The New Canadian — January 17, 1941

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Nisei Protest Exclusion From Army Training
VANCOUVER. B. C. — Pro-{ what were the probable reatesting against the Federal I sons behind the government’s
Government’s
decision
that [action, Dr. Banno felt that it
.Canadians of Japanese origin।has resulted principally in res{will be exempt for the present! ponse to local pressure upon
{from military duties, the Jap-'federal authorities. Sweeping
anese
Canadian
Citizens’| national policy, he declared,
i League Tuesday night wired I had often to be modified to
, Prime
Minister
Mackenzie | conform to local conditions.
VANCOUVER. Jan. 17. —
■ King, asking that the same] Although he did not feel that
Officials of the B. C. Japanese
treatment be given to the sec-1 the protest would make the
Language School Association Wilson Leads Attack
! ond generation Japanese as to I government revise its policy,
today interviewed Mayor J. W. On Language Schools
• every other citizen.
i he felt, it important that the
Cornett, submitting an official
I
Meeting here at the Nip- Nisei should make their stand
:t?tement on the question of
I pon
Club,
representatives clear to the government and
VANCOUVER. B.C.—Abrog-|
me question of the Japanese
: from some 25 Nisei organiza- public.
of
the
“Gentlemen’s I
language schools following the ation
! tions in the Lower Mainland Endorse Protest
City Council's move against Agreement” permitting yearly!
Delegates from various cen­
i and young men between the
these institutions early this immigration of 150 Japanese!
tres
endorsed the chairman's
I age of 21 and 24 unanimously
into Canada and the investiga-1
week.
I upheld the resolution of pro- remarks, and were enthusiastic
tion
of
Japanese
language!
The statement made a strong
in theii' desire to explore other
schools
with
a
view
to
outlaw-1
i test.
denial that the schools are
ways
and means of contribut­
ing
them
is
the
purpose
of
a
:
:
Moved by Yoshiaki Sato,
maintained by the Japanese
ing
to
the war effort.
resolution
to
Ottawa
being
pre-1
■ formerly a private in the West­
government, pointing out that
University
students present
pared
by
a
special
committee
i
minster Regiment, and Tatsuro
the schools are registered at
declared
that
they were satis­
i Suzuki, Delta-East RichmondVictoria. Operating expenses, it formed at the last meeting of |
fied
with
the
decision of Uni­
Surrey JCCL, the resolution
declares, are paid for by tui- the City Council, Monday.
I climaxed a discussion of two versity authorities that they
tion fees. Although the same |
Prime
instigator
of
the
should continue training.
text books are used here as ini Council’s action was Aiderman
| hours.
Elected to a committee to
Japan, because of the impos­ H. D. Wilson, who scored the
{Issei Support Move
draft
a full statement of the
of
Japanese
into
further
entry
sibility of
obtaining
othei'
I
Warm endorsation of the
attitude
of the second genera­
“
height
of
folly
”
Canada
as
the
books, the curriculum is en­
I move was heard from repre­
tion
were
Jin Ide, Yoshio Te­
who
were
now
tirely different, the statement before those
sentatives R. Ide and B. Hisa­
rada,
Dr.
E.
C. Banno, Kazu­
here
were
properly
assimilated.
I
continues.
■
oka of the Canadian Japanese
hiko
Oyama,
Yoichi Kato, Hi­
In attacking Japanese lan-1
Association,
first generation
OK AWARA
A knowledge of the Japan­
deo
Takahashi,
Kunio Shimizu
schools,
Mr.
Wilson i energetic program director community association.
ese language is essential for guage
and Thomas Shoyama. This
family relations, it contends, charged that they were sub­ for the Nisei Talent Revue,
Opening
the
meeting,
statement
will be submitted
sidized by the Japanese gov­ who was gratified to a com­
and is a practical asset in seChairman Dr. E. C. Banno formally to the Federal Gov­
employment.
The ernment and that the curri- plete sell-out : 2 tickets three
curing
traced in brief the develop­
ernment.
days before the date of the
primary aim in educating culum was the same as was
ment of Canada’s military
Korea amateur contest.
Japanese taught in Manchuria
Canadian - born
service acts. Second genera­ Text of Resolution
Text of the resolution adopt­
by
the
and
Formosa
and
set
should be: to assist them in
tion, he said, had fully ex­
ed
reads:
depart
­
becoming good citizens, and Japanese educational
pected that they would be
Old
Boys
.
WHEREAS,
Canadian citi­
this is the conscious policy ment.
called upon to train in camps
zens
of
Japanese
origin in Brit­
the language
adopted
in
Japanese children, he said,
along with other Canadians.
To Hold Re-union
school, the statement con- were compelled to attend these
The pronouncement of the ish Columbia have long sought
back
will
turn
the
eludes.
schools.. The text books, of
Federal Government exempt­ to be accepted as full citizens
in every sense of the word, en­
Comprising the delegation which he produced a copy, he clock! Back through the dis­ ing Nisei from such duties
joying
all privileges and fulwhich interviewed the Mayor declared, praised the Japanese mal thirties to the gaiety of came as a complete surprise.
See “SERVICE,” Page 4.
Answering a query as to
were Tsutae Sato, principal of military machine and fostered the roaring twenties and the
pulsing
pre-war
years.
Old
the
“
spirit
of
sword-rattling
the Alexander School, Dr. M.
days, old faces, old times . . .
Ishiwara, chairman of the As­ now so popular in Japan.”
“I do not suggest that there they’ll all come to life ^again
sociation, and Yoshimitsu Hi­
gashi of The New Canadian.
is anything subversive about when the old boys and old girbj
Provincial Supervision
ithis training, but if we are go- of Strathcona Public School
In the Japanese section of the
It was also revealed today ling to make good Canadians gather for their first reunion. Mitsui to Head Japanese
Several
distinguished
guests,
city,
police broke into the Tokyo
Veterans' Association
that the Association officials; out of young Japanese we can
including
the
Superinfendent
Club
and
arrested some 1 50 patrons
, had contacted the Provincial inot let this continue,” Aid.
VANCOUVER.—Mpsumi Mitsui
of
Vancouver'
Schools,
the
Jap
­
a
sergeant
in
the
last
war,
was
^
booking
and quesMn.ng, Held
See “LANGUAGE,” Page 4. ‘Wilson contended.
anese Consul, former prin­ chosen to head the Japanese branches H. Yamatoda, l.s ed as operator
cipals and teachers, are ex­ of the Canadian Legion at the an- °f the once-powerful Tokyo Club.
believed that this latest purge
Nisei U.B.C. Students Citizen Donates $100 pected to be present at the nualI meeting of the organisation 4 h was
...
.
Fuji Chop Suey, February 6, held last Sunday. Other officers j would reduce gambhng m the Japelected are:. T. Okutsu, yice-presi-^ese community to a new low level.
Still On The March To National Defence at 6 p.m.
The reunion will be open to
dent; T. Kurdta, treasurer; S. Sato, {Njsei Return -o ^.S.
Nisei students of the Univer­
Added to the ever-mounting every former student who at. ,, ,
>
...
.
I. , ye arnaji, nassistant-secsity are pleased at the an- total of voluntary contribu- tended the school prior to secretary,
•
„
i/ k Under New Nationality Act
retary; S. Kubota and R. Kobayashi,;
nouncement made by Col. G. tions to Canada’s defence made 1930.
..
| .SEATTLE.—A general movementM. Shrum and President L. S. by individuals and organiza­
|of American Nisei now resident in
Dr. George Ishiwara and au 1 ors; Klinck that they are to con- tions in Japanese communities Eddie Kitagawa head the com ! Japan to Strive for
'japan back to the U. S. was expect, tinue with military training, a throughout the Province was a mittee in charge.
’ Peace in the Pacific
led to begin shortly with the new
canvas by The New Canadian donation made yesterday by I
Un­
Nationality Act in
ir. effect.
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TOKYO.---- Informed sources re-'U-S.
,
indicated.
Komohachi Komakichi Uyesu-1
NISEI TALENT REVUE
{ported here that Premier Prince Ko-ider the new law, the Nisei in Japan
TTverF male student at the gi, well-known local sawmill |
has assured .parliamentarians j, are in danger of losing their AmeriUniversity is now undergoing and lumber man.
With a complete sell-out inoye I
i
■
'
'
i citizenship if they remain in
i of tickets for the Talent Re­ {and business and industrial leadersican
nis hours of lectures and pa­
lin
a
series
of
conference
that
the
{Japan
for over six months from
Yesterday,
Mr.
Uyesugi
vis-|
rade drill, while a small num­
vue the public is urged to
|
government
would
do
everything
in
January
12.
ber of seniors and graduates ited the offices of the Canadian arrive at the hall at an early
?e. enr°U®d in the Officers’ Japanese Association, and left hour to secure good seats. its power to avoid conflict
Thousands of Americans
behind him $100 in cash, to Owing to the heavy demand Great Britain or the U. S.
Training Corps.
Leave the Far East
Commenting on the recent be forwarded to the Depart­ of tickets, no one will be ad­
WASHINGTON.—The exodus of
mitted at the gate unless Police Make Clean-up in
^5rnrnen^
announcement ment of National Defence.
Americans
from the Orient in res­
L.
A.
Gambling
Raids
raat Japanese would be exempt
they have a ticket. Saturday’s
ponse
to
State
Department advice
In sweeping
LOS ANGELES.
a'om
compulsory
training,
“The senate is not likely to | tickets must be used Satur­
has
brought
all
but 1,200 out of
resident Klinck said that “the make any change unless re­ day night and will not be raids last week, vice officers broke
Japan, officials disclosed. More than
made a ruling that quested by the government to good on Sunday, and vice into gambling houses throughout
city
and
effected
a
wholesale!
8000 were in Japan three months
. able students must take do so and I do not believe such versa in the case of Sunday this
ago.
clean-up in one fell swoop.
military training.
tickets.
a request will be made.

