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The New Canadian
^®® VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION

VOL.

Ill

No. 20.

VANCOUVER

R

1940

I

powell street

yaaaa taxi
SEymour 1414

Pulp Union Aims For Wage Equality

by mark n. toyama
: ed st kuons

about those
i limp, run. stagger or walk

) 0-

s-cross. stop and talk

Si

1
b

ers of pain
et burnt toast
exom set. nt of enow mem

B

dissolve info the street in mid­

err

in Recital

Vital Talks At
CJA Annual Meef

Ocean Fails, Powell River Workers
Get Raise, Week's Vacation With Pay;
Japanese and Canadians Co-operate

Delegates To

economic and

Consider Nisei

night rain

Iio?

that's how

Vocational Problem

powell st knows
pox ell si knows

ases
nr:

and loves the light skip
o' endaren as they trip
to school and their studies
a lovely age
then yellow and
are
buddies
Powell st knows

id.

AW

'-5

powell st knows

of a youth in a room

aark, dreary and dank
V

cz
op i
#

A

a two by four tomb

ana can tell by his weakening
tread
that god iagain forgot
las daily ,bread
Powell st knows

4

Pm ell $t knows
and shudders and hates

Lt

dwellers by satan’s gates

f’ie reeling squaw in drunken
stupor falls
and tries to beat
her cists to a pulp
an the wet concrete
and sobs
Pon ell st knows

powell st knows
ss

!l is fifth avenue
main street wall street and park

a> die centre of a social scheme

toii^s to be the nucleus of a

I he annual conference of’
[organizations affiliated with’


Under the new agreement the
Misunderstanding Removed
hourly base rate was raised by ,
two cents: but Japanese mem­ I
in an interview with The New
bers secured a four-cent in- [Canadian. Mr. A. Yasuurn. offi-

Mion. senior Japanese organizpuon in Canada, will be held’
. crease, thus reducing the base Mial delegate from the Japanese
this year on May 26. when1
rate differential by 20 per cent.
’section of the International Brodelegates from over one hunitherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and
[dred societies from all over the
In addition, employees with a
(Paper Mil] Workers. Local 312,
A
musical event eagerly atvail- I
province will meet to confer
record of two or more years of
{declared that the greatest gain
ru
on
the
community
is
the
re
­
service will be entitled to one
upon problems of common in-1
_ had ibeen made in furthering harweek’s vacation with pay at any
terest.
i cital to be given June I by Satoshi
i mony and unity in the union itFollowing up the discussion
of last year's conference, the
Nisei vocational problem will
be considered, with the report
| from the committee appointed I
last year to be submitted to the
gathering.

The research division of the
Association will also introduce
proposals of special interest to{
farmers, for the extension of the I
canning’ industry through co-oper-l
ative effort. This, it is felt, may)
be one way of assisting the farm-1
ers to market their surplus of.
small fruits as profitably as posj
sible.

Aakamura. tvell ■ known baritone
singer.

A student of Gideon Hicks,
noted Vancouver teacher. Mr. NaHamura has appeared before V antower audiences on numerous OCcastons. but this tvill be the t irst
time his rich baritone voice
be heard in a complete recital.

division

Abboud

were

self. Misunderstandings and aniii Japanese feeling which had threat­
ened io disrupt amicable discusMon were thoroughly cleared
i away, and a more sympathetic
«»I?eTV™^^^

able .o secure a closed shop ehn.se |lromlses
b,, tm,ch bri?li!er
the two plants are virtually 100 all of us." he stated
per cent unionized, as all employees
must sign up with Hie
Assisting at the piano mill A
unions to retain jobs, and can be
Miss Beatrice Hicks, tcho has tem
a delegates banquet given

hired
only with the understanding by the Japanese delegates al the
an enviable reputation as a sensi­
ot the union.
Fuji. Sunday evening, a friendly
tive and talented accomnamst.
_
>pirit prevailed, ami continued
; co-opera I ion
emphasized by
put speakers as essential to mainpain harmony and unity among
i all workers.

Feasibility of construction of aj
hall to serve as a community i
centre will also be considered nJ United Church Ministers
the conference, which is being!
[held under the sponsorship of the Mere for Conference
'Social Welfare
Association.

convenient time of the year. It
is estimated that these changes
will mean an increase in yearly
income for Japanese employees
of close to $30,000.

The

Newsfront

In Ocean Falls at present there
arc. some 200 Japanese employ,
...
,
l!^s- of which close to 70 are see, Members will gather at the Dan-jond generation. All are members
tai Hall at 9:00 a.m. They are re-[ of the union, and at present study
iquestcd
to notify the "sanjiin" of [ groups are being conducted to aeof the
Ministers of Japanese UnitedPheir respective districts by Friday J quain t t he Japanese members with
[Churches and Missions throughout!A fee of 25c will be asked, and the) every phase of the trade unionj the province are gathering in Van-■ P’cnic will be cancelled in the event; movement.
. couver this week to join with their M min.
j fellow clerics at the conference ofj
* *
'the B. C. Presbytery of the United I Minorities Position in
j Church.

Teachers Named
For Japan Tour

{Canadian Unity

Gakuyukai Rushes

The necessity of minority groups jT} I
L
1
in Canada to work with the majority [ K AH^ lAF
rAlflFV
to Wind up Season
to maintain national unity in a war-!
‘VI VlUIUIj
yoddo and yaeko’s fanciful feet
Two IB. C. teachers have ’been
world w-as emphasized by 1
,
STEVESTON. — An active and jtorn
Professor
H.
F.
Angus,
distinguished
!
nr
H
wa>ted
Gakuyukai
tentatively
selected
to
join
the
s^ on u own a wondering
successful season in the record books,
'"y WS >eeH re'«cH ed U led to
Canadian educationist, SDeakinn el
party of teachers making the an­
members of the Steveston JCCA are
.

