The 1948 JACL election and the Salt Lake City convention
Hito Okada was reelected national president of the Japanese American Citizens League in the first election by popular vote in…
Print Issue: 1948
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Nisei veterans honored, and Salt Lake City readies for the JACL convention
Nisei war veterans, most of them former members of the 442nd Combat Team, marched in the V-J Day parade in…
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The 1948 JACL convention in Salt Lake City and the ‘Tokyo Rose’ case
Plans for the Tenth Biennial JACL Convention in Salt Lake City shared the front page with the arrest order for…
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The Kawakita treason trial goes to the jury
The treason trial of Tomoya Kawakita in Los Angeles led this 8-page issue. The defense rested after Kawakita testified for…
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Naturalization for Issei and the Tule Lake renunciants, August 1948
Citizenship ran through the news of this 8-page issue. On the front page, Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron voiced support…
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Tokyo Rose arrest plans, the claims law and the Kawakita trial
The planned arrest of Iva Toguri d’Aquino, known as “Tokyo Rose,” opened this eight-page issue. Attorney General Tom Clark announced…
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The Kawakita treason trial and the fight for equality in naturalization
The treason trial of Tomoya Kawakita filled the front page as the government finished its case in the fifth week.…
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1948: The Kawakita treason trial and the push for the Judd bill
The Judd naturalization bill and the Los Angeles treason trial of Tomoya Kawakita ran through this eight-page issue. Tosuke Yamasaki…
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Evacuee claims signed into law, and Nisei soldiers come home from Italy
President Truman’s signing of the evacuee claims bill, H.R. 3999, led the news. The law lets the Justice Department settle…
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Deportation stay bill signed; Japanese Canadians gain new rights
Rights for Japanese people on both sides of the border led the news. President Truman signed HR 3566 on July…
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1948: the claims bill passes, and fishing licenses open to Japanese aliens
Two victories for Japanese Americans shared the news in this 1948 issue. Congress sent the evacuation claims bill, H.R. 3999,…
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Issei business rights and evacuee claims in the 1948 news
Court rulings and bills about the rights of Japanese Americans filled the news in this eight-page issue. The California Supreme…
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The Takahashi decision: the Supreme Court ends California’s fishing ban
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 7 to 2 ruling in the Takahashi case filled the front page of this eight-page issue.…
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The Vanport flood and Nisei honored at Arlington
The flood that destroyed Vanport City, Oregon, led the news. Shig Sakamoto reported that 300 Issei and Nisei were among…
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Evacuee claims bill hearings and the first Nisei burials at Arlington
The Senate hearings on H.R. 3999, the bill to pay Japanese Americans for property lost in the wartime forced removal,…
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Evacuation claims and citizenship bills before Congress
Bills in Congress dominated the May 22, 1948 issue. A joint House-Senate committee was named to settle differences over the…