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THE NEW CANADIAN
THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION

Jrai
cris-i

Vol. V, No. 8

* Reasonable Enforcement of

VANCOUVER, B. C.

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• Today’s

Valley Farmers Face Uncertain Future I
HEADLINES
But Plan "Berries For Britain

• Battle of Singapore

fruit and- berry
"The critical phase" of the battle . The small
,
----- - i’Credit Available
for Singapore, strategic objective of ^rowers along the Fraser Val­
Another brighter note
Japan's Malayan drive, hinged today lej are worried about their brought out when an^anthnA

ions

the E7om7Me?erS Of the standtas Committee on
tumed S 1?
. provincial government officials returned Sunday morning from Ottawa following their momentadd
IT®
“’e federal government. M £d“ to
ex7 a7?cXV'7Ten^ 'hat '™UM make clearer tlle
n»™r“
admlnlstat™ of the forthcoming -re-

i Phai™ of the committee, Mayor F. J. Hume said that
theientlre coastline, for 100 miles inland mWht be
ther- on the continued successes of the future, but a few members of
tative spokesman for the Maple def ned as a protected area”, from which Japanese nationals
bur fresh,

but toughened Australian the Japanese farming settle­ Ridge
Co-Operative
spiked without spectai permits, would be required to move
troops, fighting now to hold the all- ments are taking a more op­ rumours that the Co-Operative enforeement"’of X a"’ however, gained the impression that
iopl important base as the outpost of timistic view of the future.
might not be able to obtain the enioicement of the regulations would be consistent with
Australian defences.
Despite unsettled conditions ftances to carrT on some of reason and common sense, and that everv attest
maae by the authorities to reduce hardship and suffering to
First rushed into the conflict last
ns business.
and
the
uncertain
future,
one
a minimum.
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to
i hi week, Maj.-Gen'. Bennett's AnzacsL„
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Big firms with which the
amer stressed to
ppe today were reported to have stopped ™,
; A new proposal revealed by
har two drives on the Muar River front. ^e ^ew Canadian the need for Co-Operative has been doing the chairman was the setting; Fishing Committee
business in the past have not
HE less than l 00 miles from Singapore. the Japanese farmers to proup of a three-man board, to:
shown
in any way that they consider the disposal of farm; May Open Marine
program ui
of
ly t This wasj ucsuiiueu
described uy
by Deriin
Berlin sources ceed with their
m^±± piugidin
as the ''final battle of Singapore", Panting and harvesting as if I will stop giving credit.
Hands owned by Japanese na-.
Building Office
nothing
had
happened,
especi_
He admitted that the local Conals in “protected areas” i
Ugh and Allied troops were said to be
ally in view of the fact that farmers were individually worCl..... MCilcveu mar
enc. holding their lines firmly.
the
strawberry
industry
bfcause °fJhe newspaper a specially-appointed custodian L .
An
Intensive air activity continued
is
res to other fishermen
anxious
talks, but said that it was un- will be charged with the dutWfnV?
1
over tne island base, with air superi­ needed for the old country.
likely that Ottawa would go so of disposing of corner stores?
ly’ • °ase or charter them
ority counting heavily for the Jap- Foodstuffs Needed

