November 3-16, 1943: It’s almost impossible to get a clear idea from these stories of what was actually occurring at the internment camp at Tule Lake. Early in the saga, one official said “there’s nothing to it,” but later on there are accounts of a riot that may have been staged “on direct orders from Tokyo” and allegations that Japanese at the camp “buried thousands of pounds of fresh pork and used tractors to play polo.” No, really!
In editorials , and in news accounts by Kyle Palmer, The Times had encouraged the evacuation and internment of Japanese in the strongest language. One editorial included below alleges that Dillion S. Myer, head of the War Relocation Authority, was a squishy soft liberal New Dealer (another bete noire of The Times) who refused to take a hard line with “disloyal” Japanese and says that the camps should be put under Army control.
The Dies committee, named for Rep Martin Dies Jr. (D-Texas), referred to in some stories will become better known as the House Un-American Activities Committee. You may have heard of it. If you haven’t, you certainly will.
Opening soon: “Lassie Come Home” and “Young Ideas” at Grauman’s Chinese, Loew’s State, Fox Uptown and Cathay Circle.
I listened in on a trilogy of success stories this week.
Bravely ignoring the tear-inducing smog which was seeping in through the woodwork, the gentlemen of the copy desk yesterday, between, editions, went into their daily seminar titled “Whither Drifteth?” Their despondent conclusion, delivered to my desk, is as follows:
Note: This is an encore post from 2006.
From the California State Archives.
Daryle Kelch was one of the most popular seniors at William S. Hart High School. He had a good friend, Douglas Austin, and a girlfriend, Karen Deadmon. And he was a dependable boy, according to the eulogy delivered by the Rev. Fred Dawson of Foursquare Gospel Church in Newhall.
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