men'sandLadies'

ExpansionWatch BraceletsEXPERTWATCHREPAIRSSPECIALTY DIAMONDS

MailOrders

BENTERASHIMAModern PortraitPh otograph y66East4th South St.SaltLak eCi ty,UtahHours9 a.m.to6p.m.SundaysandEveningsby

AppointmentPh one 4-8261

CLASSIFIED ADSForYourProtection

LIFE■HEALTH■ACCIDENTConsult

FREDS.NOMURAOccidentallifeInsuranceCompanyofCalifornia

1053So.Bth E. SaltLak eQtyPh one.:5-8040 Re*5-1151

WANTEDwork eri nadryclean-i ngestablish ment. Preferablyamanoracouple.Goodwages.Write qualifi cati onstoGeorgeH.Hak ata,Sr.,511 RailroadStreet,Elk o,Nevada.WANTED:2 AUTO MECHAN-ICS— Experiencedori nexper-i enced.NotsubjecttoArmycall.50% basis. ContactJamesK.Ito,32527th St.,Ogden,Utah .PlayNativeandpopulartunes

i nafew easylessonsPrivateLessonsatStudioMYHOMESTUDYCOURSE,i ncludesagenuinegood-tonedHawai i anguitar,fingerpick s,steelbar, music and guitarbag.

GUITARS*10.00&UPCallorWrite

)OHNNYHIKIAUCONSERVATORY

15E.IstSouth ,SaltLak e<WyPh one4-6014

NewSaltLak eHotel45VzWest2ndSouthSaltLak eCity,Utah

Tel.3-0936Operatedby

Minatos,formerlyofSeattle

TempleSeaFood67S.WestTempleSaltLak eCity,UtahFRIED SHRIMPS

NOODLES TEMPURA

TAKEWORRY OUTOF_ .TOURLIFBByInsuringTourFinancialbdepeadoM|CoMUltIHenryY.Kasai|NBWYORKUrtTlNB.CO.A"«t.overSBilli onDollars(AMutualCompany).„,lM)"lr1**Welcome»25Walk erBulk Bldg.SaltUk eCity,Utah_.„ Ph one*:

Office5-2841;Bm.1-6675

O.C.TANNERJEWELRYCO.DiamondsandWatch es

SaltLak eCity,170S.MainBrigh am City, 137MainMurray Neph i

Sayi twith FLOWERS...byWallyORIGINALAND SMARTLY DESIGNED DECORATIONS

FOR EACH INDIVIDUALTASTEWeddings— Funerals-Corsages-BouquetsFINESTCUTFLOWERSATREASONABLEPRICESWESHIPFLOWERS TO VARIOUSCENTERS__„ — "WeWi reFlowers—BPBCIALATTENTIONTO SERVICEMEN'SORDERS

WALLY TOMA.„.a MANAGER AND DESIGNER"7J.Street SaltLak eCity Res.Ph one4-8624

"»South Mai n LAMBOURNEFLORIST Ph one3-5254

RadioandElectricalApplianceiRepaired

UNIVERSALRADIOSERVICEMai Tak ata,Owner

1108-lBth Street Ke.3910Denver,Colo.

MANCHUGRILL& CHOPSUEY

1956LarimerSt. Ta.9576Denver2,Colo.

FineFoodsaSpecialty"MeetYourFriendsHere"

OLYMPICHOTEL2226% LarimerSt.Denver2,Colo.Ph oneTAbor9641"TRANSIENTand

LIGHT I?OUBKEEPINGn

G.M.OHARA,Mgr.

LarimerCh opSuey2008LarimerSt.,Denver

NIHON-SHOKUSh ortOrderAmericanDish es

K.OIZUMEFormerlyofCulverCity

A PACIFICMERCANTILECO.CompleteLineofJapanese

I TypeFoods,StandardGro-ceries and Foodstuffs.Smith Ri ce $8.75Ah alone,can 55Sh i tak e,pk g. 1.95Ch awan . .50

IAsk forcompletepricelist.GeorgeClem OyamaGeorgeY.Imai

1946Larimer KE 6031IDenver,Colo.

4 HAJVASONOPHOTOSTUDIO

IPortrait,Wedding,Panorama,IPh otoCopies,Enlargements

216SLarimerStreetDENVER,COLORADO

»„.— ..■—— —-.—-.~—.MERCHANDISESALESAGENCY1121 19th Street

DENVER2,COLO.

