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The New Canadian

THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GENEIiA^2^w
OCTOBER

III

YAMA TAXI
SEymour 1414

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ill

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1940

No

Weekly
X

No Nisei in 1st Army Training Group

Whirligig

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Separate Units Planned in Training Camps

By K. W.

n

Newsfront

first group ot 2000 men called up
Esprit de Corps . .
observe
the
psyI
a ng u
training m ibis province, it was
pt
I
ffects of a month of ; ’-------------- i measures against:
.
Board in Admtnin camp upon our|New Japanese-Minister
the
deportation
of'
r
r such culls arc
a wholly ; ^rrjyes October 7
05
entered the country1
aliens
Orientals in
_
for the majority, but; Successor to Baron
the
as those in the near iuiurc
as
A that should be mva.u-;^ Japanese Minister
the law. The separate units.
iauilty
Interviewed by The New
Feijiro Yoshizawa, is expectea
was marred as usual by a
Canadian, the Board disclos­
our Gravest weaknesses; Vancouver Oct. /, aooard the NJ k borinq Wilsonian tirade against the
ed
that no Nisei had been in­
2 large number of young |jjner, ^iye Maru.
Japanese in general.
War Services Board
cluded in the first drait: but
community, quite un- ■
Regarded as an expert on foreign ■ 10,000 American Nisei
they would receive calls
:;^ Me procedure of group, affairs, and especially on Angio- Affected by Conscription
Needs Information that
to report for training either
d apparently wholly lack- ; American-Japanese relations, tne
U.S. Army conscription bill
in the second group in No­
nse of group responsibility. ■ new minister will be made especially whid goes into effect Oct. 16 will
VANCOUVER. B.C. — An
vember. or in the third group
, brae extent, this weak-i wS|come a noted career diplomat,
some 10,000 Nisei m Ameti- appeal to the Nisei to take
arisen from disorganized;^ pas been director of the Ameri- ca, it is estimated; although only more care in making appli- i next January.
ickgrounds, in which as|can Bureau of the Foreign Office, : a sma 11 number will be touched di - . cations for the postponement
Military otticers deeiaua
ra
■ failed to receive adequate; 3nj has served in embassies in Lon- : rectiy.
of military training
that, the most efficient way of
and family training. The;don^ Berlin, Washington and Rome.
made last week by officials ; training would be to organize
; been to leave us with a;pie speaks English, French and Ger- Local Department Store
of the Board of Nat ional War i ap_japancse platoons or comBecomes Incorporated.
ber of young men whose ; man fluently.
Services
in Vancouver, which panics, in order to form homo­
has never been directed' priOr to his departure for Ottawa,; Announced last week was the in- hears such applications.
genous groups, as was the case
ensible channels, and who I he wi|| ca|| upOn provincial goverr''' corporation of one of the largest.
In an interview with The
department stores in Vancouver's
value in organised group i meri| officials in Victoria.
was Physical standards and lan­
ew Canadian.
iJapanese community, T.
s beyond those of the |
laid upon the necessity of guage difficulties were given
re_ City Council Seeks
: Co. Capitalization was s
hood gang." In that
reasons lor separate plasupplying complete data in
r
SI
50.000.
ir mental development pas i End to Immigration
letters of application for ; toons.
! VANCOUVER.—The City Counshort of their sisters, upon
Ald.
L
Nisei
Installed
as
postponement.
The adoption of tins system
? more rigorous training is ci! Monday, on a motion by
W. Cornett, adopted a resolution Strathcona Student Head
has necessitated the postponeIt is necessary to supply
urging the Federal Government^ tc
Strathcona School held its annual - th e address stated on Na­ .ment of calls, since a very large
s it is that a month of marchnumber ol applications ioi
inauguration of the student council
tional Registration cards,
ohfre, eating, sleeping, ana 10,000 other women, and the wife last Friday afternoon, when
postponement of training have
the
present
address
of
the
- together with several hun- with any one of 10,000 men.
Yamashita, last year's pre
applicant, and the “K ’ ’been received from Nisei en­
Nakodos and Baishakunins wil . beth
.
--eA o? their fellows, all under a
gaged in seasonal industries.
headed : number on the medical
code and common condi- subscribe to those sentiments heart-'dent, ,was
call and certificate. The
ilv but personally, I still like to were installed as n^mmrs,
Nisei reaction to this report
wMt to develop an entirely think that some day, some time,; by the new president, George ukudoctor who conducted the
■was that they would not wel­
■-e" ^opreciation for the value of
medical e x a m i n a t i o n
„ ... an me .
ishima.
come such a policy of segregasome
one
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c-ca^zed disciplined movements. It
should also be given.
Hion from other Canadians m
- to oiovide many of them with
In
the
case
of
Nisei,
offi
­
the camps. They emphasized
/"b
B
j
0
- -ex seme of fellowship and re^r R
cials
emphasize
that
extreme
That while fully willing to
£-.--- Mr others, even a new insightATM GV ‘ ?
^1 t 8
j
V
U
V
Ft
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care
should
be
taken
in
sign
­
e
\shole question" of human
itrain with others in the camp,
ing names. They should be They were opposed to
-e r o wAps. •
written very clearly, with an iment different from others m
Love and Fate . . - Disillusioning
indication of which name is the camps.
-•-s romantic, but encouraging
be held Saturday evening.
the surname, to avoid all pos­
VANCOUVER., B. C. — An
National Council business
we realists among our Nisei girls
dress unknown. Both or
of
program
sibility of confusion.
of the
sessions
and
convention
dis
­
- oaraqraph by Arnold Bennett in outline
these men should communi­
The Board is anxious to
events for the Fifth Annual cussions will occupy the at­
■ecent issu ■ of "Reader's Digest.'
cate with the board immedi­
Convention *of the Japanese tention of delegates for the
communicate with two Nisei,
' As for he theory that every
ately. and friends are asked
is League
to
I
t
‘ I. Koyanagi wlio has applied
next
two
days:
and
the
fare
­
- ms hi ; or her own particular Canadian
to bring this notice to their
be held in Vancouver. Nov. Q
for postponement, and Fred
well banquet and mixer will
I to partner) , and until he
attention.
11, was announced Tuesday
bring the conference to a ■ Kingo Moriyama, present admeets that 'fate' his or her
following a meeting of the host
.-not be fulfilled," he says,
close Monday evening.
chapter
executive.
?s certain as anything human
Vancouver Chapter also ar
Opening ceremonies witu
8
> that in the average happy
civic speakers and the Na­ nounccd that it would mviie
ce the husband would have
f
tional Oratorical Contest will Mavor Lyle Telford to speak;
equally happy with anyone of
at the first fall meeting. Oct.;

Invite Mayor to Address

. Invited To Send

Co-operation in community;
^pUUAwS A
projects was guaranteed by thci
,
date is welli will also bc speaking.
$
a
appointment of Edward 1.;

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plans fori At the first general assemlan^ua^e school istrong of physique as well as^-^. and Cedl