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expected
the return of
Foodstuffs must be produced i3r as, to move the farmers;owned by an^ Japanese na-1 Commander with
cc anese forces which bombed the city
r
t i
t
B' L' Johnso^.
thand fortifications continually.
for the fighting forces over- away from their farms. “The tional moved.
D.S.O. or the Royal Canadian
son? In Australia itself, now emerging seas and for the workers at government won’t bother us”,
irst
people
due
for
removal'Navy,
to the city.
fhas, the outpost of Empire in the home.
Berry growers can was his terse belief.
will be unemployed men, who; The committee set up by the
southern Pacific, the war cabinet make a definite contribution to < Y. Yamaga, manager of the
will
be placed on works pro-government will probably meet
at’rushed through an order calling for the nation’s all-out war effort Maple Ridge Co-Operative Pro­
jects of national concern, nam-Shortly to draft the program to
oUhe total conscription of manpow'er by increasing the nation’s food ducers’
Exchange,
declared
ed by a Dominion-Provincial be followed.
itivfor defence. Strict supervision of suPPly.
that the market for berries was
committee.
; First step is likely to be the
lijabor, both private and government, _ If the government should de- suie
...so . that if a farmer were
---What those projects will be/re^stry °^ a^ ^oatS) with a de­
was ordered, and curtailment of the cide to move the Japanese °Ptlmistic about the future, he
ls
still in doubt, although Hon.!tailed description and valuatheProduction of "luxury" goods__ to farmers away from the Fraser would Plant more this spring.
George S. Pearson, provincial?10? °^ ^e craft.
conserve both materials and man­ Valley, it is estimated that on
Until the details of the deminister
of labor, predicted' An office maT be opened in
power for essential uses was ordered. the north side of the river some cisions reached at Ottawa are
would be left in the the Marine- building as headDUE
U.S. Army bombers were re35 families will be affected in released, the Fraser Valley h
^^ m Me
for the committee
1SS£ parted to have sunk a large Jap- Pitt Meadows, about 200 homes smaH fruit growers are not
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administrator,
acting
on
the
adJ
Whlch
has
The disposition of the
i ft anese cruiser, bringing to a total
in the Maple Ridge district, in- showing any signs of undertak(vice
of
military
authorities.
i
some
1000
boats now tied up at
of 6 the number of heavy naval cluding
Hammond,
Haney, ing any big project, but are
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daj units destroyed by American Whonnock, Albion and Ruskin’A carrying on their work as
xS not planned to move
It is said that full compensaho, forces since December 7.
and over 100 farms in the area'normally as possible and hop­ families along with husbands tion
wi
recOil* Hitler on the Hump
ing for the best.
surrounding Mission City.
and fathers immediately, it is tion of the
committee to all
ru Berlin official spokesman admitunderstood.
those
whose
boats have, been
vir/ed. Monday night that "it is unInterest
in
the
civilian
corps
damaged
or
sunk.
hipecessary to deny that defensive Police Press Search
meanwhile continues to grow
The committee is also exTl Jahting on the eastern front is very
among
the
Canadian-born,
with
pected
to consider claims
'??yy and that mobile warfare is
many young men preparing ing from expenses incurredarisby
necessary."
themselves mentally at least. the fishermen in bringing their
- The statement made justified
On the other hand, it is evident
German withdrawals on the RusVANCOUVER.—City police reported important clues un­ that the active service on the boats to central points from
northern British uummoia
Columbia ana
and
frian front on the ground that there earthed in a week-end of intensive investigation aimed at the front

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b
a
means
of
prov

the
West
Coast
o*
Vancouver
of are more favorable defense posi- arrest of the three men involved in Friday night’s robbery ing loyalty is much preferred.
Island.
roions elsewhere" which could be held which resulted in the slaying of a well-known Nisei youn*
lOpdre easily under the terrific onrit^ught of numerically superior man, Yoshiyuki Uno, at his home at 305 West Fourth Avenue^
Canada and the Japanese"
Charged with robbery with sweater with a white fleck
oviet troops.
32 Names, meanwhile, which had violence, two young men and was discovered in the room­
a 17-y ear-old youth are held ing house, in the room occu­
gured in the news early in the
Herman advance, appear again in after their identification in a pied by one of the men held
ie rheadlines marking Nazi with- police line-up. They were iden­ on the robbery charge.
MiJ*16 Wluteyf A6 week and more s°es to Roy Ito, a small
tified by witnesses as the men
rawals.
Although
members
of
the
lmn.1,
’ flghtln® heart. that ’s ' Canadian all the way
who held up George R. Chap­
inrougn.
J
Uno
family
did
not
positively
, A Brand New Gag
man, 233 Columbia, shortly
gAlderman Halford Wilson brought before the robbery and murder identify any ’ suspects, they
His sincere and moving
“The second generation have
noted that a similar sweater expression of the second gen­ no idea of being anything else
^a new °ne at the City Council at the
' ”
Uno store.
leeting Monday. The fair-haired
During this hold-up, in was worn by the man who eration point of view in the but Canadians . . . Some Jap­
iy of the anti-Japanese movement which $40 was grabbed from fired the fatal shots.
public forum on “Canada anese are the finest Christians
iggested that the Japanese to be the till, one of the gunmen
(3) Also found in the room and the Japanese” at St. I’ve known . . . There is a
oved from the defense areas be fired a “warning shot’’ which was a white shirt, recently John’s United Church last larger proportion of Japanese
located so many to each province narrowly
missed Chapman’s washed; a hunting knife and Sunday night won applause Japanese Christians in British
t'-.this were done, on a basis of head.
seven live .22 cartridges. Police from a congregation definite­ Columbia than there are white
Jpulation, Ontario .and Quebec
believe
that the knife may be ly more anti- than pro- in Christians ... I wish we could
The
E>uld get the majority, Wilson said. in a men were apprehended the one which one of the ban­ feeling.
face a similar situation as they
West Pender rooming
He also gave credit to the outcry house,
where a 17-year-old girl dits held against Mrs. Chap- Rev. W. R. McWilliams of the are -facing it ...” were some
’ Vancouver people and organiza- and a
youthful soldier were man s pack during the first New Westminster Japanese highlights of an address that
holdup.
ms against permitting the Japan- also arrested.
United Church, who has spent(indicated his first-hand knowe to remain here for Ottawa's de- Many Clues
I Left Shoe Found
24 years in Japan, had opened Ae^e °^ the subject.
^ion to move them from the coast.
the
discussion with a brief
He favored removing Japan­
(4)
A
wet,
sand-caked
left
The following evidence has
Np Hope Highway
(1) A .22 calibre target re­ shoe was found wrapped in resume of the events leading ese known to be dangerous, not
The Vancouver City Council who
paper in the rooming house up to Japan’s entering the war those who would and could
d forwarded a resolution to Ot- volver, containing four live Friday night Mrs. Uno, mother I and the problems
and IdUSes
causes 01
of ^Lip
M^uuicmti dim
IhCTC are peohelp LclndClQ,
Canada. “There
shells, was found in the water
wa^askmg for the completion of
of
the
slain
youth,
picked
up
a
the
pi
esent
Canadian
problem,
pie
who
know
these distinctank of a toilet on the third
e Hope-Princeton highway learned
. OnIyJaPanese known tohe tions,” he declared.
floor of the rooming house and light, shoe, when she hurried
onday in a letter from Hon. J. L.
disloyal
should be moved as
out
after
the
fleeing
bandits.
In the discussion following,
ft that the construction of the was turned over to city police.
of the solution, he de- many members of the audience
luntc
cue
stui
seeding
aj
A
bve -^ calibre cart- pa tpart
Police
are
still
seekiir
rp

