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YAMA TAXI
I
The New Ca® Idian ^
THE VOICE OF THE SECOND G
^RATION
A NEW YEAR EDITORIAL . . .
@ The News
FRONT
Four Seattle Nisei Heid
On Criminal Code Charge
SEATTLE.—Four prominent and
well-known second generation here
have been arraigned for trial and will
shortly be tried for violation of the
federal code, H. B. Fletcher of the
Federal Bureau of’’Investigation an
nounced.
The F.B.I. said that they had been
detained at the immigration deten
tion station since their arrest shortly
after the outbreak of war between
the U.S. and Japan.
The men held are Thomas Masuda,
36, Kenji Ito, 31, both well-known
attorneys; Yoshima, 39, importer
and exporter; and Charles Theo
Takahashi, 39, a merchant.
They were arrested on warrants
charging violation of the criminal
code, although the exact nature of
the violations were not stated.
When Is A Japanese
Not a Japanese?
In Sacramento a Chinese wearing
a black skull cap, and a button
reading "American Chinese" was
grabbed by a drunken sailor who
demanded, What are you? Chinese
or Japanese?
"Chinese/ replied the indignant
Chinese.
"Oh yeah!" said the enraged
sailor, "that's what all you guys
say!" as
; he boffed him in the face.
Honolulu a Hawaiian second
generation
angered because the
Japanese dropped bombs on his home
beat up a "Kibei" Nisei who was
talking too loudly in Japanese.
In Salinas, Calif., police were
looking for two Filipinos who beat
up one Japanese-looking Filipino
mistaking him for Japanese.
Lights Up For Pte. Si Lee
PAcific 5454
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I
December 31, 1941
VANCOUVER; B. C.
Vol. IV, No. 53
a
©r1"
G |t. Committee to Inform
Public on Precautions
’V A.NCOUVER—A complete statement to inform the pub
lic what measures have been taken to guard agarn^t any su versive activity on the part of Japanese Cana
will be issued this week by the Federal Standing Committee
on the Oriental question. Mayor E J. Hume, committee chairan said last night.
"I believe the public should
informed on what we are "We're Loyal!" Says
doing and a complete statement
Nisei Going Overseas
will be issued next Friday”, he
AN
EASTERN
CANA- :
said.
DIAN
PORT.
—
Private
Shi
"We have held dozens of
meetings, working in close con geo Kato put the case of the
junction with the Royal Can Canadian-born Japanese in
adian Mounted Police and naval verv simple terms to a Brit
and military authorities and ish United' Press_ reporter,
makin0' direct representations here, when interviewed just
[from time to time to the prime prior to ^afag «™s »
minister”, he added.
a member of the Canadian
Corps.
“We have endeavoured to Forestry
Born in Vancouver, Pte.
keep Ottawa informed on day- Kato was working in a lum
to-day developments”, he said. ber camp at Duncan when
The
'Committee, appointed he enlisted in the corps last /
last January following the in
summer.
.
vestigation of local conditions
“Why shouldn’t I be^ in
our choice of “the picture of the year ’ is told the by an Ottawa commission, in the Canadian army?” Kato
TN this, c— ----cludes as: members, Mayor told the reporter. “Canada
editorial message The New Canadian would convey to Hume, Lt.-Col. Macgregor Mac is the country I owe everyits readers for the New Year.
. intosh, Col. A. W. Sparling, H. thing to and it s the one
It was in the recruiting station in Prince Rupert that F. Angus, and Assistant Com want to fight for.
“Most of the JapaneseFuiio Aida, 25-year old Canadian of Japanese parentage, missioner Mead.of the R.C.M.P.|
Canadians
I know feel the
Committee
officials
decline
to
met Si Lee, 22-year old Canadian of Chinese parentage
same way about it. All we
make
any
statement
on
intern
They enlisted in the Canadian army together, they reported
policy other than to re want is a chance to prove
to Military headquarters in Vancouver together, they wept ment
affirm the Prime l^inister s de our loyalty to Canada, and
to military camp at Vernon together, both wearing the claration that it has proceeded when an opportunity came
for me to join up, I took it.
artilleryman's white cord. They drilled and trained to on a purely “selective basis.”
“After all, the outside ap
gether, and came to Vancouver for Christmas leave—bud
pearance of a man doesn t
lies in the same khaki, a "CANADA” in gold letters on U.S. Enemy Aliens
matter. It’s > what is inside
that counts.”
Shouider To bhouidcr
each ^"““'.^ a w-sh for the New year that dawns upon
the
vernacular
newspapers
ADA” to ” CANADA” in a common cause.
Licence Issue Undecided-Deny Boats To Be Taken^Oyer
Conflicting
Oriental question. A spokes °w
cause P for satisfaction
satisfaction that
that
VANCOUVER.— Conflicting
man for the committee said competition in the industry
reports indicate that no one that it “was a case of the
knows yet just what action Ot wfsh being father to the will probably be lessened.
A number of the larger
tawa is planning either in re thought,” and added that the
seine boats and packers have
gard to licences for Japanese
already been taken over by
Canadian fishermen or in re question is still being con
sidered.
„
.
the Government for naval
gard to their boats. The li
Keenest advocates for such
cences are due to be renewed
duties.
action, of course, have been patrol
Reports
meanwhile
trom
January 1, and whatever pol Occidental fishermen, anxious
icy is followed will determine to lay hands on the high class Japanese Canadian fishermen
indicate that thievery and pil
what happens to the boats.
boats and gear, which it, is fering of equipment from The
Monday the Sun reported well-known, the Japanese fish
tied-up boats is still continu-l
that plans were under way ermen always used to keep in ing, in spite of the armed
to turn over immobilized A-l condition.
guard supposed to be on
The
“Fisherman,”
fisher watch. This is adding consid
boats to Occidental crews in men’s weekly paper, has urged
order to keep up production. that licences be suspended at erably to the disgust already
evident over the sloppy, , un
As is apparently often the least for the “duration,” and
seamanship, and ruinous _ han
case, this report was not urges that arrangements be dling of both boats and en
well - founded, and was made so that Occidental fisher gines, in which the fishermen
men may lease any immobi
promptly denied by the lized boat (apparently at their used to take the greatest pride.
Standing Committee on the
w
J
^1
h
V
V
1
At Your Service .
See "FRONT" Page 2
1
is
Surrender Cameras
says that similar action may
WASHINGTON, D. C. —
us, it is Simply this. That each one of us my stn« to Enemy aliens in eight mount- be taken in Canada with re
gard to Japanese in British
establish the meaning of this picture as a real and vita
ain and west coast' states have Columbia. Attorney-Gener
and accepted thing among all Canadians. That we may been ordered to surrender
R. L. Maitland said that
bring due courage and due strength to the stern task of radio transmitters, short wave al
he
would consult with Ot
cameras to
proving that Canada is not great merely because .its peop e receiving sets and The order tawa on the matter.
police authorities.
If such action is taken, ut
speak the English language . . ‘^e^of whatever applies to German, Italian and
may
be that the order will be
worth fighting for because its men and women of whatever Japanese aliens, but not to
applied
to everyone, since Brit
race are Canadians, who battle today in Europe or in Asia, naturalized or American-born
ish
Columbia
authorities have
Many Dailies.Suspencled
citizens.
Washington sources not been careful in the past to
ideals of individual dignity and human tolerance,
for
said it was probable that the distinguish between aliens an
1 Others on War Basis
iustice and goodwill among men.
~
order would be extended to
Hit hard by the war have been
These are the convictions with which these woCm- cover the entire United States. citizens in the same way that
the- Japanese fourth estate up anc
U.S. authorities have.
adia’ns face the. New Year, shoulder to shoulder, CA
A report from Victoria
down the Pacific coast, with almost
half
8
A Community organ to serve the
This is the slogan that T^® , ^ > win be to publish three
our first act effective from nex
J
h Monday, Wednesday
times weekly. This paper w be ““/ “//t °rm aYs this issue.
ill:
1
tl
£«X 'XYm bASSs.
For one year paid in advance,
only $4.00.
.
1941 SXbXX shortly of
advance beyond the end of
SeX ^"XX^^ib^ under the increased
rate.
.
enherrihers whose accounts have
We earnestly reques
iga] wjll do so as soon as possible,
not been paid up to the end
rf clean footing.
* ^e^b/! Indexing this expansion becau^of
Xt demand for
X»e, aXe
the
more frequently. Our aim is top
sending in items of
sincerely request that ™TO"= « X"’/!’ s«ve the com-
5
J'a
“'T'nJhL taw th i forthright editorial policy, a careful
XXlion of X news, and the presentation of v.tal and .nteresting features
. 942_to uphold through a year that
op
dlrknXTheXghtXhat stands for iurticM^
tolerance.______ __________ _____ _____ __________ _———.
.
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YAMA TAXI
I
The New Ca® Idian ^
THE VOICE OF THE SECOND G
^RATION
A NEW YEAR EDITORIAL . . .
@ The News
FRONT
Four Seattle Nisei Heid
On Criminal Code Charge
SEATTLE.—Four prominent and
well-known second generation here
have been arraigned for trial and will
shortly be tried for violation of the
federal code, H. B. Fletcher of the
Federal Bureau of’’Investigation an
nounced.