School Officials Present Case|To Mayor
Information Already’ Filed

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The Language Question
“ A FTER careful study of the entire question, it is the opinion
of the committee, and in this the
government fully shares, that the
most serious danger in the British
.Columbia situation is that arising
from ill-informed attacks against
the loyalty and integrity of the
Oriental population. Some weeks
ago such attacks were widespread
and public opinion was aroused in
a manner that was prejudicial to
the welfare of the community as
a whole.’’

?

Scarcely a week ago the Prime Min­
ister pronounced these words, indi­
cating in no uncertain terms just how
the government felt about certain lo­
cal politicians who have ridden to
public fame upon an abused and har­
ried Japanese Canadian minority.
Aiderman Wilson’s answer to the
official statement of the Federal Gov­
ernment has been to launch out again
in a vicious campaign upon the Jap­
anese Language-School, in a desperate
effort to “save face.”

Yet so grossly inaccurate and illinformed has been his attack that
the Vancouver daily press has not
hesitated to seek the other side of
the story, to reveal the attack for
the trumped-up, political skull­
duggery that it is.
It would be pointless here to elab­
orate still further upon the familiar
facts
of the Japanese Language
School, the necessary and essential
function it fulfills in our changing
community, the sincere attempts it
has consciously made to reconcile the
teaching of a foreign language with
the fostering of Canadian ideals.
These facts are self-evident; they are
there for the satisfaction of reporter,
civic official or government commis­
sion.
In point of fact the Provincial Dep­
ortment of Education, by virtue of
the power's conferred upon it at the
last session of the British Columbia
Legislature, is already moving to su­
pervise the conduct of all private
language schools in the province.
What is important to us and to
every Canadian at this time is to
assess Mr. Wilson and his policy at
its true level. He is reported to es­
pouse the cause of “making good
Canadians out of young Japanese”
and of “harmony between the two
races in Canada.” From our point of
view, our experience, oui' intimate
grasp of the whole situation, it is
doubtful if any private or public fig­
ure in Canada, Japanese or Occidental,
any institution or legislation, any1 eco­
nomic oi' political trend has done
more to turn loyal Canadians of Jap­
anese ancestry away from loyalty to
Canada, or to rouse a greater and
more bitter feeling of disharmony be- *
tween the two races than this same J
evil force in Vancouver’s City Coun-f
cil.
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Mniisiy Exemption

^ Letters so me me tor

significant note was struck by the
chairman at the meeting of rep­
resentatives from various second gen­
eration organizations, which Tuesday
night dispatched a telegram to the
Federal Government protesting
against exclusion from military train­
ing in the Canadian army.
Replying to the assertion that any
protest on the part of the Nisei would
be quite useless, the chairman agreed
that it was not likely to alter the de­
cision of the Federal Government.
But, he declared, it was important
that a minority group of Canadian
citizens of Japanese origin should
gather together, discuss the matter,
and make known their views upon
the question—regardless of the policy
laid down by the elected representa­
tives of the majority of Canadian citi­
zens.
Such action, he suggested, and
rightfully so, is akin to the very
ideal for which we believe we are
at war today—the right to gather
for free exchange of opinions, the
right to arrive at a decision con­
trary to the will of the majority,
and the right to make that decision
known freely and without fear of
repression.
As a minority group in Canada,
progressive, intelligent, harbouring
no illusions of racial inferiority or su­
periority, we must yield to no indiv­
idual and to no principle in uphold­
ing the democratic way of life. We
owe it to ourselves and to our des­
cendants that no individual in Can­
ada will be prepared to make greater
sacrifices in the war for democracy
today. If we see about us in all too
many instances how that democracy
actually is betrayed, it must resound
as a clarion call to us, demanding
greater service in the defence of dem­
ocracy—whether it be in smokefilled political halls in British Co­
lumbia or upon blood-sodden battle­
fields in Europe.
That, whether we choose to admit
it or not, must be the guiding prin­
ciple that nothing can break. That,
whether Canadians recognize it or
not, must be the way of life that our
minority group will defend, be it
against prejudiced politicians or pow­
er-mad dictators.
That, indeed, is the spirit in which
the second generation Japanese have
asked for their rightful place in the
war today—the right to march shoul­
der to shoulder with their fellow citi­
zens in the defence of the ideal which
means even more to us than to the
average privileged Canadian because
we have not yet achieved it.

Mh Yatabe's Defence

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WHY...
Why have me turned this may?
Why do me malk mhere leaves are falling,
mhere no flomer blooms, no bird is calling,
and even Time itself is palling?
mhy have me turned this may?
Does Winter's mistful questioning
invoke the ansmering voice of Spring--mhen every bird mill deeper sing,
because the moods once silent mere,
because the trees have once been bare,
and sorrom comes to make more fair
delight in everything?
Why have me turned this may?
mhy have me chosen thus to die,
poison the earth, pollute the sky,
and every lam of life defy?
mhy have me turned this may?

Will the pain of tribulation
be the birth-pangs of the nation
to a life of dedication---mhen even love mill greater be,
because hate's arrogant decree
once stirred such dire deformity,
such positive negation?
—Asagao.

Editor, The New Canadian—Dear
Sir: When I read in the Letters to
Editor of January 10, “Slum or Other-,
wise” written by “Disgusted Audi­
ence” it struck me that, here was a
typical instance of the super-sensi­
tiveness of the Nisei. We Niseis are
notorious for interpreting uninten­
tional remarks as insults.
The speaker referred to, I am cer­
tain, had no intention of insulting the
community, when he used the term
“slum.” If he knew how sensitive
some people are, he probably would
not have called it a slum. “Disgusted
Audience” should be more tolerant,
especially when he knows that the
speaker was debating for one side of
the resolution.
Speaking of slums, I wonder what
“Disgusted Audience” thinks of some
of the dilapidated homes and filthy
quarters a number of Japanese who
are on city relief live in. All is not as
he thinks it is in the community, as
reference to the Social Service Dep­
artment of the city will prove. To
“Disgusted Audience” I would suggest
that he be not so satisfied with the
community and do his bit in better­
ing the general standard of living.
D. W.
City.
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JANUARY 17, 194]

By T. M. K.

A BOUT this registration business
I was asked what I thought 0A
My first reaction, as the last week's
editorial put it. was one of “irritation
and resentment ...” That was before
I had come to the paragraph savin*
that the Chinese had been so resist’
ered some years hack. I hadn’t know^
that, and I thought in my little mind
thusly: If the Chinese could stand fee­
ing registered, I can. Pity the blackeyed, black-haired Oriental! It isn’t
enough that he stands out sharnlv
against a white-skinned, pale-haired
majority, but he must also be regist­
ered over and ovex to make sure Ind
doubly sure that all the others can
see of him is all that there is to be
seen.
(Phew’ that used up mv’
breath!)
Our good friends, the Daily Prov­
ince, started the ball rolling some
time, back in unfurling the standard
of “liberty, equality, fraternity" for
the sake of their slant-eyed (are we
really slant-eyed?) brethren. Not to
be outdone, in justice, the Sun and the
Herald followed suit, and we have a
nice collection of friendly editorials,
for which I am. sure we are duly
grateful.
It must confound our plain John
Citizen to hear some people rant about
kind, wheresoever born; then in the
the perfidy of the Japanese—of any
breath to read that . . . oh, no. it is
the Japanese in Japan who is treach-'
erous, and the poor Japanese in Can­
ada ought to be pitied. Pro and con
are shunted “for and aft” with dazz­
ling agility, and in truth, poor us, we
stand bewildered.
Well, if it wiLl console the Cana­
dian public to have us re-registered,
triply so, within a few months, we
can stand repeating again our name,
birthplace, age, sex, married or not,
working or not, our intentions, etc.,
etc. Perhaps the taxation is justified.
I wouldn’t know, not being a mathe­
matician or a politician. I just pay.
Can I help it?
I remember reading a long time ago
Captain Lew Wallace’s “Ben-Hur,” in
which story Simonides the Jew. and
Esther, his lovely daughter, who
eventually became Madame BenHur, had the name-plates proving
their bondage hung around their
necks. ‘Of course we are not slaves,
nor ever shall be. Neither does the
ordinary7 citizen contemplate reduc­
ing us to that status. Still, must we
always have with us a little white
card, to prove to any suspicious offi­
cer or politician who might inquire
that we are bona fide Canadians?
Most likely I shall misplace mine,
and wonder in which pocket I put it
last.

