Page 1
The New Canadia
Vol. 2
No
MacNeil To
Make Charges
In House
VANCOUVER, B. C
THE EVILS OF PROPAGANDA
.^h^11^^^ summer of 1938, a series of articles, aliening
the d°mmat!On op Japanese interests in British Columbia^
and the creation of vast war-supply bases by the Japanese
Government appeared first in the Clarion Weekly of To
ronto and later in the People’s Advocate of Vancouver__
both organs of the Communist Party of Canada.
_ Calculated to stir up mass feeling and fear, these articles
Japanese Control
having no basis in fact accomplished more than its share of
Tkm' LUttnOW thcy appGar aS‘ain in a more insidious way.
In B. C. Hinted
through the instrumentalities of a certain worker’s union
they have gained as a spokesman the able and respected C.
OTTAWA, Feb. 27
Grant MacNeil, C.C.F. member from Vancouver North.
Prompted
i lomprea by a letter from the
By this means they will spread the poison of their
Powell River Papermaker’s
distrust and fear in a more dangerously effective way.
Union,
ant MacNeil,
It is more than obvious that if any such illegal
C.C.F. member for Vancoucampaign were being undertaken by a foreign govern
ver North, will draw the at
ment within the Dominion, the Intelligence Depart
tention of the Federal House,
ment of Canada would be the first to know of these
by a series of questions, to the
activities.
rumoured penetration of JaBut even a casual examination of these so-called war-'
panese interests into the bases proves conclusively that these charges are unfounded
natural resources along the and untrue.
For example, the Ikeda Mine has been abandoned, for
1 he Louise Island Logging Camp has
These rumours were first over fifteen years.
published last year in a series been closed down for years. And the shut-down of the
of now notorious articles in the Sidney Inlet Mine is but an event of the past fortnight.
Peoples Advocate, official or
If these were actually government bases, surely they
gan of the Community Party in
would not have been abandoned after the expenditure of
B. C.
much capital?
MARCH 1st 1939
VICTORIA NISEIS TO JOIN IN
WELCOME OF ROYAL VISIT
Island Conference To Co-incide with Visit
The third annual Island Nisei Conference will be held
in Victoria during the last week-end in May, co-inciding
with the visit of Their Majesties to the city, if tentative
plans of the Victoria J.C.C.L. materialize. Other Island
groups in Chemainus, Port Alberni. Duncan and elsewhere ■
will be contacted immediately regarding the feasibility of
this scheme.
Al
s
This decision was reached at
the monthly meting of the chap
ter, held February IS. under the
joint chairmanship of Miss Aiko
Kondo and Muss Okamoto.
Possibility of the erection off;
a large floral arch to commem
orate the Royal Visit to Victoria
this spring was raised, when
numerous suggestions were ad
vanced as to the most fitting
manner in which the commr A
itv could celebrate the occarher sa
President Taro Yoneda 'ity in p? T
brief explanatory talk on er into e^a^
received
from
the
S.W’j!^
Young Men’s Association weH'lcm|
with their amalgamation MzeGs ex-M
Stevoston Chapter of th
_ 71
A le tter, compliment in v oice ,
Bl
Former Ambassador to the United
tn these articles, it was claimed
The regrettable truth of the situation is that
States of America. His Excellency, A. on taking this inn trail o J^g
that the Japanese government
the Hon. Hiroshi Saito passed away for the betterment <e rich
■was making every effort to con
Japanese Canadians in British Columbia will be forced
February 26, in Washington, D. C. cause, has been t’orwaW
trol the sources of raw materials,
to bear the brunt of the fear and ill-feeling that will be
'»ivo”.A 4 <
Youngest diplomat ever to be ap .Association.Assessment
useful in times of war.
t^njl. >c.
engendered by these wild accusations.
pointed to such a responsible post,
Places specifically mentioned
The tragedy that may result from this unscrupulous he was known for his geniality and The strong conditioi.''Wuv
in the. Powell River letter to
treasury moved memberGrant MacNeil are Surf. Inlet,
P^HS311^ should not escape the minds of every love of American life. He is sue- chapter to endorse the illceeded by His Excellency the Hon.
p
mistakenly reported to be on the sane and thinking Canadian.
payment in full of trf^
Kensuke
Horinouchi.
west coast of Vancouver Island,
assesment due the Natiofi^l
Malcolm Island,. Ikeda Bay,
cil. At the same time t^’aftMA^. xf J
named after an early Japanese
W
ment to the constitution-,
'^
pioneer who first worked a now
M
annual membership fee^wr -young peo^
deserted copper mine there, some
bers under eighteen w^w.N.R. wha
twenty years ago, Sidney Inlet,
from the regular one -dhllai !? /say ^
site of a mine that has recently
W* cou
fifty cents.
' ' T ~r
been closed down. Louise Island,
Representation on the Vicand Cowichan Lake.
toria and District Youth Council as he
Aiojee
The same question was raised
will be maintained by the apfrom
in the Provincial Legislatui e
, Pn Fnday evening, March 3, at the Japanese Hall, pointment of Yukio Takahashi ’ iding,
during the 1937 Session, when
and Toshiko Hasegawa. Th^ ^ reetsj
iasP™S hlghiscy°°l orators will once again compete in the new appointees will relieve Sa. He re-1.
it was ruled out of order by the
Speaker.
J.Oratorical Contest for the Nemichi Challenge Trophy. Okamoto and Frank Ohtake.s of these!
Chairman of the committee, Tetsuo Aoki, has an Toshiyuki loi was elected to le care he
VANCOUVER, Mar. 1 — Offinounced that the entry list is now closed and that all other social committee, to fill tngly. Andi
cials of the N. S. McNeil Trad
CW preparations have been completed. The unexpected enthusi vacancy caused by thd 'resigny of thei
ing Co. when interviewed today,
of Masao Kuwabara.
lone hi
astic response from high school students has necessitated the tion
stated that reference to the
Following an interesting report
raising of the original quota of twelve to fifteen.
Government register would prove
on the book, “The Japanese Can-£iu tl
KJ /W
Favourite Contestants
that their company holds no
adians” given by Miss Aiko Kon-!^ent®
This year’s list of contestants Mr. Shinobu Higashi have again
timber limits on Malcolm Island,
do,
the Chapter decided to pur-' upionj contains some familiar names. consented to act in the same
as was alleged.
chase a copy for the benefit of
No i ah Fujita whose name has capacity.
members.
A. H. Sawyer, general manUi the
become almost synonymous with
List of Contestants
S ’®
ager of Surf Inlet Consolidated
oratorical contest, heads the list.
The following are to participate
Gold Mines Ltd. declared to the
However, last year’s runner-up, in the contest:
New Canadian today that the
Ina Kayahara, because of her
Mark Toyama, John Oliver,
allegations
concerning
the
constant practice in the Britannia ‘‘Sweetness of Life”; Norah Fu
company are absolutely false.
High School Debating Society is jita, Magee, “Knowledge — Our
There is no Japanese capital
conceded a good chance of win- Key”; Yuki Ochiai, Britannia,
invested, in the company, nor
nmg this year’s contest.
Religion” Roy Oshiro, Britant
are any Japanese employed. No
Another formidable and ex- nia, “Our Responsibilities”; Mary
dredging whatever has been
penenced competitor is Keiko Yamazaki, Magee, “Girl Guiding”;
carried out, and no storage
Inouye of Mission who received
Emiko Inouye, John Oliver,
facilities for oil established.
5
Disdaining religious barriers, a
honourable mention last year. All “Friendship”; Ei chi Yamada,’
The Consolidated Mining and
the dark horses’ require just as King Edward, “Differences which group of enthusiastic second gen
.Smelting Company wired Ottawa
much watching as those who have exist between Canadians and Ja erations united February 11, to
today, in protest against the
already made a name for them- panese’; Ina Kayahara, Britannia, form the first organization .of-iljwi
kind in the interior of B. C., the *
charges implied in Mr. MacNeill’s
selves in the oratorical world,
.VZ.
“Television”; Yuriko Nagata, Bri
proposed questions.
The draw for the order of tannia, “The King’s Visit”; Hideo Kelowna Nisei Club.
Among the objects of the club ’
A. map appearing in yesterday s speaking has already been com- Shigei, Baynes, ‘'Thoughts on
*
*
* “
was the unification of Niseis in
Prov nee, showing alleged centres of Dieted. Mark Toyama of John Youth”;.
OTTAWA, Mar. 1—G. G. Mc- Japanese activity.
Kelowna, co-operation with other
Oliver will start off the contest
Martha Kayahara, Britannia, Canadians within their commun- \
Geer, Liberal member for Van
with his speech on “Sweetness of “To Solve the 2nd Generation
couver Bufrard, will speak in the
ity, and. participation in all civic
Life.”
APOLOGY
Pioblems ; Keiko Inouye, Mission undertakings.
House today, regarding the ques
No definite admission fee has High, (Undecided); Mori Uyeno,
JAW
tion of alleged Japanese activi
In the report of the Port AlI. Yamamoto was elected Presi
been set. but in order to defray Technical, “Vocational Guidties.
berni J.C.C.A. elections carried in
the expenses of the contest a ance”; Masako Miyazaki, Fair dent a n d E. Yoshioka seere tary
the last issue, the name of Jack
collection will be taken at the view, “The Necessity of Japanese treasurciy K. Kawahara and H
Patronize your
Matsui, elected as social convenor,
gate. ’
Moti w^re chosen as representaLanguage Study to The Nisei1 ”;i fives of the club oh the Kelowna
was unfortunately omitted
Last year’s judges, Miss Hide Roy Ito, 'Technical,
New Canadian Advertisers
the list of new officers.
^he Nazi Youth Council.,. _
Hyodo, Dr. “
'
Edward)
Banno and Govt, pt Germany.”
a
Fllleen High School Oraion
To Compete In J.S.C. Content
and Britannia Girls Favored
*
•ST
Kelowna Niseis
Co-operation Aim
1
°W"a
I
Vol. 2
No
MacNeil To
Make Charges
In House
VANCOUVER, B. C
THE EVILS OF PROPAGANDA
.^h^11^^^ summer of 1938, a series of articles, aliening
the d°mmat!On op Japanese interests in British Columbia^
and the creation of vast war-supply bases by the Japanese
Government appeared first in the Clarion Weekly of To
ronto and later in the People’s Advocate of Vancouver__
both organs of the Communist Party of Canada.
_ Calculated to stir up mass feeling and fear, these articles
Japanese Control
having no basis in fact accomplished more than its share of
Tkm' LUttnOW thcy appGar aS‘ain in a more insidious way.
In B. C. Hinted
through the instrumentalities of a certain worker’s union
they have gained as a spokesman the able and respected C.
OTTAWA, Feb. 27
Grant MacNeil, C.C.F. member from Vancouver North.
Prompted
i lomprea by a letter from the
By this means they will spread the poison of their
Powell River Papermaker’s
distrust and fear in a more dangerously effective way.
Union,
ant MacNeil,
It is more than obvious that if any such illegal
C.C.F. member for Vancoucampaign were being undertaken by a foreign govern
ver North, will draw the at
ment within the Dominion, the Intelligence Depart
tention of the Federal House,
ment of Canada would be the first to know of these
by a series of questions, to the
activities.
rumoured penetration of JaBut even a casual examination of these so-called war-'
panese interests into the bases proves conclusively that these charges are unfounded
natural resources along the and untrue.
For example, the Ikeda Mine has been abandoned, for
1 he Louise Island Logging Camp has
These rumours were first over fifteen years.
published last year in a series been closed down for years. And the shut-down of the
of now notorious articles in the Sidney Inlet Mine is but an event of the past fortnight.
Peoples Advocate, official or
If these were actually government bases, surely they
gan of the Community Party in
would not have been abandoned after the expenditure of
B. C.
much capital?
MARCH 1st 1939
VICTORIA NISEIS TO JOIN IN
WELCOME OF ROYAL VISIT
Island Conference To Co-incide with Visit
The third annual Island Nisei Conference will be held
in Victoria during the last week-end in May, co-inciding
with the visit of Their Majesties to the city, if tentative
plans of the Victoria J.C.C.L. materialize. Other Island
groups in Chemainus, Port Alberni. Duncan and elsewhere ■
will be contacted immediately regarding the feasibility of
this scheme.
Al
s
This decision was reached at
the monthly meting of the chap
ter, held February IS. under the
joint chairmanship of Miss Aiko
Kondo and Muss Okamoto.
Possibility of the erection off;
a large floral arch to commem
orate the Royal Visit to Victoria
this spring was raised, when
numerous suggestions were ad
vanced as to the most fitting
manner in which the commr A
itv could celebrate the occarher sa
President Taro Yoneda 'ity in p? T
brief explanatory talk on er into e^a^
received
from
the
S.W’j!^
Young Men’s Association weH'lcm|
with their amalgamation MzeGs ex-M
Stevoston Chapter of th
_ 71
A le tter, compliment in v oice ,
Bl
Former Ambassador to the United
tn these articles, it was claimed
The regrettable truth of the situation is that
States of America. His Excellency, A. on taking this inn trail o J^g
that the Japanese government
the Hon. Hiroshi Saito passed away for the betterment <e rich
■was making every effort to con
Japanese Canadians in British Columbia will be forced
February 26, in Washington, D. C. cause, has been t’orwaW
trol the sources of raw materials,
to bear the brunt of the fear and ill-feeling that will be
'»ivo”.A 4 <
Youngest diplomat ever to be ap .Association.Assessment
useful in times of war.
t^njl. >c.
engendered by these wild accusations.
pointed to such a responsible post,
Places specifically mentioned
The tragedy that may result from this unscrupulous he was known for his geniality and The strong conditioi.''Wuv
in the. Powell River letter to
treasury moved memberGrant MacNeil are Surf. Inlet,
P^HS311^ should not escape the minds of every love of American life. He is sue- chapter to endorse the illceeded by His Excellency the Hon.
p
mistakenly reported to be on the sane and thinking Canadian.
payment in full of trf^
Kensuke
Horinouchi.
west coast of Vancouver Island,
assesment due the Natiofi^l
Malcolm Island,. Ikeda Bay,
cil. At the same time t^’aftMA^. xf J
named after an early Japanese
W
ment to the constitution-,
'^
pioneer who first worked a now
M
annual membership fee^wr -young peo^
deserted copper mine there, some
bers under eighteen w^w.N.R. wha
twenty years ago, Sidney Inlet,
from the regular one -dhllai !? /say ^
site of a mine that has recently
W* cou
fifty cents.
' ' T ~r
been closed down. Louise Island,
Representation on the Vicand Cowichan Lake.
toria and District Youth Council as he
Aiojee
The same question was raised
will be maintained by the apfrom
in the Provincial Legislatui e
, Pn Fnday evening, March 3, at the Japanese Hall, pointment of Yukio Takahashi ’ iding,
during the 1937 Session, when
and Toshiko Hasegawa. Th^ ^ reetsj
iasP™S hlghiscy°°l orators will once again compete in the new appointees will relieve Sa. He re-1.
it was ruled out of order by the
Speaker.
J.Oratorical Contest for the Nemichi Challenge Trophy. Okamoto and Frank Ohtake.s of these!
Chairman of the committee, Tetsuo Aoki, has an Toshiyuki loi was elected to le care he
VANCOUVER, Mar. 1 — Offinounced that the entry list is now closed and that all other social committee, to fill tngly. Andi
cials of the N. S. McNeil Trad
CW preparations have been completed. The unexpected enthusi vacancy caused by thd 'resigny of thei
ing Co. when interviewed today,
of Masao Kuwabara.
lone hi
astic response from high school students has necessitated the tion
stated that reference to the
Following an interesting report
raising of the original quota of twelve to fifteen.
Government register would prove
on the book, “The Japanese Can-£iu tl
KJ /W
Favourite Contestants
that their company holds no
adians” given by Miss Aiko Kon-!^ent®
This year’s list of contestants Mr. Shinobu Higashi have again
timber limits on Malcolm Island,
do,
the Chapter decided to pur-' upionj contains some familiar names. consented to act in the same
as was alleged.
chase a copy for the benefit of
No i ah Fujita whose name has capacity.
members.
A. H. Sawyer, general manUi the
become almost synonymous with
List of Contestants
S ’®
ager of Surf Inlet Consolidated
oratorical contest, heads the list.
The following are to participate
Gold Mines Ltd. declared to the
However, last year’s runner-up, in the contest:
New Canadian today that the
Ina Kayahara, because of her
Mark Toyama, John Oliver,
allegations
concerning
the
constant practice in the Britannia ‘‘Sweetness of Life”; Norah Fu
company are absolutely false.
High School Debating Society is jita, Magee, “Knowledge — Our
There is no Japanese capital
conceded a good chance of win- Key”; Yuki Ochiai, Britannia,
invested, in the company, nor
nmg this year’s contest.
Religion” Roy Oshiro, Britant
are any Japanese employed. No
Another formidable and ex- nia, “Our Responsibilities”; Mary
dredging whatever has been
penenced competitor is Keiko Yamazaki, Magee, “Girl Guiding”;
carried out, and no storage
Inouye of Mission who received
Emiko Inouye, John Oliver,
facilities for oil established.
5
Disdaining religious barriers, a
honourable mention last year. All “Friendship”; Ei chi Yamada,’
The Consolidated Mining and
the dark horses’ require just as King Edward, “Differences which group of enthusiastic second gen
.Smelting Company wired Ottawa
much watching as those who have exist between Canadians and Ja erations united February 11, to
today, in protest against the
already made a name for them- panese’; Ina Kayahara, Britannia, form the first organization .of-iljwi
kind in the interior of B. C., the *
charges implied in Mr. MacNeill’s
selves in the oratorical world,
.VZ.
“Television”; Yuriko Nagata, Bri
proposed questions.
The draw for the order of tannia, “The King’s Visit”; Hideo Kelowna Nisei Club.
Among the objects of the club ’
A. map appearing in yesterday s speaking has already been com- Shigei, Baynes, ‘'Thoughts on
*
*
* “
was the unification of Niseis in
Prov nee, showing alleged centres of Dieted. Mark Toyama of John Youth”;.
OTTAWA, Mar. 1—G. G. Mc- Japanese activity.
Kelowna, co-operation with other
Oliver will start off the contest
Martha Kayahara, Britannia, Canadians within their commun- \
Geer, Liberal member for Van
with his speech on “Sweetness of “To Solve the 2nd Generation
couver Bufrard, will speak in the
ity, and. participation in all civic
Life.”
APOLOGY
Pioblems ; Keiko Inouye, Mission undertakings.
House today, regarding the ques
No definite admission fee has High, (Undecided); Mori Uyeno,
JAW
tion of alleged Japanese activi
In the report of the Port AlI. Yamamoto was elected Presi
been set. but in order to defray Technical, “Vocational Guidties.
berni J.C.C.A. elections carried in
the expenses of the contest a ance”; Masako Miyazaki, Fair dent a n d E. Yoshioka seere tary
the last issue, the name of Jack
collection will be taken at the view, “The Necessity of Japanese treasurciy K. Kawahara and H
Patronize your
Matsui, elected as social convenor,
gate. ’
Moti w^re chosen as representaLanguage Study to The Nisei1 ”;i fives of the club oh the Kelowna
was unfortunately omitted
Last year’s judges, Miss Hide Roy Ito, 'Technical,
New Canadian Advertisers
the list of new officers.
^he Nazi Youth Council.,. _
Hyodo, Dr. “
'
Edward)
Banno and Govt, pt Germany.”
a
Fllleen High School Oraion
To Compete In J.S.C. Content
and Britannia Girls Favored
*
•ST
Kelowna Niseis
Co-operation Aim
1
°W"a
I
Page 2
d?
MARCH 1st 1939
THE NEW CANADIAN
^N ADIAN
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
TO ANGELA
Dear Angela. I’m in one of these
down-in-the-dump moods. I re
THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION
member how you laughed at me
whenever I got serious like this.
BW there are times when a guv
THE NEW CANADIAN SOCIETY
can’t but feel low when he is
230 ALEXANDER ST.
scraping the bottom.
(Editor. The New Canadian'
TEL. DOUG. 1076
(Editor, The Nev/ Canadian)
This morning I was talking
STR: Tn recent, issues of the
VANCOUVER, B. C.