'
Hake
place Saturday, May 25, at
nual tour of Japan sponsored by rushing plans to conclude their ac- the annual convocation .nquet obthe tj:ij)anese HalI S(1Vfi(,u
hgnt fantastic
the Japan Tourist Bureau. Thev tivities before the busy fishing the University of B. C.
,o a jitterbug beat
The war may unite or disunite lh.!?it’IWdX J"f‘J "Mi“
are Miss Mary M. Fallis of the j months with a picnic to Point Rob. : then intention to put up a stiff
people of Canada, and a
comprom.se competition
for
Templeton Junior High School ofjeUs or Capilano this coming Sunday.
the
coveted
| will be necessary upon the question pHnPin.a
Sato
cup,
symbolic
()f
Vancouver and Miss Jean Kerr; .........
of conscription if that unity is to be
ora lorica 1
supremacy
among
McNaughton of Cumberland High ^i11!^ arM is now al the Trinity maintained.
alumni
societies.
Several
additionUnited Church in Toronto.
Among his audience were Nise
School.
Jal participants
MUS
Mcxaushtoni,
the
dmh.,
1
^
of„ this
graduating
1 Vj
. ’M^X

A concise pamphlet written in
Miss Fallis who is a graduate of ter of ’Dr. McNaughton of Cum-!casf' as we as a nurnUer of Nisei;
I wlIT” °f the layman and
J . y TT• I i
11 ‘ J ' u U j.CHt ul. v u 11 1* 1
j
the local King ■p
■ . staff and is an loradtj^tpc
j Miigeharu Okumura, brilliant
Edward High ())er]and hospital
19raduates r-.tr
of former years.
I ‘..I 9 orth the nsnost pertinent
i Gakuyukai athlete and chairman
Schoo! and UBC. Arts ’32. and who {active figure in the 'educational L
'

*
I inMTTernin9 ,he Japanese
[of the contest, is sparing no pains
M.'._r,s degree at circles of the island city.
pino-Japanese War
; obtained her Master
l^sr^T Columbia Will be
[to
make the meet a successful
I sic-'-. JIS summer by the Na- Hhe University of Toronto in 193
The local Koenkai in Vancouver !Casua!Hes Heayy
i one.
" C^ J7tive °f the Japanese i is engaged in teaching physical
and in Cumberland district are!
TOKYO. -— Chinese troops lefti
PRIZES
' ’Jian Citizens’ League.
lefti
education and English at the
conti ibutiug ->200 towards the >260,000 dead in the field of battle,! individual prizes will be award­
I or J’?5 T' ^ U. B. -C.
Templeton Junior High School, t travellin expenses of each teach-[and the Japanese 6,000 .during thej^ ,10 the firsl ,hre^ contestants,
I law stud’
present Pursuing
Her father, is the Rev. G-eo. 0.1 er. Once in Yokohama the -teacliJpast year' accord»ng to a statement! P,ans ar^ also being entertained
I SaskU
a‘ Dalh°usie and
I s2
‘°™' '’HI undertake the Fallis, eminent United Church ers will have all their evieirpj^ General Muto, director of the/,0 Have principals from all the
’minister who served for thirteen looked after by the Japan" Tour-1 ^‘'ltary Administration Bureau of [ ^banese language schools in liie
I —a> writing of the p,m
■city *to
act in the capacity of adyears at the Canadian Memorialist Bureau.
'
.........
i the War Office.
! judicators.

grander dream

g Prepare Pamphlet

Steveston JCCA

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inning as one reads
1 would like- to
' dulv
yoi ' photo section tor it is : i
t it g eally wi-J onirea]
of your paper by;;
• expressing news through picture: ! ing the 1 Mekugi
: Wishing you fin
Tetsuo D. Kuwahart

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s a matter pur-:

the labour movement,
By George
;e. but I dimmungf influence at
1 that ihe
t important
way from the question,
'Wen no smeill amouni c n
governing
attitude of
there was concluded A
on
tages to be i
end generation Japanese Canadians
n deleqaces of trade u
lias remained
toward Canada and her war effort is
ry much of
two important p
the same spirit of devotion which
concerned.
the results of \
re more than
enough m
v1 ''ll doubts and
hut situated
dians in ‘h ' o
mne trade union movement.
the characteristic
ihe "Quee
of (’
to
discharge
obiigat
i
whoa
i
At thi cnFercnce in an atmosphere of
ECHGly
for the half
million people
co-or oration and man-to-man discussion, emo^cyers
if 60,000 soul a ha nd fu
ano employee representatives talked over t eir mutual
War Work . . . Here then, are j
'nave hewn out a respectable plac in its <
pro’-vems, end checked ; new working agreement
two very potent influences—a gen- i through the years
ate mshioned their dreams
sahswaetory to both oarties
nine love of country and a
PROSPEROUS BUSINESS
I wo Japanese Canadian!
)k part in the discussions, hilHH a debt—which He at the root i
.On bustling 11th Avenue, the main artery of the ciiv a
They j
ow of a doubt that Japanese or Nisei activity in the war
visitor will find a spacious, neat silk and dry goods* sfonN
on matters of through donations of many
Nippon Silks, whose courteous proprietor. Mr. (L Kim "awmutual concern.
women's Red Cross work.
well-known and respected Reginan. With him is Tom ^ori'^^
In ordinary everyday life, Japanese Canadians in
Prejudiced and narrow - minded young business man. formerly of Vancouver, and incidental
Comm Fdh by studying and active participation not
critics, ranging from cheap politicians !.'eatUI?.r 01 tlU' Regina Japanese Young Men’s Club, the "Shirr
onw are harm ng to handle their day-to-day working
to snobbish society women, in the
i.
Nippon bilks, interesting to note, have several brmwh
iu
prairie cities, and recently opened a branch in Vam-ouve
twisted confines of their own minds,
ptoblc ms but also, whether they realize it or not are
will
be
only
too
willing
to
cast
re
­
Not far away is
showing
capable of
aw k o i
-a busy tire
flections
upon
the
sincerity
of
our
vulcanizing plant under the managership of Mr.
snaring in the governing of their own country.
N o m u ra and
u
efforts. But surely we have suf­
Mr. Takashiba. who were the first to establish a plant of
se of time, they b
to Earn the ficient faith and confidence in our­
^;nd ,n the city. With its staff of over ten. for the most
cart
e and importance
work of the selves to look upon insinuations and
Nisei, there is here a continuous bustle of activity indicative o'
■emeni in their n
the ousiness confidence that "Tire Exchange Ltd. has acquired
with Canadian slurs with the contempt that they
.w Wv
during its twenty years’ existence.
it

