The 1948 holiday issue: the Issei story and JACL chapter reports
The Issei, the first generation of Japanese immigrants, were the subject of this 56-page holiday issue. Larry Tajiri traced the…
Print Issue: 1948
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Equality in naturalization gains a Senate backer, December 1948
Naturalization reform led the news in this eight-page issue. Sen. J. Howard McGrath, chairman of the National Democratic Committee, endorsed…
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Reburials of Nisei war dead and the push for equal naturalization
Nisei war dead returned home for burial and discrimination in cemeteries were the main subjects of this eight-page issue. On…
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Issei citizenship, evacuation claims and Nisei soldiers brought home
The push for naturalization rights for Issei ran through this eight-page issue. Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, a Japan-born University of Hawaii professor,…
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RKO, the Kawakita case and a burial plot for Sgt. Kazuo Masuda
RKO’s denial that it was making a film on the Tomoya Kawakita treason case led this eight-page issue, after protests…
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A war hero denied burial, and an Honolulu supervisor’s filibuster
Racial covenants led the news. On the front page, the burial of Sgt. Kazuo Masuda, who won the Distinguished Service…
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Evacuation claims, Nisei war dead come home, and Hawaii’s elections
Evacuation claims ran through this eight-page issue. Edward J. Ennis answered reader questions on the claims law, the Eastern JACL…
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Truman’s civil rights pledges and the Judd bill, after the 1948 election
The 1948 election shaped this eight-page issue. Sen. Alben Barkley predicted the new Democratic Congress would carry out President Truman’s…
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Tokyo Rose, Issei fishermen and Japanese Americans at the polls
The Tokyo Rose case ran through this issue. Iva Toguri d’Aquino’s arraignment on treason charges was postponed until November 8,…
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Mrs. d’Aquino’s confinement and the end of limited passports
A federal judge’s order moving Mrs. Iva Toguri d’Aquino from the county jail to “suitable quarters” led the front page,…
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Evacuation claims forms and the Tokyo Rose treason case
Evacuation claims and the treason case against Iva Toguri d’Aquino shared the news in this eight-page issue. Local JACL chapters…
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Tokyo Rose indicted, evacuation claims forms and Nisei soldiers brought home
The indictment of Iva Toguri d’Aquino, called “Tokyo Rose,” on eight counts over wartime Radio Tokyo broadcasts led the news,…
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Peruvian Japanese held in the U.S., and the first evacuation claims forms
The story of some 400 Peruvian Japanese held in the United States during the war led this eight-page issue of…
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1948: naturalization rights, evacuation claims and the Tokyo Rose case
Citizenship rights for Issei and other resident aliens led the news. The New Mexico department of the American Legion endorsed…
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Frank Hachiya honored in Hood River, and the JACL convention in review
Frank Hachiya, the Nisei soldier killed on Leyte, was laid to rest in Hood River with honors, after the local…
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The 1948 JACL convention in Salt Lake City: naturalization and claims
The 10th biennial JACL convention in Salt Lake City filled this 12-page issue. Delegates made naturalization for Issei their central…