VOL. 21; NO. P12 ACSALTILAKEFCITY,IUTAH,C CITIZEN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1945 Price: Seven Cent* CoastTerrori stsBurn,AttackHomesofGIs Nisei Soldiers HonorMemory ofFDR Anti -Evacuee HoodlumsDestroy Placer County House of Family Wi th Four Sons i n U. S. Army Parents Return to Farm Near Rocklin to Find Home Burned Down; Area Has Been Center of Demonstrations Against Japanese Americans

LOOMIS, Calif.—Anti-evacuee terrorists on Sept. 18 burned the Placer county h ome of four American soldiers of Japanesean- cestry, one of wh om was k i lled i n action i n southern France i n March ofthi s year. Mr. and Mrs. K. Sakamoto, parents of the four U. S. Army veterans, returned thi s week to their h ome near Rocklin to find i t h ad been burned to the ground. Th e fire was reported by two returned evacuees of Japa- nese ancestry to Fire Ch i ef Gar- ret Doty. Th e evacuees asked that an i nvestigation be made. Th e Sakamotos i h ave h ad four Vandals Sh oot sons i n the service: Staff Sgt. Masa Sakamoto, k i lled i n action Into Home of on March 3, 1945, on the Franco- Italian frontier wh i le figh ting as Nisei Soldier a j nember of the 442nd Combat Team; T/3 Cosma Sakamoto, a Officials veteran of Ok i nawa wh o i s now Continue stationed i n Hawaii ; Sgt. Walter Investigation of First Sakamoto, wih o h as been i n action Violence i n Lodi Area with the 442nd i n Italy; and T/3 Calvin Sakamoto, wh o i s now en route to the West Coast for pos- LODI, Calif. — Officials thi s sible Pacific service. week continued their i nvestigation Th e Sakamotos were evacuated of a gunfire attack upon the farm from their farm h ome ■near h ere h ome near Acampo of a Japanese i n 1942 and h ave been residing at American soldier, now with the the Granada relocation center at 442nd Infantry Regiment i n Italy. Amache, Colo. Th e reported terrorism, thefirst WASHINGTON Four wounded Japanese Sgt. Yeichi Kuwayama, Long Island, N. V.; Anti-evacuee .hoodlums also act of violence against Japanese burned down Jap- American veterans of— the 442nd Combat Team Harold L. Ickes; Pfc. Jesse Hirata, Honoaunau, the h ouse of a American returnees i n San Joa- T. Distinguished anese American soldier, Wi lson quin county, on Sept. 13. m shown presenting President Truman with a H., h older of the Service Cross occurred for extraordinary h eroism i n Italy; and, Dillon Makabe, wh o lost a leg wh i le with Th e victims of the attack were theck for $4,300 collected by Nisei troops i n S. Myer. the 442nd Infantry overseas. Th e the family Mrs. Makabe also was of Kah aru Imada, Italy as a contribution toward a memorial for Th e presentaton to President Truman was h ome located i n wh ose eldest son, Sgt. Jun Imada the late President Roosevelt. Th ose present at by Sgt. Kuwayama Placer county and was destroyed i s a made wh osaid that the Jap- by last year. member of the famous Japa- the Wh i te House ceremony i ncluded (left to anese American soldiers ofthe 442nd Combat fire nese American Combat "Team. righ t) Finch, Placer County h as been a center Earl Hattiesburg, Miss., business- Team h ad taken up the collection wh i le on the of against Kenneth Sakoda, son-in-law of nan and rancher wh o"adopted" Italy during activity Americans of the Japanese front lines i n the final offensive Japaneseancestry and i s the h ead- Mrs. Imada, wh ose h ome i s at American Team; Pfc. George M. Tsuji - i n memory Combat of the late President Roosevelt's i deal quarters of the California Preser- Rt. 1, Box 4188, reported the i n- noto, Tracy, Calif.; Pfc. Terumi Kato, Honolulu, that "Americanism i s a matter ofthe mind and vation cident to Deputy Sh eriff Clarence wh o leg Association, formerly lost h i s i n Italy; President Truman; h eart not of race or a,ncestry." k nown as the Placer County Anti- Crawford and to Joh n R. Robert- Japanese Association, wh i ch h as son, San Joaquin county represen- embarked on a state-wide program tative of the War Relocation Au- to prevent the return of evacuees thority. of Japanese ancestry to their Mrs. Imada, wh o recently re- Poli ce ArrestTwo Suspects h omes i n California. turned with h er family from the Roh wer relocation center i n Ar- k ansas, told the i nvestigating of- In County Sh ooti ngs Poli ce ficers h er daugh ter, Betty, 11, and Alameda Guard h er son, 10, were i n the h ouse with h er on the morning of Sept. San Francisco 13 wh en they h eard two reports ■Sh eriffBooks Men on Ch arge Nisei Lieutenant they believed were caused by Given Vital Tokyo Evacuee Hostel backfiring of a passing car. Th e daugh ter later noticed a ■OfAttempted Murder as Sh ots SAN FRANCISCO Police Post by MacArthur x Role i n the wall near the front guards were detailed to —maintain door. A check revealed a bullet Into Homes of Evacuees Army Lieutenant Taro (Tex- a watch around the Buddh i st h ad passed through the wall, fi red Tsukah ara, church, temporary h ostel h ome for struck a chair and dropped to the as) a former recently dent of San Francisco, Calif.,resi- 150 returned evacuees, floor. OAKLAND. Calif.—Moving swiftly to solve the county's i n- following a reported act of h ood- i tial was selected by General Mac- Police believed the shot was i ncidents of anti-Japanese.Americanviolence, Alameda Coun- Sept. super- lumism on the nigh t of Sept. 19. fired from a passing car. >'authorities thi s of h aving Arthur on 17 to reported week arrested two men on suspicion vise Nisei soldiers and Japa- Police that several Th e Imada family h as resided »iM four shots i nto h omes of returned evacuee families pieces of plaster were thrown 01 the two nese employees ofthe U. S. i n the dwelling for 25 years ex- ancestry on Sunday nigh t near Centerville. Occupation's new In- through a window on theOotavia Jjpanese Army of Street side of the Buddh i st cept for the time spent i n the re- Meanwh i le, authorities were believed searchi ng for a thi rd formation Dissemination Sec- church location center. Mrs. Imada's h us- believed to h ave been the i nstigator of the terroristic Tokyo, according a building. A lantern wais thrown at Stem to tion i n to the building, strik i ng wall. Tlhe band was k i lled several years ago '" United Press report. a i n a farm accident. l*o men wh o were arrested were Robert H. Hailey, 37, only reported damage was a brok- »ft,?l*. Lieut. Tsukah ara, former window; j ^*ol"driver and Ch arles Custom, 42, a garage h elper, president San Fran- en ■«wbofc ' vice of the Th e i ncident was the first re- belief that h igh school boys residents of Milpitas. Hailey and Custom, the latter of cisco JACL, went overseas i n the 171 brough t bo the Alameda courthouse i n language ported act of attempted violence were responsible for the i ncident Oakland0?' were 1943 to serve asa against returning evacuees i n the but Police Ch i ef Dullea an H, p. k ed on suspicion of attempted murder by Sh eriff specialist with U. S. forces i n ordered Gle seen action city of San Francisco. all-nigh t guard around the h ostel f the Pacific He h as Police officials were i nclined to building. *ott wr Si/tin(? evidence, sheriff's deputies decided that the i n campaigns i n the Solomons, Purcha» from a 12-ffauge automatic shotgun. A list of Rendova and New Georgia and *dshotgun by to Army P*SoodsT/'* ammunitian, furnished local sporting h as been attached stores, led to the arrests. h eadquarters i n Australia. Japanese Ameri cans Saved Lfv, Calif<~Th e first i nstances of anti-evacuee ter- CENTER Ain San brough t vigorous NEW REST week Francisco Bay area action Alli ed Airfi eld i n Burma toads' as., Sh eriff H- P- Gleason of Alameda county ordered SET UP FOR NISEI Centerville area patrolled and declared that the TROOPS IN ITALY CHUNGKING, Ch i na Now Hirah ayashi and Nakada are men wh made dayligh t the complete story—of the reported to h ave translated an leg attacks on two Japanese American that i ntercepted Japanese on «?e Japanese enemy radio mes- pted 16 would be charged, wh en caugh t, with at- WI^H THE 442nd IN ITALY— defeat of the sage wh i ch revealed the enemy's mvrd regimental rest center h as at Myitkyina i n Burma can be plans to American i ntelligence 6" A. new go a shabby up for men of the 442nd bold, credit can totwo Amer- officers. the sedan fired four charges of birdshot been set of Japanese ances- Wh en the h ad reported I! American) Combat i can soldiers Nisei '" (Japanese try for an i mportant contribu- on the i nformation contained i n oshlaki Idota wh ° i n Forte Die Marmi, pre- to the enemy's downfall the Japanese message, the Al- f ' a description of the automobile Team tion er«CJto ,a relocation i nvolved, and two discharged shot- war shore resort town for therich i n the k ey .battle of the Burma lied forces laid a trap for the their fnitruck north campaign, a U. S. Army source enemy wh i ch i n h eavy i CentP«!n farms be- gun shells found i n the road. of Italy, located six miles resulted „ and Newark two was i njured although on the Ligunan declared recently. Japanese casualties and the se- JJternlle No one of Viareggio Army creditedTech. curing of Myitkyina one bullet missed the h ead of a Th e U. S. the airfield family coast. Sgts. Grant Hirabayashi of from further enemy attacks. 11118 "°rt of sleeping chi ld of the Idota Sixty men can be accomodated Na- 0."1^ by i nches, the police re- Franchesci, a 32- Kent, Wash., and Roy K. Th e two Japanese Americana said, adrlir, Glea- eigh t weekly at Hotel with h elping with Composite tha*uSh eriff*c police ported. con- k ada of Honolulu, were the 5307th seve al f , , apartment with modern i n Burma. Unit at X?Ue£to the i dentity of Th e first h ome attacked was S to save an airfield i n Burma the time. "*'me'clues i ncluded (Continued on page 7) veniences. I"an ND' Saturday PACIFIC CITIZEN LSe^tember9, 2 JL Sgt. Fuji ta, Only Nisei Taken Coast's FairPlay Committee Restri cti ons on Nisei Civili an Prisoner by Japan i n Pacific Puts Evacuee Questi on i n Airmen Figh ting, Reported Liberated Lifted Letterto PlacerBusinessmen Wartime Regulation* Texas Nisei Was Member Against Nisei GIs Assist Coast question concerning Americans of Japanese Nisei Pilots Of "Lost Battalion" Th e West Rescinded by In Rounding Up ancestry h as been placed squarely before the farmers and busi- CAA In Figh t for Java California, scene of some of the War Criminals nessmen of Placer County, SAN most aggravated of the series of "incidents" i nvolving Japa- and FRANCISCO-Nisei ,i I ABILENE, Tex.