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The New Canadia

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No. 22

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| told him I
; human inter- ■
?fr—something
I sei are doing, .
ut in America ;
> well. 1 told

Report Urges
Wide Licensing
Power For City

Economic Survey Planned
Our

Canadian Mosaic

CJA Proposals For

^ Conference Supports



I Economic Research

barter Changes Toi

\id Discrimination
Vaneon ver
to endorse
in the report o' [lie
special committee on trade license

.'gates from some
4 pledged their sup
msal advanced by

io conduct a comprehensive
omie conditions
h
Jo poises in Unimmi at the
that the editor
reeling last
’o held in aVn.wo teach Sundav: Monday, but reierred it to the
Sunday.
Legislative committee ot the Coun:«
The survey will be carried out
icil for further consideration.
by the Association, acting in
dose, co-operation with organi­
report urged
zations in different Japanese
communities throughout the pro­
mnded by
He lectured to poor me for naif
vince.
utire. to gi
couldn't have
He told me
ct the issuance
p U »» < i I
In ;iu opening address to the
sn hour. He even shouted at me.
Photo by Mark Toyama.
e. Consul Kenji Nakatrade
H
hurm interest stories when people
The
war
in
Europe
was
never
farther
away
than
on
Vancouver's
'public
'
«ed the not'd for such
adbisab
uchi
don't write them. He said he didn't
Mhooi Sports Day, held at Powell Grounds. May 23. The New Cana­
is a prelude Io impruveHint to be bothered with guys l I
dian cameraman managed to get this small group of busy student ■ ment in economic status ot Japsuooose he meant like me) .who
:>ii'. on dm cuts : officials separated from the hundreds of shouting children long ’anese Canadians. Close eo-operair
beef all the time but do nothing. I contained in the report. Aiderman:
enough to get a perfect object lesson of Canadian democracy in ; lion among all organizations, he
Not only that, he locked up the j Halford D. Wilson, chairman of!
action.
: staled, would assist in meeting
fi'es to shew me that I hadn't
the committee, explained that;
From left to right. Elizabeth Yamashita, past president of the ; now problems caused by (be war.
paid up the subscription for last on previous occasions the Private
Students' Council, a Nisei: Janet Saunders, this year's president,
Vocational Guidance
month. Then he crabbed a golf
Bills Committee of the Provin- a negress: Mr, H. E. Patterson, kindly and patient principal of the !
The report from tin' special
club, raised it over my head and Mini Legislature had refused to ;
school: Rose Agostino, vice-president. Italian: Yasuo Adachi, head commil l co on second general ion
ordered me to write something I grant the City the right to restrict
prefect, a Nisei: and Wing Jone, prefect, Chinese. (See story, paged) vocations ’
submitted to the
myself to see if I could do better. I the total number of licenses is-.
li urged that proviconference.
I felt rather bad and । sued to Orientals in any one trade
sion for practical education for

unpleasant dream too. I i to a fixed percentage of the total
ihe Nisei be made ami that thrift
-A''; that I was in the woods and of all such licenses issued by the
be encouraged through savings
hat trade. Such direct
■aas being chased by a sleek black city
plans. A committee comprising
anima! which gave off a dis- discrimination, lie explained, was
the same personnel as before
’ ‘ > unpleasant odour. There was not legal under the public law of Earthquake Causes $100,000
I Young Nisei Graduates
was appointed to carry on the
- 'cere expression on the face of Canada.
work.
Vocational Problems
' s s.unk i for skunk it was). It
Damage to U.S. Japanese
Under the proposed charter
'The Conference igreed to con' ' an educated face, a face which
SEATTLE. ----- Three high school tinue support to the Japanese'
amendment, however, the City
EL CENTRO, Calif.—In the d:s> o\'j unmistakable signs.of a strict
Vai-!
honor
graduates and five U. of W. Branch of flic Canadian .Legion in
■iquake in the Dea
- n -eligious training, a face de- Council would have complete pow­ astrons
round view of the work it is carrying on.
er to issue, transfer or refuse to ley region recently 1,500 Japanese I graduates part icipated in
<uc for higher things than attractand to cancel residents experienced the worst! table radio broadcast sponsored by 'The amount contributed will be
M attention to itself by means of issue or transfer
Particular re­ losses in their 40-year history in this! the Japanese-American Courier last increased by 133 per cent.
any
trade
license.
' e Moors. Incidentally, the face
After
conditions such section.
1 Wednesday on the topic,
The Canadian Japanese Associe^'Med me of a certain aiderman Terence to certain
of the business.
There were no deaths or serious i Graduation, What?"
as
the
distribution
also announced two proa
fion
Nmej Jackson or somebody. 1
of
the
merchandise,
'
.
injuries
reported,
but
it
was
esL;
Highlights
of
the
discussion
were:;
nature
the
Jee Is under consideration, the
■-"2 with the skunk in the name
supply or manner! mated that damage to Japanese j Extra preparation is needed by thc| first, the publication of a history
source
of
the
xxnev and health to leave me
. But the more I pleaded the of production, the character or ■ stores and farms would exceed more ! young; women face an extra handi- of the Japanese contribution to
i than SI 00 000 by competent ob-;cap; voung Japanese are not wel- Canada, in Japanese; and second,
ter he ran and the greater beSee "LICENCE," Page 4
i servers
Rome in some places, although a few the const ruction of a community
ny discomfort.
iare hired for atmosphere and to centre.
I ran and ran. I was ail out of
■ draw Japanese trade; they are in
breath and my eyes all blood-shot.
idemand for menial work; they want
I couldn't see anything—all 1
Sufficient income to maintain a
Famous Missionary
could see was the grinning face
I home and family; they are not takof the editor whom | had so fool­
ing up any foreign "ism" as a way
ishly criticized the day before.
At First United
Urgent Demand For Clothing For Refugees i■out,
but are seeking to meet their
^^ of a sudden I saw a hollow
। responsibili ties.
Rev. Yasuzo Shimizu. famous
stump in front of me. I A special appeal to Nisei women! call trom London. England.
Japanese missionary and educaempec into it for refuge. And the in Vancouver was made this week; “ju our comfortable homes far! Power-Driven Reel
tor in China will address a pub.
■ V s.\Unk sped on. | breathed a sigh by Mrs. E. Kitagawa. Convenor of; from the battlegrounds of Europe,;
lie meeting in First United
re',el But I must have gone too the Japanese Canadian Red Cross ;we cannot fully realize the ter-; ncreasin9 on rascr
Church,
Gore and Hastings, Wed3 cto the stump in my anxiety Unit, to speedup voluntary pro-; ror auci destruction, the hunger; NEW WESTMINSTER. — Power­ nesday May 29. Originally schedo I tound that I could not back duction of clothing to meet aw and privations ot the millions of l driven "gill net reels" or "drums" uled to speak at the Japanese
4 agam for I was too large. I was emergency demand from London,, civilians who have been bombed J are increasing in popularity among Hall, the advance sale of tickets
AT. I struggled and groaned and for clothing for the millions of out of home and country, but asphe salmon fishermen of B. C., ac- has necessitated the removal to
MT Ao again but with no results, refugees from Northern France Mvomen we can appreciate the J cording to a report from the Depart­ larger quarters.
urgency ot this appeal from Head-jmenf of Fisheries.
j-c and breathless I resolved to lie and the Low Countries.
The Rev. Shimizu won renown
All Red Cross workers are ^quarters. You are busy, we know, I The big reels, a comparatively re­
and die a miserable death
for
his work among the under­
urged to complete work on. hand and we shall not ask the impos- cent invention, speed up the setting
anger and starvation.
I iav there dying I suddenly and to turn it in as soon as pos- sible. but please speed up your i of gill nets on the one hand and on privileged Chinese people of Pe­
entered that I hadn't yet paid sible, in order that it may be work and production. Bring your I the other permit the 200-fathom kin, where he built and operates
garments in as quickly as the.} ! net to be reeled back much faster a school, which he is trying to
A subscription fee to the New dispatched to Europe.
expand into a University. At the
In her appeal. Mrs. Kitagawa are finished, either to the office ithan by hand.
^^ an. Then I felt so small that
outbreak of the Sino-Japanese
"We are making a special at the Nippon Club, to }oui gioup
craved out of the stump hole with -aid:
...............- ’our Red
„ i Cross
C
>
^
district
No.
1,
Fraser
River,
in
war in 1937, he was largely inw o i k - ■ leadei>. o. io m \ sen.
j .
_
. r
.
r . .
' c Acuity at all.
Tour unit, with the thousands^ “Members of the Japanese Can-i ”37 only four net reels of th,s type strumental in mediating for the
v
.
thp the
Fmnh-P
needs
e umber
muse. inc
By ^
the 1939 season, the
peaceful occupation of the city
of other
units
throughout Can-T r-nif
n Ink.
Empire
neewer
%
thus preventing severe damage
ada. must rally to the emergency oou.