•t link of the highway was not
second gun used bv the ban- ndge was picked UP bY J- Tan.
'
,
.
came
forward
to
challenge
Rev.
ai.-glided as a vital defense measure dits,
ka, 105 West
Although the first genera-1 McWilliams’ ideas. Freely exwhich
may
have
been
would not be undertaken at this
tion
had failed to establish per- pressed were the familiar antiwhich
compared
with
the
three
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In short, it's out as far as thrown into False Creek imme- short
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diately following the murder. Slor^ ‘^^ calibre bullets recov- sonal contacts with the white Japanese charges, such as “all
apanese labour is concerned.
people, hefelt that this was not Japanese are imbued with
(2) A green-brushed wool
See “MURDER” P. 2
true of the second generation. See “PUBLIC FORUM” p. 2

Many Clues Unearthed In Nisei Death

Rev. McWilliams Declares Nisei Loyal

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cred from the body of the vic- man who had fired a shot at
tim in t
,« l?zru
JAHUAKY
his mother in a holdup at their
r
ting
PeiilligA
I'
g
(6) A
in Fairview. The first
f
three of
ced a curtain and
Ai
it on
picked 1
ne a.
x in the hand, and
o
A
on
of t
wuvre
i
tackled the gunman,
Tin
discovered the automobii
nr.
uck in the left temple
lieved used in the holdup
wen
cn.
Y.F’
U)
arm.
murder, stuck in ths
townees
nave a gre
20—Red (
Wort
^
5
5*
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IS
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0
Hall.
And
1
Jann
place tool
Wel 1 -Known Youth
rybhe rorum
A
t
of
the
inku
Hall.
p
(Continued
loshiyiiAi uno whs the del*
p.m., Ten
C.A. Re-p.nion
1.25
i ms o
est son of Mr. and Mrs. Uno
and
iey are Japs, so ;
t.
or
0
er at the Advance Manufacturck to Japan.”
A t
is urn Assou
ing Company for th past nine I J press Gratitude
ti
Ox
years.
lack gathered
; Then as the forum was draw- ™
Wrvices were heId
don't let t
t the Fuji for
He was formerly prominent ing to a close, Roy Ifo, 20-yearattemoon’ January Sat
ou
from gf
a
as a member of ti ie Mikado! old mill worker, stood up to the j
the *air'i a re-union dinner to
Lock
Half
1 v,n1'- united Church, for Sue- ‘ old times and the new ituatio
o n
Scinenkt
and had been very microphone
ten
minute
v
i
0
Third
Gent
Kobayashi,
of
3
active in thletic circles. Lately. audience as
tried to in
st
he had taken up golf, and wa words to express hi
l Born, to Mr
Hajim
v
tr
suddenly
last
Fridax
i Shiga. 2591 v
a frequent visitor to the Hast
1 R in his sixtieth y
sr
ings Park course.
I daughter, their second child
: fence of lo
ex
ite.
Dan
w
orn
in
Mivc-k
is
from
9
io
pan the Vancove:
His tiGgic aim untimely deati
al Hospital.i
he
sa
.25 per c
1
ir
came when he tackled a gun
Monday. January 12.
:
will
be
available
by
Tuesda;
m
II
’1 Loose
--------------------------------------- all have . . . but we are loyal toi^Houp/his
ce
'the
following
places:
Lrme
of his front
VALUABLE SWORD COLLECTIONS^^?!!™-” 3 bUrSt N’fe t!f sons.
■of
Eiji and George j window by . large rock wa
St
TURNED in IN LOS ANGELES
daughters reported to city notice bv
) army but they won t'let
a"dT
La
L Ottawa Noda, proprietor of a confec-..
LOS ANGELES,
1 6 9 i
• ■ ■ I think we oueht to
,
can a
tionery store at 1112 West‘Pen- :
swords were include?
the I have more contact with
Street. The incident took
articles surrendered b Japan- j white people than we have. I've I thN C A
nstrong &
s late Sunday night.
ese aliens in accordance with fheen nshmg and havb had jobsU
U
orders requiring the turning in i in a sawmill, but I’d ratheri^?^ W cna"Se of funeral
similar smashing occurred you
at 6291 brain Street accordin
- An
of cameras, short-wave radios i w°xk in an office. But they tell ! H it
at
Mountain
An
to Mrs. H. Okashima, who told
and firearms.
j me to go back to Japan. "
police that a
Three Japanese said theyt^$’-gie Woogie
l!l1
i suffering
“canned heat”
were collectors.
antique T "^ don’t want to go to Ja
responsible
swords and pve up 100. Rob-! • • 1 have no country now
all
ert Kojima valued his collec I They won’t let me fight for;
©m'h
Council
Hems
•she
tion at $5,000. y
In
die
| Canada . . . they wouldn’t trust'
or your regular
I me in Japan. In Japan
Janan thev !c°inmnist- ^r;r colsay
we
Nisei
imitate
whit^