SIR’ I see in ycur issue of Vancouver Daily Press two items with Dick. You know, Dick from
EDITOR
February 1st, page 4. a statement concerning the Japanese popula Steveston? He used to live near
Peter Shinobu Higashi
is made that I stated m the tion in B. C. have appeared. The us once and we were chummy and
House that the question of illega. first of these, taken from the all that. His old man used to fish
CO-EDITOR
entry “was of minute import columns of your paper, summar- up in the Skeena and he left his
Thomas Kunito Shoyama
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
ance.”
ized the results of a survey con kids in town to go to school.
..
Dan Wasliinioto (Spoits)
Well, when Dick’s old man
Would
you
please
let.
me
know
ducted by this organization. The
Kuzuma Uyeno
the date of Hansard, which is the second contained a statement by started hitting the sixties, he
ASSISTANT EDITORS
j
Minoru Yatabe
official record of what is said
Dr. W. A. Carrothers affirming couldn’t do any more fishing and
Dick Tomoda (Spoils)
the House, in which I am recorded the accuracy of the estimates pre so Dick left school just about the
CORRESPONDENTS
as making that statement?
pared by the Bureau of Econ time I did—we were in grade nine
tken—and moved down to Steves
Tile statement that I did so is omics and Statistics.
_
Since our Association carried ton to fish.
false.
Kitagawa, S. Fukunaga.
Yours faithfully.
Well that was about ten years
PHOTOGRAPHERS
ent
the survey which raised this
STAFF
Sam Ito
A. W. Neill, M.P.
issue we would like to take the ago.
Walter Inouye
Ottawa
PARTNER DICK
BUSINESS MANAGER
privilege. of making our position
*
*
Oh
thev
were having some
S. MAEBA
clear.
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER
Permit us to state, at the out- trouble then about f i s h i n „
Ed. Note: We apologize to
The
this sur- licences and he couldn t get the
Ken Maeno
the Hon. Mr A. W. Neill.
set. that in
— conducting
.
our association had no bcpncp his old man once had. He
write-up in question was made vev
PUBLISHED SEMI'M0™^NnFR^
from a Canadian Press Dis intention whatever, of disputing sot some kind of boat-puller’s
TAIYO PRINTING CO., 230 ALEXANDER STREE
patch dated January 17th. The the estimates of the bureau. We licence and he worked as a part
Registered as second-class matter at Ottawa, February 13,
statement was not made in the were impelled to make investiga ner with someone or the other on
1939, under the Postal Reguiafons of Canada.
___ _ House but in an interview with tions by a genuine desire to dis his dad’s boat.
Well, perhaps you remember
cover the true facts of the
----- ----------------- soTpeHhree months
___
situation, particularly in these Dick, the wav he used to work so
troublesome times when racial dam hard when he was still going
THE DANGERS OF CLUB ACTIVITY
antagonism against the Japanese to school, delivering Hie Canada
(Fdltor. The New Canadian)
Dailv News every night after
has been very acute.
-he increasing social activity among the second genSTR: Last Saturday evening I
We carried out this survey foi school, rain, shine or snow, Well
. within the folds of the Japanese community
found mvself in a, most embarias- our own information and applied by gosh, he worked mst, as hard
•|y impressive as an indication of an mcreasm ing situation. The incident which to it all the care and scientific when he started to fish!
FISHER DICK
Consciousness. As such it contains much tha s I am going to relate confounded technique at our disposal. At the
was
hmh-boatA as a normal release and expression of man s gre- me so much I felt that all second same time we do not deny the He Tn theconsisfent.lv
winter t;m° T usM
generation should hear of it and possibility of error, since absolute man.
-tincts and as an unconscious educational force, learn a lesson theieby.
accuracy is impossible in such a to see him in town and then we’d
teait there is evident a very grave danger which
2:0 and have a “sobs>” together
With several of my Occidental social investigation.
However the discrepancy be and talk of old da vs. He used to
friends I went to the Winter
Idy. leaders now, more than ever, must reGardens for an evening’ ot roller tween the estimates of the bureau tell mo that fishing is O.K.
to ^e and avo^.
.
as you know the rones. But
‘^e’Can doubt that the vast majority of thewwnd skating. Previously I had enjoyed and the survey figures are so Tena
'
could
see how- he us^d to chafe
r
d
thev mvself at this place when a NNei large as to raise in our minds
_
-----in
in
Canada
and
that
they
orffaniza
^
sponsored
a
party,
when he didn’t have anything to
^ibn are destined to remain in
certain questions.
rents of a new generation ot Japanese
t0 my surpriSe on this night,
We have studied the report of do in the winter.
§be the pa
Well, he got married to the cutthe Bureau and have found that
it must be evident that our most j was refused admittance. ,
Sifprolm SwilabiyT w relations with Can- Naturally I asked. “Why?” The the returns under the heading est girl in the world. Her name
management politely but firmly “Net Emigration” so small that was Jean something or other. I
informed me that they no longer they cannot but be suspect. Ac got an invite but for some reason
trusted the Japanese. It seems cording to the Bureau estimates t couldn’t go to the wedding. Well
that at the J.S.C, roller skating at no time since 1933 have those he sure was happy, but he had to
^u,tbe
»“““• p"ncii>le
party Niseis conducted them- returning permanently to Japan work doubly hard to keep up the
expenses of the cute bungalow he
, 'S'then as group activity works towards that selves in a most deplorable exceeded 16.
While statistical evidence is moved into.
nd
is to'be commended P And as long as group act™ y manner.
HUSBAND DICK
The owners of the Winter lacking on this point, in the
'
Itimate goal, nothing may be said Gardens were indignant because opinion of many qualified ob- All the Steveston Niseis were
joes not obscure our u
many skate straps were missing. servers, intimately a w are of green with envy. Jean was a
n condemnation
and some skates broken. Further- trends within the Japanese com swell cook and a swell houseUnfortunately, however, this is not always the
more, some people showed no re munity, the number of people keeper, she’d been working for so
case The ability and energy of too many Niseis
spect "for such elementary rules as emigrating to Japan has been long, you see, in Canadian homes. r
K " I Their home was quite
are being expended in projects and functions
, , a contrast
•
speeding and no skating on the .considerably larger than tthue
stated
figures.
to
Dick
’
s
old
shack
by
the
inei
which are little more than expressions of persoftwood floor.
It is upon this point that doubts, and it was a real love nest.
sblwlitv rather than of any constructive value.
Some Niseis are going a little
if
any, may be placed upon the
They got a baby boy last fall,
The extreme activity of these organizations, deman - too far? Why can’t we act in a absolute
validity of .the Board Boy) Dick was recklessly happy
ing all the time and the energy of its members is tending more sensible way' Is it any estimates. We have historic proof and proudly called him Malcolm
that we are discriminated
■ much too strongly towards an increasing isolation of the wonder
that the number of immigrants Yoshio. Gosh, it seemed so funny’
against? When some of us carry
- J Nisei from the community as a whole. Instead of aidmg on in such an irresponsible who returned to Japan has been to think that he would give his
exceptionally large. Although kid a scotch name. But he in
the orocess of contact and assimilation, these soc.al func- fashion,' whom, but ourselves, can conditions have changed material-. sisted.
tions bymonopolizing the entire interest of an md.v.dual we blame for discrimination?
ly, we firmly believe that this
But'the last time I saw him
We are striving for equal rights trend still continues.
.
he was feeling pretty low.
definitely retards this process.
in this country. Why should we
Where a group develops an individual s personall y not show by our every day actions In closing may we re-affirm heard that they were going to canour position. Our association is cel all boat-puller’s licences,
v and fits him to make his contacts with Canadian society, that we deserve to be treated on
sincere in its efforts to aid in the
j felt pretty bad hearing Dick—equal terms as the other Can solution of the so-called Japanese pick die level-headed and swell .
then that organization's work is invaluable. ? .
adians? It is the duty of each and problem of British Columbia. It is fenow cursing the whites for perBut where the program of an association is
every Nisei to try and live up to only through an accurate know- gecuBng the Niseis here.
such that it fails to provide the opportunity for
the principles of good citizenship. ledge of our situation that the
TOLERANT DICK
such development, or where the group activity
Onlv a small percentage of us are many misunderstandings .may be
j couidn’t say a thing, knowine
guilty of the misbehaviour which dispelled and the formation of a kow punk he must have felt. It
prevents an individual from making these con
have come to my notice. But it constructive policy leading to an hurt me too because he’s always
tacts, then, definitely the existence of that body
is the whole group which has to eventual just solution be made tolerant and friendly to everyone
is detrimental to the welfare of not only the
suffer the consequences.
possible.
including his Canadian chums.
second generation but also of the third and the
According to the newspapers
Y. Kawata, Secretary,
But a guy can’t help himself
more
roller
skating
parties
are
Canadian
Japanese
Assn.
going
batty like that if he sees
>
fourth.
,
L
_ and
being planned by groups in the
We draw attention to this danger at this time
.................................................................... dreams crumbling and
Ed
’
s.
Note:
A very interestingly^ understand all the inside
the
community.
Let
us
hope
that
in
' trust that Nisei leaders will be prepared to direct all
and in- letter,
------ ' signed
" j simply “The Nisei,
th p” I stuff about it all. After all he s
* latent potentialities of the youthful members of their com- future club executives
dividuals will take this unpleas- has reached1 us. Howeve ’
been fishing for over ten years
writer
failed
to
sign
his
name.
M
since ke was knee-high to a grass
munity into the most constructive channels.__
_
____
ant lesson to heart and be more
hope that he will communicate 110pper. And a lot of fishing lore
careful in their actions.
come
mid
seasons
may
go.
but
the
Asahis
go
on
Seasons may
We must prize the opinion of immediately with us, so that 16 stgWing in him and nothing else
forever.
I suppose he’ll have to give up
other Canadians if we ever expect letter may be published 111
next
issue.
his home.
iris are really sitting Pretty. For the younger, the Dolls to gain recognition as worthwhile
The writer’s anonymity will, be
weart br0KEN dick
Canadians.
Above
all
we
must
and for the alder. Spring with young man s tancy hjitll
We are
so
desires.
respected
if
he
take care not to acquire a repuWhat he’s sore about is that
requesting this, not through lack
turned.
t a l ion for un t rust wor th in ess.
$
$
of faith/but as a part of our 1
See Angela Page 7
Whei Fame Justice; came along to H»'»C'e ’^" of
Vancouver editorial policy.
shing ijeuees. she mustihave used a very dishy set. o^sca
,
Ed.s Note—Letters must be short and accompanied with a
•
desTina to use pen names must so Signify. We canTUTU’ f^U X return of any materia! sent to these
n ot be reponsibie for the return
columns.
Apology
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THE NEW CANADIAN
^N ADIAN
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
TO ANGELA
Dear Angela. I’m in one of these
down-in-the-dump moods. I re
THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION
member how you laughed at me
whenever I got serious like this.
BW there are times when a guv
THE NEW CANADIAN SOCIETY
can’t but feel low when he is
230 ALEXANDER ST.
scraping the bottom.
(Editor. The New Canadian'
TEL. DOUG. 1076
(Editor, The Nev/ Canadian)
This morning I was talking
STR: Tn recent, issues of the
VANCOUVER, B. C.
SIR’ I see in ycur issue of Vancouver Daily Press two items with Dick. You know, Dick from
EDITOR
February 1st, page 4. a statement concerning the Japanese popula Steveston? He used to live near
Peter Shinobu Higashi
is made that I stated m the tion in B. C. have appeared. The us once and we were chummy and
House that the question of illega. first of these, taken from the all that. His old man used to fish
CO-EDITOR
entry “was of minute import columns of your paper, summar- up in the Skeena and he left his
Thomas Kunito Shoyama
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
ance.”
ized the results of a survey con kids in town to go to school.
..
Dan Wasliinioto (Spoits)
Well, when Dick’s old man
Would
you
please
let.
me
know
ducted by this organization. The
Kuzuma Uyeno
the date of Hansard, which is the second contained a statement by started hitting the sixties, he
ASSISTANT EDITORS
j
Minoru Yatabe
official record of what is said
Dr. W. A. Carrothers affirming couldn’t do any more fishing and
Dick Tomoda (Spoils)
the House, in which I am recorded the accuracy of the estimates pre so Dick left school just about the
CORRESPONDENTS
as making that statement?
pared by the Bureau of Econ time I did—we were in grade nine
tken—and moved down to Steves
Tile statement that I did so is omics and Statistics.
_
Since our Association carried ton to fish.
false.
Kitagawa, S. Fukunaga.
Yours faithfully.
Well that was about ten years
PHOTOGRAPHERS
ent
the survey which raised this
STAFF
Sam Ito
A. W. Neill, M.P.
issue we would like to take the ago.
Walter Inouye
Ottawa
PARTNER DICK
BUSINESS MANAGER
privilege. of making our position
*
*
Oh
thev
were having some
S. MAEBA
clear.
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER
Permit us to state, at the out- trouble then about f i s h i n „
Ed. Note: We apologize to
The
this sur- licences and he couldn t get the
Ken Maeno
the Hon. Mr A. W. Neill.
set. that in
— conducting
.
our association had no bcpncp his old man once had. He
write-up in question was made vev
PUBLISHED SEMI'M0™^NnFR^
from a Canadian Press Dis intention whatever, of disputing sot some kind of boat-puller’s
TAIYO PRINTING CO., 230 ALEXANDER STREE
patch dated January 17th. The the estimates of the bureau. We licence and he worked as a part
Registered as second-class matter at Ottawa, February 13,
statement was not made in the were impelled to make investiga ner with someone or the other on
1939, under the Postal Reguiafons of Canada.
___ _ House but in an interview with tions by a genuine desire to dis his dad’s boat.
Well, perhaps you remember
cover the true facts of the
----- ----------------- soTpeHhree months
___
situation, particularly in these Dick, the wav he used to work so
troublesome times when racial dam hard when he was still going
THE DANGERS OF CLUB ACTIVITY
antagonism against the Japanese to school, delivering Hie Canada
(Fdltor. The New Canadian)
Dailv News every night after
has been very acute.
-he increasing social activity among the second genSTR: Last Saturday evening I
We carried out this survey foi school, rain, shine or snow, Well
. within the folds of the Japanese community
found mvself in a, most embarias- our own information and applied by gosh, he worked mst, as hard
•|y impressive as an indication of an mcreasm ing situation. The incident which to it all the care and scientific when he started to fish!
FISHER DICK
Consciousness. As such it contains much tha s I am going to relate confounded technique at our disposal. At the
was
hmh-boatA as a normal release and expression of man s gre- me so much I felt that all second same time we do not deny the He Tn theconsisfent.lv
winter t;m° T usM
generation should hear of it and possibility of error, since absolute man.
-tincts and as an unconscious educational force, learn a lesson theieby.
accuracy is impossible in such a to see him in town and then we’d
teait there is evident a very grave danger which
2:0 and have a “sobs>” together
With several of my Occidental social investigation.
However the discrepancy be and talk of old da vs. He used to
friends I went to the Winter
Idy. leaders now, more than ever, must reGardens for an evening’ ot roller tween the estimates of the bureau tell mo that fishing is O.K.
to ^e and avo^.
.
as you know the rones. But
‘^e’Can doubt that the vast majority of thewwnd skating. Previously I had enjoyed and the survey figures are so Tena
'
could
see how- he us^d to chafe
r
d
thev mvself at this place when a NNei large as to raise in our minds
_
-----in
in
Canada
and
that
they
orffaniza
^
sponsored
a
party,
when he didn’t have anything to
^ibn are destined to remain in
certain questions.
rents of a new generation ot Japanese
t0 my surpriSe on this night,
We have studied the report of do in the winter.
§be the pa
Well, he got married to the cutthe Bureau and have found that
it must be evident that our most j was refused admittance. ,
Sifprolm SwilabiyT w relations with Can- Naturally I asked. “Why?” The the returns under the heading est girl in the world. Her name
management politely but firmly “Net Emigration” so small that was Jean something or other. I
informed me that they no longer they cannot but be suspect. Ac got an invite but for some reason
trusted the Japanese. It seems cording to the Bureau estimates t couldn’t go to the wedding. Well
that at the J.S.C, roller skating at no time since 1933 have those he sure was happy, but he had to
^u,tbe
»“““• p"ncii>le
party Niseis conducted them- returning permanently to Japan work doubly hard to keep up the
expenses of the cute bungalow he
, 'S'then as group activity works towards that selves in a most deplorable exceeded 16.
While statistical evidence is moved into.
nd
is to'be commended P And as long as group act™ y manner.
HUSBAND DICK
The owners of the Winter lacking on this point, in the
'
Itimate goal, nothing may be said Gardens were indignant because opinion of many qualified ob- All the Steveston Niseis were
joes not obscure our u
many skate straps were missing. servers, intimately a w are of green with envy. Jean was a
n condemnation
and some skates broken. Further- trends within the Japanese com swell cook and a swell houseUnfortunately, however, this is not always the
more, some people showed no re munity, the number of people keeper, she’d been working for so
case The ability and energy of too many Niseis
spect "for such elementary rules as emigrating to Japan has been long, you see, in Canadian homes. r
K " I Their home was quite
are being expended in projects and functions
, , a contrast
•
speeding and no skating on the .considerably larger than tthue
stated
figures.
to
Dick
’
s
old
shack
by
the
inei
which are little more than expressions of persoftwood floor.
It is upon this point that doubts, and it was a real love nest.
sblwlitv rather than of any constructive value.
Some Niseis are going a little
if
any, may be placed upon the
They got a baby boy last fall,
The extreme activity of these organizations, deman - too far? Why can’t we act in a absolute
validity of .the Board Boy) Dick was recklessly happy
ing all the time and the energy of its members is tending more sensible way' Is it any estimates. We have historic proof and proudly called him Malcolm
that we are discriminated
■ much too strongly towards an increasing isolation of the wonder
that the number of immigrants Yoshio. Gosh, it seemed so funny’
against? When some of us carry
- J Nisei from the community as a whole. Instead of aidmg on in such an irresponsible who returned to Japan has been to think that he would give his
exceptionally large. Although kid a scotch name. But he in
the orocess of contact and assimilation, these soc.al func- fashion,' whom, but ourselves, can conditions have changed material-. sisted.
tions bymonopolizing the entire interest of an md.v.dual we blame for discrimination?
ly, we firmly believe that this
But'the last time I saw him
We are striving for equal rights trend still continues.
.
he was feeling pretty low.
definitely retards this process.
in this country. Why should we
Where a group develops an individual s personall y not show by our every day actions In closing may we re-affirm heard that they were going to canour position. Our association is cel all boat-puller’s licences,
v and fits him to make his contacts with Canadian society, that we deserve to be treated on
sincere in its efforts to aid in the
j felt pretty bad hearing Dick—equal terms as the other Can solution of the so-called Japanese pick die level-headed and swell .
then that organization's work is invaluable. ? .
adians? It is the duty of each and problem of British Columbia. It is fenow cursing the whites for perBut where the program of an association is
every Nisei to try and live up to only through an accurate know- gecuBng the Niseis here.
such that it fails to provide the opportunity for
the principles of good citizenship. ledge of our situation that the
TOLERANT DICK
such development, or where the group activity
Onlv a small percentage of us are many misunderstandings .may be
j couidn’t say a thing, knowine
guilty of the misbehaviour which dispelled and the formation of a kow punk he must have felt. It
prevents an individual from making these con
have come to my notice. But it constructive policy leading to an hurt me too because he’s always
tacts, then, definitely the existence of that body
is the whole group which has to eventual just solution be made tolerant and friendly to everyone
is detrimental to the welfare of not only the
suffer the consequences.
possible.
including his Canadian chums.
second generation but also of the third and the
According to the newspapers
Y. Kawata, Secretary,
But a guy can’t help himself
more
roller
skating
parties
are
Canadian
Japanese
Assn.
going
batty like that if he sees
>
fourth.
,
L
_ and
being planned by groups in the
We draw attention to this danger at this time
.................................................................... dreams crumbling and
Ed
’
s.
Note:
A very interestingly^ understand all the inside
the
community.
Let
us
hope
that
in
' trust that Nisei leaders will be prepared to direct all
and in- letter,
------ ' signed
" j simply “The Nisei,
th p” I stuff about it all. After all he s
* latent potentialities of the youthful members of their com- future club executives
dividuals will take this unpleas- has reached1 us. Howeve ’
been fishing for over ten years
writer
failed
to
sign
his
name.
