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To Come nere 8,100 Settled ____xRelocation Center To BeiAlmojst Done By Septembe ■ 21«tIs believed comprising n ProjectBy September 21 jit that the three campsthe Gila River Reloea__„ _ ___near Sacaton, will pel practically finished according tb R. G. Holland, General Superintendent for the contractors, who (is (rushing the job to completion.Camp Number 2 ib lt;K) per cent done, and Camp 5 isl approximately 60 per cent compjet land stated, i After s4pt Is predicted' that thMr. Hol-•mber 21 it ayroll may men whodrop down! to below ..........will be engaged in tie final stages of construction.By Wednesday slightly more than felflb^Japanese settled in the newt buildings at Camp 1 aaid 2. TheyjwUl continue to come in trainloads dT about 500 as the building work progresses.Mpny of the Japs ;ar busy tilling the soil on the project so: as to raise for their own subs far a total of 500 ad _developed for these jsubsistencecrops. Wherever possible the War Relocation Authority has made plans to have the ne^ Japanese15,000-acre vegetables ce. Thus areColony self-supporting, duclng their expenses to government.The War Relocation has made it clear that ese will not sell any of tables in the open mar petition with Ideal ;p Arizona.E. R. Smith, Project the Relocation Center turned from a trip j tthus re-the federalAuthority the Japan-their vege^ t in com-iucers Inirector of has; re-the West
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Casa Grande Dispatch
Casa Grande, Arizona, US
Fri, Aug 28, 1942
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