of
List
v.
eck
ret
un
­
I hope
the
WHEN ORDERING YOUR TOiLET TISSUE
The Industrial Committee o.?
stand it. dear
people too much . . . you know!!011
9
ALWAYS SPECIFY
the
Vancouver Youth Council
boogie woogie and Artie I
Fo
a ft 5 ? r Fi r ^ m
Shaw . . we’ve got our faults
T ne Hie Parade this week shows are sponsoring a conference of
' die
but ( anada, it’s our country
thing very new this week cxccnr industrial youth at which the
‘ ne~
too.”
। the jump in the standings made bv questions of war production
IT :s SOFT. SANITARY & SOLUBLE
urge
Then he paused. The audijthat smooth ballad. “The Beils of and labor’s rights will be dis­
and
ma
ence was silent. He continued, San Raquel . It looks as if this num­ cussed.
sent1,
Prominent trade union lead­
I wanted to come here tonight, ber is determined to crash the Big
the
MArins 9925
the predominance of ers have agreed to lead the dis­
but nobody would come with Toree . .
mon
m'e because we were kinda smooth and sweet songs like “The cussion. The object is to bet­
ding
i >'59 West Georgia
Bells on. the Hit Parade shows that ter acquaint labor and the
wh i
Vancouver, B. C.
the majority of we, the people, don’t youth with the role that young
A
ripple
of
applause
post
broke
r out, then swelled.
go for strictly hot stuff but apreci- people play in an all-out
thei r
“But I’m not afraid now. ates that which a swing fan would effort.
mon
The conference will be held
You’re fair-minded. I don’t contemptuously dismiss as “schmaltz''
‘v
Sunday,
February 8, at 10 a.m. & The New Scientific FLo|
KJ know how I can say it. but I but then I-suppose the voice of the
di
s fell like crying because he was people goes in support of melody in­ in the Y.M.C.A.
Ueyel
Dental Discovery
Trade unions are being invi­
standing up for us.”
The stead of rhythm . . . examples of this
fthcic
Olive Oil
youthful champion was refer­ are the popularity of Freddie Mar­ ted to send delegates and or­
3
;im as
Beauty Soap
ring to Rev. McWilliams’ ad­ tin's arrangement of the now notor­ ganized and unorganized young- been
dress.
ious Tschaikovsky s Piano Concerto workers are urged to attend.
. ofi he:
In support' of Rov came a and songs like “Shepherd Serenade" The main theme of the confer­
i’the w
| youn0g lady
and the newie "Madeleine". Com­ ence will be “Every Youngwho
said
that
in
Ivica i a
R 250 Powell
PAcific 0318 R her associations with the fish- paratively swingier songs like "Chat­ Worker a Trade Unionist;
^was
f
&»ii'O^/
g
mg people on the coast she had tanooga Choo Choo achieve popular­ Every Trade Unionist — For 0
hs exl
found that the conflict between ity only because they have a tune as Victory.”
FOR REAL JAPANESE
the first and second generation well as a solid beat . . . our and out£&ons
DISHES
came not because of the ques­ swing pieces like "One O'Clock
H
Rl°PP
and. “Stomping At . . the
tion of militarism. The older Jump
people were too busy making a Savoy to take but two of many
Liquid Dentifrice wrote
A.
living to worry about that, but never see the face of the Parade . . .
f^ ln
RADIOS,
REFRIGERATORS,
This Week’s Leaders Are:
because the younger people 1. Elmer
258 Powell St.
[Then
’s Tune.
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want to go out and go to dan­ 2. The White Cliffs of Dover.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
3. Chattanooga. Choo Choo.
ces like other Canadians.
323 Powell
4. The Bells of San Raquel.