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~kawara to;over a month away,
in the afternoon, league
teachers'from lutlying dis-(open, frank,
of them dynmui
ithe census committee or
NLM Mstory uJ matters and other resolutions
Canadian Japanese ^™-^'V T ™ teinXbhtailtrf by Bussci chapters
tricts have flocked to the city;nature as re ia J r■ tica]
to hear Jujiro Fujino, eminent;them m b^o“^lr fion: and of President George tnese p
,
d filled'will be aired on The floor.
Ishiwara
and
K
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lPni
;
«'»Tng
OT-I The highlight of the afterand authoritative educational-; accounts.
standards were
ist of Tokyo, who will conduct,educational
ma to the Loca
.
' ;mittee headed by the capable (noon session will take place
Committee.
And resourceful chairmen, Ki- when
sph
of
lectures
on
I
quite
high.
when the convention will split
a short series
i
jyZ
and
Kazuko
Kagaup
into
two
panel
■ Nisei and Their Future
Mainland Oratory
some factors of language:
The Mainland semi-final ora ■ wa, are burning the candle low i groups, one m English and the
studies at the Japanese Hall j He pointed out the fact that
in building for the future, the torical contest will be held un-4n an unceasing effort to crown;other in Japanese. In addition
October 3 to 5 inclusive.
iin
Mr. Fujino ■who came up Nisei should put to use the der chapter sponsorship on Oct. the Annuai Fall Convention of tto the chairmen and .secretaries,
from Seattle Monday decler- jmany advantages they enjoy 26. Every chapter on the main- ■ oung Buddhists with success, i reverends and panel repi esentH^ Hopes are being ^atw^
ed to The New Canadian iover their parents: namely, land wall be asked to send at
that he had been very favor­ ithey have an adequate, u not least one speaker to take part, tertained to have Rev. S. N.
centred around questions per­
ably impressed by the Niseis i excellent, command of Eng­ the winner of this contest ic- Pratt, American Buddhist
tinent to the Nisei. The reports
he had met in the States and lish' thev are reaping the ben­ reiving the Hisaoka trophy. । priestess of Tacoma and a
of the discussion will be given
efits
of
die
toil
of
their
Parente
Three speakers from this con-;
that he was hoping to conmost
engaging
personality,
in the concluding general as­
tinue the same friendly in- l who have pioneered in healthy test are chosen to enter the; come and conduct an Engsembly.
with
Canadian i economic lines such as farming final.
. .
tercourse
lish
service
at
the
opening
At the sayonara banquet
Masaji Endo, East Fairview
land fishing; and
ne
wiivciiuvu,
morning
of
the
convention.
1
See "BUSSEI MEET," Page 4
that he had found | friendship ^ « ^“^ executive, was chosen to repHe said
November 16 . Bishop Aoki I
See “JCCL” Page 5
. together
them on ; ctual personal con-(with wnom
। well-built, tall and J studied or worked toaeth -

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THE NEW CANADIAN
OCTOBER :
the VANGUARD of nisei opinion
TRinity 03 09
3 96 Powell Srreet
Vancouver, B. C.

No Horse-Trading

oon System
According to reports, platoons o
wanadian-born Japanese will be organized if and when they are called
training under the home
into camp for compulsory military
training program.

autumn canvas
Autumn is the tree's disrobing.
I ne ciaery odor or orchards.

ow

Ine pleasant scent of leaf smoke
! he sound or aogs barking afar
^nd of children shouting.

SHINOEC A

<? fragrant, mell our b
Perhaps the most remarkable
- f^-s^elhng and fj thv
.
.
i
first
reaction
among
the
Nisei
pref ne trudges a Ion?
group characteristic of Canadian-born
is likely to. be an adverse once, since
summer
s
end.
N wicker basket
Japanese which must have impressed
such a policy readily lends itself to
pxioulder brimming with*
the casual observer has been their un­
\V.
jailed rags and sRapR^Rj^.
interpretation as an act of discrimin­
ceasing insistence that they be accented
ation. Further thought, however, re­
j iace has seen no water
H''
and regarded as full-fledged citizens'
•yesterday’s rain has poX^'
veals that this is not necessarily so.
enjoying and assuming all rights and
payers of dirt coating C°U ;hi
responsibilities which that term im­
Military authorities have given
e e ® , nands and legs. The toe< Tri
®
US
plies.
the assurance that the- principal rea­

_'Slippers have long
Behind the struggle to obtain demclothes are patched and torn ?■ 63
son ror. instituting such a platoon
By T. M. K.
hanging in thin shrA
ratic rights—a struggle waged for
1S ^e des’re to produce an
llmbs. Ostracized'.-?
efficient unit, comprised of common L™ are fortunate indeed, who live ini
years against bitter opposition and in
this
country
m
these
times.
We
don

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fe
Uen
to the lowest
'
the midst of hostile international
and similar men. The esprit de corns
know the terror and destruction of (Stoops to salvage a cigarette w ne
forces-—-has been their deep-rooted be­
of such a unit, they reason likely
enemy
bombs, the devastation of lev-|he?akes h* round of J .7'
lief and, faith in Canadian democ­
would be much superior to one com­
filled homes and stricken peoples. We!and refuse h^aps about the pin ^
racy and the conviction that they
posed of differing elements: and we
a .ptent-v in food and clothing I He is the typical
ourselves
are convinced that for ef­
are prepared to play the role of free
gman —
nd piotection, while those across the'fallen quite
ficiency and smartness a Jananese
citizens in a great nation.
so
tow
as
k
1
oceans daily face the grim
grim unceruneer- TT. a1 eyesore to the visjt^
_ I his, then, is the attitude of mind
Canadian unit would rank with the mm y between life and death, when source of qualms nfLT
very best in Canada.
in which Canadian-born Jap anesc
out ?’Ty T may bIast them t0 the 'veil fed. the _
.v conscience/
n
them
homes
to
leave
them
risin.

16
approach the question of service to
g metropolis of Vh^E^’
while it may be regretted that derelicts
of inis
this ghastly modern warthem country in her time of need.
cxeucib or
^.^ spa,ci0“s citr. with it^
this system will not permit the estab­
S'h? TT °Ur sta^ w ^e of boulevards “and*lis
his is the attitude which prompted
lishment and cultivation of close per- -afe here, and the very least we can stands baffled beforTT"
Steen °!
of parks
them to volunteer themselves for
sc^a* contacrs between Occidental
h ,°JIM °f our time and effort to human sore
tnlS
fe'stenn?
sore.
service in the Canadian Active Serand Oriental Canadians, it must be (imake things easier in the Motherland.
^F7J!”S' tO°' is thc Mtitude
VV e find him
remembered that the prime objective D m
'S Vmple thi"S t0 give. Paris.
New YoJ^t
uh which they approach the ques­
CC
T
1Sn
t
one
of
us
but
has
a
in
training
an
army
is
efficiency.
tion of compulsory military training.
mite to give; but there are other »eles—the feet of clay, the Achille-’
I hey are not the find of citizens
things we can do to help. I know of heel of even the most highly deJ
oped civilization. Democracy ’with £
Nisei Preparedness
to_ P^c advantage of their country s
ttefeL
?itar“ Project than boast of equality, material A J t
dif iiculties, profiteering to
e Red Cross Society, a society that
win for
J”6
probI™ °fW
If the Nisei in British Columbia embraces the whole world. The Niseis SXF
themselves a more favored position'
apathetic
indigent.
He
holed
have learned.any thing at all from the kJ ’thN' d°inS their share in mak- “Ja ““A den in "remains
1 hey are Canadians first, citizens
K east side J
perplexing situation that faces them ho°nwJny A§ee clothlng and Ue;
interested in the welfare of their
reat
American cities—a grim mi
today, they assuredly must have real­ safeS" g°°dS’ and this
tes

country: nor horse-traders im
wav TlD ‘hH S°'called American
ized that their most pressing need is
fe upon bargaining.
or living. He i emains the bane
I
wonder
if
the
readers
of
this
i
efficient
organization
among
them
­
.
it 1S casy to scc what
pa’
V‘C Pnde’ the mockery of pManthrnn
n effort.
selves.
Day
by
day,
as
new
and
dis
­
«
t
the
amomt
of
p~>
anthropic
inspired frantic appeals to the Federal
I
Aatf L S°k ■ nt0 each finished
turbing
conditions
arise
that
need
Government protesting against any
i Man may soar to the heights of in­
becomes more apparent: and we can­ garment. To me it is a source of con- tellectual activit
grant of rights in the event of partic'tinued amazement that our yOun«
the pinnacles of
not afford to remain indifferent to
ai^.s^c effort, to the transcendent
ipation in home defence has been
it longer.
of religious aspiration, but
DT?
neither by patriotism nor
Jdan

