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The New Canadian
THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION
Vol. 2
it!
Cos.
Weekly
B
ths
$
Phe more I see of human beings, j
■ more I begin to realize that 11
knew less and less of them.
I
This applies to practically all the
I have ever met. But of all
id
beings with whom I have
Many problem's ui
of acute
acute lilltK
inter
contact, । । iin
e most । est to the Japanese population of
com o'ex in their psychological
o
Canada will be discussed at the
21
nake-up are the Niseis.
annual conference of first gener-'
At the annual presentation of
El
Caught up in the very begin
at ion organizations this coming!
the Toronto Conservatory of Mubi
ning in a conflict of race and cul
Kill
Sunday at the Fuji.
!
at
University
ture, in physical appearance, in
Sponsored by the Canadian Jap-!
October 7 and 11. over fifty Nisei;
R habits of daily life, habits of anese
Association. invitations!
lasted the thrilling experience o
thought, modes of social action
have been extended to some!
receiving their diplomas and cer
i —all this turmoil has been en- 90
tificato * from the principal. Sir
Is'sei organizations throughout
graven deeply upon their perthe province.
MacMillan, eminent coni sonality.
ductor and composer.
Featuring the discussions will
With the outbreak of the war be a consideration of second
Dr. ... S. Klinck, president of
here is the setting not only for the I generation
the I diversity and chairman
vocational
prob
second
generation
novel,
but
for
a
I
1
May evening, pointed out
lems, with Nobuichi Yamaoka, j
psychological drama. To do the sit-! National JCCL executive and i
in his address from the chair
cation the fullest justice would re- ! member of the Board of Direc- !
(hat even in time of war music
cuire the depth and power of a I tors of the C.J.A., leading.
was both a luxury and a necosi
dramatist such as the great Ger
sity.
"an aesthetic, cultural and
It is expected that the possibil
man, Friedrich Hebbel.
spiritual inheritance which we
ity of raising funds to assist |
The reaction of . the com plex needy students in carrying out;
cannot afford to sacrifice at. ibis
psychology of the Nisei to the war their studies and to assist young!
or any other time.’’
situation within the next few people in opening up business en
Last Saturday, four Niseis—
months promises to be more in- terprises a’s a solution to the. very
Kazuko
Nakamura
(teacher
is
Ite teresting, more stirring in its grave occupational problem will
Mary Naka). Aiko Watanabe
revelation of human personal •ty, be explored.
(Lily Washimoto), Frances Hi
Photo by S. Fukunaga. rota (St. Patrick’s Convent)
more alive with the seething of
Although it is difficult to haz
Vancouver’s Hompa Buddhist Temple celebrated its 35th anni and Mariko Tokunaga (Emily
human emotions, than any other ard an estimate of the results of!
versary
last Sunday with traditional pomp and ceremony. Snapped May Cotton)—took part in the
experience in my three score years. the conference, it will serve to
s
The varying reactions and atti
bring together representatives in an informal pose (top right) is Bishop R. Matsukage, of San musical program given by the
tudes — bitter, indifferent, en
from many different districts Francisco, headquarters of the Buddhist Mission in North America, outstanding pupils.
thusiastic, idealist—all betray in
Wednesd ay evening. Molly Hiwith their own peculiar problems, who was invited to participate in the celebration. Leading the
procession
(top
left)
were
President
E.
Kagetsu
and
Vice-President
some manner or, other the en
ray a ma who won distinction by
as well as to make possible fruit
?W?s
R.
Kuramitsu,
while
close
behind
with
the
banner
followed
Sunday
vironment that produced the per
being one of the two pupils out
ful discussion on problems com
IS
sonality. For it is perfectly true
School
Teacher
T.
Teramura.
At
the
bottom
are
shown
some
of
of
a large number of candidates
mon to all. Mr. Yamaoka stated
that each of us is a part of all
the 57 colorful “Ochigo” who took part in the celebration.
to take first class honors in the
to The New Canadian.
that we have met.
solo performer’s class for piano,
Mr. E. Kagetsu. president of
was warmly appla.ude.il by the
Here for instance is just a sur the C.J.A.. will preside over the
audience for her delicate and
face indication of what I am trying conference.
to point out.
sensitive rendition of "Prelude in
B Minor" by Bach and "Capriccio
This week the editor received a
s
Nisei
Bureau
JAPAN
TOUR
in B Manor
76, No. 2” by
very long and very fine letter from
Brahms.
She
fs
the
pupil of Nobu
someone whom I should like to
Under the sponsorship of the Koenkai, two local teachers, Miss
Plauned
For
Tokyo
j
meet. This "Nisei" contends that
Doris Laverock of the Grandview High School of Commerce and Miss Higashi and M iss Ca v e- Brownethe traditional spirit of Japan, the
Nisei now in Japan or those Margery 0. Scott of the Richmond High School, who toured the Far Cave.
spirit of Bushido, would indicate contemplating a period of resi
very clearly the stand that the dence there — may find benefit East as guests of the Japan Tourist Bureau will give an illustrated lecture
Niseis must take in the war.
and assistance from the proposed of their trip at the Japanese Hall tomorrow evening from 7:30.
Nisei Red Cross?
Souvenirs of the tour which have been kindly loaned by the
Nisei Information Bureau which!
And yesterday we received a call a former coast newspaperman. I teachers will be on display in the front rooms during the afternoon
from a young Nisei matron, former- Tamotsu Murayama of San Fran- from 2:00.
ly very active in the citizenship! cisco, is now planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
movement, but now very happily! According to an article by Muearned and very busily occupied rayama in a late issue of the;
Evening classes in the study of "Political and Economic Ideas"
with household and family duties. “Nippon-to-America,” a Japanese!
Japanese
Her suggestion is that Nisei girls monthly magazine, the bureau will be conducted by Professor G F. Drummond of U.B.C., beginning
Monday, October 16 at the Vancouver Normal School.
should get together in a Nisei Red will
Proceeds For
Cross or similar organization,
The classes are sponsored by the Department of University Exten
1. Conduct extensive surveys
through which they could do their on the Nisei.
Red Cross Society
sion, in co-operation with the Vancouver Youth Council.
i
Part
in
the
nation's
immigration
and
2-.
Render
war effort,
IM
Wi th the view of doing their
She is anxious to hear from any passport services.
COMMUNITY CENTRE
bit for Canada in the present naorners who may be interested, and
kengakuden parties
o. Assist
tional
emergency, the Japanese
Firing the first gun in a drive to establish a fund to finance the
asks that they write to this column from America.
branch of the Canadian Legion
V, H their suggestions.
4. Assist Nisei in finding em construction of a community centre, the Seattle JACL will hold a two- will sponsor a concert at. the Japwar front
day concert, November 4-5.
‘
■
ployment in Japan.
a n e^ e II a II Jai i u a r y 2. Proc ee d s
the die was cast this week on
of the concert will bo handed
me history of our epoch, as Britain
over to the Red Cross Society,
3'M France emphatically rejected
Cecil Oka warn and Satoshi Napeace overtures from Germany,
kamura who are in charge of ar^■escribing them as "impossible"!
BBS
ranging the program, disclosed
Peace terms.
i
,
_
, ,
;
With over a month of publication in the weekly field, The New Canadian has passed beyond all ex- that it will be practically an allwith, perimental stages, and is now firmly launched as a growing and progressive organ of expression for the Nisei evening and that they are
a
Mea
l 3
the war would bei second generation Japanese in Canada.
gathering talent not iherely from
st
re ent essly, and now that;
With well over eight months of publication and successful financing behind it, this all-Nisei venture Vancouver but from out-of-town
dfi'isive question of foreign news
may point with pride to a definite record of achievement and to a future bright with the promise of points such as Stevcston and
^respondents, "What kind of war service on behalf of the Nisei.
New Westminster.
■ -his? is soon to be answered.
The
staff
of
The
New
Canadian
is
grateful
to
the
entire
Japanese
community
for
the
whole-hearted;
Items on the program will be
Meanwhile Russia continued to
support
which
has
been
given
to
the
paper
—
the
support
which
alone
has
made
this
record
of
achievement!
as
varied as they are numerous.
’«iect a disturbing and menacing
possible.
Entertainment will run the gamut
note into the situation as she
But
to
fulfill
its
utmost
purpose,
The
New
Canadian
must
be
read
in
every
Nisei
home
in
the
counof
stage and musical repertoire.
carried on
her bloodless but
circulated
far
and
wide
among
our
fellow-citizens
of Canada.
try, and
Skiis, tap. acrobatic and ballet
equally effective campaign of ag
achieve the first every bona-fide subscriber at the present time will be given one month's sub- dancing. individual and group
gression against neighboring in
scription free, for the name of each new subscriber sent in.
Japanese odori, Japanese instru
dependent states.
If the first objective can be achieved, the second is made much more possible. Then and only mental music by the ChikuyukaL
Out of this situation came the then can The New Canadian carry its message on behalf
of the Nisei to the Canadian public, and American and Japanese popular
carry on in this fight to win the Canadian public, and carry on in this fight to win for the Nisei their i songs and band numbers are beSee WEEKLY Page 8
rightful place as Canadian citizens.
| ing arranged.
8
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THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION
Vol. 2
it!
Cos.
Weekly
B
ths
$
Phe more I see of human beings, j
■ more I begin to realize that 11
knew less and less of them.
I
This applies to practically all the
I have ever met. But of all
id
beings with whom I have
Many problem's ui
of acute
acute lilltK
inter
contact, । । iin
e most । est to the Japanese population of
com o'ex in their psychological
o
Canada will be discussed at the
21
nake-up are the Niseis.
annual conference of first gener-'
At the annual presentation of
El
Caught up in the very begin
at ion organizations this coming!
the Toronto Conservatory of Mubi
ning in a conflict of race and cul
Kill
Sunday at the Fuji.
!
at
University
ture, in physical appearance, in
Sponsored by the Canadian Jap-!
October 7 and 11. over fifty Nisei;
R habits of daily life, habits of anese
Association. invitations!
lasted the thrilling experience o
thought, modes of social action
have been extended to some!
receiving their diplomas and cer
i —all this turmoil has been en- 90
tificato * from the principal. Sir
Is'sei organizations throughout
graven deeply upon their perthe province.
MacMillan, eminent coni sonality.
ductor and composer.
Featuring the discussions will
With the outbreak of the war be a consideration of second
Dr. ... S. Klinck, president of
here is the setting not only for the I generation
the I diversity and chairman
vocational
prob
second
generation
novel,
but
for
a
I
1
May evening, pointed out
lems, with Nobuichi Yamaoka, j
psychological drama. To do the sit-! National JCCL executive and i
in his address from the chair
cation the fullest justice would re- ! member of the Board of Direc- !
(hat even in time of war music
cuire the depth and power of a I tors of the C.J.A., leading.
was both a luxury and a necosi
dramatist such as the great Ger
sity.
"an aesthetic, cultural and
It is expected that the possibil
man, Friedrich Hebbel.
spiritual inheritance which we
ity of raising funds to assist |
The reaction of . the com plex needy students in carrying out;
cannot afford to sacrifice at. ibis
psychology of the Nisei to the war their studies and to assist young!
or any other time.’’
situation within the next few people in opening up business en
Last Saturday, four Niseis—
months promises to be more in- terprises a’s a solution to the. very
Kazuko
Nakamura
(teacher
is
Ite teresting, more stirring in its grave occupational problem will
Mary Naka). Aiko Watanabe
revelation of human personal •ty, be explored.
(Lily Washimoto), Frances Hi
Photo by S. Fukunaga. rota (St. Patrick’s Convent)
more alive with the seething of
Although it is difficult to haz
Vancouver’s Hompa Buddhist Temple celebrated its 35th anni and Mariko Tokunaga (Emily
human emotions, than any other ard an estimate of the results of!
versary
last Sunday with traditional pomp and ceremony. Snapped May Cotton)—took part in the
experience in my three score years. the conference, it will serve to
s
The varying reactions and atti
bring together representatives in an informal pose (top right) is Bishop R. Matsukage, of San musical program given by the
tudes — bitter, indifferent, en
from many different districts Francisco, headquarters of the Buddhist Mission in North America, outstanding pupils.
thusiastic, idealist—all betray in
Wednesd ay evening. Molly Hiwith their own peculiar problems, who was invited to participate in the celebration. Leading the
procession
(top
left)
were
President
E.
Kagetsu
and
Vice-President
some manner or, other the en
ray a ma who won distinction by
as well as to make possible fruit
?W?s
R.
Kuramitsu,
while
close
behind
with
the
banner
followed
Sunday
vironment that produced the per
being one of the two pupils out
ful discussion on problems com
IS
sonality. For it is perfectly true
School
Teacher
T.
Teramura.
At
the
bottom
are
shown
some
of
of
a large number of candidates
mon to all. Mr. Yamaoka stated
that each of us is a part of all
the 57 colorful “Ochigo” who took part in the celebration.
to take first class honors in the
to The New Canadian.
that we have met.
solo performer’s class for piano,
Mr. E. Kagetsu. president of
was warmly appla.ude.il by the
Here for instance is just a sur the C.J.A.. will preside over the
audience for her delicate and
face indication of what I am trying conference.
to point out.
sensitive rendition of "Prelude in
B Minor" by Bach and "Capriccio
This week the editor received a
s
Nisei
Bureau
JAPAN
TOUR
in B Manor
76, No. 2” by
very long and very fine letter from
Brahms.
She
fs
the
pupil of Nobu
someone whom I should like to
Under the sponsorship of the Koenkai, two local teachers, Miss
Plauned
For
Tokyo
j
meet. This "Nisei" contends that
Doris Laverock of the Grandview High School of Commerce and Miss Higashi and M iss Ca v e- Brownethe traditional spirit of Japan, the
Nisei now in Japan or those Margery 0. Scott of the Richmond High School, who toured the Far Cave.
spirit of Bushido, would indicate contemplating a period of resi
very clearly the stand that the dence there — may find benefit East as guests of the Japan Tourist Bureau will give an illustrated lecture
Niseis must take in the war.
and assistance from the proposed of their trip at the Japanese Hall tomorrow evening from 7:30.
Nisei Red Cross?
Souvenirs of the tour which have been kindly loaned by the
Nisei Information Bureau which!
And yesterday we received a call a former coast newspaperman. I teachers will be on display in the front rooms during the afternoon
from a young Nisei matron, former- Tamotsu Murayama of San Fran- from 2:00.
ly very active in the citizenship! cisco, is now planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
movement, but now very happily! According to an article by Muearned and very busily occupied rayama in a late issue of the;
Evening classes in the study of "Political and Economic Ideas"
with household and family duties. “Nippon-to-America,” a Japanese!
Japanese
Her suggestion is that Nisei girls monthly magazine, the bureau will be conducted by Professor G F. Drummond of U.B.C., beginning
Monday, October 16 at the Vancouver Normal School.
should get together in a Nisei Red will
Proceeds For
Cross or similar organization,
The classes are sponsored by the Department of University Exten
1. Conduct extensive surveys
through which they could do their on the Nisei.
Red Cross Society
sion, in co-operation with the Vancouver Youth Council.
i
Part
in
the
nation's
immigration
and
2-.
Render
war effort,
IM
Wi th the view of doing their
She is anxious to hear from any passport services.
COMMUNITY CENTRE
bit for Canada in the present naorners who may be interested, and
kengakuden parties
o. Assist
tional
emergency, the Japanese
Firing the first gun in a drive to establish a fund to finance the
asks that they write to this column from America.
branch of the Canadian Legion
V, H their suggestions.
4. Assist Nisei in finding em construction of a community centre, the Seattle JACL will hold a two- will sponsor a concert at. the Japwar front
day concert, November 4-5.
‘
■
ployment in Japan.
a n e^ e II a II Jai i u a r y 2. Proc ee d s
the die was cast this week on
of the concert will bo handed
me history of our epoch, as Britain
over to the Red Cross Society,
3'M France emphatically rejected
Cecil Oka warn and Satoshi Napeace overtures from Germany,
kamura who are in charge of ar^■escribing them as "impossible"!
BBS
ranging the program, disclosed
Peace terms.
i
,
_
, ,
;
With over a month of publication in the weekly field, The New Canadian has passed beyond all ex- that it will be practically an allwith, perimental stages, and is now firmly launched as a growing and progressive organ of expression for the Nisei evening and that they are
a
Mea
l 3
the war would bei second generation Japanese in Canada.
gathering talent not iherely from
st
re ent essly, and now that;
With well over eight months of publication and successful financing behind it, this all-Nisei venture Vancouver but from out-of-town
dfi'isive question of foreign news
may point with pride to a definite record of achievement and to a future bright with the promise of points such as Stevcston and
^respondents, "What kind of war service on behalf of the Nisei.
New Westminster.
■ -his? is soon to be answered.
The
staff
of
The
New
Canadian
is
grateful
to
the
entire
Japanese
community
for
the
whole-hearted;
Items on the program will be
Meanwhile Russia continued to
support
which
has
been
given
to
the
paper
—
the
support
which
alone
has
made
this
record
of
achievement!
as
varied as they are numerous.
’«iect a disturbing and menacing
possible.
Entertainment will run the gamut
note into the situation as she
But
to
fulfill
its
utmost
purpose,
The
New
Canadian
must
be
read
in
every
Nisei
home
in
the
counof
stage and musical repertoire.
carried on
her bloodless but
circulated
far
and
wide
among
our
fellow-citizens
of Canada.
try, and
Skiis, tap. acrobatic and ballet
equally effective campaign of ag
achieve the first every bona-fide subscriber at the present time will be given one month's sub- dancing. individual and group
gression against neighboring in
scription free, for the name of each new subscriber sent in.
Japanese odori, Japanese instru
dependent states.
If the first objective can be achieved, the second is made much more possible. Then and only mental music by the ChikuyukaL
Out of this situation came the then can The New Canadian carry its message on behalf
of the Nisei to the Canadian public, and American and Japanese popular
carry on in this fight to win the Canadian public, and carry on in this fight to win for the Nisei their i songs and band numbers are beSee WEEKLY Page 8
rightful place as Canadian citizens.
| ing arranged.