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THE NEW CANADIAN

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madam." said Mrs

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thin kps: sh
tion she had shown since the Crisis began.
Back to normal.
'arid'.looking out into th; sonar
wcren
is o: never womu be: none of
-when shapes, cok urs. and
some people thre
t Ilie
nan
n
arte. .treasure was sale; th
won!
ulev smooth chestnuts,
twpuld never be e
9 to
&e. Poorer by a few la*
or
iSday; manence. by the conviction,
Erniel certainly be there to see the c iocii m liov
of which the most noticeable
pphy Starlings, i casual glimj
v.-m Liev
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ex-1 Suga, ‘■Jeep” Inamoto-and Tom
nzo iNobuoka.
i i’ it] loka
pants at a vermin ay
|
Fig game is scheduled
Jas. pm1’
shows tmt sometimes
jhw
9:00
p.m. At 8:00 cage fans
one won
I w’i! witness a
g mouth loo much
and an in' To The Lovelorn
the top-stand
e up trom
valuable assistant to dii
•d the aggros
:i'H;
me m I All Aidyama in many c:
■ of
conversation (not i l.es
at
am .
twop scnoduDj this
Xpert on th
The Ex-Nippons will 1.
w
:ne j .a:, eh
Tuesday: 7:00. Tuxis
w •ret new sight since most of then
It
j st
nd as happy ch
?: 3:00. Trmnv'N vs
lot o:
ysiare still active in melon-tos
I W
11 IT
talkin
id i sing. Mike Tobo. “Ide” MenAnd_ ,
7:30. Mon­
_
things
grew
really
anv- j ouve
serious- when Clem had gone off with h
ft
H'-^rclis
vs.
Hurricanes:
Anti-Aircraft B
8:30. Shiand Xin had b
up
r
o
Quern,
and
the
chilnow
yr..,

at!buys
vs.
AI
&
die.: s uav schoc
Thursdav:
sked me how he M 7’7 FM
0
mated to the w'est country, and the maids
«iaRe theis:30. Sparling v
could get a certain pl to iike him
J? g
han
o -c
Vet
UJ to bolster their former' Edward Gvm 1 Silunia-r-tw
r refugees, and she herself. more . . . .so 1 st
Uwstaw;; a:
's .flat, had signet
little bouts of st
-she lud been haunted dav a

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elia. nidi! ierenc.' m ns mem
rd IWabaek in llniform fw th- I^J*
Yeah. I
that out the gal ignored me too
come to thing of it Fv
Look thy last on all things lovely
too
- - maybe well have to
sena a letter to Dorothy- Dix . . .
P?
if none of them was killed oiGet
Hep and Step . .
die not
a ter ah. attract one of the high-explosive bombs intended f,
Victory was literally stolen ।
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power station, yet these possibilities had
been
from
under
Cambie
Tigers

nose
;
ad been
urg uh , mooLcd- a>M they had found themselves looking abruptly and
lav at a shindig and confirmed
Ping Pong Schedule
at each other. what ve been thinkin for some time last Sunday in the first of the ;
. anti at their cherished possessions, with new eyes.
final playoffs when Joe Aki-: 111 Junior table tennis
Small objects one could
• • jitterbugging is becoming yama lobbed in a high kick ^Unciay,
m thC(7Untr>’—3 Pictl1^ or two. the sxonu cumon or uonne md n o w
dition of Donne, and
Kitsilano
boosted
s no over goalie George Yoshinaka’s;^1^1’ win column strengthening
°f burnt J3de: o^rs.
the furniture, one could smoother and polished
more of the catch-as-catch-can or the head just seconds before the ^ie*r top — ’ •
moa or less replace; but one couldn’t send away, or replace, the old panel" ‘
5
rank by thoroughly
noisy heel-tapping
like final whistle to give Ex-Nip-i cMisti .'ing Unions
f
rrS’ °r thC °nC Cr°°kcd Pane in the dinin g-room window
8-1. Mikaswing music, hopping around has pons
■ wh
made the area railings look bent, or the notche
a
2-all
deadlock.
*
do's
A,
d sept pace with the
■s on the nursery doorpost where they had measured
i and is much more graceful
thc children every year. And these, among
Cambie Tigers, led by hard-i
by slammingmaterial belongings, were the ones that had suddenly seemed to matter now . . . it's more interesting to working Shig Yamashita, was:^ctory over Tairiku. out a 8-1
The New
watch and to do than the old
definitely
the
better
team
on
i
W
;
dually
hit
the
win secstodgy, conservative forms of ball; pw Another thing they had gained was an appreciation of
the
field
and
set
a
hot
pace
forij
ion
by
upsetting
Meiwa Gathe value room dancing . . . but then, it's just
(oj dullness As a rule, one tended to long for more drama rofceUFa?
the
Nippons
to
follow.