Editor, The New Canadian—Dear
Sir: There appeared, in your last
week’s issue a letter by “Disgusted
Audience,” in which the author ex­
presses his irritation at some of my
remarks during the recent inter-col­
legiate debate.
Before anything else, Mr. Editor, I
should like to commend him for at­
tending the debate. It is good to know
some people do take an interest in
such things, even more so when they
have the fire in them to let the public
know their reactions.
My major crime, according to him,
is that I had insulted the Japanese
community, when, apparently with­
out proper knowledge of the word
“slum,” I represented, the community
as such. Let me vindicate myself im­
mediately. In the first place, any idea
at all of insulting the community was
remote from my mind. In the second
place, to the extent of reading through
encyclopaedia articles, various books
and booklets on sociology and ecology
and on interviewing professors and a
social service worker, I do compre­
hend the significance of the word.
It is rather he, “Disgusted Audi­
ence,” who does not know. What he
quoted is true, but it is incomplete.
He is looking at the problem from the
point of view of population type, and
that only. There is another aspect
equally important, and that is accord­
Canadianization, the chances are great
ing to land usage, i.e. housing condi­
that
the child in. the “Nihon-machi
tions and proximity of industrial con­
would absorb the evil ways of the
cerns. In this latter respect, “The Jap­
less savoury districts surrounding his
anese Canadians,” by Young, Reid
home. He will, Ln. fact, become just
and Carrothers, p. 64, bears me out
the
type of slum-dweller which “Dis­
well.
gusted
Audience” is probably pictur­
Now “Disgusted Audience” has de­
ing
in
his
mind. This idea is not an
nied the existence of the poor or the
original
one
of mine: I have borrowed
vicious, criminal classes in the Jap­
it from many’ authorities, including
anese community. Social service sta­
Judge Helen MacGill of the Vancou­
tistics have shown me, however, that
ver
Juvenile Court. My7 point was,
even if almost negligible in number,
however,
that the Japanese should
those Japanese receiving charity are
move
out
among more respectable
concentrated in the “Nihonmachi.”
neighbours,
before such a calamity
His second point I admit as being
takes place.
,.
true. In fact, the remarkable lowness
It is my hope that “Disgusted
1
of the Japanese delinquency rate for
ence
’
’
sees
my
points.
If
he
be
s
1
a slum area is an exceptional paradox.
It is generally attributed to the rigid stubborn, both my colleague and my­
self, provided the author step ou
control of Japanese family codes and
from
behind the veil of his pseudonym
of various Japanese institutions.
will
be
glad to meet him in a frien .
As I pointed out in the debate, the
discussion.
, ,
conduct is splendid at present, but
Minoru
Yatabe.
what of the future? With declining
Vancouver.
parental control and with greater

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THE NEW CANADIAN

Weekly
Nisei Seek a Literary Spokesman
Wlsiriigig
The Japanese and Chinese in America still seek then littea Evening Citizen Dp Hideo
r Loyalty

or
an steer to charges ot Japanese Canadian di
bp 'Austin F. Cross. Excerpts from this aril
The Neiv Canadian.}

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.
from some of the criticisms and con1
Austin Cross in his article, -Yellow
Visions exP^Coast,’-' published in your edition of SaturPeril on die * acn
,-.v December Zb.
“s'’
regrettable that a newspaper writer, alter
.
Vancouver and other centres in British Columbia for
■pixis
« q few days, should make an undisguised statesXXX\e B C Japanese are not loyal to Canada only on
® < .ith of what he had heard from a few politicians and
fhestiei-^
feQ remembered that in the past many none
politicians‘ have; built their political fortune
^tSoiiation of the “yellow peril” bogey., .supported

v theh knowledge that they are safe from any political
b\ Xn from the victims of their unfair and slanderous
the disenfranchised Japanese Canadians. It ms an
a
fact that when developments seemed to indicate
^autumn
the Japanese Canadians would be included
^compulsory military training together with other Cana®tke X Vancouver City Council sent nurned appeals to
^VXkin* that franchise be not granted to the Japanese
0uava a.
s participating in home defence. Incidentally,
P«al feeling of the Japanese Canadians at that time
□That although certain citizenship rights have been denied
i W «e willing to discharge their obligations as citizens of Canada.
A further instance of the unfairness of bigoted and in■ inrant noliticians is furnished by a statement reported in
Svfr My Province as being made by Mr. R L. Maitlind in the last session of the B. C. Legislature. In stating
ihe was opposed to Orientals having the vote even if they
were registered as British subjects and serving in Canadays
armed forces, he said, “The principle of allowing Orientals „o
X is wrong. They do not understand Canadian government
sufficiently to take part in our legislation.” It seems to me
2 the honourable leader of the B. C. Conservatives is not
tbe only one who dogmatically asserts racial superiority and
fl may say. his statement is a gross effrontery to the educa­
tional system of British Columbia, which trained us I was
born in British Columbia and received all my education in

that province.
The story repeated by'Mr. Cross that many young men
«o to Japan for four or five years to serve in the Japanese
Iw or navy, I would like to say is untrue. There are none
among my friends who have gone to Japan to return again o
Canada for the specific purpose of discharging Japanese mill -

ary or naval obligations.
Mr. Cross, with indignation, which is quite just and
proper, says: “This is the country (Canada) they ought to be
training in, not over in Japan.” I heartily agree with him
that Japanese Canadians should train in Canada and 1 can
assure him that they are most willing to undergo this training
with other fellow-Canadians. But they are prevented from
serving through no fault of their own.
In September, Japanese Canadians in the affected abe
groups were notified to report for medical examination under
the compulsory military training regulation. However, they
were not called into camp along with other Canadian you h
in the first or the second draft on the ground advanced y
military officers that the most efficient way of training Jap­
anese Canadians would be to organize them in platoons by
themselves because of physical standards and language di
ficulties.
The use by Mr. Cross of a literary expedient to say that
he is not talking about those who become loyal, law-abiding
citizens serves his purpose well; but it is not fair to conclude,
and generalize in such a way that the whole body of the Jap­
anese Canadians is made to appear disloyal to Canada. I consider myself just as loyal a Canadian as any-average Occidental
Canadian. I am confident that we can prove ourselves good
citizens of Canada if a fair chance is given us to demonstrate
our loyalty; and I ask that passing of any judgment on us be
reserved until that chance is given.

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By K. W.
Sword-rattling Samurai . . - Al!
the kids in the hotel tonight are
having a whale of a time. Someone
had a birthday party, with cake and
candles and candies, and the dark
drab room down the hall ror a mo­
ment rocked with life it s never
known before.

Now they're out in .the hall, ex­
ploiting "every' angle of a tinker-toy
set, parading around ’to the tunes
of their own shrill voices, outjamming Artie Shaw on their tinker­
toy clarinets. Suddenly two of the
biggest and strongest boys, all of
3 foot 6, and tipping the scales at
50 pounds stripped, set to in a
breath-taking duel. Wielding their
tinker-toy broadswords with right
good arms, clash, clash, clash is
the ring of steel on steel.

erarv spokesman. William Saroyan, the Fresno Armenian, is
?n important American writer and certainly one of the mostdneussed of the tale-weavers. But he has never forgotten his
Armenian ancestry and his contributions to an obscure Armen­
ian weeklv. the Hairnek. have made it an important liter an
publication^ The Armenians also have A. I. Bezzer^’
wrote the novel, “The Long Haul,” a story of ^n vMduve
truck farmins in Central California, and Leon Suimtlian,
whose work has been encouraged by the success of Saroyan.
Adamic and. the Nisei
Louis Adamic has. never forgotten the fact that he is a
latter-dav immigrant from Europe, arriving m the United
states at the age of fourteen. One of his . finest books was
“The Return ofa Native,” the story of the return of this im­
migrant boy to the land of his birth.

The little girls march around in
noisy admiration, jamming and jiv­
ing for all their might, until I can
concentrate no longer. I rush to the
door, and yell, “Mr. Wilson will get
you!"

Adamic’s sympathy with the problems
neorles has been crystallized in his latest books, From Man}
Lands ” one of the greatest stories under the sun, the stoi) o
the coming and the meeting of scores of different peoples, n
so 22 a period on the vast and beautiful American con­
tinent and hr his editorship of the new magazine, * Common
Somid” which, incidentally, will publish Nisei writers.
In the past decade Nisei writing has emerged from out
the cocoons of the literary sections rf‘?VaPK“Xnal
newspapers and manv Nisei are making a bid ioi national
Stimulated by the successes of the Saroyans those
recognition.
for a Nisei audience but for the
Nisei are writing no longer
world outside the Little Tokyos.
most cases their special stocks in trade are racism and

___A breathless hush . . .
And then . . . “Ah, the heart is
fled from the battle's zest!" And
the sword-rattling samurai flee down
the hall, the little girls hard on
their heels. Behind them, strewn
over the floor, lie tinker-toy clarinet
and tinker-toy sabre, mute, inglor­
ious symbols of “yamato-damashi.
¥

*

American
work is concerned

*

Gentlemen's Agreement ...

It
makes us all feel good to see an
organ as powerful and influential as
the Vancouver Province taking the
stand for the Nisei it has. At long
last we have won friends who un­
derstand the real Japanese question
__ the problem of absorbing a grow­
ing generation of Japanese Cana­
dians into the Canadian body politic.

On one point, however, 1 think
they are unnecessarily upset, and
unnecessarily severe. Although they
grant that the “Gentlemen's Agree­
ment" has been rigidly honoured
and that in past years the quota has
not been filled, they still regard the
trickle of Japanese immigration as
a threat to British Columbia.
Admitting that there are strong
arguments in favour of abrogating
the Agreement, I am still absolutely
opposed to a policy of complete ex­
clusion. We still have very close
ties of blood with the old land,
simple human ties which would be
broken .off completely by such an
unnecessarily drastic policy. There
are yet cases where relatives in the
old land have closer ties to residents
here than to anyone elsewhere; and
to demand exclusion to shut out
every last Japanese immigrant would
impose needless hardship in a few,
but very important cases.
♦

*

*

Sirois Conference . . . I've been
asking this question among my
friends and acquaintances, among
whom
supposedly are
numbered
some of our so-called Nisei intel­

lectuals.
“What do you think of the Sirois
Conference, and the attitude of
Hepburn, Pattullo and Aberhart?"
Al! I get is a "huh?" and a blank

stare.
It's a typical instance of our own
Nisei narrow-mindedness. We read
all the angles on the Japanese ques­
tion in the local press, but beyond
that only the sports page and the
comic section seem important.