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THE NEW CANADIAN
THE NEW CANADIAN
EXCHANGE
OCTOBER 13, 1939
Letter To The Editor
The Vanguard of Nisei Opinion
. LETTUCE
. . AGRICULTURE
EDITORS
. . . JAPANOPHOBIA
Thomas K. Shoyama, Yoshimitsu Higashi, Edward T. Ouchi, . . . . PUBLICITY
Seiji Onizuka, Irene Uchida, Minoru Yatabe.
Somehow the war seems to have
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS
faded into unreality these crisp
Jo Seko October days. Even the headlines
Wataru Inouye
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THE
lose their suggestively cataclysmic
aura, as the public settles down to
TAIYO PRINTING CO., 230 ALEXANDER STREET
the normal routine of earning the
Registered as second-class matter at Ottawa, February 13,
daily bread.
1939, under the Postal Regulations of Canada.
What's more appropriate then,
that
our exchange columns should
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
be headed by the most appealing
25c a month, $2.50 a year.
of the success stories to come our
way recently. It concerns some
thing downright human and earthy,
a "lettuce king."
Our National Unity
Telephone TRinity 0309
S
9
396 Powell Street
(Editor: The New Canadian.)
The spiritual understanding between the first and second
eration has most unfortunately been left as an unbridled, va -^
chasm, in spite of the necessity of mutual 'sympathy for the^
monious relationship between parent and child.
'
31
At present the Nisei are
other group, including our par
charged that they lack moral
ents. After all, we are of the
fibre and strength, initiative,
same stock. I have not known
and the traditional spirit;
any Nisei to back out when the
while the Issei group is accused
going became rough. The will
of being narrow-minded, too
to win and to push through at
conservative and self-centred,
all costs is quite safely |0Yed
and unwilling to adapt itself to
within us.
new conditions.
'
Regarding the concepts of]w
LETTUCE KING
Current Problem
The entire subject is indeed a and responsibility of the Nisei
The Nisei of British'Columbia will watch the trend
The Los Angeles Mirror has the
the opinion of the first genera
of national events in Quebec during the next two weeks brief story of Takeo Yuki, who, personal one. but in the light of tion is divided. Those who have
with the keenest interest. For no more serious threat to with a white partner in the lettuce current events it is essential that experienced personal contacts
business, is said to handle an an personal ideas and viewpoints be
to the existence of our national unity has arisen since Con nual
gross turnover of over a mil exchanged in order to appreciate Lwith us in responsible positions
federation than the present issue in Quebec.
the nature of the motives influ-1/- > not question our standing in
lion dollars.
this respect.
Although his tenure of office has not yet expired,
This lettuce king ships about 20 encing actions of the other.
Premier Maurice Duplessis has called an election, and is carloads of the salad material daily, I am merely another one of the
waging his campaign upon the issues of no conscription, while his annual output totals some the second generation. All of the The matter of loyalty of the J
commonly referred to as (Niseis is of greatest interest, par-'
the sacredness of Quebec's provincial rights, and provincial 3000 carloads. He cultivates some group
in view °t the present
4000 acres himself, and has an ad views expressed, however, are i
autonomy.
not
necessarily
those
of
the
I
s
(
tuat
’
on
Tlie first generation deditional 4200 acres under contract
That he should have chosen this time of national
in the famed Imperial Valley. He majority of our group. Neverthe-i S”'e to ^n®w where lies the loyalemploys 130 men in a recently less. it is my belief that a con-!ty of ^heir children. This is a I
emergency to take this stand and to challenge the
siderable portion would endorse. m°st difficult question, and our
built $90,000 packing house.
Dominion's war effort points to a grave and serious
these remarks, even as I feel cer-0Pni^0n *s n°t at all unified,
FARM ORGANIZATION
weakness in our national unity.
tain another part of our own!^ence * shall attempt to confine
And speaking of lettuce, it's in group would find them unaccept-imy icmaiks to personal views. |
This problem of French Canada is by far the most
The Isseis have been nourished
difficult and important question in the establishment of teresting to note that the Nisei able.
farmers down south are coming to
an effectively united nation.
The common charge is that on the ideology of the supreme
gether to seek solutions of mutual
But Canada's Pacific Province, with its own so-called problems. ..With ..November __the we are lacking in that tradi State. Self-sacrifice for the preI servation of the State is quite
"Oriental minority problem," must play its part in the month of conventions, the recently tional Japanese spirit of cour understandable from this point of
welding of a united people of Canada.
formed Northwest Nisei Agricultur age, loyalty, filial piety, self- view, and gives rise to such acts
sacrifice and so forth, usually
There can be only one course, consistent with reason, ists will hold their first confab No referred to as Yamato-Damashi. of heroism as the so-called “suijustice, or national policy, Every section of the people vember 4 in Seattle.
Let me reply that I. Japanese! Cide SQUa<Js” or human torpedoes,
And down in Stockton, Calif
must be admitted into free and equal citizenship, must be ornia, the JACL and the Nisei by race, but consciously a Cana-i
Bushido Spirit
dian
citizen
am
peculiarly
affect-'
possess
such a spirit of
permitted to work and live in security and freedom, to be Farmers League are co-operating
ed by the instinctive and svmLSacrifice
united in times of national emergency.
together to advance the interests
pathetic
appeal of the concepts i fl?ends a/1(i Emilies they would
of Nisei farmers. Membership in
of Bushido, the unwritten code of ^ve then lives. It is not that
the farmers7 group will carry with
feudal Japan. Does it seem !they llold lif& so cheapIy, bllt that
A Medium For The Nisei
it Citizens League membership,
strange or unbelievable, that one :?ey lloId Honor moPe hi*
and the two bodies will join in
quite untrained in its ways and Hei'e is the essence of the BuTwo weeks ago the Saturday Evening Post turned the meeting common expenses.
having no personal knowledge of!sThldo
the manifestation oi
Here in B. C. at least two JCCL the nation nor its history, should Pa;?ato Dama'slli'
national spotlight upon the American Nisei in an article
chapters are predominently agricul be drawn instantlv to the moral! B“e °f my upbringin? 1
entitled, "Between two flags/'
tural groups. It isn't too much to
Last week Collier's National Weekly switched the spot hope that as the passing years bring and spiritual tenets of a country 't&nd to be an individualist. But h
tai
by so doing I could really help
light to the Canadian Nisei with an article under the pro experience and economic strength, foreign to me?
x
Character
!I^e Niseis at large
a here. I would kb
voking title of "The Japanese Invasion of Canada."
these chapters may be expected to Merely Nisei
because, at the slight Z f^^, ‘° dedicate ”r “ es
iJiS
exert
considerable
influence
over
fim Mure life to them, even as I would w
Unlike
the author of the
story,
of TrllS
this .1
—.
11 ic iPosti oiui
y, the
tilt writer
Willei OT
agricultural problems they Second
11
°
hesitate to dive a bomb-laden ft
story, Jim Marshall, who it will be recalled was aboard the
a
i -°eS 110dplane into an enemy ammunition
U.S. gunboat "Panay" when it was sunk in the Yangtze,
come
upon
the
gold
of
his moral j
x
.
INTRODUCING KILSOO HAAN
r
i
dump to save our own people,
concepts, it must not be conclud
apparently has not written the story from first hand investiI can quite understand the
Jumping
from
farming
to
poled
that he has none. The Japan-!
oations.
Htics down the Pacific Coast, a new ese as a race, whatever may be love and devotion that the Isseis
Although he has attempted to present his material
|. kind of Japanophobist is reported) his nationality,
nationality. are extremely! have for their land. I ask their
as impartially as possible, the Nisei in Canada will
jby Ratu Shimpo Editor Togo Ta-J sensitive and emotional peopled indulgence in trying to under
suffer considerably from this type of publicity.
naka. His name, believe it or not , But the training of Bushido dis-’ stand, what to some may seem R®5"
courages as weakness the out-| a sacrilege, that I have equally 1
For essentially, the story is a compilation of various is Kilsoo Haan,
protect her against an other
Tanaka's cutting comment .
piess 1 epotts and articles, and a digest of all the charges "No dapper darling of the ladies' ward 'showing of personal feeling. | the same affection for Canada,
is why even among my close'
that have been hurled against Japanese Canadian by many clubs is Korean Publicist Dr. Kil That
friends, these subjects do not! and will do equally as much to
inteiested souices,-—charges that have frequently made soo Haan. He is president of the
come up for discussion.
I state when necessary.
I feel 'Certain that those Isseis
sensational headlines in the country's newspapers, and! Sino-Korean People's League, in
In my opinion the quality of! ,
qnirit
)
nA
have been as voluminous and startling as they have'been which inflated capacity he has chivalry is well developed-amonUWUv5'
been variously reported as blow
the Niseis. We like to play ttejot he ^
f
Ze o' L ^
ill-founded and fallacious.
Yx
r
ing froth of unfriendly things game squarely and above-board,'U V
But it is our misfortune that a national magazine about Japanese generally."
hi
with all our might to win. If welB.usMo’ "'1Mc
h
should have to fall back upon this type of material alone
And quoting 'Frisco NichLbei's lose fairly; we hold- no griidgei™' ere" ,f they can‘
I4
in presenting an article upon questions of so great import Larry Tajiri: "Mr. Haan has been Iand in ''ictory. we do not gloat "''0' ™'
Briefly, we share exactly the
ance to us.
' ‘ somewhat uncomplimentary aboutjover onr opponents.
same feelings of loyalty and
1 believe that we possess as
j
xto T
It is misfortune that we have lacked a medium which Hawaii's Nisei Americans, whom;
devotion
the count!y where
wrier
could state the case for the Nisei in a positive manner American observers, including Gov- I ^ckintestinal fortitude as any each of us was born, which «e If
which could carry a message to the people of Canada, which ernor Joseph. Poindexter, consider 1 POST'S PICTURE
learned to call home: where,
as a fair brand of U.S. Citizen "I I
I in spite of all restrictions an
.. .
Last jump on this news- hopoinqi
could disprove the prejudiced and narrow attacks of poli- u . T ।
But
Tanaka
dismisses
him
with|
survey
of the south is the reaction! handicaps, we are permitted,10
ticians.
a
parting
shot:
.
'In
a
rapidly
sea-Jof
Nisei
journals towards the Satur- live and earn our three square
This is the task that the Nisei press has taken
soning campaigner, such as Kilsoo| day . Evening Post's; article on the meals a day.
up, the cause which has called The New Canadian
Haan is niaoe to appear, the Nisei I American Nisei IIt1 created a mildj I would have cause to ry
into being, the cause to which The New Canadian has
I may discover another of the ilk (furor
every journal we've con-! ashamed of my ancestry and cu
I that blows too hard to sustain him - । tacted had something to say.
been dedicated.
ltural heritage, if a true Japans
self long."
j
Even
the
staid
Seattle
Courier
j ba.de me be untrue to the oou^
f Y'U Y°L'9h thiS RTer tlle N^
Here- in Carai, moagh,
though,
from the august heights of its ! try which has nurtured and
truth ot then unique position, that they might voice their!envv the American Niseis who have editorial columns stoops to con reefed me this far. and which >
hopes and aspirations to a society fraught with misunder-;sucb interesting Japanophobists as quer with an editorial, entitled, in the final analysis,, ghen B
standing, that they might work for the attainment of their।to bear the name of Haan. Here "We're in the Spotlight."
a greater opportunity than
destiny—recognition in the national and political life
must be content with sin9ubriY
Be sure to see page three of this land of his birth.
. “NISEI.
the Country of their birth
/ prosaic Jiames, Wilson, Macintosh,} issue for a oigest of Collier's article
ion the Canadian Nisei.
Vancouver.
l
8
4
THE NEW CANADIAN
THE NEW CANADIAN
EXCHANGE
OCTOBER 13, 1939
Letter To The Editor
The Vanguard of Nisei Opinion
. LETTUCE
. . AGRICULTURE
EDITORS
. . . JAPANOPHOBIA
Thomas K. Shoyama, Yoshimitsu Higashi, Edward T. Ouchi, . . . . PUBLICITY
Seiji Onizuka, Irene Uchida, Minoru Yatabe.
Somehow the war seems to have
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS
faded into unreality these crisp
Jo Seko October days. Even the headlines
Wataru Inouye
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THE
lose their suggestively cataclysmic
aura, as the public settles down to
TAIYO PRINTING CO., 230 ALEXANDER STREET
the normal routine of earning the
Registered as second-class matter at Ottawa, February 13,
daily bread.
1939, under the Postal Regulations of Canada.
What's more appropriate then,
that
our exchange columns should
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
be headed by the most appealing
25c a month, $2.50 a year.
of the success stories to come our
way recently. It concerns some
thing downright human and earthy,
a "lettuce king."
Our National Unity
Telephone TRinity 0309
S
9
396 Powell Street
(Editor: The New Canadian.)
The spiritual understanding between the first and second
eration has most unfortunately been left as an unbridled, va -^
chasm, in spite of the necessity of mutual 'sympathy for the^
monious relationship between parent and child.
'
31
At present the Nisei are
other group, including our par
charged that they lack moral
ents. After all, we are of the
fibre and strength, initiative,
same stock. I have not known
and the traditional spirit;
any Nisei to back out when the
while the Issei group is accused
going became rough. The will
of being narrow-minded, too
to win and to push through at
conservative and self-centred,
all costs is quite safely |0Yed
and unwilling to adapt itself to
within us.
new conditions.
'
Regarding the concepts of]w
LETTUCE KING
Current Problem
The entire subject is indeed a and responsibility of the Nisei
The Nisei of British'Columbia will watch the trend
The Los Angeles Mirror has the
the opinion of the first genera
of national events in Quebec during the next two weeks brief story of Takeo Yuki, who, personal one. but in the light of tion is divided. Those who have
with the keenest interest. For no more serious threat to with a white partner in the lettuce current events it is essential that experienced personal contacts
business, is said to handle an an personal ideas and viewpoints be
to the existence of our national unity has arisen since Con nual
gross turnover of over a mil exchanged in order to appreciate Lwith us in responsible positions
federation than the present issue in Quebec.
the nature of the motives influ-1/- > not question our standing in
lion dollars.
this respect.
Although his tenure of office has not yet expired,
This lettuce king ships about 20 encing actions of the other.
Premier Maurice Duplessis has called an election, and is carloads of the salad material daily, I am merely another one of the
waging his campaign upon the issues of no conscription, while his annual output totals some the second generation. All of the The matter of loyalty of the J
commonly referred to as (Niseis is of greatest interest, par-'
the sacredness of Quebec's provincial rights, and provincial 3000 carloads. He cultivates some group
in view °t the present
4000 acres himself, and has an ad views expressed, however, are i
autonomy.
not
necessarily
those
of
the
I
s
(
tuat
’
on
Tlie first generation deditional 4200 acres under contract
That he should have chosen this time of national
in the famed Imperial Valley. He majority of our group. Neverthe-i S”'e to ^n®w where lies the loyalemploys 130 men in a recently less. it is my belief that a con-!ty of ^heir children. This is a I
emergency to take this stand and to challenge the
siderable portion would endorse. m°st difficult question, and our
built $90,000 packing house.
Dominion's war effort points to a grave and serious
these remarks, even as I feel cer-0Pni^0n *s n°t at all unified,
FARM ORGANIZATION
weakness in our national unity.
tain another part of our own!^ence * shall attempt to confine
And speaking of lettuce, it's in group would find them unaccept-imy icmaiks to personal views. |
This problem of French Canada is by far the most
The Isseis have been nourished
difficult and important question in the establishment of teresting to note that the Nisei able.
farmers down south are coming to
an effectively united nation.
The common charge is that on the ideology of the supreme
gether to seek solutions of mutual
But Canada's Pacific Province, with its own so-called problems. ..With ..November __the we are lacking in that tradi State. Self-sacrifice for the preI servation of the State is quite
"Oriental minority problem," must play its part in the month of conventions, the recently tional Japanese spirit of cour understandable from this point of
welding of a united people of Canada.
formed Northwest Nisei Agricultur age, loyalty, filial piety, self- view, and gives rise to such acts
sacrifice and so forth, usually
There can be only one course, consistent with reason, ists will hold their first confab No referred to as Yamato-Damashi. of heroism as the so-called “suijustice, or national policy, Every section of the people vember 4 in Seattle.
Let me reply that I. Japanese! Cide SQUa<Js” or human torpedoes,
And down in Stockton, Calif
must be admitted into free and equal citizenship, must be ornia, the JACL and the Nisei by race, but consciously a Cana-i
Bushido Spirit
dian
citizen
am
peculiarly
affect-'
possess
such a spirit of
permitted to work and live in security and freedom, to be Farmers League are co-operating
ed by the instinctive and svmLSacrifice
united in times of national emergency.
together to advance the interests
pathetic
appeal of the concepts i fl?ends a/1(i Emilies they would
of Nisei farmers. Membership in
of Bushido, the unwritten code of ^ve then lives. It is not that
the farmers7 group will carry with
feudal Japan. Does it seem !they llold lif& so cheapIy, bllt that
A Medium For The Nisei
it Citizens League membership,
strange or unbelievable, that one :?ey lloId Honor moPe hi*
and the two bodies will join in
quite untrained in its ways and Hei'e is the essence of the BuTwo weeks ago the Saturday Evening Post turned the meeting common expenses.
having no personal knowledge of!sThldo
the manifestation oi
Here in B. C. at least two JCCL the nation nor its history, should Pa;?ato Dama'slli'
national spotlight upon the American Nisei in an article
chapters are predominently agricul be drawn instantlv to the moral! B“e °f my upbringin? 1
entitled, "Between two flags/'
tural groups. It isn't too much to
Last week Collier's National Weekly switched the spot hope that as the passing years bring and spiritual tenets of a country 't&nd to be an individualist. But h
tai
by so doing I could really help
light to the Canadian Nisei with an article under the pro experience and economic strength, foreign to me?
x
Character
!I^e Niseis at large
a here. I would kb
voking title of "The Japanese Invasion of Canada."
these chapters may be expected to Merely Nisei
because, at the slight Z f^^, ‘° dedicate ”r “ es
iJiS
exert
considerable
influence
over
fim Mure life to them, even as I would w
Unlike
the author of the
story,
of TrllS
this .1
—.