M
since ke was knee-high to a grass
munity into the most constructive channels.__
_
____
ant lesson to heart and be more
hope that he will communicate 110pper. And a lot of fishing lore
careful in their actions.
come
mid
seasons
may
go.
but
the
Asahis
go
on
Seasons may
We must prize the opinion of immediately with us, so that 16 stgWing in him and nothing else
forever.
I suppose he’ll have to give up
other Canadians if we ever expect letter may be published 111
next
issue.
his home.
iris are really sitting Pretty. For the younger, the Dolls to gain recognition as worthwhile
The writer’s anonymity will, be
weart br0KEN dick
Canadians.
Above
all
we
must
and for the alder. Spring with young man s tancy hjitll
We are
so
desires.
respected
if
he
take care not to acquire a repuWhat he’s sore about is that
requesting this, not through lack
turned.
t a l ion for un t rust wor th in ess.
$
$
of faith/but as a part of our 1
See Angela Page 7
Whei Fame Justice; came along to H»'»C'e ’^" of
Vancouver editorial policy.
shing ijeuees. she mustihave used a very dishy set. o^sca
,
Ed.s Note—Letters must be short and accompanied with a
•
desTina to use pen names must so Signify. We canTUTU’ f^U X return of any materia! sent to these
n ot be reponsibie for the return
columns.
Apology
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MARCH 1st 1939
THE NEW CANADIAN
LOG OF A NISEI LOGGER
Tommey Homma Cumberland-Born Nisei Singer
Story of Struggle
THRILLS LOS ANGELES
NISEI SKETCH No- 5
a
Tommey Homma' To every
bounTuAvLC^ we ,?p8ne*s
British Columbia is intimately
student of the second generation
was his birth
lfe ,ot. Frank Uyehara. Victoria of the dim '90’s franchise problem, his name
si.; o^:v^
he was—°f the
- b c- brings to mind the first valiant
efforts of naturalized Japanese to
tho
en0Ugh clerical work in the store of Manzo Nagano, gain those
inherent in
t fllst/aPan*se to land in Canada, provided
their
citizenship.
him with his first
(Staff Writer Rafu Shinipo)
means of livelihood.
Yet. the story of his efforts and
ft
Special to the New Canadian
f°r a half Century 116 has H^ed here,
his
sacrifices
is
left
untouched
by
-----B.
C.
has
only home. And ~he has as yet to see the country of been his the dry records of his day. But
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25—Singing bet way into the
his forebearers. Should fonune smile upon him, he is determined
to behind the drab outline of a series hearts of the listeners. Aiko Saita, enthusiastically received
visit the country that he has heard so much about.
of trials that finally reached the by a capacity crowd that filled the spacious Bctsuin Audi
Life
was
no
Privy
Council is a tale that cannot
to aid thp
a
matter- He left school early in his youth
torium, again thrilled the audience with her vocal renditions
tai n
,1J "aU“S; his father, a great timber baron, had fail to move even the most in
at her return concert held last night under the sponsorship
raiien on evil days.
different.
Memories of boyhood are overshadowed b
of the Los Angeles Bctsuin Young Buddhists /Association.
EXERCISES FRANCHISE
)y the figure of his
—-----------------------------In answer to repeated curtain
--------------tattler. Frank speaks of him with reverent
------ awe. “My dad came
It was in 1893, after gaining his
calls fro in an appreciative
fi om London on one of those sailin g schooners. I naturalization papers and having
SPEAKS
audience
of music lovers, nlhe
can’t see how he ever £°t there. But when he came established domicile as required
ENGLISH
Canadian-Nisei contralto sang Ja
to Canada he already knew English well. I remember by law, that he attempted to cast
panese folk songs ranging from
him reading the English newspapers. Inthose early
days he was one of the very few who could understand the lang- his vote in one of the polling sta
the popular modern versions as
tions in his electoral ward.
.
uage and he was respected by all the Japanese.”
well
as old favorites, revealing
The returning officer in charge ‘
her versatility.
l S 3 leii W3S °ne °f British Columbia’s pioneer lumbermen. refused to allow him to enter ,
Many Encores
Jf1 1 remember the days when his father and his uncle logged the polling boths.
Tommey
Filled with the joy of singing,
Of the present Hastings Park. He recalls his father Homma took his case to the 1
I
Miss
Saita brought her pirgram
I
rai ding tae great Capilano flume. Fie
He remembers
remembers the
the mad
mad rush
rush district court. There, the judges
;e
by
singing*
ss«$
finpl.
logs from their holdings at the foot of the Lions or the head of passed the verdict that rights
1 e n c o r e number, the stirring r es
tae Seymour intake down to the waters of Burrard Inlet.
pertaining to British
•H
i “Aikoku
Koshin-kyoku.” ( Ever
Warmed by these reminiscences Frank rambles on. “He was should in no way be denied to
I gracious and charming, the yocal- ?y
a contractor for mining props. I can recall the days when he had an individual because of race.
g among her other encores
1,ian- as fne sailing ships loading these poles for Mexico,
But he could not rejoice for Ion
i the gay "Oshima Okesa’ and th*
^ll'A aiK' Australia. Dad was one of those who logged off the in his victory.
bes^eJoria '
Anti-Japauese '^
i popular “Manshu-tayori
nulf Islands—Cortez. Mayne, Gabriola. and Ganges. The Chemainus sentiment ranged itself against
“Bateren Musume” and “HimegUed .for ;
Lumber Company too, was started by him.”
him in a determined stand. Sup
1 tils' of "
Thus he was born with the . tang of fir and spruce in his ported by the political bosses of
singer convinced her lvate?tl
nostrils. And for the greater part of his life the time, the returning officer ap
toners of her capability in th JR,
BORN IN WOODS he has lived in the woods. Nothing gives him pealed the decision of the District
field of opera with her inte^v L pint
Sweater joy than the moments when in hob- Court to the Provincial Court,
i t aliens of the aria, frop\ J'JxilstaU
na,ied boots and tent-coat he strides through the aisles between
I Gioconda” and the weJjj ex- Lceab
Tommey Homma faced defeat
trees that reach up to the sky.
I “Habanera from '.Bizet
anion
even before he appeared before
---------L
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Foi two decades he operated his own logging camps, employ the Chief Justice. As was ex
i '‘Carmen.”
ing at. times crews of more than a hundred men. He tried hard to pected the verdict was returned
Rich Voice
work in mixed gangs of Japanese and Occidental Canadians, but against him.
The mezzo - contra 11o Jies c^
“ne
e^r
because of language difficulties his experiments failed. At one
possesses
a.
voice
rich
SUPREME COURT
Ome. how-evpr. it© operated three camps simultaneously.
i and resonance but .JlOnS/
But his courage was not to be
Aiko
Saita
Thus he s steeped with the lore of the woods. Unassuming daunted.
lability which gives , J
He threw his whole
Frank. Irks the knowledge that he possesses. He can tell you heart and fortune into the
fight. was premature, his sacrific
with termor love and lingering memories every intimate detail of The vision of coming generations mains to this day a by-word among
She was
mcompanied aS’
the stages of logging methods used in British Columbia from
But
unfortunately
to
^
1G
Pi^np
by
Akira
Umemoto.
old
timers.
fired him as he laid plans to take
the ox-logging days of Paul Bunyan, legendary figure of the North
I
m
m
ed
ia
tely
foilowing
die con
his case to the Supreme Court of the Nisei he is a forgotten figure.
•T
Wootl^ to the present high-rigging system.
cert,
Rin
ban
J.
LAST YEARS
Canada.
advisor of the Y.B.A, sponsors^
Today he has sold all his operations. Although he is attached
To-day in the secluded cannery
By this time the papers were
to several companies'Ll the capacity of advisor, full of the gallant stand of Tom hamlet of Sherman in West Van ol the event, was host at a recon-®
FREE LANCER he is a free lancer. He is recognized by lumber- mey Homma. The whole Jap couver, Tommey Homma, now in tion with Miss Saita as guest oft?men as one of the best timber cruisers on the anese community too, were stir his 75th year passes the declining honor at the local San KwoLowmS
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coast, who admit that no one knows as much as he does about the red by the efforts of this lone years of his life, surrounded by a Calo.
Jack
Iwata,
Buski
leader,
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peculiar logging conditions of the B. C. Coast.
individual. Funds began to pour devoted circle of stalwart sons
But his liF has not been restricted to work alone. He was the in, friends vowed their sympa- and daughters and a loving wife, charge of the gene:*! arrange,>>
ments was also honored.
org; "^rr of the first Asahi baseball team some years ago. He thies and pledged their aid.
and respected by a host of Can
chi1 Fs as he relates how time and time again because of shortBut by a queer quirk of fate, adian friends.
He trembles with sadness as he
age of players the team was forced to rope in a couple of recruits as often happens in the involved
And as he sits in his bed, afflict remembers starving arrivals from &
from Chinatown to fill empty positions on the diamond.
world of litigation and counter- ed with paralysis he looks back Japan, immediately upon landing^
The same adroitness that has marked him out in the woods litigation, the issue changed from at the stirring years of his prime. I droppin g dead on the
was first shown on the baseball field. He relates how one day he its original aspect. No more was From day to day he lives in vol- stricken with be ri-be ri. streets;!
He re'^
was discovered by a scout and offered a position on one of the it the ’Situation of a British Sub umes of clippings made by him- members the privations
of these?}
professional teams of the Pacific North West League.
ject claiming the right inherent •self.
early settlers for whose care he
But the characteristic of Frank that- is most outstanding, is in his citizenship, but a question
And in his confinement, he spent his funds unstintingly. And?^
his thorough Canadianization. His medium of of whether the provincial govern sees beyond the limit of the
he lives in the serenity of the^1
NISEI SKETCH
expression is English, his tastes in food, enter ment had not overstepped its pow room adorned only with a pic- knowledge that he has done hir^i
tainment and hobbies are all Canadian. Even ers in passing such measures ture of the Royal Family of Eng best.
.MW*
loyalty
to
Canada
he is the Tory. And no wonder, for he against tier Majesty’s subjects.
in his
land. He remembers the days
Niseis can well learn from th>^i
comes from a family noted for its faithfulness to British ideals.
“ULTRA VIRES”
when on the corner of Carrail guiding principle of this getf^
His two brothers served in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces
The integrity and the justice of and Dupont Street—the red-light man, scholar; and pioneer of pion-fr ;^
in the Great War, one with the Machine Gun Corps and the other the Supreme Court of Canada re area of Vancouver in her lusty eers, “If we be honest and sincere^;^/;
with the British Imperials. One came back badly gassed. Frank mained unsullied. With charac youth, he kept a boarding-house in all we do, we need not mind theM ’
himself enlisted but was prevented from going to the front by the teristic dispatch they ruled , that for Japanese immigrants.
persecutions heaped upon us.”
'
signing of the Armistice.
the Provincial Legislation was
iphy
This same loyalty to Canada embraces his loyalty to the Nisei. “ultra vires,”
Z« ?X T« 'X
<•: UnV
His greatest ambition is to operate a logging camp with an all
&
But his opponents did not re ^
Nisei Crew.
main satisfied. Mustering .all the
'nee:
And Frank, unknown and unrecognized goes about his quiet public opinion in their favour and
way laying great plans for the achievement of his ideals, dream the “higher-ups” in the political
Optometrist
ing oMheVay when the Nisei will come into his own.
sphere, they appealed the decision
Canada, can well be proud of a fine citizen in Frank Uyehara, to the Privy Council in London.
377 PowelL.$t^^
and Niseis of an exemplary big brother.
From lawyers who participated
in the bitter litigation, comes the
Vancouver, B. C.
^k^
admission that the case was, to
TRINITY 4822
use
the vernacular,
“cooked
plenty.” Tommey Homma was not
given a chance, The Privy Conni^’iiYA\%WAWiV^W!W?sV!Ms«.wa»s«s»AwsJ,s'li5’i',i
II'
V
cil reversed the decision of the
W
Supreme Court.
■
And to this day the decision
of the Privy Council starids'as
’ ^RcnJc^ou-j
an unsurmountable obstacle T
a
the way of the Nisei who jHoq'B
Merchants
wish to gain political recogHf; ^n
through the arduous path o;%|. Jv
314 POWELL STREET
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Aiko Saita Scores Triumph In
Return Engagement
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MARCH 1st 1939
THE NEW CANADIAN
LOG OF A NISEI LOGGER
Tommey Homma Cumberland-Born Nisei Singer
Story of Struggle
THRILLS LOS ANGELES
NISEI SKETCH No- 5
a
Tommey Homma' To every
bounTuAvLC^ we ,?p8ne*s
British Columbia is intimately
student of the second generation
was his birth
lfe ,ot. Frank Uyehara. Victoria of the dim '90’s franchise problem, his name
si.; o^:v^
he was—°f the
- b c- brings to mind the first valiant
efforts of naturalized Japanese to
tho
en0Ugh clerical work in the store of Manzo Nagano, gain those
inherent in
t fllst/aPan*se to land in Canada, provided
their
citizenship.
him with his first
(Staff Writer Rafu Shinipo)
means of livelihood.
Yet. the story of his efforts and
ft
Special to the New Canadian
f°r a half Century 116 has H^ed here,
his
sacrifices
is
left
untouched
by
-----B.
C.
has
only home. And ~he has as yet to see the country of been his the dry records of his day. But
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25—Singing bet way into the
his forebearers. Should fonune smile upon him, he is determined
to behind the drab outline of a series hearts of the listeners. Aiko Saita, enthusiastically received
visit the country that he has heard so much about.
of trials that finally reached the by a capacity crowd that filled the spacious Bctsuin Audi
Life
was
no
Privy
Council is a tale that cannot
to aid thp
a
matter- He left school early in his youth
torium, again thrilled the audience with her vocal renditions
tai n
,1J "aU“S; his father, a great timber baron, had fail to move even the most in
at her return concert held last night under the sponsorship
raiien on evil days.
different.
Memories of boyhood are overshadowed b
of the Los Angeles Bctsuin Young Buddhists /Association.
EXERCISES FRANCHISE
)y the figure of his
—-----------------------------In answer to repeated curtain
--------------tattler. Frank speaks of him with reverent
------ awe. “My dad came
It was in 1893, after gaining his
calls fro in an appreciative
fi om London on one of those sailin g schooners. I naturalization papers and having
SPEAKS
audience
of music lovers, nlhe
can’t see how he ever £°t there. But when he came established domicile as required
ENGLISH
Canadian-Nisei contralto sang Ja
to Canada he already knew English well. I remember by law, that he attempted to cast
panese folk songs ranging from
him reading the English newspapers. Inthose early
days he was one of the very few who could understand the lang- his vote in one of the polling sta
the popular modern versions as
tions in his electoral ward.
.
uage and he was respected by all the Japanese.”
well
as old favorites, revealing
The returning officer in charge ‘
her versatility.
l S 3 leii W3S °ne °f British Columbia’s pioneer lumbermen. refused to allow him to enter ,
Many Encores
Jf1 1 remember the days when his father and his uncle logged the polling boths.
Tommey
Filled with the joy of singing,
Of the present Hastings Park. He recalls his father Homma took his case to the 1
I
Miss
Saita brought her pirgram
I
rai ding tae great Capilano flume. Fie
He remembers
remembers the
the mad
mad rush
rush district court. There, the judges
;e
by
singing*
ss«$
finpl.
logs from their holdings at the foot of the Lions or the head of passed the verdict that rights
1 e n c o r e number, the stirring r es
tae Seymour intake down to the waters of Burrard Inlet.
pertaining to British
•H
i “Aikoku
Koshin-kyoku.” ( Ever
Warmed by these reminiscences Frank rambles on. “He was should in no way be denied to
I gracious and charming, the yocal- ?y
a contractor for mining props. I can recall the days when he had an individual because of race.
g among her other encores
1,ian- as fne sailing ships loading these poles for Mexico,
But he could not rejoice for Ion
i the gay "Oshima Okesa’ and th*
^ll'A aiK' Australia. Dad was one of those who logged off the in his victory.
bes^eJoria '
Anti-Japauese '^
i popular “Manshu-tayori
nulf Islands—Cortez. Mayne, Gabriola. and Ganges. The Chemainus sentiment ranged itself against
“Bateren Musume” and “HimegUed .for ;
Lumber Company too, was started by him.”
him in a determined stand. Sup
1 tils' of "
Thus he was born with the . tang of fir and spruce in his ported by the political bosses of
singer convinced her lvate?tl
nostrils. And for the greater part of his life the time, the returning officer ap
toners of her capability in th JR,
BORN IN WOODS he has lived in the woods. Nothing gives him pealed the decision of the District
field of opera with her inte^v L pint
Sweater joy than the moments when in hob- Court to the Provincial Court,
i t aliens of the aria, frop\ J'JxilstaU
na,ied boots and tent-coat he strides through the aisles between
I Gioconda” and the weJjj ex- Lceab
Tommey Homma faced defeat
trees that reach up to the sky.
I “Habanera from '.Bizet
anion
even before he appeared before
---------L
e U{)
Foi two decades he operated his own logging camps, employ the Chief Justice. As was ex
i '‘Carmen.”
ing at. times crews of more than a hundred men. He tried hard to pected the verdict was returned
Rich Voice
work in mixed gangs of Japanese and Occidental Canadians, but against him.
The mezzo - contra 11o Jies c^
“ne
e^r
because of language difficulties his experiments failed. At one
possesses
a.
voice
rich
SUPREME COURT
Ome. how-evpr. it© operated three camps simultaneously.
i and resonance but .JlOnS/
But his courage was not to be
Aiko
Saita
Thus he s steeped with the lore of the woods. Unassuming daunted.
lability which gives , J
He threw his whole
Frank. Irks the knowledge that he possesses. He can tell you heart and fortune into the
fight. was premature, his sacrific
with termor love and lingering memories every intimate detail of The vision of coming generations mains to this day a by-word among
She was
mcompanied aS’
the stages of logging methods used in British Columbia from
But
unfortunately
to
^
1G
Pi^np
by
Akira
Umemoto.
old
timers.
fired him as he laid plans to take
the ox-logging days of Paul Bunyan, legendary figure of the North
I
m
m
ed
ia
tely
foilowing
die con
his case to the Supreme Court of the Nisei he is a forgotten figure.
•T
Wootl^ to the present high-rigging system.
cert,
Rin
ban
J.
LAST YEARS
Canada.
advisor of the Y.B.A, sponsors^
Today he has sold all his operations. Although he is attached
To-day in the secluded cannery
By this time the papers were
to several companies'Ll the capacity of advisor, full of the gallant stand of Tom hamlet of Sherman in West Van ol the event, was host at a recon-®
FREE LANCER he is a free lancer. He is recognized by lumber- mey Homma. The whole Jap couver, Tommey Homma, now in tion with Miss Saita as guest oft?men as one of the best timber cruisers on the anese community too, were stir his 75th year passes the declining honor at the local San KwoLowmS
।
u
coast, who admit that no one knows as much as he does about the red by the efforts of this lone years of his life, surrounded by a Calo.
Jack
Iwata,
Buski
leader,
in
IV
peculiar logging conditions of the B. C. Coast.
individual. Funds began to pour devoted circle of stalwart sons
But his liF has not been restricted to work alone. He was the in, friends vowed their sympa- and daughters and a loving wife, charge of the gene:*! arrange,>>
ments was also honored.
org; "^rr of the first Asahi baseball team some years ago. He thies and pledged their aid.
and respected by a host of Can
chi1 Fs as he relates how time and time again because of shortBut by a queer quirk of fate, adian friends.
He trembles with sadness as he
age of players the team was forced to rope in a couple of recruits as often happens in the involved
And as he sits in his bed, afflict remembers starving arrivals from &
from Chinatown to fill empty positions on the diamond.
world of litigation and counter- ed with paralysis he looks back Japan, immediately upon landing^
The same adroitness that has marked him out in the woods litigation, the issue changed from at the stirring years of his prime. I droppin g dead on the
was first shown on the baseball field. He relates how one day he its original aspect. No more was From day to day he lives in vol- stricken with be ri-be ri. streets;!
