Claims, the peace treaty and a scholarship winner, September 1951
Evacuation claims ran through the front page of this eight-page issue. Mike Masaoka explained the Justice Department’s new compromise plan…
Print Issue: 1951
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Hawaii Communist arrests, cemetery bias and the 1952 JACL convention
Several Nisei political leaders in Hawaii fought an alleged Communist effort to infiltrate the Democratic Party, according to the lead…
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Evacuation claims and the JACL turning 21
The new evacuation claims law and the JACL’s coming of age ran through this eight-page issue. Mike Masaoka praised the…
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Naturalization for the Issei, and Nisei casualties in Korea
Hopes for Issei naturalization rights were the lead story. Mike Masaoka of the JACL Anti-Discrimination Committee said prospects for the…
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Evacuation claims, the GI Brides film and Nisei in Korea
Evacuation claims led this eight-page issue. The Senate unanimously passed a compromise settlement bill, and an editorial urged support for…
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Issei citizenship, evacuation claims and a Nisei airline captain
Roy H. Umaki of Honolulu, the first Nisei to qualify as captain on a scheduled U.S. airline, led the front…
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Claims funding, escheat repayment and Go for Broke! in 1951
Money owed to Japanese Americans ran through the July 28, 1951 issue. The JACL Anti-Discrimination Committee planned to ask the…
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Liquor licenses restored and a fishing fee cut: the July 21, 1951 issue
California Governor Earl Warren signed two bills affecting Japanese Americans, and both led this eight-page issue. One restored liquor sales…
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Evacuee claims, a Korean War hero and Go for Broke!
Payment of Japanese American evacuee property claims ran through this eight-page issue. The House Appropriations Committee approved $500,000 for the…
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Nisei in Korea, a citizenship ruling and Go for Broke!
Nisei soldiers in Korea and Nisei rights at home shared the front page. The Department of Defense reported four Nisei…
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Go For Broke! premieres and Nisei citizenship cases in 1951
Nisei veterans and citizenship questions filled this eight-page issue. Towns from Burlingame to Roseville to Hollister honored 442nd Regimental Combat…
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Nisei casualties in Korea, and the push to repay escheat funds
Five Nisei deaths in the Korean War were reported on the front page, along with a long list of men…
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Nisei in the Korean War and the film Go For Broke!
News from the Korean War led this eight-page issue. The Defense Department reported Nisei casualties, mostly from Hawaii, and the…
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George Shibata graduates from West Point; Go for Broke! opens
George Shibata of Garland, Utah, led the news of June 9, 1951. He became the first Nisei to graduate from…
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Go for Broke! arrives in theaters, and Nisei serve in Korea
MGM’s film Go for Broke!, about the 442nd, ran through this eight-page issue. Bill Hosokawa reviewed it as a worthwhile…
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Go for Broke! premieres, and a Nisei may fill Hawaii’s No. 2 post
The MGM film Go for Broke! ran through much of this eight-page issue. A story by I. H. Gordon described…