Toshio Mori of San Leandro, a U.C.
all concerned with the

tioned 'appeared a dialogue between two Nisei, one Japanese
and the other a Chinese, with the Saroyanesque title,
1,

3^ 4, Who Are We For. ’
Nisei Social Problems
America, looking to her racial
ese as being something on the order of Hashimura
Iswin’s caricature of the Japanese^cho^

,

pression
“Factories in the Field,”
gratory workers of Cau 1
„ Autumn’s Scribner’s story
the abalone fishermen
~
fishers of the coast ports, the
of TT JTke swampers in the wholesale produce terXals, Jteunder-paid clerks in the ”‘ ^si^’dapple

all, this, too, is America.

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J.S.C. Calling AH Budding Orators!

By P. F. 1.
। the Oratorical Content on y
GRAT ORY — that ability toj ruary 8 at the Jauane^ Fe
JANUARY
speak fluently on any subject i Thrill the audience with
17
—
Chichibukai
Meeting,
Jap
­
—
is
increasingly
becoming, golden voices! Imagin JX
GAKUYUKAJ EXECUTIVE
Tsukayama.
anese School, 7:30 p.m.
needful in the Nisei commu- i ovation you will receive^
A meeting of the Gakuyukai Ex­
An open supper banquet and
18-19 — Nisei Talent Revue, nity. Trie need, however, musts pride in ownin^
ecutive Board will be held at the dance was also held in honour of
owning a meda’ Japanese Hallmaterialize in actual expres- j oratory I Imagine
Japanese School on January 24, at the bride-elect at New Pier on Thurs­
24—Gakuyukai E xecutive sion■Nemichi Challenge Tronhv
7:30 p.m. All members are requested day evening.
Meeting, Japanese School,
Just
as
air
compressed
into
:
Students of grades qL”,
to attend.
FAIRVIEW ELECTIONS . . .
a steel chamber is of no ma-1 and senior matriculatio10
7:30 p.m.
At the twenty-first annual meet­ 26—Fukuoka
Seinenkai, 8th terial use if kept there indef-i eligible.
BRIDAL SHOWER
* a'!
ing
held last Sunday at the Fairview
Annual Meeting and So- initely, so if lofty ideals and!
Miss Kimiko Yamamura, who re­
Budding orators! Send ;
cial, Fuji, 4 p.m.
cently amno-unced her engagement to Buddhist Temple, Mr. Takeo Kita­
thoughts are cloistered in the j your entries with your -,
Mr. Toru Tsuji, was the recipient mura was chosen prexy for the Fair­
steel chambers of secrecy, they name, address, phone numS
Year Social..
of ma.ny beautiful and useful gifts view Y.M.B.A. M'r. Kitamura suc­
will be of no benefit to the school, grade and topic of vouMembers and friends a re'urged to
when she was honoured at a mis- ceeds Mr. Toshio Nishikawa.
community unless they are ex­ speech Cif possible) to
Assisting the newly-elected presi­ attend.
telhneoDS snower party at the home
pressed publicly on platform. Shiozaki, 341 East Hasting
BOH VOYAGE
•of Miss Meyko Yanagizawa last dent wilt be the following:
High School students! Give Street. The deadline is Febi
Among the people who are book­
Secretaries: Sakuzo Furukawa and
Sunday.
vent to your youthful ideas at ary 1. So hurry! Hurry! Hurry
ing passage for Japan, is Yuji Kore­

Complimenting Miss Yamamura
were the Misses Eiko Haraga, Sumiye Kanamaru, Hatsuko Kunitomo.
Kiyo Obokata, Masaye Omoto, Ka­
tie Oyama, Sumi Takata, Toyoko
Yamamura, Meyko Yanagizawa and
Mrs. Tomic Ono and Mrs. Yasuye
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(Continued from page 1)
(Continued from page 1)
shimoto; Sunday School supervisor, Maru, for an indefinite visit to the
Masao Nakamura: English recording Orient.
filling all responsibilities of Department of Education be
A farewell party Ln his honour such citizenship;
secretary, Shoicbi Takayama.
fore the City Council’s move
was
held by his friends at the Cave
Nominees for the chairmen of the
AND WHEREAS the Federal with a view to the establish^
various committees are: Tomio Ni-jon Wednesday evening,
Government has adopted a pol­ ment of supervision by the*
shikawa, Sanya Tanaka, Yoshinorijp/ANO EXAM RESULTS . .
icy of regarding such citizens Council of Public Instruction!
Nishimura. Masao Tsukada, Kazuo!
Among the successful candidates as different from and apart
The Council wss conferred
Ohashi, Hisao Kondo. Iwao Tsu-jjn (.^ examinations of the Associated from Occidental Canadians by
wide powers of inspection and
kada, Hideo Tanaka, Hcijiro Tehaia; goarcj of rjlc j^Oya] Schools of Music debarring them from the per­ control over private languagj
and Tetsuo Mori.
schools of all kinds, by amend!
given December, were iwo Niseiettes. formance of military service;

THEREFORE BE IT RE­ ments to the Public School Acte
FUKUOKA SEINENKAI
Miss Kazuko Shinobu achieved dis­
SOLVED,
that this meeting of at the last session of the B. Cj
The 8 th Annual General Meeting tinction in Grade 3 while Miss Eileen
Japanese
Canadians in Van­ Legislature.
of the Fukuoka Seinenkai will be Uyehara of New Westminster was
j
couver
and
adjacent districts
held at the Fuji on January 26th, successful in passing the examination
Officials of the Association I
commencing 4 p.m. The business for Grade 2
(Music Grammar) . again pledges its loyalty to the had previously interviewed I
Dominion; and requests of the
meeting will be followed by a New Congratulations!
the Deputy Minister and Su-1

Federal Government that the
perintendent of Education, |
same treatment in regard to A. J. Willis. A formal appli- ]
military training and service
^ These Busy Matrimonial Sects
as is accorded to Canadian citi­ cation for permission to con- i
OOTO-DESHI MA
I
ADACH1-RADONAGA
zens of Occidental origin be duct the Alexander School i
At
a
private
party
at
the
home
of
Of widespread interest in Vancou- |
accorded to Canadian citizens has already been filed, and !
now awaits the consideration
the
groom-elect,
rhe
engagement
of
ver and the Fraser Valley is the an­
of Japanese origin.
of
the Hon. G. M. Weir upon
nouncement of the engagement of Sumiko, eldest daughter of Mr. and
Represented at the meeting
his
return from the Sirois
Chiyo, third daughter of Mr. T. Mrs. T. Kadonaga of Celtic Cannery were tire following organiza­
Conference in Ottawa.
and the late Mrs. Deshima, to Mr. Kenji Adachi, second son of tions: Steveston J. C. C. A.,
ARMSTRONG
4 Deshima
Mir.
and
Mrs.
R.
Adachi
of
Bloedel,
Complete
details of t^i
to Mr. Takeo Ooto. only son of Mr.
Steveston Y.P.S., New West­
was
announced.
Mrs.
Tokusaburo Ooto of
and COMPANY
J and
minster
Do-So-Kai,
Taiiku school, the curriculum andi
Haney. The engagement was an­
SHIGEMATSU- SAITO
Club, Celtic Cannery Y.M.A., course of instruction, teaching!
UNDERTAKERS ( nounced recently at a gathering of The announcement is made by Delta
- East Richmond - Surrey personnel, and data on the pu-j
close friends and relatives at the Mrs. Chise Saito of tbc engagement JCCL, and Joryu Kando-bu, pils is filed with the Depart­
of her eldest daughter, Yuriko, to Maple Ridge JCCL, Vancouver ment in Victoria.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Morii and Mr. Mr. Sunao Shigematsu, eldest son of JCCL, Mikado Seinenkai, OkaThe Language School AssoL
and Mrs, R. Kudo of Mission were Mr. and Mrs. Shigematsu.
yam a
Seinenkai, Kumamoto ciation, it was indicated, will
the nakodos.
Wedding vows will be exchanged Seinenkai, Kyuhin Seinenkai, itself facilitate the registrationEstablished 1912
in
April in the Steveston Japanese Koriyo Seinenkai, Hompa Y. of Japanese schools throughout!
304 Dunlevy Ave.
High. 0141^
- RANNO-MASUOA
United Church.
M. B. A., Kitsilano Y.M.B.A., the Province by translating the-:
The engagement is announced of
Kitsilano Koyukai, Gakuyukai, English forms into Japanese,;
MORI-HARADA
Margaret Kanoe, eldest daughter of
A 4 o’clock at the Kitsilano Buk- Bussei Baseball League, Pow­ All schools, however, must fileMr. and Mrs. Sakae Masuda, 343
kyokai, on January 18. Miss Satoko ell Y.P.S., Seikokai A.Y.P.A., individual registration fbrms. ;
West 5th Ave., to Mr. Richard TsuHarada and Mr. Kanichi Mori will Japanese Students’ Club, Uni­
gio Kanno, second son of Mr. and
exchange marriage vowk with Rev. versity Alumni, and the Na­
Mrs. Z. Kanno, 1 6 15 West 3rd Ave.
tional JCCL.
R. Tachibana officiating.