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ey
are
MCXg
6
remains in part the gutter­
statesmanship. but merely bv the
. Me must be prepared to study the
snipe,
the
garbage raider, the ex­
Nse fear for the safety of personal
or X ° riUSe "^ch-needed funds
situation that has arisen from a grave Il Cf
crement
of
civilization.
aSUry 1 d0 wish the whole
and prestige.
international situation, make decis­ Japanese community will ap ■
n
*S eP^°mized the tragedy or
thiS-War Pledged to uphold
ions from that study, and carry them diem and push this “affair toeta behind
grand
humanity.
God has made him to mock
du democratuc way of life has bcm
a Sgrand
out wdh full support. We must be success. The
n
a
e pi ide . of man, God has created
Unit surplv
S ? le Japanese
ought and won. then
on guard now to combat more dan­
him to bring to naught the vanitv of
surely
deserve
it.
#
tom Japanese will again seek to have
gerous threats to our welfare and
human arrogance. He refutes 'the
iat way of hfc upheld in their own
da
y

s
column
was
that
H
ip
'Ik
011
to-1
claim to the absolute of puny man.
uppmess than we have ever faced
f^.Bnr in the meantime, chev have

ecstasy of truth attained
7 °rCL Bar Whac evidence have we I dreamed, a horrible dJeam M bomb
nothing but an expression of
s
at
long
last.
The Pyramids, the Parthat the Nisei are so organized and
conand
raireeraitT
KT
chUdren
>
ST
on
'
Plca
dW'
Squared” and ‘the
tempt for local politicians
so prepared?
with
vividly
anF^^
of Liberty will fall and
horse-trading mentalities.
In a short time wc shall have an was . . ’ ’a tomb
: rr , y
« c™,mbIe into dust, but the ragman
lln®er on, a parody of all human
opportunity to test our preparedness It flashed in the sunliNTkT
Halloween Naziism
ward
journey,
and
toe
people
below
h“a"
W ?rsan'“iM- f°r °n November .
- m v ancouver the Japanese scattered to the four winds'! I stood
Goa created man in his own image.
October is henc again, and at
this
Canadian Citizens League will meet tato ” T S re£>m • ' ' a toriw spec T ^S °Wn image created He him.
rUa ", "J 10t k ami« to lo°k
1I
°Ur y0Ung Nisei bovs un- And the. Manchu ragman stumbles)
to that unholy tradition of ours
in convention. The League, on paper. o? w kN Wllln8’ manning the-guns along with malnutrition along the
forward to the end of this montto
represents every Nisei in British Co­ on His Majesty’s ships-of-war
a, d sun-bathed street beneath my window.
known as All-Hallows Eve.
lumbia. and is dedicated to work in I remember thinking in mv 'dream
j ^ °? us wdl recall the senseless
their behalf, irrespective of their class, How immeasurably brav.e these boys cheek,
are!
damage inflicted on the Japanese com­
, as it were. Heartaches are in
creed, district or political belief.
store
for us, and hardships, too. We
viLssifnVa
6
remained
^
munity during the past several years
can t be too prepared to counteract
Th
Tf
had reaIi^ happened
From the manner in which the
§3nS °f sub-normal
them with courage, perseverance and
Then
I
recalled
reading
in
the
local
youths Last year on Halloween, a
convention goes, and from the con­ paper more insults .
and
X
responsibility. If we always keep in
tastic
ones
at
that

J
?
fan

P
tW° hundrvd invaded
mind
that Wilson isn’t Canada, or
crete results in decisions upon ques­
1
• from H.D.W.
the Powell Street district, smashing
tions of paramount importance and
be t h- SVe ?e' Pve saM
sav that Canada isn’t Wilson: if we rewindows and pillaging stores before
member
love and loyalty we
about him, and I reallv can’t
-------- -- that the luve
°n fl» PeSuT J™ °Ur "ative '“d cannot be tar­
they were dispersed.
m increased efficiency, we shall know
It is not too early to begin organwhether or not the Nisei are pre­
nished
petty
ch an incorrigible fellow He’s oast
U by G
‘ hates, if we look years*----s Past ahead to our ultimate happiness, and
tzing pur pwn "Home Defence
pared. It it be found that leaders of saving.
CorPS>
glVC these annual visitors
NO matter what we do. no matter not on our present discontent . . •
the League are living up to the
then we shall be doing the best thing
grave
once and for all a welcome they will
»r«°
P
r?
Sly
and
how

lun
in
the world for us gnd our children's
responsibilities of leadership. then
never forget. A compact firehose
ril} we do it, someone is bound to children.
brigade, backed up by organized div­
unqualified support must be m
ilLiv W0JiL We would be h°peThis magnificent country calls us
i USed under insulting reby every Nisei: if they are not. then
isions of Lad-pipe troops will be
RS1, We took them too much to to put forward every effort in mak­
able to_ give these amateur Nazis a
new leaders who will must be sought ,
evf ' T?e Japanese here have been ing this a key nation in a future world
ITh-J "'hat Hirk’r is Swing fusl
to come. Let us do so to the last drop
and found upon rhe personal Re­
and continuallv slap- of red blood in our veins. Let us give
this moment.
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sponsibility of every Nisei.
the Wil^s~of this
town, and we have turned the other all we have of brains, initiative,
humanity.

Page 3

OCTOBER

THE NEW CANADIAN

With Mars on the Campus

[ Local it es Heard in

Page 3

Harmony Prevails At Folk Festival
Japanese Contribute Share to Programme

“This
JZJ broadcasting
| from Tokyo . . .
... ..... ; Forty-odd nationalities werej hospitable Georgian Room
openling announcement a specialpePres^nted at the Vancouver: of The Bay heartily endorsed
Autumn sunshine imparted a; head of the students as one ; "Canada Night" broadcast ar-iFolk Festival Society's Enghthj the work of Mrs. McCay and
। ranged expressedlv for people i Annual Festival held last week j the Folk Festival Society by
?low of warmth to the local: of them.
_University
campus Saturday; And the entire campus iJin Canada came over the etherHudson’s Bay. forty-odd I applauding the presentations
afternoon, but not as much life,alive with the quickened sen^eIlast KridaN night at 9:00 p.mj aual §loupb fl0m countries; ol the diverse groups clad in
their native costume.
as the 1500 students who
marched along the Mall and:Universitv, the professors andHtl0ns the broadcast. unfor-^°^ of common unity pre-Japanese Canadian Role
boulevard from the buildings: the students in their new role innately, was not all that could I
i among the different; Japanese Canadians wore
.
groups which make up represented at the Festival bv
to the “gates”—three stiff hours ^n Canada’s war effort. Every ,•be desired.
jthe
colorful
patch-work of?Harumi Tomotsugu Ikumi Ya
of marching—in their firstiwhere khaki uniforms are to!:
With Yoshiye Suyama, forCanadian
life
was
the domin-hnashita and Lucv Takemoto of
military parade of the Univ ei-ide seen, and the orderly room;j mer Vancouver Nisei, now a
entire weekl the Hyubikai School of Japanaty s war piogiam.
: in the basement of the Arts I staff member of the JBC. as
T .
ese Da^ee under the direction
Stripped of their coats, i Building has been crowded j mistress of ceremonies for 1° q +e ^es lva ’ .
I Saturday evening, Mrs. John;of Mrs. T. Tono^ai
who took
sleeves rolled up. the young; with recruits during the past ; the Nisei portion of the pro;T.
McCay,
energetic
president
part
iq
the
program
i gramme, the broadcast heard
men — seniors and juniors,; week.
Tuesday
|of the Society, reiterated the;and Friday evenings.
|
songs
by
Miss
Aiko
Saita,
sophomores and freshmen, artsjn ^he program drawn up by :
(Statement made on previous. Along with the folk
men and sciencemen-—maichedj^g officials, students will de-iI and Miss Fumi Ohori as well [evenings that the success of [crafts “displays of arts and
Greece.
along in a scene reminiscent of;vote sjx hours weekly to basic as a sketch by five former Khe Festival was due not just iDoukhobors.
China,
Vancouver
Niseis,
which
in
­
Finland,
the days of 1922 when the stu-1 mimary training, which has
I because of her who was merely i Hungary

Freach
- Canadian
dents marched all the way ^een scheduled in such a way cluded Misses Nuiko Mura­ a
bUt
t0
the
from the "Fairview Shacks to|as to minimize clashes with ki, Mrs. T. Mayeda, the for­ selfish and willing co-operation [way and many others was in
Point Grey in a vivid demon-;study hours — three hours of mer Cana Okamura. Sakaye ot the convenors of the various I exhibition at’japan to which
stration to get the provincial drilling and marching every Yoshino, and Harry Nakaya­ folk groups who gave freely I several

P
1C1
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t
citizens
of
the
local
ma
and
Kazuma
Uy
eno.
government to complete the Saturday
afternoon,
of their time and service to the । community contributed valu­
three
construction of the new Uni- hours in lectures and physical
Due to poor receiving con­ worthy cause.
able objects of art.
versity buildings.
training. The officers’ training ditions Miss Saita’s part of the
And the hundreds and ■ In addition, there were lec­
Some forty Niseis are af- courses will require a little programme was hardly aud- hundreds of people who
ible. However Miss Ghori’s crowded into the stately but tures on French-Canadian folk
fected by the new training more time.
lore by Mlle. Juliette Gaultier
singing came in with more clar­
system. Some of them who ex­
de la Verendrye, international­
ity. and listeners were able to
perienced the rigours of the
ly
recognized authority on
hear her sensitive rendition of Nisei Choose U.S.A
long two-hour march Satur­
j Canadian folk lore, on “Anday, mentioned aching flat Red Cross, Welfare “The Holy City” and Schu­
A
T
£
t?
jtiQue
Embroideries” bv Miss
bert's “Ave Maria.” The sketch
feet, corns and fatigue, but
Over Japan tor Home |Blanche Payne, professor of
spoke with admiration of Combine: War Chest in which five Niseis took part
LOS ANGELES.-An over-l^roTT^
was in a form of a welcome
Colonel G. M. Shrum, com, , .

