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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-02-17
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JACL Ado Asks for Legislation to Help
NiSei Who Voted in Japan Elections

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Feb. II
tADcp-Legislation enabling Anne
ricans who lost citizenship solely
because Of voting in the Japanese
elections OF 1916 and ls47 TO become
natarallzed by taking a citizenship
oath was proposed today by the
JAcL Ado.
Rep. Chef Holifield 3D.. Calif.)
viii be asked to introduce such a
bill
An estimated 1900 to 1000 per-
sons. chiefly younger Nisei strand
ed In Japan by the outbreak of
World War II and who came of age
while in Japan. would be affected.
The majority are natives of Hawaii
and California.
The proposed legislation is pat
termed after a similar bill to enable
Americans expatriated by voting in
certain postwar Italian elections to
regain citizenship. Such bill has
received strong congressional appro-
val.
In urging the introduction of the
legislation. Mike Masaoka. national
JAcL Ado legislative director,
pointed out considerable doubt has
been raised by the courts as to whe-
ther voting in the l946-47 elections
In Japan actually is sufficient cause
10 expatriate a citizen.
The law expatriating citizens who
vote IN foreign election is quite
clear. he said, but the federal courts
have held In a number of recent de-
cions that since Japan was occupied
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-02-17
Snake River JACL
Elects Iseri

ONTARIO, Greg, Feb. 17-Tom
Iseri, prominent Nisei of the Snake
River valley, was elected president
of the Snake River Valley JACL for
1851.
He will have on his cabinet the
following: Frank Sakata, vice pre-
sident; Tom Nishitani, treasurer;
Bessie Harada, recording secretary;
Mary Mic, corresponding secretary;
Katie Hashitani and Karl Tanaka,
social chairmen; Mrs. Tom Hirona-
ka, historian; and George Sugai,
board delegate.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-02-17

by the United States and the cleo
tions were ordered by this govern
ment, Japan was not foreign state
within the meaning of the Expatri-
alton Act.
Neither the State department nor
the immigration and Naturalization
Service has accepted the view of
the courts as to Japan's status, and
refuses to provide administrative
facilities for these expatriates to re-
establish their citizenship, Masao-
ka said.
This leaves expatriates three al
ternatives for regaining American
nationality.
They may continue to sue indivi-
dually in the courts to regain citi-
zenship; Congress could pass gener-
al legislation now proposed by the
JACL Ado, or repatriates could seek
private bills.
Approximately so expatriates have
filed against the Secretary of State
to clarity their citizenship status
To the best knowledge of the JACL
ADO, every case so far has been set
tied against the government and
for the expatriates.
Such court actions could go on
and on" he said, but at terribly
heavy cost to the individuals. OBJ
viously, court contests are patiently
unfair to the Nisei who cannot af-
ford the several thousand dollars
required in such an action
Several private bills restoring
citizenship were approved by the last
Congress. Unless the present Con-
sress passes general legislation, it
may find itself deluged with hun
dreds of requests for individual re-
lief"
Masaoka pointed out the courts
have found "duress" influenced ma
ny expatriates to vote
Even Nisei employed by the Army
were given time off to vote.
They have testified that they
thought General Macarthur want
ID them to vote, and in several court
cases plaintiffs have declared that
they were under the impression they
had to vote, Others have said 1t
was their impression that unless
they voted, their food rations would
be taken from them.
Families were pressured to get a
100 per cent turnout of voters
Where this involved a Nisei, espe-
cially girls, the force of family Opt
Mon was exceedingly great
IAN in ALL these young Nisei who
lost their citizenship by voting did
so because of great deal OF con-
fusion and misinformation They
attempted to aid democracy, and in
many cases presumed they were set
ting an example by voting" Ma
saoka added.
1T is generally recognized that
the younger Americans who voted
did not realize that by so doing they
were in danger of losing their citi-
zenship. While the Army encour-
aged voting, neither the State de-
partment nor the Army publicized
the fact that If Nisei votsd they
would lose their citizenship" he
said.
Masaoka urged immediate con-
sideration" of general legislation as
"insuring uniform consideration OF
the problem and equal justice for
all concerned.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-02-17

Patronize Your Advertisers
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-02-17
New Amendment
To Deportation
Act Aids ISSei
Aliens Advised
To Inform JACL
Of Hardships

