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Peter Omachi, formerly of Tule Lake, Topaz, and Loomis, California, works on the $135,000 farm leased by Hi Korematsu, formerly of Topaz and Oakland, California. Mr. Omachi has a wife and six children living on the Korematsus' farm. The younger children attend a little yellow school house located near the Korematsus' main farm house, and the older children are driven to high school three miles away by Mrs. Korematsu each day. They are well liked in school. Mr. Korematsu needs additional farm workers immediately and for those who stay permanently on the 800-acre irrigated truck gardening farm, Mr. Korematsu will give a bonus at the end of each year based on profits. Single men who are skilled can earn $125 per month plus room and board, and married men will receive $140 per month, housing and groceries at wholesale prices. Mr. Korematsu has $30,000 worth of equipment including tractors, trucks, discs, harrows, etc. Mr. Korematsu's address is Route No. 1, Shelton, Nebraska. -- Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru -- Shelton, Nebraska. 3/19/45

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The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.