The order was followed by an announcement that the Tulelake center, originally constructed to house 10,000, will be enlarged to accommodate 16,000 people.
The local office of the Wartime Civil Control Administration revealed, however, that no order has been received as to the date when movement of Camp Harmony Japanese is to begin.
Other movements from assembly centers to Tulelake will be from Portland, Oregon, and Sacramento, Marysville and Salinas in California.
Transfer of 4,800 Japanese from the Sacramento assembly center will begin June 15, while an approximate 2,500 will begin moving from the Marysville center on June 24.
The order, released by Col. Karl. R. Bendetsen, Assistant Chief of Staff on the Western Defense Command's Civil Affairs Division, will affect approximately 11,000 Japanese, including those now residing in the Mayer assembly center in Arizona who will be moved to the Poston Relocation Center near Paker, in the same state.
When established at Tulelake, evacuees will be "given the opportunity to carry on agricultural and industrial pursuits and thus do their share in furnishing food and other needed war products," the order stated.
The Walerga Assembly center, about 14 miles north of Sacramento, is believed to be the first temporary center whose entire population has been designated for removal to a war-duration center.
It was simultaneously revealed that residents of the Marysville Assembly center at Arboga, California, will begin moving on June 24.
An advance group of 500 Japanese from Camp Harmony and the Portland, Oregon Assembly center are already residing in the Tulelake center.
James Mineno, who died Thursday night at the Camp Harmony hospital in Area D, spent 67 of his 78 years in Alaska and the United States. He left Japan for the first and last time in 1864 at the age of 11 as a mess boy on a ship. When his boat was wrecked in 1880 he had a choice of boarding either a rescue ship for France or the United States.
He chose the latter and first set foot on American soil at Boston. In 1886 he came to Washington Territory where he obtained his naturalization papers.
In 1890 Mineno headed for Alaska. On April 28 of this year he was evacuated.
James Mineno is survived by five sons, four of whom are serving in the United States army. The fifth, Henry, is living with the Foede brothers in Area A.
The body of the deceased cremated at Tacoma, is to be shipped to friends in Anchorage, Alaska.
Memorial services will be held tomorrow.
Surviving the deceased are Mrs. Miyazaki and children, Isuzu, Chihiro, Akiko, Masako, and Sagara.
Scriptures were read in Japanese by Rev. Hashimoto and in English by Rev. T. Machida.
Although no official information has been received relative to voluntary self-relocation in unrestricted non-military zones, applications meeting certain requirements will be submitted to the proper authorities, Relocation Director Kenji Ito announced yesterday.
Inviting all Camp residents desiring to place themselves in the interior to discuss their plans with their respective Area Relocation Officers, Ito explained that applicants must be able to establish or present the following guarantees:
Only applications meeting these requirements in full will be referred to the War Relocation Authority, Ito said.
Area relocation officers to be contacted first are George Inouye in Area A, Paul Tomita in B, Tatsuo Nakata in C, and Ray Yamamoto in D.
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O'Brien declared relocation procedure will begin when evacuees are transferred to the jurisdiction of the War Relocation Authority from the WCCA. Qualified students will then be given an opportunity to continue their education.
O'Brien, assistant dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Washington, returned last week from a conference held at Chicago to formulate plans for Nisei student relocation.
The Chicago discussion, he said, resulted in the following tentative program:
Miss Jean Hatton, President of the Associated Women Students of the University of Washington, was appointed secretary to O'Brien and will be working with him at assembly centers.
The immediate program has the full support of the War Department as well as the War Relocation Authority.
"Students desiring relocation for the purpose of study are requested to keep in daily touch with the area relocation officers and area bulletin," Ito said.
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All exercises were held in the grandstands of Area D. Samuel E. Fleming presented the diplomas to 48 Garfield graduates and Superintendent Worth McClure to the 124 Broadwayites. The number graduated last nite [sic] were: Cleveland, 9; Lincoln, 2; Queen Anne, 5; Franklin, 17; Roosevelt, 3; West Seattle, 2; Edison Vocational, 23.
"This project," Eisenhower said, in accounting development plans, "will add permanently to the resource wealth of the West. Members of the evacuee community will carry forward a valuable public undertaking which might otherwise have been postponed until the close of the war. At the same time their production of food-stuffs will help the nation in a positive way during the wartime period."
The library system is designed to provide all four areas equal access to all books. For that reason, the books are divided into four groups and these groups will be rotated between the areas once every three weeks.
Now the workers in Area D are young, and most of the time when they are not working they go around in sloppy "T" shirts, dirty cords, and "Lil' Abner" shoes. In this rather informal attire they go around yelling "Haba-haba" at all the girls.