—Th e libera- American mechanics wh o were i LP'^H tion of Sgt. Frank Fuji ta, be- Th e Associated Press report- nese Americans, by the Pacific Coast Committee on to surrender their liceSL^J"* lieved to be the only Japanese ed Sept. 12 i n a dispatch from Principles and Fair Play, Rodney L. Brink, West Coast corres- man's i dentification S^f American soldier taken prison- Tokyo that the occupation of pondent Ch ristian Science Monitor reported i n a dispatch demand of the Civil A«L ?onß by i n Paci- rounding-up of the er the Japanese the Japan and the oi by newspaper Sept. Administration h ave h adC 'J fic war, was reported thi s week h igh Imperial officials are pro- published the on 15. other wartimerestrictions^**1! i n Washi ngton by the War De- gressing "with the aid of Ni- Mr. Brink noted that with V-J i ng to Japanese Amerk^ partment. sei." Day "a testing time" h as arrived League i s now the California Pres- °f Sept 5 J^t Th e son of Frank Fuji ta, Th e A. P. said that Admiral for those Californians wh o h ave League," the Monitor CAiX! ' accoSX| Sr., protested against ervation A 526 Ch estnut St., Abilene, Sgt. Sh i madii . Navy Minister at the most vigorously writer added. "Wi th thi s broader new ruling by the TAa Fuji ta was first reported a pris- time of the Pearl Harbor attack the return of Japanese Americans other permits Nisei pilots pointed title i t j oins the ranks of to and mat"0!! oner of war i n February, 1943, was arrested by a party of to the coastal zoneand out state - wide organizations wh i ch obtain licenses onW&*l i n a short wave broadcast from Americans h eaded by Major that so far as the public h as been h ave agitated for manyyears for all other qualified applicant Tokyo. Th e report was made by Paul Kraii s, counter-intelli- i nformed, there i h as been no case the Exclusion of Japanese, or Ch i - Th e CAA "I Pete also of gence officer wh o arrested Gen. of sabotage i nvolving Japanese ed announcement fnii I Evans* Abilene, wh o four nese, or both. Currently, .however, proteste filed i n declared at the time that Sgt. Tojo. Americans during the nearly the objective i a to bar American JA^L RepresentativewSftl Fuji ta and Robert L. Stubbs, "Major Kraus sent h i s Nisei years of war. citizens from a region wh i ch was i n beh alf of Jo^Kl i nterpreters "Now, with the disarming and Tom Sh ozo rfil son of Mrs. S. S. Stubbs of Abi- ... to order the formerly their h ome." of Reno, Nevada, wh o lene, were also prisoners. admiral to present h i mself," abject surrender of Japan, the last sent an alien h adfti fragment logic tying opposition Th e article noted that the Pres- personnel All were members of the "lost the A. P. noted. of ervation League proclaimed as i ts questionnaire and a3|seoirtl battalion" of the 131st Field Ar- to military security i s considered tion for wh ose disintegrated," the Moni- purpose "to discourage the return reinstatement h ad tillery, wh i ch was on Java wh en to h ave of people of Japanese ancestry to been acted upon. »B that i sland was overwh elmed by tor correspondent said. Ventura reported that the California by refusing to buy, sell, Th e announcement the Japanese i n March, 1943. Soldier Mr. Brink lease, or trade with any Japanese," from the Authority receivJ question put to the Placer coun- noW seUaSI Th e short wave announcement organ- and to "buy or confiscate all Japa- all former restrictions m,ZJ Sgt. Fuji ta's Wi ns Medal i n ty group by the Fair Play upon Japanese i of capture was lat- i zationh i nges on the fact that the nese lands or businesses, such Americans ■ er confirmed i n a War Depart- County properties to be offered to return- ment telegram to h i s mother on Pacific Campaign growers of Placer are ask- i ng veterans." (Excepting, com- May i ng for the labor of i mported Mex- Japanese 14, 1943. i can nationals and of school boys ments the Fair Play Committee, Canadians Another Fuji ta son, Herbert Bronze Star Medal for and girls from Centra] California "undoubtedly those American vet- Continue Training Lee Fuji ta, also served i n the cities to h elp gather their fruit erans unfortunate enough to be Army, training at Camp Sh elby Valor Awarded to wh i le some citizens of bom of Japanese ancestry.") Despite Day h arvests, Th e V-J i n the special Japanese Ameri- California Sergeant their county are resisting the re- Monitor article said the can combaat team. Herbert Fu- turn of the agriculturally expert strong stand ofthe Committee on VANCOUVER, B. C. h [M j i ta entered the army i n Octo- American Principles and Fair Play sive WITH THE 41st Japanese Americans "and using training of the Japanese- cj ber, 1940. DIVISION, violent methods wh en other means i s based on records of meetings nadians i n the PHILIPPINES—Technician Th i rd Canadian Army* fail." and events chronicled mainly i n a Intelligence Corps i s continuing Grade Hisao Matsumoto, wh o, un- Th e Monitor article quoted the leading newspaper of Auburn, without a letup despite Ch i cago City Council Placer County. In one such chron- the end oS til h i s i nduction four years ago letter addressed by the Pacific the war, with another group ent h as not been made reganH state legislature did reject a fair upon the combat-infantryman by Food Administration and the People's World Wi ll i ng their future deployment, i t fl employment Agricultural Extension Service, lik ely practices act for the Maj. Gen. Jens h eld that these CanadiuH state last spring. A. Doe, command- should pay for recruiting, trans- Sponsor Meeting to Nisei be attached er ofthe famed will to the All Th e City Council recently ap- 41st Infantry Di- porting, and supplying Placer lied occupation army i n Japaifl proved an ordinance wh i ch proh i - vision, at the conclusion of the County with nationals from Welcome Evacuees and will be an exception to tii fl bits racial discrimination i n City Zamboanga peninsula campaign. Mexico wh i le i n your community announcement by Prime MinisteH employment and on any j obs per- Mrs. Tayeko Matsumoto, elements wh i ch assume to speak SAN FRANCISCO "A Wel- King that Canadian troops wife i n your name come wilfl formed for the City by private of the bemedaled 41st Division advocate without to Japanese Americans,"— a not be used as occupation forceifl contractors and sub-contractors. "Jungleer," presently contradiction, or employ devices meeting welcomingreturning evac- i s residing to 'discourage' Japanese uees, sponsored Th e ordinance was i ntroduced by i n Washi ngton, D. C, wh ere she Ameri- will be on Friday, two Negro aldermen and was pass- i s an employee can laborers from returning Oct. 5, at 8 p. m. by the Daily JACL Role on Coast of the Federal People's ed by a yote of 39 to 1. government. h ome? World at the California Discussed at broader clause i n the ordin- "2. Do you expect parents and Club, 1750 Clay Street. Recent A Matsumoto graduated from Ven- chi ldren from towns calls for a $200 fine against tura Junior College and cities Joh n Pittman, managing editor San Francisco Meet ance i n 1938, and to co-operate i n recruiting boys of the newspaper, and Dr. Hugh any person found guilty of prac- until h i s entry i nto the Army was and girls to your ticing discriminationi n such employed h arvest crops, Landrum, executive secretary of racial i n the citrus i ndustry i f that assistance i s to be the San KAN FRANCISCO - (leorgfl matters of employment as h i ring i n Southern California. i nter- Francisco Council of Koode, University of ColoradoH and firing. Th e ordinance also preted publicly withi n your com- Ch urches, will be the main speak- Since coming overseas i n May, munity i n your h ome, and with- ers. „, graduate and Gene KonomJ, Unifl stated that unions shall not dis- 1943, h as fough t through versity of California graduate criminate on the basis of color. a out contradiction, as an aid to a Th e People's World announced campaign i n the New Guinea j un- formal program of that the meeting conducted a discussion group i fl Mr. Th omas Wrigh t, Executive economic and i s being sponsor- the San Francisco chapter JACIB Mayor's gles as well as the recently con- race discrimination? ed with the participation a num- Director of the Committee cluded you of meeting- h eld at the InternatioiuM on Race Relations, told the Wai- operations ofthe 41st i n "3. Do support the public ber of community organizations the southern Ph i lippines. your Institute, Saturday, Sept. 1. Relocation Authority thatalthough efforts withi n County to for Nori Ikeda, former People's lanpupß utilize race prejudice asa device World manager, Fluent i n the Japanese the legality of certain measures i n office and for all and h aving- many associationswilfl the may to be to eliminate that portion of your other Japanese Americans. Miss ordinance h ave test- Armless War Veteran competitors_An4 Iss c i , both were described i fl ed i n the courts, thi s public ordi- :laborers Wh i ch Ikeda returned to the Bay area re- well qualified the ps« nance represents a tremendous i s oPJapaneseancestry? * cently from TWYork City. to discuss Finds Employment "4. If so, wh i ch of these meas- Th e San chology of the Issei i n view ofl step forward i n trying to make Francisco progressive situation. democracy ures publicly advocated or em- newspaper urged the i nternational Tta^ work. Wi th Ch i cago Firm by i ts readers to discussants believe that JACLcifl ployed persons or organiza- publicize the meeting and oome tions i n Placer County, that are with their friends. do much i n building up the %H Bank Teller Tried CHICAGO — Rex Hayao Miya- i ntended to 'discourage' the re- confidence and economic i ndeperoß i h ara, returned veteran of the turn of persons of Japanese an- ence of the Issei. On Ch arge of 442nd Combat Team, wh o lost an cestry to their Nisei Dave Tatsuno, chapter praW arm h omes and their Receives Embezzling i n battle, i s now employed as labors, do you approve, and dent, presided. Joe Grant Masaoh ß Evacuees a record clerk i n the offices of In- wh i ch do you not approve?" Teachi ng Post i n gave reports on the recent Mfl ternational yama Municipal mm Harvester, the WRA In i ts" open letter the Fair Play Sal Lake case at the SAN FRANCISCO—Th e trial of reported recently. Committee quoteda letter City way carbarns and also the &»■ a former Bank of America publish- teller Miyah ana i s a former resident ed i n one of the County's news- mittee on Immigration and NatoM on charges of embezzling $820 of Salinas, papers, Miss Amy Hiratzka, formerly alization h earings. California and Poston. i n wh i ch the i ssue of eco- of Santa from the accounts of six evacuees His employment with nomic opposition to the Japanese Maria, Caif., and a grad- Refreshments were served undej of Japanese ancestry continued Interna- of the University Uy«»B tional Harvester ended a long Americans was set forth. Th e let- uate of Utah , the chairmanshi p of Kaye last week before a j ury i n Fed- search for employment by ter h as received a teachi ng appoint- and the h ospitality m the declared: ment i n committee eral court. former combat veteran, now "I believe that all the Salt Lake City at the Hani Takei, Sumi Honnami mm Th e teller was i ndicted on nine wh o business- Lafayette school. plans to relocate h i s parents, pres- men (both ranchersand merchants) Mrs. Ayako Murota. counts. ently i n Poston, to Ch i cago. now are agreed that economically speaki ng we are better off than we were before the Japs were moved from California by the Nisei SoldierExperts Trained ModestNisei Offi cerReturns Army. .. in p]acer County, as you k now, we were so entirely de- pendent on Japanese farm labor MenforJapanOccupati on Duty To U.S.on Hospital that i t was almost pitiful. Th at Sh i p situation no longer exists. Mexican MONTEREY, Calif. _ program* YORK—A blushi ng Japa- nationals, as well as Nisei- try i n an educational NEW Combat Team, got the promotion dren, school chi l- ai"United States to Japan i ng, Minn. Th e original course" Platteville, Colo., was too modest added that Lieut. the Japanese American although to explain h i s or Kiyota's unit h ad i s no longer the shi ning similarly trained men planned by seven Navy promotion h i s spearheadedthe Allied drive along target completeofJJ decorations and ribbons, wh i ch i n- the Po Valley aS or every con<*iv- expert linguists wh o m last April and crack- M °nCt n J after V^Day! Navy's language course at clude the Bronze Star with cluster, ed the German line. Th e United """ the Purple Heart with two clus- h atred, Mr. Brink declared. Press quoted CASA er, CoTo., but the orframMtion Lieut. Kiyota, three times war men wh o charged that military perfected by the Nisei, the U«"JJ ters, a Presidential unit citation wounded i n Nisei combat government action, stood quietly tlh i n reoo.rd men leaving and the European Th eater ribbon waiting for forces various war theaters been h ere h ave Press said. tltf„# with four battle stars, the transfer to Halloran i s too admirable to°' shelved between h ere Aside from language, tM Times i Hospital, and wh en a reporter ask- let the h i nted reporter noted, but other Army g Btand that w althou&h « few h ave ar- are trained variously for W^j ed h i m h ow h e h appened flg% a» Per- X°!m Japan ag officers wih o returned to be on sons oflo?Japanese ancestry and Mid *^t their units, i n public safety, with h i m the h ospital shi p h e squirmed for are i oh t W n»"« sang h i s praises. tFaitOra t0 the being h andled by tur©, civil administration, A a minute and then answered: Un"! &nFtactical units.".° lieutenant saidLieut. Kiyota. "It was stomach ulcers, Cognac «ft&& country travel and nre?,rl^.v a member of the famous 8 p CASA censorshi p re- spokesmen tne

