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Show Changes Made In A Few California Restricted Areas (Official) San Francisco, June 27 California Cali-fornia agriculjure and industry were given good news today when Lieut.-Gen. J. L. DeWt, commanding Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, announced an-nounced the elimination of prohibited pro-hibited and re trie Ltd areas within 'the Wests rn Defense Com-irnand" Com-irnand" as established several months ago by toe United' States Attorney General. In, doing so, Li-iut.-Gen. DeWitt mads available avail-able several thousand Italian ar.d German farmhands and fruit pickers for .work in, the fields and orchards of California, located lo-cated .within ithose former areas, i Uir.d'er the orders of the Attorney At-torney General, all German ar.d Italian aliens 'were prohibited from residing in, or entering, nearly 100 designated arias in California. Proclamation. IS"o. 9, isaued today by Lieut-Gen. De-Witt, De-Witt, r:vokes toese restrictions ar.d restores abmost normal (family (fam-ily life to ithousands of Italians and Germans 'although it still requires compliance -with the same ourfew, residence and travel tra-vel restrictions for all such, aliens living in California. Naturally, ha a ever, rthe orders do r.o. concur.-, restricted, or pro-hii'oi.ed pro-hii'oi.ed area; such as Naval or Military installations. Restrictions Restric-tions pro cctir.g tnese areas remain re-main in .-ffict. Prcclar.i'.ior. ?s"o. 9 if.ol.ows: "To: T.v? oeople .vi".in the States of Wa.-hingtor... Oregon, ! California, Mor.tar.a, Idaho, Ne-1 vada. Ut'. and Arizona, -i.-.d 'he : ip jbl.c ger.erally: j j "Wh.rt.as, By Publ.c Procla-1 ma'.ion No. 1, da'.cd March 2. ! 1942, thi-- w-.iadqari.rs, there : Acre diigr.ated and cstabliheJ ; ',mili tar arc; N:. 1 ar.d 2 ar-i ' znes t .lTlu: ard "Wti i t a;, Bv Public Proclima-i Proclima-i r. No. 2. dated March 16, 1942. j h:s I.". - ad c, j j :". . rs f.vro were diigna:c J, -r.d established. M:l-:ta:y M:l-:ta:y At, as N'os. 3. 4, 5 and 6 .Zone: thereof, ar.d ! "Wr. rea , Thj present situa-. situa-. tio- w i hi.-, thi;;- Military Anas and Zor.es requires as a n3 '.'.. r mili ary r.-ccssity ..o es'.abli..,-mint es'.abli..,-mint of crtmr. r.r, j'.at.or.s pr-ai"--'g to sJi aliens of er.emv na-! na-! ti.v.alitv wi-.hin said M.'.itarv ! Ar.-a-. and Zor.vs. :.-.rcv.' ' "NOW. :hcn fore. I, J. L. IX-Witt. IX-Witt. L.eut.r.ant G.-.ral U. S. Arn-y, by vir.ue of -:e au'.riiv ve .id i- me by the Preside:', of tile United SUiVj and by the S.crL-tarj- of War ar.d rrrv "pa v-irs v-irs ar.d prenatives as" Commanding Com-manding Gener.il. Wesretn De-.' De-.' ""! Co:ii:na r.d. do e.vn bv declare de-clare and tstablis.- u-... fv.i'low-.rg vytd'.n ur.s coverr.ir.g tlx conduct con-duct t.i bo obsLrvod bv '; al.er.s of t ium'iv nr.io. al::v residir or W-A A:tl:in Miiiiarv Arer aoovc d .-enb. . or .ueh aff.ced P. r ions thereof e.s are herviit--:ti-r m. r.'.:er..d: 1. Par. ,cra;v, 6 of Procl.irn.v.iori Nei. 1. t.".:s iheadquarters. is hen-by hen-by r.seird.d ard f.e or.vubiad and restnc od areas wit.i.n :he Wes.ern D;,:r,.o Command designated des-ignated by the Af.onxy G.r.,r.il .l ''), Veiled S:atos uruer ...e 1 residential Preclain.r. ion of December De-cember 7 and 8. 1;M1. ard the .mtruciuvr,.. ruus and r.pul.j-tions r.pul.j-tions preserilnd ,by hi,n ,h re-jxct re-jxct to s.uti prob.ib.t.xt .irel re-stnc.ed re-stnc.ed ar.as are rebv deelar- ',-,'n " ,Va !o bo ln same T a. h 10 l"ve iXM-.:ons m-,. , UrsUr:'' IVf.nse CVm-,m;... CVm-,m;... d ,vl.,h,:l which t!-.cy lie. and ?5 ' tais -ul"rs csion ard eli i "'tio'i Uive been made effec- u 1 d :; iviblieation of lhvc' i-malioit i-malioit No. 1." H |