Speciali zedAttentionToMailOrdersTools* Appliances,YardGoods,Luggage,Ph ono-

graph Records.■■■■■■■■!!■!■■!!■!!■!Ml■■■■■■■■!«

TOOURFRIENDSWewish toexpressoursin-

cereappreciati ontoth osewh owereso k i nd i nourh ourofbereavement.Th esympath yofourfriendsi nth eMi ni dok are-locationcenterandi nSaltLak eCity h assoftenedth eblowofth edeath ofHideoEddieTan-abe,oursonandbroth er.Mr.andMrs.Joich i Tanabe,AussieandYosh i Tanabe.

NIKKOLOW20S8Larimer

DENVER,COLORADOClosedMonday KB800611a.m.to12Mi dni gh tNIHONSHOKU&CHINESE

DISHES

ASATOSOYBEANFOODSHOP

SoySauce,Miso,Age,Tofu,Rice,andAllKindsofOrientalFoods149W.Divi si onSt.CallDELaware1816

T.N.Asato Ch i cago10,111.MailOrdersFi lled

....—.— —— — ——..-.— —»MARKTWAINBEAUTYBOXTryournewHELENCURTIS

CremeOi lColdWaveLeavesyourh ai rLustrousandNatural

Look i ngKazuKuwah ara,Mgr.11lW.Divi si onSt.

MOHawk 8446,Ch i cago,HI.Hours10to10

Room andBoardRelocationServiceto

Newcomers

Express-HaulingMAEDA'S BOARDINGHOUSE "

3608 S.EllisAyeTeleph one:ATLantic4669CHICAGO.ILLINOISTom Maeda,M«r.

Page 8: pacificcitizen.org€¦ · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.20;NO.6 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY10, 1945 Price:SevenCents WarDepartmentAnnounces Namesof47NiseiKilled, 13WoundedinEuropeanArea

Civi li anNisei Speciali stsAidPsych ologicalWari nPacifi c

OWlsJapaneseSectionMovedBackToSanFrancisco

SAN FRANCISCO—Th e Japa-neseDivi si on ofth e Office ofWarInformationwh i ch translatesandrecords i nJapanese sh ort-waveprogramsbeamedacrossth ePacifi c i nth epsych ologicalwaragainstJapan,willbemovedfromDenvertoth emai n h eadquartersofPacifi coperationsi nSanFran-cisco, i twasannouncedonFeb.2byElmerDavis, h eadofth eOWLTransferofth e OWls Japa-

nesedivi si onback toSanFran-cisco wasmade possibleby th eWarDepartment'srecentrescind-i ng ofexclusion orders againstpersonsofJapaneseancestryonth eWestCoast,Davis i ndi cated.Twenty-one Japanese Americantranslatorsand announcerswillbe movedfrom Denverto SanFrancisco. Th e transferspeedswork on th eprogramsbyelimi -nating timenecessaryto trans-mi tprograms written i n SanFranciscotoDenverfortransla-ti onandrecordingandth ereturnh ereforbroadcasttoJapanandJapanese-occupied areas i n th ePacifi c.With sixnewsh ort-wavetrans-mitterson th e Pacifi ccoast,anew transmittertoRonoluluanda new medium wave,standardbroadcastbandstationonSaipan,outputofth e"VoiceofAmericatoJapan"h asbeendoubled,Davissai d.Hereportedth atprogramstoJapanarenowbroadcastnineh oursaday.

170PersonsAttendBoiseValleyMeeting

Th esecondBoiseValleyCh ri s-ti an iConference ofJapaneseAmericans h eld Jan.28 atth eFi rstMeth odi stch urch i n Cald-wellwasattendedby170people.Dr.C.K. Vliet,outstandingMeth odi stch urch leaderfromNewYork ,wasguestspeak erandlead-erofadiscussion,"Youth andth eWorldTomorrow."Dr.Vlieth asmanyfriendswh oarerelocatedNisei ,among th em h i s Ni seisecretary.Th eCaldwellY.A.F.were h oststodelegatesfrom Adrian,Vale,NyssaandOntarioandCaucasianguestsfrom th eNampaandth eCaldwellMeth odi stch urch es.Committee ch ai rmenwereEd-

sonFuj i i ,JesseNi sh i andGraceSh i rai sh i .