He re'^
was discovered by a scout and offered a position on one of the it the ’Situation of a British Sub umes of clippings made by him- members the privations
of these?}
professional teams of the Pacific North West League.
ject claiming the right inherent •self.
early settlers for whose care he
But the characteristic of Frank that- is most outstanding, is in his citizenship, but a question
And in his confinement, he spent his funds unstintingly. And?^
his thorough Canadianization. His medium of of whether the provincial govern sees beyond the limit of the
he lives in the serenity of the^1
NISEI SKETCH
expression is English, his tastes in food, enter ment had not overstepped its pow room adorned only with a pic- knowledge that he has done hir^i
tainment and hobbies are all Canadian. Even ers in passing such measures ture of the Royal Family of Eng best.
.MW*
loyalty
to
Canada
he is the Tory. And no wonder, for he against tier Majesty’s subjects.
in his
land. He remembers the days
Niseis can well learn from th>^i
comes from a family noted for its faithfulness to British ideals.
“ULTRA VIRES”
when on the corner of Carrail guiding principle of this getf^
His two brothers served in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces
The integrity and the justice of and Dupont Street—the red-light man, scholar; and pioneer of pion-fr ;^
in the Great War, one with the Machine Gun Corps and the other the Supreme Court of Canada re area of Vancouver in her lusty eers, “If we be honest and sincere^;^/;
with the British Imperials. One came back badly gassed. Frank mained unsullied. With charac youth, he kept a boarding-house in all we do, we need not mind theM ’
himself enlisted but was prevented from going to the front by the teristic dispatch they ruled , that for Japanese immigrants.
persecutions heaped upon us.”
'
signing of the Armistice.
the Provincial Legislation was
iphy
This same loyalty to Canada embraces his loyalty to the Nisei. “ultra vires,”
Z« ?X T« 'X
<•: UnV
His greatest ambition is to operate a logging camp with an all
&
But his opponents did not re ^
Nisei Crew.
main satisfied. Mustering .all the
'nee:
And Frank, unknown and unrecognized goes about his quiet public opinion in their favour and
way laying great plans for the achievement of his ideals, dream the “higher-ups” in the political
Optometrist
ing oMheVay when the Nisei will come into his own.
sphere, they appealed the decision
Canada, can well be proud of a fine citizen in Frank Uyehara, to the Privy Council in London.
377 PowelL.$t^^
and Niseis of an exemplary big brother.
From lawyers who participated
in the bitter litigation, comes the
Vancouver, B. C.
^k^
admission that the case was, to
TRINITY 4822
use
the vernacular,
“cooked
plenty.” Tommey Homma was not
given a chance, The Privy Conni^’iiYA\%WAWiV^W!W?sV!Ms«.wa»s«s»AwsJ,s'li5’i',i
II'
V
cil reversed the decision of the
W
Supreme Court.
■
And to this day the decision
of the Privy Council starids'as
’ ^RcnJc^ou-j
an unsurmountable obstacle T
a
the way of the Nisei who jHoq'B
Merchants
wish to gain political recogHf; ^n
through the arduous path o;%|. Jv
314 POWELL STREET
J Doug. 92
:F
OWe 11 StreeM
suits on; law suits.
AY
t in fl
But if ITommey HoF^a’s ^|irt
Aiko Saita Scores Triumph In
Return Engagement
Contralto
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’MARCH 1st 1939
THE NEW CANADIAN
niSElS ACTIVE 10 CITV SCHOOLS
Draws Crow
JU.B.C. Delegates
Return Impressed
Variety Of Interest Shewn
Hom pa Hall Scene of Successful Contest
son, on the 24th of February.
Before an audience that jammed the Hompa Hall to
King Ed Excerpts
overflowing, Sunday February 19, fifteen eloquent speakers
Am'/ Horisaki, Shirley Handa
All hands full in the Paper
from points throughout B. C. competed for the Bishop’s and Fay Okumura are basketball Drive,
it
now in progress.
devotees in this school. You can that isn’t enough, some tireless
cuo in -the annual All-Canada Oratorical Meet.
see them working away Thurs souls are out selling tickets for
Shoji Minamide, Steveston
day afternoons at the practice.
Two h u n d red Japanese Y.M.B.A. representative speaking
the forthcoming Spring Concert.
....Bob
Nishino
and
Fred
Koba
topic,
“
Behold
you
’
1
on
the
We notice particularly certain
University students from ap
yashi have made quite a name swains notorious for their sloth,
Fathers,” won the distinction of
proximately ten colleges in the being the most fluent orator m
for themselves as tumblers.
kicking up dust in their efforts
Pacific North-West converged the Japanese language in all B. C
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to dispose of a few ducats.
Roy Kumano, well-known Nisei
over the week-end on the His score was 453 points out of
King Edward triumphed over Reason? With each ticket sold is
harmonica artist, was enthusiastic the highly touted Grandview High
University of Washington to a possible 500.
to be given a free pass to a
attend the first Pacific North- Second place was xvon by ally received when he appeared as School of Commerce table-tennis matinee performance—and Kits is
Hikida of the Fairview guest artist at the anniversary team by a score of 3-2. Those a co-ed school . .
f
West Intercollegiate Advance Nobuye
Y.W.B.A. Tied for third place banquet of St. Giles United who made the match an out
of As kind.
were Hajime Horiuchi, Gakuyukai Church, Tuesday evening, Febru- standing spectacle were George
T«ie local University delegation speaker and Takeo Kitamura of
Many members of the recently
Yoshinaka, Benny Nakamura, and
ary 28.
attending this epoch-making gath Fairview, Y.M.B.A.
formed Kitsilano Radio Club are
Mr. Kumano’s principal selec- Kanao Asada.
ering was composed of Saburo
students of this school. They in
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Presentations were made by
Takahashi. George Yamashita, Reverend Z. Aoki. Judges were tion was his own arrangement of
On the afternoon of February clude G. Suzuki, J. Kobayashi, M.
Michi Tabata
Kenji Kita- Chancellor Ogawa, Bishop Aoki Brahms’ "Hungarian Dance No. 16th, Chizu Kurisu, Shirley Han Yatabe, M. Nakashiba, C. Terada,
mura. popular J.S.C, president.
and Messrs. R. Nagasawa, B. Su 6,” the rendition of which re da, Tamako Nagawawa. Etsuko C. Shimizu and K. Sakaguchi. J.
Discussion Groups
zuki and Y. Yamamoto.
quired five harmonicas.
Nimi, and Mivo Ishiwata, at Kobayashi who is a technical inAn interesting feature of the
tended a recital given by the structor of the club, owns and
confertaace was the common connoted Sisters Trio in the Kitsi operates amateur radio station
. . Schismn'arrived at by all the disVE5AFJ and is also a prominent
lano High School auditorium.
l
ision; groups, namely that all
member of the school Amateur
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Radio Club. As the projectionNorth Burnaby Browsings
pfifly resolve into problems
ist’s assistant, G. Suzuki is a valAfter a great deal of intensive uable member of the school.
_
pie individual whose only soluresearch, we find that there is a
5 lies in the attitude of each
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antagonisms became more com grand total of three Niseis in the
By S. MINAMIDE
son.
plex. Agitators looked abound for entire school.
Britannia Bulletin.
Jin the late afternoon a sympoEntrusting all to the mercy of
the
bases
of
their
accusations
Svnonym:
T. Hirano and pingsum on the question “Can the boundless Pacific, and with
Problem:
If
this
number
repre
^mccracy Persi.st,” was under- courageous resolve, breasting the and came out with the gross sents four-fifths of one per cent pong. Besides being in the PingV’ken by authoritative members mountainous waves of the ocean, a charges of low standards of liv of the total number of pupils in Pong Club at school, T. H. plays
the Department of Political band of eager men start a long ing. high birth-rate, and similar the school, find the number en for the Gakuyukai team.
'e of the University of perilous voyage. And as thev make attacks.
rolled.
Strength
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Vgton.
Associate the name Dick Matsui
the first imprint of their feet on
ftf ugh examination of the a great new continent, they look
This storm of hostile acts
Lloyd, the male half of the with model aeroplanes and jiving.
tea; features of existing back to the country of their birth, originating from misunderstand brother and sister Shimotakahara Hush! We hear that the only time
lc’y‘ institutions revealed peering into the hazy distance. ing, did not break the strength combination, is a rugby and ping- that Dick hurries is when he goes
to Uracy in the truest
Our parents pong enthusiast. Last season, he to school in the mornings. Who
Imagine this youthful group of our parents.
learF' term could not pre- of men filled with emotion! fought through these days, some played on -the school rugby team is it that makes even school more
a coHorld.
Imagine this scene, for they are girding their belts more tightlv and also on a school ping-pong agreeable, Dick?
tic u"n these educational our parents of some three de- as they faced the elements in team, which, by wins over Tem
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rt.iQO are G^ forence the cades ago!
some remote logging camp, some pleton and Technical B and a
Britannia is very proud in hav
program inchTGeu a banquet, an
wrapping their thin straw cover draw with South Burnaby, man
Struggle
ing a great Nisei Orator as one
{informal mixer and a sight-seeing
ings more closely to their bodies aged to make the play-offs.
From
the
moment
of
their
arof her students. At a morning
Lour.
as they lay in some miserable
Box soccer and basketball are
a
history
of
hardrival
begins
gathering
in the school audi
Student Initiative
“cannery house.”
the
chief
interests
of
K.
FujiWhen interviewed the delegates ship and struggle in this new
Through their efforts they magari, the other member of the torium, Ina Kayahara gave an inland.
Persecutions
t
h
a
t
are
spiring apnea] on helm if of the
vere unanimous in their praise
carved out a niche for poster group.
Debating Society to the whole
of the initiative of the University neither remedial nor on the other ity in the economic life of Can
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hand
noxious
are
never
conducted
school.
: T Washington students for sponada. Let us look back at the
Fairview Fanfare
for
long.
’
But
in
the
case
of
our
As a result there are more new
'• ,oring ihe conference and expresheroic figures of our parents.
Our
Fairview
correspondent
re
, sed tin! hop(^ that this event fathers, if they were strange and Let us relive the moments of
faces at the meeting of the So
ports that the recent School Con
vulgar
in
their
ways
they
met
Mvould btmmWMi annual affair.
strife and hardship when with cert given in the Kitsilano High ciety. Keep un the good work,
with
an
attitude
at
once
critical
vU Glaninra. took a. prominent
sheer brawn and muscle thev School auditorium was a great Ina, and good luck to you in the
and
hostile.
If
they
were
refined
jrt in the group discussing the
hewed their homes from the success. Orchids to Fusako Inose, coming Oratorical contest!
and
elegant,
minds
haunted
with
Problem of Adjustmeut to Social
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wilderness or fished for their Marie Akiyama and Kiro Miya^viroument.,” Takahashi attend- fear and envy levelled barbs of living in the treacherous cur- zawa for playing their parts so
This year the Hi-Y girls’ club
'J the “Vocational Opportunities” discrimination against them.
rents of the Fraser.
successfully.
has twice the number of Nisei
The first thing that marked our
"yis, while Yamashita and TaBut if these hardships were
girl members as before. Kaz Sani chose to sit in on the group parents in- the eyes of the Can hardships to be faced by themCongratulations t o Mutsuko miya, chairman of the conference
ping
“Undergraduate
Pro adians must have been their yel selves alone, they were willing Ikeda for winning
second prize in committee, represented the school
S4ns
low skin and their poverty-stric to accept them as they came, the school poster contest recently. at the Mid-winter
Conference in
ken appearance. Our fathers were recognizing in them a tempering
Seattle.
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regarded with a mixture of curios force, building body and spirit.
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$
Technical Tattles
ity and suspicion. Things were But the real difficulties were yet
We anolog’zp. R
Who hasn’t seen the familiar
well as long as the. reaction of to come.
green and gold adorning the name was accidentally omitted
the Canadian people stopped
Second Generation
huskies of this strictyl masculine from the championship rugby
with that. But because of these
From the day his children, institute of polytechnics. Its one team’s list in the last issue. R.oy
physical characteristics, time and
again, without ceremony, they fathered in his own loins, came hundred and nine Japanese dis- is also the popular and hard
president of the Basket
were denied an equal place, in the to him, he faced increasing ob- cipuli are representative of all working
ball
Club.
stacles.
parts of the city and even of out
scheme of things.
Weighed with the cares of his side centres.
GRANDVIEW GLANCES
But at first our fathers must offspring he abandoned the hap
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“A Carnival of Nations” under
have brushed aside these un py - go - lucky attitude of his
Puffs:
The
sole
Japanese
aspir
the
joint auspices of the Dancing
founded discriminations with a
bachelor days. He restrained his ant of the virile practice of culin Club, the School Orchestra and
ough presenting a very
smile. Yet when their industry indignation, he tempered his
for the affirmative of
ary art is Komori, who hails from the Glee Club is to be presented
and perseverance became more
youthful hot-headedness. He saw Marpole.
“Resolved that peace
in March. Amy Oke is a member
and more apparent, the nature
Slivers:
’ the present- Cnpitn 1 ist ic of these discriminations and
Anything
from a of the dancing group. Mary Ya
SEE SPEECH CONT’D ON PAGE 5 house to a Charlie McCarthy”—
Ustom
is
impossible,1’
Irene
mada and Yoshiko Hinatsu are in
.1 and Kunito Shoyama of
that might well be the future strumentalists on the orchestra.
A
aw el I Y.P.S. were defeated
shingle of Nekcda of Glass
Takeo Yamada is in charge of
'est Vancouver U n i t e d
A Case of Understudy—
the illustrations and cartoons in
i debaters in (he second
“Where’s K. (Peanuts) Koya- the
forthcoming
“Grandview
of the Greater Vancouver j
nagi of Class 11?”
Annual.”
hion debate tournament. ;
“Here!
Right
tyelow
youUyeda, of the Y.P. Union
I
floats up a. timid voice like mist
NOTICE '
Direct Importers of Japanese Provisions and Curios
mven or for the series of
ascendins from a valley to the
s announced the decision
peaks of its surrounding mounThrough circumstances quite
FOR BETTER TRADE RELATIONS
judges.
beyond our control some of our
BUY JAPANESE GOODS
evant held on Sunday,
subscribers did not receive their
ry - 26. was it tended by
Honks: Two Grease Monks in
ou
i t SO Y.P. members and
in the Making—G. Hayashi and papers. In the future if any simtSeymour 2933
lar neglect should occur we would
1109 Powell Street
T. Idenouye, both of Class 4.
i IC !s and by thirty visitors from
Fest^cuver.
It was with sorrow that the appreciate your phoning to notify
VANCOUVER
turned'? Ohori rendered two
school observed the passing of a us. We will have a copy delivered
member of the staff, Mr. W. Wil- to you promptly.
x
Whei Baine Justice ■ came along tu
Mhing Jenees. she must (have used a leij u
Kumano Thrills
Audience
PRIZE WINNING SPEECH
Behold Your Fathers!"
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Draws Crow
JU.B.C. Delegates
Return Impressed
Variety Of Interest Shewn
Hom pa Hall Scene of Successful Contest
son, on the 24th of February.
Before an audience that jammed the Hompa Hall to
King Ed Excerpts
overflowing, Sunday February 19, fifteen eloquent speakers
Am'/ Horisaki, Shirley Handa
All hands full in the Paper
from points throughout B. C. competed for the Bishop’s and Fay Okumura are basketball Drive,
it
now in progress.
devotees in this school. You can that isn’t enough, some tireless
cuo in -the annual All-Canada Oratorical Meet.
see them working away Thurs souls are out selling tickets for
Shoji Minamide, Steveston
day afternoons at the practice.
Two h u n d red Japanese Y.M.B.A. representative speaking
the forthcoming Spring Concert.
....Bob
Nishino
and
Fred
Koba
topic,
“
Behold
you
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on
the
We notice particularly certain
University students from ap
yashi have made quite a name swains notorious for their sloth,
Fathers,” won the distinction of
proximately ten colleges in the being the most fluent orator m
for themselves as tumblers.
kicking up dust in their efforts
Pacific North-West converged the Japanese language in all B. C
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Roy Kumano, well-known Nisei
over the week-end on the His score was 453 points out of
King Edward triumphed over Reason? With each ticket sold is
harmonica artist, was enthusiastic the highly touted Grandview High
University of Washington to a possible 500.
to be given a free pass to a
attend the first Pacific North- Second place was xvon by ally received when he appeared as School of Commerce table-tennis matinee performance—and Kits is
Hikida of the Fairview guest artist at the anniversary team by a score of 3-2. Those a co-ed school . .
f
West Intercollegiate Advance Nobuye
Y.W.B.A. Tied for third place banquet of St. Giles United who made the match an out
of As kind.
were Hajime Horiuchi, Gakuyukai Church, Tuesday evening, Febru- standing spectacle were George
T«ie local University delegation speaker and Takeo Kitamura of
Many members of the recently
Yoshinaka, Benny Nakamura, and
ary 28.
attending this epoch-making gath Fairview, Y.M.B.A.
formed Kitsilano Radio Club are
Mr. Kumano’s principal selec- Kanao Asada.
ering was composed of Saburo
students of this school. They in
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Presentations were made by
Takahashi. George Yamashita, Reverend Z. Aoki. Judges were tion was his own arrangement of
On the afternoon of February clude G. Suzuki, J. Kobayashi, M.
Michi Tabata
Kenji Kita- Chancellor Ogawa, Bishop Aoki Brahms’ "Hungarian Dance No. 16th, Chizu Kurisu, Shirley Han Yatabe, M. Nakashiba, C. Terada,
mura. popular J.S.C, president.
and Messrs. R. Nagasawa, B. Su 6,” the rendition of which re da, Tamako Nagawawa. Etsuko C. Shimizu and K. Sakaguchi. J.
Discussion Groups
zuki and Y. Yamamoto.
quired five harmonicas.
Nimi, and Mivo Ishiwata, at Kobayashi who is a technical inAn interesting feature of the
tended a recital given by the structor of the club, owns and
confertaace was the common connoted Sisters Trio in the Kitsi operates amateur radio station
. . Schismn'arrived at by all the disVE5AFJ and is also a prominent
lano High School auditorium.
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ision; groups, namely that all
member of the school Amateur
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Radio Club. As the projectionNorth Burnaby Browsings
pfifly resolve into problems
ist’s assistant, G. Suzuki is a valAfter a great deal of intensive uable member of the school.
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pie individual whose only soluresearch, we find that there is a
5 lies in the attitude of each
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By S. MINAMIDE
son.
plex. Agitators looked abound for entire school.
Britannia Bulletin.
Jin the late afternoon a sympoEntrusting all to the mercy of
the
bases
of
their
accusations
Svnonym:
T. Hirano and pingsum on the question “Can the boundless Pacific, and with
Problem:
If
this
number
repre
^mccracy Persi.st,” was under- courageous resolve, breasting the and came out with the gross sents four-fifths of one per cent pong. Besides being in the PingV’ken by authoritative members mountainous waves of the ocean, a charges of low standards of liv of the total number of pupils in Pong Club at school, T. H. plays
the Department of Political band of eager men start a long ing. high birth-rate, and similar the school, find the number en for the Gakuyukai team.
'e of the University of perilous voyage. And as thev make attacks.
rolled.
Strength
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Associate the name Dick Matsui
the first imprint of their feet on
ftf ugh examination of the a great new continent, they look
This storm of hostile acts
Lloyd, the male half of the with model aeroplanes and jiving.
tea; features of existing back to the country of their birth, originating from misunderstand brother and sister Shimotakahara Hush! We hear that the only time
lc’y‘ institutions revealed peering into the hazy distance. ing, did not break the strength combination, is a rugby and ping- that Dick hurries is when he goes
to Uracy in the truest
Our parents pong enthusiast. Last season, he to school in the mornings. Who
Imagine this youthful group of our parents.
learF' term could not pre- of men filled with emotion! fought through these days, some played on -the school rugby team is it that makes even school more
a coHorld.
Imagine this scene, for they are girding their belts more tightlv and also on a school ping-pong agreeable, Dick?
tic u"n these educational our parents of some three de- as they faced the elements in team, which, by wins over Tem
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rt.iQO are G^ forence the cades ago!
some remote logging camp, some pleton and Technical B and a
Britannia is very proud in hav
program inchTGeu a banquet, an
wrapping their thin straw cover draw with South Burnaby, man
Struggle
ing a great Nisei Orator as one
{informal mixer and a sight-seeing
ings more closely to their bodies aged to make the play-offs.
