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All Manzanar Free Press articles, photos, and advertisements from issues located in the U. S. Library of Congress archives. |
Manzanar Free Press Complete Issues from the Manzanar National Historic Site 
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There is so much content in the Manzanar Free Press issues from 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945 that I had to limit the material being posted. I hope you like the items I have posted. I picked items from one day of each month of each of the four years the Manzanar Free Press was in operation. I tried to represent all aspects of life at the Manzanar WRA as presented in the newspaper. |
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Word #2 From The Website Author — After reading articles, by the scads, posted in the Free Press I have come to the conclusion that life in Manzanar, although not like that from whence the internees came, was not a concentration camp. U.S. WRA relocation centers were light years different from either German or Japanese concentration camps. Life might have been difficult but apparently movement in and out and among the centers was easy. Job offers from outside of the centers were apparently bountiful and always being offered to internees. The centers certainly were not heaven-on-earth . . . but they were not the death camps you would find in either Germany or the occupied territories of Japan during WWII. |
January 1943 |
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 Manzanar Free Press — Editorial and Business Staff |
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  Beauty Spot |
 Children's Village Celebrates Yuletide with Festivities |
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 Blossom Girl of Hollywood |
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 Buddhist Church |
 New Year's Feast |
 Vital Statistics |
 Camouflage Net Project Closed Down |
 Happy New Year |
 Sweater Girl! |
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  Casaba Highlights Girl's Weekend Sports Parade |
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 Traditional Mochi-Tsuki Held for Coming New Year |
 Polka Dots by Butterball — Poisonalities of 1942 |
 Christmas Observed Despite Windstorm |
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 Crazy Man's Wild Dream by Jimmie Hashimoto |
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 Distribution of Clothing Allowance of July Begun |
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 Popularity Calls Repeat Performance of Christmas Program |
 Manzanar Cooperative Enterprises, Inc. |
 In Appreciation — The Mikawa Family |
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  The Year of Decision |
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 Police Department Undergoes Reorganization |
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 Platter Chatter by Peter Ohtaki |
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 Preliminary Baseball Team Results |
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February 1943 |
 Manzanar Library Progress written by Ayame Ichiyasu |
 Nursery Teachers Open Schools After Training |
 New 500-Class Fire Truck Due to Arrive |
 Hi-Y News |
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 Japanese Still Left in Los Angeles |
 Underpups Nip the Star Dusters, 14 - 12 |
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 Meeting Dates for Boy Scouts Changed |
 No More Hikes up to the Mountains |
 Taxpayers may seek Assistance at Legal Aid |
 Boy Scouts to Use Abandoned House Near George's Creek |
 Classified Ads — lawn mower, lost money |
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 Thank You — Harry Nukada, Frank Takahashi, Jingo Nakamura, Henry Inouye, Kenjiro Nagamine, Yoshio Yoshihiro, George Kano, Tom Hatanaka, Charles Sekihara |
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 Pedro Bucs Halt Mailmen, 41 - 26; Babes Brigade Dumps the Yanks; Broncos, Bugs, Babes in 3-Way Tie |
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 Movie Calendar of the Week |
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 Experiment Told — Minority Program |
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 Letter Denounces Petty Nationalism |
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 Exciting Adventures Seen as "Manhunt" Previewed |
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 Resettlement, Transfers Claim Recent Departures; Advise Internees to Renew Work Permits |
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 Visual Education Museum in Exhibit |
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 Maintenance, Police Department get G.I. Clothes |
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March 1943 |
 Vital Statistics — Births, Deaths |
 War Relocation Authority (WRA) Rents Typewriters |
  Danger of Disease from Local Animals Told by Little |
 Personalities — Right on the Beam by Ima Woof |
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 Golf Course Completed |
 Men to Train for Outside Jobs |
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 Land for Hobby Garden Available |
 Beware, Sweet Tooth Stay Away From Me |
 No Tickie, No Fixie |
 Farewell, Mary Kitano at Kitchen 15 |
 In Appreciation - Zenmatsu Tanibata |
 Samples and Catalogues at the Free Press Office |
 George Okamura's 90 Points Tops BB Chase |
 Haru Ogawa Heads National Scoring |
 No Basis for Rumor, States Dr. Little |
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 Manzanar Free Press — Special Anniversary Edition |
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 Olivers All Out for Zeros |
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 Second Resettlement Hits Outbound Trail |
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 Sport Plate — AA, A, BB, B, C Leagues |
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April 1943 |
  Internment Camp Misunderstanding Clarified In Appreciation — Dr. Tom T. Watanabe |