Idah oFallsYPCHoldsElectionIDAHO FALLS, Ida.—Asak o

Hagawaselectedpresidentofth eIdah o FallsYPC ata meetingonFebruary4.Oth ernew officersareMari k oMiyasak i ,vice president;MarySato,secreatry;Marth a Yama-sak i ,treasurer;JessieKuwana,reporter;Fred..Och i and ToddKuwana,Nisei committee.BettieNi sh i ok aledth eworsh i pservice wh i ch followedth eelec-ti on.Ash ortplaywaspresentedbyth emembersofth eYPC.

Back PayFinallyCatch esUpWithCombatVeteranFORTORD,Calif.—Th e$345.09th atPfc.Rich ardM.Ok asak i ,28,veteranofth e100th InfantryBat-talion'scampaigns i nItalyandFrance,draws th i smonth willprobablybeone ofth e largestamountspaidanyenlistedmanatth ei nfantryreplacementdepotatFortOrdi nalongwh i le.Th e FortOrd Panoramare-portedonFeb.2th atPfc.Ok a-sak i h asearned i t—andth eh ardway.Alth ough h ewaspaidMay31,1944,atanoth ercamp,mostofth emoney h egetsth i stimewillbeback combatpaywh i ch h e h asbeenfollowingsince h eleftth eJapaneseAmericanuniti nFrance.Pfc.Ok asak i h asservedth reeyearsi nth eArmyandwasi nHa-wai i atth eti meofth eattack onPearlHarbor.Sinceth enh eh asbeen i nItalyandFrancewh ereh eearnedth erigh ttoweareigh tdecorationsonh i sblouse.Fore-mostofth esei sth eSilverStar.Inadditi on,~newearsth eCombatInfantryman'sBadge,th ePurpleHeartwith acluster, th epre-PearlHarbor,Asiati c-Pacifi candEuropean th eaterribbons, th eGoodConductMedalandth euni tcitati on.Pfc.Ok asak i won h i s Si lverStari nFrance.,Aftermarch i ngforwardallonenigh t,h ewassta-tionedon h i sbattalion'srigh tflank with abazook aguardingth eroad.Ash elayi nah ollowtoonesideofth eroadh eh eardatankquietlyapproach i ng.Remaini ngprone,h eloaded h i sbazook aandwaiteduntilth etankonwh i ch figh tGermanri flemenwereridi ngcamewith i n50yards.

Th enquick lystanding,h efiredbe-foreanyofth eri flemen coulddrawabead.Th eroundwenttrue,k i lli ngallth eriflemen andth etank occupants,and spark i ngafirewh i ch discouragedth reefol-lowingtank sfromattack i ng.Asth etank swith drewPfc.Ok asak ireturnedtoh i sorigi nalpositi on.Pfc.Ok asak i becameabazook agunnerwh enwounds i nj ured h i sleftarmsoth ath ecouldnotade-quatelyh andleanM-l.

WoundedNisei SoldierBowlsDespiteLossofRigh tLegMILWAUKEE, Wis.— Li k e

mostfellows,Pfc.Tok i oSh i omi -ch i ,810E.Mason St.,aformerresidentofBrawley,Calif.,li k estobowl.Butwlh enaGermanlandminetoreoffh i srigh tlegatth ek neei nItalylastAugust,h i sfriendsconcludedth ath e would neverbowlagain.Th e22-yearoldJapa-neseAmericanprovedh owwrongth eywereatadowntownbowlingalleylastweek ,accordingtoth eJournal.Sh i omi ch i discardedh i scrutch esatth ealleyand nimbly h oppedaboutononefoot.Insettingth e16-poundballdown,h emaintai nedamazingbalanceandtimi ng.Th eJournalreportedth atPfc.Sh i omi ch i wasonleavefromPer-cyJonesArmygeneralh ospi tali nBattleCreek ,Mich .,to visi th i swife,Carol,astenograph erfor

th eGoodwillIndustries.He losth i slegnearFlorenceduringth eItaliancampaign.Sh rapnelfromanexplodinglandminesh atteredth ebone,necessitati ngamputationofth erigh tlegbelowth ek nee.Ch eerful,th eslenderJapaneseAmericanh as notallowed h i sh andi captoch ange h i soutlook onlife.Besidesbowling, h e swi msandplaysbask etball and pingpong."I'm th ank fultobeback ," h e

sai d."Handicaps are wh ateveryoumak eth em.Th ebestwayistogoon j ustaseveryth i ngwasbefore,andmak e th e mostofwh ateveryouh ave."Pfc.Sh i omi ch i 's broth er, Joe

wask i lledi naction i nItaly.Hisbroth er-i n-law,j Sh awKojak u,wasalsok i lledi nItaly.