WITH THE 442nd COMBAT TEAM IN ITALY—Th e Th i rd Battalion of the 442nd (Japanese American) Combat been Team h as awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation by direction of President Truman for i ts part i n the rescue of the "lost battal- i on of the 141st Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division i n .trance i n October, 1944. Th e Distinguished Unit Citation i s the fourth ed to to be award- elements of the 442nd Infantry. Previously the 100th In- fantry Battalion, the Second Bat-i talion and two companies wh i ch ■ comprised the "O'Connor Task frontal attacks h ad failed to *orce" i n France were cited. drive the enemy from the h i ll, Th e presentation Companies, "I" and "X", then of Distinguish- leading ed Unit Citations to the Second the attack, fixed bay- and Th i rd onets and charged up the slope, Battalions was made shouting by Lieut. Gen. Lucian K. Trus- at the enemy and fir- cott, commanding general i ng from their h i ps, wh i le the of the enemy fifth Army, i n ceremonies on fired point blank i nto Sept. 4 at the "Yankee Stadium" their ranks. In spite of the ef- i n Legh orn. fective enemy fire, the determ- Enlisted personnel of the Th i rd i ned men pressed the assault Batalion of the 442nd Infantry i s and closed i n with the enemy. —Board members~>nd officers of Fors Hachi composed of of Japa- 'Nearing the enemy machi ne YORK ter. Hirao, board members; Sam Kai Americans gun and New York chapter of the Japanese American vice pres.dent; Yurino Takayoshi , nese ancestry from the United machi ne pistol posi- are with Henry board mem- States mainland tions, some of the men charged k m League shown Gosho, ber^ Joh n S. Iwatsu, treasurer. and Hawaii . the Hank" of Merrill's Marau- ft In h i s presentation speech Gen. emplacements with their i ed "Horizontal I seated) Clara Clayman, board Th ompson guns s, wh o was the guest of h onor at a JACL m (\? V>i/i 5hi Truscott said that Japanese sub-machi ne and v fred Funabashi - president of the New BARs, k i lling or i er on Sept. 12 by more than 100 YorkCnl IIA American soldiers of the nd seriously attended JACL; Henry Gosho; Dr. Dan Dodson ex- 442 wounding the gun ecutive of h ad distinguished themselves "as enemy crews, the Mayor's Committee on Unity, but themselves sprawling dead Th ose i n the picture are (left to righ t, stand- wh o was the main speaker at soldiers and American citizens." Stanley Karik omi, .hoard member; Louise the dinner; and, "You h ave set a record rarely over the enemy positions they ) Kobert Holms, area supervisor of the War Re- h ad j ust neutralized. toter, JACL recording secretary; Clifford location Authority. equalled by any regiment," Gen. Truscott said. "You h ave set a _ "Completely unnerved by the record any regiment i n h i story vicious bayonet charge, the ene- would be proud to own. my fled i n confusion after mak- i KUNKNOWNEW York JACLUNKNOWN Honors "I assure you your comrades i n i ng a desperate stand. Offi cials i n Washi ngton Doubt arms, and the Army commanders 'Th ough seriously depleted i n i n thi s theater, are i ndeed proud manpower, the Battalion UNKNOWN Veteran h urled of your record. I am confident I back two determined enemy Treason Tri alfor"Tokyo Rose" speak for the entire country wh en counterattacks, and after reduc- I say your country, too, i s proud i ng a h eavily-mined roadblock, Legal Difficulties Told of your record." finally established contact with ■Henry Gosho Served Sono Osato Wi ll Th e official citation for the the besieged battalion. By Federal Experts i n Th i rd ■Wi th Marauders i n Take Straigh t Battalion, read by Second "Th e i ntrepidity,fearless cour- Comment on Case Role Lieut. Th omas M. Kobayashi , reg- ■Burma Campaign age, and complete disregardfor In New Play i mental adjutant, declared as fol- personal safety displayed by lows: the LOS ANGELES—Assorted legal officers and enlisted men of the ■EW YORK Former Staff difficulties lead Federal law en- NEW YORK—Son© Osato, "Th e Th i rd Battalion, 442nd Th i rd Battalion, 442nd Regi- k eant Henry —H. Gosho, 25, yet- star of the musical comedy, Regimental Combat Team, i s cit- mental Combat exemplify forcement officials to reject as i m- ed Team, «of 16 months i n the Qh i na- practicable the suggestionof U. S. "On the Town," will leave the for outstanding accomplish- the finest traditions of theArm- i t-Burma theater, was show thi s ment i n combat during the period ed Forces h onored District Attorney 'Ch arles Garr of sometime winter to from of the United States." dinner sponsored by the Japa- Angeles that California- play a straigh t role as the lead Oct. 27 to Oct 30, 1944, near At the time s Lon the Biffontaine, France. On Oct. 27 of the presentation American Citizens League on born girl i dentified as "Tokyo i n "Undine," the Jean Giradoux the Second Battalion was com- 112i n New York. play wh i ch Schuyler Watts h as the Th i rd Battalion was committed Rose" be returned to the United to battle after one and a h alf manded by Major Robert A. Gopel osh,o, wh o i s now a resident of States for trial on a treason adapted. wh i le the Th i rd was un- Mr. Watts, wh o will produce days 6i divisional reserve. One of Battalion i York City, told of ,hi s expe- charge, the Los Angeles Times re- the battalions of another unit der the command of Major Ralph ■ets i n the 081 theater wh i le ported or. Sept. 15 i n a dispatch the play with Victor Elmaleh , J. Grah am. Lieutenant Colonels Miss Osato's h usband, wh i ch h ad been advancing deep mm with Merrill's Marauders. from i ts correspondent i n Wash- and Ar- i nto enemy territory beyond the James H. Hanley and Adfred A. ■ recounted amusing i ncidents i ngton. thur Stanton i s seeki nga Holly- Pursall, former of wood for opposite town of Biffontaine was suddenly commanders i occurred before h i s fellow Th e Times' Washi ngton bureau actor the role surrounded by the enemy, and the Second and Th i rd Battalions wdera realized that h e was noted that reaction to the the dancer. "Undine" was first respectively, were on h and to wit- official performed i n Paris i n 1939. separated from all friendly units their, m American soldier. Carr proposal was withh eld but by an enemy forceestimated at ness' former units receive lin speaker for the program -Justice Department sources i ndi- ■"Miss Osato, formerly -with- 700 men? "~" the h i gh est organization h onors Dr. Dan the Ballet Russe, played a lead- ~. -"" wh i ch the Army awards. W. Dodson, executive cated no serious considerationwill i ng role i n "One Touch of Ven- "Th e mission ofthe Th i rd Bat- tor of the Mayo's Committee be given such an i dea. talion was to attack abreast of (Th e citation for the Second mty, wh o declared that "Am- us" and h as ben starring i n the 100th Battalion and four fur- Battalion h as previously been pub- today Among the vital questions, the ' i s not proud of the dispatch said, are wh ether Iva ther battalions and relieve the en- lished i n the Pacific Citizen.) tent she h as given h er citi- graduate, sur- trapped unit. Th e mission was Th e citation for the Th i rd Bat- oi Japanese Toguri, a UCLA ancestry. It will rendered h er American citizenshi p more difficult than i t firsf ap- talion revealed the details of a ■m a blot upon the Eph ebian Society peared for the enemy h ad reoccu- frontal bayonet charge by mem- By character wh en she married h er Portugese nation. h usband. Th e problem of i dentify- Urges All-Out Aid pied the thi ckly wooded h i lls with bers of the group wh i ch succeed- ■jj * Mayor's Committee on i ng any i ndividual as "Tokyo two and a h alf miles separating ed i n the routing of the German mstands as an agency i n the Rose" would be very difficult, To Evacuee Group the Lost Battalion from our front enemy from strong positions. mmty to try to h elp you legal noted, especially lines. For four days, the Battal- find authorities stubborn enemy ■"West profit and benefit out wh en expert listeners are conyinc- LOS ANGELES—Th e Eph ebian i on fough t the NISEI IN Society, lifetime society for h onor wh o was determined to stop all GERMANY R, "*ld?nce i n New York ed that five or six girls put the the besieged ■ Dr. Dodson said. "Tokyo Rose" program on the air. students of Los Angeles h igh attempts to rescue NAME BASKETBALL record on Sept. 6 battalion. Several roadblocks ski ll- ■jmg those present at the din- Two witnesses able to testify schools, was on i n support of all-out assistance to fully reinforced by machi ne guns ALL-STAR SQUAD ■!?"?.?#■ Yeic^ Kuwayama positively that an i ndividual com- returning to h ad to be destroyed under h eavy ■"Nude, New York, one ol mitted an "overt act" are i mpera- Japanese Americans ftisei Los Angeles. artillery fire. DONAUWORTH, Germany ■ servicemen wh o made tive to convict on treason charges, or- "On Oct. 29 the Battalion en- ■»ntation of attorneys A resolution adopted by the Following the close of play i n the— $4300to l>resi- i t was stated. Federal that, upon their countered a well-defined h i ll basketball league sponsoredby Truman beh alf of any court be satisfied ganization asked the |S on doubt would to the community, the re- wh ere the enemy, one h undred 522nd (Japanese American) Field try Raiment as a with statements of radio listeners return strong, h eld well posi- ■SMan, broadcasting turnees be granted all possible as- dun-in Artillery Battalion recently, an ■"K*for Franklin Dela- and wonder wh ether by the constituted author- tions on the h i ll and would not all-star team from ■"*"*; Pvt. Suyeo Takah a- a program i s an "overt act" sistance dislodged. repeated was selected i ties and i ndividuals alik e. be After 98 men wh o played on the various from Eu- against the United States, the teams. IS?"jWwyle*. noted cdi- Times correspondent pointed out. MC 1 biojfraph - It was reported that Army oc- Th e following men were select- ■tWO^"WashiHolt- ngton i n Japan Housing for 500 ed members of the 522nd's all- ■ Carver; cupation authorities h ad Emergency star Yuki o f«W suPervisor of released Iva Toguri to the custody team: Pfc. Hibino, g., KJW ' on AutiM>rity; Portugese h usband.) University of California; Pfc. Kvirin^ and of h er Set i n San Francisco Jiro Sh i momura, c, Farrington Ktef^iough t'with (Meanwh i le, the International Evacuees h i ,gh school, Honolulu; W "« theater. News last week distribut- Pfc. Sh i ro Service h un- thority said that the plan was a Takeshi ta, f., Salinas JC, Calif.; UNKNOWN Evacuees ed a story signed by Iva Toguri i n FRANCISCO—Five h er SAN of Japa- "stop-gap" measure requested by Sgt. Toku Tanaka, f., Wailua wh i dh "Tokyo Rose" told of dred or more evacuees Authority UNKNOWN Homes h igh i n school, Kauai; Tokyo. "I am the ancestry are to be given the Federal Housing Pfc. Tadashi work on Radio nese RelocationAuthority. Tokuda, v., Brawley h igh school, woman with the supposedly seduc- temporary h ousing i n San Fran- and the War UNKNOWN Project ten Calif.; Nishi zawa, Tokyo Rose used they permanent Families of Americans of and, T/4 Toshi o tive voice wh o as cisco until find Japanese ancestry wh o are serv- g., San Diego State College, thatvoice i n broadcasts beamed to quarters* following their return Calif. i ng or h ave served h onorably i n Takeshi ta was the h i gh est scor- American soldiers i n the Pacific, h ere from war relocation centers, the Hearst Housing Au- the Army already are h oused at i ng player i n the league with a A new source Miss Toguri declared i n the San Francisco Point, i t was stated, and total of 232 points i n 14 games, 8Mkten "~ article.) thority reported on Sept. 12. Hunters TjLS? made avail- and -200 several other families h ave been averaging 16 per contest. Space for 50 families barracks type build- Th e all-stars h ope to men i s to be utilized near established i n schedule i Powell Ter^ for single i ngs i n the Lindenville project games with other battalions i n the AS? Op?rated Plans Reception Fort i n quarters former- i *3k§ by the Funston Coast Artil- near South San Francisco. area. g ly occupied by the that Th e following second was A^rity- New Jersey Resettlers group, war vet- Th e prediction was made team Mrs C lery. Another all. areas formerly used by the also selected: Forwards, Pfc. h l or members of i mmediate other li,Can nren' Midori YORK Th e New York erans are to Army will be made available on George Ikenaga and Pfc. Mcl CH NEW of Nisei soldiers, Army center, Cpl. Itauo- fr°m the' chapter of the Japanese— American families time being i n the Pacific Coast, since the Sakata; Teruo Anzai; «tKW^ center, were a re- be h oused for the the fullest coopera- guards, Cpl. Tah ae Sugita * 3°n Citizens League will sponsor vacated by civilian shi pyard h as offered and spSt tU^'y to live ception on Oct. 14 for newly re- units Point. tion i n resettling loyal Americans Cpl. Paul Oishi ; utility, Pfc. Yu- Ving at St i n northern New workers at Hunters Au- of Japanese ancestry. k i o Arai and T/4 Harold Ueoka. '«n&H settled evacuees Th e San Francisco Housing I«si n?t'<, Jersey. Saturday, September PACIFIC CITIZEN 22, 1945