Mush

:
Kuen
6
my opinion . . .
Yxp MM 0 hfC 1""™ ‘“ h'sh pnb
3
of time win
Uy esugi put the Tigers one up : Mikado’s scored an 7-, I triX ork Super Dooper .
,.Y' had been enough drama lately. They had lived though seven wJrl
early in the game, but Nobby Aimph over G.Y.K. in the
,« many days; and Mrs. Mintver. at any rate, felt as dough 7 hud
Saw that much ballyhooed Uary Tanaka countered deadlocking i semor event last Friday onlv
The
r ecn u rung out and put through a mangle. She was tired to the marrow wooper opus about an a rm v man the game.
Fairview - Union game was
te MM d1’”1' 7 ’7 7 bOn“
'-■"-drums; and nothing in yclept X ork the other night and
In the overtime session Shig -P^poned.
found it just as good as all the ads
Yamashita, ace penaltv-kicker
Week's Games
Tri day’
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*
—(Seniors)
&tmJ,
7
'nS
A mountain range without Valievs say it is which is saying a lot
Mikado
booted
one in
between the
posts riKtay
G.Y.K.
Union; Fair
bexhaultinj
rf
*«>« Cooper who is one of my faves does to put the Cambie boys up view- R
■bye.
Monday—(J
i unions)
a super job of acting, in fact it’s his again. With the timekeeper all
M i ka do
New Team;: Union
Maikawa;
ItMTrfM important gain was a sudden clarifying of inten- show from front to end . . . Joan ready to blow his whistle end­ Kitsilano
JI ei wa
Gaku cm;
Leslie an eyeful from any point of
v
^ bluest evenings of all several of their friends had
ing the game, Joe Akiyama Tairiku—bye.
view has a couple of scenes with lobbed iii the final goal tying
fc^^r,nd
pians- Am”s
The game will be replayed
Cooper
that you and your one and fhe game once again.
il7 , Id *
“d 1 young man called Hint. who
a
.next Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
only will like . . • it’s a must see
& tn a nol, ‘ f 1
T"
Wh™
“i™" "-itched off the and a half . . .
tfben Johnny Flilt”^’
stunncd “ ’P“k.
Let s All Get 7 ogether
Standing on Powell Street got to
»fei i suppose that play of mine won't get written now I've been -p’
thinking how quiet the place had
Oh Godbecome . . . the only cheerful sound
'£, A”d °‘d. Bad8er “« “
tired growl from the depths of his a.m- was that of a juke box in a local
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^ Bun ^ mM Tn Jtnny if rou« might be a good idea if we had more
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of that ... if everybody got together
I .Mpenments.'
“ '
,nd c0"™tr.,ted on the 1. P. more and had jam sessions and par­
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h’™'t got a pen like you, Johnny, ties and so on in church halls and
private homes and enjoyed themdo, '.o
" e L
‘ L - “ ^^ Wm 3 101 of
1 «"^ >0
Have Your Car
sei-yes instead of sitting glued to the
them
°n'y *
radio and reading the ravings of
an ti-Japane. maniacs and listenin
&
>
"It has caught up to all the foul rumours
• it might
be better for everybody in general i
"But if by any miraculous - - . worrying about things aren’t
going to make them any better .
the
authorities are going to treat usikate
r’ aftCr ail’ ^s she turncd away from
the window the as fair as possible . . . Canada still
* Shell's Chek Chart System is the modern upkeep service that
i
7 WnringGable calendar caught her eye. Just a year ago. she
is
a
democracy
you
know
despite
the
»TreXinghtV^
Sam" window Putting the summer away
your car needs today.
Expert, experienced mechanics on the
Se t S IX
And here ^ W" a^- -b’ th s appearance of a Fascist-like mob who
job
always.
jj
have been hitting the columns of th.:
In
t chrysanthemums she was re-arranging, but values
Corner of Gere and Alexander
local press'for "the last month or so.)
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JANUARY 19, 1942