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. II
(ADC)-New procedures in hand
ling suspension of deportation pro-
ceedings against aliens should mark
eddy expedite the disposition of ma
ny pending cases, the immigration
and Naturalization Service advised
he JACL ADO today.
This advice was in response to an
appeal from Mike Masaoka, nation
al JACL Ado legislative director,
urging fast action to secure stays
of deportation for approximately
1000 japanese treaty merchants
and other special classes of aliens
stranded here by the war, and upon
whom it would work hardship to
return TO Japan today.
In his appeal, Masaoka called at
tention to the fact that a number
of Japanese are suffering undue
hardship because it is taking the
government so long to clarity their
status.
He urged the immigration and
Naturalization Service to give spe-
cial attention to aliens with specific
family or business hardships.
On the advice of the service that
it would consider such cases, Ma
saoka suggested that aliens facing
undue difficulties because of their
status should write Immediately to-
Mike Masaoka
JACL Ado
300 5th st. N. Z.
Washington, 2, ID. c.
He asked that aliens writing give
complete information about their
cases and especially include infor-
nation on what difficulties they
might now be facing because their
status has not yet been cleared. A
liens should include their alien re-
gistration number and deportation
proceedings number, If any.
Under the old procedures, aliens
had to wait until they were formally
faced with deportation proceedings
before they could apply for a stay
New regulations provide an alien to
apply for stay of deportation at
any time, whether OF not deporta-
ton proceedings have been institute
ed.
Aliens qualified to apply for stays
are those who have lived in the u
nited States seven or more years,
are of good moral character, and
upon whom it would work an undue
hardship to return to Japan today
Japanese were made eligible to
apply for stays under an amend
ment to the Stay of Deportation
Act introduced at the request of the
JACL ADO and approved by the
80th Congress.
1t is applicable to aliens residing
in the United States or Hawaii.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-02-17
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES,

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SUPERINTENDENT Shiosaki
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ONTARIO-Shig Hironaka
Box TAI, Ontario, Greg.
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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-02-17

There Is not one wise man in
twenty that will praise himself
Shakespeare.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1951-06-23

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iiberiie0eln.
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piomen min.
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Wab balten, tuenn iie iid in Wdnner-
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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1951-06-23

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The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Street Car Strike Paralyzes Capital

WASHINGTON, (P - A para lyzing strike of street cars today forced thousands of workers in the nations capital to walk, hitch hike and take taxis to their jobs.
 Thousands of others, who ordin- arily leave their automobiles at home, drove to their offices. To accommodate the extra cars pour ing into the downtown area, park ing was permitted on some sec tions of idle street car tracks and restrictions were lifted in many no-parking zones.
 Although the strike got under way Sunday, the full impact was not felt until today. Street cars and buses of the Capital Transit Co. ordinary carry about 260,0O0 passengers mostly government workers-on working days.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Fires and Floods In Seven States
(By the Associated Press,

(By the Associated Press,
 The twin fury of fire and flood today gripped seven states after laying waste vast sections of for est and farm land.
 Flames already had scared at least 84,840 acres of forest. A half million acres of bottomland in Kansas and Missouri have been washed by rampant waters.
 Forest fires ragged in five west ern states. One death was blamed on fire fighting operations which involved hundreds of men.
 The Pacific Northwest's biggest fire was in British Columbia where an uncontrolled blaze ragged over 10000 acres on Vancouver Island. Foresters said only rain could stop the fire, but there was no rain in sight.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Reds Accept U: N. Proposal For Cease-Fire Talks

TOKYO, (P) - Red Korea to- night urged it's soldiers to fight on while the world waited for news of an expected armistice.
 Pyongyang radio repeated Chi nese and North Korean accept ance of a United Nations proposal for cease-fire talks.
 But the Reds made this clear: They are claiming victory in the year-old conflict.
 The North Korean Communist station started each broadcast with this statement:
 "The Anglo-American aggres- sorS have at last realized failure of their sinister attempt and that is why they are seeking peace"
 Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, su- preme Allied commander, had pro- posed Saturday that a meeting be held aboard the Danish hospital ship Jutlandia in Wonsan Harbor. He said;he would proposed date, if the Reds agreed to the meeting.
 Ridgway has not indicated his reaction to the Red acceptance message.
 Diplomatic circles in Washing ton said Ridgway already has his full instructions and authority to Heal with the Communists.
 The world talked of peace, but it was "business as usual" on the
 shting lines.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Ar1nistice May
 Kill Wage And Price Controls

WASHINGTON, (P = Senator Aiken R-VD said today an arrnis- tice in Korea might cause Con- gress to let price and wage con- trols die at the end of this month.
 "I think an armistice, if one is negotiated, would pretty well wipe out whatever little need there may be now for those con- trols," Aiken declared. President Truman signed on Saturday stop gap legislation continuing wage, price and rent controls through July 31. He acted a few hours be- fore the midnight deadline when the controls program otherwise would have lapsed.
 The stop-gap measure prohibits any price rollbacks this month a ban which Price Director Mi chael V. DiSalle said would cost consumers some $1O billion a year if made permanent.
 On Saturday night, just few hours before the no-rollback law took effect, DiSalle's Office of Price Stabilization froze existing price ceilings. The idea, the agency explained, was to eliminate all requirements for price rollbacks and to freeze price ceilings which were in effect June 30.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Bullet In Brain End of Bloody Career For Irwin