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 Residents Request Help to Preserve Park Cherry Trees |
 Dr. Tom Watanabe Leaves After Long Service |
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 Flower Festival to Mark Buddha's Birth |
 Classified Ads — Car, Radio, Melophone |
 Firemanship Course May Start Soon |
  Toru Shimizu Hits 200 Mark in Aye, Nob Murakami Takes Easy Second Spot |
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 Club Fetes Graduates — Mieko Chikasawa, Shizuko Hiroshima, Mery Enomoto, Toshiko Teraoka |
 Flowers — A Poem by Minako Kamei |
 Throckmortons Have Blessed Event |
 Victory Gardeners to Meet |
 Four Groups on "G-Men" Work Unheralded |
 Labor Shortage Opens Jobs Here; Issei Wanted |
 "Who Done It?" — New Movie starring Lou Costello and Bud Abbott |
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 Jyotaro "Joe" Kohigashi Men's Director |
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 Enviable Record Established by Local Hospital |
 Religion Plays Vital Part of Residents Here |
 Frank Fukuchi Pleads Guilty to Disturbance Charge |
 The Co-ops Are On The Air — KQW and KSL |
 Sport Care — Girls Softball |
 Some Facts About Oleomargarine |
 Soap, Shoyu Sale Starts This Week |
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 To Our Friends and Neighbors: Grace M. Takahashi and Alice S. Takahashi |
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 Seventy Workers to Leave for Idaho Beet Fields |
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 The Japanese in America |
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May 1943 |
 Eastern Defense Command Opens New England Areas to Evacuees |
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 Teachers Sought for Issei Class; Rice to be Sold in 10-Pound Sacks |
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 Around the Blocks — Block 2, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 |
 Licensing of Dogs at Police Station |
 Average of Fifty Residents Leave Center Weekly |
 Remember the Red Cross |
 Proofs Ready |
 Fire Truck Mishap Results in Injuries to Six Men |
  Block 18 Anniversary |
 Outside Jobs — Domestic and Business |
 Modernairs Take Odds in Wee Funsters Tiff |
 Local Venice Barbellers Topple Heart Mountain Herculites Via Mail Meet |
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 Beer Question Voted Down by Close Margin as Residents Cast Opinion |
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 Dear Editor — by George and Chi Oka |
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 Vital Statistics — Births |
 Driver's License May be Renewed |
   Twin Pines Trail - Shrimps and Seaweed by Dan Tsurutani |
 From the Nation's Press |
 Swing-phony Offers Varied Program |
 Lost Articles May be Claimed |
 Parody — A Poem by Unknown Author |
 Evening Finds Several Injured While Playing Ball |
 J. Edgar Hoover Says No Espionage |
 Figures Show Cost of Special Press Anniversary Number |
 Notice to Yarn Buyers |
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 In Appreciation: Tetsuro Ozaki |
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 In Appreciation: Tom Tamotsu Yonenaka, Betty Haruko Yonenaka, Tommy & Jimmy Yonenaka |
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June 1943 |
 Manzanar Free Press — Editorial Staff & Reporting Staff |
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 Bexel Vitamin B Complex Capsules |
 Soldiers on Furlough and Departures |
 $5,000 Fine or Prison Term for Law Violators |
 Co-op Stores, Shops Employ 200 People |
 Landscaping Work Beautifies Hospital |
 Co-op Outdoor Theatre Coming! "Tales of Manhattan" and "Footlight Parade" |
 Shobei Takeuchi Takes C-Flight Trophy |
 Outdoor Movies to Start Soon |
 Warning Given Violators of Manzanar Park Laws; Farewell Banquet Given for Harvey Brown |
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 Gay-Nine Choke Roughneck, 21 - 7 |
 Traffic Rules to be Enforced |
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   Co-op Services |
 Manzanar Free Press — 45c Monthly |
 175 Nisei Soldiers in South Pacific on Special Duty |
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 From the Nation's Press — Christian Science Monitor Report |
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 Center Visitors Required to Pay Room and Board |
 Course in Farming |
 New M.P. Escorts Arrive Here |
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 Say it With Flowers |
 Save Your Co-op Receipts |
 Make the Most of Your Stores and Shops |
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 Farewell to Manzanar — Thomas Ozamoto & Family |
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 Financial Statusof Co-op Favorable, Says Manager |
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 For the Greater Good — |
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 Letter to Manzanar From Points East by Elmer Uchida |
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 Results Released on Art Exhibit — Kango Takemura's "Thistle" painting wins honorable mention. |
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July 1943 |
 Manzanar Free Press — Editorial Staff, Reporting Staff, Japanese Section, Business Department |
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  In Appreciation — Yutaka D. Takaki, S/Sgt., U.S. Army In Appreciation — Cpl. Toichi Ichimura, Camp Savage, Minnesota |
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 Senior Graduation Planned Tonight |
 Co-op Comments |
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 Capt. Donald Nail Warns of Boundary Lines YWCA Announce Library Opening |
 Events Planned in Buddhist Meeting |
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 With the Stork |
 Job Recruiter |
 Schaeffer Pen Lost |
 Reminder Issued on Park Rules |
 Twixteeners in 10 - 9 Win Over Forget-Me-Nots |
 Junior Misses Top Gremlins 1 - 0 in 8th |
 High School Elects George Nishimura President |
 Josephs Grocery in Lone Pine |
 Congratulations, Graduates! |