KidoUrgesJACLCh aptersWith FundstoReopenCoastOfficestoAssistEvacuees

NationalOfficeHasReceived$13,800fromLocalCh apterGroups

Th e Japanese American CitjzensLeagueth i sweek urgedth ei mmedi ateopeningofch apterof-fi cesi nciti esandtownsofCali-fornia,Wash i ngtonandOregonbjth ose localch apterswh i ch sti ll.h avefunds i nth ei rtreasury.Speak i ngfrom nationalh ead-quartersi nSaltLak eCity,Sab-uroKido,president,declaredth atwith oneofficealreadyopen i nSanFrancisco,th eJACLh opestoopensimi laroffices i nLosWelesandSeattlebyApril1.Kidoreportedth atth efollow-i ngch aptersi h adturnedtoth ei rfundsi ntoth etreasuryofth eNa-tionalofficessinceMayl,1942.San Francisco,$4023.45;San*mento,$500;Seattle,$3,000;Oak -land,$1,000;Portland,$1216.07-SanMateo,$451.37;South ernCalli forni aDi stri ctCouncil:$851.14-Puyallup,$260;Ki ngs County'$179.53;Salinas,$100;Tacoma!$114.08;Berk eley,$145.15;LowBeach ,$163.94;Wash i ngtonTown.sh i p,$400;andSantaMariaVal-ley,$1202.14,atotalofnearly$13,800."Iti sneedlesstostateth atth econtributi onsfrom th ese ch aptertreasuries enabled th e nationalJACLtopartici pate i nth etestcasesaswellastocarryonth eeducationalprogram forbetteracceptance and understandingth rough outth e country,"Kidosaid."Th efifty-th reech aptersonth e

Paci fi ccoastwh i ch wereforcedtoevacuateh adfundsi nth ei rtreas-uries.Iti s sincerelyh opedth atth osech apters wh i ch h avebal-ancesanacanserveth ei rcom-muniti eslayth ei rplansi mmedi -ately,sinceth elargestnumberofevacueeswillstarttoreturntoth e westcoastaboutMarch 1,reach i ngapeak i nSeptember."

Nisei WarVeteranToEnterStanfordPALO ALTO,Calif.—Planningtotak eup h i scollegeeducationwh ereh eleftoffpriortoenter-i ngservice,Th omasKunibe i n-

tendstoenterStanfordUniversityi nth espringquarterunderth eGIBillofrigh ts..Kunibe,th efi rstAmericanofJapaneseancestrytoattendStan-fordunderth eGIbill,wasrecent-lygiven anh onorable disch argeafterfouryearsofArmyservice.

Initi ated i nSocietyMILWAUKEE, Wis.— Yuk i o

Tsumagari,pre-medicsstudentatMarquetteUniversity,wasrecent-lyi ni ti atedintoPh i Sigma, na-tionalh onorarybiologicalsociety.He i sth esonofMr.andMrs.Tak aj i Tsumagari and came toMilwauk eefromth eColoradoRiv-erProjectatPoston,Arizona.

CalAggiesWillReopenonMarch 3DAVIS,Calif.—Th e UniversityofCaliforniaCollegeofAgricul-tureatDaviswillreopenfori t«Spring,1945,term onMarch 3with sixteenweek sofpracticali nstruction i nagriculture,i twaiannouncedrecently.Th ecourse i sdesignedforvet-eransbutwillbeopentoanyi n-terestedpersonover18yearsofage,i twasnoted.Th erearenoentrance examinati ons oroth errequirementsforadmissi on.

Saturday,February 10,\s»PACIFICCITIZEN8

IOnionISeedsISelected 1944YellowSweetISpanish and Spanish typeIGrenoOnionSeedsforsaleIatFarmer's cost.WriteIearlyto—

S.NilP.O.Box676Nyssa,Oregon

TOYO-KWAN41 E.19th Street

New York City3,N.Y.