The Week's Reading RCAF Overseas Writes Thanks For Smoke

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p
Street

(In the summer of 1941 the Buddhist Womens Federation {
CHURCHES ON WAR
thousands of cigarettes overseas as gifts to 'Canadian soldiers in PngF
A paper pubhshed by and tor second generation Japanese in Canada,
When the U.S. declared war on
Arriving recently tn the city have been letters expressing thanks from U
Germany in 1917. the Federal
and devoted to their welfare as citizens of Canada.
Council of Churches pledged "both aaian men in London who received these gifts. Among them have k
Editor—Thomas Shoyama
thet wo following.)
'
support and allegiance in unstinted
Business Manager—Yoshimitsu Higashi
Base Post Office, R.C.A.F
measure." expressed gratitude that
Published tri-weekly at the Taiyo Printing Company
Overseas,
November, 25, 194
I the ends to which we are com­
_0c month; 6 mos: $2.25 in advance; One year: $4.00 in advance.
Dear K____ H
mitted are such as we can approve
I was up in London on my first leave and called at the "Brit• • . aims for which every one of us
Columbia
House". They treat service men very well there, esDed/
The "Help Wanted Ads
may lay down our all, even life
West
Coast
Canadians.
itself."
One of the main things they have to offer you is 100 cigarettes (•nU
have had occasion in the past to suggest that opportun\ ery different in tone and empha­
which
you pay nothing. This is very nice, especially as you can hare foi
^ting in Eastern Canada today for capable, sis was the "message to our fellow
Christians which the Federal Coun­ buy -cigarettes anywhere, even if you did have the money to do so. \ wr
eLicient, determined young second generation.
certainly shows that everyone at home is thinking of the welfare of C- wii
The war in the Pacific, perhaps, may have raised tougher cil had issued for World War II. adian soldiers and airmen overseas.
for
Conspicuously omitting the 1917
obstacles in the path of the Nisei. But it should be
rec
Well. I just wanted to let you know that your money was put to
declaration that America was fight­
that those obstacles are still higher in British Columbia, where ing to vindicate the principles of very good use and that I and many others appreciate your thoughtful res
of
righteousness and the inviolability of very much.
a® Xd ^ 15 S° widesPread, than it may be in the East
tha
Sincerely,
X
correspondent in Toronto, accordingly sends a faith as between nation and nation."
pie
the 1942 message said "we do not
SGT.-PILOT R. WALLACE
novel message to the Nisei here, who
' the
*
*
*
may be thinking of disdain our share in the events
venturing into fields where they will feel
Base Post Office, R.C.A.F. somewhat more which made it possible for these evil
welcome.
Overseas, December 5, 19; 7?
xorces to be released." and urged
Dear
K
______
_
den
His message comes in the form of
that, conscious of our participation
a full page from the
You will be no more surprised to hear from me than I was to fi: he
in the world s sin. we would be
^
Toronto Star—a page of “Help Wanted Ads
asking for men, humble and penitent before God .
your name amongst the cards at B.C. House in London'. The Agere
men, and more men.
and become His instruments for fash­ General took me in hand, and told me to look thru’ the cards to fine -x
And he adds this concise note;
ioning a free, just and neighbourly name I might recognize—;someone to thank for the 1 00 cigarettes In •■ _
given Tours was the first name I saw; there were probably others vine
world."
Tell them to'make up a grubstake and
head east. If
si ap
1 took your card, and here I am.
they have any guts, they can do it here in