11 ic iPosti oiui
y, the
tilt writer
Willei OT
agricultural problems they Second
11
°
hesitate to dive a bomb-laden ft
story, Jim Marshall, who it will be recalled was aboard the
a
i -°eS 110dplane into an enemy ammunition
U.S. gunboat "Panay" when it was sunk in the Yangtze,
come
upon
the
gold
of
his moral j
x
.
INTRODUCING KILSOO HAAN
r
i
dump to save our own people,
concepts, it must not be conclud
apparently has not written the story from first hand investiI can quite understand the
Jumping
from
farming
to
poled
that he has none. The Japan-!
oations.
Htics down the Pacific Coast, a new ese as a race, whatever may be love and devotion that the Isseis
Although he has attempted to present his material
|. kind of Japanophobist is reported) his nationality,
nationality. are extremely! have for their land. I ask their
as impartially as possible, the Nisei in Canada will
jby Ratu Shimpo Editor Togo Ta-J sensitive and emotional peopled indulgence in trying to under
suffer considerably from this type of publicity.
naka. His name, believe it or not , But the training of Bushido dis-’ stand, what to some may seem R®5"
courages as weakness the out-| a sacrilege, that I have equally 1
For essentially, the story is a compilation of various is Kilsoo Haan,
protect her against an other
Tanaka's cutting comment .
piess 1 epotts and articles, and a digest of all the charges "No dapper darling of the ladies' ward 'showing of personal feeling. | the same affection for Canada,
is why even among my close'
that have been hurled against Japanese Canadian by many clubs is Korean Publicist Dr. Kil That
friends, these subjects do not! and will do equally as much to
inteiested souices,-—charges that have frequently made soo Haan. He is president of the
come up for discussion.
I state when necessary.
I feel 'Certain that those Isseis
sensational headlines in the country's newspapers, and! Sino-Korean People's League, in
In my opinion the quality of! ,
qnirit
)
nA
have been as voluminous and startling as they have'been which inflated capacity he has chivalry is well developed-amonUWUv5'
been variously reported as blow
the Niseis. We like to play ttejot he ^
f
Ze o' L ^
ill-founded and fallacious.
Yx
r
ing froth of unfriendly things game squarely and above-board,'U V
But it is our misfortune that a national magazine about Japanese generally."
hi
with all our might to win. If welB.usMo’ "'1Mc
h
should have to fall back upon this type of material alone
And quoting 'Frisco NichLbei's lose fairly; we hold- no griidgei™' ere" ,f they can‘
I4
in presenting an article upon questions of so great import Larry Tajiri: "Mr. Haan has been Iand in ''ictory. we do not gloat "''0' ™'
Briefly, we share exactly the
ance to us.
' ‘ somewhat uncomplimentary aboutjover onr opponents.
same feelings of loyalty and
1 believe that we possess as
j
xto T
It is misfortune that we have lacked a medium which Hawaii's Nisei Americans, whom;
devotion
the count!y where
wrier
could state the case for the Nisei in a positive manner American observers, including Gov- I ^ckintestinal fortitude as any each of us was born, which «e If
which could carry a message to the people of Canada, which ernor Joseph. Poindexter, consider 1 POST'S PICTURE
learned to call home: where,
as a fair brand of U.S. Citizen "I I
I in spite of all restrictions an
.. .
Last jump on this news- hopoinqi
could disprove the prejudiced and narrow attacks of poli- u . T ।
But
Tanaka
dismisses
him
with|
survey
of the south is the reaction! handicaps, we are permitted,10
ticians.
a
parting
shot:
.
'In
a
rapidly
sea-Jof
Nisei
journals towards the Satur- live and earn our three square
This is the task that the Nisei press has taken
soning campaigner, such as Kilsoo| day . Evening Post's; article on the meals a day.
up, the cause which has called The New Canadian
Haan is niaoe to appear, the Nisei I American Nisei IIt1 created a mildj I would have cause to ry
into being, the cause to which The New Canadian has
I may discover another of the ilk (furor
every journal we've con-! ashamed of my ancestry and cu
I that blows too hard to sustain him - । tacted had something to say.
been dedicated.
ltural heritage, if a true Japans
self long."
j
Even
the
staid
Seattle
Courier
j ba.de me be untrue to the oou^
f Y'U Y°L'9h thiS RTer tlle N^
Here- in Carai, moagh,
though,
from the august heights of its ! try which has nurtured and
truth ot then unique position, that they might voice their!envv the American Niseis who have editorial columns stoops to con reefed me this far. and which >
hopes and aspirations to a society fraught with misunder-;sucb interesting Japanophobists as quer with an editorial, entitled, in the final analysis,, ghen B
standing, that they might work for the attainment of their।to bear the name of Haan. Here "We're in the Spotlight."
a greater opportunity than
destiny—recognition in the national and political life
must be content with sin9ubriY
Be sure to see page three of this land of his birth.
. “NISEI.
the Country of their birth
/ prosaic Jiames, Wilson, Macintosh,} issue for a oigest of Collier's article
ion the Canadian Nisei.
Vancouver.
l
8
4
Page 3
OCTOBER 13, 1939
south Council To
THE NEW CANADIAN
rage □
Collar's "Japanese invasion” ;
Ih'ear City Delegate
Rational Spotlight Focused On The Nisei
fro World Confab
CoLmbia, where every thirteenth person
nnovallon Al 5lh B.C. YPC(
Societies To Sponsor Discussion Groups
is an
Taking as its theme, building bridges between in
g Meeting tomorrow night at the I Or!f" a ', slated to be Japan's population outlet?"
IDVCA. Vancouver Youth Court-i
ThlS ’1 Je disfurbing question which Jim Marshall attempts to dividuals, groups and national states, the Fifth Annual
gen- |il will have as guest speaker of
,n C° ierS Natl0nal Weekly for October 14. Drawing' upon | B. C, Young People's Christian Conference will convene
ning
|he evening. Miss Margaret Davi- Z
nOt from actuai COntact with the Nisei, Mr J
bar- Bon. Vancouver’s only delegate to Marshal paints a rambling and disconnected sketch of the Japanese in’ November 4 and 5 in Vancouver, with delegates and
Bt lie
'World Conference of Chris- Canada which would be very comical if it were not nearly so harmful J observers e/Xpected to attend from principal young people's
feian Youth” held this summer at in the false ideas which may easily spring from it.
j
This year an innovation will " ---------- --- - -- “~ ... .......
—
)arL\m = terdam. Holland.
be
introduced,
with
each
ory
oiin
'ibuK
He
draws
no
conclusions
and
offers
no
constructive
the
ganization, including the New i On Sunday morning worship
tions. Indeed he comes nowhere near the answer to the
wn K The council will examine the
question
Westminster Y.P.S.. the Maple i rvicos will be conducted by the
posed at the head of the article. One gains the impression that the
the Repori of the Youth Activity SurMt. W.
and Rev,
Ridge Japanese Canadian Serv- !
writer was not sufficiently sure of his ground or the reliability of
vill Key conducted in the Grandview
ice
League.
the
Seikokai j Mr, Greig at Holy Cross Church.
the material used to arrive at definite conclusions.
at feiriei. with a view to discoverng at Powell
A.Y.P.A.
and
the
Powell
Y.P.S., : and in
jed Bing how youth spends its leisure
sponsoring a discussion group j Church bv
Horace .BurkWRONG IMPRESSION
Kime, and will make a study of
under the general conference ! holder,
Unfortunately for the Nisei of Canada, however, even the airing theme.
mo? Community centres.
i’sei, K Health and public welfare, the of charges is sufficient to plant seeds of doubt and suspicion in the
Programme
Opening the conference Satur-;.
era- Kmemployinent
situation.
and minds of those who will not trouble themselves to probe beneath the
ave fcivil liberties will all be topics surface of the article. There are many who will accept as gospel truth day evening is a delegates’ ban-:, 'be tentative programme is as
to be flowed by a wel-j toIlows:
lets Rof discussion, in view of the new much of which the author admits himself are onl^ allegVtio^
'
'
I come social at Powell Church, to
ons problems created by the war. The indeed very illogical allegations.
Mr. Marshal begins in the characteristic style of the five-cent I'vllich eac11 01 the societies will! 6:30- 7:30—Banquet.
ia Bcouncil will attempt to formulate
pulp weekly:
j------------------- ----------------------- - --------------------J 7:0 0- S: 00—R egi st ra t ion a t
Ka stand on these questions.
The little white church—it was really a Buddhist temple—shim- *
Powell.
| Delegates from. Nisei organizaNeglectful
Landlord
i 8:00-11:00—Social
the J Kions. the JCCL. the GakuyukaiI mered in the hot sunshine of the Fraser Valley in southwestern British
Columbia.
The
dim
interior
was
almost
filled
with
brown-skinned
iar- i IJind the Varsity Students’ Club I
Sunday November 5—
Ordered
By
Police
Japanese,
soberly
dressed
in
Western
style,
most
of
them
past
middle
ent Bare requested to attend.
i 9:00-10:00—Registration at Holy
age . . . "
dej
Cross.
He dismisses the Nisei stand in a few graphic words quoting
To Collect Rent
'al; 10:00-11:00—Morning worship at
from his character, Jimmy Watanabe.
Boom in Silk Trade
OSAKA.
Holy Cross.
Because Tokubei
"We are neither Canadian nor Japanese," Jimmy explains bitterly.
>ur
Terai
neglected
to
collect
some I 11:30-12:30—Discussions.
"We want to be Canadian, but the white Canadians won't let us. If we
a® SAN PEDRO, Calif.—It was
50,000
yen
in
back
rent
on
some
1:15—Luu ch at P o w e 11
like old times here this week take the other road, and become Japanese, we are accused of dis
ne
700
Korean
tenants
who
had
Church. E
one
|| when a Japanese liner landed loyalty to the empire. We pay taxes, but we have no vote—which is
lived
in
his
63
houses
during
the
brings
his
her
or
ed |a million-dollar silk cargo from what you Americans call taxation without representation. And it looks past 20 years, the Ebisu police
own. and the PowYokohama, which was rushed as if our children's children will be in the same fix . . .
ne
court
ordered
the
eccentric
land
oil
Y.P.S. will pro•e- W aboard a special limited Union
lord to "demand and collect” in
vide tea or coffee.
Pacific train for the East.
"JAPANESE MENACE"
te
the
interest
of
maintaining
the!
.1:30—Group photograph.
of K®t
Bs
But the biggest domestic headache is the perennial "Japanese dignity and prestige of other!
Formerly the high-speed silk
3:30—Discussions coat'd.
ts Ri
i
Bi® trains were a feature of west menace" that haunts what the alarmists and most politicians refer to landlords.
5:15—G enera 1
Assem bly
ern railroading. But with the as "Canada's Oriental Province"—British Columbia ... Gloomiest
The
quaint
case
aroused
a
I
and Musicale. Con
s
decline in silk prices, and less view of the situation is taken by Captain MacGregor Macintosh, of the sensation here, when 50 ten- i
s#
venor, Miss Fumi
St ening demand, the silk has legislative assembly. He declares the Japanese not only will control ants were hailed into court and j
Ohori.
moved largely through the Pan British Columbia economically within a few years, but that in time told by Police Magistrate Uchi
5:307:00
—
Banquet.
ama Canal. Now silk is again they will outnumber the whites, due to a much higher birth rate coupled da that it is the "duty of the
7:00- 9:00—Evening Worship.
on the upgrade in price. The with a normal death rate . . .
Japanese people to pay rent.”
Then follow in detail the now infamous charges of illegal
landed here consisted of
S cargo
"Bad Example”
entry into Canada, smuggling, economic penetration, secret sub
2500 bales.
'
Landlord Terai also came in
versive activity along the coast line, espionage, and so forth, first
for
a rebuke "setting unpleasant
aired as Communist propaganda but which finally arrived in the
example’s for the others,” to which
Shaeffer Pen Agents
Federal House.
In the midst of the fantastic tales, Mr. Marshal is forced to admit he asked the court "to Lake- over Latest Japanese Recordings
the task of collecting” and pro
their implausibility. He writes:
TRinity3112
331 Powell St.
"No Japanese can buy a lakeside lot without starting the story duced his account book showing
VANCOUVER, B. C.
that the place is really a seaplane base. Every Japanese timber holding 203 families had "rented” his
houses
without
paying.a
sen
since
is looked on with suspicion. The Orientals are accused of slyly depleting
B. C.'s timber supply, while the Japanese in Japan cleverly save their he first, started to "rent” out in!
1919.
i
own timber for the future. This story loses some effect when it becomes
The court finanyAibtained ihei
apparent that nothing would suit white timber operators more than to
agreement
from both Terai and’
sell Japan ten times the amount of B. C. timber they now sell."
w
the tenants to start paying rend
PEACEFUL PENETRATION
from September and that the!
And so because the myth of economic penetration won't catch, tenants would try to raise at
HIGH. 4567
Mr. Marshall turns to the doctrine of "peaceful penetration" because least 30 per cent, of the accumu
of the rapid natural increase.
1 355 POWELL ST
lated 50,000 yen to be applied to
There follows a brief historical account of the economic expansion ward renovating the 63 houses.
w
of the Japanese in Canada, beginning with the early years of immigra
tion and the race riots of 1907. Noting the restrictions placed upon
the Japanese in fishing and lumbering industries, Mr. Marshall briefly -41
traces their expansion in "farming and general business." Comment T
ing upon professional restrictions, "They are barred from being doctors
or pharmacists, for example," he says.
"The Chinese," he continues, are ceasing to be a problem—they
>
ROLLE! FLEX
are slowly dying out. Slowly ... Among the Japanese, on the other
>
hand, there are seven women to every ten men ... The Japanese
>
a
>
increase at three times the rate of the whites and unless something T
at
occurs to change the trend, in time they will have a majority ...
Rolleicord
*
*
*
i
$
$
।
Nimi Shokai
POWELL LUMBER
& FUEL CO, LTD.
"The prize for which the Japanese are working, if you'd be
lieve the politicians and prophets, is a huge chunk of territory
bigger than all our Pacific Coast states put together
W
Bl
vondo Co
"The theory of most whites is that the province is a vacuum with
a powerful attraction for the overcrowded population of Japan,"
Mr. Marshall himself seems unwilling to assume responsibility for
this sort of rationalization of racial prejudice. Sensibly enough he
ascribes it to the "politicians and the prophets."
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THE NEW CANADIAN
rage □
Collar's "Japanese invasion” ;
Ih'ear City Delegate
Rational Spotlight Focused On The Nisei
fro World Confab
CoLmbia, where every thirteenth person
nnovallon Al 5lh B.C. YPC(
Societies To Sponsor Discussion Groups
is an
Taking as its theme, building bridges between in
g Meeting tomorrow night at the I Or!f" a ', slated to be Japan's population outlet?"
IDVCA. Vancouver Youth Court-i
ThlS ’1 Je disfurbing question which Jim Marshall attempts to dividuals, groups and national states, the Fifth Annual
gen- |il will have as guest speaker of
,n C° ierS Natl0nal Weekly for October 14. Drawing' upon | B. C, Young People's Christian Conference will convene
ning
|he evening. Miss Margaret Davi- Z
nOt from actuai COntact with the Nisei, Mr J
bar- Bon. Vancouver’s only delegate to Marshal paints a rambling and disconnected sketch of the Japanese in’ November 4 and 5 in Vancouver, with delegates and
Bt lie
'World Conference of Chris- Canada which would be very comical if it were not nearly so harmful J observers e/Xpected to attend from principal young people's
feian Youth” held this summer at in the false ideas which may easily spring from it.
j
This year an innovation will " ---------- --- - -- “~ ... .......
—
)arL\m = terdam. Holland.
be
introduced,
with
each
ory
oiin
'ibuK
He
draws
no
conclusions
and
offers
no
constructive
the
ganization, including the New i On Sunday morning worship
tions. Indeed he comes nowhere near the answer to the
wn K The council will examine the
question
Westminster Y.P.S.. the Maple i rvicos will be conducted by the
posed at the head of the article. One gains the impression that the
the Repori of the Youth Activity SurMt. W.
and Rev,
Ridge Japanese Canadian Serv- !
writer was not sufficiently sure of his ground or the reliability of
vill Key conducted in the Grandview
ice
League.
the
Seikokai j Mr, Greig at Holy Cross Church.
the material used to arrive at definite conclusions.
at feiriei. with a view to discoverng at Powell
A.Y.P.A.
and
the
Powell
Y.P.S., : and in
jed Bing how youth spends its leisure
sponsoring a discussion group j Church bv
Horace .BurkWRONG IMPRESSION
Kime, and will make a study of
under the general conference ! holder,
Unfortunately for the Nisei of Canada, however, even the airing theme.
mo? Community centres.
i’sei, K Health and public welfare, the of charges is sufficient to plant seeds of doubt and suspicion in the
Programme
Opening the conference Satur-;.
era- Kmemployinent
situation.
and minds of those who will not trouble themselves to probe beneath the
ave fcivil liberties will all be topics surface of the article. There are many who will accept as gospel truth day evening is a delegates’ ban-:, 'be tentative programme is as
to be flowed by a wel-j toIlows:
lets Rof discussion, in view of the new much of which the author admits himself are onl^ allegVtio^
'
'
I come social at Powell Church, to
ons problems created by the war. The indeed very illogical allegations.
Mr. Marshal begins in the characteristic style of the five-cent I'vllich eac11 01 the societies will! 6:30- 7:30—Banquet.
ia Bcouncil will attempt to formulate
pulp weekly:
j------------------- ----------------------- - --------------------J 7:0 0- S: 00—R egi st ra t ion a t
Ka stand on these questions.
The little white church—it was really a Buddhist temple—shim- *
Powell.
| Delegates from. Nisei organizaNeglectful
Landlord
i 8:00-11:00—Social
the J Kions. the JCCL. the GakuyukaiI mered in the hot sunshine of the Fraser Valley in southwestern British
Columbia.
The
dim
interior
was
almost
filled
with
brown-skinned
iar- i IJind the Varsity Students’ Club I
Sunday November 5—
Ordered
By
Police
Japanese,
soberly
dressed
in
Western
style,
most
of
them
past
middle
ent Bare requested to attend.
i 9:00-10:00—Registration at Holy
age . . . "
dej
Cross.