PENNINGTON, N. J., R - Meek-looking Warren Lee Irwin ended his bloody career of mur- der, kidnap and rape by firing a bullet into his brain in a rain drenched clump of poison ivy.
 The target of New Jerseys greatest manhunt was found shortly after noon yesterday - sprawled on his back, a trickle of blood still oozing from a .38 caliber bullet hole in his left temple.
 The body of the 27-year-old desperado lay about one quarter of a mile from where he aban- doned 17-year-old Carolyn Bar ker, his last captive, and plunged into the woods to escape capture Saturday.
 State police and FBI agents said Irwin definitely killed him. self, thus carrying out his VOW that he'd never be taken alive.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
United Air Lines DOG Crashes,
 Killing 50 Persons

FORT COLLINS, Colo, (P - Investigators pieced together the story of Colorado's worst air tra- gedy, and believed the 50 persons aboard a United Air Lines DC-6 had no warning death loomed in the cloud shrouded Rockies.
 None lived to tell of the final moments Saturday on Flight 610, making it's first San Francisco Chicago run after a 10-day pilot strike.
 The plane stopped briefly at Salt Lake City and headed for it's next stop at Denver, At 1:46 am. Pilot James R. Appleby re- ported he was at 15,000 feet over Cheyenne, Wyo., turning south and dropping down to get in the landing pattern for Denver. Ten minutes later he said he was at $500 feet. That was the last word.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Seven Top US. Reds Ordered To Go To Prison

NEW YORK, tR - Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan today ordered seven top Communists to begin serving prison terms and issued bench warrants for four who failed to surrender.
 Ten of the II had been sen- fenced to five years imprisonment for teaching the violent overthrow of the United States government. One had received three year term.
 Those ordered arrested were Henry Winston, 35, organizational secretary of the party; Gus Hall, 39, Ohio State chairman; Robert Thompson, New York state chair man, and Gilbert Green, Illinois chairman.
 All had been at liberty under bail of $20,000 each, furnished by the Civil Rights Congress, which the U. $. Attorney Generals of flee has branded as subversive.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Fred BourdOn Dies of Heart Attack at Tin City

Fred Bourbon, aged 57, we'll known Nomeite, passed away from a heart attack while working for the Pacific Electrical Go. Contrac- tors at Tin City.
 MT. Bourbon has lived in Nome since 1900, when he came here with his father.
 He leaves his wife, Bessie, and ten children-Ethel Mogg, Fred Bourbon, Ina Watson, Lucy Beltz, George Bourbon, Lydia Heald, Gene and Emery Bourbon, Jennie Bourdon and Betty Schmidt. There are twenty grandchildren.
 MT. Bourbon was veteran of World War I, belonging to the first contingent that left Nome. He has been a member of the Am erican Legion since it was organ ized here. He was also a member of the Pioneers of Alaska.
 The funeral has been announced for goo am. Tuesday morning, with Father Carrol of Kotzebue performing the mass. The Ameri- can Legion will have charge of the funeral and pallbearers.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Capt. Lennon, MFAB Commander, To Make Fourth of July Address

Capt. s. J. Lemmon is the new commanding officer for Marks Air Force Base, replacing Capt. Calvin Mckay, who has been here for the past year.
 Capt. Lennon, whose home is in Florida, comes directly from California assignment to take over in Nome.
 AS commanding officer here, he has been asked to make the Fourth of July address and has most kindly accepted the honor.
 He has further cooperated with the city of Nome for the big cele- bration by having two flights of his men from MATE lead tn e Fourth of July parade, which is scheduled for the first event of the days celebration. According to Capt. Lennon, there will be about sixty men and officers talk ing part in the ceremony.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Supreme Court Justice
 Douglas On Way To Asia

NEW YORK, P - Supreme Court Justice William O.. Douglas is on his way to Asia in search of new specimens for his botany collection. He also hopes to record wild-life noises.
 He plans to spend two months in the Himalayan and Hindo-Kush mountains. During the trip, he will pass through Afghanistan, PakiStan and Tibet.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Shortage Skeet Shoot Shells

Bring your own ammunition to the skeet shoot on the 4th of July admonishes Chairman Wallace McIvor as there is a shortage of this kind of ammunition in town, and the city is unable to get a sufficient amount to supply all those who may wish to participate in this popular event for the skilled marksmen.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
Alaska Fishermen Strike Termed "Irresponsible''

