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The New Canadian
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Vol. V, No. 13

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• Today's HEADLINES

VANCOUVER, B. C.

i Seattle Goes On

Okanagan okif-i
ONT. GIVES BID

January 30, 1942

Serious labor shorta

ia ) a?; The War Situation—
Singapore's Last Stand

Beer Parlours Are O.K.

For The Duration

The defenders of Singapore were
Good news for those off the wag­
0 a K bracing themselves for their last
) ^t stand as the Japanese advance came on was the government report today
within 1 8 miles of the Strait of Jo- that despite the request of the tem­
e suci hore today. The Strait of Johore perance groups, there will be no
separates Singapore from the main- closing of beverage rooms and
liquor shops.
nHland.
as Pf ;There had been fierce fighting at No More Sugar Bowls
Sedensc and the Kulai region yesAll sugar bowls are extinct from
dinarif terday and Tokyo claimed today restaurant tables today as members
S’ SUithatSedenac fell last night. A Jap- of the local police force went about
07 ^Lanese. drive down the west coast was enforcing the regulations of the
of re> keeping step with the main drive sugar rationing decree yesterday.



er P‘’and. .90,000 Japanese troops were
FDR
60
Today
lews ('said to have been hurled into the
to til final assault on the island fortress.
One half of the greatest co-starJapanese air raids were also tking nng team in the world, President
toll of the Singapore defenders in Franklin D. Roosevelt, celebrated
by artheir'frequent attacks on the strono- his 60th birthday today.
preseihold.

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protected ^eat, so tatin addition to road project X
industry and agriculture mav absorb considerable numbers of
Thanked By Govt.
the “removees.”
In a surprise vote the Brit­
Acknowledgement of the
ish Columbia Fruit Growers'
telegram sent to the Prime
convention voted Thursday in Boat Owners, Buyers
Minister by the National favour of allowing Japanese
Japanese Canadian Citizens’ to be brought to the Okan­ To Agree Themselves
League is contained in a let- agan to help handle the fruit
crop.
ter from Dr. H. L. KeenleyIndividual negotiation be­
Ontario
Wants
Workers
side, assistant under-secre­
tween owner and prospective
Labour
shortages
in
Ontario
buyer
null be maintained as
tary of State for External
have prompted lumber com- far as possible in placing the
Affairs.
Janies in Cochrane in northern
“I have been asked to Ontario to ask the Federal Gov- Japanese Canadian fishing fleet
to other hands, according to a
acknowledge your telegram ™nt 10 tFanSfer ”” of the statement
issued by A E Meof January 14, addressed to fc^^“fic faster, secretary of the VeS
the Prime Minister,” wrote Coast areas to this district.
Commission.
Dr. Keenleyside.
“He is
v
I ^ as believed that those re^
H an
an agreement
agreement is
is reached
reached

must be submitted to the com­
mission for approval. If an
requir

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cannot be reached,
Nisei and Chinese Hel|
mgy
shortly
be
given
out.
the
commission will arbitrate
of airRussians Advance But
tially with the difficult I,, .....
In High School Invention
the
differences.
It will also
PoliaAllies Setback in Africa
question with which it has f011c ans Argue
A
gadget
invented
by
a
Kitsilano
I
help
buyers
contact
owners.
u^cmca
Dy
a
Mts
ano
I unde
been confronted in connecAt the same time the governW
^'
J
he
Russian
acJ
vance
High
School
metalwork
teacher
Mr
' allc was, the only cheerful note for the F. Lowe i ' '
New Westminster sources re­
tion with Canadians of Jap- meht’s policy in respect to the
is designed to eliminate' the’
sent i^ujgj
anese
race
and
Japanese
naP®
ca
^
Japanese
question
came
ported
that a number of the
forces in
i waste ot
7 as superior Axis forces
of time eencountered in teachtionals in British Columbia under fire in the House of Com - boats have been towed to ship­
Libya retook Bengazi and forced the ing cadets to aim a Hi
aim a rifle. The studand
wishes me to thank you monS) where Howard Green, yards to repair damage to hull
• de enders f0 hll back. The ents who assisted Mr
, . .
• Lowe in the
for the statement that the M,P? Vancouver, lashed out at and engine caused by mis­
a 55,3,15 W6re menacin9 the Dnieper designing of this invention were a
League is prepared to assist the iH^equacy of Pacific Coast handling. A number of sunk­
in the Russo-German con- Nisei, Tsuneo Omotani, a Chinese,
^e Conservative en boats were lifted from the
the Government in carrying e^ences'
M
point had been taken by Russell Shumm, and two white stud­
is
j
member
from
Point Grey scor­ bottom by the Fisheries snag­
out whatever measures :
th®-Nazis eleven months ago And ents, Stan Mason and Ray .Gould.
ed the government for its de­ puller.
deemed necessary.
Were harrying the
lay.
Fishing companies are re­
^hH,Uns' Hltler to,d the German peoI
His
attack
was
seconded
by
ceiving prior rights of pur­
orbble that he did not know whether
George Cruickshank, Liberal chase in the transfer.
the war would end this year or not.
M.P. Chilliwack, who told the| =
beha.1-? P^ California Coast
'House that “If conditions are
sr th/.0*? thlS S'de of the Pacific, the
allowed to continue as they Filipino Swings At
Grim
signs
of
deepening
feeling
against
resident
Jap
­
bave^ been allowed to continue
rea (J;,S,’Nav'/ announced that an enemy
anese
Americans
in
the
United
States,
both
first
and
in
the Far West everybody out Nisei, Punches Pal
submarine had been sighted off the
second
generation,
were
appearing
this
week
along
the
there will be speaking JapanC0fa,lrofnia CO3St yesterday and the
ese.
Pacific
Coast,
as
Japan

