If some burglar reads this, perhaps the spirit of “Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men,” which revolves around the Christmas time may impel him to return a watch to Frank Mickle. Last night a prowler entered Mickle’s room in a local rooming house, stole a gold watch and chain — mementos of a wife who died but a short time ago. “I wouldn’t have lost that watch for all the money in the world,” Mickle told Chief of Police Frank Heater this morning in reporting the theft. The watch was described as open faced, Illinois make and on the back has the initials “F. M.” engraved. It was the gift of Mickle’s wife, who died a few months ago, and the only keepsake he would carry with him.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Dec. 10, 1924
Nisei Soldiers’ Names Erased By Local Legion
Last week, under authority of the Hood River post of the American Legion, the names of 16 sons of Hood River valley Japanese parents, in uniform and serving with the armed forces of the United States, were removed from the war memorial, erected by the Legion on the county court house to honor all residents of this county who were in uniform and serving our country. This action was taken, it was announced, in conformance with a resolution passed at a meeting of the Hood River post about two months ago. Friday of last week, Portland churches and the American Civil Liberties Union, according to the Oregonian, sprang to the defense of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who may be discriminated against on racial grounds ... According to the Oregonian: “A statement issued by the policy committee of the Portland Council of Churches, and signed by their president, asserted that these Japanese-Americans are ‘law-abiding citizens whose character and conduct have not been called in question by any responsible authority,’ and insisted on observance of their constitutional rights as American citizens.
Commented