He dismisses the Nisei stand in a few graphic words quoting
To Collect Rent
'al; 10:00-11:00—Morning worship at
from his character, Jimmy Watanabe.
Boom in Silk Trade
OSAKA.
Holy Cross.
Because Tokubei
"We are neither Canadian nor Japanese," Jimmy explains bitterly.
>ur
Terai
neglected
to
collect
some I 11:30-12:30—Discussions.
"We want to be Canadian, but the white Canadians won't let us. If we
a® SAN PEDRO, Calif.—It was
50,000
yen
in
back
rent
on
some
1:15—Luu ch at P o w e 11
like old times here this week take the other road, and become Japanese, we are accused of dis
ne
700
Korean
tenants
who
had
Church. E
one
|| when a Japanese liner landed loyalty to the empire. We pay taxes, but we have no vote—which is
lived
in
his
63
houses
during
the
brings
his
her
or
ed |a million-dollar silk cargo from what you Americans call taxation without representation. And it looks past 20 years, the Ebisu police
own. and the PowYokohama, which was rushed as if our children's children will be in the same fix . . .
ne
court
ordered
the
eccentric
land
oil
Y.P.S. will pro•e- W aboard a special limited Union
lord to "demand and collect” in
vide tea or coffee.
Pacific train for the East.
"JAPANESE MENACE"
te
the
interest
of
maintaining
the!
.1:30—Group photograph.
of K®t
Bs
But the biggest domestic headache is the perennial "Japanese dignity and prestige of other!
Formerly the high-speed silk
3:30—Discussions coat'd.
ts Ri
i
Bi® trains were a feature of west menace" that haunts what the alarmists and most politicians refer to landlords.
5:15—G enera 1
Assem bly
ern railroading. But with the as "Canada's Oriental Province"—British Columbia ... Gloomiest
The
quaint
case
aroused
a
I
and Musicale. Con
s
decline in silk prices, and less view of the situation is taken by Captain MacGregor Macintosh, of the sensation here, when 50 ten- i
s#
venor, Miss Fumi
St ening demand, the silk has legislative assembly. He declares the Japanese not only will control ants were hailed into court and j
Ohori.
moved largely through the Pan British Columbia economically within a few years, but that in time told by Police Magistrate Uchi
5:307:00
—
Banquet.
ama Canal. Now silk is again they will outnumber the whites, due to a much higher birth rate coupled da that it is the "duty of the
7:00- 9:00—Evening Worship.
on the upgrade in price. The with a normal death rate . . .
Japanese people to pay rent.”
Then follow in detail the now infamous charges of illegal
landed here consisted of
S cargo
"Bad Example”
entry into Canada, smuggling, economic penetration, secret sub
2500 bales.
'
Landlord Terai also came in
versive activity along the coast line, espionage, and so forth, first
for
a rebuke "setting unpleasant
aired as Communist propaganda but which finally arrived in the
example’s for the others,” to which
Shaeffer Pen Agents
Federal House.
In the midst of the fantastic tales, Mr. Marshal is forced to admit he asked the court "to Lake- over Latest Japanese Recordings
the task of collecting” and pro
their implausibility. He writes:
TRinity3112
331 Powell St.
"No Japanese can buy a lakeside lot without starting the story duced his account book showing
VANCOUVER, B. C.
that the place is really a seaplane base. Every Japanese timber holding 203 families had "rented” his
houses
without
paying.a
sen
since
is looked on with suspicion. The Orientals are accused of slyly depleting
B. C.'s timber supply, while the Japanese in Japan cleverly save their he first, started to "rent” out in!
1919.
i
own timber for the future. This story loses some effect when it becomes
The court finanyAibtained ihei
apparent that nothing would suit white timber operators more than to
agreement
from both Terai and’
sell Japan ten times the amount of B. C. timber they now sell."
w
the tenants to start paying rend
PEACEFUL PENETRATION
from September and that the!
And so because the myth of economic penetration won't catch, tenants would try to raise at
HIGH. 4567
Mr. Marshall turns to the doctrine of "peaceful penetration" because least 30 per cent, of the accumu
of the rapid natural increase.
1 355 POWELL ST
lated 50,000 yen to be applied to
There follows a brief historical account of the economic expansion ward renovating the 63 houses.
w
of the Japanese in Canada, beginning with the early years of immigra
tion and the race riots of 1907. Noting the restrictions placed upon
the Japanese in fishing and lumbering industries, Mr. Marshall briefly -41
traces their expansion in "farming and general business." Comment T
ing upon professional restrictions, "They are barred from being doctors
or pharmacists, for example," he says.
"The Chinese," he continues, are ceasing to be a problem—they
>
ROLLE! FLEX
are slowly dying out. Slowly ... Among the Japanese, on the other
>
hand, there are seven women to every ten men ... The Japanese
>
a
>
increase at three times the rate of the whites and unless something T
at
occurs to change the trend, in time they will have a majority ...
Rolleicord
*
*
*
i
$
$
।
Nimi Shokai
POWELL LUMBER
& FUEL CO, LTD.
"The prize for which the Japanese are working, if you'd be
lieve the politicians and prophets, is a huge chunk of territory
bigger than all our Pacific Coast states put together
W
Bl
vondo Co
"The theory of most whites is that the province is a vacuum with
a powerful attraction for the overcrowded population of Japan,"
Mr. Marshall himself seems unwilling to assume responsibility for
this sort of rationalization of racial prejudice. Sensibly enough he
ascribes it to the "politicians and the prophets."
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THE NEW CANADIAN
OCTOBER 13 1939
SmiMd^lit anb Wine J.S.C. Plans Hop
To Rake Funds For
New Gym Floor
active participation by the Ni1
We |at,there, fascinated when he rose slowly, grasping a huge Brock Memorial
Down at Richmond we find that• drawn to our attention.
gleaming knife in his hand. Then with a flourish of malicious pleasure
a grand new gym floor has been House System
In order that the Japanese Stud- completed. Everyone seems to be
^nd fnt'c,Pated deli9ht' he Plunged that wicked implement deep into
The House system is h .
her flesh. Looking up with evident satisfaction, he turned to his quests ents Club may again contribute delighted with it to judge by the agam this year. Yutaka «2
to The financing of the Brock many "ohs" and ahs." Expresand asked, 'White meat or dark, which do you prefer?"
was elected boys' reoori/
Memorial
Building. now in con- sions of approval? . . . the girls shi
Carving a turkey is an art calling forth every ounce of skill
the North . House. George M^
strategy and poise. It was an old tradition that every true gentleman struction on the campus, the seem to think so.
ba was elected secretary ofi I
West House and, in addict
was the master of this ticklish art. But, today, in this time of high executives are planning one of
pressure civilization, carving in the kitchen is generally accepted in the dazzling highlights of the Fall Fair
the responsible position as "n
coming month . . .
social circles.
The fall fair for the school
manent" president of the
STREAMLINED etiquette
THE FALL INFORMAL
and Richmond district marked
X! and XII Guidance Club
The formalitv' of —yiaGUany giviiiq wav to oractica
This function will be held on the opening of one of the main
.. .
Dunng the activity period
simplicity and informality. For instance, just a few years ago, an Saturday. November IS. from 1
activities of the year.
School
takes place once a week
invitation over the telephone would have aroused indignation in no p.m. at: Killarney, Bayswater
and work such as art, typing and Mukai acts as vice-president oft
terms. And typewritten letters were strictly taboo in social Point Grey Road.
projects was on exhibit. Prize
Basketball Club.
,ii:
pickings
of
fruits,
flowers
and
ence But changing times accept these short cuts in etiquette.
* * *
Ii
Expected to extend their
Everything is becoming more and more streamlined, and at times we ronage to the affair are Dr. pat■and vegetables, pride of the farmers, Sports Shorts
I
miss the older customs that involved more work
Mrs. M. Miyazaki and Mr. ;and were artistically arranged. 'Twas d
1
T ,cc Sames on s* I
We miss the glowing hearth of olden days now that the more Mrs. N. Yamaoka.
a success.
day, K.ng Ed. s pig-skin lads
convenient gas and electricity has taken its place. The cozy atmosphere
K. K.
a very good showing. The Bantaof smoldering coals, the dreams dancing atop the flickering flames of
Oratorical Contest
won over Lord Byng ] ] .3 and ^
a log lire are slowly becoming pleasures of the past.
On October 10 at the Girls' Junior team tied with Kits 3
Just so with the art of carving—the simpler methods of kitchen
League meeting, there was a con- Senior soccer . . . King Ed. lost to
carving may be much more convenient. It preserves the host from
test based on “The Importance of Tech, 4- 1. George Ide plays fa, fe
end ess hours of trepidation. And .it certainly promotes longer life to
School Spirit." Nobuko Sato who
naJins' orherwise chewed to pieces by nervous hostesses. But what
Hats off to the song, “Sunrise! won second place stressed an im Seniors and not for the Juniors as
is Thanksgiving, or Christmas, or any other celebration without a strug Serenade.” Fifteen consecutive portant point, "Canada's future reported last week.
The Social Dancing Club finds
gling host putting up a man-to-man battle with a slippery, obstinate bird weeks it’s been on the “Your Hit will be on our shoulders. The task a number of Niseis on the floor
* * *
Parade” while many top-flight to make her better and prosperous learning the latest in ballroom
PUMPKIN PIE
tunes barely last twelve weeks. depends on us. School days are very dancing.
and ■
5 d, , 7 W ,iOnal Pumpkin pie “ Thanksgiving Day,
According to a hasty survey, important to us to prepare for this
and ,t was perfectly de-lovely. So, here's the recipe straight from Mrs its fifteen consecutive
Rogues' Gallery
appear- noble aim."
X X? S °Ven—^e" h,e for Th^ksgiving, but Hallowe'en is just
ances equal the record held jointly
Nobuko also won the trophy for
Want to know wha, others think
around the corner and pumpkins will again run amuck.
by “Red Sails in the Sunset” and the best essay submitted in a con of you? Just take a Lok at one of
.
CUps °f canned stewed pumpkin and 1 cup of “I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams.” test at her former school, Lord the numerous "Slam Books," a
scalded m.lk Add li cup of sugar, }', teaspoon
teaspoon of
of salt
salt, I1 teaspoon
teaspoon ^° ^ou remember these songs? Byng. Tatsuko Takahashi is our able sort of a "Rogues' Gallery" in
XT0"' I
' S'i9htly beile"
Mi* the ingredients well
pianist.
words, being passed around in King
together and cook in double boiler till thick as custard Line a
WAR
DITTY
.
PieEd. Chizue Kurisu, ex-King Ed
plate with pastry and bake i..
___ , J,,,,
in oven,
then pour mixture into crust and
Talking
of
sports,
there
is
hockey
started one last year and the idea
News from far-off England tells
bake again in hot oven until top of "filling is dry
and baseball. The need for morej seems to be spreading.
of
a
ditty
that
’
s
the
rage
of
the
...
DRESS accessories
Want to brighten up last year's plain old dress? Do it with acces- British Tommies. It’s “We’re
.the imP°rhnt item in the fall silhouette. Big chunky iewelrv Gonna Hang out the Washing on
Will bring your clothes right up to date. Old gold is the most oputo the Siegfried Line” by Michael
in necklaces that are elaborate and bulky. There seems to be an ex- Carr and Jimmy Kennedy In
penmm mg epidemic spreading among the jewellers who are all trying cidentally. these two composed
to out-do each other in producing unique necklaces, with bracelets9 the current favorite, “Cinderella,
clips, and earrings to match.
ceieTS' Stay in My Arms.”
I
I h A"d tw do y°u like those new tricky buttons in the shape of
The week’s standinas:
IT
f
SPe" y°Ur name- Or
even try your
nF
t
»
1. Over the Rainbow.
phone number down the front of your dress, and just watch the results
2. Oh You Crazy Moon.
It II be a sure-fne trick to catch* the eye of that handsome young man.’
3. Man with the Mandolin.
4.
Day In, Day Out.
BRIDGE ETIQUETTE
5.
Patent Medicines, Remedies, Cosmetics,
Man and His Dream.
Cold, damp days are just ahead, and bridge will be the social
6. Cinderella, Stay in My Arms
Camera Supplies, Stationery, Sundries.
of he hour. Everybody will be going to, or will be giving bridge a fe
7.
Melancholy Mood.
so be modern and keep up with those bridge fiends.
8.
Sunrise Serenade.
There are a number of do's and don't's in correct bridge etiquette
Beer Barrel Polka.
that are often overlooked by the amateur player. Some of the more
corner Main & Powell
Vancouve
10 Moon Love.
important
Fre PTd °n
by One °f theSe brid9e enthusiasts.
First and foicmost a good player is famous for his sphinx-like
DONATION
qualities. He never indicates in any manner that his hand is either
taff of the New Canadian
very weak or very strong. Such comments as,
as, "Oh dear, I quess I have! ■ h
to pass, indicate to his partner immediatelv that his hand is extr^mplv ’
eS f° acknow,e<J9e donations
weak. No hints shOuld ever be dropped either bv word
X M
A" Sakaye Yrehi“ =<
a good sportsman never takes advantage of aw inkrm-ri» ”"■ f™. Port Haney and Mr. f
given out by his partner.
V
^.dentally) |to of Winnipeg, and to
express
When cards are being dealt, no one should touch them until the^ ®”’cerest appreciation for this ’
much-needed support.
X LXT7
shouW refrain
at the last caret. Be careful to hold the cards so that the ODonnentU
NEWEST HOSIERY SHADE
cannot see them. Cards are not to be withdrawn after they are played'i
The mfnngement of these rules can be penalized, but mere co esv^
BY
should prevent any violations.
courtesy. POWELL DRUG first
his p^LX1'^ ^ <Orm
^ dU"W 10 leaw hiS
10 ™tch
Your Hit Parade
*
H b
W
i
LT
And the ideal player knows when to stop play ing. Ardent pla
often forget all about the clock, which is
very inconsiderate to
hostess.
It all boils down to pleasant courtesy quietness, and conside
tion.T We mas
players, but
but we are more than
.... t not all be expert Pi^rs,
of observing the ABC s of courtesy and etiquett
e at the bridge tabi
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OCTOBER 13 1939
SmiMd^lit anb Wine J.S.C. Plans Hop
To Rake Funds For
New Gym Floor
active participation by the Ni1
We |at,there, fascinated when he rose slowly, grasping a huge Brock Memorial
Down at Richmond we find that• drawn to our attention.
gleaming knife in his hand. Then with a flourish of malicious pleasure
a grand new gym floor has been House System
In order that the Japanese Stud- completed. Everyone seems to be
^nd fnt'c,Pated deli9ht' he Plunged that wicked implement deep into
The House system is h .
her flesh. Looking up with evident satisfaction, he turned to his quests ents Club may again contribute delighted with it to judge by the agam this year. Yutaka «2
to The financing of the Brock many "ohs" and ahs." Expresand asked, 'White meat or dark, which do you prefer?"
was elected boys' reoori/
Memorial
Building. now in con- sions of approval? . . . the girls shi
Carving a turkey is an art calling forth every ounce of skill
the North . House. George M^
strategy and poise. It was an old tradition that every true gentleman struction on the campus, the seem to think so.
ba was elected secretary ofi I
West House and, in addict
was the master of this ticklish art. But, today, in this time of high executives are planning one of
pressure civilization, carving in the kitchen is generally accepted in the dazzling highlights of the Fall Fair
the responsible position as "n
coming month . . .
social circles.
The fall fair for the school
manent" president of the
STREAMLINED etiquette
THE FALL INFORMAL
and Richmond district marked
X! and XII Guidance Club
The formalitv' of —yiaGUany giviiiq wav to oractica
This function will be held on the opening of one of the main
.. .
Dunng the activity period
simplicity and informality. For instance, just a few years ago, an Saturday. November IS. from 1
activities of the year.
School
takes place once a week
invitation over the telephone would have aroused indignation in no p.m. at: Killarney, Bayswater
and work such as art, typing and Mukai acts as vice-president oft
terms. And typewritten letters were strictly taboo in social Point Grey Road.
projects was on exhibit. Prize
Basketball Club.
,ii:
pickings
of
fruits,
flowers
and
ence But changing times accept these short cuts in etiquette.
* * *
Ii
Expected to extend their
Everything is becoming more and more streamlined, and at times we ronage to the affair are Dr. pat■and vegetables, pride of the farmers, Sports Shorts
I
miss the older customs that involved more work
Mrs. M. Miyazaki and Mr. ;and were artistically arranged. 'Twas d
1
T ,cc Sames on s* I
We miss the glowing hearth of olden days now that the more Mrs. N. Yamaoka.
a success.
day, K.ng Ed. s pig-skin lads
convenient gas and electricity has taken its place. The cozy atmosphere
K. K.
a very good showing. The Bantaof smoldering coals, the dreams dancing atop the flickering flames of
Oratorical Contest
won over Lord Byng ] ] .3 and ^
a log lire are slowly becoming pleasures of the past.
On October 10 at the Girls' Junior team tied with Kits 3
Just so with the art of carving—the simpler methods of kitchen
League meeting, there was a con- Senior soccer . . . King Ed. lost to
carving may be much more convenient. It preserves the host from
test based on “The Importance of Tech, 4- 1. George Ide plays fa, fe
end ess hours of trepidation. And .it certainly promotes longer life to
School Spirit." Nobuko Sato who
naJins' orherwise chewed to pieces by nervous hostesses. But what
Hats off to the song, “Sunrise! won second place stressed an im Seniors and not for the Juniors as
is Thanksgiving, or Christmas, or any other celebration without a strug Serenade.” Fifteen consecutive portant point, "Canada's future reported last week.
The Social Dancing Club finds
gling host putting up a man-to-man battle with a slippery, obstinate bird weeks it’s been on the “Your Hit will be on our shoulders. The task a number of Niseis on the floor
* * *
Parade” while many top-flight to make her better and prosperous learning the latest in ballroom
PUMPKIN PIE
tunes barely last twelve weeks. depends on us. School days are very dancing.
and ■
5 d, , 7 W ,iOnal Pumpkin pie “ Thanksgiving Day,
According to a hasty survey, important to us to prepare for this
and ,t was perfectly de-lovely. So, here's the recipe straight from Mrs its fifteen consecutive
Rogues' Gallery
appear- noble aim."