s
military
successes
in
the
Far
iavy;was conducting a search for it.
East continued.
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Surprise Vote
SEATTLE. — (Great North­
Three
weeks
ago,
Mike
Masaoka,
nationally-known
^df1? Council Headquarters
The Okanagan vote, favoring ern)—What started out to be a
secretary of the Japanese American Citizens’ League,
Fo Be in Washington
the import of Japanese labor race riot between two Filipinos
warned
that
the
American
second
generation
citizens
and
came
as the big surprise of the and a Nisei hotel clerk turned
In Australia it was announced
their
alien
parents
would
face
tougher
problems
in
the
growers’ convention. In the into a slapstick movie at a YesJ^ that the headquarters for the
near future. “The longer the war drags on—the tougher
face
of opposition from the ler Way hotel.
.aortic Council would be in Washour situation will become,” he foretold. “Public Symsouthern end of the valley, as
'& D?" by mut“11 woval of
Two Filipinos told the clerk,
pa 7 may wear away and, perhaps, hate and piejudice
well as from Hon. K. C. Mac­ Haruo Fujino, they didn’t like
llied parties concerned.
will replace the present tolerance and forbearance.”
Donald, Provincial minister of
716 h\
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Japanese, and they didn’t like
agriculture, the acute labor
Unhappy fulfillment of the warning has already ap­
shortage prompted the resolu­ the tone of his voice when he
peared in several ways:
Canadian Japanese
tion that the “Dominion gov­ mentioned they had been
, Pl T?e L°S Angeles County Board of Supervisors
drinking.
ernment be requested to sup­
adQpt6^ a leaf from the Canadian book, passing a resolu­
Fujino replied, “I’m sorry,
ply alien labor, properly super­
> Association
tion calling for the removal of some 13,000 first genera­
vised . . . and that a repre­ but I’m busy. I can’t be both­
tion Japanese aliens from the Los Angeles county to i
sentative from the labor depart­ ered.” Whereupon one of the
^l0^* Hours: 8:30-5:30
inland areas.
ment be sent to the Okanagan Filipinos swung his fist in a
,
California Department, American Legion
roundhouse punch. Agile Fu­
to investigate the situation.”
fractionally anti-Japanese and ultra-patriotic, urged that
In the discussion, it was jino ducked. Like in the
all
Japanese
aliens
in
the
state
be
interned
for
the
'^Y^’ Pitchers,” the first
M5 Gore AvePA 6044
duration.
| pointed out that aliens under Filipino’s fistful of fingers con­
guard might be better than
„ ' (.3)In,Seattle’ union crew members of the Northern
citizens
who came to work nected with the other Filipino’s
Pacific Railway threatened a strike, unless three alien
ZntUk ari^’ since they would nose.
Japanese
employees
of
years

