The closing of the Winona camp and the fight over wartime claims
The closing of the Winona camp in Chicago led the news. It had housed about 1,000 returned Japanese American evacuees…
Print Issue: 1947
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Restrictive covenants and a disabled 442nd veteran’s search for a home
A disabled veteran of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team led this eight-page issue. Kakuo Terao, a Purple Heart wearer, was…
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Issei membership and the push for a JACL convention
A recommendation that Issei be allowed full membership in the JACL led the front page. National staff officers made it…
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The August 1947 issue: renunciants, seamen and Nisei in the news
Court rulings and discrimination dominated the front page. Federal Judge Louis Goodman denied the Justice Department’s request for reconsideration and…
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Soya sauce poisoning claims and the fight over housing covenants
Consumers sickened by soya bean sauce were the lead story of this 8-page issue. A representative of the A. E.…
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The 442nd reactivated, and the Senate delays evacuee claims
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was reactivated as a U.S. Army reserve unit in a ceremony attended by 252 disabled…
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Naturalization bill S. 1655 and the fight over alien land laws
A bill to end race restrictions in U.S. naturalization law led this eight-page issue. Senators James Howard McGrath and Theodore…
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Soldier brides, evacuation claims and a debate over the JACL’s future
Congress and the JACL’s role in postwar America shared the news in this eight-page issue. The Senate passed H.R. 3149,…
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Arsenic in soy sauce, and a push in Congress for Issei citizenship
Forty people of Japanese ancestry in downtown Los Angeles fell ill after eating adulterated soy sauce, and the front page…
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The Evacuation Claims Bill heads for a House vote
A House vote on the Evacuation Claims bill, H.R. 3999, was set for July 7, and the issue followed it…
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Evacuation claims, alien land laws and a gift of sight, 1947
Postwar fights over the law and property loss ran through this eight-page issue. The House Judiciary Committee approved the Evacuation…
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1947: Soldier brides, school segregation repeal and fair employment
Legislation and civil rights ran through this eight-page issue from June 1947. The House passed an amendment to the Soldier…
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Stranded Nisei in Japan, the Oyama case and the Kawakita treason trial
Help for stranded Nisei led the news. Roger Baldwin reported that General MacArthur approved measures to assist about 10,000 Japanese…
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California ends school segregation, and a push for evacuee claims
California’s 60-year-old school segregation law was the lead story. The state Senate passed a bill abolishing it, and Governor Warren…
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Nisei soldiers honored as the fight over alien land laws grew
A memorial to 18 Japanese American soldiers from Utah who died in World War II was dedicated in the Salt…
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Evacuation claims hearings and the fight over California’s Alien Land law
Congressional hearings on the evacuation claims commission bill, H.R. 2768, led the front page. They were set to open May…