‘ Psycllol Washington,
and on
mander of the corps, and
whelming
majority
of Japanese r
and F
VANCOUVER. — With the party for Miss Ohori.
The second half of the pro­ Americans in California look
head of the Department of announcement by the Greater
. ..
• ,
.
upon
the
United
States
as
their
'
D1
'
I,Vlng
of
U,c
gramme
was
in
the
Japanese
Physic's, who marched at the Vancouver War Chest that the
versity.
Vancouver Welfare Federation language for the older people. permanent home was a fact
brought out by a survey which
and the Vancouver and West
EXPERT ADVISOR FOR
was
conducted over a period of
Vancouver branches of the
YOUR FAMILY PROTECTION
three years by Togo Tanaka
Canadian Japanese Canadian Red Cross had agreed
and Louise Suski, English edito hold a joint drive under its
SEE
tors
of
the
Rafu
Shimpo,
and
supervision,
this
city
is
again
Association
the results of which have just
relieved of the additional costs
In no season of the year is been released by the Los AnOffice Hours: 9:00-5:00
in both time and money of two
Japan
more colorful than in geles Equality Committee.
major financial appeals.
Saturday: 9:00-1:00
the autumn. Crimson maple
AGENT
In a questionnaire submit­
T
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u
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a
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o
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s
m
a
1
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leaves
blanket
the
precipitous
TR
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329 Gore
ted to 3,100 high school stud­
branches of the Red Cross hillsides, gorgeous chrysanthe­ ents they were asked whether
Manufacturers
Vancouver, B. C.
throughout the province are mums go on display in hun­ they had made up their minds
now well under way with their dreds of public and private where they wished to live per­ Life Insurance Co
contribution to the national gardens, and the people don manently, and if so, where?
302 Alexander
TRin. 0283
Red Cross appeal, Vancouver, their gayest kimono.
Tabulations showed 2,993 an­
West Vancouver and Victoria
Japan’s climate is also at its swered “the United States.”
will not seek Red Cross sub­ best between October and the Forty-five were uncertain, and
PIONEER REPRESENTATIVE
scriptions until Oct. 29.
New Year. An almost endless the others said they would live
for
succession
of
cloudless
days
re
­
in
Japan,
the
majority
of
whom
Meanwhile, plans for Great­
er Vancouver’s joint drive are places the misty heat of sum­ gave as their reasons the fact
being rapidly completed mer. The nation moves out of that they were joining their
GROCERIES AND
throughout the various organ­ doors on every possible excuse. parents.
The survey also disclosed
The abrupt forested slopes
ized divisions under the gen­
PROVISIONS
eral campaign chairmanship of of once-volcanic Mount Hako­ that of California’s 96,000 Jap­
Senator A. D. McRae. The date ne, situated in the shadow of anese, over 65,000 are Ameri­
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has been set for Oct. 29th, and fraceful Fujiyama, less than can-born and about 3,800 are
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NO OBLIGATION FOR
kyo, turn red almost overnight.
000.
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Another spectacular Fall
Fountain
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Service
event is the series of chrysanthemum shows held in or near
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Western Japan, in the vicinity
TRUST SAVINGS COMPANY
of Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto,
these shows are particularly
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Committees Rush Preparations

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_ Starting next week The
New Canadian will return
to its fall and winter
schedule and will be pub­
lished on Thursdays.
Subscribers failing to
get their issues on time,
please write to The New
Canadian, 396 Powell St.,
or phone TRinity 0309.

It IS the evening of October iwords
.
19. 1940. An overflowing »di-&^^X?U’ /
ence in the Japanese Hall is silent then a
12
™ld’ClapPM
hushed as the tense dramat Sl^
Year and
and Soldiers
Soldiers’ tidal wave it ’ Llke a m^Hty i
hall
throusM
draws• to a swift conclusion, (the
■the intense look written all'corner
ecedes . . . It j
over the face of the spectator-j
b
g n‘ thiS time!
tells that for theLSeXu
as

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on the stage At
belong
to a world A
answer —
the
insistent;
WMte^
Hence
for a!

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By CINDERELLA

happened in a shoddy. second
T
^ usual types who frequent such pb^
on
on recapturing their lost youth; men and w, “
"isp in drinking glasses: youths and
world where anything is possible for ; ? S Gre'
few
hghrs and the lilt of haunting melody.

r
It was only a song, but the
reet "There'll Always Be An England'"' ^JT '
my feet, my glass raised high


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There ll always be an England
• And the 1940 i Writers Wanted In
there's a country £". .
•Gakuyukai production is writ­
• • • a country lane
ten into the books.
Short Story Contest mto fields
Japanese Langnag.
warm with the scent of wh’
^ °'d ”
|
If all the time, energy and
the
droning
of
honev
bees
There
^
P’nk d°Vt
। effort which members of the
"The
pen
is
mightier
than
bv—and everv v '
°B W
Night School
i Gakuyukai are putting into । the sword, ’ and dramatic pre- 1 clouds sailing
,
every vaporous mass
during eyes became a stately galleon
u
lCC
| the forthcoming 25th anni- i sentation of the stir of human I of
the „ of L,e:.^^
reading, writing and
versary production of the or­ j emotion is often more effective
CORRESPONDENCE
ganization are to bring ade­ land convincing than the most
^hireeer lhen's „ cotla„e
quate
recompense,
the
above
ogical
and
reasonable
analysis.
Reside
a field of grain
APPLY
hypothetical report would be
This is the belief which this early cabba^'p^t thek^^
tbe Cydf
I but an understatement.
year has prompted the NationT. Takahashi
J With the dress rehearsal al Council of the JCCL to at-1 to the red. lob str„,"b(ri<! of hot j^TTL"151 . eon:
scheduled for Wednesdav eve- tempt an experiment in switch- summer corn, and the golden harvest of TnH
2215 McGill St., HI 2598-M
pr°UG wnv
nmg October 17, ithe school lng its annual essay contest in­ -re of russet Jpplts L h„d
I hall is a busy scene nights as to. a short story contest for Ni- ■=. when youthfu! pranks shortened hours b 2 ol i:
ithe actors are going through
mivu-n sei writers.
-<d gante and food and shelter Mt M,^“ A wh
j their roles under the direction
Announced three weeks ago.
There'll always be an England.
pt Frank Nakamura.
rules for the contest were re­
W'hile there s a busy street
Billed in a “return” en- leased last week by the com­
u