standing
were
fired.
In
a
.5
K
t0 remain in
That ired the second Fili­
5
resolution they said the Japanese employees wer “en­
the blessed valley.”
pino and he immediately drew
9
c
emies.”
Ln?AWi H-Moody, Kelowna, a knife from his pocket and
(4) In Portland, the City Council adopted a reso­
a*A L' Taldock. Rutland, started after the poor clerk.
.5
asked for a square break” for Arrival of the police put a stop
.a
lution refusing to re-issue trade licenses to aliens of
Japanese
Canadian citizens
axis countries, including 52 Japanese American mer­
£
;o further complications.
r
chants.
j
Los Angeles, the County Supervisor took
drastic
action,
firing 56 second generation employees sayFor the BEST IN FOOD
bakery and
<
I
mg it was impossible to distinguish between the loyal and
i
olS Aya ''The City itself took similar action against its
FOUNTAIN
i
American-born employees, but they were allowed to
at the LOWEST PRICES
take
leaves
of
absence
for
the
duration
of
the
war.
THE best coffee
Of Course It's The
(6) The War Department in Washington ordered the
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AND SANDWICHES
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removal by February 24, of all axis nationals from areas
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IN LIT TOKYO
grounding vital defence centres and war industries In9
aacinion
to axeas already established, the removal order
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392
Powell
Street
i
will apply to 2 others in the eight western states.
FISH — GROCERIES — PROVISIONS
Secretary Mike Masaoka, apparently, called the
PAcific 4725
cards.
Highland 0335-6
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THE NEW CANADIAN

January 30, 1942

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TOWN TOPICS

FEBRUARY
3—Red Cross Unit Work
Tairiku Hall.
S’—Red Cross Unit Annual Gen-1
oral
Meeting, Tairiku Hall, i
2.30 p.m.
9—Powell Y.P. Badminton Club
Roller Party, Happyland.
14—St. Valentine's Dance, U.B.C.
Brock Hall, 9-12 p.m., TenPiece Band. -51.25 Couple.