forsythia
and destruction.
'lf n jell the st ar shower
He is on an extensive speaking
F<^t clothed this common bush
tour of the North American con­
^ ^h a cloud of gold?
tinent, and will address several
meetings in B. C.
D. C.
men

NewsFront

RED CROSS WAR WORK SPEEDS UP

Your Nisei Paper Depends Upon Your Subscription

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Survey of Economic Conditions

A* tnc S3 me time st is essential to recognise
hist such a survey is a project in social science, re­
quiring the application of technical skill and knowl­
edge to produce accurate and dependable results.
There is no point, whatever, in undertaking a halfbaked survey, unscientifically planned and unscien­
tifically earned out which produces inaccurate re­
sults and faulty conclusions.

War Savings Certificates

of hightx mechanized Ge

ev
Il ie

ret

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aI ;

ct need.

This week, war savings certificates went on sale
as the Government hunched a plan to speed up production of essential war supplies. The Government
needs two millions of dollars a day, and it can come
trom the people and the people alone.
,

-----

Here is the way in which every citizen, every box

«na every' girl, can help cur country today and now.' War 'C "

savings certificates are desiqned to anneal drenh
tester or modest or even limited means. They an ~,.r
u.aidDie m very smad amounts and form a very profitable
and secure means of saving for the future.
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Lt-1 s an yet out and Oiy war savings certificates.

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Supremacy

Nobuko Okuma Takes Sato Cup
:»fuyokai's Second Straight Win
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commemorative

Nisei Sketch

Cilice Konoye
Fetes Chinese
Goodwill Party

The Silver Linina
prone to be scandal;
but, m this weft and web of life which writers
world." there are the dark and bright sides; and.