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Srrcet
and Cordova Srreet’
! gagement of “Yotamon” are mittee in charge, and everv
’nS
S;
Hoy Kumano and “Sally” Nisei at all interested in the buying Xhi^ innkCCpCrS 3nd
pedlars
Nakamura. Those who roared i art of writing is urged to subdr. in
at the antics of this pair in
?,1S or her entry without
out an existence in the land thev love! Ours
I that “gay caballero” piece hesitation.
sound
of shuffling feet drab bur m
nU° Ot 1
three years ago, this bit of
FRESH fish
It may be of practically any
and vigorous '
always interesting. crude
news is particularly wel- I length, from a short short up
VEGETABLES
come.
Trever there's a turning wheel,
to ten thousand words; and
GROCERIES
; In a meeting of the executive the choice of the subject is
mihion marching feet.
Friday evening Yoshiko Hirota left entirely to the writer.
262 Powell
factories; ■^IHonFoFh8"'13'
rhC'r dr“!
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Ang rheir dreams "'orhino i
'yyl®™ to take the place It is open to every Japanese
L or Masuko Iguchi since the lat- Canadian in this country, ir­
tired co drcam. too exh
; Ter will be sailing for Japan on I respective of sex, age, or any­
to
introspective—laughing, often d
nnking—their presence
£ ?1S" sometime in November, thing else.
ward manifestation of what exists inarticulate but d
i Kiyoshi Suga was also elected .
• f0r the
c°ntest every Canadian bom. Ours the second best at times CCD
s°Jle post Of sports convenor should be in the hands of the land we love.'
next vacant by Dick Tomoda.
Short Story Contest Commit­
Red. White and Blue.
tee, care of The New Canadian
!
Committees in Charge
What does it mean to you1
I Headed by Prexy Harry on or before the closing dates’
Surely you're proud.
jKondo, various committees are November 1. Awards in the
Shout it aloud.
I busy tackling the hundred and form of book prizes will be
Tritons awake,
i
one
problems
connected
with
^
les
^
n
^
e(
^
a
^
^
le
opening
cerethe Empire too.
B9S3
The production. Supersalesmen momes of the National JCCL
We- can depend on you.
pon Sugiman and Tatsuye SaM C0nventl0n'
Freedom remains.
jt0 are looking after 'ticketsA,D1’ Norman F. Black, noted
These are the chains
| THERE’S A NEW THRILL pOc adults, students and chil-i . couver educator and editor
Nothing can break.
idren
lh" “B.
v> C. Teacher.
m
(
lot
the

long
a
Friday,
35c
Sa
ion
J^ide^F
Yd'’
"
SNAPSHOOTING WITH A
iiir’HO £0
}dny); Masuko Iguchi
in T!’ and sympathetic student
charge of the staff designing of the second generation prob- iY'TLT" ;T°
i ions an
■ stunning costumes (-Waft till em, will again be asked to
you see the girls in their Chin-! Wg^F^L^
the entries.
the tempo of a premdi-H
1
^-imod to temper :
co^}imes. your eyes wilpmada is addmg~hiT^rtDtio of
m>4>. An *t
'“T ,bl bi”crncss
ou
the verdict of one pouches to the stage scenery
249 Powell
Ute toad thAAXl^l^’Y
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Su§ais m^ag-fand Mi Akiyama is handlii^

i-vemug is one far more ad
the stage hands: Takeo Ya-The lighting effects.
° those
1_ dreamed of in

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my youth. ‘Red, white and blue, wha
mean to you?' .
° me they mean a childish heart becoming
£41^7?"
' !’Mlh's ^nder
unbroken m
lor reeogmnon beneath a Canadian sky.’
There'll al wavs 1:
M England" is not a
melody to me.
a musical expression of v
and what she
is challenging to accept. These
gotten.

Bussei Meet
'Continued from Page 1)
i

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Range, well-known undertaker in th Japanese
community, wishes to announce that he is
now associated
^'1^°';f;,m rd
» ap.ini.se funeral .arrangements.
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Highland 0015

for better trade relations
Buy Japanese Goods

is hoped to have among
others, speakers from the
3CCL and the B.C. Y.P.C.C
h i The following
1
a ‘tentative:
«
1 10 a.m. to 12 noon—Opens
png
service.
5
S j
12 to 1—Luncheon and Free
5
•» (Period.
1 to 2 General Assembly.
“ to 4 Discussion Period.
4 to 4;3_°—General Assembly
-•mu w j.ou—Closing service
5:30 to 6—Free Period.
6 p.m.—Banquet and Social
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Optometrist

377 Powel! St.

Sey. 1185 J
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1940

THE NEW CANADIAN

Page 5

'Mum Society Active

TOPICS

n Number Nearly Complete

OCTOBER
i Ow
Rim

Prosgeco are indeed bright for Chrysanthemum Show which is
The deceased was well km
tb.e Kokonoye Kai (the Japanese being sponsored by (he Vancoulocal co mm uni tv in conne
wk!
WcI
■h.
Canadian Chrysanthemum Socio- ver Exhibition Society November
his* work with thc Gaku
a mbe rs
ty) io enjoy one of its most sw- 7 to 9 al the Exhibition Grounds,
eeting to ne other organizations. M
Red Cress Dance. Peter Pan cessful years since its inception I’, has even donated a challenge
•’s-Wcsley this were represented at thc
Bcilli'ooin, Si copj'ls.
ten years ago.
'trophy which will be put up for
son. October o. BLESSED EVENT
Their anniversary magazine.^competition during the exhibits’.
v. president ot
for
instance, has so increased in ;
Other challenge trophies have
On September 2 3. a: the Gene
I
size
and
scope
from

he
original
i
been
donated to the Vancouver
Hospital, a seven-poun
6—Catholic
I
Hall.
plan
of
fifty
pages,
thanks-to
the
I District, Burnaby. South Bur■ was born to Mr. and Mrs. Yo<
-1 iallowe'en!
vigorous
and
unflagging
work
of
i naby and
New Westminster
Shiraishi of 145 W. 5 th A
I
the
committee
in
charge,
that
i Chrysanthemum Societies for
i Mrs. Shiraishi is the former
announced of : j^
well over hundred pages is ex­ ' annual competition.
Niseiette Wins Prize pected before the booklet rolls
er oi Mr. and ' ,.
All these cups are at present
off the press in its completed ;on exhibit in the T. Maikawa store
to Mr. Kiichir'^'j
i
£
u ; October
been
Style Quiz Contest ‘form.
1 Air. and Mrs. :
, ,
, and, _o:h. have
,
i window.
, , .earmarked as the dates for the anPrinted in two parts, Japan­ ‘
The
KOGOS :
,
(hi November 12. IT 14 the Kai
For
at
least
one
Nisciette
, . , nual Catholic bazaar to be held in
ese and English, the publication will be sponsoring its annual
j the Catholic Mission on Dunlevv fall fashions hold more than
will have numerous informative | mum show at
139 Alexander
: Street. Offering their services behind a mere passing interest, or a
and absorbing articles and mes­ ‘Street. Plans are being formulat­
new
Joyce Ikeda of
,
, : the bazaar counters will be Can
sages by well-known local Jap­ ed to make the exhibit one ot the
was observeo i
1740
Powell
Street learned
r
, ;dians as well as Japanese girls,
anese and Canadian friends of
on Sunaav
;
'
I best on record.
las: week that she is entitled
B
ack
TO
WORK
1
I the society. One of the features
Havami. who ‘
to
a
consolation
prize
for
her
Vacation time now over. Mr. Tad I
I is an illustrated article entitled.
Hyodo left Monday morning, to bis I entry to the city-wide style I ‘‘How to Make Cascade ChryRECORDS
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quiz contest sponsored by
Vancouver merchants, September 20.
“Tickled pink” were the
first words she had to say
about her achievement. “Oh,
I thought I’d like to try any­
thing once, and just turned
in my entry. All
.
I had to do
along
was to walk
few
downtown streets, look into
several shop windows, take
a few notes and write fifty
words. I found the experi­
ence quite enjoyable,”
She is expecting to receive
her prize any minute.

ifcrirtia Sdinnl nf

same boat was Victor Saito, who
has been attending a local conv
tion in the city.
t

ai
857 Homer Street

J.S.C. MEETING

MArine 0983

The first important meeting oi
the
vear will be held at the home
,*,*.•<•»•» %« W.WAV^AW
Mrs. Kagetsu. 28 6” W. 37;
at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, October
rhe Macdonald bus to
I1'
is
and COMPANY ■
^
Ave.
The
programme for the
6S
i UNDERTAKERS
will be discussed, so everv member is
requested to attend.
Is

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K
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ARMSTRONG

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KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

Miss Yae Suzuki left Tuesday for
Bellingham, where site has enrolled
in a special class for the training of
kindergarten teachers.

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Of very wide interest to a large
number cf friends is the engage[£ ment announced Sunday of Fumiko,
4 . third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Y.
if Kosaka, 2141 Columbia to Mr. Na>
gayoshi "Naggie" Nishihara, wellknown Asahi Baseball Club pitching
Ik
star. Nakodos for the marriage are
l^iMr. and Mrs. R. Suzumoto and Mr.
nd Mrs. T. Nishikawa.