Time
Magazine.
Toronto. The
, u1
kn°W whcther f°u can fully understand how much that tuni
□"CT* ^ ni“ I" S°Od 01d Van—bUt the W'
of the Buddhist
Association
is. Besides the fact that cigarettes are rate
WILL TO FIGHT
,
.
,o„S ^ iong as you,re decent yourse)( n needs a iot ^
Duty is a very -imperious Japan­ scarce and expensive here, cigarettes that suit our taste are even scan silts but anything worthwhile needs guts ...”
ese conception. It is as an iron Io receive, thru the kindness of your organization, some Canadian cig Alfie
mould, holding everyone rigid. It is ettes. is therefore doubly appreciated. Let my thanks rest there, and Japa
" ., a'
as a straight path, from which no me tell you a bit of my visit to London.
Will You Help With Taro Suzuki?
one may
m
STn arfeW days’ kaVe this Wck’ and 1 was determined:Strai
It is abov pain,
see
a
bit
of
London.
I arrived at Waterloo Station across the river frying L
THIS editorial is addressed particularly to second generation pleasure, personal ambition.
? hntd
and dccided t0 find
h°tel by bus. The Ling c
“Honor" means measuring up to
leaders in the city and throughout the province
was
handy,
but
I
wanted
to
see
London.
noytF
It is a request, in fact an appeal, for your help'in making the accepted standard, playing the
. A question asked of a bobby (complete in his hand-basin tin hroHSi
nnS “TX b‘Sger and Wler' We need your active interest game, being loyal at all costs. This gamed the neessary info' as to which bus to take; and once aboard ton
is so important that for many a
now to help us make The New Canadian a commuX
^7/
UCt°r
tO° gbd W CXhibit his kn°wledge of the ciiraide
Japanese suicide is preferable to life
L
V
T
eSSa
7
v
UCh
°f What he said’ 1 could not understand
on, serving first, as an organ of expression, and second afa without "honor".
source of information.
second, as a
n
Westminster Bridge, past the Houses of Parliametsu^ce
Plainly, when a crusading spirit is up ^hitehall, (Air Ministry, Downing St., Naval Headquarters. euMal^
Today, the war's headlines, big and huge events
combined with this stern sense of imo Trafalgar Square and up Regent St. I remained on the back of:X<
duty, a mighty will to fight results. | bus the better to see (for the windows are all frosted against blacko''^'
One hundred and fifty million time) and as we went up Regent St. I could not help but express mv SlSaA
people of whom many have such prise to see British Columbia’’ in large gold letters on the side of a bull \^
standards and sentiments are trying m§
1 Sa'd' jUSt tO ^ if 1 can meet a few old friend^se-Oi
co destroy America. It can parry
1 gOt off• and wandered thru’ Arcades and NaraBisnia
their blows only if Americans are
RegGnt PakcG Hotc1’ 1 WCnt UP to mY room, left my b^th
moved by a deeper devotion, a higher
dcSCGnded ™med>ately into the street. I must have stopped in Mainir
purpose, a greater willingness to dilly and looked rather confused for a moment, because someone came iM^’
sacrifice, and a nobler world vision. to as me i they could be of any help. (It’s amazing how kind Londol^ay,
nristtan Science Monitor. ets are to strangers in uniform). I muttered and stammered; I ra^^ht
didn t know where I wanted to go. I walked on. after thanking the pi^lt
forecasting
weather
of other people who want to know how Taro SimiF hun^eds
son, and went down Regent St. to B.C. House. There I met a few peoW
Man
is
now
able
to
make
approx
­
one o w om I knew before, and also received your kind gift of cigarette™™6
along. Today, they can know
imate short-range forecasts. He has r
u 77 thcre J Wandered further down into Trafalgar Square towar^y
service to sS i,u" LX X X
to be
reached about as far as the people Canada House. I can’t attempt to describe to you or anyone the imprWe
Suzukis to whonAX
p
Xa°
XX °f Tar° who estimated tides by the sun. But sions I received here and everywhere in London. Names were no lon^
many of the forces of weather con­ names, but actual streets or buildings or squares. So much that I
trol have already been stated with known about I now felt that I knew. But there was so much, so so mJTA
mathematical
exactitude. The way of that am still, some 24 hours away from it. quite confused at it all. T 'in f
And we need your help to give him Ms XsfcX
progress lies ahead, wide and ooen. sort out, and order this confusion of impression, will take time
°f'Am
A century hence, Siberia and PataFor example, I mentioned Westminster Bridge and the Houses^.X
gonia alike, Arctic and Antarctic, larhament m a very off-hand way earlier in my letter. I did not inte^ted
the islands of the sea and the ships to pass them off as of no consequence. The architecture alone of the Hoi®ot[
that cross the sea, may all report to of Commons would be enough to make one stop and gasp. You’ve aS 0
one great weather bureau. Then the pictures of it, with all'its ornate facade, its gargoyles? its delicate spii^ion:
published tables of next year’s weath­
o see it in stone, actually in front of you, is breath-taking. I cawW
Complete Scientific
er may be as accurate as the pub­ recreate that impression.
(
Archbi
lished tales of next year’s tides.
There is besides, the historic aspect. ’ I don’t know when it w 7^
Only man s quarrelsomeness seems bum, but it embodies, symbolizes, in some way, the British tradition ^terl
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likely to prevent this consummation. parliamentary government. From it have issued, at various times pr°¥n9
To master and apply the laws of the
a<jts .LiHs. that have made for us what we call westem detr^
cracy.
It
symbolizes
the struggle for the right of people to live in their o. °C!°be
air without a world-wide co-operation is like trying to predict tides ivay. There are besides, the great names, from Burke and Pitt to Palnn^J
with an imperfect knowledge of the ston. Peele and Disraeli, that are connected with this single building i^chbu
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intrigues, the debates, the plots and counterplots
" *h| mo
motions of sun and moon
,
I
.
tM
*
IT
■'
up
by
sa
>'
in
?
I
for
fhe
first
time,
*T "
If the final success is attained, what
£
will be the effect upon man? Will wuh history, and I was overwhelmed by it.
at the LOWEST PRICES .

Sioo"this
letter
to
Yoshi, will you? If hc wishes to use it m T U
he at last have to stop talking and
- J he
speculating
about the wcathcr? Will New Canadian, he has my permission.
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