From
the
moment
of
their
arof her students. At a morning
Lour.
as they lay in some miserable
Box soccer and basketball are
a
history
of
hardrival
begins
gathering
in the school audi
Student Initiative
“cannery house.”
the
chief
interests
of
K.
FujiWhen interviewed the delegates ship and struggle in this new
Through their efforts they magari, the other member of the torium, Ina Kayahara gave an inland.
Persecutions
t
h
a
t
are
spiring apnea] on helm if of the
vere unanimous in their praise
carved out a niche for poster group.
Debating Society to the whole
of the initiative of the University neither remedial nor on the other ity in the economic life of Can
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noxious
are
never
conducted
school.
: T Washington students for sponada. Let us look back at the
Fairview Fanfare
for
long.
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But
in
the
case
of
our
As a result there are more new
'• ,oring ihe conference and expresheroic figures of our parents.
Our
Fairview
correspondent
re
, sed tin! hop(^ that this event fathers, if they were strange and Let us relive the moments of
faces at the meeting of the So
ports that the recent School Con
vulgar
in
their
ways
they
met
Mvould btmmWMi annual affair.
strife and hardship when with cert given in the Kitsilano High ciety. Keep un the good work,
with
an
attitude
at
once
critical
vU Glaninra. took a. prominent
sheer brawn and muscle thev School auditorium was a great Ina, and good luck to you in the
and
hostile.
If
they
were
refined
jrt in the group discussing the
hewed their homes from the success. Orchids to Fusako Inose, coming Oratorical contest!
and
elegant,
minds
haunted
with
Problem of Adjustmeut to Social
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This year the Hi-Y girls’ club
'J the “Vocational Opportunities” discrimination against them.
rents of the Fraser.
successfully.
has twice the number of Nisei
The first thing that marked our
"yis, while Yamashita and TaBut if these hardships were
girl members as before. Kaz Sani chose to sit in on the group parents in- the eyes of the Can hardships to be faced by themCongratulations t o Mutsuko miya, chairman of the conference
ping
“Undergraduate
Pro adians must have been their yel selves alone, they were willing Ikeda for winning
second prize in committee, represented the school
S4ns
low skin and their poverty-stric to accept them as they came, the school poster contest recently. at the Mid-winter
Conference in
ken appearance. Our fathers were recognizing in them a tempering
Seattle.
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ity and suspicion. Things were But the real difficulties were yet
We anolog’zp. R
Who hasn’t seen the familiar
well as long as the. reaction of to come.
green and gold adorning the name was accidentally omitted
the Canadian people stopped
Second Generation
huskies of this strictyl masculine from the championship rugby
with that. But because of these
From the day his children, institute of polytechnics. Its one team’s list in the last issue. R.oy
physical characteristics, time and
again, without ceremony, they fathered in his own loins, came hundred and nine Japanese dis- is also the popular and hard
president of the Basket
were denied an equal place, in the to him, he faced increasing ob- cipuli are representative of all working
ball
Club.
stacles.
parts of the city and even of out
scheme of things.
Weighed with the cares of his side centres.
GRANDVIEW GLANCES
But at first our fathers must offspring he abandoned the hap
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“A Carnival of Nations” under
have brushed aside these un py - go - lucky attitude of his
Puffs:
The
sole
Japanese
aspir
the
joint auspices of the Dancing
founded discriminations with a
bachelor days. He restrained his ant of the virile practice of culin Club, the School Orchestra and
ough presenting a very
smile. Yet when their industry indignation, he tempered his
for the affirmative of
ary art is Komori, who hails from the Glee Club is to be presented
and perseverance became more
youthful hot-headedness. He saw Marpole.
“Resolved that peace
in March. Amy Oke is a member
and more apparent, the nature
Slivers:
’ the present- Cnpitn 1 ist ic of these discriminations and
Anything
from a of the dancing group. Mary Ya
SEE SPEECH CONT’D ON PAGE 5 house to a Charlie McCarthy”—
Ustom
is
impossible,1’
Irene
mada and Yoshiko Hinatsu are in
.1 and Kunito Shoyama of
that might well be the future strumentalists on the orchestra.
A
aw el I Y.P.S. were defeated
shingle of Nekcda of Glass
Takeo Yamada is in charge of
'est Vancouver U n i t e d
A Case of Understudy—
the illustrations and cartoons in
i debaters in (he second
“Where’s K. (Peanuts) Koya- the
forthcoming
“Grandview
of the Greater Vancouver j
nagi of Class 11?”
Annual.”
hion debate tournament. ;
“Here!
Right
tyelow
youUyeda, of the Y.P. Union
I
floats up a. timid voice like mist
NOTICE '
Direct Importers of Japanese Provisions and Curios
mven or for the series of
ascendins from a valley to the
s announced the decision
peaks of its surrounding mounThrough circumstances quite
FOR BETTER TRADE RELATIONS
judges.
beyond our control some of our
BUY JAPANESE GOODS
evant held on Sunday,
subscribers did not receive their
ry - 26. was it tended by
Honks: Two Grease Monks in
ou
i t SO Y.P. members and
in the Making—G. Hayashi and papers. In the future if any simtSeymour 2933
lar neglect should occur we would
1109 Powell Street
T. Idenouye, both of Class 4.
i IC !s and by thirty visitors from
Fest^cuver.
It was with sorrow that the appreciate your phoning to notify
VANCOUVER
turned'? Ohori rendered two
school observed the passing of a us. We will have a copy delivered
member of the staff, Mr. W. Wil- to you promptly.
x
Whei Baine Justice ■ came along tu
Mhing Jenees. she must (have used a leij u
Kumano Thrills
Audience
PRIZE WINNING SPEECH
Behold Your Fathers!"
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MARCH 1st 1939
THE NEW CANADIAN
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SPEECH
Continued from page 4
BY DEBORAH
Capital City Chatter SUNBURY SNACKS
Well this is one time I have this column all to mvself. My co- that the welfare of a future
By THOMAS TAMAKI
By IONI GOSSIPPE
columnist,
who
calk
himcoif
.
eration
was
at
stake.
R
,
mmscli I, is sometimes irritating in his egoism,
On February 241 h Mr. T. Taka
Note: All names are entirely
Only this belief gave him the
but did you nonce the grammatical error which he had in the bye
hashi, purser of the N.Y.K. ship!
courage to suffer insult, te suffer fictitious. Any resemblances to
line—“By Deborah and “I”?
living persons are purely coin Hikawa Maru, gavt a very inIt escaped the eyes of two editors, two proof-readers and 1 suppose. hostility—ever hoping in the days
the present,
cidental, and must be regarded
disgrace
children
this
of
his
rcaders that he prides himself on having. Just imagine writing
Si no-Ja panes e a f fa i r and the reas such.
by ™orah and I’’ when it should have been "By Deborah and Me." would he removed. Only this gave
Saburo Takahashi, dish-wiper™"* Japanese-Soviet f i sin n S
him the strength to carry on
suPrcme egoist that he is, he tried to explain to me that he
tight-lipped and uncomplaining. par excellence, is sure keeping Pr°bkni in the Sakhalin dis uc .
1 , consciously t0 §et thc ending to rhyme with "by”. Imagine such
himself in condition, so we hoar.
Later he spoke brietly on the
a foolish trumped-up excuse.
Homesickness
The J.C.C.L. social committee will merits and the weaknesses of the
Now that I have this column I’m going to get back at him and
And in the face of these odds offer him an honorary position as Niseis in Canada and the United
show him that there are good poetesses in this world/
he must have felt the overwhelm official crockery disinfector when States. “Among the Niseis there
I suppose he d call Edna St. Vincent Millay a second-rater. I think ing sadness of missing his home Im comes home for his holidays is a keen sense of sporstmanship
and frankness,” said Mr. ^akathat she s one of the finest contemporary lyricists. Here’s her Passer land. beloved faces and beloved this year.
Mortuus Est.
scenes. Human kind holds dear
By the way. How’s the Skating? hashi. “but. generally speaking,
the happy moments of childhood. Oh, Oh. still a little touchy in the Niseis lack such virtue^^
Death devours all lovely things;
Man loves the place where he more places than one aren’t you? .ambition, courage, patienceauul
Lesbia with her sparrow
will power.” In other word^'less
passed his golden youth. How
en
Shares the darkness,—presently
wishbone
and
more
baclcbone,
”
the
hardmuch
more
then
did
Dedicated
to
that
certain
Every bed is narrow
ships that our fathers face recall oratorical artist: We’ve tried make a fine Nisei slogan. ^
•se
Unremembered as old ra n
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to them with almost unbearable awfully hard to find out who
he
Dries the sheer libation.
nostalgia the carefree life in the the conversationalist on this
On Sundays several ene
And the little petulant hand
country of their birth.
end of the wire was during lacrosse players were out p
Is an annotation.
Everywhere he turned he saw
that certain phone call. But to ing, “the fastest a me oil two
things
alien
to
him,
he
heard
date no luck! Won’t you tell feet." There ar a few 1 very
After all. my erstwhile dear.
tongues strange and unintellig
So-ne?
promising players
My no longer cherished.
ible.
Even
his
children
he
Need we say it was not love.
What Nisei Boys’ basketball they are improving it ^ha|iWn't IS
Isrealized were becoming strange peam gM barelv (?) nosed out (?) ^)e long before they re I peered
Now that love is perished?
No matter how my co-columnist may spuf er. this is a great poem. to him in their ways. And the by a senior girls’ team recently a berth in the Inter-city lL|agiie. >y
realization of the fact that they to the tune of 42-41? We never
Coached by Tsugio Siv^jyd, a
Or the pointedness of this epigram matches that of any male writer.
must become more Canadian- saw a bunch of fellows become veteran defenseman who played ^
Grown-up
ized with the passing of time sunburnt in so short a time. But with the Crescent, Islanded?- ^^ria
must have made his voluntary in a couple of days the redness the Delta Lacrosse League,’ S^d for
Was it for this I muttered prayers.
exile the harder to bear.
And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs.
had gone out of their faces. Better bury should have a fairly slr^Is 'Vg
late-'
That now. domestic as a plate,
Behold the Japanese language luck next time boys, but keep team before long.
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I should retire at half-past eight?
, UplaJ
Women do not concentrate all their energies on writing about the supreme father's love. Behold the
Suggests Tom Oikawa,^ f!!;&t
Mystery of the week—a certain man of the Sunbury a$
intimate scenes of their home. When they so desire they are quite capable Japanese religious institutions
^ceab
certain Sports Committee, "Let*
of treating with subjects of the day. Witness Anne, Lady Winchelsea’s, that he built in an attempt to save Yukio Takahashi and
.amor
his children from the utter des Masa Kuwabara on a. certain a baseball team this sr. .......
The Soldier's Death.
pair that must have haunted him. Saturdav night? Wait till T finish
enough baseball t'k<L.‘«f n.oue
Trail all your pikes, dispirit every drum.
Somehow he strove to leave a my correspondence course for Loolc out Taiyos. Tv
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March in slow procession from afar.
little of the. old to his offspring. a ma teur detectives!
Asahis
too!
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Ye silent, ye defected men of war!
Very shortly KcPf°4
Toll of Struggle
Be still the hautboys, and the flute be dumb!
Aki, is going about, quite starryAnd the stiuggle of his desires .eyed these days. He makes us an active memheu (p^u vac,
Display no more, in vain, the lofty banner;
and the bringing of these ideals wonder if he’s found out the j;c.c.l. «;;;!,
For see! where on the bier before ye lies
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to fruition took their too cruel sender of tha,t sweet little Valen- calm and placid
The pale, the fall’n, th’ untimely sacrifice
mony.
Bon
Voyage,
Koji!
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toll from him. See your father’s tine card,
To your mistaken Shrine, to the false Idol Honour.
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brow. See the deep furrows on
My boy friend took me to see Idiot’s Delight last night, And the his face and count them one by
Another party had a blowout. Prince Rupert Patwll
theme of the story was the curse of war upon the little man.
one’ f°r in these are engraved after receiving a sweet card. He
Come to think of it, Countess Wmchelsea s poem is as modern today the moments of perseverance and jumped into the air and shouted:
By GEORGE HAMASAKI thW
as the day she wrote i.—when Marlborough’s campaigns on the con- sorrow and loneliness . . .
“They can’t say that about mv
tinent, early in the eighteenh century, were bringing death to thousands
por thirty odd years youribus! One of these days I’ll really
;roup of young pool ^of
whnH®h
of splendid youths.
fathers led a life of' strugg
struggle, ihave her doing thirty per, and gathered at tlie( C.N.R. vzhaJ^T
And yet, if you listen only to Mr. "I” you might think that women patience and sorrow. And
.
what then we’ll see if she’ll fall apart. Friday. February 10, to/say gw^"\
rc only destined to work in the kitchen and cook and raise a flock of have we done to alleviate
aviate his Why
Why at that speed the air resist- Me to the newly-wedded coup
little children. I have a feeling that if he were married his wife would be burdens as he faces again mo- ance will hold her together, even Mr. and Mrs. Y. Mori, (nec K'a ^
Nishio), who are making tin- p,
restricted to "church, children, and kitchen.”
ments of renewed persecution? if the hay-wire won’t!
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in Jed way. We wi
There’s another thing which I can’t stand. He always rails at me Let us look at the situation anew.
Charges of frame-up have Kazu, and hope that she will 1
because of my name. But he doesn’t remember that my name-sake,
Agitation breaks out once
1
been levelled by “Toe” loi, re back on a visit soon.
Deborah of the Old Testament, is the earliest known poet registered in more. Our fathers’ products are
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elected
third
member
to
boycotted in the name of justice
the history of the human race.
Leaving at the same time w; p
the J.C.C.L. social committee.
Nothing can compare with the fierce zeal of the song of triumph and peace. Our parents’ fishing
Not
“
elected
”
is
the
word
for
Tsuneji
Nakamoto, on a visit <
licences are being reduced. Not
that she sang at the defeat of the Canaanites.
“Toe,” but “Selected.”
Mr. and Mrs. S. Kadonaga a
only his trade licences but our
It is akin to the cry of a lioness over the salvation of her cubs.
We
noticed
Taro
and
Muss
get
Tomi
and Yuki Katsuyama ;
Here is the King James’ Version of her song. It is superb in its own are in the danger of being ting a great laugh out of the ex Queen Charlotte Islands.
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impassioned fierceness coming from a truly barbaric heart untouched taken away from us. Even the pression on the face of a “Sleep
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privileges inherent in our birth
by the civilizing influences of the religion she proposes.
Miss Yuki Nakatani .retiuJ'^l
right as British Citizens are ing Beauty” all through the night,
’‘Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel when the
denied us and our naturalized nardon. we mean a recent gather from Vancouver . Sunday,
^c^l
ing.
Oh
for
a
candid
camera.
ary
12.
'€(?»:
parents.
people willingly offered themselves.
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Hear, O ye Kings; give ear. O ye Princes; I, even I, will
Facing these past thirty years
The Nippon Young Peop'^^J
sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
of suffering, perseverance and
5T€V€ST0n STATIC
Association
took charge of ,
I
Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst
sadness, we' must forget our own
out the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens
“Resolved that the present Evening Service, Sunday. Feht? th®
selves. We must strive to free
our parents' in the last years of Japanese marriage system in Bri ary 26 at a special Young Peop iphv
dropped, the clouds also diopped water . . .
.
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their life of hardships and priva tish Columbia is unsatisfactory” Service. At the regular meebTn^
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of hebei the
tion and attempt to bring to them was the interesting debate topic 011 the 18th, Miss E. Heaps g&v idin$
Kenite be; blessed shall she be above women in He tent.
which the Steveston Y.P.S. chose brief talk on music.
•ence?
comfort.
He asked water, and she gave him milk: she brought
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Does not this sacrifice oT our for their regular Sunday evening
forth butter in a lordly dish.
Under the Auspices of joriti
parents reserve the most inspired" programme on February 26.
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the
The
affirmative
of
the
resoluJapanese
Association, ’’Kigeibd ar^
efforts of our hearts, our minds,
workman’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera;
tion was successfully'' upheld by a su” was observed, February^l ^n//|
and our souls?
she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken
girls’ team consisting of Kay Oda, the Kai Kan Hall. Pupils of the?
through his temples.
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Shirley Mori, and Elaine Nishida. Gakuen took part in the prog; f. |j
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down, at her feet he
The negative team of Alfred On the same evening the ; ' 5
bowed he fell; where he bowed there he fell down dead . . .
Okimi, Tadao Naruse and Fred Cove community observed '; Cm
JUDGES 5.
Nishi took the defeat in a manly event by holding a social in I w
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The last sentence that I’ve quoted is beautiful in its utter simplicity.
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So there you are Mr. “I”.
Mr. M. Kub( acted as judges.
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SPEECH
Continued from page 4
BY DEBORAH
Capital City Chatter SUNBURY SNACKS
Well this is one time I have this column all to mvself. My co- that the welfare of a future
By THOMAS TAMAKI
By IONI GOSSIPPE
columnist,
who
calk
himcoif
.
eration
was
at
stake.
R
,
mmscli I, is sometimes irritating in his egoism,
On February 241 h Mr. T. Taka
Note: All names are entirely
Only this belief gave him the
but did you nonce the grammatical error which he had in the bye
hashi, purser of the N.Y.K. ship!
courage to suffer insult, te suffer fictitious. Any resemblances to
line—“By Deborah and “I”?
living persons are purely coin Hikawa Maru, gavt a very inIt escaped the eyes of two editors, two proof-readers and 1 suppose. hostility—ever hoping in the days
the present,
cidental, and must be regarded
disgrace
children
this
of
his
rcaders that he prides himself on having. Just imagine writing
Si no-Ja panes e a f fa i r and the reas such.
by ™orah and I’’ when it should have been "By Deborah and Me." would he removed. Only this gave
Saburo Takahashi, dish-wiper™"* Japanese-Soviet f i sin n S
him the strength to carry on
suPrcme egoist that he is, he tried to explain to me that he
tight-lipped and uncomplaining. par excellence, is sure keeping Pr°bkni in the Sakhalin dis uc .
1 , consciously t0 §et thc ending to rhyme with "by”. Imagine such
himself in condition, so we hoar.
Later he spoke brietly on the
a foolish trumped-up excuse.
Homesickness
The J.C.C.L. social committee will merits and the weaknesses of the
Now that I have this column I’m going to get back at him and
And in the face of these odds offer him an honorary position as Niseis in Canada and the United
show him that there are good poetesses in this world/
he must have felt the overwhelm official crockery disinfector when States. “Among the Niseis there
I suppose he d call Edna St. Vincent Millay a second-rater. I think ing sadness of missing his home Im comes home for his holidays is a keen sense of sporstmanship
and frankness,” said Mr. ^akathat she s one of the finest contemporary lyricists. Here’s her Passer land. beloved faces and beloved this year.
Mortuus Est.
scenes. Human kind holds dear
By the way. How’s the Skating? hashi. “but. generally speaking,
the happy moments of childhood. Oh, Oh. still a little touchy in the Niseis lack such virtue^^
Death devours all lovely things;
Man loves the place where he more places than one aren’t you? .ambition, courage, patienceauul
Lesbia with her sparrow
will power.” In other word^'less
passed his golden youth. How
en
Shares the darkness,—presently
wishbone
and
more
baclcbone,
”
the
hardmuch
more
then
did
Dedicated
to
that
certain
Every bed is narrow
ships that our fathers face recall oratorical artist: We’ve tried make a fine Nisei slogan. ^
•se
Unremembered as old ra n
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to them with almost unbearable awfully hard to find out who
he
Dries the sheer libation.
nostalgia the carefree life in the the conversationalist on this
On Sundays several ene
And the little petulant hand
country of their birth.
end of the wire was during lacrosse players were out p
Is an annotation.
Everywhere he turned he saw
that certain phone call. But to ing, “the fastest a me oil two
things
alien
to
him,
he
heard
date no luck! Won’t you tell feet." There ar a few 1 very
After all. my erstwhile dear.
tongues strange and unintellig
So-ne?
promising players
My no longer cherished.
ible.
Even
his
children
he
Need we say it was not love.
