Evacuation claims and the opening of Go for Broke!
Evacuation claims and the film Go for Broke! ran through this eight-page issue. The Attorney General ruled that an authorized…
Print Issue: 1951
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Go for Broke! premieres and a West Point first for Hawaii
Pvt. Kenneth Kiyoshi Ikeda of Honolulu, the first Nisei from Hawaii appointed to the U.S. Military Academy, led the front…
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Go for Broke premieres and the first Nisei at West Point
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was in the news across this issue. MGM’s film Go for Broke had its world…
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Cherry trees for Salt Lake City and the film Go for Broke
A shipment of Japanese cherry trees that never arrived was the story on the front page. Quarantine officials in Seattle…
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Claims Act changes and the coming ‘Go for Broke!’ premieres
Two stories shared the front page of this eight-page issue. JACL officials met in Washington on proposed changes to the…
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1951: JACL’s Eastern District meets and immigration reform advances
Speedy settlement of evacuation claims and the removal of racial bars from immigration law ran through this eight-page issue. The…
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Plans for the ‘Go For Broke!’ reunion and claims for Terminal Islanders
East Coast veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 100th Infantry Battalion were organizing a reunion in New York,…
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Go for Broke! reaches the screen, and the JACL is thanked
MGM’s film Go for Broke! led this eight-page issue. Producer Dore Schary presented a $3,500 check to Mike Masaoka of…
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Bowling champions and the push to settle evacuation claims
The 5th annual National JACL bowling tournament in Los Angeles led this eight-page issue. Shun Nakayama of Denver won the…
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Immigration equality hearings and Nisei in the Korean War
Equality in immigration and naturalization law was the main business of this eight-page issue. Testimony at joint Senate-House hearings brought…
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Compromise plan for evacuation claims, and a girl’s letter on Manzanar
The Justice Department asked Congress this week for authority to make compromise settlements of evacuation claims, up to $2,500 each.…
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Rewriting U.S. immigration law, and Nisei in the Korean War
A third omnibus immigration and naturalization bill, introduced by Rep. Emanuel Celler, led the news. Like the McCarran and Walter…
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Citizenship for Issei and the GI Brides bill, early 1951
Immigration and citizenship law filled the front page. The House passed the Walter bill removing race restrictions from naturalization, which…
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Evacuation claims, citizenship and the Walter naturalization bill
Claims and citizenship ran through the news of this 8-page issue. The Attorney General estimated that about $450,000 in evacuation…
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Korean War casualties and JACL lobbying in Washington, 1951
News from the Korean War opened this eight-page issue. The Department of Defense reported two Hawaiian Nisei killed in action…
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Nisei in the Korean War and the JACL-ADC fund drive
Nisei soldiers in the Korean War were the leading story of this eight-page issue. A letter allegedly signed by American…