4 to nigh t- lawless and vicious, h as resorted Wi llie and Joe BY Mauldin riding shooting, a certain portion or and by com- California's peace authorities h ave placence sanctioned such tactics. Th i s utter author- PACIFIC^CITIZEN disrespect for the law by those very Official Publication of tho *®*> with the k eeping of the law League i ties entrusted Japanese American GlttMM i s a breakdown of j ustice. Th ere i s only one way to stop these National Headquarters: 418-16 Season BoiW- ac- i ng, 26 Baat Second South Street, Salt shootings. Th at i s by direct, concerted offi- Lake, City, Utah . on the part of the State's peace tion against the Editorial and Business Office: 416 Beaton cials and courts. Every outbreak Building. Ph one 5-6501. Nisei must be dealt with for wh at i t i s—a Other National iACL Office* i n Ch i caco, New criminal attack upon life and property. But York,, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle and i nvestigation and lackadaisical Angeles. i nefficient Los prosecution of these cases will only bring on SubscriptionRates: JAGLmembera, |2.00 y~x Non-members, $8.00 year. more such attacks. Th e reputation of the Golden State tar- second class matter i n poet Entered as the daily. Only quick action as that office at Salt Lake City, Utah . Published nishes such weekly, under the act of March 8, 1879. shown by Sh eriff Gleason and h i s officers can save i t. LARRY KDITOB TAJIRI Hearstian Contrasts EDITORIALS: A typical Hearst h eadline i s the one wh i ch adorned the front page of the Los Nisei i n the Pacific Angeles Examiner's local news section on Sept. 12. Reporting that 50 evacuee families A letter to the Pacific Citizen thi s week of Japanese ancestry h ad been h oused i n from Japanese Americans of the 25th In- Federal h ousing projects i n Long Beach, fantry Division, somewh ere on Luzon i n the the Examiner declared: "Japs Given U. S. Ph i lippines, contains arguments to correct Housing—Admitted to Harbor Projects as an i njustice to American combat soldiers of Americans Hunt Homes." Japanese ancestry i n the Pacific Th eater of Th i s attempt of the Los Angeles paper prevailing Operations. Th at i njustice i s the to i ncite h ate and prejudice i s typically opinion that Japanese American troops i n Hearstian i n i ts use of "Japs" i n reference the Pacific were non-combatants. returning evacuees of Japanese ancestry i n every to "We are classified combat troops and i ts pointed use of "Americans" i n rela- "Can't ya read signs?" sense of the word," declares the letter from tion to other West Coast residents. For the the men of the 25th Division. "Wh en we past nine months the Hearst papers h ave accompany i nfantry units i nto battle don't noted slyly that "Japs" were being returned Mauldin Comments on Racism thi nk for a moment that we go i n with pap- to the West Coast wh i le "Americans," par- (Th i s cartoon commentary on West Coast racism by Bill er and pencil only. We go i n armed j ust ticularly the families of war veterans, were Mauldin, World War IPsmost-famous cartoonist and author of the same as other combat troops. If you "Up Front with Mauldin," appeared last week i n the Ch i cago being ousted to make room for them. Sun, Washi ngton Star and scores of other U. S. dailies. Th e Nisei will take note, we are classified as i nfan- "Japs are being admitted to Government- soldier i n the picture wears the "Red Bull" shoulder patch of trymen wh en we operate with them. Our owned h ousing at the Harbor without any the 34th Division, worn by returning veterans of the 100th In- life i s j ust as rugged and dangerous. We attempt at segregation, wh i le h undreds of fantry Battalion. Upon h i s return to the United States from over- of the combat divisions also send men to seas i n June, 1945, Mauldin declared that discriminatory activity Americans trudge the streets i n vain for against Americans of Japanese ancestry "makes me i nfantry regiments. Our duties are carried sick." He said residences," the Examiner complained i n i ts that 'those Japanese American troops i n Italy did more than out i n the forward) areas. Frequently we h ad article on Sept. 12. any others, and they k i lled themselves to prove somethi ng to to figh t our way out of ambushes with our Th e Hearst campaign of distortions was the folks at h ome." Th e above cartoon i s reprinted by arrange- brother i nfantrymen. We undergo the same ment with United Feature Syndicate of New York City, copy- exposed by Joh n E. Peterson, manager of righ t owners.) artillery and mortar barrages. Many of us the Federal Housing Authority i n Southern Infantryman Badge wear the Combat and California, wh o pointed out that no families the Purple Heart, wh i ch we are sure are were ousted to make room for the returning Washi ngton News-Letter: seldom given to rear-area non - combat evacuees. "Th ere were vacancies," Mr. Pet- troops. Remember all Nisei soldiers wh o erson said. "Th e Japanese families were h ave been k i lled or wounded were front-line classed as distressed, and were rented dwell- FourNisei WarVeterans casualties, true, casualties. Our i t i s were i ng units, j ust the same as other Americans. not as costly or numerous as our brothers It untrue we long ap- Infantry i s that h ad a list of MeetPresidentTruman i n the 100th Battalion and the plicants, and that the Japanese were giv©' 442nd Infantry Combat Team, butthat i s preference. In fact, we still h ave approjp- By JOHN KITASAKO of $4,300 contributed spontaneous- because we are assigned, not i n segregated ly, by the men and officers of mately 75 vacancies." >~...-;.;; '"-'* "**«t**«fc v..Waah i ngrton, D. C. the. units, »*on■' i n any man- but as i ndividuals. Th erefore^ our Th ere i s "no contrast more typical of 4^T^L '$&*"■ 19 12^- te|Hi(i;-it.iB.-tQ;.be,ii 9ed chances are as good as the next man's." p.m.' that four Nisei Gl's from, the Wei* wh i ch '■ybxi-:sie:'^^m:i^xstii €i^ Hearst policy than that i ts newspapers will battlefields of Europe were led i n- ora'tioh --'-■ of:;-:t*te ' Mate' "^President; "We are sick of people calling us non- object to the h ousing of the families- of. Jap* to the study of the President of Roosevelt." ■ combatants," the States. Th ey h ad come presentation ' the letter continues. "We are anese ..American servicemen i n a; Federal United During the speech, sligh ted you to us as ,» check for $4,300 from Mr. Truman approvingly. also wh en refer the projedt, wh i le on theother h and" V HeSrStr the boys nodded men to reorganize the New Japan. We h ave of the 442nd for a mem- He was deeply i mpressed. He representative signs a contract with "Tokyo orial to their beloved former Com- thanked the boys, saying i t was done our bit. Now you do yours. We want Rose"- for a sum alleged to be $2,000. mander i n Ch i ef. Th e four were a "wonderful thi ng" for them to to get back h ome to our loved ones j ust as Hearst, i t would appear, all Purple Hearters: Sgt. Yeichi do. Th en, h e said j oki ngly, "Th e can do business Kuwayama, of Long Island, name, badly as our Caucasian brothers i n arms. with an American-born girl Japanese New check i sn't made out i n my of York,, h older of a Silver Star; Pfc. so I can't use i t." He asked to h ave We h ope you will take thi s and print i t i n ancestry wh o h as collaborated Japa- Jesse Hirata, of message your paper with Honaunau, Ha- a copy of the presentation because we don't want our nese militarism, but the Hearst press i s waii , h older of a Distinguished sent to h i m. Th e boys were then friends and fellow soldiers to thi nk onr lot h orrified at any Service Cross; Pfc. Terumi Kato, ushered i nto the adjoining press attempts toward decent and of Honolulu; h as been an easy one." fair loyal and Pfc. George room, wh ere they were i nterviewed treatment of Americans of Japa- Tsuji moto, of Tracy, California. by Wh i te House correspondents. Th e letter from the Nisei Gls with the nese descent. Th ey were accompanied by Secret- i n the ary Harold And thus was culminated 25th Division brings up a point wh i ch should Ickes, Dillon Myer, majesty of the President's studya be made. And that i s that now with the un- and Earl Finch, patron of the project that was born miles away on 442nd. of Eur- conditional surrender of Japan the full story Pressures WRA Th e by on the battle-scarred soil ceremony, as told to us ope. It was a fitting tributeto the of the part played by Japanese Americans Pfc Tsuji moto, went somethi ng of Th e War Relocation lik e Th ey man wh ose stirring enunciation i n the Pacific war should be told. Th at role Authority h as been thi s: were i ntroduced by Americanisim left no doubt i s any- under considerable Dillon Myer to the President, wh o h as not been that of the non-combatant, as criticism from West 'told one's mind of j ust wh ere h e stood the letter declares, although i s the War Coast resettlement groups because them h e was "very glad to i n regard to the Nisei. ,His firm i t ofits pol- meet them." Th e boys were ner- the Department, and not any newspaper, wh i ch i cy of closing all of the relocation belief that every Nisei, given centers vous, sure, but the i nformal man- chance, would prove h i s loyalty h as announced that American soldiers of at a time wh en h ousing i s critically ner of President Truman and h i s short on warm and thus beat down the bigots, re- Japanese ancestry were not serving as com- the Pacific Coast Th e other side of the Missouri smile made thi ngs sulted i n the formation of an all- story ratflier easy. i t must bat troops i n the Pacific. Th e fact of the i s that the WRA h as been under con- Th e first thi ng Mr. Nisei figh ting unit. How siderable Congressional Truman did h ave warmed .hi s h eart wh en W matter i s that the Nisei troops h ave done pressure, particular- was to .herd them i n front of h i s Presidential ly from desk and was able to i ssue a an i mportant combat and i ntelligence j ob the economy bloc on Capitol Hill, to to call i n the Wh i te citation to the 442nd. It was more i n the Pacific story wind up i ts program House ph otograph ers, representing i nner- —and that should be told before the Dec. 15 Acme, the AP, Teleph oto, than a vindication of h i s fairness the wh o fough t deadline for the closing and the most conviction on Americanism. i n to men h ave i t of allof the centers three biggest picture outfits i n the .out on the front-lines of the Pacific except Tule Lake. U. S. After the Arrangements for the presenta- war cameramen left, made by from Guadalcanal to Ok i nawa. It i s understood that legislation Mr. Truman was ready for the tion of the ah eck were now be- presentation. Earl Finch, Dillon Myer, and Ar- i ng prepared for presentation Washi ngton the WKA i n Sgt. Kuwayama stepped for- nold Serwer, Ch i ef of contains a slash of $5,000,000 i n the budget ward and Current Information Division, un- said: "Mr. President— of nation- Law Enforcement previously approved for the WRA for the One of the i deals of the late Pre- fortunately a big event current fiscal year. sident Franklin al i nteresttook place on that same Congressional advocates Delano Roosevelt day i n Washi ngton, stealing In contrast to the negligent, almost con- of reducing was that Americanism was not a the«J« the WRA's appropriation h ave matter of race show i n the press. Th at was temptuous h andling of ter- but of the mind w most anti-evacuee made i t k nown that they feel that the agen- and h eart. Th at i deal h as tremendous welcome accorded rorism cases i n California, Alameda cy carried Gen. Wain- County's should speed i ts liquidation process be- the Nisei Gl's, their parents, and h ero of Corregidor, Sh eriff H. P. Gleason h as shown h i s their close ones wrigh t. Ordinarily Washi ngton i nten- cause of the ending of the war. through the most to g\ tion to find and prosecute i n Any trying ordeals. Th e Nisei Gl's papers can be counted on all lawbreakers cut i n the WRA's present appropria- h ave reasonably good play to stonw accordance with h i s oath of suffered thousands of casual- United States Army maintained to California," i ate casts over Radio Tokyo. Th i s con- h as that evacuation was wood Citizen-News declared on contact. Th ere will h ave to be based on military necessity. Th e Supreme Court i n the Korematsu Aug. many adjustments, dealing mainly firms a report that "Tokyo Rose" case h as uph eld the army's 29. S with h ad signed a contract with Hearst enforcement of evacuation for the same "Japanese Americans do not the state of mind, and there reason, military necessity. A more accurate explanation would be i s evidence much, of thi s readjust- for wh i ch she was allegedly paid meet i n Hawaii the antagonism already h as Washi ngton sources, that evacuation was based on racial discrimination and the economic they encounter i n California," the ment been accomplish- $2000. mean- exploitationof the evacuees. ed. wh i le, doubt that "Tokyo Rose" Hollywood paper said. 