What Nisei Boys’ basketball they are improving it ^ha|iWn't IS
Isrealized were becoming strange peam gM barelv (?) nosed out (?) ^)e long before they re I peered
Now that love is perished?
No matter how my co-columnist may spuf er. this is a great poem. to him in their ways. And the by a senior girls’ team recently a berth in the Inter-city lL|agiie. >y
realization of the fact that they to the tune of 42-41? We never
Coached by Tsugio Siv^jyd, a
Or the pointedness of this epigram matches that of any male writer.
must become more Canadian- saw a bunch of fellows become veteran defenseman who played ^
Grown-up
ized with the passing of time sunburnt in so short a time. But with the Crescent, Islanded?- ^^ria
must have made his voluntary in a couple of days the redness the Delta Lacrosse League,’ S^d for
Was it for this I muttered prayers.
exile the harder to bear.
And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs.
had gone out of their faces. Better bury should have a fairly slr^Is 'Vg
late-'
That now. domestic as a plate,
Behold the Japanese language luck next time boys, but keep team before long.
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schools—the manifestation of a your eyes on the hall
I should retire at half-past eight?
, UplaJ
Women do not concentrate all their energies on writing about the supreme father's love. Behold the
Suggests Tom Oikawa,^ f!!;&t
Mystery of the week—a certain man of the Sunbury a$
intimate scenes of their home. When they so desire they are quite capable Japanese religious institutions
^ceab
certain Sports Committee, "Let*
of treating with subjects of the day. Witness Anne, Lady Winchelsea’s, that he built in an attempt to save Yukio Takahashi and
.amor
his children from the utter des Masa Kuwabara on a. certain a baseball team this sr. .......
The Soldier's Death.
pair that must have haunted him. Saturdav night? Wait till T finish
enough baseball t'k<L.‘«f n.oue
Trail all your pikes, dispirit every drum.
Somehow he strove to leave a my correspondence course for Loolc out Taiyos. Tv
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March in slow procession from afar.
little of the. old to his offspring. a ma teur detectives!
Asahis
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Ye silent, ye defected men of war!
Very shortly KcPf°4
Toll of Struggle
Be still the hautboys, and the flute be dumb!
Aki, is going about, quite starryAnd the stiuggle of his desires .eyed these days. He makes us an active memheu (p^u vac,
Display no more, in vain, the lofty banner;
and the bringing of these ideals wonder if he’s found out the j;c.c.l. «;;;!,
For see! where on the bier before ye lies
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to fruition took their too cruel sender of tha,t sweet little Valen- calm and placid
The pale, the fall’n, th’ untimely sacrifice
mony.
Bon
Voyage,
Koji!
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toll from him. See your father’s tine card,
To your mistaken Shrine, to the false Idol Honour.
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brow. See the deep furrows on
My boy friend took me to see Idiot’s Delight last night, And the his face and count them one by
Another party had a blowout. Prince Rupert Patwll
theme of the story was the curse of war upon the little man.
one’ f°r in these are engraved after receiving a sweet card. He
Come to think of it, Countess Wmchelsea s poem is as modern today the moments of perseverance and jumped into the air and shouted:
By GEORGE HAMASAKI thW
as the day she wrote i.—when Marlborough’s campaigns on the con- sorrow and loneliness . . .
“They can’t say that about mv
tinent, early in the eighteenh century, were bringing death to thousands
por thirty odd years youribus! One of these days I’ll really
;roup of young pool ^of
whnH®h
of splendid youths.
fathers led a life of' strugg
struggle, ihave her doing thirty per, and gathered at tlie( C.N.R. vzhaJ^T
And yet, if you listen only to Mr. "I” you might think that women patience and sorrow. And
.
what then we’ll see if she’ll fall apart. Friday. February 10, to/say gw^"\
rc only destined to work in the kitchen and cook and raise a flock of have we done to alleviate
aviate his Why
Why at that speed the air resist- Me to the newly-wedded coup
little children. I have a feeling that if he were married his wife would be burdens as he faces again mo- ance will hold her together, even Mr. and Mrs. Y. Mori, (nec K'a ^
Nishio), who are making tin- p,
restricted to "church, children, and kitchen.”
ments of renewed persecution? if the hay-wire won’t!
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home
in Jed way. We wi
There’s another thing which I can’t stand. He always rails at me Let us look at the situation anew.
Charges of frame-up have Kazu, and hope that she will 1
because of my name. But he doesn’t remember that my name-sake,
Agitation breaks out once
1
been levelled by “Toe” loi, re back on a visit soon.
Deborah of the Old Testament, is the earliest known poet registered in more. Our fathers’ products are
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elected
third
member
to
boycotted in the name of justice
the history of the human race.
Leaving at the same time w; p
the J.C.C.L. social committee.
Nothing can compare with the fierce zeal of the song of triumph and peace. Our parents’ fishing
Not
“
elected
”
is
the
word
for
Tsuneji
Nakamoto, on a visit <
licences are being reduced. Not
that she sang at the defeat of the Canaanites.
“Toe,” but “Selected.”
Mr. and Mrs. S. Kadonaga a
only his trade licences but our
It is akin to the cry of a lioness over the salvation of her cubs.
We
noticed
Taro
and
Muss
get
Tomi
and Yuki Katsuyama ;
Here is the King James’ Version of her song. It is superb in its own are in the danger of being ting a great laugh out of the ex Queen Charlotte Islands.
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impassioned fierceness coming from a truly barbaric heart untouched taken away from us. Even the pression on the face of a “Sleep
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privileges inherent in our birth
by the civilizing influences of the religion she proposes.
Miss Yuki Nakatani .retiuJ'^l
right as British Citizens are ing Beauty” all through the night,
’‘Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel when the
denied us and our naturalized nardon. we mean a recent gather from Vancouver . Sunday,
^c^l
ing.
Oh
for
a
candid
camera.
ary
12.
'€(?»:
parents.
people willingly offered themselves.
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Hear, O ye Kings; give ear. O ye Princes; I, even I, will
Facing these past thirty years
The Nippon Young Peop'^^J
sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
of suffering, perseverance and
5T€V€ST0n STATIC
Association
took charge of ,
I
Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst
sadness, we' must forget our own
out the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens
“Resolved that the present Evening Service, Sunday. Feht? th®
selves. We must strive to free
our parents' in the last years of Japanese marriage system in Bri ary 26 at a special Young Peop iphv
dropped, the clouds also diopped water . . .
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their life of hardships and priva tish Columbia is unsatisfactory” Service. At the regular meebTn^
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of hebei the
tion and attempt to bring to them was the interesting debate topic 011 the 18th, Miss E. Heaps g&v idin$
Kenite be; blessed shall she be above women in He tent.
which the Steveston Y.P.S. chose brief talk on music.
•ence?
comfort.
He asked water, and she gave him milk: she brought
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Does not this sacrifice oT our for their regular Sunday evening
forth butter in a lordly dish.
Under the Auspices of joriti
parents reserve the most inspired" programme on February 26.
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the
The
affirmative
of
the
resoluJapanese
Association, ’’Kigeibd ar^
efforts of our hearts, our minds,
workman’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera;
tion was successfully'' upheld by a su” was observed, February^l ^n//|
and our souls?
she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken
girls’ team consisting of Kay Oda, the Kai Kan Hall. Pupils of the?
through his temples.
r
j
f u c
:
Shirley Mori, and Elaine Nishida. Gakuen took part in the prog; f. |j
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down, at her feet he
The negative team of Alfred On the same evening the ; ' 5
bowed he fell; where he bowed there he fell down dead . . .
Okimi, Tadao Naruse and Fred Cove community observed '; Cm
JUDGES 5.
Nishi took the defeat in a manly event by holding a social in I w
HMUMIffi
The last sentence that I’ve quoted is beautiful in its utter simplicity.
Mil
fashion. Reverend Nomoto and community hall.
ar Ji
So there you are Mr. “I”.
Mr. M. Kub( acted as judges.
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MARCH 1st 1939
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By SO-NE HEN-NE ! !
CUT THIS OUT!
SOME COMING EVENTS
THIS IS MONEY!
BRING THIS AD FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT
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MARCH
Oratorical Contest for
high school students, Japanese
Hall, 7:30 p.m., silver col-1 eelion.
—Fuji Ski Chib Dance. Hastings
Auditorium, 9-1 p.m., $1.00 a
couple.
4—Hompa Y.M.B.A. Concert. Hom
Dear So-ne Hen-ne! Is it too much to ask of you to add
pa Hall, 7:30 p.m., 50c and 25c.
a qualifying P. S. to an item in the last issue, that I, the
—Y.P.S. Concert, Japanese Hall,
7.30 p.m., 35c.
undersigned, is not the fortunate person referred to?
-J.C.C.L.
Open Meeting,
Ta,
Embarrassing and frequently fruitless are the explana
motsu Murayama, speaker, Japanese Hall, 7:30 p.m.
(In
tions I have been forced to give, a dozen times daily. Of
Japanese).
late I am beginninp to believe that perhaps it is true,
—Steveston J.C.C.L. Open Meet
and have accepted the last seventeen preferred felicitaing, Tamotsu Murayama, 2:30
p.m., Steveston.
tions with indistinct mumblings.
—Rokka vs. Fuji, Ski Tourney,
So help me, Thin Ice!
Grouse Mountain.
6—Vancouver Chapter Meeting.
Dr. Edward C. Banno.
Tamotsu
Murayama,
Nippon
't *But I've heard rather different stories Whenever a girl asks,
Club, S:00 p.m. (In English).
“Then are you going to announce the engagement?” the immedi—Hompa Ohfu-kai Roller Skat
ing Party, Happyland, 7:30 p.m.
a i .iiuwer is a very distinct, “Just as soon as you say, yes!”
7—Haney,
Tamotsu
Muravama,
I ■nd better watch out, Doc, or before you know it, you’ll have a
speaker, 7:30 p.m.
Ii rem. on your hands.
11—Badminton Banquet, New Pier
Cafe, (5:30 p.m. 25c.
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18—Marietta Fashion Show, Japan
ese Hall, 8:00 p.m. 35c.
It seems that a great many of the woukLbe “he-men” have gone
23—J-C.C.L. Spring Frolic, Alma
r-ek to kindergarten—cutting out pictures and pasting them hi a
Academy, 9-1, $1.00 a couple.
L
In. spite of all my warnings someone fell through the Thin Ice
£
।last week. There was a terrible splash. Even 1 got a little wet
?j iV-'^Hd the hem of my skirt. Here is the transgressor
with a
plaintiff plea, my first fan mail!
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i. You may see the “Italian” basketbailer carryin g a huge? ominlooking book. No, it isn’t anything so thrilling as Mussolini’s
It’s merely a common-place scrap-album.
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'Here’s a new idea girls. Beg, borrow, or steal as
larjy men’s tie-pins as possible and have them soldered
emer in a spray. Result—a lovely new brooch which
ill draw the admiration of your beau so long as he
doesn’t recognize his own property.
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At Prices You Carmot Duplicate in Vancouver
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95c
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We Specialize in Half Sizes to Pit Nisei Girls
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200 DELEGATES GATO
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punlicized basketball game and dance is over,
CORRECTION
Young Buddhist representatives
. . Who knows—We may have won that game
The Canadian Japanese Asso
er a!’, what with the score-keeper teaching two beautiful from six centers in the vicinity of
Vancouver, gathered at the Homciation in Vancouver has drawn
”^y' ^ how to hang clothes on his “Sports Clothesline”
aild pa Hall, Sunday, February 26, to
our attention to a slight error
keep
the score at the samei time
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a
/ Kosie PassinJg on (attend the thirteenth annual meetwhich appeared in the last issue.
Moou technique to the girls ... A suggestion Iing of the Youim PeonleA I
On Thursday afternoon Febru The name of the Victoria organ
(.rs mat .wo™ bosses sbouKl bf sr,toly forbMdpn| kfapS’S X
ary 16th at the home of Mrs. E. ization is not the Canadian Japan
ce floor. Everyone who danced with a certain .... .
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sreeii delegates representing bum
someC eight N. Yamaoka, the Young Matrons ese Association, but simply the
tier'sS bill
le'G'’w amm-- the
” -‘ ‘ \?laT0°n is sti11 hundred members gathered in the gathered for their monthly meet Japanese Association of V ctoria.
.
leiuou. among
girls, why not give the boys a sur- ]
lower hall for the business ses- ing..
a- A up the monotony? . . . Who’s the guilty gentleman sion
Reports were read by Miss
Airs. M. Masuda demonstrated
lcft ^i^ stranded with two lovely belles? c Nishimura and T. Kitamura,
the
baking of lemon and apple
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line--the boys know stags would lie out of pairview;
Miss
Hisaye
Omoto
and
pies with the assistance of Mrs.
he Return wun the popular visitors around, especially Handsome [f
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Yoshida,
Kitsilano;
Miss
M.
M. T. Maikawa. After the pies
/mini/ Lie biggest hit of the evening . . . Everybody’s refrain! Fnkunao-a
Harrv
Kondo, were baked to their right flaki
curing the last waltz “I’m dancing with tears in my eyes. ’~l”
H
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PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
cause' H ompa;
Hamaguchi
and
S. ness and color and cooled, every
tlie girl iu my arms isnt you."
Hamade, Steveston; Mr. Abe, one joined in sampling them.
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Maple Ridge, and T. Oda, New
@ Waterman Pens
Until this year the members
He sp^nt $25.00 for dancing lessons. He bought a pair
Westminster.
have
been
unable
to
accomplish
. ' of shiny patent leather dancing pump
He’s looking for
RESOLUTIONS
Imported Toiletries
much. However, they are hoping
i . a bargain sale of dress suits. Who is he? He’s that husky
Resolutions adopted by the dele that the next few months will see
@ Kodak Supplies
* “Big Block” cave-man, who keeps the neighbours awake
gates included decisions to make the beginning of an active club.
practising his dance routine.
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the conference an annual event,
Friendship Aim
to aid any Nisei contemplating
Young Matrons with or without Phone & Mail Orders filled Promptly
.'.The greatest practical joker found himself the victim of one entering the ministry, and to sup
MIL his own jokes. Having embarrassed a certain girl by replacing port Takao Tsuji of Mission, now children are cordially invited to
\er. brand new running shoes with his old size
399 Powell St.
12’s he received studying in a Buddhist Seminary. join. The aim of the club is to Sey. 7502
Y' latter back beautifully painted in all hues
permit
Nisei
mothers
to
become
of the rainbow,
It was also decided to sponsor
Pontys Li, “At last 1 have found something to distract women’s
a radio broadcast of the prize more acquainted with each other.
'#i™hon trom my handsome profile
Among those present were,
winning speeches in the recent
Mrs.
M. Miyazaki, Mrs. M. Ma
Oratorical Contest.
WHEN ORDERING YOUR TOILET TISSUE
W Pont be frightened girls, if you think you see a member of
T. Kitamura was elected presi suda, Mrs. M. K. Maikawa, Mrs.
-<o° walking along Powell Street. it’s only Sally’s elegant fur dent of the League; K. Yamamoto F. Tanaka, Mrs. E. Maruno and
ALWAYS SPECIFY
coat. However, it is rather inconvenient to have to step off the
and S. Ooka, vice-presidents; K. Mrs. T. Onami.
Curb iu order to let him pass, isn’t it
Kenno, treasurer; T. Mori, T.
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Nishizaki, and G. Nagura, secre
^!^$ arrived in droves to witness feminine pulchritude and! taries; and R. Miyamoto and K.
' 4 ice upon the basketball floor. To their disappointment only 31 iyagawa, auditors.
IT IS SOFT. SANITARY ft SOLUBLE
p girls of the forty that turned out were in cute shorts. HowDISCUSSION GROUPS
Fr Eiko and Koko may have made up for all the rest.
Following the business session,
SMITH, DAVIDSON &
The Vancouver Chapter of the
it On the.
the
delegates
reconvened
in
three
Kaz dividing
attention between the
4'actum sitting beside him and the cavorting coquettes ... A groups. The first of these dis J. C. C. L. entertained the Japan
WRIGHT 60. LTD.
ftinuous babble of talking from excited Jack only interrupted cussed the “Effect of the Sino- ese Community in a program fea
enovor a certain little girl madt an outstanding play . . . Zen Japanese Conflict on the Second turing artists from the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra and the Chijvously chewing at a string. W
or Generation” with Mr. Ooka in the kuyukai at the Japanese Hall,
chair.
Rev. Mitsubayashi and
j it? . . . Haro wishing that he were in Coach Slug’s
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February 23.
b boys over-whelmed upon
Rev.
Katazu
were the leaders.
much beauty gathered in
NISEISMr.
L.
C.
Thomas,
president
of
| spot, united in singing
R.
Miyamoto
presided
over
the
love you truly.” all the way to the
ihlheona gym.
second group, which examined the Vancouver Symphony Society
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the “Marriage Problem of the Sec- invited Niseis to participate in
ond Generation.” Leaders of this the activities of the organization.
T^ Reason 'W Roy traded in his Willys for a Baby
group were .Rev. Hirahara and
Outstanding performance of the
Justin—the roadster held more girls than even he could
Powell St, for your
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Rev.
Ikuta.
evening was the rendition of two
Randle at one time. The new car holds only three girls
The third t’roup considered the violin numbers, Bloch's1 “Nigun”
Jnd Roy is quite confident that he can manage them and
READY - TO - WEAR
topic, “The Future of Buddhism and Saint Saens’ “Swan” by Mar
> /rive at the .same time. But, don’t worry girls, the Austin
and the Nisei.” Mr. K. Miyamoto garet Purvis.
Japanese music
Us on!y a make-shift—he intends to get a roomier car in the
*
*
$
i
presided,
and
Rev.
Abe
and
Rev.
presented
by
Mr.
K.
Sano,
Miss
■Hear future.
Tachibana led the discussion.
Martha Hori, Miss K. Murata, and
Everything FOR MEN,
The
evening
was
-spent
in
a
Mrs,
T.
Tonogai
was
enthusiastic
f pparently there are many Georges and many green hats,
WOMEN. AND CHILDREN.
tor Jimmy reports that George put a special indentification round (^social activity. Visiting ally received by the audience.
.a
*
. on the
item before sending the New Canadian membety were entertained at a Canadian friends attending the
oh banquet provided by gathering were particular taken
MKui. Brother Vernie reports that George goes to bed with
374-378 Powell Street
the
loci
tyga ni zati on. En t er ta in- with the charm of Japanese numbimous hat on and in rainy weather he carefully wraps it up
r
I'ding
skits,
solos
and
ment. |
Douglas 5525
allophane iu case the colour should run.
numb J
A
’
a
harmonica!
band.
Mr.
Thomas
\\George has beiw ' ijiv’ v" -m ice,-Better watch out’ brougi
Shoyama was
"* 3 conference to
close. ’ chairman for the occasion.
“
\,
'Dame Justice j cauie
' filing
she mustihave
Young Matrons Meet
SOKE
Niseis Invited To
Join Symphony
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MARCH
Oratorical Contest for
high school students, Japanese
Hall, 7:30 p.m., silver col-1 eelion.
—Fuji Ski Chib Dance. Hastings
Auditorium, 9-1 p.m., $1.00 a
couple.
4—Hompa Y.M.B.A. Concert. Hom
Dear So-ne Hen-ne! Is it too much to ask of you to add
pa Hall, 7:30 p.m., 50c and 25c.
a qualifying P. S. to an item in the last issue, that I, the
—Y.P.S. Concert, Japanese Hall,
7.30 p.m., 35c.
undersigned, is not the fortunate person referred to?
-J.C.C.L.
Open Meeting,
Ta,
Embarrassing and frequently fruitless are the explana
motsu Murayama, speaker, Japanese Hall, 7:30 p.m.
(In
tions I have been forced to give, a dozen times daily. Of
Japanese).
late I am beginninp to believe that perhaps it is true,
—Steveston J.C.C.L. Open Meet
and have accepted the last seventeen preferred felicitaing, Tamotsu Murayama, 2:30
p.m., Steveston.
tions with indistinct mumblings.
—Rokka vs. Fuji, Ski Tourney,
So help me, Thin Ice!
Grouse Mountain.
6—Vancouver Chapter Meeting.
Dr. Edward C. Banno.
Tamotsu
Murayama,
Nippon
't *But I've heard rather different stories Whenever a girl asks,
Club, S:00 p.m. (In English).