The F.B.I. said that they had been
detained at the immigration deten
tion station since their arrest shortly
after the outbreak of war between
the U.S. and Japan.
The men held are Thomas Masuda,
36, Kenji Ito, 31, both well-known
attorneys; Yoshima, 39, importer
and exporter; and Charles Theo
Takahashi, 39, a merchant.
They were arrested on warrants
charging violation of the criminal
code, although the exact nature of
the violations were not stated.
When Is A Japanese
Not a Japanese?
In Sacramento a Chinese wearing
a black skull cap, and a button
reading "American Chinese" was
grabbed by a drunken sailor who
demanded, What are you? Chinese
or Japanese?
"Chinese/ replied the indignant
Chinese.
"Oh yeah!" said the enraged
sailor, "that's what all you guys
say!" as
; he boffed him in the face.
Honolulu a Hawaiian second
generation
angered because the
Japanese dropped bombs on his home
beat up a "Kibei" Nisei who was
talking too loudly in Japanese.
In Salinas, Calif., police were
looking for two Filipinos who beat
up one Japanese-looking Filipino
mistaking him for Japanese.
Lights Up For Pte. Si Lee
PAcific 5454
>f
I
December 31, 1941
VANCOUVER; B. C.
Vol. IV, No. 53
a
©r1"
G |t. Committee to Inform
Public on Precautions
’V A.NCOUVER—A complete statement to inform the pub
lic what measures have been taken to guard agarn^t any su versive activity on the part of Japanese Cana
will be issued this week by the Federal Standing Committee
on the Oriental question. Mayor E J. Hume, committee chairan said last night.
"I believe the public should
informed on what we are "We're Loyal!" Says
doing and a complete statement
Nisei Going Overseas
will be issued next Friday”, he
AN
EASTERN
CANA- :
said.
DIAN
PORT.
—
Private
Shi
"We have held dozens of
meetings, working in close con geo Kato put the case of the
junction with the Royal Can Canadian-born Japanese in
adian Mounted Police and naval verv simple terms to a Brit
and military authorities and ish United' Press_ reporter,
makin0' direct representations here, when interviewed just
[from time to time to the prime prior to ^afag «™s »
minister”, he added.
a member of the Canadian
Corps.
“We have endeavoured to Forestry
Born in Vancouver, Pte.
keep Ottawa informed on day- Kato was working in a lum
to-day developments”, he said. ber camp at Duncan when
The
'Committee, appointed he enlisted in the corps last /
last January following the in
summer.
.
vestigation of local conditions
“Why shouldn’t I be^ in
our choice of “the picture of the year ’ is told the by an Ottawa commission, in the Canadian army?” Kato
TN this, c— ----cludes as: members, Mayor told the reporter. “Canada
editorial message The New Canadian would convey to Hume, Lt.-Col. Macgregor Mac is the country I owe everyits readers for the New Year.
. intosh, Col. A. W. Sparling, H. thing to and it s the one
It was in the recruiting station in Prince Rupert that F. Angus, and Assistant Com want to fight for.
“Most of the JapaneseFuiio Aida, 25-year old Canadian of Japanese parentage, missioner Mead.of the R.C.M.P.|
Canadians
I know feel the
Committee
officials
decline
to
met Si Lee, 22-year old Canadian of Chinese parentage
same way about it. All we
make
any
statement
on
intern
They enlisted in the Canadian army together, they reported
policy other than to re want is a chance to prove
to Military headquarters in Vancouver together, they wept ment
affirm the Prime l^inister s de our loyalty to Canada, and
to military camp at Vernon together, both wearing the claration that it has proceeded when an opportunity came
for me to join up, I took it.
artilleryman's white cord. They drilled and trained to on a purely “selective basis.”
“After all, the outside ap
gether, and came to Vancouver for Christmas leave—bud
pearance of a man doesn t
lies in the same khaki, a "CANADA” in gold letters on U.S. Enemy Aliens
matter. It’s > what is inside
that counts.”
Shouider To bhouidcr
each ^"““'.^ a w-sh for the New year that dawns upon
the
vernacular
newspapers
ADA” to ” CANADA” in a common cause.
Licence Issue Undecided-Deny Boats To Be Taken^Oyer
Conflicting
Oriental question. A spokes °w
cause P for satisfaction
satisfaction that
that
VANCOUVER.— Conflicting
man for the committee said competition in the industry
reports indicate that no one that it “was a case of the
knows yet just what action Ot wfsh being father to the will probably be lessened.
A number of the larger
tawa is planning either in re thought,” and added that the
seine boats and packers have
gard to licences for Japanese
already been taken over by
Canadian fishermen or in re question is still being con
sidered.
„
.
the Government for naval
gard to their boats. The li
Keenest advocates for such
cences are due to be renewed
duties.
action, of course, have been patrol
Reports
meanwhile
trom
January 1, and whatever pol Occidental fishermen, anxious
icy is followed will determine to lay hands on the high class Japanese Canadian fishermen
indicate that thievery and pil
what happens to the boats.
boats and gear, which it, is fering of equipment from The
Monday the Sun reported well-known, the Japanese fish
tied-up boats is still continu-l
that plans were under way ermen always used to keep in ing, in spite of the armed
to turn over immobilized A-l condition.
guard supposed to be on
The
“Fisherman,”
fisher watch. This is adding consid
boats to Occidental crews in men’s weekly paper, has urged
order to keep up production. that licences be suspended at erably to the disgust already
evident over the sloppy, , un
As is apparently often the least for the “duration,” and
seamanship, and ruinous _ han
case, this report was not urges that arrangements be dling of both boats and en
well - founded, and was made so that Occidental fisher gines, in which the fishermen
men may lease any immobi
promptly denied by the lized boat (apparently at their used to take the greatest pride.
Standing Committee on the
w
J
^1
h
V
V
1
At Your Service .
See "FRONT" Page 2
1
is
Surrender Cameras
says that similar action may
WASHINGTON, D. C. —
us, it is Simply this. That each one of us my stn« to Enemy aliens in eight mount- be taken in Canada with re
gard to Japanese in British
establish the meaning of this picture as a real and vita
ain and west coast' states have Columbia. Attorney-Gener
and accepted thing among all Canadians. That we may been ordered to surrender
R. L. Maitland said that
bring due courage and due strength to the stern task of radio transmitters, short wave al
he
would consult with Ot
cameras to
proving that Canada is not great merely because .its peop e receiving sets and The order tawa on the matter.
police authorities.
If such action is taken, ut
speak the English language . . ‘^e^of whatever applies to German, Italian and
may
be that the order will be
worth fighting for because its men and women of whatever Japanese aliens, but not to
applied
to everyone, since Brit
race are Canadians, who battle today in Europe or in Asia, naturalized or American-born
ish
Columbia
authorities have
Many Dailies.Suspencled
citizens.
Washington sources not been careful in the past to
ideals of individual dignity and human tolerance,
for
said it was probable that the distinguish between aliens an
1 Others on War Basis
iustice and goodwill among men.
~
order would be extended to
Hit hard by the war have been
These are the convictions with which these woCm- cover the entire United States. citizens in the same way that
the- Japanese fourth estate up anc
U.S. authorities have.
adia’ns face the. New Year, shoulder to shoulder, CA
A report from Victoria
down the Pacific coast, with almost
half
8
A Community organ to serve the
This is the slogan that T^® , ^ > win be to publish three
our first act effective from nex
J
h Monday, Wednesday
times weekly. This paper w be ““/ “//t °rm aYs this issue.
ill:
1
tl
£«X 'XYm bASSs.
For one year paid in advance,
only $4.00.
.
1941 SXbXX shortly of
advance beyond the end of
SeX ^"XX^^ib^ under the increased
rate.
.
enherrihers whose accounts have
We earnestly reques
iga] wjll do so as soon as possible,
not been paid up to the end
rf clean footing.
* ^e^b/! Indexing this expansion becau^of
Xt demand for
X»e, aXe
the
more frequently. Our aim is top
sending in items of
sincerely request that ™TO"= « X"’/!’ s«ve the com-
5
J'a
“'T'nJhL taw th i forthright editorial policy, a careful
XXlion of X news, and the presentation of v.tal and .nteresting features
. 942_to uphold through a year that
op
dlrknXTheXghtXhat stands for iurticM^
tolerance.______ __________ _____ _____ __________ _———.
.
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W CANADIAN
for cr that
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396 Powell Street
« « Femme-Fare » »
Dear Mickey:
PAc
Vancouver, B. C.
.A. paper published by and for second generation Japanese in
to their welfare as citizens of Canada.
Published at the. Taiyo Printing Company.
a.
And so at last vze hang the crepe on 1941---- the year that came in
with a pleasant bang twelve long months ago-—'.he year that goes out
with the thunderous roar of high explosive, the screaming whine of
straining struts.
Still heard, as it goes out, are the overtones, the
hsllow echo from a bubble of peace that finally burst, the pitiful break
in the hearts of all those who hoped to. the last that the bubble would
not burst.
There is no need to hold a poll among the Nisei, fourth estate on
the story of the year. It was _ the war, hands down. The war that came
literally as a bolt from the blue that fateful Sunday only three weeks
ago----a treacherous bolt viewed from any angle, raining death and des
truction. A political event, an economic event, it was at once drama,
heroism, tragedy, psychology, yet not unmixed with comic situations.