One day when they were eating, the workers noticed that there was a new waitress on their tables. They noticed that the girl behind the milk pitcher was far from unattractive. The workers did not yell "Haba-haba" at their new waitress. She was not the type of girl to yell "Haba-haba" at. She had class. She smiled very shyly at the workers, and this made them fall in love with her.
The next day there was a great change on the operation crew tables. It was strangely quiet around the worker's tables. It was as if something was wrong. But there was nothing wrong. The workers sat eating their food with very contented looks on their faces. But food was not the only thing they were feasting their eyes on. She was smiling shyly and the boys were continuing to fall in love with her.
Area D is a very quiet place now. There are no more workers who go around wearing sloppy "T" shirts, dirty cords, and "Lil' Abner" shoes. They do not yell "Haba-haba" at the girls anymore. They go around wearing crisp white collars with neckties and their shoes are carefully polished. They all head for Fourth Avenue. That is where the waitress lives. She sits on a bench in front of her house and smiles shyly. This makes the boys fall in love with her more.
It is wonderful what women can do, especially to men.
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When we play, we play
When we work, we play, also
Members of work crews will be checked by timekeepers. The personnel officer in each area has been designated as the responsible person for gathering block reports and submitting them to the WCCA.
Under the direction of Education Officer Joanne Mori, classes are held twice daily: 9-11 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. Teachers number 16 with the classes ranging from first to the eighth grade.
Interest groups also began their session beginning last Wednesday. The schedule follows: (1) First Aid -- Tuesdays and Fridays from 7 p.m. at mess hall 1; (2) Creative Writing -- Mondays from 7:30 p.m. at mess hall 4; (3) Shorthand -- Tuesdays and Fridays from 7:30 p.m. with the beginners meeting at mess hall 5 and the advanced students, mess hall 6; (4) Public Speaking and Parliamentary Law -- Wednesdays from 7:30 p.m. at mess hall 6; (5) German -- Wednesdays from 7:30 p.m. at mess hall 1; (6) English -- issei meet on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. at mess hall1 and 2 while the kibei meet on the same dates from 7:30 p.m. at mess hall 6.
CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C W. L. W. L. W. L. Sec. 5... 2 0 Sec. 6... 2 0 Sec. 1... 3 1 Sec. 3... 1 1 Sec. 2... 1 0* Sec. 6... 2 1 Sec. 2... 1 1 Sec. 1... 1 1 Sec. 3/4. 2 2 Sec. 6... 1 1 Sec. 4... 1 1 Sec. 2... 1 2 Sec. 4... 0 1* Sec. 3... 0 1 Sec. 5... 1 3 Sec. 1... 0 1* Sec. 5... 0 0* *Denotes tie gamesWith ole Jupe Pluvius on the warpath, Area A's softball program was virtually inactive.
However, in the few games played thus far, Section 5 sets the pace in the fast "A" circuit with 2 straight wins. In the "B" loop, the powerful Section 6 team with 2 overwhelming victories continued to sparkle. Section 1 leads the "C" teams with 3 wins against 1 loss.
Weather permitting, the league-leading Section 5 will battle Section 1 and Sections 3 and 4 will tangle in the next "A" doubleheader.
Timely hitting plus Frank Kanemori's pitching prowess have been the chief reasons for Section 5's diamond success in the "A" loop.
On the "B" scene, Section 6 captained by Ed Kurimura is the dominant team. In their first game against Section 3, the rampaging 10th and 11th Avenuers squashed their opponents 9-0, while in the next tilt they blanked Section 1, 11-0.
In the "C" loop, Section 1 leads but they are closely pursued by Section 6. In the latest "C" games last week, Section 1 overwhelmed Section 5, 17-2 but Section 6 also displayed hitting power when they mauled the combined Section 3 and 4 team, 12-3.
The next "B" double bill will find Section 1 slated against Section 5 while in the nightcap Sections 3 and 4 will collide.
Meanwhile the "C" circuit will have completed their first round play with the next triple-header games.
Frank dropped the first set 16-22 but rallied strongly in the next three frames to capture the "A" crown. However, after sweeping the second and third sets 21-12 and 21-15, he was extended to the limit before taking the final and deciding set 24-22.
Meanwhile, in the "B" finals, Frank Komoto also was extended to four sets by Art Susmi before winning out. After capturing the first two sets 21-19 and 21-18, Frank was edged out in the third frame 19-21. However, the fourth set saw him outpaddle Art 25-23.
A Class "C" tournament is being held this week.
In discussing this plan, Uno said all games will naturally be played on Area A's Pitcher Field. To facilitate matters, movements between areas will be confined to players only and not to spectators, Uno added.
Judo and basketball competition will also be inaugurated, Uno revealed, if softball is successful.