'T h eir As the necessity evac- will brough t Here are some salient facts: Lieut. General DeWi tt stated treatment i n Hawaii h as i nspired to of the be to trial i n the uation, there i s nothi ng to be gain- United States. that a "Jap i s a Jap;" h e was the Commander of the Western De- their loyalty to the United States. ed by arguing pro Perhaps « Area and h e ga,ve the orders for curfew Hawaii does not regard them as or con. * fense and evacuation. No i t a h ealthy sign most per- * wh olesale evacuation of Japanese nationals and Japanese Ameri- an obstacle to h er aspirations." i s that Censored ♦ sons i h ave closed the i ssue i n their ... cans i n Hawaii h as taken place. Th ere was no sabotage by the Jap- * * own minds as somethi ng that h as One of the first i tems censored anese i n Hawaii or the United States prior to, during or since Pearl Returning Japanese h appened and wh i ch no amount of from the Japanese press by a Harbor. Evacuees owned much property i n the four western states argument will special REGISTER-PAJARONIAN reverse. U..S. Army team of Nisei and the Associated Farmers and other such groups pushed evacua- Th e Watsonville, Calif., Regis- Th e army h as made i ts position censors under Brig. Gen. Elliot tion i n order to exploit the evacuees. Over four thousand Nisei ter-Pajaronian believed i n an ed- cleari n the report ofLt. Gen. Joh n Th orp, was an article scheduled and Kibei were i n the armed forces of the United States before i torial on Sept. 6 that "with the L. DeWi tt. Th at report leaves i t- for publication on Sept. 12 by the Pearl Harbor. Th ere more than 20,000 now because ofthe volun- self wide-opento challenge on the Nippon are WRA and others worki ng on Times, Tokyo's" English- tary Nisei CombAt-.-'Ee.a.ni and the draft. A few months after evac- h ousing problems, the orderly and accuracy and validity of i ts con- language daily. Th e article i nvolv- camps work i n sugar beet clusions,, but nonetheless army ed, among uation evacuees were released from to the well-spaced return of Japanese the other thi ngs, 'alleged farms i n Utah , Montana, Idah tfy.-etc. i n order to h elp save the crop. Americans i n the next few months i s standing on i t. Th ere i s no rea- taping and looting by American military wny were evacuees re- should be out smoothly. son to believe the army ever will soldiers, If■ .."rlecessii y:"pY6Wp|s3 'evacuation^ carried modify stories of wh i ch h ad been leased so suddenly sweh work ? > "It h as been the newspaper's i ts stand—that as of the circulated by the Japanese press tor: winter of 1941-42, under cir- by After Pearl Harbor almost three went by before Lt. steady contention that return en the and Domei. months would so complicate h ous- cumstances and with the i nforma- » General DeWi tt i mposed curfew and travelrestrictions on Ital- masse tion available, j i t h ad * Japanese If i ng and other economic factors no choice " i an, German and Japanese aliens and Americans. despite other than to order a mass evac- Radio military necessity such meas-ures, wh y did the army waste that i ncidents would occur . caused tne best, efforts of the WKA and uation regardless of the Constitu- A Nigei soldier from Hawaii got so much time? Wh y were not the German and Italian aliens' tional i mplications i nvolved. « big cheer from the of Japanese descent were? others wh o want to see law and .. studio au- evacuated wh i le American citizens order maintained," the Watson- Th e j ustice of the evacuation i s dience wh en h e was on Is military necessity, i n other words, a racial matter? another thi ng. Th ere i s more rea- 3 i ntroduced paper 611 quiz show over ville declared. for «B« But now let us consider registration. Registration took place Noting that there are many i n son argument that not every- NBC, "Correction, Please," on February and March of 1943. By that time all thi ng h as beendone to correct ob- MPU Hugh during the months of the district, wh o for various reas- i njustices. . . Macßeth, chair- of the evacuees were i n relocation centers operated under the War do not the evacuees to vious Th ere i s, for i n- man of United Races of America, ons, wish stance, the matter of reimburse- applied Relocation Authority. Previous to the relocation centers, most ofthe return, the Register-Pajaroniande- gently to the Los An- resided i n army assembly centers with strict with exclusion ban ment for material losses. em Park. for a evacuees controlled clared that the But there are other Commission per- regulations, and primitive the evacuees are thi ngs wh i ch mit to h old a picnic at Exposition censorshi p accomodations. Some evacuees lifted, entitled never can be compensatedT>y mon- wit to extend were moved directly from their h omes to relocation centers and oth- under the laws of the land to re- ey. How a welcome to re- turn to reclaim their property. can a money grant com- rarning evacuees of Japanese an- ers came from the Hawaii an Islands. pensate for the fear, the doubts, «*7 .. Staff Sgt. Spady Koy- At first the relocation centers were to h ave h ad large scale i n- * * * the h eart-gnawing appreh ension ofthe WRA assumption I Forgotten Objectors «"> wh o was wounded i n action dustrial and agricultural projects i n view that native-born citizens exper- on wyte i n the Ph i lippines and and policy that most of the evacuees would remain i n the centers PACIFICA VIEWS i enced wh en they were uprooted "°se application for membershi p for the duration of the war. In fact, leave clearance regulations Pacifica Views, a weekly paper and confined as dangerous with- »as rejected" and San Francisco, de- charge or by the Veterans of were strict and difficult to fulfill. However as time went on the published i n out trial? i gs ars post i n h i s h °me public relations work was i naugurated to "sell the evacuees the clared on Aug. 31 that the "least Th at these citizens, as well as r Spokane, Wash., noW leave clearance. Th i s was publicized of all" conscientious ob- their foreign-born parents, h ave oitown,, i s one WRA changed i ts policy to facilitate 15 prospective charter mem- around the month of December, 1942. Around the middle of that j ectors h ave been at least 200 Jap- come through with their loyalty a Spokane chapter could make applications for anese American political objectors more firm than ever—and their AmJ of the month a procedure wh ereby evacuees to the c,nca Veterans Committee, one advance a definite assurance of a j ob was wh o refused openly answer appreciation of America i ncreased 7t J» leave clearance i n of call from relocation centers. by their experiences—is a strong majOr W°rld War IT started. Th e response h owever was not encouraging. During the lat- draft Laor?anizations. an that an All- "Th ese men would be classified tribute to the i ntegrity of the Jap- ter part of January the WRA made announcement as the most authentic objectors on anese Americans. Team would be organized by means of voluntary i n- Nisei Combat was political grounds to military serv- Th eirs was a h ard wartime role Joh n duction. During the first week of February an announcement by the war," the pa- to play. It was not i n 'Kitasako: newspapers a general registration i ce unearthed h ard the means of the center that declared, adding made by At the cifist newspaper same sense as h ardshi p endured Washi ngton Newsletter of all evacuees 17 or more years of age would take place. that these men gave three reasons by Americans wh o were starved Army representatives were to obtain questionnaires from refusing service: Loss of civil and beaten i n Japanese same time or for prison 'Continued from page 4) all American citizens of Japanese ancestry wh o were 17 mm rigih ts through evacuation, the camps. Instead of ph ysical forti- registration was to be made of those wh o applied limiting for Japa- tude, Japanese American thrd to «,their Declaring that "their continued tion for the Japanese Americans, k cause*****of Ni" *CthE»i ng lh !!c b°ys. after their figh t- i ncarceration can only be describ- and a source of i nspiration to all Ver shameful," Pacifica Views Americans the appeal of a"d raw ? ent ■**" further ed as that sPiriUf STtheir' P^kets. Th at said that the men h ad "a grass- American democracy triumph ed 6 442nd &ive roots sense of American democ- over some exceptionally formid- «»SK.*lla sometWng to thi nk racy." able difficulties. about (Continued on page oj Saturday, September PACIFIC CITIZEN 22, 1945 6 To the Editor Takes Teachi ng Post NISEI OPINION: Beh i nd the Story Of Segregees at Tide Lake Camp CHlCAGO—Tsuneyoshi Azusa, formerly of Poston and San Diego, (Continued from page 5) THE LETTERBOX h as accepted a position with the were to their properties at exorbitant losses. If the son vol- Elgin, Minnesota, School Board, sold without manpower t0 science, the unteer or drafted the family would be In the Interests of Humanity and Justice teachi ng social WRA Sere parents i n their lilties and ... Ch i cago office reports. start anew since most of the i ssei were However, the explanation was added that an ?"atlve Editor, Th e police records show that «,. Azusa graduated thi s spring sixties. to volunteer for "£the were notified at Teachers College swer to Question 27 dm not obligate a citizen Pacific Citizen: 12:30 a m «$ from the State fact that the general registrataon On Sept. 9, there appeared a i nvestigated at 12:35 a Cloud, Minn. cLbat team. Nevertheless, the was m r at St. for the combat team were neld simultaneously small news i tem i n the Deseret charged with drunken driving and tne registration 63, lost j ail. was confusing. News that Frank Ota, and thrown i nto Th e noli of h i s car and srtuck a files state that h e was Question 28 was the one that caused a great deal of difficulties. control unable £ PROFESSIONAL Th ey are— utility pole on 3rd West St., near r In In reality i t was three questions i n one. at 12:30 a.m. to- f gOrS allegiance to the United Ist South St., S"d? *£t- Dar Jl"*«was 1. Wi ll you swear unqualified a never notified. NOTICES i n the Lake A little from any Qn Sept. 8, Salt before noon h e w«, * 2! Wi ll you faithfully defend the United States Tribune, there appeared a death taken to the County h ospital TV by foreign or domestic forces? that Sh i getaro Ota h ospital authorities or all attack to announcement then notified 3. Wi ll you forswear any form of allegiance or obedience at 5:25 p.m. i n a Selt Lake h i s wife. Upon h er arrival foreign government, power, died at th Dr. Henry Takah ashi the Japanese emperor, or any other h ospital of causes i ncident to age. h ospital she h eard .groans ensuine OPTOMETRIST or organization? On Sept. 10, i n the Deseret from a room directly across th» put even to the Issei before a revision was News, there appeared another office. Peering i n she found Th i s question was sitting on the edge h i m 1635 Blake Street days later. If the Issei h ad answered, yes, to the orig- obituary that Frank S. Ota died of a cot, h old- made several h ospital