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Engagement Announced

need it than need if fc? a day and not have it."

The first roller skating partv oi
the month is scheduled lor Happyland, Monday. October 7th by the
Kumamoto Seinenkai. Skating from
7:30 to 10:30! Tickets are avail­
able from seinenkai members.

! santhemums” by Roy C. Ogaki.
I member of the Kokonoye Kai.

I Richly illustrated by some V
jeuts showing precious blooms and
j pictures of the members themI selves. the publication will be
I printed on excellent paper and
। bound in book form with en­
grave;! lettering on the front and
back flaps.
Several hundred copies of ‘hr
issue are to be printed. Some will
be given io members of affiliated
chrysanthemum
.societies.
of
which the Kokonoye Kai was ilm
first to be organized.
I
Furthermore. tin'
Kokonoye !
Kai is playing quite an active rolm
in the forthcoming First Annual1

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(Continued from Page 1)
resent the Vancouver chapter
.in the Japanese oratorical con­
test. sponsored by the Fair­
view Y.M.B.A.. Nov. 3.
The chapter will again
sponsor the social highlight
of the year, the grand ChristI mas Ball this winter. PayI ment to the National Council
| of S87.50, half the year’s as| sessment fee. was also apl proved.
I Co-operation with organized
I athletics in the community wil l
I be continued by maintaining
| affiliation with the community
i basketball league on the same
i successful basis as last year.

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ate

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h RS A 7 ION Pt ECE—A.V OVERTURE

nice evening, isn't i
Ah, cr-er,
is your moth
warm *or October, isn't it? c
Some squirm in
Ms in your throat, and a long, unbro]
bCn silence. It never fails to happen.

'°8S in

-kin

peteps that one and

who just moved into

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he

Hncienf Spirit Still Ungers On

Boys and girls under high school
age who take up stamp collecting
should buy only the cheaper grades
of ^stamps. These cost very little and
yet will give their owners much
pleasure and experience in the handmg and mounting of stamps, ej­
ections can be made of famous
peop.e, animals, ships, trains, native
race of the world as well as maps
and scenes from various countries,
hes,. cheaper grades, however,
have not any money value for resale.'

a speech broadcast

'po the superficial observer Japan

c* th

you -Il see our army X,°^™

ood and buy western clothes; you »il| s,0''' ^ ya

our railways and subways and roads and he
rra'Sp°5ed to *
wnl be surprised at the speed and
" wn,ch m
■nvaded what once was the old, leisurely^ °‘
1 *fe
,he Aesr.
SL h5s rretatned the tradition of the famiL'Jk™''”'""'
ths Japan5s
all social intercourse, in spite of Ldem r^Xed. b:"
to be the

Beginners of high school age
should specialize in some country
or groups of countries. The United
P-dl So you thinf SllenCC* dcscend‘ng unbroken, non-commital
States of America, for instance pro­
like
vides a good field for a collection of
OLD TRADITI0N
her
used
stamps. In recent years, the
has only to throw a sh- NuT^r
Snowy compbx!on, who
U.S.A, has printed many 'commem­
peculiar love for beauty" Though thlv h JaPaneSe ha,e "Ot'bs
"■ho knows all t|ltrc is ’ t' ? ,° Upl“" 11,1 SUS i'"1' and of Matsue.
10 kno" Jbo” -ade and labour and things.
orative stamps Which are exception­
they have retained the old ha If-plaiTvY« aCqU‘red "etr» ha2
ally interesting and educational.
prove a liability'. If' LT'eT'0 C-bl!1!< thaI lbal "gift of gab" might
-heir popuiar dance music. Thoug
h v hE ° . ^^ ^However, as these stamps are print­
forever. va.T ind L Llf ,o
" '
br0°k'
babble on
™th western lights, the dramatic CavaLU X
ed by the millions and thus are of
thetr stages hundred of years aoo. It is this | r * *a T
low value, especially the recent used
when
tests the inherent worth
J
.
aSt,ng ^-Y I y
-’iter. b« silence is golden bt eo ,
t
”MlM "f*"1* is
ones. Similar collections may be
of such Japanese institutions marks tVm ^UTa^h^ ^'^^
S'-««i»g appeal aftt-r a while
" “'
goW lo» its
made of British Colonial (in pack­
remain though everything else be altered.
‘he fh'ngs ^^
ets), the new Indian and Ceylon
in voLLTYLTYT'
seated
pictorials.
have passri through much ^^.^ ^
m
the summit of Mount Fuji and in th
'r
iM 1 C~—
Specialization
into
the fire:stage
and ischeese
tew.L™^^
-The
set i
m the white clouds, and there found the e.ear y mornHg, saw the.
More advanced collectors who
Hag, and knew, at last why this was called^ f ^ Japanese narA
are interested to some extent in the
I walked the forest paths of KaruizJ
ana °f the fenA
You do somc kind of work. don't you. whether irk
I,
investment
aspect
of
the
hobby
the of th­
Nikko, where no more beautiful temple^he0^^6 ^'^ ■’ ^
snould specialize in very good used
what
g-ant cryptemaria. I marvelled at the trees of NJ
'7^^
^ mint (unused) stamps. Stamps
know
P^P up their gnarled, crooked limbs lik^ N A3
wb:
o- -he rollowing foreign countries,
white-haired patriarch R
crutohes supportinn ...
especially their commemorative and
NEW LIFE
hv
T ,r,arCh' Buttrees-L ad - T
make
LIFE
by the housand-year-old
KW"’8
terne
cnanty issues, provide a good fieldmothe -'teuwI.j.Jr 10Y^
selves, almost lifeless
,
dyins~^
Austria,
France, Belgium, Holland
on the earth. Out of their trunks and |d
°' thSm !ying M
''»! watch ,|,osc hours flvi
4"' ''W"‘
fxptnf"K' He ll talk.
Norway, Dutch Colonies, French
Out of the very dead
L . u d ''^ new sho°ts were
And
I
th
'
t
9 bOr" nw teg°roUs life.
Morocco,
Japan
and
Switzerland.
£Old 0111
» i pinch,
And I thought of these old tree-trunk
i
IWO birds with one s-o-r- p""”1 T 1K‘C S y°U‘ ’PPPrt“"i>‘ to kill
As Canada is at war now, it is
the time of the Meiji Restoration just 72 veaTaT Y^'j
nor cnndmorl,..'., • R' A""® 'h™
not possible to import stamps
and
customsnoand
traditions
lotted 1^
?r tether's theories, or sister' Oh no.
themselves
lonoer
fibn™ at that
'
me' were 1'^ those old tneJ
trom these countries. Only those
be an atvffl p|,-.
■ ' °.1" JohnnV 5 conclusion that heav en
Power
of
impar^
f
e
The
Y
^7?
hW
W 'M
which have been brought into
ten T
around with white
When
Japan
em^Yi

^
=
the country before the war can
wings.' And
-mJ keep e„| lnd IYKrveJ

were witty, interesting
- ‘Shnnf Sparks In >'0Ur O’es. Onia.
S' ‘nd gO not dumb, nervous, strained.

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After that
-S™tnK This is to find „„, whar ,M1 bwb
111 Print,
, ,on , the T"'
•« -he topics ^i

«»i»r ar coliege ,iZ I,™
’ '"shl' or w,« Clarence, rhe
about
swum
or
rlw
I’1"- "“l
heip tllc evening « M, DoL AL T
d“tk:'S'

I’e' 11 be back to enjoy it again with
You. Adieu;
Adieu
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Tins is your realm!

*

U'sterdav. [ arched the gardener rakin-~ UP the fallen leave-;
burning them. And I
. my desu. littered with popes. n(l(SM!,.r'tlio!
Pings, and
■mis of *-Sih< wrum. So. I began my Ui' spring.