JAPANESEFOODS SERVEDNISEIWELCOME

DR.R.MAS SAKADAOPTOMETRIST

South Si deBank &TrustHldg.SuiteTwo

CottageGroveat47th St.ATLantic1090 Ch i cago,DLEveningsbyAppointment

FINEQUALITYWOOLENS...CompleteRangeofHigh ClassOvercoatingandSuiti ngsforMenandWomen

SKIRTENDS— TROUSERLENGTHS r«VCottonandRayons V- ^PlainandPrinted Jk 9W

L.B.WOOLEN&TRIMMINGWCOMPANY M W530SO.LOSANGELESST. M W

LOS ANGELES 13,CALIFORNIASamplesfurnish eduponrequest.Givede- Uatailsastowh atyou i ntendtomak e Jfk D*

Pleasedonotsendremittancewith orderWesh i pC.O.D.only

dNOW AVAILABLE:HANDYPOCKET-SIZEDICTIONARIES-3IN.BY6IN.

ISaito'sKanwaj i ten(Postageprepaid) __.._ $3.80

Sanseido'sNewConciseJapanese-English Di cti onary.(PostagePrepaid) $3.50

Sanseido'sNewConciseEnglish -JapaneseDicti onary.(PostagePrepaid) $3>50KENKYUSHAEnglish -JapaneseDicti onary.(Maili ngch arge,50c) _\ " $800

KENKYUSHAJapanese-English Di cti onary.(Maili ngch arge,50c) _.... * $500

ELEMENTARYJapaneseTextbook sForSelf-Study.Grammar,vocabulariesandnotes.(Maili ngch arge25c.)Asetoftwobook s $4.50

NaganumaReader,Vol.1,2,3,4,5,and6(PostagePreP»ld -- Each $1.60ReferenceBook ofNotes,VocabularyandGrammarforNaganumaReader,Vol.1,2,3,(PostagePrepaid)..Each $1.60NewGyosh o-Sosh oTok uh on,containsSosh owith much newmaterialadded(Postageprepaid) $1.60BeginnersReaderi nKanaandPracticeBook „ $.78

(PostagePrepaid)Goh GameBook (InJapanese) $2.00PleaseRemitWith Orderto:

JOZO SUGIHARAk M\ 1775XeniaStreet Ph one:East4923J DENVER 7,COLO.

DR.HENRYTAKAHASHIOptometrist

16 yrs.ofpracticei nS.F.6127&Kimbark Aye.Ch i cagoByappointmentOnlyPh onePLAza2110

100%Virgi nWoolensBY THE YARD!

Selectyournewfallandwin-tersuitorcoatwoolensfromalargeassortmentof"Uptoth eMinute"colorsandweaves.Sampleswatch esonrequest.Juststatetypeofgarment:Suit,Goat,Slack s-andColorALEXANDERBRICK728 SOUTHHILLST.Los Angeles14,Calif.

INCHICAGOLetUsdoYourHauling

TOMKMURAEXPRESS

935E.42ndPlacePh .ATLantic3914

BREWED SOY SAUCE-GALLONBOTTLES

AGED OVERONEYEAR

CHICAGO SOUTH SIDERESIDENTS

ForJapaneseProTiai ouCALLFUJIMOTO'S909 E.43rdStreetTeleph oneDRExelS3OSDeliverySerrice

ImuraBarberSh opRoom 335 KresgeBldg.

628 Ni colletAye.Minneapolis,MinnesotaTak andFrancesImura

(Operators)

IYARNSI forHandKnitti ngWatch es-Rings-Jewelry-FountainPeni

Kodak Films-Developing.Enlargement*Ultra-Fine GrainProcessing

CREPE PAPERS— DuplexandOth ersDRESSMAKINGSUPPLIES

WATCH REPAIRING — ALLMak e*-GuaranteedIY.TERADA,propr.

AOYAGICO.147-157WEST 42ndSTREETNEW YORK 18,N.Y.

HOUSE OF QUALITY— EOT.192S— RELIABLEPrompt Sh i pmentsAllMailOrdersMerch andi se Guaranteed orCash Refunded■ PersonalAttentionAnyOth erPurch ase.