SEMI-ANNUAL

£

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CLEARANCE SALE

9

® Hompa Kindergarten
Continues
Classes Open New
H
HELP WANTED
@ SEHMIST* SHEERS
Term Feb. 2nd
DRESSMAKERS WANTA
new term with new clasSpecial clearing lot of this popular crepy sheer at big reduc­
ued immediately. Phone PADExter
1479-L
ses
w
^
begin
at
the
Hompa
tions.
Colors—Black, Dark Navy and Light Navy
cific 6432 or
Buddhist Temple next Monin 2 to 6 yard pieces. Reg. 89c. Per yard ______
after 7 p.m.
iday, February 2. Young chil- Special Services At
Sold by piece only.
r
JAPANESE GIRL TO TAKE Idren from, three years up to
Church Sunday
care of small home for busi­ j school age will be welcomed
NEW BEMBERG HOSE . . .
ness. couple. No children. Sal­ into the classes.
Holy Cross
4-thread chiffon full-fashioned hosiery in light spring shades,
ary $25. Phone KE 1217-L.
Sunday, February 1: 8:30
• Meirokai Thanks
good wearing quality.
rrwoDressmakers wanSpecial, per pair ________________
The Meirokai acknowledges a.m. Holy Communion: 9:45
Church
School
and
Bible
Clas-I
1 ted immediately. Phone with hearty thanks the gener­
&
ses:
11:00
a.m.
Holy
Commun
­
ous
donation
of
$5
by
Mrs.
PAcific 5713.
ion and sermon; 2 p.m. English)
FISHERMEN ATTENTION Harry Adachi (nee Sumie Pat
Kawajiri) on the event, of her service and address; 7:30 p.m.|
730 Granville Street
Marine 7437
WANTED TO BUY
Evening Prayer and sermon.
WANTED LAST SEASON’S recent marriage.
itiEDSESESEEEEBEBGEBEEGEE^^
VV„ „ „ . , .
_ . .
Alen for her ivery active in­
Powell
United
Also
Fall Net (size 7 in.) and
At 11 a.m. the congregation
Last Season’s Sockeye Net (514terest and capable leadership
in. or 6 in.). Apply Box 222. 4n the Meirokai, the- club will join 'in the 15th annual
The New Canadian. Will Pay wishes to express its deep International Communion Ser­
Things weren’t quite what mg of the League of Frontiers­
vice,,'to be held at the First they should have been last
appreciation.
Good Price.
men downtairs, which of course
United Church, Gore Avenue night at the G.V.A.A. badmin- made them feel swell.
• A.O.T.S. Night
|
RANTED FOR CASH—TWO
Beautifully colored movies and East Hastings. Rev. An- ton match at the Strathcona
Trollers (Prefer Diesel En­
The badminton gang wem|
filmed by Mr. Nakagawa were drew Roddan will preach, andjgvm
The game was O.K.. into a huddle immediately andj
gine), 36 to 40 feet long.
the centre of interest Tuesday the ministers of Japanese and Niseiville’s Strathconas erased
Phone New Westminster 450workers^
night, when the Powell A.O. Chinese Churches will assist in the Woodsonians as usual but decided that war
L-2, or 'Write Box 250. The
should have priority and of-g
T.S. men’s club were hosts to the Communion.
the arrival of some 300 ARP fered to cancel the bird game |
New Canadian.
At 7:30 p.m. Junior Church wardens in the midst of the
church . workers.
President
the meanwhile, however, thef
Leslie Rimes of the A.O.T.S. services: “Christian Debtor- proceedings caused some fun. In
wardens had held a “What-the-l
spoke briefly, and Ka­ ship” by Rev. K. Shimizu.
M. YA NAG IZAWA council
The wardens were sched­ h—1 are we going to do?T
tsushi Kumagai rendered sev­ Katherine Shimotakahara will
uled to have a meeting in the meeting and had said “Ok
be soloist. Choir will render Strathcona Auditorium last
eral solos.
nuts, let’s go home” so that the)
and Sons
“All Creatures of our God and night to receive instructions in
® Kitsilano Y.W.B.A.
shuttiers’ offer was not taka|
With unanimous approval of the King” and “Crossing the Bar.” fire-fighting and so on.
So up’.
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Pioneer Representative
decision to carry on as usual the There will be an installation of accompanied by two firemen as
Which is why the morninsi
SINGER SEWING
members of the Kitsilano Y.W.B.A. the Y.P.S. officers for this instructors they arrived to find sheet has some swell publicity!
MACHINE COMPANY
opened the new term at their twelfth year.
badminton upstairs and a meet-i about the Japanese-Canadiari
Fairview Mission '
annual general meeting on Sunday,
badminton players.
1766 Franklin
High. 5978-R
Church School at 10.00 a.m.;
January 18, at the Kitsilano Bud­
(It’s all right, Scott, Macf
Public Worship service at 2 Musical-and Thriller Kenzie turned up too for a noij|
dhist Hall.
It was decided to continue the p.m. “Strengthened in the In­
§ The New Scientific 99 personal savings plan by which each ward Man” by Rev. K. Shi­ at Dominion Theatre existent meeting last night.)!
George Gershwin’s Lady Be j
Dental Discovery £ member put aside fifty cents each’ mizu.
The
Board
of,.
Session
and
month.., A donation of $10 was to
Good” starring Eleanor rowPow- | Starting Monday
§
the
Committee
of
Stewards
of
be made to the Red Cross. In the
ell. Ann
Sothern,
Robert I
elections that followed, Hisae Omoto the Junior Church meet imme­ Young, and John Carroll is the
The Year's Musical Hit
diately
after
the
service.
was re-elected president of the
top half of a super quality
“Lady Be Good"
body. After the meeting the mem­
Church of Ascension
double bill which starts Mon­
bers adjourned to Fuji Chop Suey
with
The monthly Young People’s day at the Dominion Theatre.
n««>‘!S5;
for dinner.
Eleanor
Powell
and Sunday School teachers’ This M.G.M. production is
Ann
Sothern
Following are. the results of the combined
Holy Communion based on the Broadway musi­
Robert Young
elections: President, Hisae Omoto; will take place at 8:30 a.m. All cal of the same name and-is the
• • . plus ...
vice-president,
Chizue
Yoshida; English - speaking communi,- story of a husband and wife
9
EDWARD G. ROBINSON
9 Japanese secretary, Ayako Tehara; cants are especially urged to song-writing team.
Eleanor
9 English secretary,
in
Fujiko Mori; attend and receive the sacra­ Powell’s tap dancing, and songs
Liquid Dentifrice 99 treasurer Chieko Nishizaki, Mary ments.
by Miss Sothern and Carroll
Shimizu;
auditors:
Fumi
Yamada,
9
All members of the church make it a sparkling feature.
Tokiko
Kadonaga;
special
convenor,
. with Laraine Day
|
are asked to turn out to the Others in the brilliant support­
x
Fusako Mori; sport convenor, Shi­ morning service at 11 a.m.
ing cast are Lionel Barrymore
zuko Mori and counsellors, Masae Rev. G. Nakayama will preach
249 Powell St.
PA 3028
and Red Skelton, M.G.M.’s
Omoto, Harue Hori and Fusae Hori. on the topic, “Christian Loy­
new radio comedy sensation.
”’Xi3e2l'33QI5Is2l3G'>EI5I33I3I^^
alty.”
The other half of the double 2Sm®ffigSE®
There
will
also
be
a
special
bill is ably covered by Edward
J
Seeking a New Home
Junior Church committee meet­ G. Robinson in “Unholy Part­ WHEN ORDERING YOUR TOiLET TISSg
• Consult
ing at 11 , a.m. at the usual 'ners” featuring Larraine Day
ALWAYS SPECIFY I
place.
H. S. OKUMURA
and Edward Arnold. It is a
The regular Junior Church gangster - newspaper m e 1 oReal Estate Agent
£
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334 Powell Street
PAcific 8716
| and Sunday School
services drama with Robinson who is
IT IS SOFT. SANITARY & SOLUBl:j
will take place at 10 a.m. And famous for his portrayal of '
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SMITH, DAVIDSON |
at 7:30 p.m., Rev. W. H. Gale Editor Steve Wilson of the
will be in charge of the Even­ “Big Town” show on the radio,
WRIGHT CO. ITS. I
song.
as a crusading newspaperman, r