n.-me "th

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ibrush aside the gloomy and the drab aspect of Nisei life, and let you
Prince Fumimaro Konoye, pres­
ch a glimpse of what is taking place in trie
c
next year ro retire the Principal
ident of the Privy Council and
Shota Kondo, common
friends as plain Harrv
former prime minister of Japan,
\M N \ I N G SPEECH
;
. Harrv was born into a family of girls
which, may base was host at a luncheon given in
dm
GAKUYUKAI PRESIDENT mfayed a part in shaping his modest and unassuming nature' and was honour of the Chinese Goodwill
, •'Mother." i id
,brought up according to the dictates of a home of immigrant
doing without the luxuries of
an
lienee
with
ing Japan.
luncheon, spun'• £
Marry showed himself a good pupil ranking riqht at or near thc top sored by the Federation of Public
..both in day and Japanese schools.
Organizations, was attended bv
■er her children, i
After graduating from his studies in mechanic
•po, president of the
■ drew the atten-j
Technical School, he went around the big city garages
Yuan of the Chinese
withh enthusiasm and high hopes. Even when the firms hard hit by Je-A'diaual Government and head of
iers to the pion-j
generation moth- ;
the Chinese delegation; Dr. Chu
gave him the same answers
t
JOB-HUNTING
r< toe eone Through tor the!
blit . .
Mini,
foreign minister of the Chinhe refused to be dis
\, u > on ,in out io Canada;
couraged, and, although he finally ended up working,
Central Government. and
as a housebov i didn't let himself down into the1 doldrums of despair
i
t
.1 i’u land.
;
members of [he Chinese
Half seriously, half jokingly he refers to that experrience with the state party.
Hajime Horiuchi of Kokikai
merit,
with his talk on “With Persever- ;
see how the hakujins lived.
RECONSTRUCTION
A year later it was that he got a job working for the Tairiku
ance“ took second place. Aiko ;
In greeting the mission. Prince
Nippo Sha. Janitor's help, printer's devil, type-picker, translator,
Kurita of Keiyukai came third ‘
Konoye expressed the hope that
transcriber, type-setter, stereotyper, editor on the English section
with her speech, “Correspond- ;
the
new Central Government will
of thc daily—he's experienced it all.
ence.”
i
H;s activities outside of office hours have been and still arc manv undertake the tremendous task of
were Toshio;
In the rol of president he has guided the destinies of the Hokutokai reconstructing China, immedia
My Thoughts": j
:Jhiiiio. f uyokai.
(Class of '29' for the greater part of its active career during which it ly. and pointed out that the in­
.ke1 I’d a. Taiw
ai. "Great Meni
in
has more than outshone the Polar Star (after which it was named’ in ception of the n c w
Their Sayings": Kay MachiChina
marked
a
in t he
brilliance in educational, social and sport activities.
The Essence of Living.’'
-t
in.
Then as president of the Gakuyukai, parent alumni society of the c‘>nstruclion of
JUDGES' COMMENTS
but
the
language school, he's had his hands more than full, especially this year;not on^'
K
announcing the. decision of
with the organization celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary with an:wnrl(^
udges. Dr. M. Ishiwara said'
I
oratorical contest, 100-page magazine (he's chief editor), concert/ In response, Cheng Kung-po
I
me speakers did remarkably:
iannual reception for graduates and the picnic.
hoped that the joint policy of
Courtesy of Columbia Studio I
in view ot the fact that the I
He holds fast to the conviction that Nisei should be staunch Cana- Japan and China against the evil
was rhe first attempt for;
idian citizens, and one of his aims as president of the Gakuyukai has inIluoncP ol Nie Comintern would
Harry Kondo
them at public speaking.
.been to have club activities mould the character of its members with; ''!’nF about a lasting peace beb. vxiTesmi the hope that voting T- ,
>
this object in view. His connection with the Hompa Tween the two countries. Continu।
,
,, ,
M
Kondo, president of the Gakuvu
Doth would be encouraged toi, .
CITIZENSHIP
Buddhist School staff, his duties as vice-chairman on the 1 ink be regretted the refusal of
■i mipate more actively in pub- kai. gave out the prizes to the;
Hompa Young Men's Association, his work in the Jap-i('hina, in the past to understand
.t -peaking as [here is a great 41S^ ^I6e '\'nn/\S'.^" ^oytcSjanese Canadian Citizen's League as first vice-president and his participa- •Lipan and things Japanese, and
dan s vere awarded a certificate; |.jOn in thc provincia| youth congresses are further expressions of this i at the same time urged the Jap■‘1 lor good speakers.
j conviction.
; Pandpal Sato presented the ; for participation.
anese to state their ideas clearly
In his opening speech, the I
A more sincere tribute to his ability as organizer, leader and
to Miss Okuma, while Shota i
Jo the Chinese people.
I hard-working chairman, Shige
most of all as a producer-of-results would be harder to find than
I Okumura, pointed out that this i in the words of Mr. Sato, principal of the Japanese school: "If you
1 PIONEER REPRESENTATIVE
SAY YOU SAW IT IN
I contest commemorating the 25th i ask him to do anything, it's as good as done."
i
for
i anniversary of the Gakuyukai i
THE NEW CANADIAN
How does he manage it all? It's doubtful whether many executive
had been made possible through । heads would willingly subscribe to his recipe for success: "Work three
the full-hearted co-operation of 'times as hard as the hardest-working executive member." Bearing this in
the Jikyokai which, although it I mind, readers may find it easier to believe that he actually gets up at
had been conducting the intra- jsix in the morning and rarely goes to sleep before midnight.
EXPERT ADVISOR FOR
; mural oratory with great suc- i
With Harry setting the example, anyone working with him rarely
YOUR FAMILY PROTECTION
I cess, had handed it over to the 1 refuse his requests. He just doesn't have to give out orders, but he gets
SEE
M
i Gakuyukai in view of the spe- Goyal support and co-operation.
i cial anniversary occasion.
I
The many responsibilities that have fallen his lot leave him no
In the musical interlude before p^^^^^ time .or sports w'hich he loves. While attending Strathcona
NO OBLIGATION FOR
r
: the announcement of the winners (School, he was on the junior baseball team that won the city school ;
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championship,
and
later
landed
a
berth
on
the
strong

I Hideyo Iguchi entertained with
N56 Franklin St. High. 5978-R
AGENT
SPORTSMAN
Asahi Niguns. Lately he has been forced to confine his ;
'several accordion numbers.
time to tennis and badminton, and ruefully remarked
Ghat he didn't have time to chase the shuttlecock last season.
'»^'t,W8V1Sa»YAWAWK'
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In spite of all his successes, Harry has remained modest and quietmannered. He is but another of the many Niseis, we are proud to say, I
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who without fanfare have been contributing their share to the welfare,
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of their community and country.

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Educational! Interesting! Thrilling!

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A Visit To Scenic Japan
Mr in Japan, open to boys and young men of High School and
University age.
^e Party will leave Vancouver July 2. and return on August
M Mh 3a days to be spent in Japan. Scenic and historical
! he Japanese Language School Society announces a summer's
school course is available.
Total Cost of the Tour, including all expenses—only—
Alexander Street.
$200. Apply immediately to the Board of Trustees, 439

European War Hits

Fountain

Japan Trade
The new develop-1
TOKYO.
ments in the European war front;
Ihas affected the stock market;
(here adversely and heavy selling
(Caused the prices to drop.
I Observers believe this new sitInation will prove to be disadvan-j
jtageous to Japan's trade with Eu-1
i rope, with the shipping and tex-j
tile industries suffering the heavi-j
est blows.
;
The silk industry, however, is I
carrying on favourably. The Silk I
Price Stabilization Commission;
recommended to the Government;
that the maximum selling price off
raw silk be raised 400 yen per;
bale (100 lbs.) to 1700 yen for]
the coming year and the minimum j
price be fixed at 1350 yen.
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CHIC and CHARM
IN LADIES' WEAR

DESIGNED FOR NISEIS

Exclusive Styles and Fabrics
at Prices that cannot be duplicated
Prop. T. Shimotakahara