II

Well-known in Regina, too. are the Tanouye brothers Jimi
I
Hie other night, in the company
Leo.
Fred. Dick and Cliff—five fine stalwart examples of
-of a Nisei Red Cross worker, we
oodwiH and Foreign Pah’cy
were discussing this situation. From! >outh. who operate a service station and tire shop near . Ov
On/!?W? Street is the Mikado Tire Exchange, owned by M Oh as
where we stood we could
tl
'em
A undim outline of the North Shore, the I
i. In the city there is also a
" ode
Ave pobev to restore relations dark shadow of Stanley Park's virgin j barber shop
1 employed in hotel work in
a and
Con rag e, initiative. tact and good service has bro
io their traditionally
glint of western
recognition
tee and equal citizens of the communii
sea. She drew a
and said in a vibrantly quiet i
America a more
THE SHINYO-KAI
F"
there's something abo
Ihe Nisei organization of th city is the Shinyo-k
that makes dozen male members, its nreMd
While recounts ing the 1value of this conscious
1 want to live and ।die for it!’'!
effort to maintain friendship iin the midst of a wsr—
uis unties every week to tea
oi
so
children
of
the
city
the rudiments of Japune
fern world, critics have stressed that such efforts are
A passionate patriot! And I think
versa
tion.
of no avail in view of the foreign policy which Japan
have many of themi among us,
ne .secretary is brawny Tom Nomura, formerly of
has pursued for the past decade.
den bein’nd our c
^
l
^ iln Treasurer Tom Hori and the Tanouye brothe
o
11 is Wc k mown that behind the history of Ang!o.ws vi leserve. ror we are a aen-I
members include Ken Sano, winner of the Japanese Canac
'me or
tion born to struggle in stirrino!
an-Japanese relations, there is" no
ague essay contest in 1938: John Nomura, ami Kh
bite and hate, such as is the case
es. And stirring times produce! from Vi ucouver. the most recent addition to Resina's
r
mer strain has arisen,, has arisen
ese Canadians. Included in the club. too.
the 'Manchurian m
nearby Moose Jaw. who is now learning hi
dental mechanic.
But this strain, in

the reality of Japan’s internal!
W and
' misunderstanding of the aims’
foreign
re in Canada, where for eve nJ
estimated 30 acres of arable land, it is I
virtual!
Lor
realize the overpowering I
significance of the population problem that arises when!
on
acres of arable land upon which

From tms distance it has been impossible for
us to appreciate the tremendous strain imposed by
this prossum upon the internal structure of the coun­
try, and lacking that appreciation we have been
unable to recognize a vigorous political and economic
foreign poucy as ike only available means of escape
from a situation created by the forces of history.
Vet an understandino of this
k

most essential step in any attempt to understand mod i "l
Japan. If such understanding could be brought vividh to
the minds of the people of Canada, much of the prejuc
and fear that has arisen in more recent years would soon!

You would find

No tv

at moonrise

slim birch trees
'‘Oil their vernal leaves
rustle,
quiver,

pleasure and an inspiratint
and confident
men. A
those, with who
come into contact.
ew kind of frontier, they hav e a vision of the futurt
found the tgreat adventure open to any Nisei who ha
and strength to face it. the determination and ability
through.

shiver pas sion at civ.
A nd

and cedar-wood scent
draw the world so close to me
earth and heaven and speechless

vastitude

Ai with me

I oshio was a wit. At least he always had the n
occasion. The other day he got on a street car w
m The conductor saw him and said, "Don't you :
tnere. No smoking allowed'?"
"I'm not smoking aloud."
'Smoking not permitted."

And what am I to do," Toshio quipped, when
- says, 'Smoke our tobacco in any pipe'? Which am
The conductor was getting worried. "But you are
a pipe in your mouth."

'Yes, and I have my feet in my shoes, but that
walking, does it?"