Locally it brought a shutdown of the Japanese press and language
schools, the immobilization of a fishing fleet of one thousand boats, the
unemployment of scores of other workers, the task of reporting monthly
to several thousand individuals, and a continuing barrage .of “letters to
the editor” that pushed the marketing angle right out of the picture. It
was a story hat none of us'enjoyed writing.
Logically enough, the war in another direction bulked as the year’s
story. It was the manner in which Japanese Canadians carried on with
contributions to Canada’s war effort. It was told in Victory Loan cam
paign, in ueen’s Fund and Red Cross drives, in donations to the govern
ment for national defence. It was told, too, in three second generation
who were accepted into the army in this province, as well-as the two
stripes that “Corporal” Jack Nakamoto received, first non-commissioned
Nisei officer in the Canadian army.
Runner-up to the “War Effort” for new Canadian lineage was the
now almost forgotten vicious anti-Japanese campaign under the banner
of Aiderman H. D. Wilson in the Vancouver. City Council. A carry
over from former years, no doubt, but Winsome Willie went into high
gear at the beginning of 1941, coming out regularly with some new
angle on the danger of the Japanese in British Columbia. The language
schools were dissected and smeared for microscopic investigation, the
licence gag-was re-hashed, and the Oriental “Ghetto” was thrown in as a
nice, spicy angle on the whole mess.
*
*
*
By T.M.K.
1942 dawns beneath black clouds,
and there seems little hope of any
lightening of the gloom. Half the
world is ranged against the other
half in a to-the-death struggle. Each
half maintains that right is on its
side.
And the Japanese Canadians
are on the side of Democracy.
Once upon a time there was a great
struggle between Americans called the
American Civil War. Then North
was ranged against South. Whatever
the minor causes, the main issue was
a principle. Brother was against
brother, father against son, friend
against friend. It was a bitter, bitter
war las'ing four years, leaving in its
wake death, destruction, poverty,
hatred and new feuds.
While this new war on the Pacific
is not primarily between Japanese
and Japanese, yet in this struggle the
American and Canadian Japanese are
enemy to their brothers, their cousins,
even their aged fathers and mothers.
Our first loyalties belong to our
homes here in Canada, to the land of
our birth, our future. It goes against
the grain to be disloyal. Yet because
of homey; family ties our hearts, can
be broken.
Active fighting is much easier to
bear than’ this enforced stillness and
waiting, being the bait for every agi
tator, the target of every small Hitler
who forgets that he fights for justice
and freedom.
That is why it is so very hearten
ing to know who now are our friends.
What words can express our grati
tude when the milkman says:
“Aw, you’re'O.K. You’re one of
us.”
*
Novel story of the year that came into every home was probably
the experience of being “mugged and finger-printed” and being provided
with , a neat little card to carry around----one more besides all the rest.
A voluntary scheme at first, it was a remarkable lesson in how readily
the Japanese community will co-operate in any plan that is clearly to the
public good, providing it is approached in a sensible and logical manner.
*
DECEMBER 31, 194]
*
Of direct personal tragedy in 1941 there was, fortunately, not too
much. But one late autumn afternoon, an attractive young Nisei girl
walked down the road near her country home in Burquitlam. She turned
out of sight, and was never seen alive again. Rumour and fear ran high.
Over a month later George Roberts, a resident of Musqueam Indian
reserve, stumbled across the body of a girl washed up - on the beach.
Identified by her father as his daughter, a coroner’s verdict of accidental
death by drowning wrote finis to the year’s tragedy.
A tragedy too, but ri greater mystery story that put many tongues
to wagging was the discovery of the badly decomposed body of a 55-year
old Haney farmer, Kinjuo Soyeda, in a shallow grave near his home.
Provincial Police are yen baffled as to who could have perpetrated this
murder by striking the elderly farmer who lived alone with crushing force
in the head. Will it go down in local crime history as the perfect murder?
Perhaps 1942 may bring an answer.
*
*
*
A happier note, but one with a deadly serious undertone, was struck
throughout the year.as both first and second generation grappled with the
question of relationship between themselves., c-.-..
he male and
female sex of the younger people. How.many of us will remember the
figures and statistics, that went to prove that it is possible to get married
and live happily ever after, even if you’re not swimming in the filthy
lucre. Not a few couples will remember how they got hitched in 1942.
without a bridal procession of three maids, three men, two flower girls,
four baishakunins, four parents, and a miscellaneous number of 42nd
cousins, all decked out in formal gowns and shirt fronts.
And a Nisei cynic adds as the crowning achievement of a far from
monotnous year—-the conquering of “Japanese Time” by the Vancouver
JCCL, July 31, 1941. The meeting actually started on the appointed
dot.
Greetings for the New Year
&
Okanagan Centre Koyukai
I
R.R. No. 1
KELOWNA, B. C.
£
|
Then there is .the lump in the
throat to prevent speech when the
man who brings my eggs offers:
“Now don’t you worry. You’re
all right.”
Then there are the casual neigh
bours, who go out of their way to
be extra friendly, who wave a: cheery
“hello” and smile extra wide to as
sure us that they are still the same.
These people, whose human
sympathy and friendliness bring
warmth to the cold surrounding
us, bring us a gift that is priceless.
. We can appreciate it with a sin
cerity that is too deep for words. We
can only prove with our deeds that
they have not wasted their spontan
eous offering. A careless, taken-forgranted acceptance can take the shine
off any gift. We are not beggars that
have to’ be contented with the pa
tronising scraps thrown to us, but we
are people, self-respecting and not
sycophantic, so that we can accept
with true thankfulness the many
manifestations of the friendships of
our fellow-Canadians.
A New Year dawns. It will not be
a year for wishful thinking, but we
could brighten it somewhat with our
undimmed faith in the inherent
decency of the little people.
- 1942!
May you be kind to us ail!
SUN NOM KING
Chop Suey
382 Powell St.
PA 5856
By CINDERELLA
'
L guess you’re still bemoaning the fact that your new Sc
lrlct O’H2ra
dress is hanging unworn in your closet, and wishing that the “
powers th-,.
be” had withheld this battle on the Pacific a few weeks longer
• • • F$t so
we could have collected that wonderful waltz in the moo
“nilgaL or ihat:
stolen kiss under the mistletoe. Well, dry your eyes, for l’v,e just Sot hold
of the grandest idea.
Let’s make merry, despite, the darn old war clouds WV
P
give 1942 at least a ghost of a chance, even if we can’t hail him in
K
some “cabareting”. Why not a cocktail party . . . why not1 Rb^ |
there’s nothing to compare to a cocktail party, for it's one occasion"^'' B
the purse not having to run riot but where imagination can!
* 101 r
Ooh, Mickey, I can see it all in my mind’s eye. I can
Gouda cheese, brave in its red jacket, skirted around with crisp frevcrackers. can't you? And with a dish of fish or avocado paste besich '
to spread on the crackers? And a small dish of dressing—could b1
’
pared dressing even——surrounded by oodles of shrimps pierced with tooth'
picks, each tasty pink morsel of a shrimp to be “dunked” in the drssin®
before the “stowing”.
Goodness, even in imagination, my mouth
watering.
Add to this, a platter of “love apples”. Ah, the romantic in-’-na
tion! Small red tomatoes stuffed with finely chopped chicken and topped
with sprigs of parsley for stems . . . and see if you don’t succumb.
And ooh! Crisp sticks of celery or endive, cradle for grown-up sar- I
dines or for a strip of herring for the connoisseurs of rare concoctions Or I
for variety, give the lowly celery the accoutrements of a royal dish by fi’lin^ I
it with crabmeat or blended cheese. Can’t you taste them, just?
° I
And, for the he-men, oysters well-drained, wrapped in strips of bacon I
and left in a hot, hot oven until the little strips curl like a-piggy’s tail' I
Add a platter of wee piggy sausages, made to special size by your roval I
command via telephone to the -local butcher,-spiked through their middies' I
and cooked in a hot oven. And mushrooms, fried ’ and seasoned, and I
wrapped in bacon . . . ah, need one say more?
I
And let’s not forget-the cornucopias of ham or other thinly cut meat I
rolled into a horn-shape, tight at the bottom, loose on top, and fastened I
at the top with a colored toothpick, filled to’ almost overflowing with a
mixture of cream cheese and minced chives.
And here’s something to fill the eye with longing . . . hard, crusty I
rolls, scooped out, and stuffed with white cream or yellow cheese, com- ।
bined with equal portions of finely-diced celery and seasoned with salt, ■
paprika, dry mustard, minced onions and parsley, then shoved into the
ice-box for several hours, and later sliced thin.
“Pickleswttches” . . . don't they sound intriguing . . . and really only
ordinary dill pickles cut into thin crossway slices and spread with Roque
fort cheese mixed with grated yellow cheese and a little dressing, then put
together, in pairs, and speared with toothpicks.
As for cocktails ... be it be quaffed for that “first wild careless rap
ture”, or as a ticket'to some “ivory tower”, or in true conviviality, there’s
Manhattan, Martini, Silver Fizz, Golden Fizz, Mint Julepe ... so just
take your pick. For my drink, I’ll take Pink or Blue Champagne. What?