“Then are you going to announce the engagement?” the immedi—Hompa Ohfu-kai Roller Skat
ing Party, Happyland, 7:30 p.m.
a i .iiuwer is a very distinct, “Just as soon as you say, yes!”
7—Haney,
Tamotsu
Muravama,
I ■nd better watch out, Doc, or before you know it, you’ll have a
speaker, 7:30 p.m.
Ii rem. on your hands.
11—Badminton Banquet, New Pier
Cafe, (5:30 p.m. 25c.
*
.¥
18—Marietta Fashion Show, Japan
ese Hall, 8:00 p.m. 35c.
It seems that a great many of the woukLbe “he-men” have gone
23—J-C.C.L. Spring Frolic, Alma
r-ek to kindergarten—cutting out pictures and pasting them hi a
Academy, 9-1, $1.00 a couple.
L
In. spite of all my warnings someone fell through the Thin Ice
£
।last week. There was a terrible splash. Even 1 got a little wet
?j iV-'^Hd the hem of my skirt. Here is the transgressor
with a
plaintiff plea, my first fan mail!
h
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5.
St ’
i. You may see the “Italian” basketbailer carryin g a huge? ominlooking book. No, it isn’t anything so thrilling as Mussolini’s
It’s merely a common-place scrap-album.
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$
'Here’s a new idea girls. Beg, borrow, or steal as
larjy men’s tie-pins as possible and have them soldered
emer in a spray. Result—a lovely new brooch which
ill draw the admiration of your beau so long as he
doesn’t recognize his own property.
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$50,000 Stock of Coats and Dresses
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punlicized basketball game and dance is over,
CORRECTION
Young Buddhist representatives
. . Who knows—We may have won that game
The Canadian Japanese Asso
er a!’, what with the score-keeper teaching two beautiful from six centers in the vicinity of
Vancouver, gathered at the Homciation in Vancouver has drawn
”^y' ^ how to hang clothes on his “Sports Clothesline”
aild pa Hall, Sunday, February 26, to
our attention to a slight error
keep
the score at the samei time
1
a
/ Kosie PassinJg on (attend the thirteenth annual meetwhich appeared in the last issue.
Moou technique to the girls ... A suggestion Iing of the Youim PeonleA I
On Thursday afternoon Febru The name of the Victoria organ
(.rs mat .wo™ bosses sbouKl bf sr,toly forbMdpn| kfapS’S X
ary 16th at the home of Mrs. E. ization is not the Canadian Japan
ce floor. Everyone who danced with a certain .... .
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f
1
sreeii delegates representing bum
someC eight N. Yamaoka, the Young Matrons ese Association, but simply the
tier'sS bill
le'G'’w amm-- the
” -‘ ‘ \?laT0°n is sti11 hundred members gathered in the gathered for their monthly meet Japanese Association of V ctoria.
.
leiuou. among
girls, why not give the boys a sur- ]
lower hall for the business ses- ing..
a- A up the monotony? . . . Who’s the guilty gentleman sion
Reports were read by Miss
Airs. M. Masuda demonstrated
lcft ^i^ stranded with two lovely belles? c Nishimura and T. Kitamura,
the
baking of lemon and apple
I •
line--the boys know stags would lie out of pairview;
Miss
Hisaye
Omoto
and
pies with the assistance of Mrs.
he Return wun the popular visitors around, especially Handsome [f
3
Yoshida,
Kitsilano;
Miss
M.
M. T. Maikawa. After the pies
/mini/ Lie biggest hit of the evening . . . Everybody’s refrain! Fnkunao-a
Harrv
Kondo, were baked to their right flaki
curing the last waltz “I’m dancing with tears in my eyes. ’~l”
H
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PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
cause' H ompa;
Hamaguchi
and
S. ness and color and cooled, every
tlie girl iu my arms isnt you."
Hamade, Steveston; Mr. Abe, one joined in sampling them.
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Maple Ridge, and T. Oda, New
@ Waterman Pens
Until this year the members
He sp^nt $25.00 for dancing lessons. He bought a pair
Westminster.
have
been
unable
to
accomplish
. ' of shiny patent leather dancing pump
He’s looking for
RESOLUTIONS
Imported Toiletries
much. However, they are hoping
i . a bargain sale of dress suits. Who is he? He’s that husky
Resolutions adopted by the dele that the next few months will see
@ Kodak Supplies
* “Big Block” cave-man, who keeps the neighbours awake
gates included decisions to make the beginning of an active club.
practising his dance routine.
*
*
*
the conference an annual event,
Friendship Aim
to aid any Nisei contemplating
Young Matrons with or without Phone & Mail Orders filled Promptly
.'.The greatest practical joker found himself the victim of one entering the ministry, and to sup
MIL his own jokes. Having embarrassed a certain girl by replacing port Takao Tsuji of Mission, now children are cordially invited to
\er. brand new running shoes with his old size
399 Powell St.
12’s he received studying in a Buddhist Seminary. join. The aim of the club is to Sey. 7502
Y' latter back beautifully painted in all hues
permit
Nisei
mothers
to
become
of the rainbow,
It was also decided to sponsor
Pontys Li, “At last 1 have found something to distract women’s
a radio broadcast of the prize more acquainted with each other.
'#i™hon trom my handsome profile
Among those present were,
winning speeches in the recent
Mrs.
M. Miyazaki, Mrs. M. Ma
Oratorical Contest.
WHEN ORDERING YOUR TOILET TISSUE
W Pont be frightened girls, if you think you see a member of
T. Kitamura was elected presi suda, Mrs. M. K. Maikawa, Mrs.
-<o° walking along Powell Street. it’s only Sally’s elegant fur dent of the League; K. Yamamoto F. Tanaka, Mrs. E. Maruno and
ALWAYS SPECIFY
coat. However, it is rather inconvenient to have to step off the
and S. Ooka, vice-presidents; K. Mrs. T. Onami.
Curb iu order to let him pass, isn’t it
Kenno, treasurer; T. Mori, T.
*
Nishizaki, and G. Nagura, secre
^!^$ arrived in droves to witness feminine pulchritude and! taries; and R. Miyamoto and K.
' 4 ice upon the basketball floor. To their disappointment only 31 iyagawa, auditors.
IT IS SOFT. SANITARY ft SOLUBLE
p girls of the forty that turned out were in cute shorts. HowDISCUSSION GROUPS
Fr Eiko and Koko may have made up for all the rest.
Following the business session,
SMITH, DAVIDSON &
The Vancouver Chapter of the
it On the.
the
delegates
reconvened
in
three
Kaz dividing
attention between the
4'actum sitting beside him and the cavorting coquettes ... A groups. The first of these dis J. C. C. L. entertained the Japan
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ftinuous babble of talking from excited Jack only interrupted cussed the “Effect of the Sino- ese Community in a program fea
enovor a certain little girl madt an outstanding play . . . Zen Japanese Conflict on the Second turing artists from the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra and the Chijvously chewing at a string. W
or Generation” with Mr. Ooka in the kuyukai at the Japanese Hall,
chair.
Rev. Mitsubayashi and
j it? . . . Haro wishing that he were in Coach Slug’s
I
February 23.
b boys over-whelmed upon
Rev.
Katazu
were the leaders.
much beauty gathered in
NISEISMr.
L.
C.
Thomas,
president
of
| spot, united in singing
R.
Miyamoto
presided
over
the
love you truly.” all the way to the
ihlheona gym.
second group, which examined the Vancouver Symphony Society
m-w
v
■*
*
the “Marriage Problem of the Sec- invited Niseis to participate in
ond Generation.” Leaders of this the activities of the organization.
T^ Reason 'W Roy traded in his Willys for a Baby
group were .Rev. Hirahara and
Outstanding performance of the
Justin—the roadster held more girls than even he could
Powell St, for your
I
Rev.
Ikuta.
evening was the rendition of two
Randle at one time. The new car holds only three girls
The third t’roup considered the violin numbers, Bloch's1 “Nigun”
Jnd Roy is quite confident that he can manage them and
READY - TO - WEAR
topic, “The Future of Buddhism and Saint Saens’ “Swan” by Mar
> /rive at the .same time. But, don’t worry girls, the Austin
and the Nisei.” Mr. K. Miyamoto garet Purvis.
Japanese music
Us on!y a make-shift—he intends to get a roomier car in the
*
*
$
i
presided,
and
Rev.
Abe
and
Rev.
presented
by
Mr.
K.
Sano,
Miss
■Hear future.
Tachibana led the discussion.
Martha Hori, Miss K. Murata, and
Everything FOR MEN,
The
evening
was
-spent
in
a
Mrs,
T.
Tonogai
was
enthusiastic
f pparently there are many Georges and many green hats,
WOMEN. AND CHILDREN.
tor Jimmy reports that George put a special indentification round (^social activity. Visiting ally received by the audience.
.a
*
. on the
item before sending the New Canadian membety were entertained at a Canadian friends attending the
oh banquet provided by gathering were particular taken
MKui. Brother Vernie reports that George goes to bed with
374-378 Powell Street
the
loci
tyga ni zati on. En t er ta in- with the charm of Japanese numbimous hat on and in rainy weather he carefully wraps it up
r
I'ding
skits,
solos
and
ment. |
Douglas 5525
allophane iu case the colour should run.
numb J
A
’
a
harmonica!
band.
Mr.
Thomas
\\George has beiw ' ijiv’ v" -m ice,-Better watch out’ brougi
Shoyama was
"* 3 conference to
close. ’ chairman for the occasion.
“
\,
'Dame Justice j cauie
' filing
she mustihave
Young Matrons Meet
SOKE
Niseis Invited To
Join Symphony
SOVEREIGN
T”5HIBUVn’5On
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MARCH 1st 1939
THE NEW CANADIAN
Scenes From Judo Tournament
Prepare For
Yamaniura Heads
Powell St, Loop
Nisei Doubles Team
The Mikado stars ar? favorites
to walk off with the champion
ship at the Annual City Open
Table Tennis Tournament aeheduled for March 1-2 at the Vancouver Table Tennis Club. The
finals will be played on March 3
at the Westerns'Sports Centre.
As is the custom, the Keenleyside brothers, Harold and Bill will
be seeded first and second. Bing
Tanaka, the champion Nisei flick
artist will probably be seeded
third.
Beside Tanaka, there will be j
Yoichi Yasui and “Pee Wee”
Kozai to battle for the singles
crown. These three players
have played in the Table Ten
nis league throughout the en
tire season and are now in the
pink of condition. All three are
conceded to have excellent
chances of copping the cham
pionship.
In the doubles the Mikado team
of Bina Tanaka and Y. Y. Yasui
are favoured to come out on top.
The team is reputed to be the
strongest Japanese doubles com
bination on the .Pacific Coast.
The Japanese Open Table Ten
nis Tourney, 'rumoured to take
place at the Alexander Hall, has
not as yet been arranged because
of the uncompleted league sche
dule. The date and the place of
the Open Tournament will be an
nounced in the next issue of this
paper.
________
Bort Hammond to be the now
entry in the Japanese Baseball
League was the decision ol club
rouresenta11ves who met Sunday,
February 26. The Valley nine will
fill the vacant berth caused by
the withdrawal of M. & N. fhe
other teams will be Mikados,
Seconds, a n d
AsahiL
Yamamura will head the
as president this yea r.
Ono. vice-president, Don
u. secretary, and
[Okuda, treasurer, complete the
executive.
The first game of the season
will probably be nlaved either
late in March or the first week
in April.
Nag Nishihara, popular Mikado'
pilot, lias resigned and will not,
be in action in the League this!
year.
t
’th-
' ecu
anthe
ms
sni
by
Sidney Mins Closes Victoria
-rved for
After a year s trial, the i<’?“”‘details- Qf:
Inlet Mining Company closed don n ^^.‘jv
a I civ days ago, throwing oat of
Xi
employment fifty Canadian miners
and a number of local Niseis, lhe ^ stat a
mine failed to yield returns as ex- ^scab
3111011
By Staff Photographer Minicam Photo
tinner Left__Minoru Hatashita, All-Canada Black-Belt Judo champion receives the Nemichi
To Present Trophies
To New Ch - ■
c.
p -; o^s
Oli
away
Angela, Cont'd from Page 2
Before
quels and shuttles for the; season
Badminton enthusiasts will hold
a banquet at th/Ncw Pier Cafe, l«
Saturday. Marc/ IL nt 6:30 p.m.
Trophies will be presented to "4
the Hokutokai
hokulokui cum,
<.i-.^^.|
Club, uuinvm.
currrenl ,w
League leaders, and to the champion^ t^V
ship teams in the men's mixed^ foV'|
doubles open tournament^. Pla/ 3ush- I
for the coming season will iP iK
be laid.
Matt Matsui announces that TO
everyone interested is welcome to
come. Club captains arc request
ed to send in the names of people r
attending before March 9.
The fee for the Banquet will
be 2fr cents.
•m
the big-shots in Ottawa say that
the Japanese can fish for twentyfo-uv hours a day with their assist
ants, while the other fisheimen
can’t do that. But you see those
with boat-puller’s licences can’t
fish by themselves in a boat.
He has to have the ordinary
licence.
But the gov eminent
In an evening filled with thrills and surprises, members of the Vancouver Kido
won’t give him any ordinary
Kan
made a clea/sweep of the Annual Canadian Judo Champ.onship Tournament
licence. On the other hand the
Indians and other fishermen can before a thousand spectators that filled, the Japanese Hall on February 25.
get any amount of fishing licences
Flashing remarkable speed the Vancouver Junior team, with Hideo Tokairin .
that they want. So that they
rhe helm, and composed of Matsukichi Ishii, Tadashi Ban. H.romoto Yainamowx
themselves could fish three, foui,
or five to a boat and never cease Toshio Nishi, Noboru Shimizu and Akira Abe defeated Mission City in the finals ...t
the score of 8-0 to win the pennant held by Steveston last year, symoohe of Team
fishing at all.
Gosh it’s pretty hard for Dick to
Supremacy in the whole of Canada.
bear up.
.
In t^e Black Belter's Class, and Mr. K. Katsusa. Mr. T. IshiSecond Round Winners: T. YaHe was so darn proud of being
Adachi, M.
a Canadian citizen and he used Minoru Hatashita,. Nidan, of bayashi and Mr. Umetsu acted as mada. T. Ban,
? °P\
Vancouver,
repeated
his
victory
Terada,
H.
Tokairin.
Satoru
Tsuji,
*
to laugh at the old fogeys down
timekeepers.
old- of last year after a series of
S. Imaii, S. Sumi, N. Shimizu. H.
I cond
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in his town who were so
Shaeffer Pen Agents
qruelling matches by defeating
Yamamoto,
T.
Mizuguchi,
A.
Abe.
fashioned.
x , ,.
Following are detailed results
and Y. Senta.
I suppose he can t stand the Hidekazu Hashizume of Mission
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of the contest.
City
in
the
thrill-packed
final
sayand
Third Round: N. Shimizu. T.
fellows laughing at him
say
racial]
TEAM COMPETITION: First
Ban. T. Nishi, S. Mizuguchi, M.
ing serves him right for acting round.
Round: Mission defeated Che- Terada, H. Tokairin, and H. Ya
Junior Champ
high-hat.
,
Doug. 3112
331 Powell St- /^l
Gosh I feel so sorry foi Dick
In the Junior Division, Tadashi mainus, Kitsilano defeated Steves mamoto.
tophv.
and Jean and Malcolm, I could Ban also of Vancouver survived ton. Vancouver defeated Maple
Semi-finals: T. Nishi. T. Ban,
Unit
VANCOUVER, B. C
a picked field of fifty-six contest Ridge. Semi-finals; Mission de H. Yamamoto, and H. Tokairin.
cry. Well bye, Angela.
ants from Chemainus. Kitsilano, feated Kitsilano, Vancouver bye.
Finals: Hideo Tokairin and
,,^ence
Finals;
Vancouver
defeated
Mis
Patronise your
Steveston, Maple Ridge, Vancou
Tadashi Ban.
Remember the J. C.
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The Black Belters division was
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JUNIOR
DIVISION:
First
retain his Junior crown by de
contested with equal zeal. Naka
Lhe Hokutokai Dance, April 6144’ 4
feating a team-mate, Hideo To- Round winners. Takaji Omotani, mura, Omori, Sakata, Kimura,
tehtlf
When Your Radio Is In kairin in the breathtaking final. Toru Tsuji, M. Nobuto, Akira Abe, Hashizume, Hatashita, Uyeda,
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Trouble Bring It In To only Occidental to appear was yama, Hideo Miyamoto, Yasuo successful in the first round.
Announcing
Kamino, Shohei Sumi, Kiyoshi
fiven a splendid ovation.
Second Round: Uyeda, Hata
The highlight of the. evening Oka, Takaichi’ Yamada, Toshio shita, Nakamura, and Hashizume.
FRflRH’S SHO€ BEOCIU}
was the presentation of the Nishi, Yoshimitsu Adachi, Tada Finals: Hatashita and Hashi
newly-donated Nemichi Chal shi Ban, Hiromoto Yamamoto, zume.
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IN:
THE NEW CANADIAN
Scenes From Judo Tournament
Prepare For
Yamaniura Heads
Powell St, Loop
Nisei Doubles Team
The Mikado stars ar? favorites
to walk off with the champion
ship at the Annual City Open
Table Tennis Tournament aeheduled for March 1-2 at the Vancouver Table Tennis Club. The
finals will be played on March 3
at the Westerns'Sports Centre.
As is the custom, the Keenleyside brothers, Harold and Bill will
be seeded first and second. Bing
Tanaka, the champion Nisei flick
artist will probably be seeded
third.
Beside Tanaka, there will be j
Yoichi Yasui and “Pee Wee”
Kozai to battle for the singles
crown. These three players
have played in the Table Ten
nis league throughout the en
tire season and are now in the
pink of condition. All three are
conceded to have excellent
chances of copping the cham
pionship.
In the doubles the Mikado team
of Bina Tanaka and Y. Y. Yasui
are favoured to come out on top.
The team is reputed to be the
strongest Japanese doubles com
bination on the .Pacific Coast.
The Japanese Open Table Ten
nis Tourney, 'rumoured to take
place at the Alexander Hall, has
not as yet been arranged because
of the uncompleted league sche
dule. The date and the place of
the Open Tournament will be an
nounced in the next issue of this
paper.
________
Bort Hammond to be the now
entry in the Japanese Baseball
League was the decision ol club
rouresenta11ves who met Sunday,
February 26. The Valley nine will
fill the vacant berth caused by
the withdrawal of M. & N. fhe
other teams will be Mikados,
Seconds, a n d
AsahiL
Yamamura will head the
as president this yea r.
Ono. vice-president, Don
u. secretary, and
[Okuda, treasurer, complete the
executive.
The first game of the season
will probably be nlaved either
late in March or the first week
in April.
Nag Nishihara, popular Mikado'
pilot, lias resigned and will not,
be in action in the League this!
year.
t
’th-
' ecu
anthe
ms
sni
by
Sidney Mins Closes Victoria
-rved for
After a year s trial, the i<’?“”‘details- Qf:
Inlet Mining Company closed don n ^^.‘jv
a I civ days ago, throwing oat of
Xi
employment fifty Canadian miners
and a number of local Niseis, lhe ^ stat a
mine failed to yield returns as ex- ^scab
3111011
By Staff Photographer Minicam Photo
tinner Left__Minoru Hatashita, All-Canada Black-Belt Judo champion receives the Nemichi
To Present Trophies
To New Ch - ■
c.
p -; o^s
Oli
away
Angela, Cont'd from Page 2
Before
quels and shuttles for the; season
Badminton enthusiasts will hold
a banquet at th/Ncw Pier Cafe, l«
Saturday. Marc/ IL nt 6:30 p.m.
Trophies will be presented to "4
the Hokutokai
hokulokui cum,
<.i-.^^.|
Club, uuinvm.
currrenl ,w
League leaders, and to the champion^ t^V
ship teams in the men's mixed^ foV'|
doubles open tournament^. Pla/ 3ush- I
for the coming season will iP iK
be laid.
Matt Matsui announces that TO
everyone interested is welcome to
come. Club captains arc request
ed to send in the names of people r
attending before March 9.
The fee for the Banquet will
be 2fr cents.
