Returning war dead, and a Supreme Court ruling on housing covenants
Two subjects ran through this eight-page issue. The first was the return of Nisei soldiers killed overseas: twenty-five were being…
Print Issue: 1948
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Tule Lake renunciants regain citizenship; Judd bill hearings
A federal court ruling led the news. Judge Louis E. Goodman reinstated U.S. citizenship to about 2,300 Americans of Japanese…
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The 1948 hearings on naturalization for Japanese aliens
Congressional hearings on the Judd bill (H.R. 5004), which would let Japanese aliens become citizens, filled this issue. Tosuke Yamasaki…
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Naturalization, the Takahashi fishing case and the Salt Lake convention
Efforts to end racial barriers in the law filled the news in April 1948. The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors…
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Naturalization hearings, a fishing law brief and Nisei war dead
Citizenship and the law dominated the news. Congressional hearings on H.R. 5004, the bill to repeal racial restrictions in naturalization,…
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Fishing rights, alien land laws and stranded Nisei, April 1948
The right of Japanese aliens to fish commercially in California led the front page. Attorneys for Torao Takahashi filed a…
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Nisei war dead, a Supreme Court fishing case and the ADC fund drive
Two Japanese American soldiers, T/5 Herbert M. Fukui and Cpl. Tokuo Nitta, were among eight men killed when an Army…
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Takahashi goes to the Supreme Court; a ship named for Pvt. Sadao Munemori
Two stories led the March 20, 1948 issue. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the Takahashi case, which challenges…
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Renaming the Munemori ship and the push for Issei citizenship
The USAT Pvt. Sadao Munemori was the lead story. The Army transport Wilson Victory was to be renamed in New…
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Hawaii statehood, Issei citizenship and Nisei soldiers, 1948
Hawaii statehood ran through this eight-page issue. A visitor from California said racial issues were no bar to it, an…
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Evacuation claims bill delayed, and the Oyama land law fallout
The push for compensation for the 1942 forced removal ran through this eight-page issue. Senate hearings on the evacuation claims…
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The Takahashi fishing case and a Nisei soldier’s journey home
The fight over California’s ban on commercial fishing licenses for Japanese aliens led this eight-page issue. Tosuke Yamasaki reported from…
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Senate hearings on the evacuation claims bill, February 1948
Senate hearings on H.R. 3999, the House-approved evacuation claims bill, were expected to begin in the first week of March,…
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Truman’s civil rights message and the end of California’s alien land cases
President Truman’s ten-point civil rights message was the main news of this issue. Tosuke Yamasaki reported that Truman asked Congress…
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The Oyama decision and the end of California’s Alien Land law cases
The Supreme Court’s Oyama decision shaped most of this eight-page issue. California Attorney General Fred Howser announced the state would…
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The Oyama decision and what it meant for Nisei property
The Supreme Court’s reversal in the Oyama case dominated the issue. Authorities in Stockton and Fresno weighed what the ruling…