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Thai

was the
whi
e mem be
in Hawaii because every
fourth p ’rson is going to school, numerous tnglish words. It contains •couver Chapre attempted to anG
mpn
r
Hawaiian
words,
but
it
is
not
uritory's total population
Of t
Hawai-Y
’S a Tenoral discussio
pract:
D^Mey at their regular montl
tan. In pronunciation and S'tress
w ri t u
r approximately 400,000 per<it 1
in Japanese or in bg
g
last
week,
m of an exposition
resembles Portuguese, but if
sons, more than 92,000 are atwit!
iw in
diagrams. if access;
pointed out
.Portuguese. It is pidgin English, one.,!
tending a total cf
'^rGoJASAncouSy
Canadian
Japanese Association,
,
dhan Sit
pf the few unfortunate products
183 public schools.
of ,
pest Hoses June 31, 1940.
generation who should be
Hawaii s melting pot.
the more
shall
of ti
l'C ,
iu the chapter ;
1
। his is recognized at
newspape
'school's stiffest challenges, a chai- bers, and the exeeutiv
to
ig, superintendent
w wHI bo march'd to the winner
know
why.
has been co-or-Jen9e which cannot be mgt effecion in the company if
com U'vely without community co-opera-i An open invitation i given to '
co-ordination, how-Dion' Promotion of student interest H^'70”1' ^ submit their eriti-j
the process of devel-A ra^'° and public forum platform ?(1" ^'^ '!' "!’t’llS. with any sug-l
u
I'm and is one of the most press- Tra^0|y is helping to correct this gest ions they may
addressed to any member
; ygzms confronting educatorsJsitoation.
CHALLENGE TO SCHOOLS
i , To compensate for the emergence the press. All letters will be ack­
nowledged through the press.
challenge in Hawaii arises Ta
ha"dV. , humorous, hybrid
The chapter will undertake a
” - ort that the majority pH ^H
"^ derived ,rom
new educational effort among the
people are not phnrinoi^L^
tall by sponsoring a j
enter colleges here or elsewhere I
numerous.
I OkA O.—Despite (he spread of incut will firmly maintain their
d
eba
ting
tournament, in which'
Not the least of these is inter­
Euiopean War to the Low^aid detorniinat ion regarding the
oct contemplating leavinc
various
01 ganRatio ns will j
racial understanding which results
Countries. .Lipan is still hiuhl) question of (ht
~ory to live in some other
be
invited
to
enter
learns.
from the mingling of Hawaiians,
t of the world,' Mr. Long exanxious
that no change would bt Indies.
Through this, it isr felt that the
Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, Filip­
effected in the situation in th<
Bom here, educated here,
EFFECT ON TRADE
inos, Portuguese, Puerto Ricans abundance of oratorical material
Netherlands
East
Indi
ct to live here. The schools
(’onsidera Ne anxiety, tot
among the Nisei can be further
on the playfield and in the class­
iRml statement issu
mds must help them to do
by
developed
into
trained
public
room.
must help them to make
speakers, capable of presenting
GowieMiwt oi (he German invasion of
LANGUAGE TOLERANCE
, e : itient lives for themselves
the second generation viewpoint eminent announced that it bad pile Low Countries.
Although
wai
I olerance is another item on thep° Occidental audiences
Geographical isolation ini
that hunch will depend upon future deall countries should
acres s which one cannot Icredlt SiCJe of the ledger. Take, tor |
i he
elopnieuLs and particularly on
Japanese Culture
ay
in
search
of
em-!
eXam
P
e
'
^
e
Japanese
language
status
quo
in
that
pa
re's wav
Hie attitude ot the E.S. and Italy,
A practical step, too, in the
s upon |Schoo!s- Near,y a!l Japanese pupils preservation of Japanese
immediate
Oil
vulture I
Ln primary grades supplement public will be attempted for
this responsibility. "
I
ofpviih Europe will be very serious,
women I ‘’Considering
school training with daily attendance members, with the as
Island industrialists are taking
istanee ofr the war in Mu rope.”
the I
at
these
language
schools,
where,
in
experts in this field. Executive sial omen*.
J keen interest in this problem
spreading
t he f
and have been working in close iaddition to instruction in language, members were unanimous in
They are aiso taught
something
of , belief that- mam- cultural tradi-h’riHnent on April la made puhli
----- » co-operation with school author­ । ,
dies for a number of years. Re- jtne history and culture of their tions which the first generation their attitude of
cp concern
ancestral homeland. Other nation-Aui ’’fought with them to Can- ever any development that mav
contly there has been established
4
Cities have similar supplem
ada were too valuable to be lust alieet the status quo of
-fi apprenticeship system whereUGH. 4567
schools for their youngsters.
in the second generation and thaiT'Emls East Indies
I students in secondary schools
Although public school authorities eliorts to preserve them among;
soend part cf their time working
The
Covernmen,
13 55 POWELL ST
would In
'n industry under joint supervis­ i doubt the necessity for this sup- the second
nination
not
iplementary schooling, they never- worth while.
or o? “-.icners and employers.
alter their policy. ma in:a mine,
.
jtheless assume a tolerant attitude
Participation in the Vancou­
- empnasis on vocational -toward the language schools and i ver Youth Council will be con­ pn>' status quo under any' eircumAAmmSnde^ A re«ntplace no restriction upon attendance.? tinued. and efforts made to se­ siam-iw. As the European War,
?! °ab re7
in summaT 't appears that Ha- cure suitable delegates to vari­ '’ins now spread to the Xothcr'^/^^l^esspersonsiwaii's centennial inventory of the ous committees of the Council. p^nis. ino Japanese Government.;
Books and Stationery
i n termed the
Executive members
AhL VSry srnaH Per-: public school system will show a
‘T'Tm ler in T<
SEYMOUR 4230
aiming, great preponderance of credits over. On llie adoption of
. that t!
i debits.
iP’ns which would extend the lool347 Powell St.
Vancouver, R. C
Oi fellowship among memVancouver Chapter will co­
TRINITY
4822
ne with i In? other sewn
\V
X
sb
k
^
FLOIFL
I chapters in securing a suitable th’if/
'A
sign lor the membership pin.
M>
'A
1 Lu
ili
। Investigation will be made mo '4
®
4'
Hhe possibility of holding a 1
xl/
M>
''amateur talent revue, with >ne- 'n
Very Low Prices
?
P •
i
iii
Niseis
1*1 kCpiditca
iii
pialized classes and awards foE <15
C ^'U lid
ili
ID
i outstanding performers.
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1
The
knotty
problem
of
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FEATURES
it nt! I'

SONG HITS OF YESTERYEAR
Have you ever wondered what jna Fool"
were the
before the advent iZX^
of thc radio? Most of us manage lokhcs

My Son, My Son!
By T. M. K.

w

To see vou

p

? s

in. tall and
^ 9reyistrai8ht' y°ur clear eves gazing over!

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urn

^'E HOPE TO LOVE. HONOUR. AND—OBFckeep ourselves well posted with cur-) two
'
।tnc crow° fo tnad me! I knew you!
E\cri woman has her hopes—shining hopes of a ooMe”
rent favourites by following radio’
a
^scarTcd for me. though your folks1
7
scatcd n^r the aisle.
They .Wremc happiness, for everyone is on the quest of happiness
programs, but there was a time when \
‘d Charles. Farrell were catapulted j looked so verv proud of vou
1, too.!hoPc to find that happiness in financial security or sphinnl\v
radios were mighty scarce and en­
to stardom in "Seventh Heaven."!
Mv son, my son’
’ How infinitely Aucccss in their chosen work, marriage, or perhaps a combin^v ''?
tertaining radio programs practically
or ays people used to grow moist- I dear vou were to me“ when you knelt 7ctors- But to women, with thc exception of a few or—Ct
non-existent.
eyed listening to the heart-tugging j before th chancellor and I felt himT!cturc of future happiness lies in thc vision of wedXTb’i^T
So this week, instead of dis­
refrain of the film s theme sono
murmur: "Admitto tc: ” You smiled iman of her dreams, a secure home. and children. This is the 1
cussing the song-hits of the week,
the waltz "Diane."
as
you received your accolade. Could i ^Por'D’ of women—even though they may ae afraid to adm
let's turn back the pages of popuTHREE . . .
: 1 help my heart near bursting or my I
And as a symbol of all her hopes and dreams she Saud it
hr ballads of the 'tens and
Come on and hear, come on and)eyes tear-dimming?