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 John Payne Pays Surprise Visit |
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 Letters from the Public — Robert A. Kubota, Former Chief of Fire Department |
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 More Linguists Needed Soon |
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 Attention! Clubs & Organization Manzanar Free Press Advertising Rates |
August 1943 |
 What's Cooking? |
 Duplex Picnic Passes Printed |
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 Students Accepted in Beauty Schools |
 American League tilt: Redbirds 5 , Counts 3 |
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   Ondo or is it Jive by L. M. Corn |
 Leon High Accepts Principalship at Lone Pine High |
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 Plan to Recruit 500 Nisei WACS |
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 Colorado Counties Closed to Resettlers |
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  Manufacturing of Tofu Commences Following Delay |
 Mystery 9 versus Dusty 9 |
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 Odori Practice for Bon Festival |
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  Badminton Court Opens to Public |
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 Manzanar High School Annuals Available |
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 Manzanar Receives New Entrance Sign |
 Pickled Turnips Vital Statistics — Births, Deaths |
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 Folk Dancing This Friday |
 Start Picking of Local Cantaloupes |
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Comparison of Germany and Japan Given by Joseph C. Grew |
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 Joint Linkfest to be Held Sunday — Golf Enthusiasts |
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 We're Not Complaining, but — |
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 Letters From the Public — by Dean Chitose Mishimiya of the Copley Secretarial Institute |
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September 1943 |
 Manzanar Free Press |
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 Church Honors Memberss — Michi Konishi, Kimiko Terama, and Masako Sakioka |
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  Conservation of H2O Requested |
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  Letters from the Public — Henry C. Patterson - Relocation Officer |
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 Women's Army Corps (WACs) Recruiting Begins |
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October 1943 |
 Decision to Accept Niseis by the Women's Army Corps |
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 In Appreciation — Cpl. Norimasa N. Yamahiro |
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  Around the Blocks — Block 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 19, 29, 32, 34 |
 Herbert F. Thorne Explains Oil Distribution |
 President Roosevelt Stresses Unity Among Races |
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  WRA Publishes Circular Telling of Center Life |
 Food Dehydration Process Under Way |
 532 Shoes for Sale at Warehouse 22 |
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 Masayoshi Sugitani Discloses Loss of Pay Checks |
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 American League Batting Average |
   Relocation — Opportunities Knock at Manzanar's Gate |
 Someone Has Postage Due |
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 Classified Ads — Saxophone, Electric Refrigerator, Tricycle |
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 Give Opportunities to Kibeis or Isseis Overseas |
 Sports Menu — Girls Volleyball |
 On the Other Hand — |
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November 1943 |
 Letters from the Public — R. F. Kado |
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 The Things We Love — |
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Isao Higashi Hurls No-Hit, No-Run Game, Yogies Win, 15 - 0 |
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 In Appreciation — Torajiro Hiraiwa |
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 Around the Blocks — Block 3, 18, 20, 26, 31 |
 Girl's Volleyball Results |
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 Limited Enrollment for Beauty Class |
 Formation of Girl Scout Troop Announced |
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  Propose Boost in Local Postage Charges |
 Tofu Manufacture Resumes This Week |
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 Residents Warned About Liquor |
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 Seek Auto Mechanics in Baltimore |
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Views on Japanese Minority Problems in the American Legion Magazine |
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Joseph Winchester Heads Local War Fund Drive |
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 "This Land is Mine" — Showing in the Outdoor Theater |
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December 1943 |
 In Appreciation — Tom Kobayashi & Molly Kobayashi |
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 Belle Rinees Given National League Champion Title |
 Taste in Water Not Chlorine — Wilbur Racely |
 Wind Halts Tennis — 3 Games Played |
 Showing December 3 & 4 — "It Comes Up Love" |
 Fella Overall Company Seeks Employees |
 Local War Fund Campaign Collects $699.85 |
 Local Job Offers Reported Scarce |
 Council Satisfied of Camp Administration |
 Farewell Parties to Honor Rev. Jun Fujimori |
 Emphasize Care of Oil Stoves |
 Give Procedure for Manzanar Visitors |
 Girls, Take Note of Basketball Sign-up |
 Ask for Donations to Entertain Soldiers |
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  An Editorial — "Daily Bruin" Hits Hearst Papers |
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  Letters From the Public — by Captain K. Konetani of the 100th Infantry Battalion |
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