Friday at i ng h i mself uprigh t Berkeley, 'California i nal question, they would actually h ave made themselves men without i n a Salt Lake with both you swear 5:25 p. m. of a h eart attack. h ands. Nothi ng h ad been Ph one: Th ornwall 1228 a country. Th e revised question for the Issei was, "Wi ll pain. done to the States and to take no action All three of the above news ease h i s Th e doctors h ad to abide by the laws of United wrong misleading. been unable to i n any way i nterfere with the war effort ofthe United i tems were and examine h i m be- wh i ch would Th e police records show that the cause h e_ couldn't lie down After States ?" was Th ursday, great difficulty they Drs. Hiura & Hiura 28, many i nterpreta- time of accident were able Because ofthe poor wording of Question Sept. 6, 12:30 a.m. to examine h i m and found that h e OPTOMETRISTS tions given to i t by the evacuees. For example some evacuees to age can was suffering from an were exonerated the Causes i ncident old i nternal 1454 Eaat 53rd though t that an affirmative answer i mplied that i t mean almost anythng, and yet, h emorrhage and loss of blood He & Blackstone) States from evacuation. Th en too the word "forswear seem- former patrons was given six pints of (Between Harper United emperor h i s friends and blood i n CHICAGO ed to i mply that the Nisei h ad a previous allegiance to the of Ma's Cafe, wh ere h e was em- a vain attempt to save h i s allegiance did not Hfe Ph one Midway 8363 of Japan, since one could not forswear an one ployed prior to h i s death, can tes- He passed away at 5:26 Vn m h ave. Th i s i s lik e aski ng any American citizen, "Do you forswear tify that h e worked h arder and Sept. 7. at thi s time that most years Frank Sh i getaro '■' allegiance to Hitler?" It should be remarked faster than those wh o were Ota's ♦'"' '■' '■" '■' '■' '■' agree- death '"' '"' '"''"' ' of the Nisei do not h ave dual citizenshi p. In fact i n 1924 an younger. was caused because somewh ere a ment was made between the United States and Japan that any chi ld Heart attack—the autopsy per- cog h ad slipped. Dr. H— should' DR. KATSUMIUBA 'born of Japaneseparents h ad to be registered with the Japanese Con- formed Saturday, Sept. 8, showed h ave been notified. DENTIST sul i n America witii i n two weeks after i ts birth i f i t were to be con- nothi ng wrong with h i s h eart. His wife should h ave been no- 746 W. Fullerton Aye. sidered a dual citizen. If such registration did not take place, the Th en wh at caused h i s death? tified. He should never h ave been Ch i cago, 111. chi ld was automatically not considered a subject of Japan. Th e vast He died i n agony from loss of made to suffer as long as h e did. Tel: DlVersey 4243 majority of parents did not register their chi dren and the vast ma- blood. An artery leadingfrom the Isn't there anythi ng we can do j ority to h ad expatriated from Japan before stomach to the liver was crushed now or later, to prevent an oc- , ■— i - i -. ■— of those born prior 1924 ~— ... Pearl Harbor. and ruptured i n the accident. currence of thi s sort? Th i s neglect .-i .■■ * »«— — from poor wording of Frank Sh i getaro, or Frank S. and callous i ndifference to ordi- — — —* of the confusion — — Because resulting the - Ota, my father, h ad j ust returned nary h uman righ ts may cause Office Ph— one Moh—— awk 5337— 28; the fact that the questionnaire was first h eaded, "Ap- Question the more unnecessary Res. Ph one MONroe 9612 to i mply that the evac- from a motor trip to Colorado deaths. plication for Leave Clearance" wh i ch seemed day before a full day's Jack K. Ota were applying go out; the fact that at first registration and after BEN T. CHIKARAISHI uees to rest, went out that evening to 666 W. Ist North DR. was not specifically stated to be compulsory; the fact that the regis- Cafe. OPTOMETRIST same time; visit h i s employer at Ma's' Salt Lake City tration for the Nisei Combat Team was going on at the Leaving there a little before mid- 800 W. North Aye. Room 6 and the fact that the registrars were largely untrained as many of -St. nigh t, enroute h ome, h e overran Home address: Cor. Halsted them were not fluent or accurate i nterpreters of Japanese. Th ese i n maki ng a wide 3342 W. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS registration and the sub- the corner and Jackson Blvd. facts accounted for the poor response to turn, crashed i nto the utility pole. "Ch i cago, Illinois. Moil, Wed., FrL Any day by sequent i ncrease i n the applications for repatriation and expatria- 5:30 -9:30 p.m. Appointment tion. In many centers, registration dragged on for over a month be- ■ cause sign. ■ !■ i m i mi !■ '» '■' of the large numbers that refused to For approximatelyfour months after registration there was no Topaz Co-op Votes to ''mention of segregation. In the meantime during the latter part of Donate DR. JUN INOUYE June, the Dies Committee attacked the WRA with accusations of DENTIST coddling evacuees and h arboring spies. Although many newspapers Surplus Funds to JACL printed the accusations the Dies Committee wh i ch put the WRA 39 S. State St. Ch i cago S of Bldg. i n a bad ligh t, most of such newspapers did not print the refuta- TOPAZ, Utah —Th e Topaz Con- i od, providing there i s a net sav- Mentor thorough i nvestigation. Because of the attacks Ph one DBAborn 7486 tions wh i chfollowed a sumers' Cooperative Enterprises, i ngs from operation during the of theDies Committee, the WRA i n Washi ngton confidentially ask- Sept. last period; 3. by returning to Res. Ph one ARDmore 0562 out tha Inc. on 6 named the Japa- ed some of the center appointed personnel to find wh ether nese American Citizens League as members the par-value of their evacuees favored segregation or not. Because of the poor prepara- recipient of all undistributed sur- membershi p certificates, returning tion and conduct of registration the WRA was not confident enough plus profits and rebates due per- to tih e subscribers the amounts on reg- _ Dr. Roy S. Morimoto without the approval of evacuee opinion to base segregation sons wh o cannot be located. paid on their subscriptions, and re- Dentist i stration and announce i t. Th us during the latter part of June some i n turning to the patrons the amount wh ether they Th e decision was contained of returns their 4230 S. Ellis Aye., Ch i cago 15 of the center personnel asked some evacuees favored an amendment to the constitution saving credited to segregation. Since' most of the evacuees contacted were leaders providing for of as- accounts; 4. by distributing any Corner 43rd leaders generally distribution surplus among those patrons wh o DRBxel 5484 among the repatriates and the loyal, and since sets of the corporation upon dis- Ph one h ave extreme viewpoints, both groups seemed to favor segregation. solution. h ave been members of subscribers Res. Ph one ATLantic 1332 at any time during the past six Having thus obtained thi s i nformation, Dillon S. Myer went before amendment, XII i n the Dies Committee during the early part of July and announced Th e Article years on the basis of patronage the Articles of Incorporation, was during that period. Provided.: that segregation would take place beginning September 1. After proposed by a two-thi rds vote of DR. H. SAKADA segregation was announced, h owever, i t discovered that the Th at the trustees donate to the MAS was the Board of Directors and adopt- Japanese American Citizens OPTOMETRIST majority of the evacuees did not favor segregation. ed by a two-thi rds vote of a Bldg. From thi s review of events onecan ask the following questions: League any sum payable to any South Side Bank & Trust meeting of delegates at the office member or patron wh ose mailing Suite Two 1. If registration was to h ave been the basis of segregation, ofthe corporation at Topaz on address cannot be ascertained Cottage Grove at 47th St. wh y wasn't such an announcement made during registration? Sept. 6. from the corporation or WRA ATLantic 1090 Ch i cago, 111. 2. Wh y did the WRA not mention segregationuntil approxi- Th e article provides for distri- files, any sum above the reserve Evenings by Appointment mately four months after registration; until the time the Dies bution of the company's"assets i n for dissolution, and any other sur- Committee started to attack i t? the following order: 1. by paying plus, i f the surplus i s less than 4— ■■,— .-.«—«■ 3. If the WRA h ad felt that registration h ad been conducted debts and expenses; 2. patronage the coat of distributing the sur- properly, wh y did i t ask some of the center appointed personnel rebate to patrons of the last per- plus to members and patrons. HENRY— — —— TAKETA—— to ascertain i f the evacuees favored segregation or not? Attorney-At-Law Subsequent to the announcement of segregation the evacuees after they h ad been law-abiding taxpayers the past thi rty years were i nto four groups. Hearings for 431 Capitol Avenue divided were conducted of those or so, then thi s country must certainly dislik e the evacuees. Such wh o answered, no, or wh o qualified their answers to Questions 27 Sacramento, California an act seemed to i mply to the evacuees that they would not h ave and 28. Th e repatriates, expatriates and those wh o answered unqual- any mare future i n country. Ph rnie 2-1933 i fied yesses to 27 and thi s Th e Issei h ed put a lot of faith Questions 28 and wh o h ad no i ntelligence rec- i n the fact that their offspring American citizens, but ,—.~ ■■. i - ord were not given h earings. Th ese h earings were even i —.— ... -* were to determine the that fact did not prevent the Government from evacuating the Ni- +_„■ -, ...,-. ....-.— - loyalty of the questionable group. sei. * Some of the appointed personnel wh o questioned — Y. NODA the evacuees Wh at made matters worse was that i n the assembly and relo- RICHARD ——— were prejudiced against evacuees i n general. Others were particularly cation centers, evacuees did not h ave say-so as to h ow the prejudiced against the Ki-bei and Such questions as, much M. D. Buddh i sts. "Wh y community was to be operated. Th e living quarters were crowded aren't you a Ch ristian?" were asked. Th us, since these h earings with as many as five PHYSICIAN & SURGEON lacked democratic j udicial procedure sleeping i n a twenty by twenty-five feet room. they were generally poorly No running water i n the lavatory. quality 1133 E. 63rd St. conducted. rooms or private Poor food that was prepared by mass cooki ng so that one h ad to eat Ch i cago, Illinois Th e purpose of segregation was to weed out the disloyal among wh at was dished out. way the evacuees and Monthly average pay of 16 dollars a month Office Tel: MID 4477 i ncarcerate them for the duration ofthe war i n for a 44 h our week and the presence of some appointed personnel Residence: WHlteh all 6211 the Tule Lake Center. Immediately upon the outbreak of the war wh o were prejudiced against the the Federal Bureau of Investigation j ust evacuees. It i s little wonder that Office h ours: did that. Could i t be that evacuees adjusted to the situation as they the FBI was so i ncompetent that the WRA did. 11-12 noon; 1 to 5 p. m. was able to uncover 18 Wh at should be registra- 000 additional disloyal that the FBI could not appreh end? Surely- obvious from all thi s i s the fact that (Except Th urs. and Son.) tion was unfair. Any group that i n manner as to assume such to be true would be an i ndictment against the FBI the were treated a lik e 7 to 8 p.m. Mom, Wed. If such were true, h ow many more evacuees h ave been would h ave reacted with more aggressive disloyal were there i n Hawaii and activities wh i ch disloyal. and Fri. and i n the unevacuated sections ofthe United States? Wh at f," could easily be rationalized as i s true? the then Andthe proof of all thi s i s the i n i h e, streatment and Wh at does WRA mean by disloyalty? conduct of the Japanese difference »„,., ■■, -.