Sgt. Hiroshi Miyamura’s Medal of Honor and evacuation claims payments
Sgt. Hiroshi Miyamura of Gallup, New Mexico, was the subject of the front page. After he was released from Korean…
Print Issue: 1953
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Nisei Week ball and Nisei returning from Korea, August 1953
The Nisei Week coronation ball led this eight-page issue. Henry Mori reported that some 9,500 Japanese Americans filled the Hollywood…
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Evacuation claims checks and Issei citizenship, August 1953
Evacuation claims payments led the news as the President signed a supplemental appropriations bill with $8,164,462.92 for awards. Mike Masaoka…
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Claims, citizenship and a Nisei Week queen contest in 1953
Congress and the JACL Washington Office were busy on the front page. Mike Masaoka reported on funds for evacuation claims…
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Evacuation claims, a 442nd reunion and immigration bills in Congress
Congress was heading toward adjournment, and the news from Washington was about money and immigration. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported…
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The 442nd reunion in Hawaii and the fight over evacuation claims
Evacuation claims and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team filled the front page. Lawrence Nakatsuka reported from Honolulu on the 10th…
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Evacuation claims money moves through the House in 1953
Money for people forced from their homes was the lead story of this eight-page issue. The House passed a supplemental…
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Fuchida’s Hawaii visit and the 1953 push for immigration reform
Mitsuo Fuchida, the former Japanese Navy captain who led the Pearl Harbor attack, arrived in Hawaii as a Christian missionary,…
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Issei naturalized at Seabrook Farms, and the push for evacuation claims pay
Citizenship for Issei led the news. Twenty-two Issei at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, were naturalized on June 29, in a…
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Citizenship for alien GIs and the Issei naturalization push
Citizenship was the main subject of this 8-page issue. Congress approved and sent to the White House a bill to…
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A Tule Lake renunciant loses his citizenship case, and the JACL protests blacklists
A federal court in Oregon ruled against Yoshio Murakami, who was born in Seattle but renounced his U.S. citizenship at…
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Issei naturalization and evacuation claims funding in 1953
Helping Issei become citizens ran through this eight-page issue. The Senate approved 1954 funds for the Immigration and Naturalization Service…
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A public housing oath, aged Issei aid and citizenship classes
A San Francisco public housing rule was the main story of the week. Applicants had to swear that neither they…
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After Walter-McCarran: adopted babies, proscribed lists and Issei citizenship
A House-passed bill to admit about 500 adopted children outside quotas led the news in 1953, along with a JACL…
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Issei citizenship classes and exams, and a Prudential reply
Issei becoming American citizens ran through much of this 8-page issue. Over 200 Issei attended twice-weekly citizenship classes in Los…
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Issei citizenship, a 100th Battalion commander, and Japan’s elections
Issei citizenship ran through the front page of this eight-page issue. Kihaki Saibara, 68, a Houston-area grower whose three sons…