431 Granville St.

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wir.
i agami w
1 o bring to
close another sue
his mo;her and
.•csdiil year of a
v work, the Pow
we k-end traveller. too. w
ell j AS will hoid their windup ban- i Miss
> Cazuko Iwasa of Cumberland
guit at the Melrose Calc on I burs- I who visited the city, the guest cf he:
day, .June 6. at 6:4 5 p.m. sharp. A Tistu
r I or several days.
social period will iollow the banquet j

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By K. C. M.

the Canadian
behind.
fen o'clock the
JUKS
units arrive at Powell Grounds. Asi There is an indent
I look up the long gaily coloured sphere that reaches into
Hall
line, winding up Jackson Avenue, ' ner of the field. One sees it :
I he annual picnic of the HiroI cannot drive another picture from . unending patience of th^ W
my
mind so sharply etched in its I teachers as time and agW rV
held at
1 hose wishing to attend the ban
boundary Bag on
contrast. It's a line of marching ners are called back becauWru
2. All
quet are asked to phone in their re
those got nd tall be transported to
I;,.;;:,., Tmts, dressed in drab khaki, shoul-; starts
in the diminutive"*
I’
servaiions to
Lqi
Yatabe,
BAv
American
reso
Mering
heavy
rifles,
a
machine
mev-iese
boy
with
the megaphon-'
on
a
specialty
by June 4th. No late re
;ing with precision and briskness, i in a thin voice for conTsfaV^
" The
coach mill leave i'r.ie front of the
I into which every individual has| the sack race
in V 'TV
VISITORS
| club office
i -i a Dunlevy
merged himself as an important cog, | smile of the red-haired"
Me rokai Picnic
a.m.
Last week saw a number of visitors
and faintly the muffled bear of-'sells your reporter ice cmarn
drums, the keening of bagpipes. M the host of anxious proud^A/
to the city. Mr. Yukio of Victoria1
sary Ceremony
jOnly to the machine itself is there land mothers who watch
paid a short week-end visit. Mr, Sa- ■
Sunday, June 2. will be
Licence
buro
Takabashi. a student at ihcij
pife, not to the individual cogs, for-stands . . . "Mo uchi no h V-A
|upon their faces is only stilled resig- Ishita no? ..." the swifMeH:
University of B. C., returned home : q
(Continued from
jnation.
iof the Chinese nurse as sh^ AT
take over the Junior Cl
ch Service j physical condition of
, . . _
. .
„ ,
app,]-, But thjs ar-jmy is different. It isimercur°chrome to bruised and o
Mr. \\
a garni of Oxnard, : in i cm memo rat ion
Bin
01
the
prenn
'|tiuid, plastic, alive. Every unit is Ynees • ■ - in the teacher with J.
the city was i livcrsary oi the founding
1 iC YW1K a,>1 1L\Oi ‘he ^applicant to^ynamjC/ pulsating, a part of the I me93phone over his head a dun;
the
of Mr. M. Lukagusa oU ount ry-wide movement.
YuVY^YY. 0001x8 *n ^e Eng'!group, and yet apart from it. Its Por once in his life ... in the thrp.
Mrs. H. Burkholder, who has be ! the reDOi't'166, ^^ COnra”ie^ ln| music is young, eager, questing, pe9ged race where white
runs With
■come a favourite among the Japan
hurried, rhythmical in the rise and black in perfect harmony and
I Aiderman Wilson su ggested that
w i 11
the guest
the chatter and laughter of rhythm
"a lovely age when vek
spa
Miss I
Bird will preside the Council endorse the report, young voices. And in the eyes aMpOw an- white and buddies
vice. A
win! musical pro- in principle and refer it to the races of its officers there is not|ln tired youngsters and equally
Books and Stationery
tired
i gramme of choral work and a quar- legislative committee.
weariness and bitterness, but joypeachers trekking homewards
SEymour 4230
tette oi CG1T girls has been arUn-British
and understanding.
347 Powell St.
Vancouver, B. C ! j imaged. I he service will be brought
His Wors hip. May Telford askTHE NEW CANADIAN IS
M lo a close with a special dedication in ed if the proposed amendment
This is the
first rime
time I have ever
me nrsr
“p mellow glow of candlelight. Tea wasn't simply another way of attended the annual sports day of |5'S“?SH^^ S^ N^EIS, FOR NISEIS
;> pind a short musical programme will dealing with the Oriental, .prob_ _ Strathcona School, the most unique j“~
|L follow the ceremony.
lem, which was just as un-British IPubl,’c school in Canada. The day is
s
IK
as
as
a
more
direct
form
of
Uiscrim^
ne
and
clear,
not
a
cloud
in
the
'5
>! This is the first time that a 'tccn'AGENT FOR
s«5
staged group of girls will be in drarg ination. He asked if it wasn’t sky but a haze settles all ever the
'miffia;
( of an entire service. so come and give merely an attempt at discrimina- Par^—a haze from the tramp of
RADIOS
Hon under camouflage and the manY feet on the sun-baked clay
k them your full support. A
REFRIGERATORS
guise
of the public interest.
°f Powell grounds.
J invitation is issued to all young
In reply Aiderman Wilson stat23 PoweM Street
Competition among the four
ed that the Council, in any case, houses of the upper grades is keen,
393 Powell
SE ymour 4121
SEy. 132641
I he Hastings East Red Cross should have such extensive pow- but
never
bitter.
And
though
the
up at er over the issuing of licenses. It faces of the contestants
- may be
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the home of Mrs. E. Kitagawa at
not mean indiscriminate dis­ white, yellow or black, each of them
3 p.m. I he executive are also crimination against Oriental
J
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s. the smile and congratulate each other
Aiderman said.
no matter who wins.
The Mayor feared that such an
It doesn't really matter that in­
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IN HIS