-. i n Hawaii . Any student of the two groups -»+ Th e truth of the matter i s that registration was not an ade- would admit that the Japanese quate means of determiningloyalty or i n America are more Americanized ——— — — disloyalty. Over 60 per cent P those i n i f i s true, there Hawaii . Wh y, are J. HASEGAWA of the segregees are American citizens wh o h ave been m«amore &"Vdisloyal"a? thi s pan. never to Ja m America? Could i t be that the more Americanized M. D. Most of them went to Tule Lake because their parents a group i s the there. And most went more i t tends to be disloyal? Or did evacuation h ave of the parents wh o went to Tule Lake i n fact somethi ng to do with i t? Th e Ph ysician &Surgeon Tule k e h ave no fact of the matter i s that evacuation j rSTT°^heo<.pe.°pleJn active disloyalty against was not necessary. If i t were necessary, then the Japanese i n Ear 1210 N. Clark St. the United States. Many of them answered as they did they W°U e Jap- to protest against the because been evacuatedfirst. If i t were necessary, the Ch i cago 10, Illinois wanted mistreatment they went through i n IfL 1 l free evacuation and i n the assembly and Coast would not h ave ten allowed to be WHlteh all relocation centers Practical for^v»°"rt c monthB°lfii i f i t » Office Tel: 8422 considerations as wh ere best they migh t earn a living the outbreak of the war. And KENwood 4906 after the war IvJ?«J%T? evacu*ti«* was not followed- Residence: were predominant factors. Another determinant rStraf;registra.tion, ***** necessary, then allthat were going was wh at one's segregation, and been unneces- Office Hours: friends to do. It i s not difficult to see the for Sciry, resettlement would h ave thi s Evacuation left many reason 11 a.m. to Noon evacuees propertyless and with little funds Friends can at least h elp each tha the United States can do for those expatriates 1 P. M. to 5 P. M. otheV out. But the most i m and SnofI**!* hv ° so. Sunday & Wednesday portent determinant was the fact that the Government of -S Want to remain America i s to let them do Closed ed States through i ts army carried the Unit" ailirttti* j ustice? as shown by i t. Wh ether out evacuation. If the Govern thi" s review, demands enough ment i n wh i ch they h ad put so much faith could 1 depend on wh ether our democracy i s big do such a thbg to artact IZIwith enligh tened j ustice. September 22, 1945 PACIFIC CITIZEN Into 7 Sh oot Report First Vandals i n Nisei VitalStati sti cs Two Homes Signs Contract with 442nd's Swimming Stars Help County Pro BIRTHS Alameda Football Team To Mr. and page 1) Mrs. Fuji matsu Wi n Ch ampionshi p (Continued from Monguchi , 5816-A, Tule Lake a Overseas 45, and h i s DES MOINES, la.-George gin on Aug. *"♦ Motozaki , Kite, 25. «f Mr. on Nisei football star with To Ch arles 7 qumik o, wh o live Th orton the Drake , Mr. and Mrs. Masari Naka- Oda Wi ns meter free-style races and an- chi ldren, Robert University team last h ara, 2018-C, Lake, chored the winning 800-meter re- fl Sr four season, j8 reported to TW a boy on Th ree Races During 14; Eleanor, 12 and signed h ave zo. lay team on the opening day of J»"Van h ouse at a contract with the New To and Inter-Th eater Meet the and i n the nts of Mr. Mrs. Masayoshi meet won first place i n Carol?6%'er'e *« National Nakamoto, 3806-C, Tule Lake, a the 200-meter free-style on the rootballr» JfwLeague. boy on Aug. told the sheriff Kita, a backfield 28. WITH THE 442nd COMBAT second day. worki ng i n a front room man, i s ex- To Mr. and Mrs. Nobuo Kawa- TEAM IN ITALY Swimming Lieut. Wakuya also was enthu- j pected to be one of — she was a double-barreled the ligh test moto, 4405-B, Tule Lake, a boy stars ofthe 442nd Re,gimental siastic about Cpl. Tommy Tanaka wh en she h eard players to perform i n football's on Aug. «nd the tinkling of break- major league. 28. Combat Team from Hawaii play- of Service Company wh o placed JStglass from a front window. Mr' and Mrs- Torah i Suwa, ed a major role i n h elping the second i n the 1-meter diving com- *f saw the 3918-E,onTo Tule Lake, a Th eater of petition and won the 3-meter che looked out and sedan boy on Mediterranean Oper- up the road. Aug. 29. ations win the Inter-T h eater springboard event over the h i gh - Spearing To Mr. and Swimming Ch ampion- ly apparently went on to an i n- Workers Mrs. Matsuji ro Ok a- and Diving favored entrants from the ETO. It End yama, 8012-A, Tule Lake, a girl shi ps i n Rome recently. Lieut. Wakuya said that the Jwction a mile and a h alf away, on for 20 mm Aug 30. Lieut.Robert Wakuya ofthe 442nd's swimming stars may par- the men waited Walk out Over To Mr. and Mrs. wh o ticipate members S then returned to the Buichi Naka- 442nd, coached the Mediter- as ofthe Med- Z and mura, 3102-C, Tule Lake, boy ranean Th eater team to i ts vic- i terranean squad i n a dual meet of Mr. Idota, 42, across the Aug. a tone Motozaki s. Nisei Employees on 31. tory over the European Th eater Svith the ETO team i n France and S from the To Mr. and Mrs. Masao Ter- of Operations squad, praised all i n a two-team meetwith the North Th e gunmen drove i nto the aishi , African the farm and fired MONTEREY, Calif. Employ- 1006-A, Tule Lake, a boy ofthe 442nd mcli" wh o competed, Zone swimmers i n Africa. driveway of ment of two Japanese Americans- on Aug. 31. with special commendation for double charge. Sh eriff one a To and Mrs. Pfc. Ch arles Oda of Jotter that damage was returned war veteran, and Mr. Ch oku Otsu, Cannon Com- Bill Wi ll Kleason said the other a pre-war member of 1417-B, Tule Lake, a boy on pany, wh o won the 1500 and 400- Kaji k awa because the shells were load- the AFL Aug. Lt birdshot and the Fish Cannery Workers 31. Help Coach GI ed only with Union, caused an i nterracial i n- To Mr. and Mrs. Tatsuo Naka- fired from too long a dis- shi ma, oh ama on Aug. 28 at Newell. men However, cident that j ust missed h aving 907-B, Tule Lake, a boy Football i n Germany k j ce to be dangerous. complications on Sept. Beatrice Otera to Kayucchi the first shots lodg- serious at the Del Araki on Sept. 2 at Cleveland. Mllets from Mar Canning Company sardine To Mr. and Mrs, James H. DONAUWORTH, Germany i n window of the Motozaki Yoshi k o Tsuji to Fred Kimura ed the plant on Sept. 10 wh en other Ozawa, 2909 Stout St., Denver, i n Billings, Mont. Cpl. Bill Kaji k awa of the 522nd— h ome only a few feet from wh ere a girl. was workers "walked out." (Japanese American) Field Artil- one of the chi ldren sleeping. Th i s week, through To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Y. lery was recently Motozaki , bo ph one efforts of MARRIAGE LICENSES named backfield Mrs. with the plant management Yanase, 444 Milwaukee Den- coach of the 13th Brigade h ome, drove to Hayward to and of- St., Yotsuo Suzki and Edith Yama- football i nh er ficials ofthe AFL union, the i n- ver, a girl. guchi i n Denver. team. report the attack. Otherwise, Glea- cident appeared simmering To Mr. and Mrs. Joe S. Iwa- Cpl. Kaji k awa served as assist- said, h e and h i s deputies out, Mn i t was stated. All objecting mem- saki , 125 S. University Blvd., DEATHS ant football coach under Dixie migh t h ave captured the two bers of the regular Denver, a boy. Hbwell at Arizona State college they could leave the cannery crew Ch i yono Nishi no, 39-14-D, Gila men before were reported at work as usual To Mr. and Mrs. Sh i geki Mori, Ri.ver, on Sept. 1. at Tempe. Kaji k awa was also and the two Americans of Japa- 2234 Emerson St., Denver, a girL Ichi nososhi n Takah ashi , 68, of h ead baseball coach at Tempe. He ordered patrols to watch the nese and Mrs. Tomio Haya- that ancestry were on the j ob. To Mr. 22-5-F, Ht. Mountain, on Sept. 13. roads all nigh t and declared shi , 36-13-D, Gila- River, a girl on Mrs. Sunny Hondo, 55, to press the search Sept. i n Ru- MARK TWAIN BEAUTY h e i ntends 3. pert, Idah o. SHOP until the attackers are found. First Visitor To Mr. and Mrs. Ono, Sumi the Japanese American Yoshi taka Nagamatsu, 27-9-D, Gila 111 W. Division St. Both of 17-13-C, Ht. Mountain, a boy on River, on August 30. Ch i cago, Illinois were long-time residents Registers at Sept. families 7. Sh i zu Nakamura, 57, of 1919- Kazu Kuwah ara, Mgr. of the area before they were To Pvt. and Mrs. Sam Kozu, A, Tule Lake, on Aug. 27. camps. Milwaukee Hostel Plume: MO Hawk evacuated to relocation 217 Igleh art Aye., St. Paul, Minn., Katsuichi Ok i no, 60, of 2417-A, 3446 Th ey returned on Aug. 27, and the a boy. Tule Lake, on Sept 1. Hours: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Motozaki chi ldren h ad been at- MILWAUKEE, Wi s.—Th e first Muraji Kobayashi , 56, of 1301- tending school without causing guest at the h ostel for Japanese MARRIAGES D, Tule Lake on Sept. 2. any i ncident or meeting any out- and Japanese Americans i n Mil- ALOHA REFRIGERATOR May Tomio to Tex Sakunai on ».-. _. ~.- .— -, .„ ward dislik e. waukee was registered withi n an Sept. 7 i n Ch i cago. SERVICE Th e attacks were the first h our after the Milwaukee Reset- Marie Yamashi ta to Sergeant IN CHICAGO— — 1834 N. Bissell Street against Japanese Americans i n tlement Association took posses- Yoshi maro Sh i buya on Sept. 8 i n Let Us Do Your Hauling Ch i cago, Illinois Alameda county although 22 other sion of the Old Manse at 1426 N. Minneapolis. Ph one: Michi gan 2568 reported since Prospect Avenue on Saturday, attacks h ave been Sunako Sh usho to Oscar Itani TOM KIMURA EXPRESS Gilbert Kuramitsu the evacuees of Japanese ances- Sept. 1, the Milwaukee Journal re- 935 E. Place on Sept. 2 at Newell, Calif. 42nd Wi Uie Funakoshi try began to return to the "West ported on Sept. 2. Carolyn Natsuh ara to Sh i mao Ph . ATLantic 3914 Coast at the beginning of the Miyamoto on Sept. 1 at Newell. '.— —. —. m.. .— J '-"———--■» —♦ year. Th e most recent attack, un- Fumiyo Kishi shi ta to Sei j i ... ~~ til i ncidents near Centerville, Ayano on Sept. 1 at Newell. — Life Insurance — the Complete — — Sachi k o Higashi to Sgt. Frank NOW OPEN—— was the shooting of the Imada Service Temple Sea Food Ok i moto on Sept. 2 at Newell. h ome near Acampo on Sept. 14. NOBORU HONDA 67 S. West Temple It was pointed out that i n the Yoshi k o Tanabe to Ch amp Sh i - S & I COMPANY Salt Lake City, Utah past h undreds of LINCOLN NATIONALLIFE 4868 North Sh eridan ltd. ■ months evacuees INSURANCE CO. FRIED SHRIMPS h ave returned to former h ome the Finest" Ch i cago, 111. NOODLES areas the Francisco Bay "Insist on One No. La Salle TEMPURA i n San . Ch i cago 2, 111. Ph one LONgbeach 5794 area without i ncident. Suite 1855 CENtral 1393 Complete Line of --. ,■! ■ ~.+ Sh eriff Gleason said that wh en ~ the Japanese Americans returned JAPANESEand AMERICAN — ———— to Centerville an i nvestigation of FOODS 0. C. TANNER the neigh borhood showed no prej- CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE Mail Orders Solicited JEWELRY CO. udice against them and suggested RESIDENTS Buddy T. Iwata and that the gunmen may be from For Japanese Provisions Ronald I. Sh i ozaki , Props. some other part of the State. CALL FUJIMOTO'S til Ml 111 |B| —i m-i tmi ■—. .m, I—l Diamonds and Kanemasa Brand 909 E. 43rd Street Watches Ask for Fuji moto's, Edo Teleph one DRExel 5303 TEXACO Miso, Pre-War Quality at Delivery Service SERVICE your favorite shopping YORK'S STATION centers 837 N. LaSalle St. Ist South & West Temple Silt Lake City, Ph one DEL 5608 170 8. Main Salt Lake City, Utah ASATO SOY BEAN Ch i cago 10, Hlinoiß Brigh am City, 137 Main Ph one 3-0736 FUJIMOTO and M««y Neph i Battery Recharge FOOD SHOP Complete line of Japanese Quick COMPANY and Ch i nese Foods at ■ GAS AND OIL Soy Sauce, Miso, Age, Tofn, »-- 302-306 South 4th West Reasonable Prices -■' '■! CAR WASH PARKING Rice, and All Kinds .--,,. ~,.,1, „, „ City 4, ■ - Salt Lake Utah Free Delivery » Tak Kusano Jack Morita of Oriental Foods Mail Orders HENRY- Y. KASAI Tel: 4-8279 149 W. Division St. RADIO DEPT. Call DELaware 1816 Repair all makes of radios Special BEN TERASHIMA T. N. Asato Ch i cago 10, 111. and amplifiers. sets Agent 30 Yenra Ph otograph y AC Modern Portrait Mail Orders Filled changed to Universal 66 East 4th South St. OCCIDENTAL LIFE NEW City, Utah YORK LIFE Salt Lake Insurance Co. of California Hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. INS. CO. Sundays Evenings by H. H. KODANI and General Agent 1845 - 100 YEARS 1945 Appointment Announcing the Opening of — Ph one 4-8261 Ph one: Emerson 4306 A Mutual Company ■»' ■' ■■■i n- f|r 1011 Milwaukee i -i i .i ■ i - i i - St^Denver^ INTERNATIONAL MARKET Aweti Orer »% Billion "academy of fashi on __ ♦ - f 1462 Bast 55th St. r Ch i cago 15, Illinois Dollar. ARTS MANCHU GRILL & CHOP Teleph one: PLAza 1633 »01 45 B. Broadway, Salt Lake SUEY Walker Bank Bldg. (Th i rd Floor) 1956 Larimer St. Ta. 9576 Salt Lake City, UUh now open i n Denver 2, Colo. Tele: 5-2841 Classes Specialty or 3-6675 Drafting and Sewing Fine Foods a Wh olesale"and Retail ■»-,,- "Meet Your Friends Here" —* Fish, Meat, American & Oriental — -■ ■- ■' Grocery i .i -ii I. mi .