hope chest adding piece by piece until it is tilled
twenties.
hear, Alexander's Ragtime Band, j
''lour steps were buoyant as you i beautiful sentiments luk in every
corner.
Sonny Boy (1,800,000).
In 19)2 people found that clarion j took your place again among the
7 Diane
The hope chest which was considered part of thc dowrv is - ,
(1,500,000).
call .rres-shble and on that trem-1 others in gown and hood. Mine? too
" 77
Alexander's Ragtime Band endous wave of enthus.asm and in-I And I suddenly thought of the night ful relic of the old custom of compensating thc groom for
money which he had paid to the bride’s father, ^originated
(1,300,000) .
terest, the theretofore obscure, de*.; you spent propped in a hard
chair
centuries
back when business and careers were things unheard^I 7"
Pagan Love Song (1,200 - pised and lowiy jazz' was ushered ’ because it was too late to co
late
to
go
horn
mine circles, and thc one and only future of a girl lay in married V’7
000).
into American society, and the bril-i to bed.
Charmaine 11,200,000) .
It was thc time, too, when there were no such things as
Hant career of Composer Irving Ber !
My son. my son! My own for the
6. Wedding of the Painted Doll lin was started.
which to hang one’s clothes. Everything then was neaUyTol^ •'
। muddv little knees 1 scrubbed to keep
(1,000,000).
carefully placed in massive chests. For each household had its pr3 7 ■
"Pagan Love Song," "Char­
7. Who's Afraid of the Big, maine and Love in Bloom" are I you clean, for the tears I kissed away lection of beautiful chests one of which was set aside for the
' when you were small, and hurt, for
Bad Wolf? (900,000).
And once it was the custom for thc groom to examine th
semi-classics. Every now and then,
! the love 1 bear you. How soon you
8. Love in Bloom (800,000).
choosing his bride.
they are featured in radio broad­ j grew to
young manhood. And 1
9. Tip-toe Through the Tulips casts, and invariably fr^d a warm
So little girls at the age of six sat at their mother's knee e| grow old.
(750,000).
broidering beautiful linens and damasks; and [earned that to a
reception.
I
Behind my pillar in that vast hall
everlasting
happiness a bride-to-be must make bv herself
The figures in parentheses indiDon't berate yourself if you find; I hugged your image to mv heart,
that comprised the hope chest.
’ 1
cate the approximate sheet music yourself soften ,n recalling these'grateful to have lived just long
The custom of working alone on the trousseau was later modTH
sales.
old-timers.
You re
just
being ^enough . \ .
And what memories these old human
W2ntCd tO hcip thc girls by contributing

Oh my son’: Mu son:
songs bring back.
(heir little gifts of linen. It was believed, then, that if a gid Bu,
handwork, even just a stitch or two. into every bit of finery, she Wd
The good majority of these pieces
find only happiness and good fortune in married life. Today we see t
belong to the hey-day of the post­
adherence
to this old tradition in the patient work of the bride in mon”
war era. Those were the days when
gramming all her linens.
OPENING NO-TRUMP BIDS
motion, pictures came into their own,
D—x x
Instead of taking up the details of
THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH, YIELDING PLACE TO NEV
when literally millions of women
The hope chest, however, with all its beautiful symbols is slop?
and young girls used to swoon with bidding and play, we have decided
Exception:
delight as their idol, Rudy Valen­ to cover just the essentials for the
You may bid a 4-4-3-2 type of dying out, for many modern women do not collect their linen until alm
benefit
of
beginners
and
less
advanced
tino, made exotic love on the
hand IE the doublcton is headed by the engagement. But there are some who still cling to the customs of Nd
tor we fina families here and there who give cedar chests to their daugh^
screen, and when Mary Pickford won players and leave it up io them to ar least the King.
on their twenty-first birthday or for a graduation present with lincnob
work out the fine points by actual
the title "America's Sweetheart "
hor example:
from their friends.
bidding
and
play.
^NE ■ ■ •
S—A
J
Moreover, in reply (o repeated rcNX hat docs (he modern chest contain? Everything that goes into 4
H—A
'
At the height of this brilliant age,
10 x
is of high quality—real damask and good linen. It includes table cloth
Al Jolson moved millions to gushy quests, we shall outline basic plays
D —K
D —A
in alternate lessons with the bidding.
and napkins, lunch sets, centrepieces, and doilies, glass and dish towk
tears by singing the never-to-be-for­
1 he next step alter opening bids
f he Two No-1 rump is one polishing cloths and dust cloths, sheets and pillow cases, blankets, bee
gotten "Sonny Boy" in "The Singspreads, and quilts, bath and hand towels, wash cloths and bath mats. etc.
ot one in a suit is the opening Nostep higher than the One
Silverware may also be included.
I rump Bids.
The
1 rump. Jt shows:
I
rump
shows
The monograms on the linen are usually the bride’s own. althe t"
tl For Real Japanese Dishes
A strictly even distribution.
(1) Even distribution, 4-3-3-3,
some women, if their future husbands have been chosen, prefer a w’1
(2) 5 I a to 6’4 honor-tricks.
FOUR to F1VE honorbination of the two initials or just the new one.
11
m least THREE in
suit.
DON’T NISEIS HAVE HOPES TOOI
Ksuits)
.
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Nisei women as a rule do not keep hope chests. There are r n
week: Opening leads by the
H
for example
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i defenders.
reasons for this indifference to one of the most romantic customs oi th
Western world. First of all the Nisei stands between two different culiurt'
H—K J io
H—J 10 x
It has always been the Canadian custom for the groom to proviu
the furnishings for the new home while the bride provides the linen 'v
HELP WANTED
housekeeping articles. The Japanese custom rules that the bride must rh
a great deal of the furnishings for the new home: tansu (chest of drawm
Girl. 20-30. Plain cooking in
futon (bcJding). tables, musical instruments, kitchen utensils, etc. EL
«
good home. Family of three,
way between these two customs we have the Nisei bride who usually t v
Salary $25-30. Phone KErr
with her to her new home the bdroom suite besides a little linen. Th
3106.
fore the hope chest is not regarded as a necessity.
PREFERABLY
Then, too. unlike their Canadian friends. Nisei girls often
under
drug store clerk. upon their parents for a great deal of their needs. Stilf another re
IN LADIES' WEAR
Now is the time for graduates that some look upon the hope chest as an insane idea and scoff a
DESIGNED FOR NISEIS
in commerce to apply, Takav ho have started to collect different articles for future use. whik
hara Co.. 202 Main
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THE ’’ELIGIBLES” HAVE THEIR IDEAS

Perhaps these opinions of certain anonvmous Nisei eligible ba
! will change their attitude:
HARRI : The hope chest is a very pretty custom and it V' O'
I pby to sec it die out. Some people may think that a girl w
| chest is going out gunning for a man, but. then, there some pi or
I born to take things the wrong way.”
JOHNNY: "I don't think it’s at all silly for a girl to star
i iincn before she is engaged. Even if she never marries the bn
I useful. A man is taking the same risk. With not a
[partner in sight, a man begins to save his money with the
[Will have a family of his own.”
J1MM\ : Since it is the custom of the brid c to provide
ishe will hav e to get them at some time or other. Then whv no
electing them early? I wonder—if I were to give a girl a 1
her birthday, do you think that’s a terribly big hint?”