X X? S °Ven—^e" h,e for Th^ksgiving, but Hallowe'en is just
ances equal the record held jointly
Nobuko also won the trophy for
Want to know wha, others think
around the corner and pumpkins will again run amuck.
by “Red Sails in the Sunset” and the best essay submitted in a con of you? Just take a Lok at one of
.
CUps °f canned stewed pumpkin and 1 cup of “I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams.” test at her former school, Lord the numerous "Slam Books," a
scalded m.lk Add li cup of sugar, }', teaspoon
teaspoon of
of salt
salt, I1 teaspoon
teaspoon ^° ^ou remember these songs? Byng. Tatsuko Takahashi is our able sort of a "Rogues' Gallery" in
XT0"' I
' S'i9htly beile"
Mi* the ingredients well
pianist.
words, being passed around in King
together and cook in double boiler till thick as custard Line a
WAR
DITTY
.
PieEd. Chizue Kurisu, ex-King Ed
plate with pastry and bake i..
___ , J,,,,
in oven,
then pour mixture into crust and
Talking
of
sports,
there
is
hockey
started one last year and the idea
News from far-off England tells
bake again in hot oven until top of "filling is dry
and baseball. The need for morej seems to be spreading.
of
a
ditty
that
’
s
the
rage
of
the
...
DRESS accessories
Want to brighten up last year's plain old dress? Do it with acces- British Tommies. It’s “We’re
.the imP°rhnt item in the fall silhouette. Big chunky iewelrv Gonna Hang out the Washing on
Will bring your clothes right up to date. Old gold is the most oputo the Siegfried Line” by Michael
in necklaces that are elaborate and bulky. There seems to be an ex- Carr and Jimmy Kennedy In
penmm mg epidemic spreading among the jewellers who are all trying cidentally. these two composed
to out-do each other in producing unique necklaces, with bracelets9 the current favorite, “Cinderella,
clips, and earrings to match.
ceieTS' Stay in My Arms.”
I
I h A"d tw do y°u like those new tricky buttons in the shape of
The week’s standinas:
IT
f
SPe" y°Ur name- Or
even try your
nF
t
»
1. Over the Rainbow.
phone number down the front of your dress, and just watch the results
2. Oh You Crazy Moon.
It II be a sure-fne trick to catch* the eye of that handsome young man.’
3. Man with the Mandolin.
4.
Day In, Day Out.
BRIDGE ETIQUETTE
5.
Patent Medicines, Remedies, Cosmetics,
Man and His Dream.
Cold, damp days are just ahead, and bridge will be the social
6. Cinderella, Stay in My Arms
Camera Supplies, Stationery, Sundries.
of he hour. Everybody will be going to, or will be giving bridge a fe
7.
Melancholy Mood.
so be modern and keep up with those bridge fiends.
8.
Sunrise Serenade.
There are a number of do's and don't's in correct bridge etiquette
Beer Barrel Polka.
that are often overlooked by the amateur player. Some of the more
corner Main & Powell
Vancouve
10 Moon Love.
important
Fre PTd °n
by One °f theSe brid9e enthusiasts.
First and foicmost a good player is famous for his sphinx-like
DONATION
qualities. He never indicates in any manner that his hand is either
taff of the New Canadian
very weak or very strong. Such comments as,
as, "Oh dear, I quess I have! ■ h
to pass, indicate to his partner immediatelv that his hand is extr^mplv ’
eS f° acknow,e<J9e donations
weak. No hints shOuld ever be dropped either bv word
X M
A" Sakaye Yrehi“ =<
a good sportsman never takes advantage of aw inkrm-ri» ”"■ f™. Port Haney and Mr. f
given out by his partner.
V
^.dentally) |to of Winnipeg, and to
express
When cards are being dealt, no one should touch them until the^ ®”’cerest appreciation for this ’
much-needed support.
X LXT7
shouW refrain
at the last caret. Be careful to hold the cards so that the ODonnentU
NEWEST HOSIERY SHADE
cannot see them. Cards are not to be withdrawn after they are played'i
The mfnngement of these rules can be penalized, but mere co esv^
BY
should prevent any violations.
courtesy. POWELL DRUG first
his p^LX1'^ ^ <Orm
^ dU"W 10 leaw hiS
10 ™tch
Your Hit Parade
*
H b
W
i
LT
And the ideal player knows when to stop play ing. Ardent pla
often forget all about the clock, which is
very inconsiderate to
hostess.
It all boils down to pleasant courtesy quietness, and conside
tion.T We mas
players, but
but we are more than
.... t not all be expert Pi^rs,
of observing the ABC s of courtesy and etiquett
e at the bridge tabi
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OCTOBER 13, 1939
CANADIAN
TOWN
’litis
swing
er for
bt$u.
f the
TOPICS
j Bon Voyage
were Misses Omiye Yano, Yoshi
Illi
SOME COMING EVENTS
cn fit
Many parties have been held re ko Ono, and Kiyo Obokata.
OCTOBER
cently in honor of the young people
* * *
ip1 JCCL Card Social, Nippon, Club.)
departing for the Orient. Sakaye Friendship Circle
ged up in a
I
j^111 Tour ^-^Huve. Japanese) a historical event for the budding Ashikawa. .
Yoshino was honored by a party
new
suit,
he
sure
wowed
'em
at
his
first
dance.
General
comment
The Girls' Friendship Circle will p-fkiiw YWBA. Commemoration’
held at the home of Miss Kazuko
among
the
sirens:
"Gee.
Butch
is
lucky,
what
’
s
she
g
(hut wo
hold its first meeting next Thurs A Arriee' Hompa Temple. 7.30,
Sanmiva last night. Sakaye is sail day
haven
t
got?"
And
Shige
in
a
daze:
"Can
yon
believe
it
evening, October 19 at 8 p.nd
St™”"
Ni'
ing on the Hiye Maru with her
that I can swing it. really swing it!”
at
the
home
of
Miss
F
Bird
—Kumamoto
Happy
mother tomorrow noon.
Miss Mabel Carroll as the 'guest! 17 land.
Hidekazu Nishikawa was feted speaker. Miss Carroll, the Domin —Opening of
Bolo—the biggest rage among the older youngsters, Saw the
ball. League, Japanese Gym.
i
manly Kaz sneaking into a store to buy one of these toys and now
by the Mikado Seinenkai last night ion secretary of the WMS for
-National and Vancouver Chap-j
he’s in the holo 35c. But he says it’s worth it. And they tell me
ter
at the Fairview Japanese School, younger groups, is arriving in Van-1
S p.m.
that the sophisticated Kunio gets up one hour earlier every morning
and Kazuma Uyeno will be the couver from Toronto on Wednes-■ 19—Club.
Girls’ Friem
Mabel i to practice the tricky art.
guest of honor of the Powell YPS ^ay, and will remain in
Carroll
trues
the
city
for
* » *
at the New Pier Cafe.
■Vancouver Youth Council Dance
only a few days
Paloma
"ROLL OUT A BARREL”
Mr. Nishikawa, a graduate of
-i—Gakuyukai Play, Japar
At the
?rs escapade—the popular Fairview gentleman
23—Closing date for .ICC
King Ed., and Mr. Uyeno, a former Matrimonial Sea
sat
out
the
Contest
entries.
Moonlight, skate holding hands with a lucky little belle.
student of UBC, are leaving to
A pretty wedding was solemnized 23—Honma YMBA Holler
01
course
his
alibi as usual is that he was merely trying to extract
morrow to take up studies in Japan. at the Kitsilano Buddhist Mission
Party. Happyland.
a sliver irom her hand . . . Little Rosie took a nasty spill and
Mr. Uyeno will be accompanied by last Monday evening when Mitsuo, 2"—Catholic Mission Baz:
sion Hall.
split his trousers in a most embarrassing manner. So. at the MelIns sister, Hatsumi.
daughter of Mrs. S. Fukunaga, be
tose alter the big breakfast, he could dance in only one peculiar
Bull,
per couple.
came the bride of Mr. Joe Kojima,
position in order to preserve what little dignity he had left. He feels
..Hostess
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Kojima.
Hall.
resentful toward Vaughn Moore for omitting to teach him how to
Mrs. Yoshi Ono entertained
The ceremony was performed by 2S—Shise
Hal lowe’cn
cope
with just such a predicament . . . Bouquets to Tad. On his
informally at her home on W.
Rev. R. Tachibana.
•m Killarney.
way home he passed the typical damsel in distress. After driving
Vancouver Island Semi-final
41st last Sunday evening. The
for JCCL Oratorical Contest.
The lovely bride, given in maron a. tew more blocks a gentleman in him kept pricking bi*s con
hostess was engaging in a simple
NOVEMBER
riage by her mother. chose a floorscience so he turned back and changed her flat tire for her.
princess gown
of heavy rust
C. Y.I C.C. at Holy Cross
length gown of crip moire taffeta, 4-5
* * *
and Powell United Church.
crepe. Assisting her in serving
and a misty veil of bridal tulle.
Three knaves crashed a strictly hen party of 20 women,
5 Pall Informal, Killarney.
She carried a shower bouquet of 15
mese Soccer League SkatWhat happened? In the fight that followed, there were enough
Party, Boiler Bowl.
white roses and I i Hes-of-the-va I ley.
feathers flying around to stuff a mattress.
Miss Kanaye Sakamoto attended
* * *
the bride.
SEATTLE SHIEKS AND SIRENS
Mr. Kojima was supported by Mr.
Books and Stationery
All the town beauties should be at, the wharf this Saturday
Hideo Yoshida. Nakodos were Mr.
to see the group oi Washington boys off to Japan, Reminds mo of
SEYMOUR 4230
and Mrs. S. K. Takahashi. A recepthe
last boat that sailed with its load of Seattle girls. One petite
| 347 Powell St
Vancouver, B. C
tion at the Fuji followed the cerecoquette on board caught the eye of Vancouver’s Don Juan, Roy,
mony.
and they began to pass billets-doux to each other via the streamers’
Mr. and Mrs. Kojima are now
Such questions as, "What’s your name?" and "What’s your address?”
residing at 420 W. Pender.
were asked to initiate a thrilling correspondence across the sea.
* * *
Highland 6194
Now be sure, girls, to keep this column away from the men.
Mr. and Mrs. M, Fujino anthere’ll be a number of ’swell-heads around town if they hear this,
An all-Nisei cast will attempt Lelie\ e it or not. the Seattle belles agree that, the Vancouver boys
nounce the engagement of their
the most ambitious stage play are much handsomer than theirs.
daughter, Shizue, to Mr, Zenichi
ever (presented in the Japanese
Tanaka, eldest son of Mr. and
community a week from tomor
Mrs. M. Tanaka. The date of the
row, when the Gakuyukai pre
wedding ceremony has not been
Complete Services
sents "Tsuzurikata Kyoshitsu.”
announced.
From $60.00
For the story of “Tsuzurikata
Tentative plans have been drawn
up by the Shiseikai to hold a Hal- Kyoshitsu" has been so wildly
742 E. Hastings St.
1 lowe'en social at Killarney on Sat-1 acclaimed in Japan that it
Permanent Waves & all Branches o£
seems destined to go down in
urday, October 28th.
Beauty Culture done in the most uphistory as a classic of the Jap
to-date methods.
anese language. Published in
Fountain
book form it was received with
with the most Modern and (he very
the greatest enthusiasm and
Latest Machinery.
adapted into a stage play it
220 MAIN STREET
Phone SEy. 1936
has been widely performed in
Res. High. 2132
Japan.
293 East Hastings St.
The Story
Written by a young girl as a
school composition, the story
b records the daily life of the Toyoda family in the slum district
of Tokyo. But it, is outstanding
for the manner in which the
young author has painted with a
deft and sure pen the significant.
I
drama underlying: the eternal
for existence of this
T family.
Here aie few examples of the outstading bargains we are
Ji For she has written the story
offering for Saturday and Monday.
f of every-day humdrum events not
Un the sombre and dismal colors
i of defeat and despair. Rather the
|i story is one of t he triumph of
4 Thread Chiffon 85c pr. Ji the human spirit over an adverse
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L environment. The sunshine of her
New 3-Tted 45 Gauge
Lown personality ’seems to have
Sheer Chiffon
$1.00 pr. Bi infected her pen. lighting up the
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Colors blue, green, and rust
|i lives of all those of whom
‘Wonder’Chiffoii
Il writes, the whole record of dis38 Washable Sandisheer all colors
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) ployed. and the props commit tee,
38 Penmanent Moire Silk all good colors
i
under the able direction of Sam
ROSELITE
I Matsumoto, is working steadily
I to insure the success of the play.
| The make-up this -year will
; again be under the direction of
At
। Setsu Ishizaki, who scored a trit umph with her work last year.
The public is also asked to view
374-378 Powell St.
the posters designed by Katsu
460 Granville St
SEymour 8832
i Iguchi at Maikawa’s. the Fuji, or
I Ernie’s.
$
A to
<t
per.
□fade
which
Kimb
51 th:
Jatinmade
1^
1 the
3-all.
'St to
r the
rs as
nds
oor
om
link
a of
a
in
jng
Ed.
ca
’V'
*
*
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•fc
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terday & Monday
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CANADIAN
TOWN
’litis
swing
er for
bt$u.
f the
TOPICS
j Bon Voyage
were Misses Omiye Yano, Yoshi
Illi
SOME COMING EVENTS
cn fit
Many parties have been held re ko Ono, and Kiyo Obokata.
OCTOBER
cently in honor of the young people
* * *
ip1 JCCL Card Social, Nippon, Club.)
departing for the Orient. Sakaye Friendship Circle
ged up in a
I
j^111 Tour ^-^Huve. Japanese) a historical event for the budding Ashikawa. .
Yoshino was honored by a party
new
suit,
he
sure
wowed
'em
at
his
first
dance.
General
comment
The Girls' Friendship Circle will p-fkiiw YWBA. Commemoration’
held at the home of Miss Kazuko
among
the
sirens:
"Gee.
Butch
is
lucky,
what
’
s
she
g
(hut wo
hold its first meeting next Thurs A Arriee' Hompa Temple. 7.30,
Sanmiva last night. Sakaye is sail day
haven
t
got?"
And
Shige
in
a
daze:
"Can
yon
believe
it
evening, October 19 at 8 p.nd
St™”"
Ni'
ing on the Hiye Maru with her
that I can swing it. really swing it!”
at
the
home
of
Miss
F
Bird
—Kumamoto
Happy
mother tomorrow noon.
Miss Mabel Carroll as the 'guest! 17 land.
Hidekazu Nishikawa was feted speaker. Miss Carroll, the Domin —Opening of
Bolo—the biggest rage among the older youngsters, Saw the
ball. League, Japanese Gym.
i
manly Kaz sneaking into a store to buy one of these toys and now
by the Mikado Seinenkai last night ion secretary of the WMS for
-National and Vancouver Chap-j
he’s in the holo 35c. But he says it’s worth it. And they tell me
ter
at the Fairview Japanese School, younger groups, is arriving in Van-1
S p.m.
that the sophisticated Kunio gets up one hour earlier every morning
and Kazuma Uyeno will be the couver from Toronto on Wednes-■ 19—Club.
Girls’ Friem
Mabel i to practice the tricky art.
guest of honor of the Powell YPS ^ay, and will remain in
Carroll
trues
the
city
for
* » *
at the New Pier Cafe.
■Vancouver Youth Council Dance
only a few days
Paloma
"ROLL OUT A BARREL”
Mr. Nishikawa, a graduate of
-i—Gakuyukai Play, Japar
At the
?rs escapade—the popular Fairview gentleman
23—Closing date for .ICC
King Ed., and Mr. Uyeno, a former Matrimonial Sea
sat
out
the
Contest
entries.
Moonlight, skate holding hands with a lucky little belle.
student of UBC, are leaving to
A pretty wedding was solemnized 23—Honma YMBA Holler
01
course
his
alibi as usual is that he was merely trying to extract
morrow to take up studies in Japan. at the Kitsilano Buddhist Mission
Party. Happyland.
a sliver irom her hand . . . Little Rosie took a nasty spill and
Mr. Uyeno will be accompanied by last Monday evening when Mitsuo, 2"—Catholic Mission Baz:
sion Hall.
split his trousers in a most embarrassing manner. So. at the MelIns sister, Hatsumi.
daughter of Mrs. S. Fukunaga, be
tose alter the big breakfast, he could dance in only one peculiar
Bull,
per couple.
came the bride of Mr. Joe Kojima,
position in order to preserve what little dignity he had left. He feels
..Hostess
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Kojima.
Hall.
resentful toward Vaughn Moore for omitting to teach him how to
Mrs. Yoshi Ono entertained
The ceremony was performed by 2S—Shise
Hal lowe’cn
cope
with just such a predicament . . . Bouquets to Tad. On his
informally at her home on W.
Rev. R. Tachibana.
•m Killarney.
way home he passed the typical damsel in distress. After driving
Vancouver Island Semi-final
41st last Sunday evening. The
for JCCL Oratorical Contest.
The lovely bride, given in maron a. tew more blocks a gentleman in him kept pricking bi*s con
hostess was engaging in a simple
NOVEMBER
riage by her mother. chose a floorscience so he turned back and changed her flat tire for her.
princess gown
of heavy rust
C. Y.I C.C. at Holy Cross
length gown of crip moire taffeta, 4-5
* * *
and Powell United Church.
crepe. Assisting her in serving
and a misty veil of bridal tulle.
Three knaves crashed a strictly hen party of 20 women,
5 Pall Informal, Killarney.
She carried a shower bouquet of 15
mese Soccer League SkatWhat happened? In the fight that followed, there were enough
Party, Boiler Bowl.
white roses and I i Hes-of-the-va I ley.
feathers flying around to stuff a mattress.
Miss Kanaye Sakamoto attended
* * *
the bride.
SEATTLE SHIEKS AND SIRENS
Mr. Kojima was supported by Mr.