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are ju

more cays
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anticipated
May draws
in
the
community
—the re’ days ahead, flip month of
f Vancouver's own
a excited girls are impatiently awaiting the bis-to
i
ore
singer, Satoshi
r iiVes—that moment in June when they'll whisper!
mura at the Japanese Hall.
d why should June be so honoured? Certain authorities
For
and followers of
that courtship between man and woman in its earliest ‘Mr. Nakamura who have enjoyedo
ss somewhat akin to that of the lower animals. This I his singing over the air lanes and '
pairing off took place just when spring was turning Lt concerts, this will be their first ’
fcvstem oi
er. Thus we have this age-old desire of marrying in I opportunity to hear him in a full >
eeciial of his own.
month of June.
MATCHMAKERS MERRY IN NIPPON
Accompanying the singer at the Y
long before a boy or girl's fancies have turned to ano wili be Miss Beatrice Hicks.
n Jan
love, “nakodos” or matchmakers, either a married aughter of Gideon Hicks, noted h
oldw man or woman, upon request of the parents, are ay instructor under whom Mr. «,
■ for good prospects. Since the work of arranging mar- akamura has been pursuing his .
1 1 as an honour and duty by the go-betweens the apical studies.
;(
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The recital will feature several;
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Honour
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I’1' '.ion, vwa th mid the character of the young people :c
(From
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inhered at tile organi
(ID
&ih sides are satisfied. a “miai” or mutual-seeing meeting is ;
Nippon Club last Wednesday to
a.
Serenata
..........
Branded for the young people either at the home of the “nakodo”
formulate plans for the form atrata theatre or party. At this first meeting the prospective bride b. Sea Moods ..
lion of a swimming club, officiPilgrim's Song
Tschaikowskv ally dubbed the “Nippon Aqualid groom are chaperoned by the go-betweens.
When all individuals are satisfied, the proposal is sealed with d. Sweet Afton .
ifhe exchange of “yuino” or engagement gifts which usually consist
Words by _
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of clothing as symbols of happiness and a certain sum of money,
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jiotiies just for the sake of appearance. The actual engagement a. Vote Sleeps the Crimson Petal
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seremony of a Nisei match usually takes the form of a short relig____________
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re made by the “nakodos,” parents, and close friends.
president: Mark Toyama, corres­
(V)
The actual engagement of a Canadian couple is by far the
. Departure _____ Sugiyama ponding secretary; Tucker Mori­
simplest for there is no ceremony, no fuss at all. Even the cus­
b. The Quince-flower __ Yamada to. Sho Oka warn, treasurer; Har­
tom of “asking father” passed out with the formal proposal on
i bended knee, for a man and woman make their own decision
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I first before seeking the approval of their parents.
d-. I he Moon on the Ruined Castle ing secretary; Frank Hatanaka,
Eicho Goto, Kochi Yanagizawa,
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uko Maruno, for the membership
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trough the ages. Long ago it was the custom to seal a pact with
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be breaking of a piece of gold or silver, half of the token being b. O Dry Those Tears .... del Ricgo
Sept by the man, the other half by the woman. Others sealed their c. I Know of Two Bright Eyes
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East-Richo Chats

THE NEW CANADIAN

MAY

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With the annual pa in ling of the
By K. K.
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By “Chatter”
; family rowboat and the two InWomen’s Ass’n Contributes:
On Tuesday, the 21st. right'
'I'he local Women's Association ABan
com pie ted,
the alter supper Coach Bernie Yokota:
On Nisei Prose Writing
ccn trollin $ /j1 had our team out on the field for;
(Pujinkni)
lias just
recently ^d‘-'
the migh
spring
made a considerable donation to- 0
.
, „ , /
a pre-game warm-up, for the semi-!
By DEBORAH and "I"
i.
i;.;u
it
wards the Canadian .Red Cross *‘
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eptbs Tinal against the Wood and
Jug-1
For months now Deborah and Lhaven’t had a good dls-^-i
Society, through Mrs. May. presi-T
. upping them lish (eam
(anything except the weather and her cooking. Since the wV/?0"
dent of Lull. ;> ol the Sovietv in “
me two li-pounders;
Bui
Manager
Mr.
Roach
had Ave haven t had any of the arguments we used to enjov so
Rich mond.
i caught by Ken and your corres
.hired
a
'