And here’s a revealing confession
We modern girls forbear to mention
Our dreams of masculine attention.
And girls whose hope is stored in chests
Arc made the butt of clever jests.
But gifts of linen still can fire
Our hearts with quite an old desire.
And make us start a secret store
Or heaven in a bottom drawer.

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The New Canadian

JAPAN BASKS IN GLORY OF SPRING
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The New Canadian

Page 9

hi
1

1940

THE NEW CANADIAN

CflLEDDAR

TOPICS

TOWN

Red Cross To Hear National Leader

MAY

Meeti

Mrs. E. Kitagawa,
aer, S.uO p.m.
-Maple
ilidge-riu

a re

war in Lu rope bring
citorls ot Canadian

cn. members of (he Japa
have (he opponumiv of meeting an outstanding Cana

before

a.m. Sundav mornin
.boxes. A small fee

.N

i

ntage or
Kumar

WI

Club

trans porta

v. r.
The same Sundav.
Kokikai
Chichibukai. Fuyokai.
are sponsoring a joint picnic on the

KGYU KAI
3V

j q

, sands ot Lynn Creek.

d bv the ,
at

Members

of

four

the

Musical Festival

i 'ontes
A ini

1 .owen

.ire

elubs

She is Airs. Wallace Campbell,
air-nan of the Women’s War
'Work Co minii tee of Na tint
ma kfirst visit to Yu
outbreak of the war.

White

Ahulls

mc<

siun

Sho will add re

JUNE

meet

Lvnnds^ Io turn out in full force Sun-

Jap
nTT

morning,
by
S
o
clock
in
tront
ot
9
us.°‘ ^c Japanese Hall. Transportation
a good time is^ih be provided at ci small tee. Games, president of
all. sPor:ssoltball.
races,
and other ill, congra: ulated (he Seikok.u bianchl
the ; pr>ghii\ entertainment arc billed ior and stressed the need ior members I

especially

(
;
;
I

of

(he

invitation to Tn<
in­

vitation to as many of the mem­
bers of your organization as nosslide so that they may T <-n
the
tessage which Mrs. Tantp-

lennnine

1 he following Sandau. .Mau lg. carry on activities despite w.
the Gakuyukai are staging their lions.
annual excursion to Bowen Islan.d
on board the Lady Alexandra.
Special rates have been obtained
aaults 65c. chiidrm JT. Beariny in mind the eld adage. "the
more, the merrier." the executive
are inviting friends and parents to
lake part in the gala outing.
burther details will be announced I

ade.

Tibbett Is
Popular Idol
Of Opera-Goers

this time.

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The regular meeting of the
many
(Matrons’ Club will be held at the
•who
Lawrence Tibbett, eminent bari­
j home of Mrs.
icon
acclaim
tor
their
performances
Kitagawa this tone of the Metropolitan Opera,
who was forced to postpone his en­ in the annual B. C. Musical festi­
Your Eyes Were Examined?
val
was
Lmiko
Mori,
who
repeat
­

\AYPA WINDS UP
gagement in Vancouver last March
How Many Years Since
s
ed
her
triumph
ot
last
year,
to
win
J he perfect pair of glasses then
| Some fifty members and friends of due to illness, will return on May
first place for piano in her class.
20th
to
the
Vancouver
Auditorium
i?
day night at the Holy Cross Mission
may not be perfect for your
under
years. She is the
to
fill
the
cancelled
date.
In
view
Reveal the hidden glamour of
eyes now, for eyes grow older
the Scikokai AYPA gathered Thurstalented daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
your hair . . . Remove the film
:o wind up a most successful sea­ of the heavy demand for accom­
day by day! Optometrists have
Mori. 62 2 Powell St.
that dulls its beauty with this
son s activity with a dosing banquet modation for this attraction, addi­
$ learned many more scientific
tional seats are being added to the
ind social.
lessons about eyes since then,
Other Nisei who stood high in
lustrous, easy to manage . . .
normal capacity of the auditorium, their groups were Maru Nishika­
Among
the
distinguished
guests
too. Let your eyes come up to
ft
Restores the natural liveliness and
with
the
result
that
a
limited
num
­
normal again. See an Optowere Mme. K. Nakauchi, wife of the
tsura. piano, and Bobby ho, boys'
highlights! TRY MAR-O-OIL!
ber
of
seats
at
all
prices
are
now
I
solo.
metrist at once. The new
Japanese Consul in Vancouver, and
available.
mountings
are beautiful!
several
leading
members
of
the
An
­
Price 25c, 75c, $1.25
The
magnificence
of
Tibbett's
glican Young People’s Association in
$
W. B. PITMAN
ft
performances usually mark the peak
R.
S.
RHODES
points of the Metropolitan Opera
! Chairman for the banquet was the
season. Tibbett is the idol of New
AGENT FOR
(retiring president. Marion Tsuda,

York opera-goers and always sings
who proposed the toast to the King.
to big crowds. Expectancy runs high
Mrs. R. Hayashi proposed the toast
when he is billed to appear. It is his
to the Church which was replied to
inimitable originality in doing things
Sey. 7502
399 Powell St. by the Rev. G. G. Nakayama. Re­ which has aroused this feeling.
>
9 605 W. Hasting® Vancouver $
sponding to the toast to the AY PA
393
Powell
Tibbett is no believer in art
by Mark I oyama. James Barrington. for art s sake, but in art for the
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him. That is because Tibbett's recitals are DIFFERENT. There Y
something intimate, sincere and
whole-hearted about them. One
can almost feel the hand of an
audience reach out and clasp his
and hold it lingeringly.

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There is another point which!
i Tibbett's manly modesty did not!
(allow him to add. As the great sing- I
in9 actor that he is, he can bring I
to his command without aid of:
scenery, costumes or any other trap-;
pings, a picture that he conjures up!
(with voice, heart and soul.
!
i
To see, hear and feel Lawrence i
jTibbet's inspirational presence in al
(concert hall, is an experience for!
I which there is no substitute.

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Paldi Parade
THE PACIFIC

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your
stu t ion
t h rough

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Mods

slim mm
imsth- mid

owning io

rhe

IWaii i
HIC

Imz?
tii in

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Climbing with How

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oss oi caused
creep- young
in
; leii our :an
■ up north ;
J'aniwr.w A

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tmmiiimisly
tissem HI i n a
ring in hit

El

b 1 i s I me J
whit tlina.

with excitement and won

Up is . and silence

a

hum e

thin

meadows

0n May
hilarious group
of
floor
sprinters
and
foot

ubiic

■ Ind rhe skv.

elections.
evening opened with dancing
amid dim lights, and beautiful
hall decorations.
and fair
damsels.