1 hese thin gs 1 kept. A needle, a button
off a shirt, some wire for
pictures. a recipe.
spool of thread . .
threw out. A description
of a
one
thought original, only to find
that
Wordsworth
io it: an opening chapter to /honk I
—cun had
nad bbor
impression of
Of r.-jwiion slips! a |M„ trevi'-'f
'»»'»« I'U: .'. couple
■' clipping aur,ottMinc I no-rv 7r’°" '”
'' p"H'lv‘m'"S novel:

play
non of a city street at dawn ‘

story,
. deadlin
Laaiint
an OUCUnc {or
ta.es wmten at white heat—j descrin-

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Be Prepared for Rainy Days!
Re-Line Your Brakes

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Corner of Gore and Alexander.
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be bought now, and they are
are rather expensive because they
are older issues. Pieces of the
Panama Canal Zone and the
Philippines are also worth col-

stamps of small British Colomes and commemorative numbers
Om the Dominions make interestmg and valuable collections. Among
e best small colonies are Ascens-on, Bermuda, British Guiana, Brit-sh Honduras, Cayman
Islands,
Cyprus, Falkland Islands Fiji Gib
-altar, Malta and Trinidad. PKtal|y
used stamps of these colonies are
2T 77 ^ the “™s«l ones,
and shoulo be bought in the cur.
rent George VI issues, as the older
ones are dear.

Barbados, Tercentenary of As­
sembly (5 values mint, 30 cents)
Southern Rhodesia, Jubilee (8 mint
80 cents) and New Zealand Cen™nt' $k75)
three
sets which should prove interesting
and represent a good investment.
Let s Hear From You

ra^°TE: N'se,s interested in stamp
collecting, p|ease ge[ in touch ■ h
me through The New Canadian, and
shall be very pleased to answer
questions and exchange informa -on about the hobby. Later on, Id
Hke to write- about the forming of
a philatelist club.

5. Hayami^
radios
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has announced that the YleLru'X
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undergo profound changes as
°f apane$e h 6 is a93"
penetration of China hac ■ 9 - S d°Se maHe 72 years ago. Jaoanj
a New Ordering
9'ven rise to a great scheme of ««
present known. But the people^6 Y
SUch chan9es imply is nod
indulgence, and
7 W‘ lng t0 renounce luxury and sei:
and to steel
Eastern Empire
Alt 1
f° the task of building a greed
one is conso ls ZX " ^ ^ the detaUs of ^ plan, every
one is conscious
Princ
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C°Untry 'S Preparing f0r
changes.
to follow the examples oUth^ the woHd that ^Pan does not inJ

domestic and foreign policies It is^hThT
J
will devise a oeculmrlv I
'
”e ^ le In this country that Japal
Wh
ap3nese SyStem of government, the elements J
NEW ORDER
,,aVe n0^ ^^ Been, divulged. However unsafel
ORDER
fymg this Vague statment may
o fe M 1
grounds for a
■ 3
A' Americans, there are I think, very
malice thal It
"A
F°r «* Japanese, I
dustbins of history the'30 W^appy ending were they to relegate
personality in
respect for the individual, and the sanctit'l
burned the lust " Z Xe ^^^^
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GovemifT/ ^-^eing members in high places in the Japanese!

in the reaIlyZ worthwh-Ie ?
Japan wiH not P3V f°o high a
of chance
°f hfe' in for9in9 ahead with her prograrj
and which the world h ? ° J
°Ut °f which m°dem Japan has octJ
and strenatl t
• aS COme
admire, will contirnue to impart ereyl
of IIS kaleidescopi^fTorT^ “
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FHE NEW CANADIAN

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Sunbury Secrets

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Plan Busy Season
After a year of in-;
ng. the “Royal;
i V 1
A busy season of activity
?gs
into
action,
j
Digest
after the summer lay-off is
close of the
Graves, current
headlines and' being anticipated by Fraser
holder of the JCCL perpetual meeting.
^Zbehmd the headlines) Valley Nisei members of the
challenge cur for oratory at Travelling and Tripping . . .
:his city?
I Japanese Canadian Citizens
'
the Victoria High School, was
Taro Yoneda left on the midminster welcomes; League.
speaker at a well- night boat last Thursday to re­
f 'the
Kamegaya, j
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadow
attended
meeting
of the local sume his studies at the Univer­
two months’ visit I chapter sounds the opening ; Niseis Drafted
chapter, held at the Gogakko sity of Alberta. Many friends
|Janan.
gun with an executive meet­
There
are
three
mighty
hap--Hall
on the evening of Sept, gathered at the dock to
he principal and all the ing to be held in the Haney py Nisei fishermen here. They 26.
him luck and a bon
|nor< who assis?ted in national Japanese Hall, Saturday. Oct. I are Hisashi "Sweet Sauce" Oi-i Minutes of the June meetGeorge Umemoto, from Cum­
^jtration work last August 5, at 8 p.m. All executive
■ kawa. Jack "Tarzan" Goto and ling: a mid-summer
berland, was a visitor here rehonoured at a hearty ie-1 members are urged to be
■Kishio
"The
Mighty
Arm"
Sa-;beach
party
and
the
cently and was the guest ot
Eon given by the Japanese: present.
saki, all of whom received mcetin J (re national conven- jhnmie Shimizu.
Lol Ijikai on September 22.!
medical examination notices; tion)
read by the
iThe highlight of the after-;
and have
fit fur tary, Yaeko Henmi, and tiny Muneo Kawasoe and Stumton was a modern version of:
treasuiei s xepoit w a^ given by mje Okamoto have been notilei. which Principal Kame- j
, These boys are all
^’Ta Ono- A sum was voted to fied to take their medical exIva recounted from the ex-!More White Springs
'members of the local
sponsoi the JCCL entry anKnations. and now are awaitwrieiices and observations of ; R
ichapter
and
are
also
welbin
the
Victoria Japanese Com- ।
calls for military training.
i Better catches of wmte U p V
Basketball League.; '
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Stated inl’P* h8Ve been renorted on A10'™ 1,rougta,t
ITnose who paiticipated in
Fraser
‘as popular ana most enthusi- President Masao Kuwabaia
seems that Masa and JimListration wish to express ; although the cohoe run is still ia> 1C kenaoi&ts. Sweet Sauce , presided during the business mje fOOk a rj^e Up to Duncan
He of thanks to the Ijikai.
islow
ialso plays a bit of baseball, period.
Saturday night, so will
I
* * *
| In two days (Monday andi^1^ a
19^0. After the meeting refresh-; jiave to work overtime this
hung People’s Society" . . .
’Tuesday) the high boat for! 1 ^^oi Valley Baseball League.merits were served by the s°-Ovcck to trv to find ouf what
Royal City Y. P. resumed its' whites was said to have reached [champions, the Riverside JCCL;cial convenors. Marion Yone-> or who the* attr action up there
da, George Kuwata and Stum-■ ^appens (0 ne
li-monthly meetings on Sept. a ton or.more. High boat for ball club.
| The annual election finds cohoe for the same period was
Sunburyr is becoming a pop-Lnie Okamoto.
Lny changes in the executive 350 pounds.
ular week-end visiting placed Newcomers to Victoria pres-;
council, headed by Miss Cia
with all the visitors we're hav- °nt at the meeting
Odd catches of sockeye
have ing- We noticed Mr. Hajimei Fujiwara and Shigeno Fujika-!
rn
fatanabe as president, and
n
been
made,
and
a
veiy
hghtj^
.
.
^
f
k^wa.
both
from
Vancouver
and!
Lhuji Suzuki and Miss Emy
run Of Chums noted.
"
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hkano as secretary and vice,;. ... ,..
;friends from Vancouver here;110" employed neie.
secretary respectively.
last Sunday. And we . see peo-lTaiyo Club ...
Visitor . .
Future meetings of the Y. P.
When the Yawata Maru pie from New Westminster! The first fall meeting of the!
Society will be held every first docked at Vancouver, we had around quite often, especially:Taiyo Club was held at the*
TRAVEL BY
home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Ka-:
ad third Friday of the month a welcome visitor here. Mr. K. Romeo.
Young future fishermen like wasoe, on Sept. 27th, with;
-Remember. October 4th will Mori, deck steward aboard the
Yoshi.
Juro and Toshio are en- President Harold Kawasoe in!
LUXURIOUS
ind vou at the Church.
new Ocean Queen, came ashore
joying
fishing
with
hook
and
the
chair.
The
speakers
of
the
to visit his sister, now Mrs. S.
School is Here . . .
FAST N.Y.K
Kumagai, who left Japan 27 line in the muddy Fraser about evening were Masao Kuwaba-i
I Potential geniuses are once years ago.
three miles down from homejra on "Soy Beans” and Muneo j
Better luck for Yoshi next! Kawasoe, who had as his topic,:
more back in harness, resum­
SHIPS
time, and boys, don’t forget to! "Murderers Incorporated.” A!
ing with zest the many activ­ Fireside Chatter . . .
bring your lunch again.
’ I social hour with refreshments!
ities of school life; while plodFall has set in and the
Icing others still mourn the end
®MS. Hikawa Maru
|of holidays, which after an dreaded days are here again.
OCTOBER 4th
[eternal wait, finally arrive only As the. day comes to a close,
and
quiet
evening
approaches,
[to pass too soon, like a gust of
kind, into the Great Beyond. a white smoke-like mist set-;
iand one-half-million dollars a ?®^^* HlC Marti
ties along the surface of the plan Open House
water. This is the fog—like a
The Vancouver branch of the Aear- This is one of the reasons^
OCTOBER 19th
smoke screen of modern war- j Canadian Red Cross Society’ ispv^r the Red Cross is making’^
fare, making it difficult for the planning to have a monthly;311 appeal for funds.
fishermen
to catch their prey. open house in its work room.!^°^'ers’ Comforts
j, •MS. Heian Maru
| Shaeffer Pen Agents
For six months, Canada S;«“
But with hopeful hearts, the 208 Marine Building, every sec-'
| Latest Japanese Recordings
will
;
overseas
forces have been re- <
NOVEMBER 12th
fishermen, with the aid ond Wednesday. The first
hRinity 3112 331 Powell St Nisei
!ceiving comforts from home «J
of their faithful compass or the be held October 9th.
*
*
*
! through the Canadian Red!>
dim stars above, continue to
I VANCOUVER, B. C.
first
!
Cross, ranging from smokes to!^
work. In time of distress there | * Two hours after the
__ ; ea^s as weH as the hundreds ofN
is always a helping hand near­ bombing of London when offi-;
by, heedless of race or creed. cials turned “in despair” to the Thousands of pairs of socks dis-js
At times we are greatly dis­ Canadian Red Cross offices in Nributed to the troops at homeR
YOSHINO
JAPAN MAIL
couraged but ah— a great life London, truckloads of foodyan^ abroad. Each week 50,000
this, especially when meal time clothing and blankets were cigarettes, 200 pounds of to->
approaches and a huge crowd poured into the city. One father bacco, and 1,200 cakes of maple >
362 ALEXANDER ST.
gathers to exchange tales and kissed the bundle of blankets sugar are shipped to Britain J ?
PHONE TRI. 0723
swap yarns, while enjoying given him for his family. “I Twenty carloads of Canadian^ B. W. Greer & Son, Ltd.
General Agents
want the people of Canada to evaporated or canned apples !£
your daily bread.
know that their gifts have have been shipped overseas by!^ Bank of Nova Scotia Building
^WWWA*MVAWWM^¥. vA^V.WW.WA
reached
the
firing
lines the Canadian Red Cross for thei<
Vancouver, B. C.
through the Red Cross, cables I use of soldiers and British
%
B. E. Astbury of London's or i Refugees.
"is
ganized relief forces. “If Lon-!
don individuals could send a |
General Merchants
personal message, I am sure it
<•
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would be like Tiny Tim’s “God
TRinity 0092
269 Powell St.
bless us everyone.”
j
TIP TOP TAILORS
Food Parcels
r
W?WAYAW,VSVtV1VWAWWWWWMW^^
Fall Styles
W. J. Cairns, Toronto, as­
Fall Colors
sistant national Red Cross
Fall Patterns
Commissioner, who has been at
Fall Weaves
the Pacific Coast for the last
See them NOW at
fortnight, speaking on behalf
BRITISH WOOLENS
your TIP TOP dealers.
of the national Red Cross fiveAGENT FOR
million dollar campaign, states
that it will take 120 volunteer
Red Cross workers six days a
week to pack the 10,000 food
parcels which the Canadian
3OO E. CORDOVA ST.
PHONE TRI. 5599
”30 years of tailoring is a guarantee in itself
Red Cross has agreed to sup­
VANCOUVER. B. C.
320 Main Street
Vancouver, B. C.
ply British prisoners-of-war in
Germany. The cost will be one