star

checker
and
‘ pondent.
two its because the war upset so many of our ideas, and we’r+
" ■ patch them up again.
S 111 trvinc
' An “Off the record” meeting in other players from the Alert Bay^T On Vlctona Day (Deborah dislikes the name Empi- n
I’lue cups and blue and yoHoU^*
*^ a"Cirk i Indian team, and the Wood and .
jEnglish squad emerged 12-S win- she thinks it s great that we should have a holidav once a vear iu- K
■raters comprise the "“Worm j
to'sort're?"'? ?"LT“‘ » Rain0 M(l wh«
adopted by the hard-hitting Riv­ Tef amid the green timbers fronv /? ^ ^! Sid ajiina was the caP* we once had a slim girlish queen who lived so long to grow „n r k
crusty dowager), we went off to the beach. White dazzling
V'
erside JCCL baseball nine. Last ■ the recent heat spell.
I able ump.
shouting
kids
and
frying
hamburgers
and
tossing
sea
and
Sunday at Queensborough Park i
Too bad. boys, better luck next
popcorn and silent mountains and we just lay on the beach and
f
our boys were proudly displaying I
I time.
the
sky.
Ruoiside JCCL will hold their (24th OF MAY
their new uniforms, while await(annual
picnic next Sunday. June 1
The bright sun always affects Deborah either in one of
w
ing the arrival ol the Giants.
2. with a surprise boat picnic to! Empire Day is always eagerly Either she worries about her complexion and her freckles or sir i "
ledBut the Giants, perhaps dr , i an unknown destination. A spark-H^T1 lorward t0 here- for we philosophical and tries hard to think.
" ' ~ Je<Or
m
un at a d^tance by the ; ling !)rograni of
get a three-day
She told me about some poetry she had received. We're b n
show
taned toping drawn up bv the social P’°Iiday 011 Hie 2401 we went
concerned because of the numerous simple mistakes in English rL
team
° ,locaL committee, and gourmets will eiJto Akrt Bay‘ to enjoy the Pomade
appear so often, even in the literary contributions to the pamr
team anothu consecutive win in Joy the ice erean) am] dle wicn:pvith floats, army and navy units.
the I' raser \ alley League.
HODGE-PODGE OF ENGLISH AND JAPANESE^
jet roast. Individuals are asked'and a few kilties- There was also
Confidentially . . . Skipper, won't : to bring your own lunch, and to an Indian canoe parade and a gasSo many young Nisei, with creative talent, are brought up j
you tell us how you put yourhneet at the Sunbury Japanese jboaf racescmi-English, semi-Japanese environment. As a result they are v 'V
boat in the drydock?
ln the afternoon a sports pro­ and instinctively at home with neither English or Japanese. And^vJ
you; school by 8.30. Reservations must j
know that boat. G.K. 1309. Hope’be made immediately either with gram was held for the kiddies though they may have a feeling for words, a bent for description^
you had a^nice time . . How does ; Ceorge Sasaki. , Box 635, New with races and novelties, fol­ instinct for imagery, their efforts in this direction are limited bv Tthe cool. muddy
lowed by a soccer game be­ lack of thorough training. Their vocabulary is a hodge-podge of EpX
ieel a t A\ estmins;cr. or Hideo Onotero
this time of tiie
Tommy ?;R.R. No. 1. All out for the big' tween the Kingcome Packers and Japanese idiom. And that’s one obstacle that must be overcome KT
than dynamite
j and the Alert Bay Indians.
’gest and best picnic yet.
a worthwhile or distinctive Nisei literature of any bulk will ever evoM
i Final item was the softball final.
I have another theory, although Deborah always sniffs at it in a/
। with Alert Bay Indians meeting
, i^IsdaiI1‘ Shc says k's Just because I’m a stuffy logician mvself Bw T
lewood’s Wood
Japanese mind, it seems to me, lacks the ability to think and write K
team. With the assistance of three
13 - „and
the tradition for the Japanese is to think emc
By Joni Gossippe
tabled until more data is ob- men from our Beavers, Wood and tionally. That s why Japanese literature.
English came out on top. 12-8.
i tained.
BASEBALL COMING
superb, is so puny when compared with the wealth of western literature
CORRECTION
meeting
concluded
On May 20. the monthly meet­
with its deep philosophical insight and significance. It is only recently
^^ the Mtiy 99 issue, the cup under the impact of western culture that the Japanese mind is b^
ing ol the Taiyo Club was held at with the serving of refreshments,
I donated by Mr. K. Kadota was trained to think logically.
the home of Mrs. B. Kuwabara, during which, an interesting talk
with President Harold Kawasoe in was given by Taro Yoneda on his lor the Japanese House League
And arpong the Nisei. I have observed that those whose contacts
tilt' chair. II. was finally decided experiences encountered during only, and L. & E. should have
with.
Canadian society have been very limited are usually emotional
a ft ei- a lengthy discussion, that his trip to and from and his stay read W. & E.
and illogical in their thinking—take for instance so many of the fine
baseball practices be held and if in Edmonton.
oratorical speeches, which, when translated into English resemble
Genial chairman lor the evethe turnout of players warranted,
nothing so much more than the froth on top of a beer mug. In con­
ning
was
Muss
Okamoto,
a team be selected to play exhibi­
trast. those who have been brought up among Canadians are otter
tion games again this year.
most clear-sighted and acute in their observations and thinking.
SYMPATHIES
Our
deepest
sympathies
Some time I m going to write more about this because it’s mv
are
JCCL SPEAKERS
extended to Mr. Tani, Kikue,
favourite
theory, but I 11 have to wait until Deborah is out of the wav
LESSON X—SHUT-OUT BIDS
Three very interesting speeches
Bill, Don and J. C. Tani—in the
One of the least understood bids Being emotional herself, like most women she doesn t like to suffer ov
heaid last Saturday night at the
recent loss of their loving wife in contract bridge is the opening bid comparison.
JCCL meeting were given by Fu­ and mother.
HAPPIEST NOTE OT ROMANTIC IDEALISM
ol J HREE or FOUR in a suit, com­
miko Shimizu on “Hitler's Life,”
But Nisei prose writing has suffered from this lack of training in
monly called the "shut-out” bid. It
Ta Ono on “History of Mankind” BEST WISHES
logical thinking. What has been produced has been inspired by our
To Kaname Izumi, president of is not a bid to show a lot of honorand Toshio Uyede, “The B. C. Cod
own
local problems. It has been almost exclusively expository in form,
K i s h e r m e n’s C o -o p e r a t i v e Ass o c. i a - the Chemainus JCCL chapter, who tricks. as many players think mis­
has just returned home after hav­ takenly (the opening TWO-bid is characterized by its immaturity, and its happiest note has been its romantic
Hon.
ing undergone an appendicitis reserved exclusively for that), but j- idealism.
“The discussion on the “Mu­
Deborah maintained that the last element, plus the realism ot
opera lion, our best wishes for a a bid used to show great playing
tual Benefit Savings Club” was
strength and decidedly defensive
today, will oring wide recognition to Ntsei prose writing of the next
weakness.
In
other
words,
it
shows
half-century. I contended that we would be more likely to see some­
f
a hand strong in trump cards and
thing distinguished by its stark realism—the “Grapes of Wrath’’ ides.
with an unbalanced distribution, but
Just then a seagull soared directly overhead, and Deborah, who isn’t
weak in honor-tricks.
always a lady, remarked that it would be a catastrophe if it were to drop
W ith the following freak hand. its own peculiar form of bomb. And suddenly the war came back to us.
it is evident that the declarer has a
nsraso
good chance to mak a contract of
four spades (offensive strength) but
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(more than two tricks against opponents’ contract ot five diamonds
(defensive value).
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Any moKe ot radio
Member of the
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serviced with the lat­
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The requirements of a shut-out
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THE NEW CANADIAN

t Vester Year

Asahis String Up Two More Wins

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Trim Westerns 6-1; Subdue Pats 7-6