They’re not cocktails? Well, I'll be darned!
Oh, Mickey, could that be me “floating” around like Lynn Fontaine
in a hostess gown of a divinely beauteous flame? Incredible, but ’tis! It’s
me . . . and there’s firelight and soft candlelight and the quietly happy
murmur.of voices . . . and from far off comes the old church bell, ringing
out the old year, full of cares, and pealing in the new. Listen to the bell . ..
Brrrrr . . . ng . . ng . 1 The telephone! “Ah, broken is the golden
bowl, the spirit flown forever.” Am I dreaming? I was!
Just the same, it’s a grand idea, don’t you think?
Lovingly yours,
CINDERELLA.
!
, "FRONT" . . . cont'd from p. 1
In Denver, Colorado, the Rocky
closed. Both the Japanese-American
Nippon,
semi-weekly Japanese-Eng
and the New World Sun, San Fran
cisco dailies, were suspended, and lish paper, and the Colorado Times,
have since been trying to get per a tri-weekly, are still publishing;
mits to resume publication.
but the Utah Nippo, Salt Lake City,
In .Los Angeles, the Rafu Shimpo, has ceased publication. Similarly the
Japanese-English daily, has contin Oregon News, Portland tri-weekly,
ued publication, complying with has suspended business.
government-required parallel trans . In Seattle, the all-English weekly,
lations of its Japanese language con James Sakamoto's . Courier is still
functioning, and the Nisei-owned
tents.
Great
Northern Daily is now being
Hawaii's two leading foreign lan
guage dailies, the Nippu Jiji and the issued with only four pages, instead
(The Great
Hawaii Hochi, were ordered to sus of the former eight.
pend by army headquarters. These Northern, approved by American and
two papers claimed subscription lists Canadian censors, is available at
amounting to 1 6,000.
The New Canadian.)
HAJIME SUZUKI
Complete Scientific
Eyesight Service
377 Powell St.
PAcific30l6
W CANADIAN
for cr that
■,i
396 Powell Street
« « Femme-Fare » »
Dear Mickey:
PAc
Vancouver, B. C.
.A. paper published by and for second generation Japanese in
to their welfare as citizens of Canada.
Published at the. Taiyo Printing Company.
a.
And so at last vze hang the crepe on 1941---- the year that came in
with a pleasant bang twelve long months ago-—'.he year that goes out
with the thunderous roar of high explosive, the screaming whine of
straining struts.
Still heard, as it goes out, are the overtones, the
hsllow echo from a bubble of peace that finally burst, the pitiful break
in the hearts of all those who hoped to. the last that the bubble would
not burst.
There is no need to hold a poll among the Nisei, fourth estate on
the story of the year. It was _ the war, hands down. The war that came
literally as a bolt from the blue that fateful Sunday only three weeks
ago----a treacherous bolt viewed from any angle, raining death and des
truction. A political event, an economic event, it was at once drama,
heroism, tragedy, psychology, yet not unmixed with comic situations.
Locally it brought a shutdown of the Japanese press and language
schools, the immobilization of a fishing fleet of one thousand boats, the
unemployment of scores of other workers, the task of reporting monthly
to several thousand individuals, and a continuing barrage .of “letters to
the editor” that pushed the marketing angle right out of the picture. It
was a story hat none of us'enjoyed writing.
Logically enough, the war in another direction bulked as the year’s
story. It was the manner in which Japanese Canadians carried on with
contributions to Canada’s war effort. It was told in Victory Loan cam
paign, in ueen’s Fund and Red Cross drives, in donations to the govern
ment for national defence. It was told, too, in three second generation
who were accepted into the army in this province, as well-as the two
stripes that “Corporal” Jack Nakamoto received, first non-commissioned
Nisei officer in the Canadian army.
Runner-up to the “War Effort” for new Canadian lineage was the
now almost forgotten vicious anti-Japanese campaign under the banner
of Aiderman H. D. Wilson in the Vancouver. City Council. A carry
over from former years, no doubt, but Winsome Willie went into high
gear at the beginning of 1941, coming out regularly with some new
angle on the danger of the Japanese in British Columbia. The language
schools were dissected and smeared for microscopic investigation, the
licence gag-was re-hashed, and the Oriental “Ghetto” was thrown in as a
nice, spicy angle on the whole mess.
*
*
*
By T.M.K.
1942 dawns beneath black clouds,
and there seems little hope of any
lightening of the gloom. Half the
world is ranged against the other
half in a to-the-death struggle. Each
half maintains that right is on its
side.
And the Japanese Canadians
are on the side of Democracy.
Once upon a time there was a great
struggle between Americans called the
American Civil War. Then North
was ranged against South. Whatever
the minor causes, the main issue was
a principle. Brother was against
brother, father against son, friend
against friend. It was a bitter, bitter
war las'ing four years, leaving in its
wake death, destruction, poverty,
hatred and new feuds.
While this new war on the Pacific
is not primarily between Japanese
and Japanese, yet in this struggle the
American and Canadian Japanese are
enemy to their brothers, their cousins,
even their aged fathers and mothers.
Our first loyalties belong to our
homes here in Canada, to the land of
our birth, our future. It goes against
the grain to be disloyal. Yet because
of homey; family ties our hearts, can
be broken.
Active fighting is much easier to
bear than’ this enforced stillness and
waiting, being the bait for every agi
tator, the target of every small Hitler
who forgets that he fights for justice
and freedom.
That is why it is so very hearten
ing to know who now are our friends.
What words can express our grati
tude when the milkman says:
“Aw, you’re'O.K. You’re one of
us.”
*
Novel story of the year that came into every home was probably
the experience of being “mugged and finger-printed” and being provided
with , a neat little card to carry around----one more besides all the rest.
A voluntary scheme at first, it was a remarkable lesson in how readily
the Japanese community will co-operate in any plan that is clearly to the
public good, providing it is approached in a sensible and logical manner.
*
DECEMBER 31, 194]
*
Of direct personal tragedy in 1941 there was, fortunately, not too
much. But one late autumn afternoon, an attractive young Nisei girl
walked down the road near her country home in Burquitlam. She turned
out of sight, and was never seen alive again. Rumour and fear ran high.
Over a month later George Roberts, a resident of Musqueam Indian
reserve, stumbled across the body of a girl washed up - on the beach.
Identified by her father as his daughter, a coroner’s verdict of accidental
death by drowning wrote finis to the year’s tragedy.
A tragedy too, but ri greater mystery story that put many tongues
to wagging was the discovery of the badly decomposed body of a 55-year
old Haney farmer, Kinjuo Soyeda, in a shallow grave near his home.
Provincial Police are yen baffled as to who could have perpetrated this
murder by striking the elderly farmer who lived alone with crushing force
in the head. Will it go down in local crime history as the perfect murder?
Perhaps 1942 may bring an answer.
*
*
*
A happier note, but one with a deadly serious undertone, was struck
throughout the year.as both first and second generation grappled with the
question of relationship between themselves., c-.-..
he male and
female sex of the younger people. How.many of us will remember the
figures and statistics, that went to prove that it is possible to get married
and live happily ever after, even if you’re not swimming in the filthy
lucre. Not a few couples will remember how they got hitched in 1942.
without a bridal procession of three maids, three men, two flower girls,
four baishakunins, four parents, and a miscellaneous number of 42nd
cousins, all decked out in formal gowns and shirt fronts.
And a Nisei cynic adds as the crowning achievement of a far from
monotnous year—-the conquering of “Japanese Time” by the Vancouver
JCCL, July 31, 1941. The meeting actually started on the appointed
dot.
Greetings for the New Year
&
Okanagan Centre Koyukai
I
R.R. No. 1
KELOWNA, B. C.
£
|
Then there is .the lump in the
throat to prevent speech when the
man who brings my eggs offers:
“Now don’t you worry. You’re
all right.”
Then there are the casual neigh
bours, who go out of their way to
be extra friendly, who wave a: cheery
“hello” and smile extra wide to as
sure us that they are still the same.
These people, whose human
sympathy and friendliness bring
warmth to the cold surrounding
us, bring us a gift that is priceless.
. We can appreciate it with a sin
cerity that is too deep for words. We
can only prove with our deeds that
they have not wasted their spontan
eous offering. A careless, taken-forgranted acceptance can take the shine
off any gift. We are not beggars that
have to’ be contented with the pa
tronising scraps thrown to us, but we
are people, self-respecting and not
sycophantic, so that we can accept
with true thankfulness the many
manifestations of the friendships of
our fellow-Canadians.
A New Year dawns. It will not be
a year for wishful thinking, but we
could brighten it somewhat with our
undimmed faith in the inherent
decency of the little people.
- 1942!
May you be kind to us ail!
SUN NOM KING
Chop Suey
382 Powell St.
PA 5856
By CINDERELLA
'
L guess you’re still bemoaning the fact that your new Sc
lrlct O’H2ra
dress is hanging unworn in your closet, and wishing that the “
powers th-,.
be” had withheld this battle on the Pacific a few weeks longer
• • • F$t so
we could have collected that wonderful waltz in the moo
“nilgaL or ihat:
stolen kiss under the mistletoe. Well, dry your eyes, for l’v,e just Sot hold
of the grandest idea.
