JOBS WILL BE GIVEN OUT
ACCORDING TO OWN MERIT

"Names don't mean a thing to us. We will choose men on their qualifications alone in filling jobs in the reception center," Mr. J. Frazer, employment and personnel manager announced today as his department went into action interviewing and classifying every man, woman and child in the camp according to his work and ability.

Efforts will be made to find work in some line in which he has had experience and every effort will be made to provide jobs for every able person, he declared.

An efficient system of classification of applicants in their primary and secondary vocations is made so that he may be available as fast as the need arises.

For those who want to work in a special field, employment applications are being accepted at the information department.

REPORT DIARRHEA

Any cases of diarrhea should be reported to Dr. Yoshiye Togasaki at the local medical center. In reporting by proxy, the full name of the patient, first appearance of symptoms, and the number of the mess hall where he ate must be provided.

FANCY CHALET MONICKERS

Emulating the sumptuous chateaus and manors, all manners of names adorn the portals of the various homes.

Apt titles like Dusty Inn, Manzanar Mansion, and Jerks' Jernt stand with the more wistful or pretentious Waldorf Astoria and Hotel Mt. Whitney. For that La Casa de Paz (House of Peace, you of the north), we can admit it's clever.

But this Voo-T-A jr. has us stumped; it's just too Voo-voo! But we're still looking for the sign that reads: "Thru these portals pass the most beautiful sweaters in the world."

MUSICIANS TUNING UP

Henry Mittwer is organizing from a surprising field of gathered talent a dance orchestra with plans to enlarge it into symphony proportions, with Dr. Shinzo Mitani as leader.

All musicians in Manzanar are invited to see Mittwer at B.2-11-1.

DEFENSE STAMP SALES SOAR;
2 CENTS LETTER RATE TO L.A.

Brisk sales of Defense Bonds and Stamps are reported by Mr. M. S. Deputy, in charge of the Manzanar Post Office, as residents sent the total to $500. Of this amount $300. was in bonds and the rest in stamps.

Giving emphatic significance to those sales is the fact that the local branch has only been in operation since April 1.

Mail was reported to be unusually heavy, taxing the six members of the staff to their utmost. "In a few weeks we expect a rushing parcel post business," declared Mr. Deputy.

Nisei civil service employees now at work here include Hiroshi Neeno of L.A. and John Hanamura of Alameda.

Pertinent advice given by the office:

1. Only 2¢ postage is necessary on 1st class letters to Los Angeles as Manzanar is a branch of the L.A. main post office.

2. Do not call for mail more than once a day. Mail is sorted and should be ready for distribution by 9 a.m.

3. All outgoing mail should be in the mail box by 4:15 p.m.

4. Airmail to Los Angeles is unnecessary. However airmail to distant places will make good connections.

5. Money orders for Japanese Americans will be cashed after proper identification.

6. Issei should make out 3 change of address cards to be sent to the proper authorities. Those who have not yet done so should ask for these cards.

7. The Post Office closes at 1 p.m. on Saturdays.

READING CENTER SOON

With the constant arrival of families and children, a Community Reading Center is now under consideration. Plans call for a newspaper and magazine room where growing children and students may keep in contact with the events and chaos in the world left beyond the hills.

Suggestions have been made by the residents in a fine spirit of cooperation. To form a nucleus upon which to found a library, they suggest:

1. Leaving at the information or administration building any book for community use.

2. Sending for the books they have left in their previous homes.