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New Kindergarten
Classes Monday

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New classes for young chil­
dren will open at the Powell
United Church and Fairview
Mission Kindergartens next
Monday, February 2.
Classes are held at 10 a.m.
in Fairview and at 1 p.m. at
Pciwell Street, and parents
wishing to enrol their children
may attend at these times.
Miss Gwen Sutty is in charge
at Powell and Miss Helen Hurd
at Fairview. Further informa­
tion may be secured from
them at Highland 4052 or 652
Keefer Street.

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young children.

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Powell Kindergarten—1.00 p.m.

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Fairview: Kindergarten—10.00 a.m.

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anuary 30, 1942

THE NEW CANADIAN

CAPITAL CITY CHATTER

Oonas Drub W oodson s^hold GV A A load

BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

icioria.—The members of,. Are the localities taking a
Thi§ year G.V.A.A. Strathconians are bviiu a good ac­
L imed Chui ch Y.P.S. were , fling at another great winter
of themselves in the city league. Last night Ne local
ted io some very interest-1 pastime? — Friday last, found
Ping-Pong Parade j count
reps
polished
off the Woodsonians 13 to 3. Strathcona K now
? ® moving pictures at the]an energetic group of them
Director “Bing" Tanaka's] leading the four-team loop with three wins, no losses and one
J IMirch Hall last Tuesday eve- "rolling” in quest of the elu- table tenn
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loop is hitting the] tie.
Miss Willows, with sive pins at the Arcade Bowl­ home
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stretch seriously this
MEN'S DOUBLES
Men’s
doubles
section,
? twhosi compliments the pic- ing Alleys here. Although still
week. Only two more sched- Johnny Tanaka-Mas Matsui i Tanaka-M. Matst: bt. Hodgscm‘Gumming (21-11)
§ [#e> " ere shown> S'ave a run- in the green” they made a
and Kennedytiled games remain before the and “Mat” Matsui-HideoMmsui-Oshimo
A Owning account of the places vis- ery creditable showing, as playoffs.
bt.
tn s (21-18) and
Oshimo
proved
too
good
for
§
during her world cruise a following results show
Taking a big lead in .the sen- the Woodsonian men’s and
MIXED DOUBLES
Hw 'ears ag0, Grace was Jack .Henmi __ ___
17 8—4 01 ior division cup race is
a-Lucy
Fujimaga
bt.
made
a
clean
sweep
of
their
the
SMicieied by both Rev. R. Ogu- Yaeko Henmi ..... .
187—294
Frances Leiper (15
and
Yuki loi _________
strong threesome from the Mi­ games.
• kennedv-Bessie Crowl (11
Y.
£ hura and Miss Willows. President Mary Okamoto . . .

