FIGURES INDICATE FIVE HUNDRED PERSONS EVACUATE CENTERS DAILY

With 197 applications for Terminal Departure recorded at the Relocation Office during the week ending September 22, and 166 persons going out on Terminal Departure Manzanar's total population as the week closed was 2775 persons.

Relocation officials point out that while the number of persons leaving has increased considerably as center closing approaches still voluntary relocation falls short of the number required to empty the center by the end of November.

Manzanar, long the center of least population, is now fifth from the smallest having a larger population than Central Utah, Granada, Minidoka, and Rohwer.

Total relocation from all centers, according to the latest figures released by the Washington office on September 1, indicate that a total of 500 persons are relocating each day.

"Residents of other centers realize that each day they remain in the center they are allowing 500 persons to get ahead of them", said Relocation Program Officer Walter A. Heath.

"In the struggle for jobs and housing every week permits nearly three thousand persons to get ahead of the evacuee who remains at Manzanar, and that makes it harder for him to successfully resettle," concluded Mr. Heath.

CHICAGO BUSINESS SURVEY REVEALS WIDE CHOICE OF OPPORTUNITIES

ISSEI MEETS FORMER MANZANAR RESIDENTS AND FINDS NEW BUSINESS PROSPERS

After completing a survey of Hotels, Rooming and Boarding Houses, and Apartment buildings operated by resettlers in Chicago, copies of which are available in the Relocation Office at Manzanar, Mr. Shotaro Hikida, an Issei member of the WRA staff, made the following observations.

"My survey shows that there are more than 180 businesses now owned and operated by resettlers in Chicago and more than 50 percent of them were opened since the first of this year."

"The majority of them are owned or operated by Issei."

"It is amazing to note how easily businesses are acquired by resettlers in Chicago. New businesses are increasing at the rate of two to three a week."

"Resettler businesses are mainly located in five different districts of the city and there is plenty of room and many opportunities in Caucasian and colored districts."

"It was the unanimous opinion of all the businessmen that Chicago offers good business opportunities for resettlers; that people are nice and easy to deal with."

"Have not met a single person, out of a total of 180 contacted who complained about business being bad; they all expressed opinions that business was very good."

"No racial feeling interferred with their business."

"There are more opportunities in laundry, cleaners, shoe repair, gift and flower shops."

Among the former Manzanar people contacted by Mr. Hikida were, Tatsu Kimura, 927 E. 42nd Place; Tomiko Masunaka, 1360 E. LaSalle; Kichitaro Okamoto, 816 Bowen; Koto Tsuda, 4457 S. Ellis and Taye Matsumura all of Chicago.

Mr. Hikida suggest that Manzanar people write to him or to any of their friends mentioned above, all of whom operate rooming houses, apartments, and receive assistance in finding housing in Chicago.

BLOCK NATIONALS NOT ON CLEAR LIST NOW MAY APPLY FOR LICENSE

Project Attorney Alan G. Campbell reveals that with the lifting of all exclution orders those not on the Army clear list may now have their bank accounts released by signing a simple WRA form at his office.

Persons affected are those who have been interned or who have been outside of the United States since June 17, 1940 and are referred to as Blocked Nationals unless the secure a special license from the Treasury Department.

With the lifting of general exclusion orders a Blocked National on the Army clear list, only, was eligible to sign for the special license.

RETURNING EVACUEES MUST CONTACT NEW POSTMASTER

Several postmasters of cities and towns on the West Coast have advised WRA that they are having difficulty making proper delivery of mail to returning evacuees. They ask that newly returned families come to the post office and file an address card giving the names of all family members and make sure that the street or rural box number are correct. In many instances numbers have been changed during the period these people have been away.

KO KADONADA DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION

Following an operation for appendicitis, Ko Kadonada former resident of Manzanar, and brother-in-law of Mrs. Mas Kadonada died in Colorado Springs according to the Manza-Knoll.

Internment in the Calvery Cemetery where an infant son of the deceased is buried, is planned.

Kadonada was planning a trip to Los Angeles where he intended to settle when stricken.