Books and Stationery
All the town beauties should be at, the wharf this Saturday
Hideo Yoshida. Nakodos were Mr.
to see the group oi Washington boys off to Japan, Reminds mo of
SEYMOUR 4230
and Mrs. S. K. Takahashi. A recepthe
last boat that sailed with its load of Seattle girls. One petite
| 347 Powell St
Vancouver, B. C
tion at the Fuji followed the cerecoquette on board caught the eye of Vancouver’s Don Juan, Roy,
mony.
and they began to pass billets-doux to each other via the streamers’
Mr. and Mrs. Kojima are now
Such questions as, "What’s your name?" and "What’s your address?”
residing at 420 W. Pender.
were asked to initiate a thrilling correspondence across the sea.
* * *
Highland 6194
Now be sure, girls, to keep this column away from the men.
Mr. and Mrs. M, Fujino anthere’ll be a number of ’swell-heads around town if they hear this,
An all-Nisei cast will attempt Lelie\ e it or not. the Seattle belles agree that, the Vancouver boys
nounce the engagement of their
the most ambitious stage play are much handsomer than theirs.
daughter, Shizue, to Mr, Zenichi
ever (presented in the Japanese
Tanaka, eldest son of Mr. and
community a week from tomor
Mrs. M. Tanaka. The date of the
row, when the Gakuyukai pre
wedding ceremony has not been
Complete Services
sents "Tsuzurikata Kyoshitsu.”
announced.
From $60.00
For the story of “Tsuzurikata
Tentative plans have been drawn
up by the Shiseikai to hold a Hal- Kyoshitsu" has been so wildly
742 E. Hastings St.
1 lowe'en social at Killarney on Sat-1 acclaimed in Japan that it
Permanent Waves & all Branches o£
seems destined to go down in
urday, October 28th.
Beauty Culture done in the most uphistory as a classic of the Jap
to-date methods.
anese language. Published in
Fountain
book form it was received with
with the most Modern and (he very
the greatest enthusiasm and
Latest Machinery.
adapted into a stage play it
220 MAIN STREET
Phone SEy. 1936
has been widely performed in
Res. High. 2132
Japan.
293 East Hastings St.
The Story
Written by a young girl as a
school composition, the story
b records the daily life of the Toyoda family in the slum district
of Tokyo. But it, is outstanding
for the manner in which the
young author has painted with a
deft and sure pen the significant.
I
drama underlying: the eternal
for existence of this
T family.
Here aie few examples of the outstading bargains we are
Ji For she has written the story
offering for Saturday and Monday.
f of every-day humdrum events not
Un the sombre and dismal colors
i of defeat and despair. Rather the
|i story is one of t he triumph of
4 Thread Chiffon 85c pr. Ji the human spirit over an adverse
lvalues to $1.59 yd.
L environment. The sunshine of her
New 3-Tted 45 Gauge
Lown personality ’seems to have
Sheer Chiffon
$1.00 pr. Bi infected her pen. lighting up the
54" British all wool Novelty Crepe
Colors blue, green, and rust
|i lives of all those of whom
‘Wonder’Chiffoii
Il writes, the whole record of dis38 Washable Sandisheer all colors
or Crepe
$L15 pr.
| mal day-io-day events.
38 Falling Leaf Crepe Latest colors
Stage Scenery
95c
j! The stage setting for the play,
38” Due Pont Printed Crepe
Latest Fall Shades: pin reality a series of seven
95c
many patterns and colors
:
sketches,
is
the
most
elaborate!
© AUTUMN LEAF
5-1 2 seasons’ guarantee Durace] Lining
। eve
sound
yd.
@ WINEGLO
staple shades
sand lighting effects will be em@ SUNRISE
) ployed. and the props commit tee,
38 Penmanent Moire Silk all good colors
i
under the able direction of Sam
ROSELITE
I Matsumoto, is working steadily
I to insure the success of the play.
| The make-up this -year will
; again be under the direction of
At
। Setsu Ishizaki, who scored a trit umph with her work last year.
The public is also asked to view
374-378 Powell St.
the posters designed by Katsu
460 Granville St
SEymour 8832
i Iguchi at Maikawa’s. the Fuji, or
I Ernie’s.
$
A to
<t
per.
□fade
which
Kimb
51 th:
Jatinmade
1^
1 the
3-all.
'St to
r the
rs as
nds
oor
om
link
a of
a
in
jng
Ed.
ca
’V'
*
*
I, Uchida
•fc
Home Funeral
Chapel
Palomar Beauty Shop
» M H05KRV S*?1”"'
J
owe
SHIBUVfl’S
I
terday & Monday
BEAT 95- DAYS
SILKS ana’ WOOLENS at 95c yd
। WteliATO
SILKS
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Page 6
S»i
THE NEW CANADIAN
Bloedel Banner
anc
Regina Register
Ganges Gleanings
By CHIUZ.O ADACHI
By K. SANO.
By D. I. 0.
Sabotage is; believed to be the
The Japanese- Canadian CitiMembers
of the
tty DKI>ORAH and ‘T
cause of the catastrophe which zens League’s pledge of loyalty Young People’s Association 2
Last week Deborah was talking quite a long while about the oriain shroud^ t!le fate of two local to Canada has aroused consider erecl at the Central Hall Than!
harbor tugs. Bloedel’s 30- able interest and comment among giving evening to hear the A
and the various. kinds of Japanese dances. If | remember correctly some’ diesel
,
Edna B” and Vanisle’s the Nisei in Regina. They are given by Rev. G. G. Naka,™
forms like the Gigaku
1
and the Bugaku were imported from China while |f^
Charles
H. Cates” No. 4 were wondering whether the JCCL on his recent visit to Califora”
the native dances found expression in the lowly peasant Dengaku, the
aristocratic Noh and the more modern Shosagoto and the Kyabuki ballet. found scuttled at. their respective wants just bravery and heroism
Luke Murakami, our faithfm
Today she
' was telling me a few things of the dance itself, the moorings Tuesday morning. Sep or whether it is looking ahead to vice-president, opened the
tember 26. This is the first known the future and working for the ing with a few words of weleou ‘
accompanying music, the costumes and so forth.
accident
of this nature to occur ood of coming generations.
DANCE ELEMENTS
A harvest hymn was sun- h
* * *
Evidently, there are three elements of the Japanese dance—the hereabouts.
view of the occasion.
*
mai, odor! and furi.
BUMPER CROPS
At the close or the speech, Rev
Hunting Highlights . . . Sep The prairie
The mai is a movement or rather a succession of movements
tember 4. Mr. T Perks fired at harvested and provinces have Popham of Ganges thanked Rev
slow, dignified and delicate. The odori is a much quicker dance
threshed their Nakayama. We also wish to extwo deer standing side by side
form, with free, light and rhythmic movements. The furi is the
crops and have stored the grain tend our thank’s to Mrs. V C,
and scored a direct hit. His in the elevators. Bumper
general name for dramatic expressions of emotions by means of
Best for kindly consenting tto play
powerful 303 bullet pierced one exceeding all expectations crop's the piano.
the technique of the dance.
have
*
*
*
The mai is more aristocratic than the odori. All dances were and hit the other, downing two been garnered in on all sides and
two-spikers
with
one
shot!
How
’
s
called mai prior to the Muromachi period (15th Century) and then
NEWCOMERS . . . Mr. S. N
once more towns are booming
were solely for the court. After Muromachi there came into vogue I hat for feat rivalling that of with life and the prosperity of Hirano and his son, Tsuyo, are
many dances which were crude in movements and rustic in origin. These “killing two birds with one days gone by
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Okano
stone,”
were culminated in the odori.
Welcome
to the Hirano family
Here the ;grimness of war is
*
*
Both mai and the odori are pure movements to be danced to music
who are planning to make
,
,
Although busily occupied with hardly known. The recruits form Ganges their home. Every suc
and not intended to interpret the meaning of the words. at. an _
advanced bee-business in Lamb’s Burn, C.A. a part of the community. They
stage of development a third element is wanted to express joy, anger rnnna
r
are training for service, to be cess to Tsuyo who will be
sorrow or happiness. This last is furi. With the addition of this third
' spare moments to sure, but with unruffled calm- attending the Ganges School.
go grouse hunting. The easilv^eSS alld Quiet determination. The
element, the simple dances develop into dramatic dances.
limit of “blue’s” was
MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT
- glory of war doe's not stir them.
reached.
The classic dances of Japan are always accompanied by music.
For here the people understand Woodfibre Whispers
* * *
The main instrument is the samisen together with the fue or flute,
the meaning both of peace and
INDIAN SUMMER
By G. i.
taiko or drum and tsuzumi or hand tabor.
of war.
Last
month's
Indian Summer;
Mushroom season’s here again.
*
wrought havoc in the hunting I
This
year’s crop is much better
The Japanese classic dance is very symbolic and its movements
WELCOME
areas forcing the big horns to
than last year’s. Proof: pickers
may represent something by the direct method or it may make myriads seek cooler localities. All the riv The Shinyokai was pleased to are returning
of suggestions. Thus, a dance may picture a beautiful girl sitting in ulets were dried up by the heat. enroll in the ranks of its mem weighing up to with pickings
four or five K
front or her mirror applying lipstick or that same scene may suggest
bers . young Kiyoshi Izumi former- pounds.
Moreover,
twigs,
moss
and
veget,
budding adolescence, lovers and romances.
a t ion in general got so dried up ^ °^ Vancouver. B. C.
_ Ernie, Jerry, Kelly and Ty de
Well, all right, I said to Deborah, but
— how in the world is the that the hunter's quarry was ers. With the present rain, how- cided to go picture-shooting in
XCtatOr ?. fol,°y the dances if a certain scene may mean three or four
greatly aided in its getaway from ever, hunters are anticipatin- stead. They say that Kelly was
different things?
even the most caution's gun-tot-' better luck.
& carrying a dangerous looking ma
NARRATIVE CHANT
chine-gun but we couldn’t see
A mischievous twinkle lighted up her eyes as she replied, “Don't
anything
save a tripod stand.
you remember the time we went to the Japanese Hall and you were
Acme
Angles
*
*
*
bored to death listening to what you called a “monotonous, wailing
By Staff Correspondent
The Isshinkai is sponsoring
are available.
nasal chant of the vocal accompanist? The chant tells the story behind
Taking a forward step in ora
contest for the best picture
“Mitzi” Sasaki, rising Nisei
16 dance. Oh, oh, I couldn't parry that thrust.
ganization. basketball player
of leader and popular athlete, pre of Woodfibre. Cash prizes as
Like the old English glee, the recitation came to be employed
i
Sea Island met last Sunday at sided over the meeting, but de- well as numerous other tempt
as accompamment to the dance and proved stimulating to the
Acme Hall to form a Junior Bas- dined to accept the position of ing offers are to be got for the
development of the art.
ketball team, which will partic captain.
trying. That’s the green light
fan dance
ipate in the Japanese Basketball
the photobugs needed to spur
In the Japanese dance certain articles such as the fan and the; League, with the support of the
them on to greater activity.
Sink Celtic
tenugui (Japanese towel)
are invaluable in representing imaginary ’ newly-established Athletic Club,
Having organized, the : boys
Si
objects.
I
formed
by
the
merger
of
the
bas
Dick
Uchida
suffered
an
ac
aw
lost no time in getting into action.
For example, the fan may represent the moon, a musical instru'ketball
and
lacrosse
teams.
Discarding their weighty pad's cident to his left eye while at
ment, or even an umbrella. It may show movements of various kinds
Meeting in their usual informal and all other useless parapher work in the mill. It’s not too sersuch as the incoming rush of waves at flood tide or the tossing and
and
friendly fashion, typical of nalia. the boxla boys jovially ped ions, though. Besides, that gives B
foaming at ebb tide or the graceful whirls and eddies. A fan may also
him a good
symbolize with equal ease and vividness the sweep of a waterfall or the all the Island young people’s ailed on their two-wheeled jal date in town, excuse to meet his hi
When quizzed as to
gentle flutter of falling petals. With it an expert artist will be able to gatherings, the following resolu lopies to what was found to be how
he
was
going
to get along
tions
were
adopted
unanimously.
the super-colossal (?) open-air
depict horse-back riding—how to lead a horse by the bridle how to
(1) To merge the basketball basketball court of Celtic Can- with just one eye, he replied:
mount it and how to shoot an arrow while in full gallop.
All the better. I always did use
team with the lacrosse team to nery.
"And costumes! You really have to see the performances of the form an Athletic Club, thereby
Tufts of grass, that still need my left eye for winking at her
various dances to get any proper idea of their varietv and color" ex financing the team on the la
ed the “morning shave with anyway.” Well, don’t strain it too
claimed Deborah.
'
crosse club’s funds. This is pos- I plenty of shaving cream, and much, Dick.
That was one point I agreed with her.
sible because of the fact that I a few odd bumps played havoc
a majority of the basketball
with the Island playmakers, Capital City Chatto
players are already members of
but nevertheless they eked out
the lacrosse club.
a narrow win. (Score censored
By ION! GOSSIPE.
(2) To use the name “Hurri by the War Censorship Board.)
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Island
canes."
Cage Capers . . .
Semi-Final of the J.C.C.L. Ora
AGENT FOR
(3) To affiliate, with the Sports
One gallant Acme stalwart felt torical Contest has been defin
division of the Sea, Island Y.P.S., so tough (still thinking' he was itely set for October 29 and all
as the lacrosse club already is. ‘Playing boxla) that he dashed entries must be in by October 20.
(4) To have Kitoshi “Cockv” head first into poor Mr. KadoThis contest is open to all Sec
Koyanagi
and
Herby
Matsui
act
naga,
and
believe
me,
“
Kamoche
”
R
ond
Generation Japanese, so let’s
300 E. CORDOVA ST,
PHONE TRI. 5599
as temporary co-captains and was kindly presented with a cute hear from Alberni, Chemainus,
VANCOUVER. B. C.
playing managers until definite little knob right below his eye. Cumberland, Duncan. Ganges,
and further details regarding" or- Too bad it wasn’t a “meno uye Hillcrest, Nanaimo. Paldi. Roysganization of the Junior League no tan kobu.”
ton and Sooke Lake districtsFair lassies, supporters of the come on folks, how about it?
« * *
Celtic, men, were cheering them
Local members please take
selves hoarse, but their cries
, were no inspiration, so it 'seemed. note—the next meeting of the
O.i my mistake—they were cheer Victoria Chapter, J.C.C.L., will be
ing for the Island * boys — the ^e^ Saturday, October 21. at
4
double-crossers.
8:15 p.m. sharp.
recently
back
j Overheard . . . “Bet you girls
Yoshiro Ishida
i aren’t watching the game.”
from Japan, is now at Sooke Lake.
“Oh! half the time,” replied a
sophisticate. Tut, tut! What moral
Victoria Vagaries: A surprise^ ‘d®
support.
that certain local U.B.C. gratfua-2
of ’39 getting a call from the on?
other graduate of the same yeaiOh
pshaw! I’ve said too m1^'
For Real Japanese Dishes >■
> again . . . Who was it. that P^T
near wore himself to a L-a^
(whatever that is) trying to sW1
an outboard motoi—and
!
258 POWELL ST.
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found out that he’d been sold^oil instead of gasoline.
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THE NEW CANADIAN
Bloedel Banner
anc
Regina Register
Ganges Gleanings
By CHIUZ.O ADACHI
By K. SANO.
By D. I. 0.
Sabotage is; believed to be the
The Japanese- Canadian CitiMembers
of the
tty DKI>ORAH and ‘T
cause of the catastrophe which zens League’s pledge of loyalty Young People’s Association 2
Last week Deborah was talking quite a long while about the oriain shroud^ t!le fate of two local to Canada has aroused consider erecl at the Central Hall Than!
harbor tugs. Bloedel’s 30- able interest and comment among giving evening to hear the A
and the various. kinds of Japanese dances. If | remember correctly some’ diesel
,
Edna B” and Vanisle’s the Nisei in Regina. They are given by Rev. G. G. Naka,™
forms like the Gigaku
1
and the Bugaku were imported from China while |f^
Charles
H. Cates” No. 4 were wondering whether the JCCL on his recent visit to Califora”
the native dances found expression in the lowly peasant Dengaku, the
aristocratic Noh and the more modern Shosagoto and the Kyabuki ballet. found scuttled at. their respective wants just bravery and heroism
Luke Murakami, our faithfm
Today she
' was telling me a few things of the dance itself, the moorings Tuesday morning. Sep or whether it is looking ahead to vice-president, opened the
tember 26. This is the first known the future and working for the ing with a few words of weleou ‘
accompanying music, the costumes and so forth.
accident
of this nature to occur ood of coming generations.
DANCE ELEMENTS
A harvest hymn was sun- h
* * *
Evidently, there are three elements of the Japanese dance—the hereabouts.
view of the occasion.
*
mai, odor! and furi.
BUMPER CROPS
At the close or the speech, Rev
Hunting Highlights . . . Sep The prairie
The mai is a movement or rather a succession of movements
tember 4. Mr. T Perks fired at harvested and provinces have Popham of Ganges thanked Rev
slow, dignified and delicate. The odori is a much quicker dance
threshed their Nakayama. We also wish to extwo deer standing side by side
form, with free, light and rhythmic movements. The furi is the
crops and have stored the grain tend our thank’s to Mrs. V C,
and scored a direct hit. His in the elevators. Bumper
general name for dramatic expressions of emotions by means of
Best for kindly consenting tto play
powerful 303 bullet pierced one exceeding all expectations crop's the piano.
the technique of the dance.
have
*
*
*
The mai is more aristocratic than the odori. All dances were and hit the other, downing two been garnered in on all sides and
two-spikers
with
one
shot!
How
’
s
called mai prior to the Muromachi period (15th Century) and then
NEWCOMERS . . . Mr. S. N
once more towns are booming
were solely for the court. After Muromachi there came into vogue I hat for feat rivalling that of with life and the prosperity of Hirano and his son, Tsuyo, are
many dances which were crude in movements and rustic in origin. These “killing two birds with one days gone by
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Okano
stone,”
were culminated in the odori.