Asahis added two more wins to their big list last week when
daws, long hid under the cobwebs of memories
they trimmed the Westerns 6-1, while on Wednesday, Manager
cw and then to be dusted off and talked over. These
Roy Yamamura’s three-run circuit blow proved to be the wincf begone da vs. of muddy rutted roads with board
ning clout of the game as they eked out a tight 7-6 triumph
m areas still unborn under the wealth of giant firs,
over Patricia.
of underbrush and wild things of rhe woods. Those
Suga Twirls Canmly
Frank Shiraishi, speedy left fielder enjoyed a perfect day
were thc stirring days when the Railroad slowly crept
against the Pats, banging out four safeties in that many times
towards the Pacific coast and land-grabbers were busy
at
bat.
To Tie Up Unions
and gentlemen gamblers in long black coats and black
This week they meet Westerns on Wednesday and Patricia
med bus dczlt out cards with flicking fingers to win. to lose,
The powerful Asahi Giants took i
Hotel
on Saturday.
caver must have been a bustling town then, quite bumpan undisputed lead in the Sun- J
sclf-ccnscious of future importance. Imagine! . . . dirt roads
day Loop by swatting the com- j
ASAHIS vs. PATRICIA
v cars . . - horses and buggies . . . sideburns and bustles
Dined efforts of Union's Jimmy
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ASAHIS vs. WESTERN'S
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raw hats and enormous flower-decked hats with hatpins . . .
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Yamamura, 2 b
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in the second. Two free passes,
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Total
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error
of
Scratchy
Shiraishi's
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earth. In this gang of ha rd-muscled
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rolling ground ball, a two-ply swat As aids
was one Kitchi—a .giant with a simple
Summary—Home run; Yamamura
by Kay Kaminishi and a safety doubles: Shiraishi,
Westerns ...
O 1 0 o 0 0
SO U: His vast strength, his long arms. were a
Asahis
0 0 0 3 x—6
by
third
baseman
Herb
Tanaka
Moser, Vanhat ten
tolen
H’s s
good humour and integrity won the
Summary
bases;
Shiraishi
2,
Kutsukake,
Uno,
Triples
Shiraishi.
brushed over four more runs for
was a trial to Uy car.'
His a
nd his
Faulkner; struck out by Nishihara Uno, Thompson; stolen bases: Shira­
the Giants. Three more in the 4, by Gibbs 4. by Paton 4; base on ishi, Suga, Nishihara 2, Yamamura,
1. the
him. and jollied him.
fourth and a singleton in the balls off Nishihara 5. off Gibbs 3, Shishido. Pullen; Struck out by
ie sun 'ow b jh and clear and heat waves rose and
Fouche 2; base
eight frame advanced their total off Paton 3: hit by pitched ball:
Shiraishi by Gibbs; sacrifice hit:
1, off Couche 4;
- the rollers bent to their task with back and face dirtto 12 counters.
Reid: left on bases: Asahi 10, Pat­
ibis 5. Westerns
unisrening drops of perspiration streamed through their
Veteran Ty Suga on the mound ricias 10; umjire: George Vanhatten. I pi re
go Van hat ten.
■i me.
for the vets, had Union Fish
heavy-hitters completely shack­
Kiichi. the giant .who had thc longest legs and steadiest hands,
led with floaters that uncanknelt to light thc fuse that led to the heavy charge of dynamite. Yelling
nily picked out the batters’
io the others to take cover, he ran himself. He tripped, he stumbled,
weak spots.
he fell! A spasm of keen anxiety, and a stilled awareness.
Union Fish tried valiantly to
When the thunder of thc explosion rolled away into the distance
bombardment came in the fourth
and rocks and debris settled into thc rising dust, thc gang, foreman first,
when George Suzuki connected
nt'hcd out calling:
with one to his liking and cracked
"Kiichi' Kiichi' Are you all rightU'
out a double and then scored on
By Cossy Asada
Jimmy
Fukui’s base on error. A
Giants—'Inamoto. Inamoto and'
"Oil Oil Kiichi-kun! Dokoni oru kail! I
sharp single by bambino Shi Oka­
A snappy Hillcrest Rangers Inyoue.
Silence.
mura scored another run.
Nippons—Okada, Okada and
ball nine took Mayo camp, 7-6.
A horror settled on rhe others and numbed their limbs. Slowly,
Union , Sish tried valiantly to as the newly-organized Japan­ Yoshida,
helplessly they stared around. Where was Kiichi? He couldn't have
heap up more runs in the fifth ese Mid-island League swung into
Umpires—Bill Inamoto and S'.
been . . . impossible!!
and final frame, but their best action with a fanfare of opening Yoshida.
Then, where was he?
was a singleton and two more in ceremonies last week at Paldi.
Realization chilled their very marrow. Kiichi thc Giant! Kiichi
the last inning.
Officiating at the opening
the good! Kiichi was gone. All except thc pieces, And the men that
game were Mr. Mayo Singh,
were his mates, ghastly under their dirt-streaked
president of the Mayo Brothers
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tan. found Kiichi's head, with the eyes still staring
U.S. Nisei Fishermen Timber Co., Mr. D. Miles, Mayo
LITTLE LIFE." into space, wonderingly. Reverently they gathered
woods superintendent, and Mr.
him into a four-foot box.
L. E. Trear, Hillcrest woods
Pledge Loyalty
Another man of labour, a son of Nippon, had given his life
superintendent.
in the building of Vancouver.
Mr. Mayo Singh hurled fine
Terminal Island, Calif.—In a
gesture of loyalty reflecting the ball with Mr. Trear on the re­
No
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HAIL THE FLYWEIGHT CHAMP

Hail the amateur flyweight champ of Canada! None
J our o:d friend Tadao Kato, North Vancouver Olympic CktP'P 9s"
i weight clouter, and the only Japanese to take part in tH^-''
Amateur Boxing Championship meet held recently at Cardston' J?"