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Mr. and Mrs. K. Sato and Mr.
In. the evening a reception will
and Mrs. K. Tamura were the baibe held for the bride and groom at
shakunins for the betrothal.
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Girls, now is the time to visit
SHINDE-KA WANO
Modiste’s ora Granville Street, to add
At the home of the groom-elect,
fresnness to your wardrobe! Mr.
before a gathering of close friends
Shimo-Takahara has put his entire
and relatives, on Tuesday. - January
stock
of garments for the January
21. at 5
Masako, second
Clearances, at extravagantly slashed
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Ka­
prices. Here is an. opportunity to
wano, will be given in marriage to
purchase a stunning formal for that
Mr. Isamu Shinde, fourth son of
busy whirl of dances and parties to
Mr. and Mrs. Y. Shinde of Steves­
be held in the next few months. And
ton.
there are dozens of day-time dresses
A reception has been arranged for
for your afternoon teas and evening
the young people­
dates. And a tip from the genial
MArine 9925
Rev. D. Katatsu will officiate.
proprietor: Coat prices will rise in
1 969 West Georgia
OTANI-MU KAI
the new year, so this is your last
At 4 p.m. January 39, the Fuji chance to buy one at the price you
Vancouver, B. C.
will be the setting for the marriage can afford, to pay. Remember to
of Miss Yoshiko Mukai to Mr. Tsu- drop in at Modiste's tomorrow!
nchiro Otani. A reception will follow
the ceremony.
FLOWERS FOR EVERY OCCASION
The baishakunins arc Mr. and
Mrs. K. Mizuguchi of Steveston.
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JANUARY 17, 1941
Misei Looks &t

The Japanese Language School |

Nisei Miss Wiil Go

For Nyl on Hosiery

By W. K. D.
chool as I experienced it in a small community, if it left
\ort of influence upon me, was, ironically, one which made me
' unchly Canadian than before attendance at that worthy institu- I
Next in importance to ”95c Day”
ore 5!Vot that Japanese school forcibly crammed "yamato damashU
to the Niseiettc shopper this month
11 unwilling throat, or eulogized the glories of Japan to the
will be the appearance in Vancouver
of my beloved Canada, but simply because I was born Canastores of the long-awaited and muchvinnl^cd Canadian, and thought Canadian that the learning of anytalked-about "Nylon” hosiery. Just
£ so alien as Japanese was a necessary duty from which I escaped ar as the magic words. "95 cents” lure
Xv available opportunity.
swarms of shoppers into the streets,
so will the glamourized new kind of
adolescent
years,
which
I
so
reluctantly
Glancing back over mt
stocking bring out thousands of
is
---in
tracing
the
intricate
characters,
in
spent-—an hour or two. that
women, all looking for a new solu­
‘ hine oarrot-like, the sounds which were emitted from the lips of
tion to their leg problems, and for
Vnsmicto'r. I think how futile, how wasted were the teacher’s efforts.
the initial purchase of the synthetic
iSl1 5,1
as far as I am concerned. For nothing
product, the Niseiette lass will be in
CONDITIONED ALLERGY very much remains but a "conditioned’ ’
there hustling for her share.
TO JAPANESE
allergy to the study of the Japanese
language, which persists even to this
Let’s take a look at the nylon
memories of youthful pranks at the expense of the long-sufstocking and analyze it. What is
ClVr
it? Will' it run? Will it snag? Will
And
no
school
teacher
suffered
more!
fering teacher.
I
it wear longer than silk? Who
It seems that we possessed a sadistic capacity for tormenting the
makes it? And how does it look?
--her And in that small community of ours, we saw a continual
the personnel of the staff. And if they left no definite impressionupon our minds, each of us left an indelible impression on them,.
I remember one frosty afternoon. Some of the fellows arrived
inlier than the rest, stuffed up the chimney with paper, and started a
Tre
rhe old iron stove. And amid much choking and coughing and
of A’es- the whole class denied their guilt, and school was
adjourned for the day.

1 remember experiencing a twinge of conscience, and feeling even
a bit sorry for the old fellow, as he tried to maintain a professorial digiitv which was out of keeping with the situation, and I glanced up it
him. caught his eye, and smiled in a kind of sympathy, feeling, in a way.
too, that the fellows had been a little too rough on
the
man—after all, he was a teacher from Japan and
bluntly he
therefore
couldn’t help it if he was a hit of a bore.
WAS A STICK
The next moment saw him bounding down the aisle
like a much be-ruffled rooster. He grabbed me by the scuff of my neck
and bore me out of the room. What ensued between us will remain a
secret between us for the rest of my days. He was a "stick," to put at

bluntly.
•
Between pranks we managed to cover the required text-books, two
7 year, blissfully forgetting the last as we commenced on the new. We
lever studied, that is, the regular fellows didn’t. We learned little, and
cared less. “Amaterasu O-mikami,” "Meiji Jingu, ’
Ujigami Sama,
etc., were tongue-twisters. and the exploits of old Japanese heroes, with
their winged arrows, and their long-unbroken line of dynasties, were
as intelligible to us as French would be to an Eskimo.

And it was rather like a slap in the face---- a slur to our intelligence
—to sit down to read about "Uchi no akachan wa ii ko da yo,” or
“hana ga saku.” at the age, when most of us, in grade 7 or 8 at public
school, were already studying the social schemes of the empire or being
enthralled by the deeds of black Roderick Dhu or the fair-haired Saxon
Ivanhoe. It was too much like serving a virile man, accustomed co
dining on steak and onions, a diet of condensed milk.
Casting a backward glance at my stubborn self, at my equally
stubborn comrades, I cannot blame the child I was and the comrades
that were, for their obstinacy and their disobedience.
Those pranks, that general lack of interest, that apJ GLANCE
these were a revolt
BACKWARDS parent "dont-care” attitude
against a whole set-up we did not, could not understand. Hence not cope with it.
The manners and customs, the objects and situations out of which
Japanese reading material was woven, had for me very little significance.
Accustomed to the gusty, boisterous exploits of Radisson on Hudson
Bay. or of Samuel de Champlain in New France, the semi-fabulous
accounts of Jimmu Tenno and his long-unbroken dynasties were events
too remote and confusing, too lacking in "punch” to be retained.
Brought up in the Christian faith, with its simple service, its short
hymns and prayers, its straightforwardness, the accounts of Shinto rites,
°f visits to shrines and temples, of Buddhist morality, these were too
unreal and solemnly dignified to be remembered.
If youth could look ahead! I was too young, too enthralled by
the world about me, to look into the future. The present was full and
there was no need to ask for more.

Perhaps, if the system in our little school had been such that it
^ught the language in terms of what was dear and true and familiar io
us—in terms of what we could see, hear, touch
^ TERAIS OF
and experience---- in terms of rolling prairies, of
^ RAT WAS DEAR splendid snow-capped mountain peaks, of rugby
games, of great engines and vast metropolises,
utight have been able to say that my hours in Japanese school have
been a definite asset.
As the world exists for me and for my comrades of that small-town
‘Panesc school, English, no matter how perfect, is not enough. At best.
knowledge is but a smattering—and I limp along as best I can. If
^ere heedless of aged wisdom, what young child in love with Efe
the wonder of living it. is not? If we have built up a strong preju^‘t Oi love for what we understand and as strong a prejudice of dislike
'°t what we could not comprehend, then the fault is not entirely arid
wholly ours.

Page 5

THE NEW CANADIAN

Nylon, according to the trade ma­
gazines, is a synthetic yarn, devel­
oped by the famous DuPont de Ne­
mours company in eastern United
States. The yarn is made by a chemi­
cal process, which converts coal, air
and water (yes, coal, air and water)
into a continuous yarn.
LONGER WEAR
Will it run and snag, and bring
headaches to today’s modern miss?
Yes it will. But the yarn being drawn
and not spun, it is less liable to these
faults than silk which is spun. The
fibre is round, without any twist,
and without any hair-like append ages such as thread has. Assuming
that proper care is taken of a pair
of nylon stockings, they will wear
longer than silk.
According to one local Japanese
merchant who travelled east recently,
nylon stockings have proved excel­
lent in wearing qualities. He re­
marked that the new synthetic stock­
ings wear so well that the manufacturers
concerned over the possibility of a serious reduction in sales.
At the same time, in certain instances
nylon stockings have been advertised
as being NOT shagproof and runproof, to prevent later grief to
women who think they’ve found the
answer to their hosiery question.

More Facts . . . Nylon washes
well, and dries in a jiffy, smooth
and glossy, unlike silk. But it hasn't
the same "warmness” of silk, and
feels "clammy” on milady’s appendages. Elasticity isn’t as great, and
those who wear garters may find
their hose slipping through and
downward. Perish the thought! On
rhe other hand, nylon is sheer in
weight, has strength and reacts fav­
ourably to dies.
One new word might confuse the
Niseiette shopper-—"denier.” If the
hose reads "30 denier, 45 guage”
don’t be alarmed, because denier
simply means the thread thickness.
Incidentally 30 corresponds to 2thread, and 40 to 3-thread. Twist
will be forgotten.
As for the question of price, don't
let SI.65 a pair frighten you.
One tip for the Niseiette girl—
Don’t just ask for a pair of Nylon
hose, because each branded line
will differ in the same way as silk
hosiery. Buy them by your fav­
ourite brand.
One thing more, you needn’t rush
to the nearest department store, because your local stores will have
them at the same time. But you
won’t be able to be choosy about
the colours. The mills have dyed
them in only two or three colours,
and these in summer shades. They’re
beige tones that Niseiette girls don’t
like.