. i Matsui-Eumi Deshima bt. ।
230 kado Club, with Tairiku and
The ladies’ doubles. Fumi IF. Leiper (D-D: M. Mats
^ S ] ^i Sam Okamoto of the Y.P. Haddie Okamoto
SB
216
Fail view three points behind Deshima and hard-smashing‘ 4vOt\° bt\ (,un’,ning-Graee Lufkin
2s;- 211
#s] thanked Miss Millows on
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and Hodgson-Grace Eriend
The speakers for the '
in second slot.
Lucy Fujimagari. were mvm-iuyio); Oshimo-Teiko' ide bt. cum? behalf of all those present. ' - Club meeting, to be held some
In the junior division Kitsil­ cible in the ladies’ section tak-'’ni”g-nufkin.
8$ 4 Harold Kawasoe was on the time in the very near future,
ano is setting a stiff pace with ing two games, but Teiko Ide|sui-Fu\^^
r „ sick list for a few days with
L37 5f ,ah miuied hip, but we are glad will be: Mitsuo Kawasoe, Jim­ 5 wins and a loss by default.
and Chiyo Hyodo, substitutes i ^h^T PrNnd bt. Oshimo-Teiko Ide
my Shimizu, Stum Shimizu
The
remaining
games
on
for
the evening dropped one I
the
Qtto repoit that he is well on the and Muss Okamoto.
LADIES’ DOUBLES
schedule
are
listed
below:
Fumi Deshima-Lucy Fuj
game.
TOcw io full recovery and exhi. Grace Friend-Frances Leiper
Mr. Bill Isoki, active mem­ T
SENIORS
Mixed duos 11 Mat” Matsui ll.>-D and Grace
^Vu BecU 10 be back Paying bas- ber of the Chemainus J.C.C.L. January 30—
vs. Mikado.
!(h
Fumi Deshima and Hideo Osh-i^^ (15-11):
Kketbail lor the J.C.C.L. squad executive dropped into town Fairview
bt. Gr;
G.Y.K. vs. Tairiku.
i-i- rances
tiers- fesoon
imo-Teiko. Ide lost one gameTeiper (15-9).
Union-bye.
on business earlier this week. February 6—
I
G. Leiper-B.
apiece.

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Marpole Evens Score With Mafe/as

Victoria.—The Beavers Mikado vs. Kitsilano.
chalked up their first win in
four starts by taking the J.C. Union-bye. Meiwa Gakuen.
Maikawa’s and Marpole’s deadly rivalry for the senior
C.L. quintet into camp by a February 8—
crown was evident Wednesday i at when Maypole nosed out
Kitsilano vs.. Maikawa.
40-36 - score last Thursday Meiwa
the department store boys 33-32. The score now stand at one
Gaku en vs. Tail
night. The score at half-time Mikado vs. Union.
win apiece for the two well-balanced quintettes
New Team-bye.
was 22-14 with the Beavers February
In the frenzied last minute
15—
leading.
Union vs. New Team.
scramble Maikawa’s missed at Marpole—Fu k u m o t o
Miike
12: J. Miike 10: K. Ho
vs. Meiwa Gakuen.
Terry Uyede with 18 points Mikado
least
ten
chances
of
overtak3: N aka ga w a; Fu j i ok a
Tairiku vs. Maikawa.
and Ken Kuwabara with 1-1
Kitsilano-bye.
Maikawa—Akiyama
Suzuki 11.
led the Beavers to victorv.
Vegas Win In
Yana
while for the losers Jimmy
-o—H. Mu
Play-off Prelim a; Steveston
Mukai
Shimizu was high man with
Miyashita 6; D. Naruse 20;
14.
Vegas wound up a tough kade; Niwatsukino: Oda 10; K
season
last night at the King ruse 1: Al Mori
The junior game found the
Celtics—-Sasaki 9; T. Kano 2: S.
Ed Gym by trouncing the Kano
Thunderbolts carrying their
STANDING
4; Minamimai 18; Kadonaga
w
5:
Miki
2-—40.
'
Intermediate
A
Angelus
Ho
­
2 point first-half advantage to Singers _______________ 15
6
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tel 31-49. The reps finished
the finish to eke out a close Kick Backs ______
13
HOOF SCHEDULE
13
the year with 4 wins and 6 Saturday, January 31:
8
22-20 victory over the Winged Maple Leafs
11
10
6.00—H u rrica n e-N om a d s.
losses.
Hearts. The half-time score Lucky Strike
11
10
7.00—Marpole-M onarchs.
Bros.
Next Tuesday night at
10
11
being 12-10 in favor of the Tanaka
8 • 0 0—Ta m m y 's-Com e t s.
Asahis _____
10
11
Tuesday,
February 3:
7:30 a two-out-of-three Int.
winners.
Five Aces .....
8
7.00—Marpol e-H u rrican cs.
Enders
B playoffs start with the
8
13
S.OOv Tuxis-Stevestoni
The senior game-was marred East
Screwballs
6
15
9.00—Monarchs-Nomads.
Higbies. Come out and root
by a slight accident; Stum Shi­
7.30—Vegas-Higbies (Kind Ed.).
MONDAY’S SCHEDULE
J
for
the
boys.
Your
support
Wednesday, February 4:
mizu of the Beavers hitting (15-16) Tanaka Bros. vs. Maple
will be appreciated.
7.30—Shibuyas-M a rpole.
Kozai ----------- 180 Mas Endo ......179
the floor heavily early in the Goromaru
8.30—Maikawa-M. & N.
...171 G. Kubota ....149
Sakai Tsukamoto,, Kenny
second half and aggravating an Tanaka .. ...183 Sonoda
175
S.
Ebata
Miyazaki
and Sub Miike
...189
Tanaka
.193
old ankle injury.
Onizuka ..
..185 T. Ono
196 supplied the scoring punch
Beavers:—T. Uyede IS, T. Shi­
Total
last night by potting 9, 7 and
DOS
Total ______ 892
mizu 14, K. Kuwabara 14. M Kawa­
Handicap