Let’s make merry, despite, the darn old war clouds WV
P
give 1942 at least a ghost of a chance, even if we can’t hail him in
K
some “cabareting”. Why not a cocktail party . . . why not1 Rb^ |
there’s nothing to compare to a cocktail party, for it's one occasion"^'' B
the purse not having to run riot but where imagination can!
* 101 r
Ooh, Mickey, I can see it all in my mind’s eye. I can
Gouda cheese, brave in its red jacket, skirted around with crisp frevcrackers. can't you? And with a dish of fish or avocado paste besich '
to spread on the crackers? And a small dish of dressing—could b1
’
pared dressing even——surrounded by oodles of shrimps pierced with tooth'
picks, each tasty pink morsel of a shrimp to be “dunked” in the drssin®
before the “stowing”.
Goodness, even in imagination, my mouth
watering.
Add to this, a platter of “love apples”. Ah, the romantic in-’-na
tion! Small red tomatoes stuffed with finely chopped chicken and topped
with sprigs of parsley for stems . . . and see if you don’t succumb.
And ooh! Crisp sticks of celery or endive, cradle for grown-up sar- I
dines or for a strip of herring for the connoisseurs of rare concoctions Or I
for variety, give the lowly celery the accoutrements of a royal dish by fi’lin^ I
it with crabmeat or blended cheese. Can’t you taste them, just?
° I
And, for the he-men, oysters well-drained, wrapped in strips of bacon I
and left in a hot, hot oven until the little strips curl like a-piggy’s tail' I
Add a platter of wee piggy sausages, made to special size by your roval I
command via telephone to the -local butcher,-spiked through their middies' I
and cooked in a hot oven. And mushrooms, fried ’ and seasoned, and I
wrapped in bacon . . . ah, need one say more?
I
And let’s not forget-the cornucopias of ham or other thinly cut meat I
rolled into a horn-shape, tight at the bottom, loose on top, and fastened I
at the top with a colored toothpick, filled to’ almost overflowing with a
mixture of cream cheese and minced chives.
And here’s something to fill the eye with longing . . . hard, crusty I
rolls, scooped out, and stuffed with white cream or yellow cheese, com- ।
bined with equal portions of finely-diced celery and seasoned with salt, ■
paprika, dry mustard, minced onions and parsley, then shoved into the
ice-box for several hours, and later sliced thin.
“Pickleswttches” . . . don't they sound intriguing . . . and really only
ordinary dill pickles cut into thin crossway slices and spread with Roque
fort cheese mixed with grated yellow cheese and a little dressing, then put
together, in pairs, and speared with toothpicks.
As for cocktails ... be it be quaffed for that “first wild careless rap
ture”, or as a ticket'to some “ivory tower”, or in true conviviality, there’s
Manhattan, Martini, Silver Fizz, Golden Fizz, Mint Julepe ... so just
take your pick. For my drink, I’ll take Pink or Blue Champagne. What?
They’re not cocktails? Well, I'll be darned!
Oh, Mickey, could that be me “floating” around like Lynn Fontaine
in a hostess gown of a divinely beauteous flame? Incredible, but ’tis! It’s
me . . . and there’s firelight and soft candlelight and the quietly happy
murmur.of voices . . . and from far off comes the old church bell, ringing
out the old year, full of cares, and pealing in the new. Listen to the bell . ..
Brrrrr . . . ng . . ng . 1 The telephone! “Ah, broken is the golden
bowl, the spirit flown forever.” Am I dreaming? I was!
Just the same, it’s a grand idea, don’t you think?
Lovingly yours,
CINDERELLA.
!
, "FRONT" . . . cont'd from p. 1
In Denver, Colorado, the Rocky
closed. Both the Japanese-American
Nippon,
semi-weekly Japanese-Eng
and the New World Sun, San Fran
cisco dailies, were suspended, and lish paper, and the Colorado Times,
have since been trying to get per a tri-weekly, are still publishing;
mits to resume publication.
but the Utah Nippo, Salt Lake City,
In .Los Angeles, the Rafu Shimpo, has ceased publication. Similarly the
Japanese-English daily, has contin Oregon News, Portland tri-weekly,
ued publication, complying with has suspended business.
government-required parallel trans . In Seattle, the all-English weekly,
lations of its Japanese language con James Sakamoto's . Courier is still
functioning, and the Nisei-owned
tents.
Great
Northern Daily is now being
Hawaii's two leading foreign lan
guage dailies, the Nippu Jiji and the issued with only four pages, instead
(The Great
Hawaii Hochi, were ordered to sus of the former eight.
pend by army headquarters. These Northern, approved by American and
two papers claimed subscription lists Canadian censors, is available at
amounting to 1 6,000.
The New Canadian.)
HAJIME SUZUKI
Complete Scientific
Eyesight Service
377 Powell St.
PAcific30l6
Page 3
/
DECEMBER 31, 1941
PAGE 3
THE NEW CAN AD I Ab
V
calendar
fen Cossacks To Appear Here
J singing giants of the the Don River Valley, these 34 men.
31—Delta.' East-Richmond, Surrey
(io come to .Vancouver, since their invitation to the official
JCCL Social, S.30 p.m., Sunbury See;
choir, of the Orthodox St. Sofia
School Hall.
B.
Bulgaria's capital. have
31—Hompa New Year Live feervice| and 7. under the managc- Cathedral in
Jai
than 1.000.000 miles
• An Engagement ...
10 p.m..
JJilker Attractions, are the travelled more
s Blessed Event
JANUARY
mer
of* very wide interest was
ro
sing
over
4.000
concerts in almost
fem Cossack Chorus, foundBorn on December 26 at the announced Sunday, December 1_ —New Year’s Day Services:
orit
every
corner
of
the
earth.
Hompa Temple, 9 a.m.
cd'
/Serge Jaroff’s direction in a
Vancouver General Hospita 28th, at the home of the bride
Church of Ascension, 9 a.m.
With folk tunes. Cossack soldier
/ camp near Constantinople
S. S. & Junior Church, 10 a.m. mi'
was a baby daughter to Mi. elect, when Miss Pat Sumie
songs and liturgies dating back 1.000
Holy Cross, 10 a.m. & 11 a.m.
and Mrs. T. Isomura, (nee Kawajiri was betrothed to Mr.
mo: span 20 years ago.
Powell Church, 11 a.m.
years, these Muscovite mclooists sn©escendants of the race of Stenka
Louise Tsuchiya), of 63321—Celtic
Cannery
Y.P.
Social,
now in their 1 2th season.
Harry Adachi.
School Hall.
„
Cordova Street.
Miss Kawajiri is the eldei' 5_ Taiwakai-Keiyukai Koller 1 ar Bazin. greatest hero of the centuriesThis musical corps is the product
old Cossacks, who lived and died in
ty, Happyland. 7.30 p.m.
• Dr. Jo Kato
(daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I.
of diminutive Serge Jaroft s enter
Home for Holidays
Kawajiri, 134 Powell, while
prise. His choirmaster training in
Holidaying at home for a ^,e groom-elect is the fourth
stinctively fashioned a brilliant en
few days, Dr. Joichi Kato spent son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Adachi
R. Merrither of Vancouver semble out of a host of bedraggled,
a few days with his parents, of Bioedel, B. C.
was the lucky winner of the homesick prisoners. Leading them tn
Mr and Mrs. S. Kato, 1234
Baishakunins for the en- Hompa Buddhist Temple
phonola radio in the Rissho song around the evening campfire, he
West 6th. He returned Tues- gagement are Mr. and Mrs. K.
SpeciaTNew Year’s eve serv Girls’ Club benefit raffle, with sensed the motion in their voices and
welded them into an artistic aggre
day to Edmonton, where he is HOtta and Mr. and Mrs. m ices will be held at the Hompa ticket No. 95.
house surgeon at the Edmon- Sumi of Vancouver.
S. gation. Shortly after their fame
winners were:
Other
Temple at 10 p.m. December
No.
4
4
7,> spread beyond the military prison, a
Ruskin,
ton General Hospital.
a Japanese Students’ Club
31. On the following day spe- Okubo,
■ knowing concert manager set them on
City,
Nd.
the
- ----- —————"
A business meeting of
cial services for the new year clock; M. Taguchi
Natsuhara,
■ the first of their world tours.
186 cushion; K.
Ads
Jauanese Students’ Club will be will be held from 9 a.m.
Glassies aus
the campus on Friday,
at-,
Tickets for this outstanding
<
city No. 60. lamp and shade;
Church of Ascension
i
sale
at
Hilkcr
K. Ebisuzaki, city, No. 521, t raction are now on
TRANSPORTATION
Tnnu-v 9th
in A^ts
207 sec
at
FAST
COURTEOUS SERVICE^ ~Vu
b policy
for the
Newly confirmed communi
Attractions box office, .elly’s Music
photo
album.
cants
will
join
with
their
par
Nabata Taxi, Highland 0/ o. I
^ term will be outlined. All
The Rissho Club members Store. 632 Seymour Street. Mail
ents and other adult members wish to extend thanks to the orders will receive prompt attention.