Welcome
to the Hirano family
Here the ;grimness of war is
*
*
Both mai and the odori are pure movements to be danced to music
who are planning to make
,
,
Although busily occupied with hardly known. The recruits form Ganges their home. Every suc
and not intended to interpret the meaning of the words. at. an _
advanced bee-business in Lamb’s Burn, C.A. a part of the community. They
stage of development a third element is wanted to express joy, anger rnnna
r
are training for service, to be cess to Tsuyo who will be
sorrow or happiness. This last is furi. With the addition of this third
' spare moments to sure, but with unruffled calm- attending the Ganges School.
go grouse hunting. The easilv^eSS alld Quiet determination. The
element, the simple dances develop into dramatic dances.
limit of “blue’s” was
MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT
- glory of war doe's not stir them.
reached.
The classic dances of Japan are always accompanied by music.
For here the people understand Woodfibre Whispers
* * *
The main instrument is the samisen together with the fue or flute,
the meaning both of peace and
INDIAN SUMMER
By G. i.
taiko or drum and tsuzumi or hand tabor.
of war.
Last
month's
Indian Summer;
Mushroom season’s here again.
*
wrought havoc in the hunting I
This
year’s crop is much better
The Japanese classic dance is very symbolic and its movements
WELCOME
areas forcing the big horns to
than last year’s. Proof: pickers
may represent something by the direct method or it may make myriads seek cooler localities. All the riv The Shinyokai was pleased to are returning
of suggestions. Thus, a dance may picture a beautiful girl sitting in ulets were dried up by the heat. enroll in the ranks of its mem weighing up to with pickings
four or five K
front or her mirror applying lipstick or that same scene may suggest
bers . young Kiyoshi Izumi former- pounds.
Moreover,
twigs,
moss
and
veget,
budding adolescence, lovers and romances.
a t ion in general got so dried up ^ °^ Vancouver. B. C.
_ Ernie, Jerry, Kelly and Ty de
Well, all right, I said to Deborah, but
— how in the world is the that the hunter's quarry was ers. With the present rain, how- cided to go picture-shooting in
XCtatOr ?. fol,°y the dances if a certain scene may mean three or four
greatly aided in its getaway from ever, hunters are anticipatin- stead. They say that Kelly was
different things?
even the most caution's gun-tot-' better luck.
& carrying a dangerous looking ma
NARRATIVE CHANT
chine-gun but we couldn’t see
A mischievous twinkle lighted up her eyes as she replied, “Don't
anything
save a tripod stand.
you remember the time we went to the Japanese Hall and you were
Acme
Angles
*
*
*
bored to death listening to what you called a “monotonous, wailing
By Staff Correspondent
The Isshinkai is sponsoring
are available.
nasal chant of the vocal accompanist? The chant tells the story behind
Taking a forward step in ora
contest for the best picture
“Mitzi” Sasaki, rising Nisei
16 dance. Oh, oh, I couldn't parry that thrust.
ganization. basketball player
of leader and popular athlete, pre of Woodfibre. Cash prizes as
Like the old English glee, the recitation came to be employed
i
Sea Island met last Sunday at sided over the meeting, but de- well as numerous other tempt
as accompamment to the dance and proved stimulating to the
Acme Hall to form a Junior Bas- dined to accept the position of ing offers are to be got for the
development of the art.
ketball team, which will partic captain.
trying. That’s the green light
fan dance
ipate in the Japanese Basketball
the photobugs needed to spur
In the Japanese dance certain articles such as the fan and the; League, with the support of the
them on to greater activity.
Sink Celtic
tenugui (Japanese towel)
are invaluable in representing imaginary ’ newly-established Athletic Club,
Having organized, the : boys
Si
objects.
I
formed
by
the
merger
of
the
bas
Dick
Uchida
suffered
an
ac
aw
lost no time in getting into action.
For example, the fan may represent the moon, a musical instru'ketball
and
lacrosse
teams.
Discarding their weighty pad's cident to his left eye while at
ment, or even an umbrella. It may show movements of various kinds
Meeting in their usual informal and all other useless parapher work in the mill. It’s not too sersuch as the incoming rush of waves at flood tide or the tossing and
and
friendly fashion, typical of nalia. the boxla boys jovially ped ions, though. Besides, that gives B
foaming at ebb tide or the graceful whirls and eddies. A fan may also
him a good
symbolize with equal ease and vividness the sweep of a waterfall or the all the Island young people’s ailed on their two-wheeled jal date in town, excuse to meet his hi
When quizzed as to
gentle flutter of falling petals. With it an expert artist will be able to gatherings, the following resolu lopies to what was found to be how
he
was
going
to get along
tions
were
adopted
unanimously.
the super-colossal (?) open-air
depict horse-back riding—how to lead a horse by the bridle how to
(1) To merge the basketball basketball court of Celtic Can- with just one eye, he replied:
mount it and how to shoot an arrow while in full gallop.
All the better. I always did use
team with the lacrosse team to nery.
"And costumes! You really have to see the performances of the form an Athletic Club, thereby
Tufts of grass, that still need my left eye for winking at her
various dances to get any proper idea of their varietv and color" ex financing the team on the la
ed the “morning shave with anyway.” Well, don’t strain it too
claimed Deborah.
'
crosse club’s funds. This is pos- I plenty of shaving cream, and much, Dick.
That was one point I agreed with her.
sible because of the fact that I a few odd bumps played havoc
a majority of the basketball
with the Island playmakers, Capital City Chatto
players are already members of
but nevertheless they eked out
the lacrosse club.
a narrow win. (Score censored
By ION! GOSSIPE.
(2) To use the name “Hurri by the War Censorship Board.)
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Island
canes."
Cage Capers . . .
Semi-Final of the J.C.C.L. Ora
AGENT FOR
(3) To affiliate, with the Sports
One gallant Acme stalwart felt torical Contest has been defin
division of the Sea, Island Y.P.S., so tough (still thinking' he was itely set for October 29 and all
as the lacrosse club already is. ‘Playing boxla) that he dashed entries must be in by October 20.
(4) To have Kitoshi “Cockv” head first into poor Mr. KadoThis contest is open to all Sec
Koyanagi
and
Herby
Matsui
act
naga,
and
believe
me,
“
Kamoche
”
R
ond
Generation Japanese, so let’s
300 E. CORDOVA ST,
PHONE TRI. 5599
as temporary co-captains and was kindly presented with a cute hear from Alberni, Chemainus,
VANCOUVER. B. C.
playing managers until definite little knob right below his eye. Cumberland, Duncan. Ganges,
and further details regarding" or- Too bad it wasn’t a “meno uye Hillcrest, Nanaimo. Paldi. Roysganization of the Junior League no tan kobu.”
ton and Sooke Lake districtsFair lassies, supporters of the come on folks, how about it?
« * *
Celtic, men, were cheering them
Local members please take
selves hoarse, but their cries
, were no inspiration, so it 'seemed. note—the next meeting of the
O.i my mistake—they were cheer Victoria Chapter, J.C.C.L., will be
ing for the Island * boys — the ^e^ Saturday, October 21. at
4
double-crossers.
8:15 p.m. sharp.
recently
back
j Overheard . . . “Bet you girls
Yoshiro Ishida
i aren’t watching the game.”
from Japan, is now at Sooke Lake.
“Oh! half the time,” replied a
sophisticate. Tut, tut! What moral
Victoria Vagaries: A surprise^ ‘d®
support.
that certain local U.B.C. gratfua-2
of ’39 getting a call from the on?
other graduate of the same yeaiOh
pshaw! I’ve said too m1^'
For Real Japanese Dishes >■
> again . . . Who was it. that P^T
near wore himself to a L-a^
(whatever that is) trying to sW1
an outboard motoi—and
!
258 POWELL ST.
mad or was he mad, ^ ■ ;
TRINITY 0561
found out that he’d been sold^oil instead of gasoline.
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Page 7
OCTOBER 13, 1939
THE NEW CANADIAN
Srl
California Branch Of A.F.L
Denounces Anti-Alien Activities
Steveston Static
Hoop Game Major Sport In Japan
By FRED NISHI
ipse
BASKETBALL BANTER
Achieves Swift Rise To Popularity
athThe Senior and Junior basket
ball teams held a first practicej
Hundreds upon hundreds of spectators jammed into every
talk
(Seattle Courier Dispatch)
the Bussei Hall on Friday,] available in the Meiji Shrine outdoor arena are tense with excitement,
SAN FRANCISCO.-—Roundly denouncing the effortsiDctoben 6. under the dir ection of scarcely daring to breathe for the crucial rubber game of the All-Japan
nia.
Nishi. Prospects are very vs, Westerns, the 1938 Canadian Basketball Champions, is in progress.
of certain individuals and interests back of the so-called : Fred
~
The score is tied at 3
The Canadians have whittled down
I? anti-alien
bills in the last session of the Legislature, the ; bright. The players are rapidly
* rounding into shape with snappy their opponents' lead to knot the count, with but few minutes of play
State Federation of Labor, at its recent convention in Oak- { ball handling, nimble foot-work
F land, went on record against such activities.
in
’ and clean passing plays approaehSuddenly All-Japan gets the ball, the players break fast. Kenshichi
R Support was pledged and labor
: mg mid-season form. From now Yokoyama, scintillating Waseda forward, zig-zags down the court with
^'representatives instructed to fight
jon both teams will hold a prac- the ball, flicks a back-hand pass to a team-mate, who sights the basket
| such legislation should it again Increased Interest
{lice every Friday at the same and lets loose with a looping two-hander , . . an agonizing second- exbe brought forward. The resolu: place.
it's in .
Pandemonium breaks loose. Then, the final gong is heard.
C,
Suon was presented by Kinzo Wa- Shown In Study Of
i The basketball club is
All-Japan has turned back the Westerns 34-32 to cop the international
^kayama. Vito B. Alioto and V.
I tiating for
R.H.S. gym SO { series between Canada and Japan.
Florentino of the Seine and Line Japanese At U. of W I that league home game may be!
KEYNOTE: IMPROVEMENT
£ Fishermen. A second resolution
{held there.
The gami played in Japan is just as nerve-tingling as any
Increased interest in the i
J condemned those legislators who
At the last “gym night" of
hotly contested match in Canada. What an improvement those
study of the Japanese language the Steveston Students' Club,
5 opposed the bills last winter.
olive-skinned boys have made! To think that twenty years ago
0,
at
the
University
of
Washing
three
basketball
teams
were
Adoption of these resolutions
basketball was practically unknown to most Japanese and that now
ton has been revealed by a re formed within the club. The
places the California branch of
they should nose out the Westerns, a great bunch of players, is a
port from Henry T. Tatsumi,
members of these teams will
the American Federation of La
praiseworthy accomplishment.
assistant
professor
in
the
Dep
be potential material for the
bor squarely and strongly
Some claim that this is a proof the game has reached a point
Steveston
Basketball j where a picked team can rightfully challenge the supremacy of America
against discriminatory legisla artment of Oriental Studies.
“The second year class with
Club.
in the field.
tion in the state.
23
enrolled
is
the
largest
it
has
The
next
Y.P.S.
meeting
will!
j
This is considered of extreme
INTRODUCTION OF GAME
importance, because proponents ever been," he said. Thirty- ! be held October 22 at the Church}
At any rate basketball was first introduced into the country by
of the defeated bills have de- three are enrolled in the first I Hall. An interesting missionary! Hyozo Omori, a graduate of Springfield College then a member of the
|| dared they will again be brought year class, and nine in the {program is being arranged. Mem-, Education Bureau of Tokyo Municipality. That was in 1908, sixteen
p up in the Legislature for con- third year, also a record, Mr. {bers are. asked to keep the date; years after the game had been created by Dr. James /V Naismith.
Tatsumi revealed.
; in mind.
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sideration.
In 1914 the sport got a real boost by F. H. Brown, regarded as
p
Resolution
lone of the fathers of the game in Japan, who worked untiringly to
■s
I establish it.
g The resolution reads in part:
Japan's first participation in international basketball took place
e K “Whereas, during the last sesin 1917 when an All-Japan team entered the Third Far Eastern
sion of the California Stat© Legis
Olympic games held at Tokyo.
lature. certain bills known as
GROWTH
Power of Press Upheld in Court Action
‘anti-alien’ bills, were introduced,
Three years later, the University of Chicago sent over the first
and among them the most vicious
£>52
of these was that certain bill in Weekly newspapers have comejfold up. But several months ago, American team. The subsequent tour gave the game the needed stimand gone in Los Angieles’ Little j Ko’saku Matsumoto. a former j ulus. Interest spread quickly. The following year saw the organizing
troduced by. Assemblymen Yorty
gs.
staff writer of a Los Angeles! of the All-Japan championships by the Japan Amateur Basketball Assoand Tenney of Southern Califor Tokio.
Especially has this been trije daily decided the time was ripe ciation.
nia. ostensibly for barring ‘aliens’
of Japanese weeklies. They gather for another venture.
From then on basketball took big strides ahead. In 1927 a team
from fishing, but in reality aimed
a lot of money from ads for New
His crusade was to champion from Waseda University was sent to America gaining invaluable
at approximately 600 American
Year editions and then quietly the Nisei and his aim was to experience.
Federation of Labor Fishermen
SJ
By 1934 Japan was able to put out a team that entered into
of Japanese extraction, who ’can “Resolved that the California. publish the “bare facts" of the
the finals of the 9th Far Eastern Games, losing only to the Philippines.
not themselves become citizens, State Federation of Labor con activities of the community big
An All-American team which was invited to tour the country in
and
demns and opposes any similar wigs.
Union Clash
legislation which may be pro Matsumoto's pen was sharp, 1935 won all of its eleven-game schedule.
COMPETITION IN FAR EAST
“Whereas, the bills aimed at posed in the future, and ... in clever and convincing. Writing
The experience gained from all these contests paid dividends last
Si depriving these fishermen of the structs legislative representatives all the stories in his four-page
tab,
he
never
lacked
topics
for
January
when a Japanese team sent to Manila won seven out of eight
B right to fish, were sponsored and of the Federation to oppose the
backed by the CIO lobby operat passage of any of these bills to discussion or targets for critic games over Philippine combinations. The only setback the Japanese
ism. He probed into the personal team suffered was at the hands of the all-Philippine squad but by a mere
ing at Sacramento, and certain the limit.”
and quasi-official lives of many point, with the final score reading 38-37.
professional patriots who waved
B. C. Situation
While at Manila the Japanese aggregation met the touring Ameri
Observers have pointed to a Little Tokyo leader and printed
#f the American flag in order to
his
findings
in
his
Pacific
Times.
can All-Stars in a three-game fixture. The latter won all three of the
cover up these raiding tactics of the contrasting situation in the
contests, but in two of them were hard pressed by the losers. In the
Circulation Jumps
the CIO
British Columbia fishing case,
fishermen are British subjects, I Word spread around that the second 9ame/ Japan led by one point up to the last five seconds of play.
STYLE OF PLAY
this does not protect them from I Pacific Times had the “real lowattacks which would oust them i down” and as a result, up jumped
The Japanese make up for their disadvantage in height by deadly
from the industry. In B. C. how the circulation figures.
: shooting, utilizing to perfection the two-handed push shot, speed on
ever, the clash of rival fisherNo personality was too big for|f°°f and fast breaking plays.
I men’s unions has been a re- IEditor .Matsumoto. No community
And today, rhe sport is efficiently supervised by the Japan
i markable feature of the strug [idol was too sacred for the fiery
Amateur Basketball Association with headquarters in Tokyo.
Quality
and
Distinction
gle
for
security
by
Japanese
Teams are classified into six groups: universities, higher technical
publisher. As long a*s he figured
fishermen.
schools,
middle schools, elementary schools; open (including industrial
he was right and his facts
762 Granville St
^^^^^^
jstraight, he front-paged the story organizations and university alumni) and all women's teams.
528 W. Hastings St.
Championships for each are held annually. Courses for coaches
featured the expose. So by
ffiiiipi
I the end of his first two months and officials are given every summer. Nothing is overlooked to better
w
I of operation, many heads of prom- the game in Japan. It appears that the day is not too far distant when
jnent Issei leaders were rolling Japan will be challenging America for the so-called v/orld title.
8 POWEL ST.,
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on the guillotine block of printed
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The upshot of it all was a
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ICE CREAM
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Armstrong
and
CoJ
court
last
week.
The
first
trial
it
205 MAIN ST.
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resulted in an 8-4 verdict for
acquittal.
Undertakers
Meanwhile. publication of the
BOUQUETS. WREATHS. POTTED PLANTS ■ Pacific Times has been suspend»
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! him and his crusade has won him I
/ friends.
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Optometrist
= He has proved the much vaunt-1
Direct Importers of Japanese Provisions and Curios
( ed “power of the press.” But, atj
|
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THE NEW CANADIAN
Srl
California Branch Of A.F.L
Denounces Anti-Alien Activities
Steveston Static
Hoop Game Major Sport In Japan
By FRED NISHI
ipse
BASKETBALL BANTER
Achieves Swift Rise To Popularity
athThe Senior and Junior basket
ball teams held a first practicej
Hundreds upon hundreds of spectators jammed into every
talk
(Seattle Courier Dispatch)
the Bussei Hall on Friday,] available in the Meiji Shrine outdoor arena are tense with excitement,
SAN FRANCISCO.-—Roundly denouncing the effortsiDctoben 6. under the dir ection of scarcely daring to breathe for the crucial rubber game of the All-Japan
nia.
Nishi. Prospects are very vs, Westerns, the 1938 Canadian Basketball Champions, is in progress.
of certain individuals and interests back of the so-called : Fred
~
The score is tied at 3
The Canadians have whittled down
I? anti-alien
bills in the last session of the Legislature, the ; bright. The players are rapidly
* rounding into shape with snappy their opponents' lead to knot the count, with but few minutes of play
State Federation of Labor, at its recent convention in Oak- { ball handling, nimble foot-work
F land, went on record against such activities.
in
’ and clean passing plays approaehSuddenly All-Japan gets the ball, the players break fast. Kenshichi
R Support was pledged and labor
: mg mid-season form. From now Yokoyama, scintillating Waseda forward, zig-zags down the court with
^'representatives instructed to fight
jon both teams will hold a prac- the ball, flicks a back-hand pass to a team-mate, who sights the basket
| such legislation should it again Increased Interest
{lice every Friday at the same and lets loose with a looping two-hander , . . an agonizing second- exbe brought forward. The resolu: place.
it's in .
