MONDAY’S  22  INDEFINITES
	SET  NEW  DAILY  RECORD
   The  urge to hit the
open  road reached  a new
high Monday when 22 eva- 
cuees received their"walk-
 ing papers,"commonly known 
as indefinite leaves,stated 
Mario Vecchio, relocation
advisor.
   This  sets a new record
for number of indefinites
issued  in a  single day.
During  the period between
Jan.31 to Feb.7 inclusive,
a total  of 93 indefinite
leaves  have been  granted
and  if this  present pace
continues  the month of
February will be the high-
est on record, disclosed
Vecchio.
KNODEL SPEAKS TO
STUDENTS  ON  DRAFT
   Walter J.Knodel, Selec-
tive Service officer,spoke
to 100 high school boys,
who are 17 years or over,
yesterday afternoon at the
high school, according to
Herbert Walther, principal.
Knodel discussed the various
phases pertaining to rein-
stitution of Selective Ser-
vice, for Nisei._____________________________________________________________
                    Granada  PIONEER
Vol.II, No. 28                    Amache, Colorado                   February 9, 1944
QUADRUPED
“EVACUEE”  OUT
ON INDEFINITE
   The recent relocation
team of Boston's Roger F.
Clapp and Peoria's Milton
C. Geuther, who visited
this center for two weeks,
were anything but a team
or friends on a subject of
resettlement when it came
to one very interesting
incident.
   Clapp lays claim to
being the first relocation
officer to persuade a quad-
ruped "evacuee" take out
an "indefinite" leave and
resettle in staid ol' Bos-
ton. While Geuther tried
his best to convince this
“evacuee"en route
to  New England area to take
advantage of better relo-
cation opportunities in the
Peoria area. But it seems
Clapp thoroughly sold this
party on Boston and nothing
Geuther said had any effect
so the Peorian had to be
satisfied by grabbing off
several fleas off this re-
locatee's back and give
them a fresh start in Peo-
ria.  At least Geuther "re-
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ARMY-NAVY  QUALIFYING
TEST  SET  FOR  MARCH 15
   Japanese-American youths,
who are high school grad-
uates and between the ages
of 17 and 22 years, will
be eligible to take the
third Army Specialized Train-
ing and Navy College pro-
gram V-12 on March 15 at
the local high school, an-
nounced Miss Grace Lewis,
vocational advisor, Monday.
   Interested persons must
register by this Friday
at the high school office.
Those passing the test will
be eligible to train in
any college at government
expense for special train-
ing to provide technicians
and specialists for the
armed forces.ASTP trainees
may be placed in the fol-
lowing branches of service:
aeronautical,medical,for-
eign language,military in-
telligence, veterinary or
communication.
   Two-hour best is divided
into three sections: (1)
knowledge of meaning and
use of words;(2)scientific
matters of general infor-
mation, and (3) mathematics.
   Taking this test, does
not constitute enlistment,
although after becoming a
trainee he will be in army
uniform and receive army
pay.
"MARCH OF DIMES"
CAMPAIGN  REPORT
SHOWS $212.25
   Monday's financial re-
port on "March of Dimes"
campaign sponsored by vari-
ous center organizations
totaled $212.25, according
to W. Ray Johnson, chief
of community management.
Leading the entire center
by a wide margin is the
community activities di-
vision with $81.09; the
secondary and elementary
schools contributed $36 and
$31.63 respectively.
    The drive is not com-
pleted as the Amache boys’
club is expected to contri-
bute the proceeds from
its dance this week.
FUJIWARA  ORDERED  TO  REPORT
FOR PRE-INDUCTION PHYSICAL
   To Frank Suyekicei Fuji-
wara, 12G-9A, formerly of
Lcng_Beach, Calif., goes
the honor of being the first
Amachean to report to the
center Selective Service
office regarding pre-induc-
tion physical examination,
according to Walter J.Kno-
del, local representative
of Selective Service board
no. 35 at Lamar, Colo.
   Following his reclassifi-
cation notice,Fujiwara was
notified to take his physi-
cal examination tomorrow
morning(Fob. 10),6:50 a.m.
at his Long Reach induc-
tion station. Because of
the complications involved
due to distance he has fil-
led out a special applica-
tion requesting a transfer
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CONSTRUCTION Of
OFFICE UNDERWAY
   Additional office space
will soon be available
upon completion of the new
building just north of the
administration area, accord-
ing to William B. Wroth,
senior engineer, Monday.
   A crew of eight men is
busy in fitting the pre-
fabricated sections t o-
gether, and the building
is expected to be completed
sometime next month.
   The material used for this
20' x 100' structure was
obtained from the Mancos
CCC camp.