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Heart Mountain sentinel, vol. 2, no. 37 (September 11, 1943)

Authors :
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.): issuing body; Hosokawa, Bill: editor; Imura, Haruo: editor; Oikawa, Katsu: editor; Kunitomi, Jack: editor
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.): issuing body; Hosokawa, Bill: editor; Imura, Haruo: editor; Oikawa, Katsu: editor; Kunitomi, Jack: editor
Source :
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections

Abstract

Newspaper published weekly at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp by the "Community Enterprises at the office of the Cody Enterprise, Cody, Wyoming. Articles in the publication include:: "Frost Hits Project Farm," "Slashes Yield of Crops," "600 Men Sought for Farm Work," "Old-Timers Toil with Youths to Keep Railroads Running," and "297 Camp Shelby Soldiers Given Temporary Promotions."<br />The Heart Mountain Sentinel includes newspaper publications from 1943. The incarceration camp opened August 12, 1942, in Cody, Wyoming, six months after President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. In October that same year, The Heart Mountain Sentinel published its first weekly tabloid. The newspaper focused on camp life and included official announcements, events, news from other camps, and additional information. The Heart Mountain Sentinel ran until July 28, 1945, after it was announced in July 1945 that the Heart Mountain incarceration camp would close November 15, 1945.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Journal :
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections
Notes :
Newsletters; Periodicals, 8 pages, 16 x 11 inches, application/pdf, English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1242917982
Document Type :
Electronic Resource