Maple
Leafs
11
Pins.
soe 2, P. Hasegawa, G. Saito 2.—
6 points respectively.

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Total 40.
Sing-ers vs. Giants
J.C.C.L.—Muneo Kawasoe. J. Shi­ C. Ebata
178 Yamashita __ 193
mizu 14, T. Kuwabara 10. M. Oka­ Hamakawa ....196 A. Kutsu’ke....176 ing the Miike-men. Joe Aki­
J. Fukui
170 Wakaba'shi ..165 yama missed a couple of sitmoto 2, H. Morita 10.—Total 36.
Thunderbolts:—M. Uyede 10, H, Yanag’zawa ..177 R. Hayashi....! 9 9
215 Isoshima ____ 223 ters, two free shots, George
Morita 6, O. Shimizu 6, S. Nagao, Tehara
G. Nakamura.—Total 22.
Suzuki repeated,
Kaz Sug
Total
936
Winged Hearts
Total
Saito 4, B.
956 carried on.
Henmi 4. J. Mori 2, S. Uvede 10, s. Handicap—Singers 14 Pins.'
Nagao, S. Takata—Total 20.
In the high-scoring inter
(19-20)
Asahi vs. Five Aces
Senior Standing
Yamamura __ 200 J. Koyama__ Y09 mediate curtain raiser, Stev- |
Taivos
3
0 Shishido ____ 190 Geo.* Sato ___ 167
2 R. Okuda ___ 202 S. Kubota ....165 eston finally hit the pace and j
J.C.C.L.
1
Beavers
1
2 K. Kutsu’ke....l76 Nosuye .......... .183
blasted Celtics 53-40.
Junior Standing
Kaminishi ___ 191 T. Kondo ___ 220
Thunderbolts ______ .____
Dave Naruse, hard-working1
Winged Hearts _________
1
3
Total
.959
Total
..944| tip-off man led Steveston scorHandicap—Fice Aces 11 Pins.
ing 20 points. S. Minamimai
(21-22) Screwballs vs. Lucky Strike
led
the losers
I
Hy Nose ____ 155 —
T. Kutsu’ke.—194
Miyazawa ....149 S. Okawara....l84
G. Kutsu’ke....l84
Y. Nishimura .140
Kutsu’ke_...169
R. Masui ____ 163
Tsujikawa..203