It's only once in a while we get an All-Canada boxinq

Someming must be done a
errors, moaned the
^Om ^ada, and when we do, and it happens to be Japanese^
ir ream go down io
mm projectors long enough io Kitsiianc Kyuhin fans as they sa!
Nisei like ourselves, well it's something for all of us to fee! n- ^
Kitsies swatted the
How about somebody putting on a feed in his honour?
■ou-.
i.?-vt the dopemers and cop the an 8-3 setback from the Mikados
''!•> (’up with a blazing 133, bail eight times to Mikados six
committed no !ess
Good going, Tad, here's hoping you grab more laurels a
eleven under par net. The precostly errors. I nis
ie Fairview lads one : success.
iminey favorites George Ogino up
= best-out-of-three
ies tor rhe championship of ■
and Jack Kayukawa shot good
I found a little spare time so with a bunch of tr
b-born In terci tv L
to win any other
went down to the Terminal Dock to pick up a few dollars porterinc
Mikadcs began the session
’ourney. but couldn't match the
the
jn
R.
Matsumoto
retired
, .incoming- Hie Maru. With perspiration streaming down my Y
'o mns when Mas Endo
driving finish of the ‘‘flicker"
ng after relieving Sumi, s. oving and pushing the heavy trunks, I bumped into a fellow tYY
orge Yoshinaka scored
man. am ’ that of the other two
>
had chalked up six really Sumo-crazy. When I say Sumo-crazy, I mean he was reallYY
mrts’mj D. Matsumoto Im
’ambers of his foursome who
His tales of these giants, with their middies hanging out like ouY
i Hayashi's hard grounder : o
e/e runners-up.
chalked up the only! sacks was so realistic, that I just about saw myself right at theYinqY
Yoshio Tanaka, the gas man. Ilinj Bi
r the big fourth, in the ;
What a sight it must be! Thousands upon thousands of people
was second with a net 137, and ,)a(k : md recaptured th
when
the
heavy
wind
I
jabbering
away at the top of their voices in smoky, packed audi
Junji Miura of the Consulate Ha!iit> on R. Matsumoto’
ball out of centre-i
toriums. Rews upon rows of frenzied spectators, clerks, soldiers
was a stroke behind for third bnmb ?
Ito's
reach
to
allow
i
sailors
and even geishas in the stuffy galleries.
aim Sumi.
place.
m. who had previously!
There must be an intense awe created by the impossible, such
KITSIES’ GRIEF
out
a
si
the
sight
of a man of such broad beam tossing a leg to LhPP YY
who coupled a
Mikados’ big inning came in
with
e
plate.
i >emh row back. The ability to lift a 1 00-pound leg sideward to imiy
tor ! ,>o,
ring him a net : the fourth when they wasted no
— Yasui,
b
(1-1);
Endo
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sible heights seems a necessary and, in some instances, excruciating Yd
three undo
time in blasting Moundsman
a. 11', c
; of the wrestler's repertoire. In the case of the better padded performY
(1-1): Goi
found the field Frank Sumi out of the box. The

it must look like a tank doing a bubble dance.
ihashi,
If
eh hunc
ith a couple of heavy' bombardment began afterefter tne usual setting-up exercises are performed, and puriNieadinn
field, and the one down when Shores Kondo.
a
mouthful of water, each grappler crouches like a football guard
with
ano
Kyuhins

D.
Matsumoto
1 winner tra lg the ■ Mjkado twirler, hit a safety to
and waits for the other guy to say something. This goes on long enoY
by two strokes. Tsuyuki; centre hay. An error by firstm. c. ef .(1-3): Sumi, p, j
to
allow the hungrier spectators a fev/ more mouthfuls of lunch. Y
sacker R. Matsumoto placed Yo: K. -Matsumoto, if (f-lci
umoto. lb, p (2-4); Morii-1 one seems to have defined how many false starts constitute par for the
away when he: zy Yasui on the bag. Then bang,
ugi
(0-3); Kano, 3b (l-4);Kad-i
are in with
course and the established time limit is long enough to allow more
9-I over, bang, bang, three successive hits
l-D-S hits.
exercise
than the average wrestler cares to take.
Mirse par—(5 under his own ! by Ende, Hayashi and GoromaInning’s:
mdieap.
Mikado
2 0 0 6 0 0
Action is signalized when one mountain launches at the other, and
ru split the ball game wide open.
2 0 0 0 0 1
by the time an untutored observer recovers from the terrific impact
We wouldn’t, have believed the
the match is over.
ares of tiie H2-3 winers if old
Mm Hanno wasn’t (here to tally
There are some 150 different holds used by skilled battlers,
lucidentiy he lost his shirt play
but some of them appear to be used in the everyday dressing room.
?o with this "torrid" foursome
The foreigner distinguishes these three manoeuvres:
Nii er luck next time. Ed!
1. The Commuter's Grip—a neat little trick, designed for men
"Dutch"
Shimada. Jimmy
weighing more than 400 pounds, by which you lunge through your
Fukui and "Mosey’’ Shimada
I ne heavy wind did funny tricks with the light tennis opponent s guard and grab his loin belt, in order either to tear it offer
gave up the bad job after the
and the racqueteers made awkward last-minute stabs throw him out of the ring. Recommended for street car commuters who
morning round, and went ‘-back
at the balls that were blown around like ping-pong balls have to reach for overhead straps on crowded cars.
co nature" for a leisurely round
2. The Bass Drum Device—This is the simple manoeuvre by which
but all that didn't hold the Nippons from chalking up their
u? golf at the tricky Maple
you
pound
on your opponent's chest, hoping to produce’s deep, resonant
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second win in that many tries against the powerful Vannote, or to cause him to topple face downward on the mat in an attempt
to
run you down. Recommended for musically inclined but neglected
The Nippons wlm dHinitMv on ^^' Va"“"™' T.^is Club's
wives.
’ : nic
promising rookie. 6-2, 6-3.
i in the singles Tommy
2, The Topknot Twist—an easy hold, which can be learned even
The new doubles team of Gapi hard forehand and backhand ‘
by girls, by which you grab your opponent's hair in one resolute hand
I smash proved too much for i tain Matsubayashi and George ana throw him resoundingly to the mat. Good to eliminate competition,
Fresh and
i Herald. while Fred Sasaki. Nip-, Ide also enjoyed a perfect day. when rushing for theatre seats.
pon champ, (rimmed la-year-old George proved particularly efDelicious
To be a champion you must look well in shingled, upswept coiffure,
■ ective on the high lobs and
? ; smashed them in for sure point- well-oiled and moulded into place with a flatiron, you must be able to
WEDDING CAKES
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Matsubayashi’s
YOSHINO
must know each intricate part of the ritual and recognize the symbolism
5 ; ‘.op-spin aces, helped along by
of tne sword and the bow, the Shinto-shrine roof of the ring, and the
j the heavy wind had the Vanlook that your opponent throws to your favorite girl, you must eat with
i couver B tennissers literally ihe methods of a mass-production factory, you must . . .
। wrapping the racquet around
362 ALEXANDER J.
Why, sumo is practically a cinch. It's a fine old tradition for the
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Mobuoka and Gus Hirano suffered
ei
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