GIRL WANTED' members are urged to turn out
DECEMBER,
New Year's Services
At Local Churches
Rissho Raffle
at the annual New Year Com
-ypppTENCED
JAPANESE to discuss many important ques- munion, which will be held in public for their co-operation.
the Church of Ascension, 1701
girl or woman to help with tions.
* *
light housework 9 to 5 Monday
W. 3rd Avenue, on January 1 Red Cross Is Second
to Friday. Week-ends free. © Purse Snatched
at 9 a.m. Rev. G. G. Nakayama
WEDDING CAKES
Line Of Defence
Sleep out. $15.00 per month.
^ purse containing $5 in will be the celebrant.
Sunday School children ano
“Since the outbreak of war,
KErrisdale 2976R.
| cash and personal effects was
Fresh and
will
the people of B. C. through
snatched from Mrs. A. Tobo, Junior Church members
Delicious
their local Red Cross branches
827 E. Cordova, Monday night. meet at 10 a.m.
lave met every call made upon
Mrs. Tobo told police she was ® Holy Cross Church . . .
Sukiyaki and
Holy
them
for the production of
walking in the 700 block Pow
On New Year’s Day,
Japanese Dishes
hospital
garments, comforts for
ell, when she was accosted by Cross Mission will observe Holy
two youths. One grabbed her Communion in both English TOOPS, clothing for bombec
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purse, and both ran off up and in Japanese, the former at victims, ambulances,, mobile
“An old world atmosphere."
to
pur342 Powell Street
10 a.m., the latter at 11. Dur kitchens and money
Heatley Ave.
such
as
chase
many
things,
ing the services, special inter
war parCeltic Young People To
cessions will be held in observ- food for prisoner-ofcels,
blankets
for
Britain,
med
ance of the national day of
Hold New Year’s Social
ical
supplies
for
Russia,
special
Telephone: PA 6826
The young people of Celtic prayer.
hospital equipment and other
Cannery will gather Thursday, Powell United Churcn
362 Alexander St.
urgently needed articles,
January 1, in the evening at
Powell Japanese U n i t e c states Mr. F. W. Tuffrey, com
the local hall, for their annual Church will take part in. the missioner of the B. C. Division,
New Year’s social.
National Day of Prayer on Canadian Red Cross Society,
ARMSTRONG
January 1, with special New when reviewing Red Cross
® Upper Rivei’ Social . . .
Year’s Day services to be held work in this province for the
and COMPANY
Despite war clouds, members at 11:00 o’clock.
past year.
UNDERTAKERS
It will be a joint service of
of the Delta-East Richmond“As we enter 1942, we are
Surrey JCCL will celebrate the the Church and Sunday School, faced with the possibility of
Yuletide at the old Sunbury and Rev., K. Shimizu will having to expand our activities
Specialists in
Hall, December 31, from 8.30 preach on the sermon topic: still further. If necessary we
p.m. with a social and dance. “The Year of Our Lord.”
may have to double our efforts
Shipbuilding
Established 1912
Miss Katherine Shimo-Taka
George Sasaki will be master of
in order that we may continue
304 Dunlevy Ave.
High. 0141
hara will be the soloist.
to assist Britain, our Allies,
ceremonies.
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and at the same time take care
Powell YP Annual-Chiyo Hyodo New Prexy of any emergencies that may
1969 West Georgia
arise as a result of war on the
Vancouver, B. C.
A major project for the year moto, secretary; Shotaro To Pacific.
Red Cross will not
mita,
treasurer.
1942 that the Powell Young
fail to meet its responsibilities
People’s Society will under Convenors include:
Martha Kayahara, M u n e and obligations,” ’ he said.
take will be to issue an annual,
Arikado, Kazuye Sada, Myea
in eluding pictures of every Okamura, Koto Yatabe, Sadao
member of the society, it was
S. Sasaki
announced at the annual gen Nikaido, Fumi Toyama, Yuki
Arai, Ina Kayahara, Johnny
eral meeting Sunday.
Tanaka,
Molly Fujita, and FuOKASHI
Chiyo Hyodo was elected
sako Inose.
and
president of the Society,
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
Teiko Ide fills the newly
heading a long list of nine created post of social service
CONFECTIONERY
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teen executives. Norah Fu convenor and Kay Kato, de
398 Powell Street
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jita and Henry Ide are vice- bate convenor.
357 Powell
.
•nresidents;
Sachiko TakiKasey. Oyama was appointed
managing editor for the an
nual, assisted by a staff of
some ten members. _
r. c. a. victor Art K. Tateishi
Magazines for Soldiers
Members were urged to co
D I O S
R
AT
operate in the magazine drive
being carried on by the Union
H E I N T Z M A N
GENERAL MERCHANTS
Social Service department to
ON SEYMOUR
S
gather old magazines to Pro
Goods, Groceries and Provisions
vide reading material for milior
L E S A G E
tary camps.
SEE
P I A N O S
In an informal report, retirA COMMUNITY STORE FOR SERVICE
ing president Eiji Yatabe
River Radio
AND SATISFACTION"
INSTRUMENTS
pointed to the spring concert,
the successful drama festival
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Service
318-324 Powell
entry, and the debate supremVancouver, B. C.
acy of the Young People’s
STEVESTON,
B.
C.
the
past
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Union as highlights of
year.
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fen Cossacks To Appear Here
J singing giants of the the Don River Valley, these 34 men.
31—Delta.' East-Richmond, Surrey
(io come to .Vancouver, since their invitation to the official
JCCL Social, S.30 p.m., Sunbury See;
choir, of the Orthodox St. Sofia
School Hall.
B.
Bulgaria's capital. have
31—Hompa New Year Live feervice| and 7. under the managc- Cathedral in
Jai
than 1.000.000 miles
• An Engagement ...
10 p.m..
JJilker Attractions, are the travelled more
s Blessed Event
JANUARY
mer
of* very wide interest was
ro
sing
over
4.000
concerts in almost
fem Cossack Chorus, foundBorn on December 26 at the announced Sunday, December 1_ —New Year’s Day Services:
orit
every
corner
of
the
earth.
Hompa Temple, 9 a.m.
cd'
/Serge Jaroff’s direction in a
Vancouver General Hospita 28th, at the home of the bride
Church of Ascension, 9 a.m.
With folk tunes. Cossack soldier
/ camp near Constantinople
S. S. & Junior Church, 10 a.m. mi'
was a baby daughter to Mi. elect, when Miss Pat Sumie
songs and liturgies dating back 1.000
Holy Cross, 10 a.m. & 11 a.m.
and Mrs. T. Isomura, (nee Kawajiri was betrothed to Mr.
mo: span 20 years ago.
Powell Church, 11 a.m.
years, these Muscovite mclooists sn©escendants of the race of Stenka
Louise Tsuchiya), of 63321—Celtic
Cannery
Y.P.
Social,
now in their 1 2th season.
Harry Adachi.
School Hall.
„
Cordova Street.
Miss Kawajiri is the eldei' 5_ Taiwakai-Keiyukai Koller 1 ar Bazin. greatest hero of the centuriesThis musical corps is the product
old Cossacks, who lived and died in
ty, Happyland. 7.30 p.m.
• Dr. Jo Kato
(daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I.
of diminutive Serge Jaroft s enter
Home for Holidays
Kawajiri, 134 Powell, while
prise. His choirmaster training in
Holidaying at home for a ^,e groom-elect is the fourth
stinctively fashioned a brilliant en
few days, Dr. Joichi Kato spent son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Adachi
R. Merrither of Vancouver semble out of a host of bedraggled,
a few days with his parents, of Bioedel, B. C.
was the lucky winner of the homesick prisoners. Leading them tn
Mr and Mrs. S. Kato, 1234
Baishakunins for the en- Hompa Buddhist Temple
phonola radio in the Rissho song around the evening campfire, he
West 6th. He returned Tues- gagement are Mr. and Mrs. K.
SpeciaTNew Year’s eve serv Girls’ Club benefit raffle, with sensed the motion in their voices and
welded them into an artistic aggre
day to Edmonton, where he is HOtta and Mr. and Mrs. m ices will be held at the Hompa ticket No. 95.
house surgeon at the Edmon- Sumi of Vancouver.
S. gation. Shortly after their fame
winners were:
Other
Temple at 10 p.m. December
No.
4
4
7,> spread beyond the military prison, a
Ruskin,
ton General Hospital.
a Japanese Students’ Club
31. On the following day spe- Okubo,
■ knowing concert manager set them on
City,
Nd.
the
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A business meeting of
cial services for the new year clock; M. Taguchi
Natsuhara,
■ the first of their world tours.
186 cushion; K.
Ads
Jauanese Students’ Club will be will be held from 9 a.m.
Glassies aus
the campus on Friday,
at-,
Tickets for this outstanding
<
city No. 60. lamp and shade;
Church of Ascension
i
sale
at
Hilkcr
K. Ebisuzaki, city, No. 521, t raction are now on
TRANSPORTATION
Tnnu-v 9th
in A^ts
207 sec
at
FAST
COURTEOUS SERVICE^ ~Vu
b policy
for the
Newly confirmed communi
Attractions box office, .elly’s Music
photo
album.
cants
will
join
with
their
par
Nabata Taxi, Highland 0/ o. I
^ term will be outlined. All
The Rissho Club members Store. 632 Seymour Street. Mail
ents and other adult members wish to extend thanks to the orders will receive prompt attention.