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Kitamura ___ 177 Tets Mori ___ 179
M. Sugie ____ 172 Wakaba'shi ..192
M. Nishimura 166 S. Fujita .___ 200
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Total --------- 876
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create a kind of Maginot-minded4516
never fail to humble ourselves to
That We may I theSSpb°th 'n &eat Britain and in
Truth.
es to that precious thing called
st
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niswSS k ^ ^'^ we have. Liberty. -v.ousiy Botain has not
<*i
| the airdromes there with p)X
‘th
Of that liberty, is the symbol"out
t0 retain growth
fSu
urges us, urges all men^humnnp l h^ C°mes a spirit that enough to .m^Min air superiority. Gosh, Thanks Again! . .
Jun
Too Hard Words . . .
Singapore is an admirable piece
this Time that is the Present
being’ ° overcome Evil, in
•inv
Editor, The New Canadian—
hrT conshuction as the forts of>
Editor,
The
New
Canadian^
gress and^hinWnlV^^
by the Pr0’ the Mag,not Line were models of Dear Sir: I have thoroughly
military engineering. But exper- enjoyed The New Canadian, Dear Sir: One of the betted
uphold. A lWor^ofe unlimit ^ aU decent men strive to
which was sent me last year as features of your newspaper i^
i,is — = a gift . . . May you have con­ the really solid educational ar^
°n=
bright with undentandmenT r
c°~°Peration: green and tael 6 ’ Str3te9iC ^
tinued success and guidance in tides you carry such as thW
in that World. S„ not r~^
figMs &r a P^ce
I About the rime . ,iiiw ftga. fe
verysplen- one on labour unions, public} "J
this generation, in tlie many Lands0 K a goab But we of
, goal before we find our
d ’ shall go far toward that
health, etc. As one of the comOi
bril
"
ant
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MTA
SADLER.
this knowledge a conviction? Take i^111^ Can we make Ian
mon working class, I sure di
8 lsh Qenerais, Sir Steveston, B. C.
and
—_____________ _
appreciate them.
to6S“”?:- l?Va m r
13 a long, Ian Hawlton, was sou,nding . note .
Hme^Thf'road of ?l^d?, ” ,h6 MVTvr: ' ' ' “PAGE
One complaint, though. I%Z
step. It is the vision into the S
feW have
I Jarwn •
i .
he Emperor of MY MEMO PAD’’:
think you use too many haiO
our young minds. Take courasp ana t lc^,^'e make within Hong 'Konnar ySimarked~'Hank°W/
(1) Answer editorial, “Taro words for average readers like®
orous spirit. We are unHpr
n<\ s rength from this vigSuZuki” of ^n. 19th myself. Especially these daysH1
ing not what lies ahead
norrn,al strain of mind, knowHuron/

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less
edition.
dence. Stride out to meet those toto^ unflin^S confiar
my. .. . .Ahnd'^ ho,d UP that
(2) Send cheque, $4.00, 1 when our parents are tryin(“€
army.
with an inward peace stronger
W^ ^ust accept. Then,
to and capture SinaT^ ^ ^ S'e9e
yrS' subscriPtio^ renew- their hardest to follow theAuwi
can face any man—and say__ I did in
weapon> Y°u Port ArtN
news about the Japanese situa^i
s,n9apore, exactly as
al.

Arthur
was
captured."
M.
INOUYE
f em
t ng in trut you
n the
tion in B. C. in your paper, haye
Dronh
'5
one
of
few
military
Edmonton,
Alta
knowledA in^uftoooTt^^^^
JW US by habit
it Prophets who, in this case at Ieas7
They get their children r ®F€
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explain
this and that article oir^
the earning of our dallv brf»d
X n°W CIrc™f«ence. By £eHzin\Yrt^^^^
accuracy. Dear Sir:. . . I can think of
ate those skills and unto th! d e acqu,re some skills. Elabornews to them, or even use th&F
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hme of my V(S(t, and nothing to
say
except
that
I’m dlctlonaries. But there are t£P
apparently
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was thinkino
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many big words, th^
v w-L^0
they can’t un-!h's
Find your place in the Arts
v ey command respect terms'o?kse? at"“ tT',y in|Td ^ WWe ^’^ “nyoung genius in your htnds to t^?
to take
derstand what you’re trying t§jj1
say.
of
co-operative assistance You ask on’v fOwle^.e- You need Malayan Mole w. ’
fense
bulwark.
But
theT

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WESLEY F.
skills, in professions, in the labours lnJelf‘education- in the their m W hwe launched Toronto, Ont.
paper (and some of’my friendf^ e,
many roads that lead but one way UnS-T T S°me °f the wen to !^ offensive with troops
tell me the same thing) thW
well trained ,n jungle conditions.
™“lves- ‘“^"toent with our generTto^^^^
children
are still in their earli^ ’
Dear Sir: . . . Keep up the good
Lands.
sctteiduon in the many
Singapore Island, which is about work—and whenever you feel teens so that I’m sure the^T,!
would get much more out o'LmJ,
For then you will find a respect comma
u
twenty-seven miles long and four­
only you were seeking your own Titf
g t0 you whence teen miles wide, is separated from blue—think of all the decent the New Canadian if you wouln^i
People, in our world today who
it Then, and then onirXi w^^^
Reach
S° em Hp Of the elongated want us to remember that thev avoid too many long words w^ ^j
tiOn Fo?' *U11TghtS °f Canadian citizSip *' i”S“fiCa’ Malay peninsula by the narrow
are our friends—true friends "
Yours for easier reading bating
stand on
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