■ .i Appliances'""'' „ ,„ FROM AGE 21 Radio and Electrical » ,~....,. „ ~,,.,,., ~, , „ ~, ,„ , $1,000 NOW TO $5,000 AT Repaired ~ Occidental's new JUNIOR ESTATE PLAN grows as your UNIVERSAL "»y 8 A COMPLETE LINE OF needs grow, BUT THE COST STAYS THE SAME RADIO SERVICE I*" the needs of YEARS OF CHILDHOOD (a thrift pro- MaiTakata, Owner ency i nsurability), YEARS Ke.3910 OF Wi S?£ 12 funds> al»d protected 1108- 18thStreet I Oriental Foods f»mn.\ HOOD (permanent, low cost i nsurance to protect a Denver, Colo. "»%), and YEARS OF RETIREMENT. of i ncreases), Manufacturers TOFU & AGE At i 8*,,Be:,c: x—M7.17 Annual premium (Th i s never l' i s only although face value of Fish Sashi mi Specialty the P°«cyn«r T BtUl $47.17, the £ HANASONO Fresh for Our becomes $5,000. MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT— PHOTO STUDIO Prompt Long Experience w n „ Consult or Write Service Wi th Our Special Portrait, Wedding, Panorama, livV P||OST, Agent HITO OKADA I Enlargements ■"■ Floor, lat National 403 Season Bldg. I Ph oto Copies, k coding Oty, Utah I DIAMOND TRADING CO. Bofau.O01l«. tj Salt Lake 2163 Larimer Street Ida^ Box 1809, TeL 729 Ph one 5-8040 DENVER, COLORADO 1012 N. Clark Street Ch i cago 10. Illinois Occidental life Insurance Co., of Calif. Saturday, September PACIFIC CITIZEN 22, 1945 8 Ch i cago Girls Club Nisei Wi ll Enter Cali fornia Watsonville Ch amber Reveals University Files Installs Officers Wi sconsin Two New As Resident Students Ali en Members Oppose Nisei Return CHICAGO—Wi th a simple can- Property Wi s.—Having lived Suits of i ts dleligh t ceremony, Yuri Tanaka MADISON, WATSONVILLE, Calif. Th e nounced that the results over a year questionnaire will be sent to Con- and other recently elected officers i n the state for with State Ch arges Watsonville Ch amber of—Com- maki ng j t Families merce and Agriculture announced gressman Jack Z. Anderson and ofthe Ch i cago Girl's Service Club i h e expressed i ntent of Wi th Violation of on Sept. 17 that a questionnaire George Outland, to the War Re- were at a dinner meeting permanent h ome, three Nisei i nstalled on Sep- their Alien Land circulated among i ts membershi p, location Authority and to the Cal- h eldat the Central YMCA resettlers will enter the University LegUlation legislature's i nterim com- 14. Others wh o participat- i ncluding farmers and business- i fornia tember Masunaka, of thi s fall on the basis FRESNO, men, showed four to one senti- mittee on "Japaneseresettlement." ed were Tomi vice Wi sconsin Caif. —Escheat Dorothy Ito, recording of resident students. ceedings were filed on Sent n ment against the return of evac- president; by the uees of Japanese ancestry to the secretary; Catherine Matsumoto, Th ey are: Takashi Hattori, Mon- State of California fruit and .vegetable growing Pa- Watsonville Action corresponding secretary; and Alice Roh wer; two Japanese alien Sii terey, California, and alleged couples.X* j aro valley. Inouye, treasurer. and i ng ownershi p of r "Out of Order," meeting Louis Itaya, Colorado River, properties i n the S~ On the question of wh etherthey During the business Mary and Minidoka. Caruthers and the girls made Sato, Seattle Sanger districts i n j would employ or approve employ- Says WRA Official wh i ch followed the violation ment of "Japanese," the negative plans for a dance to be h eld for State's Alien Land Law vote was four and a h alf to one. Fort Snelling men as well as oth- Th e defendants are WATSONVILLE, Calif.—"Ac- wh o may i n Ch i - CaldwellGirl and Toshi ge Kichi saburo Th e vote was the same against any group of i n er servicemen be Sh i ba and SokSfltaro selling tion of citizens cago September 30, at the Hull and Kazue Fuji ta. renting or property to determining wh ether any other on "Japanese" the Ch amber of .Com- community ,House. Martha laumi and Sue Gets School Wi lliam Sh i ba, son of the group may live i n any i n charge of the couple and an Sh i ba merce anounced. i s h i gh ly out of order," Ch arles Tanaka will be American citi?«, Approximately 2000 persons of area supervisor, social. Teachi ng Post and Tomiye Fuji ta, a daugh ter F. Miller, WRA the other couple of Japanese ancestry were evacuated commented on. Sept. 19 wh en ap- Th e girls voted to send cooki es and also a citi valley. Th e Ch amber Pajaro next week. Represent- zen, were named as from the prised of the action of the to the USO CALDWBLL, Idah o—iMissKaley separate codefendan j said that i ts i nquiry was based Valley Commerce i n atives will also be sent to the Uyematsu h as been i n actions. Ch amber of Meeting to of Caldwell Th e complaints upon social and economicreactions taki ng a poll of i ts members re- Women's Victory Mass appointed by the War Food Ad- were prenarpH wh i ch migh t result i f the evac- of evacuees of be h eld i n the Ch i cago Stadium on teach by Deputy District Attorney Ar garding the return Setting- ministration school board to thur H. Drew uees return. Japanese ancestry to the Pajaro September 23 and to the the first four grades at their la- and Everett W Th e Ch amber of Commerce an- Valley. Up conference of the YW'CA Busi- school thi s fall. Mattoon, deputy attorney general Women's di- bor center following several ness and Professional Uyematsu i s the first Jap- months of i n' vision on 6 and 7. Miss tensive i nvestigation. Wi ll October anese American to receive a teach- Th e Ch i cago JACL State charges that Th omM i ng appointment i n the Boise Val- S. Sakamoto, a citizen, WORKERS Sponsor Talent Sh ow ley. In 1942 she applied for the obtained CLASSIFIED ADS a deed to 320 acres of land MALES FEMALES position but was rejected on the Caruthers from the near ground that a of Japa- Security Com - CHICAGO — A benefit talent FOR SALE: Late model Allis teacher pany on Aug. 12, 1941, and that Issei or Nisei show sponsored by the Japanese Ch almers Tractor, with plow, nese ancestry would create fur- on March 12 of thi s year against persons h e con American Citizens League of Ch i - side dresser, and cultivator with ther resentment veyed the property to Wi lliam for cogia will Oionor members of the tools. TomKasah ara, Rt. 2, Nys- of Japanese descent i n the area. Sh i ba. and the 100th Battalion 442nd sa, Oregon. Miss Uyematsu i s the second Th e Fuji ta couple are accused Bean Sprout Farm Combat Team, i t was decided on Cooper-tigh t use daugh ter of Mrs. T. Uyematsu of of taki ng over a ranch special meeting of MAN WANTED: near Poet War Security Sept 10 at a Barrel. Permanent work. No Caldwell. Sh e attended the Uni- Sanger on Nov. 11,- 1917, after Steady Year Around Work the JAOL. discrimination, must be sober. A versity of Washi ngton and grad- the property was conveyed to their Adopting the slogan of these cooperer and'a gasoline crane uated from the University of Cal- daugh ter on the same date by H For Particulars Write famous Niesi figh ting men, the operator. Utah Barrel & Cooper- i fornia at Berkeley. Sh e received Harryian and M. Kezerian. A JAiCL will use "Go for Broke" as age Co., 370 W. 9th So., Salt h er educational credits from the further "charge i s that G. A. Me- HYDRO the theme of the show. Lake City. College of Idah o i n Caldwell and Nab and h i s wife executed a quit Yuki o Sh i moda and Koiah i Hay- Experienced couple preferred, or i n the fall of 1941 she served as claim deed to the Fuji ta girl on PRODUCTS Co. ashi will write the script for the or cook and a cadet teacher at the Washi ng- Jan. 4, 1932, covering property i n Broadway cook and h ouseman, ton 5669 show, and an all-Nisei orchestra Pay h i gh est wages. $200 school i n Caldwell. (the Sanger district. New York City 63, N. Y. maid. will present special numbers. for couple, $100 each for single. ATTENTION Special box seats will be set Private room and bath for "real estate and aside for veterans now man, single i nsurance" Mary Kamayatsu wounded couple or single Ours i s one of the oldest City. Jiro and recovering at the Vaugh n and to share. 1369 Military firms i n the Founded i n 1907. Please contact woman We employ an attorney wh o h as specialized 'in h andling Gardiner Army h ospitals, the Way. Ph one 4-2153, Salt Lake . real bargains: JACL announced. City. estate transactions for the same period. A few Brick 2-flat, i nsulated, $9,000. 3 Apartment, general $7500; 13 Apartment WANTED Girl for $45,000; 31 Apartment $90,000; Business properties. Let us Xt h ousework.—Th ree i n family. No as your agents. small chi ldren. Private living "GO FOR BROKE"TALENT REVUE quarters. Good wages. Ph one SOUTH SHORE REALTY COMPANY W. J. Wi l- (F. J. Cimral, Attorney) 9805 or write Mrs. Aye. I Sponsored by son, 2880 Wh eelock Avenue, Og- Corner 83rd St. & So. Ch i cago Ch i cago, HI den, Utah . Ph ones: South Sh ore 02"34 & Bayport 2990 JACL WANTED-—Woman for general I CHICAGO -■ cleaning 2 days a week. Ph one "— -""-"—"- -r-* *- -"-"-'■■'- -♦ SUNDAY EVENINGS 9805 Ogden, Utah . ———— — — — I Two girls for general h ousework TO RETURNING EVACUEES:— — NOVEMBER 25th DECEMBER 9th i n refined h omes one block apart For Lease— Hotel Must k now Profitable Business Located on Good near Lake Michi gan. Transportation (1200 South) Completely-Furnished Income plain cooki ng] and some care of per - - Uptown Players Th eatre every $800.00 month Monthly Rental at $150.00 " 5-year Leue chi ldren. Th ursday and $5,000 Quickly- other Sunday off. Have h ad Ni- - Act I CALLING ALL TALENT sei sisters before i n these two Consult or Write h omes. $25.00 a week. Write, TRAVIS T. LOTT, Licensed Real Estate Broker Mrs. K. A. Benjamin, 908 Elm 1954 W. 25th Log ARRANGE BY CALLING St. AnKeles, Calif. FOR AUbITIONS Place, Glencoe, 111. or Mrs. E. J. Teleph one RO 0883 Secretary: Jane Jiobu Seifert, 974 Sk oki e Ridg« Drive. 4m-~———..-. —.—. ...~, ,_ ,^..»^-^^^^..,t JACL OFFICE Glencoe, 111. 189 W. Madison Room 1008 FOR SALE—62 Units Mostly Ph one: FRAnklin 8840 Furnished. Southeast— Corner, 42nd PI. and Drexel Blvd. TOM S. IWATA PRICE—3 times the Income. 3968 appointment—J. : Riverside For F. Arm- W. Aye. Spokane strong & Co. 4316 Indiana Aye., 1728 Fifth 9, Wash. Ch i cago 15. Ph one OAKland Personalized Plans for Every Need FINE QUALITY WOOLENS ... i 2292. Complete Range of High Class Overcoating and Suitings Family Income Juvenile for Men and Women 4.— ...... -■ ■- «^«—, , f/:W] Retirement Business Insurance SKIRT ENDS TROUSER LENGTHS - — f^^\ Complete— Insurance— Jm and featuring; COTTON and RAYONS-PLAIN or PRINTED \J */ Service Jj PJj ]A NEW AND UNUSUAL SAVINGS PLAN JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF I HW AUTO - FIRE - LIFE SQUARES MmM HEALTH & ACCIDENT California Western States Life Insurance Co. LARGE SIZE TAILOR j fe for ISSEI or NISEI L. B. WOOLEN & TRIMMING W*-^ \ Contact COMPANY A W MUNISERI 530 SO. LOS ANGELES ST. J| W 276 S.W. First Aye. LOS ANGELES 13, CALIFORNIA ■ U ONTARIO, ORE. Ph one 139 Samples furnished upon request. Give de- B ■ tails as to wh at you i ntend to make B Since 1930 ! I — .-..■!-. —,-„.,_.fl I'leane send I do not remittance with order —— YARNS We shi p a O. D. only ——— Knitting BREWED SOY SAUCE- forHand WATCHES DIAMONDS WEDDING RINGS GALLON BOTTLES - AH Varieties- 4 HANDY POCKET-SIZE DICTIONARIES Parker, Waterman, Sh eaffer Fountain Pen* 3 i nches by 6 i nches Expansion Bracelets, Gold-filled, Sterling Silver I Sanseido's New Concise Japanese-EnglishDictionary CREPE PAPERS Duplex and Others (Postage Prepaid) $3.50 ' DRESS — Sanseido's New Concise English-Japanese- Dictionary MAKING SUPPLIES (Postage Prepaid) WATCH REPAIRING GUARANTEED $3.50 — AU Make. — I Saito's Kanwaji ten (Postage Prepaid) $3.80 Kenkyusha English-Japanese_ Dictionary. (Mailing charge, 50c) _ $8.00 IY.TERADA^ropr I Kenkyusha Japanese-English Dictionary. Mailing charge, 50c) , $5.00 AOYAGI CO. 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