•m
the big-shots in Ottawa say that
the Japanese can fish for twentyfo-uv hours a day with their assist
ants, while the other fisheimen
can’t do that. But you see those
with boat-puller’s licences can’t
fish by themselves in a boat.
He has to have the ordinary
licence.
But the gov eminent
In an evening filled with thrills and surprises, members of the Vancouver Kido
won’t give him any ordinary
Kan
made a clea/sweep of the Annual Canadian Judo Champ.onship Tournament
licence. On the other hand the
Indians and other fishermen can before a thousand spectators that filled, the Japanese Hall on February 25.
get any amount of fishing licences
Flashing remarkable speed the Vancouver Junior team, with Hideo Tokairin .
that they want. So that they
rhe helm, and composed of Matsukichi Ishii, Tadashi Ban. H.romoto Yainamowx
themselves could fish three, foui,
or five to a boat and never cease Toshio Nishi, Noboru Shimizu and Akira Abe defeated Mission City in the finals ...t
the score of 8-0 to win the pennant held by Steveston last year, symoohe of Team
fishing at all.
Gosh it’s pretty hard for Dick to
Supremacy in the whole of Canada.
bear up.
.
In t^e Black Belter's Class, and Mr. K. Katsusa. Mr. T. IshiSecond Round Winners: T. YaHe was so darn proud of being
Adachi, M.
a Canadian citizen and he used Minoru Hatashita,. Nidan, of bayashi and Mr. Umetsu acted as mada. T. Ban,
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Vancouver,
repeated
his
victory
Terada,
H.
Tokairin.
Satoru
Tsuji,
*
to laugh at the old fogeys down
timekeepers.
old- of last year after a series of
S. Imaii, S. Sumi, N. Shimizu. H.
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in his town who were so
Shaeffer Pen Agents
qruelling matches by defeating
Yamamoto,
T.
Mizuguchi,
A.
Abe.
fashioned.
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Following are detailed results
and Y. Senta.
I suppose he can t stand the Hidekazu Hashizume of Mission
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of the contest.
City
in
the
thrill-packed
final
sayand
Third Round: N. Shimizu. T.
fellows laughing at him
say
racial]
TEAM COMPETITION: First
Ban. T. Nishi, S. Mizuguchi, M.
ing serves him right for acting round.
Round: Mission defeated Che- Terada, H. Tokairin, and H. Ya
Junior Champ
high-hat.
,
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331 Powell St- /^l
Gosh I feel so sorry foi Dick
In the Junior Division, Tadashi mainus, Kitsilano defeated Steves mamoto.
tophv.
and Jean and Malcolm, I could Ban also of Vancouver survived ton. Vancouver defeated Maple
Semi-finals: T. Nishi. T. Ban,
Unit
VANCOUVER, B. C
a picked field of fifty-six contest Ridge. Semi-finals; Mission de H. Yamamoto, and H. Tokairin.
cry. Well bye, Angela.
ants from Chemainus. Kitsilano, feated Kitsilano, Vancouver bye.
Finals: Hideo Tokairin and
,,^ence
Finals;
Vancouver
defeated
Mis
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Steveston, Maple Ridge, Vancou
Tadashi Ban.
Remember the J. C.
Hew Canadian Advertisers ver Centre and Mission City to sion.
The Black Belters division was
Spring
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JUNIOR
DIVISION:
First
retain his Junior crown by de
contested with equal zeal. Naka
Lhe Hokutokai Dance, April 6144’ 4
feating a team-mate, Hideo To- Round winners. Takaji Omotani, mura, Omori, Sakata, Kimura,
tehtlf
When Your Radio Is In kairin in the breathtaking final. Toru Tsuji, M. Nobuto, Akira Abe, Hashizume, Hatashita, Uyeda,
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Trouble Bring It In To only Occidental to appear was yama, Hideo Miyamoto, Yasuo successful in the first round.
Announcing
Kamino, Shohei Sumi, Kiyoshi
fiven a splendid ovation.
Second Round: Uyeda, Hata
The highlight of the. evening Oka, Takaichi’ Yamada, Toshio shita, Nakamura, and Hashizume.
FRflRH’S SHO€ BEOCIU}
was the presentation of the Nishi, Yoshimitsu Adachi, Tada Finals: Hatashita and Hashi
newly-donated Nemichi Chal shi Ban, Hiromoto Yamamoto, zume.
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MARCH 1st 1939
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HARRY’S CLOTHES
THE SPORT CLOTHESLINE
SHOP
By WASHY
Dad's Cooky Kid '
■D
3 he mad buzzing around to keep up with the incessant whirl- *
*
wind of activities has left it’s mark . . . I’m so dizzy and groggv
now that if this clothesline ends up similar to the way I feel please
<v
Smart Clothes for Smart don t blame your columnist too much.
*
Spring must be around the corner. The various winter sports £
Men
Badminton, Basketball, Table Tennis, Skiing and even Chinese S:
checkers are now coming down the home stretch. We’ve been
literally swamped with playoffs and tournaments during the last
fortnight. In a few weeks more all the cifampions of different
sports
will be crowned.
459 E. Hastings St.
Already one championship has come home to roost. Mi Aki
High. 2132
yama and Tommy Iwasaki, the hard hitting Badminton pair blasted
(how way to take the men’s doubles crown. Their win seemed to
be in the nature of a fluke to many of the fans but shucks I knew
they’d win all along. Oh Yeah!
? A
FINEST CAKES
To prove that I’m not so full of “hot air” I’ll predict the next
/g
mixed doubles championship team. Well here it is . . . Johnny
Tanaka and Tomi Mizuzawa. The team will make the rest of the
>6
entrants look sick.
B
B Class Successful
Loking back to the men’s doubles tourney, the best part of it
392 Powell St.
was the successful innovation of the B Class. It was good to see
so .many potential Birchs and Samis’ smack that shuttle around
It is only through creating interest among the younger people that
good players can be made.
While on the subject of Badminton here is somethina
i
^at reaNy belongs to So-ne Hen-ne. What two youna
/
Badminton players who after being knocked out of the
tourney felt so badly that they ran into a nearby theatre
to drown their sorrows?
Steamrollers Lack Steam
Seattle Steamrollers won, but they failed to uphold Vancouverites’ high estimate of the Courier AA League. _______
HIGH. 4567
S teamrollers were
very lucky to come out on top by one measly point. Either Nippons
1355 POWELL STREET
did surprisingly well or else the Johnston Drug team played very
pooily. but in any case we have come to the conclusion that the
Nippons aren t. too bad and Seattle not half as good as old “Waki”
the Seattle Sports Editor of the Courier would have us know.
Heard at the game . . . “Somebody should donate a double
strengtn pair of suspenders to Shaw Miz” . . . ‘'Say introduce me
*
$
*
!f
n!Ky Iooking Seattle ‘dames'
Baby Tank Kurose,
the
^04
pounder
indignantly
replying,
“
I
’
m
not
a
young
kid anymore
FLOWERS
»J
gosh Im 19 years old now! . . . George Tokuda, Seattle manager’
Language of the Heart
lamenting What a lousy game we played” . . . Yanagimachi ad
Smiling Billy Blinkhorn, the Dad’s Cookie Kid, and well-known
* 4 *
mitting “Well, I gptta admit the Nippons are pretty good.”
sindent of the Japanese Language, will be one of the
B0UCUETS. WREATHS, POTTED PLANTS
outstanding
artists on the nowcll I.P. Concert this coming
Hoopsterettes
Saturday at the
2356 W 4T'h AVE.
BAY. 7881
FACT! Gentler sex invade basketball floor. Japanese gym Japanese Hall.
tilled to capacity. Not even standing room left.
A
STORY: The popular game of melon-heaving has now taken
$
aold of the Nisei girls. Some forty enthusiasts, responding to a
'notice of the formation of a Cagette league, turned out in full
;orce last Thursday and Friday to play At Basketball.
It is a healthy sign when the girls show so much pep and an
eagerness to learn the game. Although the league will not officially
li\ ^ TOILET
REQUISITES
commence till the fall, Mi Akiyama hopes to arrange a few pick
‘’Ai STATIONERY KODAKS
The Fuji Ski Club will meet the selves at home. Free coffee will
up games for the remainder of the season. But first he must divide
Seattle
Rokkas in their long- be served.
the girls into four or five teams.
The visitors will be entertained
Io relieve the officials of racking their brains for names awaited tournament, S u n d ay ,
March 5. Junior events will be at a dance in the Hastings AudiICor. Main & Powell St.,
wre are a few suggestions . . . Amazons, Senoritas, Gold-diggers’
™n off,in the morning, and the torium, Friday evening.
Stan
L-ictshas,
even Squaws or Polecats, c
•
Or what,
about
these, Naughty featured . slalom
Sey. 6003
-------- 1 and downhill Hardy’s orchestra will provide the
Mariettas, Coquettes, Wallflowers, Pansies, Sweethearts,
Suffratlle afteriloon- music. Saturday will be spent in
gettes. and Vancouver Grads.
.
Fo
I
?
e
benefit
of spectators, touring the city and practising on
Again going into the territory of Thin Ice, I would like to menthe Fuji Cabin will be open and Grouse Mountain in
m preparation
preparation
bradhat ol’ Shige, the usually careless chap who appears so
all are welcome, to make them- for the big meet.
pnlivmus oi any girls’ appearance turned up on the first night of
the practice immaculately dressed. And (believe it or not) had
V
his hair slicked down with hair grease. He was so dazed by the
number of “wimmin” that he didn’t know what he was doin’ half
of the time.
&
Also the girls should be a gold mine to Mi Akiyama’s depleted
w
PUBLIC LIABILITY
FIRE
He will be able to charge admission for the games and
PLATE GLASS
1 1 r
the fans.
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whether they see a good basketball game or not, cannot
.kick because they 11 see something anyway.
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Right now the local Basketball League is in the midst of the
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"crooshal” playoffs,• It was pitiful the rude way in which Steveston
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was shoved out of the eliminations by the lowlv Fairview Fairww played a superb game behind the steady playmaking of Sam
We will gladly give you expert advice regarding any
-yede who was here, there and everywhere. If Fairview keeps up
, DRY GOODS
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'.tal c:'.' g of ''^^ethal1. there is every reason to expect them to
ANESE PROVISIONS
WE SPECIALIZE IN
tw? slralsl,t S«nies. They might, you know,
CURIOS
wade nght through Ern.es to cop the coveted mug. Fairview won
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT CASES
tneir las: year s championship by starting the playoff series in tip
415 Powell Street
Vancouver, B.C.
same way as they are doing now.
CHILDREN'S
*
’
its
ugs
(or
na
nrat
*
SUMIYOSHI
POWELL LUMBER
4 FUEL CO., LTD.
EDO FLORI5T
Fuji Skiiers tals To Rokkas
j TAKAHARA CO..
'Plans Far Big Event Completed''—Ohori
Tanaka Insurance Agency
i
.1
■^
MAIKAWA
HORSEHIDE AND HICKORY
ADIES' AND
Ridging from the way the fans are het up over the Senior A
League, Asahis will just have to enter. Bob Brown says that, the
GENT'S WEAR
eague will be
sure thing and all that is needed now is
schedule.
IL
f
This proposed loop will certainly be a badly needed break for
369 Powell St .
?nS’ Wh° were so rudely trc,ated last year because the
games had K start at 6:00 p.m. No more empty stomachs and no
VANCOUVER, B. C.
more abused stomachs from hastily gulped meals just to get to
i ni S'1^? *lme Eve1°ne- including the fans who could no attend
11 six „ clock games because of work, will now be able to haunt
NOTICE
the night games at Athletic Park in solid comfort.
From the Sth of March the
suggestion, if the 10 cents per person gate that
tone number of the New Can- 14 n
IHipulai-<guh thG Terminal League at Con Jones Park is
Han office will change from established a. Athletic Park. “
Bob Brown would be guaranteed a
Mglas 1076 to Trinity 1076.
packed house every time.
\
a. a y
colour
b 'd in
icer-ov.
.
Dame■ Justice ,came •
she must (have used a a
■ » St ch oil
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MARCH 1st 1939
g
HARRY’S CLOTHES
THE SPORT CLOTHESLINE
SHOP
By WASHY
Dad's Cooky Kid '
■D
3 he mad buzzing around to keep up with the incessant whirl- *
*
wind of activities has left it’s mark . . . I’m so dizzy and groggv
now that if this clothesline ends up similar to the way I feel please
<v
Smart Clothes for Smart don t blame your columnist too much.
*
Spring must be around the corner. The various winter sports £
Men
Badminton, Basketball, Table Tennis, Skiing and even Chinese S:
checkers are now coming down the home stretch. We’ve been
literally swamped with playoffs and tournaments during the last
fortnight. In a few weeks more all the cifampions of different
sports
will be crowned.
459 E. Hastings St.
Already one championship has come home to roost. Mi Aki
High. 2132
yama and Tommy Iwasaki, the hard hitting Badminton pair blasted
(how way to take the men’s doubles crown. Their win seemed to
be in the nature of a fluke to many of the fans but shucks I knew
they’d win all along. Oh Yeah!
? A
FINEST CAKES
To prove that I’m not so full of “hot air” I’ll predict the next
/g
mixed doubles championship team. Well here it is . . . Johnny
Tanaka and Tomi Mizuzawa. The team will make the rest of the
>6
entrants look sick.
B
B Class Successful
Loking back to the men’s doubles tourney, the best part of it
392 Powell St.
was the successful innovation of the B Class. It was good to see
so .many potential Birchs and Samis’ smack that shuttle around
It is only through creating interest among the younger people that
good players can be made.
While on the subject of Badminton here is somethina
i
^at reaNy belongs to So-ne Hen-ne. What two youna
/
Badminton players who after being knocked out of the
tourney felt so badly that they ran into a nearby theatre
to drown their sorrows?
Steamrollers Lack Steam
Seattle Steamrollers won, but they failed to uphold Vancouverites’ high estimate of the Courier AA League. _______
HIGH. 4567
S teamrollers were
very lucky to come out on top by one measly point. Either Nippons
1355 POWELL STREET
did surprisingly well or else the Johnston Drug team played very
pooily. but in any case we have come to the conclusion that the
Nippons aren t. too bad and Seattle not half as good as old “Waki”
the Seattle Sports Editor of the Courier would have us know.
Heard at the game . . . “Somebody should donate a double
strengtn pair of suspenders to Shaw Miz” . . . ‘'Say introduce me
*
$
*
!f
n!Ky Iooking Seattle ‘dames'
Baby Tank Kurose,
the
^04
pounder
indignantly
replying,
“
I
’
m
not
a
young
kid anymore
FLOWERS
»J
gosh Im 19 years old now! . . . George Tokuda, Seattle manager’
Language of the Heart
lamenting What a lousy game we played” . . . Yanagimachi ad
Smiling Billy Blinkhorn, the Dad’s Cookie Kid, and well-known
* 4 *
mitting “Well, I gptta admit the Nippons are pretty good.”
sindent of the Japanese Language, will be one of the
B0UCUETS. WREATHS, POTTED PLANTS
outstanding
artists on the nowcll I.P. Concert this coming
Hoopsterettes
Saturday at the
2356 W 4T'h AVE.
BAY. 7881
FACT! Gentler sex invade basketball floor. Japanese gym Japanese Hall.
tilled to capacity. Not even standing room left.
A
STORY: The popular game of melon-heaving has now taken
$
aold of the Nisei girls. Some forty enthusiasts, responding to a
'notice of the formation of a Cagette league, turned out in full
;orce last Thursday and Friday to play At Basketball.
It is a healthy sign when the girls show so much pep and an
eagerness to learn the game. Although the league will not officially
li\ ^ TOILET
REQUISITES
commence till the fall, Mi Akiyama hopes to arrange a few pick
‘’Ai STATIONERY KODAKS
The Fuji Ski Club will meet the selves at home. Free coffee will
up games for the remainder of the season. But first he must divide
Seattle
Rokkas in their long- be served.
the girls into four or five teams.
The visitors will be entertained
Io relieve the officials of racking their brains for names awaited tournament, S u n d ay ,
March 5. Junior events will be at a dance in the Hastings AudiICor. Main & Powell St.,
wre are a few suggestions . . . Amazons, Senoritas, Gold-diggers’
™n off,in the morning, and the torium, Friday evening.
Stan
L-ictshas,
even Squaws or Polecats, c
•
Or what,
about
these, Naughty featured . slalom
Sey. 6003
-------- 1 and downhill Hardy’s orchestra will provide the
Mariettas, Coquettes, Wallflowers, Pansies, Sweethearts,
Suffratlle afteriloon- music. Saturday will be spent in
gettes. and Vancouver Grads.
.
Fo
I
?
e
benefit
of spectators, touring the city and practising on
Again going into the territory of Thin Ice, I would like to menthe Fuji Cabin will be open and Grouse Mountain in
m preparation
preparation
bradhat ol’ Shige, the usually careless chap who appears so
all are welcome, to make them- for the big meet.
pnlivmus oi any girls’ appearance turned up on the first night of
the practice immaculately dressed. And (believe it or not) had
V
his hair slicked down with hair grease. He was so dazed by the
number of “wimmin” that he didn’t know what he was doin’ half
of the time.
&
Also the girls should be a gold mine to Mi Akiyama’s depleted
w
PUBLIC LIABILITY
FIRE
He will be able to charge admission for the games and
PLATE GLASS
1 1 r
the fans.
AUTOMOBILE
7
whether they see a good basketball game or not, cannot
.kick because they 11 see something anyway.
ALL RISK FLOATERS
ACCIDENT
Play-off Previews
© GUARANTEE (Bonds)
SICKNESS
Right now the local Basketball League is in the midst of the
BURGLARY (all risks)
MARINE
"crooshal” playoffs,• It was pitiful the rude way in which Steveston
® INLAND TRANSPORTATION
© LIFE
was shoved out of the eliminations by the lowlv Fairview Fairww played a superb game behind the steady playmaking of Sam
We will gladly give you expert advice regarding any
-yede who was here, there and everywhere. If Fairview keeps up
, DRY GOODS
Insurance Problem
'.tal c:'.' g of ''^^ethal1. there is every reason to expect them to
ANESE PROVISIONS
WE SPECIALIZE IN
tw? slralsl,t S«nies. They might, you know,
CURIOS
wade nght through Ern.es to cop the coveted mug. Fairview won
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT CASES
tneir las: year s championship by starting the playoff series in tip
415 Powell Street
Vancouver, B.C.
same way as they are doing now.
CHILDREN'S
*
’
its
ugs
(or
na
nrat
*
SUMIYOSHI
POWELL LUMBER
4 FUEL CO., LTD.
EDO FLORI5T
Fuji Skiiers tals To Rokkas
j TAKAHARA CO..
'Plans Far Big Event Completed''—Ohori
Tanaka Insurance Agency
i
.1
■^
MAIKAWA
HORSEHIDE AND HICKORY
ADIES' AND
Ridging from the way the fans are het up over the Senior A
League, Asahis will just have to enter. Bob Brown says that, the
GENT'S WEAR
eague will be
sure thing and all that is needed now is
schedule.
IL
f
This proposed loop will certainly be a badly needed break for
369 Powell St .
?nS’ Wh° were so rudely trc,ated last year because the
games had K start at 6:00 p.m. No more empty stomachs and no
VANCOUVER, B. C.
more abused stomachs from hastily gulped meals just to get to
i ni S'1^? *lme Eve1°ne- including the fans who could no attend
11 six „ clock games because of work, will now be able to haunt
NOTICE
the night games at Athletic Park in solid comfort.
From the Sth of March the
suggestion, if the 10 cents per person gate that
tone number of the New Can- 14 n
IHipulai-<guh thG Terminal League at Con Jones Park is
Han office will change from established a. Athletic Park. “
Bob Brown would be guaranteed a
Mglas 1076 to Trinity 1076.
packed house every time.
\
a. a y
colour
b 'd in
icer-ov.
.
Dame■ Justice ,came •
she must (have used a a
■ » St ch oil
PHONE HIGHLAND 2571
J^V^HV^WWWWkMAWWWWm
?
MADE TO MEASURE
AND UP
more than 500 NEW PATTERNS TO CHOOSE
FROM
Matsumiya & Nose Ltd
229 POWELL ST.,
ss
I
k
0-
a
iie