Pandemonium breaks loose. Then, the final gong is heard.
C,
Suon was presented by Kinzo Wa- Shown In Study Of
i The basketball club is
All-Japan has turned back the Westerns 34-32 to cop the international
^kayama. Vito B. Alioto and V.
I tiating for
R.H.S. gym SO { series between Canada and Japan.
Florentino of the Seine and Line Japanese At U. of W I that league home game may be!
KEYNOTE: IMPROVEMENT
£ Fishermen. A second resolution
{held there.
The gami played in Japan is just as nerve-tingling as any
Increased interest in the i
J condemned those legislators who
At the last “gym night" of
hotly contested match in Canada. What an improvement those
study of the Japanese language the Steveston Students' Club,
5 opposed the bills last winter.
olive-skinned boys have made! To think that twenty years ago
0,
at
the
University
of
Washing
three
basketball
teams
were
Adoption of these resolutions
basketball was practically unknown to most Japanese and that now
ton has been revealed by a re formed within the club. The
places the California branch of
they should nose out the Westerns, a great bunch of players, is a
port from Henry T. Tatsumi,
members of these teams will
the American Federation of La
praiseworthy accomplishment.
assistant
professor
in
the
Dep
be potential material for the
bor squarely and strongly
Some claim that this is a proof the game has reached a point
Steveston
Basketball j where a picked team can rightfully challenge the supremacy of America
against discriminatory legisla artment of Oriental Studies.
“The second year class with
Club.
in the field.
tion in the state.
23
enrolled
is
the
largest
it
has
The
next
Y.P.S.
meeting
will!
j
This is considered of extreme
INTRODUCTION OF GAME
importance, because proponents ever been," he said. Thirty- ! be held October 22 at the Church}
At any rate basketball was first introduced into the country by
of the defeated bills have de- three are enrolled in the first I Hall. An interesting missionary! Hyozo Omori, a graduate of Springfield College then a member of the
|| dared they will again be brought year class, and nine in the {program is being arranged. Mem-, Education Bureau of Tokyo Municipality. That was in 1908, sixteen
p up in the Legislature for con- third year, also a record, Mr. {bers are. asked to keep the date; years after the game had been created by Dr. James /V Naismith.
Tatsumi revealed.
; in mind.
■
j
sideration.
In 1914 the sport got a real boost by F. H. Brown, regarded as
p
Resolution
lone of the fathers of the game in Japan, who worked untiringly to
■s
I establish it.
g The resolution reads in part:
Japan's first participation in international basketball took place
e K “Whereas, during the last sesin 1917 when an All-Japan team entered the Third Far Eastern
sion of the California Stat© Legis
Olympic games held at Tokyo.
lature. certain bills known as
GROWTH
Power of Press Upheld in Court Action
‘anti-alien’ bills, were introduced,
Three years later, the University of Chicago sent over the first
and among them the most vicious
£>52
of these was that certain bill in Weekly newspapers have comejfold up. But several months ago, American team. The subsequent tour gave the game the needed stimand gone in Los Angieles’ Little j Ko’saku Matsumoto. a former j ulus. Interest spread quickly. The following year saw the organizing
troduced by. Assemblymen Yorty
gs.
staff writer of a Los Angeles! of the All-Japan championships by the Japan Amateur Basketball Assoand Tenney of Southern Califor Tokio.
Especially has this been trije daily decided the time was ripe ciation.
nia. ostensibly for barring ‘aliens’
of Japanese weeklies. They gather for another venture.
From then on basketball took big strides ahead. In 1927 a team
from fishing, but in reality aimed
a lot of money from ads for New
His crusade was to champion from Waseda University was sent to America gaining invaluable
at approximately 600 American
Year editions and then quietly the Nisei and his aim was to experience.
Federation of Labor Fishermen
SJ
By 1934 Japan was able to put out a team that entered into
of Japanese extraction, who ’can “Resolved that the California. publish the “bare facts" of the
the finals of the 9th Far Eastern Games, losing only to the Philippines.
not themselves become citizens, State Federation of Labor con activities of the community big
An All-American team which was invited to tour the country in
and
demns and opposes any similar wigs.
Union Clash
legislation which may be pro Matsumoto's pen was sharp, 1935 won all of its eleven-game schedule.
COMPETITION IN FAR EAST
“Whereas, the bills aimed at posed in the future, and ... in clever and convincing. Writing
The experience gained from all these contests paid dividends last
Si depriving these fishermen of the structs legislative representatives all the stories in his four-page
tab,
he
never
lacked
topics
for
January
when a Japanese team sent to Manila won seven out of eight
B right to fish, were sponsored and of the Federation to oppose the
backed by the CIO lobby operat passage of any of these bills to discussion or targets for critic games over Philippine combinations. The only setback the Japanese
ism. He probed into the personal team suffered was at the hands of the all-Philippine squad but by a mere
ing at Sacramento, and certain the limit.”
and quasi-official lives of many point, with the final score reading 38-37.
professional patriots who waved
B. C. Situation
While at Manila the Japanese aggregation met the touring Ameri
Observers have pointed to a Little Tokyo leader and printed
#f the American flag in order to
his
findings
in
his
Pacific
Times.
can All-Stars in a three-game fixture. The latter won all three of the
cover up these raiding tactics of the contrasting situation in the
contests, but in two of them were hard pressed by the losers. In the
Circulation Jumps
the CIO
British Columbia fishing case,
fishermen are British subjects, I Word spread around that the second 9ame/ Japan led by one point up to the last five seconds of play.
STYLE OF PLAY
this does not protect them from I Pacific Times had the “real lowattacks which would oust them i down” and as a result, up jumped
The Japanese make up for their disadvantage in height by deadly
from the industry. In B. C. how the circulation figures.
: shooting, utilizing to perfection the two-handed push shot, speed on
ever, the clash of rival fisherNo personality was too big for|f°°f and fast breaking plays.
I men’s unions has been a re- IEditor .Matsumoto. No community
And today, rhe sport is efficiently supervised by the Japan
i markable feature of the strug [idol was too sacred for the fiery
Amateur Basketball Association with headquarters in Tokyo.
Quality
and
Distinction
gle
for
security
by
Japanese
Teams are classified into six groups: universities, higher technical
publisher. As long a*s he figured
fishermen.
schools,
middle schools, elementary schools; open (including industrial
he was right and his facts
762 Granville St
^^^^^^
jstraight, he front-paged the story organizations and university alumni) and all women's teams.
528 W. Hastings St.
Championships for each are held annually. Courses for coaches
featured the expose. So by
ffiiiipi
I the end of his first two months and officials are given every summer. Nothing is overlooked to better
w
I of operation, many heads of prom- the game in Japan. It appears that the day is not too far distant when
jnent Issei leaders were rolling Japan will be challenging America for the so-called v/orld title.
8 POWEL ST.,
£ Announcing Opening of /
on the guillotine block of printed
SI:
WW
0853
’
exposure.
DROP
IN AT,
R ?
New Funeral Chapel
The upshot of it all was a
B®
libel suit that was brought to j
ICE CREAM
HOT DOGS
Armstrong
and
CoJ
court
last
week.
The
first
trial
it
205 MAIN ST.
%
resulted in an 8-4 verdict for
acquittal.
Undertakers
Meanwhile. publication of the
BOUQUETS. WREATHS. POTTED PLANTS ■ Pacific Times has been suspend»
88
»3O4 Dunlevy Ave. High 0141/
ied. No printing house in Los I
356 W 4TH AVE.
BAY. 7881
’Angeles dared to touch his copy,
8 MW,WiVb^WmWW^
CLOTHES SHOP
land as a result Matsumoto had it:
’published in San Francisco.
459 L Hastings St.
1
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Power of the Press
BETTER TRADE RELA I IONS
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it
BUY JAPANESE GOODS
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»»®«
.i4f M.
;ing on carrying on where he left j ^Bv^K.Wl
| off. His stalwart sentences have;
i drawn a group of followers around I
! him and his crusade has won him I
/ friends.
j
Optometrist
= He has proved the much vaunt-1
Direct Importers of Japanese Provisions and Curios
( ed “power of the press.” But, atj
|
the same time, pondering on the I
109 Powell Street
377 Powell St.
ii Seymour 2933
I days spent in jail, he is a bit]
I wary about exerting pressure]
VANCOUVER, B. C.
’again at full blast.—L. A. Mirror.!
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THE NEW CANADIAN
junior, Senior Teams In Shape For Season
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If rugby folded up here this sea
son, football folded down in Seattle Tanaka Blows Up After Win Over Maika*
With the Japanese Basketball League slated to aet and the Courier columnist writes
Herbert Haruo Tanaka grimly vaged hi
under way next week, the captains and coach.es are making a two-act drama, "What, no Feets game with Takeo l
ball League!". . . But what every anticipates the homestretch round kawa Who
almost scored ant
final improvements, and whipping their teams into smooth young man should know—Soccer next Sunday with George Isogai, set, but finally
working quintets.
League! Soccer League! Who's got seven down and eighteen to
Arakawa actually led p l
Next Wednesday at the local ( broke his little finger at prac- the soccer league? There seems to in a 336-hole final for the posses-, 3-up. winning the'
be two of them flowing around, sion of the Matsunaga Trophy
gymn, the pre-season favorites, ’ tice.
holes. He was still 1 Ud
Tanaka had a too easy time half-way mark. but io„
Harry’s, will show against the I Stcveston will not enter league fighting for one cup . . , Table
making the
final,
deteatino- when- he foti^
Ml?i>
defeating
failed
challenging M. & N. five, and play until the close of the fishing tennis league is making a great
----- - tto cut his
comeback with a bigger and better Mickey Maikawa 7 and 6, and his *
the Fairview dark horse "Gig- season in November, but Captain bolo league . . . But the badminton game went astray towards the ent s lead on the 15th anti ft
In the final Isogai post„| *
olos” will test out the new Kichi -Nishi is touting his team set-up is still up in the air so far end of the first round.
clothing store crew from Mai- for big doings. The team will pay as a league is concerned. Matt
On the other hand Isogai sal- early lead on the 415-yard fire
hole with a par 4. Tanaka man
kawa’s.
a franchise fee of five dollars to Matsui's says his Strathcona woraged to hold lsogai u„ *
Juniors Clash
nes are over, but more players are
enter the league^
"Minicam" Owner
fourteenth, when his Jt
welcome. Next job is fielding an
I he Junior League will open
started to betray hi„ an*
Nomads Strengthened
entry in the G.V.A.A. community
Tuesday night, with
ames
In the Junior line-up. Nomads league . . . Gillette Razor Blade
five consecutive holes to J
Leaves Vancouver
slated. Acme Cannery Hurricanes may yet upset all the dope. Last
the
day seven down.
As announced in an earlier
will lake ।on the ice cream ven-Lweek they bolstered their team Company are sponsoring a "No
Carding an approximate «
Shave" campaign for basketball issue of The New Canadian,
dors from
adding George Yoshinaka,
Isogai
was not at his tet £
teams, until they've won their first Walter Inouye, proprietor of
j
Kenji
Hori
and Toshio Hashi- game . . . what a
3:00,
Tanaka’s golf was a bit fa
champs lr0!n moto.
headache, why "The Minicam,” has closed his oft.
The handsome trophv *
who
is
still
trying
for
a
Mar pole "’ill be out to show how place
don't things start, why do I see shop at 159 Powell Street. He is
on Harry’s senior team.
virtually conceded to Isogai, k
He against the Tuesday night’s game against spots before my eyes.
leaving Vancouver October 17.
YMT 18 t111a. f‘8hting Herb is
smooth Nomads; and at 9:00 two
Those who wish to get prints i reckon with this Sunday
rookie teams will meet, when the Marpole should be a classic.
of any picture taken by Mr.
he Celtic and Acme boys
Fa'st-Tinders and Celtic Cannery
Inouye are requested to contact
turned out with only four to a
The New Canadian.
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|$
YOSHINO j
in fishing. Steveston Juniors so
tar have not put in an appearance
V odnesday when Captain Mousie
Nisei Hallowe'en
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at the Powell gym. but they are
more re- being touted as even faster than
emits to his team. Bringing Don their senior reps.
L.A. Osteopath
362 ALEXANDER ST.
Vokota and Minoru Ota from New
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Cagette Loop?
An
all-Nisei
Hallowe
’
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frolic
r is getting
Sails With Nisei Wife will be held at the Town Hall
The cage!les put in a 'strong
the import system off to a good
Sumi of Kitsilano. bid for a league agaii , fielding
^&a^i the Hummel, Hummel Ballroom, Friday night, October
former
sixteen
;
school flash, was
S. It begins to look Dr. Allen Petersen’s Chinese junk 27, announces Jimmie Akazaalso on hand for the False Creek somethin
like an evangelistic of the across-the-Pacific fame wa, local Nisei.
movement, with all of them prom will be off on the high seas in
The proceeds of the dance
. (WWffl
ising
to
obtain
one
more
convert
October.
,
will
be
donated
to
the
JapanRADIOS
Harry’s will start the sched
to
the
great
game
of
hoopla.
No
'
ese
Basketball
League.
More
picturesque
than
safe,
ule without the aid of Spark
i
REFRIGERATORS
Featuring the frolic will be
plug Captain Joe Akiyama, who vember may yet see a packed this 36-foot, eight-ton junk
ft
gym as the femmes go through made news last July by suc a floor show with dance acts,
323 Powell Street
their paces.
cessfully crossing the danger and a smooth six-piece orchesSE ymour 4121
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ra
Tickets
are
75c
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couple.
ous
expanse
of
the
Pacific
from
finest cakes
Shanghai, China, to San Pedro,
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The ancients are said to have
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lost. Both these ventures were
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Now more than ever before when the tide of local the Hummel Hummel.
national and
events' Cias swept the second
South America Cruise
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specially out of this very need has, after almost a year of
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said Dr. Petersen,
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ape
Cos Angeles osteopath, of his
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THE NEW CANADIAN
junior, Senior Teams In Shape For Season
I
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If rugby folded up here this sea
son, football folded down in Seattle Tanaka Blows Up After Win Over Maika*
With the Japanese Basketball League slated to aet and the Courier columnist writes
Herbert Haruo Tanaka grimly vaged hi
under way next week, the captains and coach.es are making a two-act drama, "What, no Feets game with Takeo l
ball League!". . . But what every anticipates the homestretch round kawa Who
almost scored ant
final improvements, and whipping their teams into smooth young man should know—Soccer next Sunday with George Isogai, set, but finally
working quintets.
League! Soccer League! Who's got seven down and eighteen to
Arakawa actually led p l
Next Wednesday at the local ( broke his little finger at prac- the soccer league? There seems to in a 336-hole final for the posses-, 3-up. winning the'
be two of them flowing around, sion of the Matsunaga Trophy
gymn, the pre-season favorites, ’ tice.
holes. He was still 1 Ud
Tanaka had a too easy time half-way mark. but io„
Harry’s, will show against the I Stcveston will not enter league fighting for one cup . . , Table
making the
final,
deteatino- when- he foti^
Ml?i>
defeating
failed
challenging M. & N. five, and play until the close of the fishing tennis league is making a great
----- - tto cut his
comeback with a bigger and better Mickey Maikawa 7 and 6, and his *
the Fairview dark horse "Gig- season in November, but Captain bolo league . . . But the badminton game went astray towards the ent s lead on the 15th anti ft
In the final Isogai post„| *
olos” will test out the new Kichi -Nishi is touting his team set-up is still up in the air so far end of the first round.
clothing store crew from Mai- for big doings. The team will pay as a league is concerned. Matt
On the other hand Isogai sal- early lead on the 415-yard fire
hole with a par 4. Tanaka man
kawa’s.
a franchise fee of five dollars to Matsui's says his Strathcona woraged to hold lsogai u„ *
Juniors Clash
nes are over, but more players are
enter the league^
"Minicam" Owner
fourteenth, when his Jt
welcome. Next job is fielding an
I he Junior League will open
started to betray hi„ an*
Nomads Strengthened
entry in the G.V.A.A. community
Tuesday night, with
ames
In the Junior line-up. Nomads league . . . Gillette Razor Blade
five consecutive holes to J
Leaves Vancouver
slated. Acme Cannery Hurricanes may yet upset all the dope. Last
the
day seven down.
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adding George Yoshinaka,
Isogai
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teams, until they've won their first Walter Inouye, proprietor of
j
Kenji
Hori
and Toshio Hashi- game . . . what a
3:00,
Tanaka’s golf was a bit fa
champs lr0!n moto.
headache, why "The Minicam,” has closed his oft.
The handsome trophv *
who
is
still
trying
for
a
Mar pole "’ill be out to show how place
don't things start, why do I see shop at 159 Powell Street. He is
on Harry’s senior team.
virtually conceded to Isogai, k
He against the Tuesday night’s game against spots before my eyes.
leaving Vancouver October 17.
YMT 18 t111a. f‘8hting Herb is
smooth Nomads; and at 9:00 two
Those who wish to get prints i reckon with this Sunday
rookie teams will meet, when the Marpole should be a classic.
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V odnesday when Captain Mousie
Nisei Hallowe'en
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at the Powell gym. but they are
more re- being touted as even faster than
emits to his team. Bringing Don their senior reps.
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Hallowe
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frolic
r is getting
Sails With Nisei Wife will be held at the Town Hall
The cage!les put in a 'strong
the import system off to a good
Sumi of Kitsilano. bid for a league agaii , fielding
^&a^i the Hummel, Hummel Ballroom, Friday night, October
former
sixteen
;
school flash, was
S. It begins to look Dr. Allen Petersen’s Chinese junk 27, announces Jimmie Akazaalso on hand for the False Creek somethin
like an evangelistic of the across-the-Pacific fame wa, local Nisei.
movement, with all of them prom will be off on the high seas in
The proceeds of the dance
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to
obtain
one
more
convert
October.
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Harry’s will start the sched
to
the
great
game
of
hoopla.
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