GIRL WANTED' members are urged to turn out
DECEMBER,
New Year's Services
At Local Churches
Rissho Raffle
at the annual New Year Com
-ypppTENCED
JAPANESE to discuss many important ques- munion, which will be held in public for their co-operation.
the Church of Ascension, 1701
girl or woman to help with tions.
* *
light housework 9 to 5 Monday
W. 3rd Avenue, on January 1 Red Cross Is Second
to Friday. Week-ends free. © Purse Snatched
at 9 a.m. Rev. G. G. Nakayama
WEDDING CAKES
Line Of Defence
Sleep out. $15.00 per month.
^ purse containing $5 in will be the celebrant.
Sunday School children ano
“Since the outbreak of war,
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| cash and personal effects was
Fresh and
will
the people of B. C. through
snatched from Mrs. A. Tobo, Junior Church members
Delicious
their local Red Cross branches
827 E. Cordova, Monday night. meet at 10 a.m.
lave met every call made upon
Mrs. Tobo told police she was ® Holy Cross Church . . .
Sukiyaki and
Holy
them
for the production of
walking in the 700 block Pow
On New Year’s Day,
Japanese Dishes
hospital
garments, comforts for
ell, when she was accosted by Cross Mission will observe Holy
two youths. One grabbed her Communion in both English TOOPS, clothing for bombec
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purse, and both ran off up and in Japanese, the former at victims, ambulances,, mobile
“An old world atmosphere."
to
pur342 Powell Street
10 a.m., the latter at 11. Dur kitchens and money
Heatley Ave.
such
as
chase
many
things,
ing the services, special inter
war parCeltic Young People To
cessions will be held in observ- food for prisoner-ofcels,
blankets
for
Britain,
med
ance of the national day of
Hold New Year’s Social
ical
supplies
for
Russia,
special
Telephone: PA 6826
The young people of Celtic prayer.
hospital equipment and other
Cannery will gather Thursday, Powell United Churcn
362 Alexander St.
urgently needed articles,
January 1, in the evening at
Powell Japanese U n i t e c states Mr. F. W. Tuffrey, com
the local hall, for their annual Church will take part in. the missioner of the B. C. Division,
New Year’s social.
National Day of Prayer on Canadian Red Cross Society,
ARMSTRONG
January 1, with special New when reviewing Red Cross
® Upper Rivei’ Social . . .
Year’s Day services to be held work in this province for the
and COMPANY
Despite war clouds, members at 11:00 o’clock.
past year.
UNDERTAKERS
It will be a joint service of
of the Delta-East Richmond“As we enter 1942, we are
Surrey JCCL will celebrate the the Church and Sunday School, faced with the possibility of
Yuletide at the old Sunbury and Rev., K. Shimizu will having to expand our activities
Specialists in
Hall, December 31, from 8.30 preach on the sermon topic: still further. If necessary we
p.m. with a social and dance. “The Year of Our Lord.”
may have to double our efforts
Shipbuilding
Established 1912
Miss Katherine Shimo-Taka
George Sasaki will be master of
in order that we may continue
304 Dunlevy Ave.
High. 0141
hara will be the soloist.
to assist Britain, our Allies,
ceremonies.
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and at the same time take care
Powell YP Annual-Chiyo Hyodo New Prexy of any emergencies that may
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arise as a result of war on the
Vancouver, B. C.
A major project for the year moto, secretary; Shotaro To Pacific.
Red Cross will not
mita,
treasurer.
1942 that the Powell Young
fail to meet its responsibilities
People’s Society will under Convenors include:
Martha Kayahara, M u n e and obligations,” ’ he said.
take will be to issue an annual,
Arikado, Kazuye Sada, Myea
in eluding pictures of every Okamura, Koto Yatabe, Sadao
member of the society, it was
S. Sasaki
announced at the annual gen Nikaido, Fumi Toyama, Yuki
Arai, Ina Kayahara, Johnny
eral meeting Sunday.
Tanaka,
Molly Fujita, and FuOKASHI
Chiyo Hyodo was elected
sako Inose.
and
president of the Society,
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
Teiko Ide fills the newly
heading a long list of nine created post of social service
CONFECTIONERY
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teen executives. Norah Fu convenor and Kay Kato, de
398 Powell Street
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jita and Henry Ide are vice- bate convenor.
357 Powell
.
•nresidents;
Sachiko TakiKasey. Oyama was appointed
managing editor for the an
nual, assisted by a staff of
some ten members. _
r. c. a. victor Art K. Tateishi
Magazines for Soldiers
Members were urged to co
D I O S
R
AT
operate in the magazine drive
being carried on by the Union
H E I N T Z M A N
GENERAL MERCHANTS
Social Service department to
ON SEYMOUR
S
gather old magazines to Pro
Goods, Groceries and Provisions
vide reading material for milior
L E S A G E
tary camps.
SEE
P I A N O S
In an informal report, retirA COMMUNITY STORE FOR SERVICE
ing president Eiji Yatabe
River Radio
AND SATISFACTION"
INSTRUMENTS
pointed to the spring concert,
the successful drama festival
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R E C OR D S •
Service
318-324 Powell
entry, and the debate supremVancouver, B. C.
acy of the Young People’s
STEVESTON,
B.
C.
the
past
1
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Union as highlights of
year.
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DECEMBER 31, ]941
^It Last - Ink Spots Make It Four Straight
s
in the mid-holiday cage tiit
•
a
C
e
last night the hard-iuck m. & n. Tigers Oast Kedwmgs m soccer semis, 4-0
quintette finally came into
The prolonged semi-final tilt and Tony Naka clinched the
their own by dumping the re
ft
of
the Japanese Soccer League game with two more counter'
inforced Shibuya’s 24-15.
b
was
finally settled last Sunday in the second half.
Ace'ref, Eddy Ide and form
when the Cambie Tigers tucked
While Redwing goalie Yam
Keglers Standingen their hold on the tc| L=pg er Maikawa player Mike Ishida, on their best soccer suits and
ada handled many Cambie
back from the cold of Premier,
of the league.
t
Tanaka Bros.
1
decisively shut-out the stubborn shots that came raining in on
sought
to
add
their
knowledge
2
Singers i.__ __ .........._...7
Tad Kondo’s team, co^^dof cage to the badly wallowing Kitsilano Redwings 4-0.
Fuji—a.______
_....__ 6
3
him with unceasing regularity
ers
of the top spot the previous
Kondo .......,._... _______ 5
. 4
Shibuya
’
s by donning Shibuya! The Tigers were really on Tiger’s goalie George Yoshin
Giants —....—...
4
week, dropped down to fourth
:4
Lucky Strikes
4
place when Hal Kutsukake’s uniforms, but their efforts sad-! the drive and determined to aka had a comparatively easv
Asahis
„ . :
6
3
"Lucky Strikes” nosed them ly lacked effect as M. & N. led ’ prevent any repetition of the time idling between his posts.'
2
-4.
Maple Leafs
2
7
East Enders _.
The final series between the
out two games. Otto Yanagi- by Shig Ashikawa, former ace near defeat^ the previous week
6
Nishino _____ ___.____0
_
walked
all
over
them,
when
the
Redwings
scored
an
Cambie Tigers and Ex-Nippons
zawa’s Singers and Roy Fuji sniper
Ashikawa
sniped
in
14
points
early
goal
and held them score begin on Sunday,- January n
Excitement and team com- moto’s Fuji’s climbed up to
less until practically the finish at 10.30 a.m. It will be a twopetition reached an all-time second and third spot by vir for the winners.
out-of-three series.
Shibuya’s enjoyed a moment-j of^he, §ame'
.
,
hot pitch last Monday night tue of clean sweeps.
ary
lead
in
the
first
quarter,!
Captain
N.
Takenaka
booted
In the high three-game agas the enthusiastic keglers of
but were no match for Mr. two in between the posts in the
the
Men’s
5-Pin
Bowling gregate totals of 4he night,
Nose’s boys as Sakai Tsuka- first halt anoShoiesKc^ KEEP UP YOUR COURAGE, FOLKS!
League swung into their third Koichi Kaminishi of Asahis
week,
recording plenty of ran up the biggest string of moto and Tak Machida outby hitting 212-263- razzled the school crew.
strikes and spares. Two of the marks
In the Intermediate curtain
Th© Happiness of Your/ Loved Ones
new league’s records, the high 238 for a grand total of 718
Jack Koyama came a raiser, Ink Spots chalked up
singles and team aggregate pins.
close second with 183-253-275 their fourth straight win over
mark were smashed.
© Who doesn't think .of the happiness of their
for
711. Other high bowlers of Joe Akiyama’s Comets 24-15.
George Shishido, Asahi’s
loved ones, especially in times like these? A
fourth man, couldn’t miss the evening were George Shi
Shibuyas—Yamada 2, G. Ide 2, E.
well thought-out plan of protection for your
the groove last Monday, shido. 686; Sab Kubota and Ide, Mitsui, Ishida, Yamashita,
Nishio
6,
Hirano,
Obokata
5,
Mori
family can be arranged on as little as $10 a
spilling the pins to establish Mas Ishihara, 674 and George yama—15.