SEATTLE, (P - The Congress of Industrial Organizations chal- lenged the right of the Seafarers' International Union (AFD to take over 1,4OO striking salmon cannery workers in Bristol Bay Saturday.
 Roy w. Atkinson, regional CIO director, informed the Alaska Sal mon Industry, Inc, that the CIO was ready to open contract nego- tiations for the cannery workers.
 Atkinson said the CIO does not recognize any picket lines in what he described as the "jurisdictional dispute" now going on in Bristol Bay.
 Meanwhile, George Johansen, secretary treasurer of the Alaska Fishermen's Union issued state ment in which he charged leaders of the Alaska strike with being irresponsible"
 "They are jeopardizing the pro- duction of food during national emergency; they threaten to de- prive resident fishermen and can- nery workers of seasons earn ings, and they are jeopardizing the welfare of other workers and the industry"
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02

WASHINGTON, .(R-The De- fense Department reported today Army Pfc. Russell J. Lentz, of Fairbanks, Ala ska, has been wounded in Korea.
 Lentz is the son of Jess Lentz, General Delivery, Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
National League Sunday Results

Brooklyn 2-Philadelphia 0 New York 4-Bocton 1 Chicago 7.7-Cincinatti 0-5 St. Louis 5-Pittsburgh
 Saturdays Results Boston 19-New York ' Brooklyn Philadelphia 8 St. Louis 8-Pittsburgh 4
 American League
 Sunday Results New York 5-BoSton 2 Cleveland 2-2-Detroit To Philadelphia 10-3-Washington 7-2
 Saturday Results Boston 3-New York 1 ? Cleveland 3-Detroit St. Louis 4-Chicago 3
 Pacific Coast League
 Sunday Results San Francisco ,5-4-San Diego 4-6 Seattle 2-1-Oakland To Los Angeles 6-2-Portland 5-4 Hollywood 8-1-Sacramento 7-5
 Saturday Results San Francisco 6-San Diego 4 Portland 5-Los Angeles 2 Hollywood 7-Sacramento 5 Oakland 2-Seattle 1
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
14-Year-Old Boy Burns To Death in Fireworks Stand

OSAOxx xA V w Ox xAS k1 OGSxA~A
 COMPTON, Calif., R- Trap ped in an exploding fireworks stand, 14-year-old Fred Marion Rich was burned to death yester- day.
 Police believe the fire may have started when a passing motorist flicked away a cigarette or lighted match.
 The boy, who came here recent ly from Dallas, Tex, was working as a night watchman when the flames broke out. The stand ex- ploded in a burst of pyrotechnics that lasted five minutes.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-02
TyphOOn Hits Japan

TOKYO, F - A typhoon caused at least 13 deaths and dam aged much property yesterday on Kyushu, southernmost island of Japan.
 It was blowing itself out today as it moved northeastward toward Await Island.
The coastland times., 1951-09-14
FARMERS IN HYDE
COMPLETE CANALS
437 Acres of Cultivated Land Is
Drained by Brooks and Stray
horn Development

Farmers in the Nebraska COM
munity of Hyde County have COM
pleted two drainage canals and
will shortly install automatic wat
er control gates in them.
Both the Brooks and Strayhorn
canals drains into Wyesocking
bay. The Brooks canal, which
drains 299 acres of cultivated land,
was dug at a cost of about $3.50
per acre. Cost on the Strayhorn,
which drains only 1873 acres of cul-
tivated land and extends about the
same distance as the Brooks, was
approximately $3.50 per acre.
The work was done in conjunc-
tion with the Pamlico Soil Conser-
vation district.
Farmers with land drained by
the Brooks canal are o. c. Bal
lance, Ed Tuhnell, w. j. Midgette,
Mrs. R. H. Gibbs, T. b. Balance,
Everett Midgette, Thad Selby and
Preston Mooney.
Those with land drained by the
Strayhorn are Mrs. Alice Watson,
Mitchell Caravan, Glenn Balance,
The coastland times., 1951-09-14
SOIL CONSERVATION
MAN MAKES SURVEYS

Henry ]. Bragg, soil scientist as
sociated with the Pamlico Soil
Conservation district with head
quarters in Washington, is in Hyde
County this week. His schedule
now calls for him to spend the
second week of each month in
Hyde.
On this trip he has been engag-
ed in making soil conservation
surveys in the S1adesville COM
munity, making farm maps to de
termine how the soil can be used
to the best advantage.
He has made maps for L. L.
Hodges, Harvey Creole, Theodore
ONeaI, Gilbert Roper, E. L. Sears
estate, Mrs. Marietta Mckinney,
Mrs. Nellie Mckinney and Hender-
son Harris.