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Jan Kvi*eut‘esu*T'*MakingLTiltabU* 1I •. Hlii Arkansan * l I ____________ ~ ........it! I•» •L'MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan 2.—lt;U.PJ-1 Japanese evacuees at the Jerome j |, [ relocation center in Arkansas have aj j( | turned the camp into a nest of M?V(sabotage and unrest, the Conmier- cruj j; cial .Appeal. Memphis newspaper, ^Z t revealed here tonight. itU(j’ ! Careless and deliberate waste of t ,.(U( j; food. slow, down strikes, refusal towork and threats against govern* —_ ment workers constructing buildings at the contei were reported by the newspaper in an expose of conditions described as a nightmare' * I ^B ; of confusion.i Paul Taylor, project manager ofthe center, was reported as sayinghe would begin an investigation of tl the alleged sabotage of food sup- *' j plies after hearing that Japanc. lt;11American cooks were wasteful of hfood, throw ing away much that w as «I edible. An inspection of garbage j the new puper said, revealed par- flt;tial . aeko of good potatoes, and 11quantities of oranges and other, day! fruit in good condition discarded J ato | without reason. uat Three truckloads of Japanese, ests men were .aid to ha\c cornered 11 Iui „ H Hobbs, assistant lt;u ea engineer.d.». U S. engineers, and his foreman.. H. , threatening to kill them.Lumber to be unloaded and piledU 4of*rlt;l1 «i s w as found dumped into drainage j Im- ditches it was revealed, and ■ai d evacuees were said to have refused:ro- to handle coal used to cook theirthis, own food because they “do not liketo handle coal.
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Kannapolis Daily Independent
Kannapolis, North Carolina, US
Sun, Jan 03, 1943
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