MEMO TO A BAISHAKUN1N
(Prince Charming, also, please note:}

Deep in the depths of every girl’s heart there exists a dream man,
an ideal which she has carried from the time when she first read ot princes
in shining armour, riding down out of purple sunset to rescue tair dam­
sels in distress. That ideal changes constantly as we grow older and
wiser, and whether he be tall, dark and handsome, or broad and athletic,
or boyishly naive, he is fundamentally one who falls in with our many
moods—excitingly romantic when a Viennese waltz is played: a grand
pal when our desire is to haunt hamburger stands and bowling alleys:
a reservoir of interests when a fireplace and meditation is the mood: and

dependable and helpful when there s work to do.
What?

There ain’t no sech critter?

Then, we’ll be satisfied with

a Nisei boy---- yes, satisfied with . . .
a man who does not believe he is the answer to a maiden s
prayer: one who is fully aware of his shortcomings not to demand per­
fection: one who is tolerant and generous of our foibles and our idtosyncracies.
... a man who is not a male prototype of the "cackling hen ; one
who has the decency not to regale his inquisitive comrades with what she
said, and what he said, and how she reacted. He appreciates a girl s com­

pany enough not to hold her lightly.
... a man who is not smugly hypocritical---- that, queer creature who
rants against the practice of scarlet finger-nails and vivid make-up. yet
will appear at some gathering with a maid made up to oui-nval the
most exotic of Hollywood actresses—a far cry from the conservatism he

so frankly admires.
a man who is not a continual critic in the womans realm,
who does not burden the girl of the evening with bow lovely so and so
looks, what’s wrong with so and so’s gown. He appreciates but does not
stoop so low a to meddle in a woman s sphere.
... a man who does not believe himself a perpetual wit, a second
Jack Benny: one who does not make himself conspicuous.
... a man who does not make friendships of long standing an

excuse for rudeness.
(Well, Prince Charming, had enough?)
And furthermore, we are "thumbs down” on . . .
gum chewing . . .
. . nicotine-stained fingers . . .
. . . dirty finger-nails . . .
. . . soiled shirt collars and cuffs . . ... crease-less trousers . . .
. . . unpolished shoes . . .

synthetic waves and permanents ...
oily, greasy looking, slicked down hair . . .
. highly perfumed pomades, and hair tonics .

NEED WE SAY MORE?

NYLON
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thing that happened not so long;
Those happy
By Staff Corresponds;
Mr. and Mrs. Wataru Nakatsu ago: ’Twas at a dance and a;Tea Par tv
Sea Island Chapte: ■ of the
Senji Sasaki, well-knowu
of Steveston, spent the week­ certain Casanova waited a good I
members °^ Japanese
Canadian Citizens’ as an energetic and capabh
end honeymooning here and hour and a half for his "date” |
the .Langley Nisei Club feted League opened the New Year leader, was entrusted with
left for home last Monday by and when finally she showed!
with a banquet on New Year’s the responsibilities of the
way of Nanaimo. Before her up after a long, long wait on [Mothers of the district at an
day in the Acme Hall.
president’s office in election?
marriage, Mrs. Nakatsu was his part, she was seen to dance j afternoon tea at the Coghlan
The banquet was opened which followed. He will he
Nishimura
of ; her “first” dance with a “stag.” | Japanese Hall. The singing
Miss Haruko
with an address by the chair­ assisted by the following
Steveston.
| Won t Cinderella please come t pOrdon of tire program proved man and master of ceremonies,
executive:
5
iforward and tell who was mi
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as
merry
Takao
Teshima,
which
was
fol
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most
entertaining
Takeno
Asari, vice-presi­
Mr. Yoshimitsu Higashi, ofj^e wrong? Of course our hint
The New Canadian staff, paid t0 the aforementioned “stag” laughter and gay chattering lowed by a presidential address dent; Yoneichi Maede. Tsuyuko
! given by Harry Fukushima. Koyanagi,
chairman; To^b;o
a whirlwind visit to Victoria
You'd better start taking filled the air.
Mr. Tomio Baba gave a report Matsui, Ayako Kamitakaharalast Monday—strictly business. up road-work' brother!”. .
on the financial condition of Shigeshi
Fukushima, Misao
Two of. our local Niseis are [Wanted: Some clue to the iden- Christmas Party
the chapter.
Koyanagi,
secretaries; Yoshio
on the injured list: Toh loi has! tity of a certain young mainThe young Niseis celebrated
Speeches were also heard Teshima, Yoshiko Hommur?
been home on a- sick-leave lander who dropped into town
Christmas Day in great style from Wataru Koyanagi, Jun- auditors.
from Paldi with an injured —phoned one young lady and at the local hall. Games of shiro Yamaguchi and Yoneichi
Convenors chosen includehand, while Tak Kuwabara is caught the next boat home—to
every description, singing and Maede.
Noboru
Baba and Akiko Ka­
reported as having been in a Vancouver, and we don’t mean
ping pong were enjoyed by all.
mitakahara,
educational: Yasu­
bad accident up at Port Alber- Ocean Falls.
In the wee small hours of the
yuki Higo and Mutsuko Minani. To both of these fellows we
Ganges Gleanings
next morning, friends reluc­
mimaye, social; and Yukio Hi­
wish a very speedy recovery.
tantly departed for home.
go
and
Ameko Hommura,
By P. Hirano
Terra Nova Y. P
sports.
To the many inquiries that
■ Luke Murakami was elected
we’ve had during the last few
Donations Acknowledged
Elects Officers
to the' office of president at the
days: May we remind the lo­
Club
The
Langley Nisei
annual ele ction meeting of the
cal members and the memEBURNE, B.C.—Terra No­ wishes to acknowledge with
Ganges Young- People’s Club,
bers-to-be, that the general
AGENT FOR
va Young People’s Associa­ gratitude the following dona­
held recently, Other officers
meeting of the Victoria JCCL
tion held its annual meeting tions: S2 each from Messrs. F.
will most likely be held dur­
chosen include: Victor Okano,
on Sunday, January 5, un­ Takeda, K. K. Kinoshita, S.
ing the last week of the
vice-president; Mary Murakader the chairmanship of Hi­ Eto, Y. Kitagawa, K. Fukumo­
Ruth
mi, secretary-treasurer
month.
royuki Koyanagi.
to; and SI from Messrs. K. Ma-i Hirano, social convenor ; and
Following the address by eno, T. Maruno, and O. Shige
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Vagaries: Come on folks, we
i Paul
Hirano,
the
past-president,
Hideo hiro.
dare1 you to top this: A lad of
secretary.
Shimano, reading of reports
our acquaintance had the old­
Business matters followed
sters quite puzzled when they by the treasurer and secre­ Moving Picture
the election, with plans being
Nisei
Club laid for the number of meet­
The Langley
noticed him lugging a blow­ tary, the election of officers
for
1941
were
held.
sponsored a very successful ings and their location. It was
torch on a concrete mixing job,
The new executive in­ show at the local Japanese also decided that the write-ups
but they practically dropped in
Fresh and
their tracks when the noon- cludes: Ryushin Koyanagi, Hall on December 29. To theifor the Ganges Nisei should be
Fujiko
Suzuki, many friends from this dis-j called)
“Ganges
Gleanings”
hour rolled around—for he president;
Delicious
took a can of vegetable soup vice-president; Yoshio Shi­ trict, Mt. Lehman, Pine Grove | and that the corresponding sec­
out of his pocket, tourned the mano, treasurer; Kimiko Su­ and Clayburn, the Club ex" ; retary should send them in.
WEDDING CAKES
torch on it and calmly went zuki, secretary; and Yukio tends its sincerest thanks T°r i
Later in the evening refreshabout the business of eating a Koyanagi and Tadatoshi Ko­ the generous support.
| merits were served.
real hot lunch . . . Here’s some- yanagi, auditors.
By Staff Co rrespondenr

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“If only Kaz were here’ can
Prince Rupert Patter
be heard quite often. We sure party was held in honour of
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. — weather man helping with flur­ missed you at Christmas .
,I their daughter and son-in-law,
Once again the Nisei are look­ ries of show, but brilliant sun­ Who’s calling someone Prince';Mr. and Mrs. H. Hayashi of
ing forward to a brighter and shine on January 1.
Charming? (Not Cinderella’s j Vancouver. Many friends at“Akemashite O m e d e t o,” guest columnist either.) Any-'tended, among them being one
more hopeful year. As one of
them, through this column pat­ “Happy New Year” could be way, ping pong fans, you’ll be ■ of the former members of the
ter. T should like to extend to heard from the lips of many able to play as soon as P. C. i “Seinenkai/’ Ruby Numajiri,
all best wishes for a happy young Nisei making their New builds the table . . . Orchids to > home for the holidays from
1941. May it bring the realiza­ Year rounds.
Aki for her good sportsman-1 Vancouver.
tion of some of our hopes!
Mark Mikado, another memIn the evening at the Jap­ ship in starting the singing >
anese Hall the New Year every time ... Do you really ;ber of the club, came home for
Christmas Tree
dance was given by the C. mean it, Ege?—“You are my i a holiday at the home of his
form of a Sunshine.”
December 26 was a big day C. Y. O. in
i parents.
at the St. Andrew’s Japanese' masquerade party. In a beauMission.
with
the
annual tifully decorated hall the
Christmas Tree, sponsored by young­ people danced fox
the Mothers’ Guild Club. Fea­ trots and waltzes to the
tured in the program were the ; strains of Suehiro's orchestiny tots from the St. Andrew’s I tra.
well
Sunday School. ;
After the dance Mr. and
Mary Nonoyama, Sachi Tsu-'Mrs. , Sol Kadonaga ph
mura and Kazuo Hamasaki. I hosts to the older Nisei at
who rendered hymns for the I Boston Cabaret.
occasion.
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Miss Lang showed the lan- ; Travellers and Trippers
tern slide features. “Ben Hui'
Returning home for the holiand “ Robin’s Christmas Cheer,” days was Miss Nori Yamanaka,
were enjoyed by the I who is visiting her parents!
whic’*
o]^/ People. Santa arrived to here. Another well-known vis-;
d& ribute presents to the hap- itor was Tomo Katsuyama, who i
pyv children, who had awaited I arrived from the Queen Char-i
his appearance all evening.
; lotto Islands.
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Welcome visitors, too. from;
40 and 'the Queen Charlottes were Mr. ।
a glad welcome la 1941 wa; ; and Mrs. Sol Kadonaga. who
enjoyed by the local commu ' arrived in the city aboard their
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Celtic