East Richo-Chats

APAN

Red Cross Work Invaluable

Nimi Shokai

Sukiyaki

KOMURA BROS. LTD.

S. NAKANO

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H

THE NEW CANADIAN

Snow Trails Beckon Plank Ai
The clear sun
ci ti v s a
loo dizzy to watch
rapidly fadim
uting a perf
we find damn gnoomy mists envelopim trie distant horizon, rst dive
No mor do .vc feel thc hot
rav of old
1 he winter of tn
are app
king us fast,
Th
1 o one in
ity of snort ski ;
nat cs. thc ;
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for
stemming down the trie
trails of Vancouver's convei
ently situated winter ola
grounds.
With skis on their
poles dangling to the
ers attired in the lai
to the dirtiest worl
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chosen solely for the
purp^
seeing that none of the tl...:
last year occurred ag3in ^
we ail haYe fo k,rR ^
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perience. Profiting by h’"
troubles many amendr^
made to the constitute ?
ihe players fail fo ^
league will be no better ofc
year than the last
IS

Akiko Yoshinaka, Haruko
r
matched garr
3Iaruno and Joyce Ikeda
'Nuff said, now for SPOR
would a rear
were chosen as captains of
-aside Resistance
ers or
the teams. To ensure no
Wsin a ।our- ieam set~ud r sen- in one so
dwindling off of players in
hign~ciass bao- .other
mid-season, captains were
>rt
3 Wa V \
given the full responsibility
but 1 \
of seeing that every member Add the
■iy, gwof their team turned out.
25 rugby
mink
10
everybode a
Come
ig fraternance w piay against any
GAME,
,arter
■eside reteams this year, the
sport. ’A
e
directors assured the girls that
of it, or
’oas। siruation ti
not an ail-star team, but indivthetic. This ye
teams
compete more Fan eve
it promises to
against any teams, thereby gi\
year ye
FINEST
jay prove tc
mg every player a chance.
FIRST WORKOUT
The girls had their first
: one-hour workout Tuesday
I from .9 p.m. Come on, all you
: girls. Come out and support
; the. league: it won’t kill you.
i Hie girls aren’t as rough as
I they look. We would like to
! see more girls of high school
. age turn out, so regardless
; whether you have played be■ fore or not, turn cut and let’s
; start a league that would put
the well-organized American

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snov. n by those attending, it
was decided to form a three,
possibly- a four - team

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Jrepmer pas- after all. About 25 girls turned
Nies and aut for the meeting last Wedstored up the!
■’s supply mesday at the Gym parlor and
01 woo a
if that sizeable number urn
the Fuji skiers. Quite a nun : out regularly the girls can have
bei­ of the boys were up. strh
one dandy league.
to the waist, chopping an ■ The directors of the girls’
ins their winter's fuel, a
league had planned to drop
weatne
the idea of the league without;
ol
any hesitation this year if the
hort like tl
iris
acked enthusiasm, but
r'rrn the marvelous turnout

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the girls'
and by the
there mav be a

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looks of

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layer-grabbir
the trouble
ard - worK ing, tire'
xspularity, and by
now, the players should be
ul to him and coop;
he league stronger
jetty selfishness, th desire to
at any' cost, even at the exo
breaking up the whole leagt

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j waditoi ium to limber up their bodies in a bit of rug cutting
I to condition themselves for the approaching season.

, Secretary Mat Matsui wishes to thank the public for their:
■ splendid suppoti at the social, ano also the girls who supplied!
j the delicious refreshments.
Strathcona gym will be the scene of much activitv again'
s the^shuttiers get their workouts on Tuesdays and Fridays:
^nTi^ to ^:^‘ Captains will be chosen by the players of
‘lv cuiitient nights to ^upeiimend the events of the evenings.
TherH are stiU room,for more Players in the Strathcona';
tub. so it there are any desirous of signing up or making any
1Vii!2£Yon?t hesitate to phone up “Mat" Matsui at TR 5559.:

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