M.
&
N.
—
Tanaka
4,
Nobuoka
2,
Tsujikawa,
673.
a high singles record of 325.
month. The Dominion Life Assurance Company
Ashikawa 14, Machida 10, Tsuka
Shig Yamashita’s mark of
moto 3, A. Tokawa 4—'37.
can provide modern Protection and Investment
MONDAY’S RESULTS
291, made in the first week
Ink Spots—Onizuka 4, Goto 4,
1
Lucky Strikes 2—Kondo
Bonds to meet your every requirement.
Tanaka -10, Akiyama 2, -Nikaido 4,
was the former record.
Lucky Strikes 1017
875 991-—2883 Onishi—24.
In team totals, Asahis broke Kondo ———— 909 1106 885—3000
Comets—Maikawa 2, Toyama 6,
Singers 3—Maple Leafs O
Natsuhara 1, Uyeno, Miyazaki 2,
© See . .
the pin-boys’ backs spilling Singers
?
948 1038 930—2916 Funamoto 4—15.
911—2655
Maple Leafs - 833
911
3109 pins.
EDWARD 7. OUCHI
Giants O
With substitute Frank Ni Fuji - Fuji 3—
936 965 1017—2918
• .SHUTTLE .LOOP BEGINS
984—2726
820 922
kaido and ace Steve Ebata G-iants
Dominion, Life Assurance Company
2—East Enders 1
Director ‘Mat’ Matsui an
smashing the pins for 689 and AsahiAsahi
-___ — 983 1070 1056—3109
MArine 0354
1831 Marine Building
687 respectively, Tanaka Bros, East Enders 950 912 1086—-2948 nounces the opening of the
Tanaka
Bros.
3
—
Nishino
O
Japanese
Badminton
League
Highland 3334-L
took a clean sweep of George Tanaka Bros 986 914 915—2815
504 E. Hastings
Nishino’s quintette to strength- Nishino ___ 840 796 677—2 713 on Monday, January 5.
■ Shishido Sets Singles Mark at
Tanakas Sweep Series - Lead LI
i®
PuMic Notice!
© Newspaper Clipping, Dec. 24^ 1941
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ail Radios and Binoculars, etc.
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THIS MAY HAPPEN HERE SO BE SMART AND SELL US YOUR
CAMERAS AND EQUIPMENT AT ONCE. WE PAY CASH AND
WILL TREAT YOU FAIR AND SQUARE. WE BUY EVERY MAKE
AND DESCRIPTION OF CAMERA, RADIO AND FIELD GLAS-
SES.
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77 East Hastings Street
(Cor. Columbia)
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PAGE 4
L
DECEMBER 31, ]941
^It Last - Ink Spots Make It Four Straight
s
in the mid-holiday cage tiit
•
a
C
e
last night the hard-iuck m. & n. Tigers Oast Kedwmgs m soccer semis, 4-0
quintette finally came into
The prolonged semi-final tilt and Tony Naka clinched the
their own by dumping the re
ft
of
the Japanese Soccer League game with two more counter'
inforced Shibuya’s 24-15.
b
was
finally settled last Sunday in the second half.
Ace'ref, Eddy Ide and form
when the Cambie Tigers tucked
While Redwing goalie Yam
Keglers Standingen their hold on the tc| L=pg er Maikawa player Mike Ishida, on their best soccer suits and
ada handled many Cambie
back from the cold of Premier,
of the league.
t
Tanaka Bros.
1
decisively shut-out the stubborn shots that came raining in on
sought
to
add
their
knowledge
2
Singers i.__ __ .........._...7
Tad Kondo’s team, co^^dof cage to the badly wallowing Kitsilano Redwings 4-0.
Fuji—a.______
_....__ 6
3
him with unceasing regularity
ers
of the top spot the previous
Kondo .......,._... _______ 5
. 4
Shibuya
’
s by donning Shibuya! The Tigers were really on Tiger’s goalie George Yoshin
Giants —....—...
4
week, dropped down to fourth
:4
Lucky Strikes
4
place when Hal Kutsukake’s uniforms, but their efforts sad-! the drive and determined to aka had a comparatively easv
Asahis
„ . :
6
3
"Lucky Strikes” nosed them ly lacked effect as M. & N. led ’ prevent any repetition of the time idling between his posts.'
2
-4.
Maple Leafs
2
7
East Enders _.
The final series between the
out two games. Otto Yanagi- by Shig Ashikawa, former ace near defeat^ the previous week
6
Nishino _____ ___.____0
_
walked
all
over
them,
when
the
Redwings
scored
an
Cambie Tigers and Ex-Nippons
zawa’s Singers and Roy Fuji sniper
Ashikawa
sniped
in
14
points
early
goal
and held them score begin on Sunday,- January n
Excitement and team com- moto’s Fuji’s climbed up to
less until practically the finish at 10.30 a.m. It will be a twopetition reached an all-time second and third spot by vir for the winners.
out-of-three series.
Shibuya’s enjoyed a moment-j of^he, §ame'
.
,
hot pitch last Monday night tue of clean sweeps.
ary
lead
in
the
first
quarter,!
Captain
N.
Takenaka
booted
In the high three-game agas the enthusiastic keglers of
but were no match for Mr. two in between the posts in the
the
Men’s
5-Pin
Bowling gregate totals of 4he night,
Nose’s boys as Sakai Tsuka- first halt anoShoiesKc^ KEEP UP YOUR COURAGE, FOLKS!
League swung into their third Koichi Kaminishi of Asahis
week,
recording plenty of ran up the biggest string of moto and Tak Machida outby hitting 212-263- razzled the school crew.
strikes and spares. Two of the marks
In the Intermediate curtain
Th© Happiness of Your/ Loved Ones
new league’s records, the high 238 for a grand total of 718
Jack Koyama came a raiser, Ink Spots chalked up
singles and team aggregate pins.
close second with 183-253-275 their fourth straight win over
mark were smashed.
© Who doesn't think .of the happiness of their
for
711. Other high bowlers of Joe Akiyama’s Comets 24-15.
George Shishido, Asahi’s
loved ones, especially in times like these? A
fourth man, couldn’t miss the evening were George Shi
Shibuyas—Yamada 2, G. Ide 2, E.
well thought-out plan of protection for your
the groove last Monday, shido. 686; Sab Kubota and Ide, Mitsui, Ishida, Yamashita,
Nishio
6,
Hirano,
Obokata
5,
Mori
family can be arranged on as little as $10 a
spilling the pins to establish Mas Ishihara, 674 and George yama—15.
M.
&
N.
—
Tanaka
4,
Nobuoka
2,
Tsujikawa,
673.
a high singles record of 325.
month. The Dominion Life Assurance Company
Ashikawa 14, Machida 10, Tsuka
Shig Yamashita’s mark of
moto 3, A. Tokawa 4—'37.
can provide modern Protection and Investment
MONDAY’S RESULTS
291, made in the first week
Ink Spots—Onizuka 4, Goto 4,
1
Lucky Strikes 2—Kondo
Bonds to meet your every requirement.
Tanaka -10, Akiyama 2, -Nikaido 4,
was the former record.
Lucky Strikes 1017
875 991-—2883 Onishi—24.
In team totals, Asahis broke Kondo ———— 909 1106 885—3000
Comets—Maikawa 2, Toyama 6,
Singers 3—Maple Leafs O
Natsuhara 1, Uyeno, Miyazaki 2,
© See . .
the pin-boys’ backs spilling Singers
?
948 1038 930—2916 Funamoto 4—15.
911—2655
Maple Leafs - 833
911
3109 pins.
EDWARD 7. OUCHI
Giants O
With substitute Frank Ni Fuji - Fuji 3—
936 965 1017—2918
• .SHUTTLE .LOOP BEGINS
984—2726
820 922
kaido and ace Steve Ebata G-iants
Dominion, Life Assurance Company
2—East Enders 1
Director ‘Mat’ Matsui an
smashing the pins for 689 and AsahiAsahi
-___ — 983 1070 1056—3109
MArine 0354
1831 Marine Building
687 respectively, Tanaka Bros, East Enders 950 912 1086—-2948 nounces the opening of the
Tanaka
Bros.
3
—
Nishino
O
Japanese
Badminton
League
Highland 3334-L
took a clean sweep of George Tanaka Bros 986 914 915—2815
504 E. Hastings
Nishino’s quintette to strength- Nishino ___ 840 796 677—2 713 on Monday, January 5.
■ Shishido Sets Singles Mark at
Tanakas Sweep Series - Lead LI
i®
PuMic Notice!
© Newspaper Clipping, Dec. 24^ 1941
WASHINGTON—All Japanese will be required to surrender all cameras and equipment
ail Radios and Binoculars, etc.
ferTrlrTrlrlrTcIcIIrWTcTc^^^
THIS MAY HAPPEN HERE SO BE SMART AND SELL US YOUR
CAMERAS AND EQUIPMENT AT ONCE. WE PAY CASH AND
WILL TREAT YOU FAIR AND SQUARE. WE BUY EVERY MAKE
AND DESCRIPTION OF CAMERA, RADIO AND FIELD GLAS-
SES.
B. C. Collateral Loan
77 East Hastings Street
(Cor. Columbia)