The highly-touted league-।
over the still-to-win Trojans.
.leading Tuxis squad of the jun-;
Outhustle
Tuxis
Making a resolute bid to-^ basket loop suffered their;
"dedicated to Principal Tsutae Sato in recogOuthustling the league-lead
the New Year right, *^ie ■ first licking of the season last.
u.
ers. the boys from Fairview
^valuable assistance to the society. Copies of start
Celtic
Kyorei Kai held an; Saturday- night, as a hustling
01 n .
‘
-ii be distributed among members at the early annual meeting on Jan- ; fourfh-place Fairview quin- broke through again and again
> publication
and at the finish of the first
’vary 12.
itette bowled them over 38-30
canto they led with a comfort­
Unanimously adopting res­ i in the surprise upset of the able margin of 16-4. The ap­
LXt content to rest on their I of Sam Yamada. Plans are also I.
nrels gained
last year, being discussed to raise funds olutions requiring the swear­ ! year.
pearance of Tuxis Managei.
In the second junior tussle,
hors of the Gakuyukai for the purchase of a movie ing-in of officers and mem­ r
Jimmy Suzuki in the second
bers and makiivj meetings 5 Muneo Miike’s junior Maradditional plans at projector.
quarter instilled fire in the
L annual general meevIn an’effort to repeat last more formal and “business- | pole five hit the win column
church group as they closed the
year’s success the society will like,” the members seemed i for the first time as they
i the Japanese School last
big gap to within a single bas­
again sponsor an intramural eager to do everything in
ket.
•
,
onlay“
a tpmuorarily due to ' oratorical contest which will be their power to make the
Right through the second
\Cagette
Loop
S' the question; held some time in May.
coming year an outstanding
e
o a bad°e embodying i
The second part of the pro- one for the five-year-old or­
s»
overtake the leaders but the
nf the Gakuyukai has gram was given over to enter- ganization.
eventual victors always man­
After hearing excellently
up again. The de- tainment that featured a quizz
aged to keep a couple of bas­
in w
prepared
reports by the treas
1
of the badge has program on current events and
kets ahead.
■L of13 design
Basket-for-basket
sn left in the capable hand;’ 'popular music arranged by Yo-’urer and secretary, members;
shio Matsui and Roy Kumano 1 elected the following officers:;
The Marpole-Trojan scrap was
respectively. The musical quizz;
Tak Kano, president; Susu-;
a basket-for-basket encounter
PIONEER REPRESENTATIVE
The condition of the cagette with both teams playing their
with Roy Kumano and Lily j mu Miki, chairman; Kikuye
for
novel harmo iOseki. secretary, and Miyoko : squads seem, to vary like tnei hearts out for their first vic­
Ide supplying
weather. One week they re tory. The teams scored in
Sewing
nica-piano musical background; Yamamoto,
the next spurts swinging the lead back
captured the audience.
In his brief address preced­ sizzling hot . and
Company
they
’
re
cold.
Last
week
the and forth. Leading 18-17 at the
ing
adjournment,
S.
Miki
Board of Officers
Blubelles
took
the
league-leadElected to the board of offi- showed promise of becoming
end of the third quarter Trojans
cers for the coming year were:: the kind of leader that the ing Cardinals for a ride, shel­ failed to hold the lead as Marlacking’them 32-15 but the pole outscored them 10 points
Harry S. Kondo, Yoshio Maty' “Kai” has long sought.
tables were turned this week
sui, Kiyoshi Suga, Shigeharu
1° $•
Matsuba, slippery little Tro­
May we express here our be­ when they suffered a licking
Okumura, Kaz Suga, Blackie
at
the
hands
of
the
winless
Sil
­
jan sparkplug who has a beau­
Okuno, Toshio Bando, Yutaka lated congratulations and best
NO OBLIGATION FOR
tiful hook-shot, was high scor­
Okimura, Don Sugiman and wishes for happiness to the ver' 7’s, 14-7.
FREE SERVICE
May
Yoshinaka, w h o
Mr.
er with 11 points.
1766 Franklin St. High. 5978-R
recently-'
married
couple,
Roy Kumano.
Tiuds—Hyotlo
8.
Mtitnsiiitn
2,
Girls chosen were: Haruko Ma­ and Mrs. Shigeharu Endo (neo switched from the Blubelles
to
the
Silver
7
’
s
with
the
mu
­
Tsushima.
2,
Takimoto
Suna-hara
Naru
Shigematsu),
whose
wed
­
runo, Pat Kawajiri. Kimi Hi­
(;. Ochiai 10. Shimotakahara 2—30.
rota. Hisako Tobo, Fumiko Sai­ ding took place on December tual consent of both man­
Fairview—si..Nishikawa. 2, Ohashi
■
EXPERT ADVISOR FOR
agers in order to balance the
9. Saisho 10, Mori, Tomonoga 6, T.
to, Rose Sato, Itsuko Igashira, 27.
; YOUR FAMILY PROTECTION
Nishikawa 4, 'Maeda 7—38.
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teams, proved a big help to
Lily Sato, Hideyo Iguchi and
Marpol
the hitherto winless white I
SEE
4. M. Ono
ya ma (>,
Yukiko Tsushima.
shirts and a big loss to the
Ono, ETir
The new executive members
bara 1—2..
blue-shirts.
Trojans—Matsuba 11, Yamabe a
will be meeting Friday, Janu­
The
game
was
the
worst
ex
­
Uyeno, Fujioka m
Yamasalm .,
ary 24, at the Japanese School
Tanemura,
hibition
of
hoopla
the
girls
ever
to map out the year’s program
I
AGENT
played. Silver 7’s did all the
in detail and to elect the presi­
scoring until the half time, 4 New!.For Comfort and Utility
dent and other officers from
baskets in all without a single
their own ranks.
reply from the Bluebelles. Af­
Packing of parcels of food ter the rest, Marge Kusakabe
British and Canadian pris- chalked up 5 quick points and
302 Alexander
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Nisei Bowlers Issue- for
oners-of-war in Germany was Pat Kawajiri 2 points to draw
begun last week in Toronto by within a single point of the
First Magazine
the Canadian Red Cross So- leaders, but that was as far as
SAN FRANCISCO. — The ciety. Five thousand food par­ they got. Silver 7’s breezed in
first magazine of its kind cels, each weighing about 11J4 three more baskets to put the
• That over half the quantity
ever attempted by any group, pounds and containing well- game away.
of food you eat every day must
advance copies of the Nisei balanced diet, will be packed
May Yoshinaka took the
be energy providing?
in
Toronto
each
week,
and
Bowler’s World, 1941 is now
scoring honors with 6 points
♦ That the most natural, the
off the press. A 40-page af­ shortly another 5000 per week while
Sally
Kitaguchi
and
most digestible, and the best
fair, the magazine is devoted will be packed in Montreal.
oyce Ikeda chalked up 4
of all sustaining foods is Bread?
exclusively to the new sport
apiece for the Silver 7’s. Marge
This undertaking of 10,000
® That housekeeping
costs
that has caught the fancy of
Kusakabe
topped the losers
food parcels per week will
can be substantially reduced
the Nisei up and down the
with
5
and
Pat
Kawajiri scored
cost the Canadian Red Cross
by using more Bread at all
Pacific Coast. Included in
about a million and a half the only other basket.
★ Gillette Tech Razor
meals?
the magazine is a compila­
dollars a year and was one
*
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• That
pound
for pound,
tion of averages from every
of the main items stressed in
* Plastic Utility Case
compared with other energy
Japanese league in the Unit­
the Society’s recent national
As featured on Gillette’s Play- by- Play
foods, Bread is only one-sixth
Canadian Japanese
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the cost?
Broadcasts of
The International Red Cross
Association
guarantees safe delivery of the
Silver Cup Bread
parcels. Parcels will be sent to
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Short-handed Maikawas Hand M. & N. Crew Fifth Defeat;
Marpole, Monarchs Fight Torrid Tussle

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A first-class gymnasium cat- ' Secretary Frank oA’ t '

If you have aj Japanese > Fencers To ering to the needs of the Niseis'ese Secretary
of this city was envisioned here I and Treasurer W t?1110^

