Hogback Hill, the Walter resolution veto and a JACL convention ahead
Two stories shared the front page. Cpl. Hideo Hashimoto of San Francisco, who had spent the war years in a…
Print Issue: 1950
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Naturalization victory, a JACL queen and Nisei soldiers in Korea
The Walter resolution, which removes race as a requirement for naturalization, went to President Truman’s desk, and the paper followed…
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Citizenship for Issei and Nisei soldiers in Korea, August 1950
Naturalization for alien Japanese residents led this eight-page issue. General MacArthur cabled congratulations to Rep. Francis Walter for House Resolution…
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Nisei and the Walter Resolution, Korea and Nisei Week in 1950
The Walter Resolution, which would remove race as a barrier to naturalization, ran through the front page of this eight-page…
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Nisei in the Korean War, and the JACL’s convention plans
The Korean War reached Japanese American families in this 8-page issue. Lawrence Nakatsuka reported from Honolulu that Hawaii’s casualty list…
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Nisei in the Korean War, and a war correspondent heads east
The Korean War ran through this issue. Bill Hosokawa of the Denver Post left for the war zone as the…
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Korea, Hawaii statehood and immigration bills in the July 29, 1950 issue
The Korean war reached the Nisei community in this eight-page issue. The Army announced a posthumous Bronze Star for Pfc.…
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Hawaiian statehood, evacuee claims and a flooded York newspaper
Hawaiian statehood led the news. The Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee’s majority report endorsed it and answered Senator Butler’s…
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JACL ballots, evacuation claims and Nisei veterans in Hawaii
JACL business and the claims for wartime losses filled the front page. More than 10,000 JACL members were about to…
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Nisei in the Navy and in Korea, and a debate over JACL’s future
Nisei serving in uniform led the news in this eight-page issue. Ann Agawa of Santa Maria was named honor student…
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Brides bills, a Hawaii judgeship and the Korean War: July 1, 1950
Immigration law and the first weeks of the Korean War ran through this eight-page issue. President Truman signed 24 private…
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The Walter Resolution in conference, and a Japanese statesman honored
The Walter Resolution was the main business of this eight-page issue. The Senate named Sen. Pat McCarran to head its…
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Canada’s payment for wartime losses, and the Walter citizenship resolution
Canada was set to pay $1,220,829 to about 1,300 Japanese Canadians for property seized and sold during the war, following…
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Naturalization for Issei moves through Congress, and Supreme Court rulings
Citizenship for Issei and two Supreme Court rulings on segregation were the main news of this eight-page issue. The Senate…
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Mauna Loa’s eruption, Nisei jobs and a call for faster evacuee claims
Mauna Loa’s eruption on June 2 led the news in this eight-page issue, with at least 60 families, many of…
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Evacuee claims moving at a crawl, and a ruling on California’s Alien Land law
Mike Masaoka, JACL ADC legislative director, told a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that the evacuation claims program could take 25 to…