Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 31

              Page 4___________________PIONEER_______________February 19, 1944	
TO  HELP  PREPARE
TAX  RETURNS
  W.S.Gieser, deputy col-
lector of internal revenue,
will be at the project at-
torney's office Thursday
to assist residents in pre-
paring income tax returns,
according to Donald Horn,
project attorney.
   Persons wishing aid
should come to the office
Thursday without fail as no
future government agent's
assistance is expected.
NISEI  MAY  REQUEST
FOR FARM  DEFERMENT   
   WASHINGTON--With the
reinstitution of nisei
draft, it is possible that
evacuees going into farming
may be deferred, a wire
from Meyer Weinger, now
acting chief of the person-
nel management section in
Washington,   states.
   Evacuees currently en-
gaged  in farming must re-
quest reclassification for
deferment from the local
board, just as any other
farmer. If deferment is
not granted, it is suggested
that the Department of Ag-
riculture County War Board,
which acts in an advisory
capacity to local boards,
be contacted. This Board
occasionally initiates ap-
peals in such, cases, Mr.
Weinger  says.
   It has not been specified
that "the evacuee asking re-
classification be engaged
in farming for  a certain
length of time, and Mr.
Weinger has been informed
by the Chairman of the De-
partment of Agriculture War
Boards, that new farmers
are eligible to apply,pro-
vided they are already en-
gaged i n farm production.
   However, he adds, since
Local Board Release No. 164
states that the registrant
must be regularly engaged
in agricultural occupation,
it is apparently left to
the local board, which us-
usally requests the advice
of the County War Board in
each case. Mere statement
of intention to farm is not
sufficient, and the pro-
duction of at least 16 war
units are generally required
for deferment with slight
variations in certain loca-
lities.
  Although the wire states
that war units are available
for the production of cat-
tle, poultry, sheep, goats,
field crops, fruits and
vegetables, further details
on the definition of a
"war unit" have not been
obtainable.
DILLON  MYER  COMMENTS  ON
WRA  TRANSFER TO ICKES
   WRA Director Dillon Myer
made the following comments
on the transfer of the WRA
to the Department of the
Interior:
   "The WRA was created by
the President almost two
years ago to perform a ne-
cessary wartime task,aimed
at preserving our American
democratic principles and
at the same time protecting
the national security. The
program which we have de-
veloped to meet the needs
of 110,000 American resi-
dents, two-thirds of them
citizens by right of birth,
has had the endorsement of
the Congress as well as the
executive branch of the
government. Our primary
objective is to see that it
is carried out in the most
effective manner. We wel-
come the resources and fa-
cilities which will be a-
vailable in the Department
of the Interior to help us
do our job and do it better.
   "I know that Secretary
Ickes and I can depend upon
the continued loyalty of
the war staff and a con-
tinuation  of the good re-
lations between residents
of the centers and the staff
which have enjoyed in the
past.”
SERIAL  PREVIEW
   A preview of the new 15
chapter serial,"Riders of
Death Valley," will be
shown Feb. 21 to 23. The
action-packed story is about
a group of vigilantes bat-
tling claim-jumpers in search
for the fabled Lost Aztec
mine. The cast includes
Dick Foran, Leo Carillo,
Buck Jones, "Big Boy" Wil-
liams, Charles Bickford
and  Jeanne  Kelly.
   This serial will be
shown on Mondays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays with the first
chapter commencing  Feb.28.
--J.O.
	MOVIES
     TODAY
7:00 p.m.-11F  Mess hall
7:45 p.m.--12G  Mess hall
     ("Spitfire")
     TOMORROW
7:00 p.m.-- 9K   Mess hall
7:45 p.m.-10H Mess hall
     MONDAY
7:00 p.m. -6G    Mess hall
7:45 p.m.--7F    Mess hall
     (" Dance Hall")
     TUESDAY
7:00 p.m.--10E   Mess hall
7:45 p.m.--12E   Mess hall
  "Spitfire," a drama-
filled story relating the
true incidents in the life
of R.J. Mitchell, designer
and constructor of the famous
Spitfire airplane, will
conclude Its showing to-
morrow night. A British
production, the cast stars
David Niven and Leslie
Howard.
   Starting Monday is"Dance
Hall," co-starring Carole
Landis and Casear Romero
in a romantic comedy. Ro-
mero is cast as a conceited
dance hall manager, known
for his ability to attract
women and is taken down
several pegs by Landis, a
singer he engages.
	VISITING
===SOLDIERS===
   Pfc.Thomas Kimura, Fort
Robinson, Neb.; Pvt. H. O-
washi, Camp Hale, Colo.;
Sgt. Jim Sakimoto, Camp
Shelby, Miss., Pfc. Hideo
Hiraga, Fort Sam Houston,
Tex.;Cpl. Walter Sakamoto,
Pvt. Tow Hori, Fort Riley
Kans.; Sgt. Joe Harada,
Tracy, Calif.,
FARM  EQUIPMENT
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prices on the equipment to
permit farmers to buy it.
   The agricultural com-
mittee of the Fresno County
Chamber of Commerce has
adopted a resolution urging
the Attorney General's of-
fice, the State Department
of Agriculture and the State
Department of Finance to
set up a means immediately
to provide for the confis-
cation, sale and use of
farm machinery stored by
Japanese now in evacuee
camps.