What’s the matter with the M N squad?
solution to that problem just see Coach Ken Fujioka: he’ll !
Sunday, when members of the'
try anything. On the paper they’ve got a championship team,?
A feature of the «e61.
Taiiku
Club met at the Queens- was the awardin
but on the maple court they look like duds. They’ve got many i
of- “Moj
Steveston Meet
borough Japanese School for Valuable Player” titles 7a
name-players, George Suzuki, George Ide, Kay Irano, Tommy I
Nobuoka and many others, but somehow they can’t seem to I
' ^
The famous, old Japanese their annual election meeting. the 1940 baseball season
After much heated discus­
click. Last Tuesday night they suffered their fifth defeat in art of fencing will come into
the following stars: FrJ
six starts at the hands of the short-handed Maikawa crew. prominence again this Satur­ sion and careful delibera­
Oda for the senior team
32-29.
Mas Matsuda for the Taiik
day. The Steveston Buddhist tion, it was decided to begin
Giants; and Tak Katakani
Maikawas, playing with 25 at the finish of the game. Hall will again be jammed to the establishment of a sink­
ing
fund
to
be
devoted
to
for the Juniors.
only one substitute, seemed
Leading the Monarch attack capacity crowd as the Steves- that purpose.
Considerable discussion F
ausdestined for another- defeat was Toru Tokawa with 12 Ton Yoseikan under the
Frank
Oda,
active
athlete
sued
as jo ways and means I
when
h.ard-working
Mike points to his credit. Sub Miike, pices of the Steveston J.C.C.A.
and
leader,
was
elected
as
raising funds, but definite d
Maruno twisted his ankle at Marpole’s
sparkplug,
came hold their annual All-Canada president to
guide the activ- tails were left to the new e
Kendo Championship Tourney.
the start of the third quar­ second with 11.
From “Yodans” to ‘‘Sho- ities of the club during the ecutive. New officers elects
ter, but somehow they man­ Steveston Stop Nomads
forthcoming year.
include: M. “Sock” Seki eT
aged to stay in the lead and
Steveston intermediates took dans,” kendoists of every cal­
The meeting opened with re­ glish secretary: Mits Ike^aS
finished with a three-point revenge on Nomads last Wed­ ibre from Vancouver, Steves­
tiring president Toshio Nishi­ Japanese secretary; Kaz hj-'
victory margin.
nesday for their defeat earlier ton, Nakanoshiku and other
jima in the chair. Commenting treasurer; Min Ota. assistan'
outlying
districts
are
expected
Hefty Koei Mitsui collected jin the season. The sloppy
upon 'the Club’s progress dur- treasurer; Toby Shinohara an
the scoring honors with 13 j shooting Nomads heckled from to enter this classic event of
mg
the past year, he expressed I Tak Katakami, auditor
points while Kay Hirano ran The sidelines by fiery Coach the year.
,
’s; Do
thanks
for the loyal support he! Yokota, sports
The beautiful and much-cov­
convenor: an
a close second with an even;Joe Akiyama fell to a miserdozen.
| able 35-15 shellacking. Says eted Nemichi Challenge Cup had received from executives Yoshi Akazawa, social' con
and members alike. Annual re- venor.
Marpole Bests Monarchs
iJoe after the game,
Im go- donated by Consul Nemichi,
three
years
ago,
will
be
the
r n
J rug to get a new team next
T
gaTeJ
A
'week!” Nomads worked the much-sought-after prize that Sport Spotlit®
was the Marpole-Monarch tus- j
nicelv m
but will go to the title-holder of
sle. These two championship j their shooti was
Wow the All-Canada Kendo Yudanrivals went at it hammer and | a
as
missed
setup sha Champion.’
A
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"S'aits'- another.
Senior contestants will bat­
What
miserable
weather! Table Tennis
champs held a slight edge mi
Celtics broke into fce win tle for the Steveston Japanese
This weather would certainly
the scoring. The score was tied ; ,
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i
The only sport the Japanesi
,
,
'column again this week, down- Association Cup, while the
T A">
j , S ““^'tag the cellar-position Nippat- speedy diminutive juniors will be fitting for a Tuck, but ’ugh! have ever maintained equa
when flashy Sub Miike popped si = 2,.18 ^ tw K
broth. try to outdo their opponents on press days, it’s as welcome standard with their Occidenta
T .T
‘id goa s- ‘^'ers led the Celtic attack, scor- for the silver cup donated by as a bad headache. Weather as friends is Table Tennis, ant
we have been having lately is
the tide of the game and fin- • ,
, , , •
■ ing 19 of the 2/ points between, the Steveston Young Men’s certainly no help to outdoor this week, the stalwart Mikad<
ally stretching the lead to 37-!^
trio, Bing Tanaka, Yoichi Ya
Association.
sportsmen. On such days, we sui and Yoshi Kozai once agaii
thank God for what we have. entered the Vancouver Cit;
We hear a lot of complaints: Table Championship tourna
The gym’s too small, the lights ment held at the Pender Bowl
are bad, the air is foul, and ing Alleys.
Very closely matched, and anese Badminton League sched­ not fare so well. Kaichi Na­ many, many others, but what
The first to fall out of thi
gata paired with Rose Miya- would we do if we didn’t have
hard-fought sets featured the ule.
running
was Yoshi Kozai wht
shuttle front last Tuesday as
Coming down the home zaki and Kiyoshi Suga and even a small gym. Where would
Koyanagi,
newcomers all the fellows who come to survived the first round bu
the Japanese Leaguers went stretch neck-and-neck. for Jane
into their last lap of the Jap- shuttle supremacy are the this year to the Japanese the gym on Tuesday, Wednes­ had the misfortune of meetins
defending champion Bill Keen
perennial rivals, the Powell League, fell easy prey to the day, Friday and Saturday go
lyside
in the second round.
Y.P.S. and Gakuyukai. These Tough Y.P.S. duos Toru Uyede- to occupy themselves? Perhaps
Bill
Keenlyside claimed hi;
two squads battled it out to ' Teiko Ide and Jimmy Kuma- laiter around on street corners
second
victim last night in thi
a 4-4 deadlock in their last igai-Chiyo Hyodo.
RADIOS
and up the devil knows where. quarter-finals when he oustec
league game while Steves- j
The
Strathcona - Steveston Yes sir, even our small gym is
REFRIGERATORS
ton crashed into the win col- affair was a merry mixup. You something to be grateful for. Nipponese No. 1 paddler Bing
j
umn with a well-earned win couldn’t make head or tail of Of course a much larger and Tanaka from the running.
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The
biggest
surprise
of
all
,
over Strathcona, 5-4.
The whole evening’s proceed- more modern gymnasium would
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was
the
amazing
triumphs
of
:
In the close Y.P.S.-Gakuyu- ings. One duo would lick the be much appreciated, but then
slamming
“
Y.
Y.
”
Yasui.
H
l
kai tussle, the Japanese School stuffings out of one team, then we qan’t have everything.
scored the biggest upset of;
graduates proved their suprem- i turn around and take a beatOn such days when my du­ the tournament by defeating
acy in the men’s doubles. Vet-N^ from a relatively weaker ties are over at the gym and
eran Japanese leaguers Sawa-. combination, Each pair had a have time to waste, my favorite Harold Keenlyside, one of
the top-notch paddlers in
da - Machida and Maikawa-Tin to ^eir credit,
pastime is looking down the town in the 2nd round.
Oshimo proved too classy for:
With the evening’s battle snooker cue. Now I know what
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Last night Yasui reached the
the church group and cleaned i deuced at 4-all, the final men’s you’re thinking, snooker or
semi-finals
by defeating Jim
up on all their games, but alas, i doubles between Mas Toyota- anything like it is bad. I know
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Bennie,
21-12,
16-21, 21-19.24the GYK mixed doubles didi Shig Yamashita and Fred Ni­ many people who go up in the
22.
If
Yasui
can
break down
shi-Hiroshi Nishi settled the
air at the thought of their sons the strong Keenlyside defence
I deadlock as the Steveston lads
“QUALITY, ECONOMY AND SERVICE"
going to such places, but let he has an even chance of tak­
j out-shuttled the local boys to
me tell you something: If the ing the championship.
i a 15-10 victory.
game is played just for the
The Nipponese stars. “Bing,
(Mens’ Doubles:
.■hida bt. D. Arikado game itself I can’t see what’s and “Y.Y.”, once co-holders^of
Fujita
and Fujioka-Ide 21-5 wrong. Sometime the environ­
the doubles championship, stih
j Maikawa-Oshimo bt. Arikado-Fujita
ment isn’t too healthy and remained undefeated and haw
j’21-4: and Fujioka-Ide 21-9.
I Mixed Denbies:
sometimes unsavory characters reached
:
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
the semis. Here's wish­
;
I yede-lde
bt. Nagata-JIivazaki
can
be
seen
loafing
around,
but
'
and
Suga-K<
ing you the best of luck, bo's.
21-10:
then if you played in classier Bring home the silverware.
gai-Hyodo bt.
21-19;
and
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halls where big business men
21-10.
r
and well-to-do people play,
Mens’ Doubles:
Hagino-Ouye
b.t
Nakae
then you’d change your mind
suba 21-4: Kamino-Ono bt. Soga'■•S
4(4? ?o -cd St cot wa-Oda
right
away. The game itself is
21-15
Matsuba bt.
Kamino-Ono
one of the best; it requires a
21-17:
F.
great
deal of skill, concentra­
15-10.
(Mixed
Doubles:
tion
and
coolness of nerve and
Consult—
SEy. "8"5
‘
L. Ide-Yama
bt. Obokata- you have to use your brains,
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Sumi Ota-AL Toyota, bt.
i 1 wu
21-16: Iwasa-Nishi bt. too.

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