Air. and Alm
coin hosts to a gay
warming partv

owd

4

imi

family Yamanaka.

On Monday.
6
Omoto returned
head.
corresponding ■ Vancouver. Wo hope y ouonio
Alic
Yamanaka, i your visit to PaRi. Snooks.
"I H ui111si<‘r
mir
lit i :
I reasurer: Kazi Nishio.
’aymg a visit to Air.
Dancing and
imi's we e t’li- convenor:
Yuki
Naka
dimed (though m a smimwhat urn
Yoshino were Air. J
i joyed until a
e liour. when freshment eon venor.
Bliss
1 Toyota and Air. J. H
orthodox mann
mo
ppm mini arrav o I mid
ess of the
I karabt with his fiancee. Mis
•vone was due to the skillful in
gemi rm ii
i Toyota. all of Duncan.
aa
Klem ions results ^ ere; meat and hard work of the
lour day;
Did annouin
is follows
’who took complete charge.
Li' curst
muscular
— ।health, it's a fond aloha
.-Lio

3.S. & W. Takes Ov

Air. and Airs. K. Matsukubo
> Baldi held a bright and me
S.V.A
■party in honour of their son.
esidont ; ■on Al ay 5.

crushers (guests and members)
mustered at the Kai Kan Hall
to
celebrate
the
annual

i N.A.Y.P.A.

your rer
a ccom pa
ranging

A sudden social cyclo? ? has
hit the timber haunts of Paldi
leaving your announcer

Capital City Chatter

r

la
£V

ased the C. R. T. ho
rac is computed m
or more of co

Th

connection
3
made
dumping of
togs at the Bio
grounds by the fc

I

A'picnicking we’ll go—At tiioi
t itiaI meet ing of tIn local JCUI.
it was unanimously a
By loni Gossippe
Of all places to pick, especially!
pond activities for the current’
Shaeffer Pen Age
with a "Hospital-- Drive Quietly"]
out
my
neck
and
Zowie!
year and to hold tin outing for
it? Well, anyhow, thanks sign staring at them in the face.! T O K10—T It e . I a p a n t
termination of the term.
Tor the swell ■'pinch-hiti ing" on Alaybe they were playing safe. . .! Kederat ion headquarter
in-'
TRinity3112
331 Powell Si.
\\ lien, where and how will
Francisco Boy Scout i
: your part
A
sight
that's
good
for
a
laugh!
decided al another meeting to br;crosser!
VANCOUVER, B. C.
to attend the Amer!-!
called soon. As the jaunt will 1)1 i Tak Toyota and George Taka- any day of the week: Th ■e s a
Boy Scout Conven-:
wood-vendor's truck with ‘‘Dry-1 ion which is
to be held this sum-!
°
h 1 11 ' rabe were visitors to our fair citv
land Mood
in large letters on ।
members, they are
Yamanaka
and Lak-2
; not so long ago, which brings, to the side and "In Water” in equally!
Aiwa.
Approximately
fifty
Ameri
imind a comical incident that be- . lata e 'letters on the back-end. that!
ean-born
Boy
Annual Migration
At this t im< ! tell the latter at an up-isiand log-: ■auses quite
stir wherever it's! from the Pa ci Ch
>asr
in these districts, "r are i hee well iging camp. It st
eon . . .
sail for Yokohama
Iwas
struggling
is t he sign of the timt
manfully
along,:
Pel low in
Alaru on June 24.
VAGARIES . . . Notice (hat ad
A
container full of: least one brav
a long winter hibernation, sum­
young
man
has!
summm
aenr
when ie inadvertent Iv
mer chores once again beckon
tlready paid a '
GROCERIES AND
Niseis In all directions. Birst to;
lion by taking the certain lady I n
an
annual
I affair and the
answer these calls was our pepu i plunked head foremost into t In' fair to a movie—Al KO-chan.
PROVISIONS
won't: American scouts are to bo invited
lar sports convenor. Yoskio Teyou please introduc ns to your ■
triieipaie
in
shima. leaving on hi inuual hen- it off.
after they'd
Dou Juan a certain Wed-’
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hold
next
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in
order
to
pmueu mm up
mounds of Knight hih'l.
an interna;ionol scone m -h/
bodily into tin'
Him
gentleman"
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brotherhood
going around’
pin it.
i with his elms: out 'a mile"—the’
Th. JUUl, gratefully
on line coach was noticed reason: lie garnered
mil :
A doua; ion {rom
- back and forth (within a of two i rips to the late in the'
lice Shime Fujino and also
of about twenty-five feel) opening game of the senior
i rem
i former in front
local hospital om
cho m
local tennis player
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membei
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nouncement. a house league is t
Hvodo
be played this year. Bernie Y
The comm! Lee
gmg
Kota, our Beaver's coach, is wori
ii.it til ere quet
lag ihe boys pretty hard to gi ;were omy a
them back into shape again. IB । p।ayer was tc
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Sasaki Still Champ
.rieudiv
with the W. w IC
only bacon for
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THE NEW CANADIAN

MAY

15

Nippon Netters Take League Opener From New Westminster
Sunday League

FRED SASAKI PEPS TEAM TO 4-3 W|N

Unions Muzzle Powell Drug Big Guns,Fujis Trim Giants Io Cellar Size

Last Saturday at the Nippon Courts th?
representatives in the Vancouver and'Di3roA
League played hosts to the New Westminster tL,-V;
and unhospitably chalked up their first win 4 t .... .

Powell Drugs' amazingly fine progress in the Sunday
loop has been largely due to the heavy battery of the dread­
naught trio Uno, Suga and Mitsui. When this threesome
fails to connect with the horsehide offerings, the druggists
are a pitiful squad to see. Last Sunday Akio Kutsukake's
slow ball completely baffled the Powell Drugs big gunners
to give a 7 4 verdict to Union Fish to put them'in first
Giants spent a rather disas­
trous week-end at Steveston. So
hospitable were the fishermen
that they moveed over and made
room for the Giants in the
cellar. Nag Nishihara, playing­
$ manager, seems to have been
the incentive necessary to spark
the Steveston lads on. They

JAPANESE BASEBALL LEAGUE
_ Union Fish 7, Powell Drug 4.

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Steveston 7, Giants 5.

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the local

INTERCITY BASEBALL LEAGUE

Acuity m vanquishing
and 6-2. but Tommy Iw^.

Kitsilano 4, Taiikus 3.

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BUSSEi BASEBALL LEAGUE
Hompa 9, Kitsilano 5.

; GAKUYUKAl SOFTBALL LEAGUE
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ChichibukH D, Taiwakai 2.

Powell Drug 12, Tammy 11.

Fairview 3, New Pier 3.

merrily went to town smacking
the combined efforts of Ty Suga
and Frank Shiraishi all over the
meadow to chalk
up a 7-5
triumph.

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Hompa Rides The

victim
to the hard-smash
forehand of Richards. |Wa,

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won the first game 6-4, bM
old-timer let loose all his
up.energy and succeeded in^

Hompas
off again!
The duing the Nippon star 6-"1 leaders in the race for the Bussei 6-4.
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title ran riot on the Kitsilano’U
errors last Sunday to chalk up un-! In
doubles
other triumph 9-5.
teams of Matsubayashi-Tak-

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smashed on
times uji io
also duplir

singles Fred S'champ found no"

The strong Hompa nine wast-;811^ Aobuoka-Ide found thed no time in letting rhe fireworks j double team of Wright-M
go and at the finis of the first)100 Sao<i and dropped then
frame, the town boys led 1-0. Thev*6’2 ~'5 and 6-4, ij-3 ivow-l
enjoyed another bi g inning in they'D' redeemed themselves
fifth when a couple of free pass..iever by smashing out a co
es1 to first suck and timely hits pg victory over the seconds
smacked in another three runs. Warn of Bi

Riverside 9, Taiikus Jrs. 4.

Giants 6, Ladner 5.

POTUT

Kitsilano had the bases bulg-i Sasaki
ieanis(;
ing in the second inning with; and took
es pass in this racket.; scarlet and
am uniforms with all
the
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none , out. Kiyoshi Misumi dis- and took
Powell Drug I thought it was iust a few weeks) the trimmings our rep team from ,
the deciding set of
bus utter their second defeat of ago that i started covering baseball | the Japanese Community were strut­ played splendid control and re-imeet bv winnim- over Rich
Ilie season is that another new games, but already one loop is fin-Hing their stuff on ye old diamond. ■ red the Kitsies swinging thin I Pratt combination
dll.
discovery for mound duties was ishing up its schedule and ।preparing ; If you re thinking of taking in the
Kitsilanos'chalked
j next game, don't forget to bring the ■ Ixllsliailos
' chalked up
up their
their runsUe
runs’be ^
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found in Chuck Terada. He reliev- for the playoffs.
Idarkest
pair
of
glasses
you
can
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and
sixth
innings;
v
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The first playoff of the inew year;
Yosh Hiyashi after the latter had
1
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The new uniforms didn't bother' Wien they managed to push; ,(
had given up I runs and 7 hits, begins next Sunday when Mikados;
across 2 and 3 runs respectively J C
(’buck pitched dandy ball and kept and the New Westminster Taiikus ,Frank Shiraishi at all as he conu
I Statistics: Sasaki In. prarr t
the heavy hitting champs under fight it out fc the right to meet pinued to pilfer the bases in hit ■ Kitsilano—Ohashi
ss (2-3): Nishi-I 6-9' Pi I
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control. Errors gave the . Kitsilano Kyuhins in the Intercity !usuai manner to score the only rurJ7kLc
Y' Terada cf (1-1):L~’ \Ciai ® )L 1"asakiML
n y Ya-lb UM);
Levada Maeda
3b (1-4);
Wakabavashi
Hasakl-iwasaki
In P-. •
I nion boys three more runs in (lit
Scanning;0* the game . . Manager Roy
cf (0-1);
Yamada i? Richards
3-8 6-3 6-3- Matsu
championships.
fifth.
over past records, Mikados seem toimamur2 on his return from Wood-4’ u °A Shimizu rf (1-4); t. Waka-jU,; T.j.nnr|
2,’. Ja!bUNSteveston Smacking Soundly
: have a slight edge, but you can |
Giants started ott smartly by never tell, Taiikus only win was;
attract. hi
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crashing in three runs, but Steves- chalked up at Mikados' expense.
. Misumi
Carrying on from last week, when (Catcher Ken Kutsukake is convinced
ib ,(W'T , 22 xMT'b
(0-4); Si
ton came right back in the next
asaki c
(0-3);
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«„!,-... op: i-o. and NobuokaTde b-4. 6-3.
two innings
I stated that th calibre of the Jap-i:'^s a cock-and-ball story.
i(0-3))—S hits.
soundly for
anese League has gone up, here's I
runs. A singleton in how some of the regulars are smack-i
WHEN ORDERiNG YOUR TOHETTIS:
the
third
and
eighth
frame |ng the old apple;
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ALWAYS SPECIFY
cinched Stevestou’s second win of
Leading the whole pack is Kaz :
Suga, untiring manager of Powell j

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Drug
Powell Drug— Yasui
with a high percentage of
Tanaka
> (0-0.
Uno
George Suzuki is next with ;
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IT IS SOFT, SANITARY a SOLUBLE
Suga If
By Staff Correspondent
GD; Mitsui <
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AAori
of
Steveston
trailing)
■executive
tire
Mr.
J.
Inamoto
of|
1-3): Ter.uki I
vbail is coming into!Duncan, president: Noboru Yo-i
with .462. The rest are Hoshi-i
Jis
own
in
aki .400: Mitsui 3S1; Nakatsu
mAancouver Island! I shida of Chemainus. vice-presi-'
mg
or players and Aleut, and Katsumi Asada of KldiJ
3o3; Shiraishi, ,3E
Akiyama, .333
Union Fish—T;uiad;
ipanese Hall in Hill-1 secretary.
;
Akuaiim lb (0-1); Wu
All Drcsscd-up
I I ■• e U Okuniura 3b (2 - I>: Nukui If
> decided to form a I
If vou were anywhere near Powell Japanese
Maruno L’b ( I -11 ; Inouve
d-is la nd League con-;
Grounds last Saturday around twi- sis ting- of
if teams—-Chemainns ;
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I light time , you couldn't have missed I Nippons. rut let
Powell D.
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Nobody could.;crest
Union Fish 3 0 2 O 3 o O O x
i Mayo Baseball:'
At first glance vou would have won- Club.
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i hese »our squads will go into
Nukui had changed their stamping grounds i
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