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jVO Due At Rainbow, Lucerne Noon Today
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Further Movements This Week

About noon today one hundred Japanese nationals disombarkeo from two Canadian National Coaches at Rainbow and
THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION
Lucerne. B. C.. deep in the snows of the Canadian Rockies—
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vanguard of some 1700 who will be removed from the coast
| Vol. V, No. 23
and placed on federal road projects for the duration.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Tues., Feb. 24, 1942
Tonight they will be housed in railway cars on sidings,
1
and as soon as equipment is on hand, and weather conditions
peimit, construction of bunkhouses for hundreds to follow will
begin.
The men pulled out Monday night at 7.15 from the C.N.
VANCOUVER, Feb. 24—Fur- found in the possession of an
station, cheerfully waving and shouting good-bye to the 350
ther clarification of the govern­ enemy alien.
people who crowded the platform to see them off.
Radios, if found in premises
a
ment order made public Febru­
Theie weie no tears, no last minute asculation. Rather
of
which
the.householder
is
an
there
were formal bows, formal thanks, formal good-byes,
ary 14, banning the possession
’enemy alien” will be subject which masked both the pain of separation
and the wonder of
or use of short-wave radio re­
what lay before them.
, Wn aPPeal is bein^ made by ceivers and transfitters, camer­ 'o confiscation.
iiSer by the Japanese commitA ruling has also been issued
A large number are expect­ tive basis.
as, explosives, firearms or am- to the effect that merely remov­
of the Victory Loan Drive
ed
to leave tonight for Geikie,
R.C.M.P. officials said that
munition, by enemy aliens ing or dismantling that section
i'^ last year’s individual subAlta., just off the provincial
the men were all “volun­
within the protected area, was of the radio capable of receiv­
s^ibers to call in direct at the
boundary,
and
'
additional
teers,
” and included for the
headquarters at 139 Dunlevy, announced today by Royal Can­ ing short-wave broadcasts will groups will leave during the
most part men who had work •
adian Mounted Police officials. not be sufficient to comply with week.
^WeJP the over-burdened camed out of doors. Later groups
tfe&n workers, it was revealed Contrary to previous reports, the order. This is necessary, it
In
the
meantime,
individuals
will contain larger numbers
the order is already in effect. is said, because police officers
* was unanimously agreed to
chiefly
married
men
who
wish
* Widay.
of
“white collar” workers.
The R.C.M.P. will make peri­ who are checking up are not
ate Shinobu,
the dub's monies
to The
organizer
of the
to remain with their families,
Tools and equipment are al­
* Canadiangroup,
to help said
in the that
good the odic check-ups throughout radio technicians capable of de­ are moving outside of the pro­
"^anese
the
protected
area
and
conready
rolling out of Vancouver
'I >swas
and has
been doing
for up
ciding whether or not the short­ tected area.
fte
rapidly
picking
fiscait any of these articles
destined
for Japanese road
wave section is useable or not.
apanese
said ru“Firstpopulation/'
returns from
About half the men who left
camps in the interior, F. H. Har? i
natio^
SSa9e accom
Panjust
yin9 started
the
last night were married, and al­
M
districts
have
i rison, provincial purchasing
though they ranged in age from
fticome in with very favourux
k
' agent, said Monday in Victoria.
18 to 45, they tended toward the
> Sffle results.” he stated.
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“Stores in our Vancouver
Bl JaPanese farmers in and
lower limit, rather than the up­
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ground Mission City have
per. They were accompanied warehouses are being rapidly
li
li
Subscribed through the Paciby two R.C.M.P. men in plain depleted as cots, shovels and
equipment of all kinds are be­
R
clothes.
ffc Co-operative Union some
ing
sent inland. Lumber for
IC
As each man entered the car,
|000, while a Cloverdale i
4
■At sent in Monday 54 Jap- I
one for Rainbow, the other for camp accommodations had been
IX
5
IX IX
' hiese applications totalling i
Lucerne, bearing grips, pack­ ordered from near-by mills.
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ages, boots, he was checked off Surveying equipment is being
' kHOOO.
I
b
by an R.C.M.P. official. They rushed to Kamloops, where it
: an the city, employees of the !
k
IX
z $9
IjSjncouver Paper Box Co. and;
had all been provided with will be distributed,” he said.
IX
&
k
tickets and credentials before
I Furuya Co. have backed the
$
3 X
t
leaving their homes, and had Reciprocal Agree'nt
di Le 100 per cent, raising the
° IX
Jnd total to $38,000 at the
checked the bulk of their bag­
^' #1
gage — trunks, clothes bags, On Interned Civilians
fest count Monday afternoon.
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“kori” and suitcases.
The letter of appeal which Edmonton Nisei Joins Army As Machinist
Previous to leaving, many
b sent out Monday read in
TOKYO—The Japanese gov­
EDMONTON,
Alta.

A
22had
spent up to $100 investing
Lt.
J.
L.
Stone,
officer
in
[t: “At the time of last year’s
ernment has informed Canada
year old Edmonton-born Ni­
charge of vocational training in suitable clothing for work through the Red Cross that it
1st Victory Bond Drive, you
sei has been accepted into
at No. 13A District Depot, outdoors under all weather con­ will apply the relevant provi­
ma re voluntarily and willingly
the Canadian army here, the
who enlisted Nakamura, said ditions.
led on the Japanese Headsions of the 1929 Prisoners of
Edmonton
Journal
of
Febru
­
Pay
.own
Board

he
was
keen
and
intelligent,
irters to make your subscripWar Convention to interned
ary 21, reports.
They will be paid 25c per enemy civilians on a reciprocal
and “should go a long way.”
P • • • Although the commitHe is G. K. Nakamura, son
Another Nisei, S. P. Yam­ hours, from which they must basis, the Department of Ex­
is expecting to call on you
of Mr. and Mrs. S. Nakamura.
auchi, from a country point, pay their own board. If mar­ ternal Affairs announced Mon­
ly soon, as we are very shortHe
enlisted in the .army trade
enlisted in the trade school ried, they are required to assign day night.
ped, we shall be much
school as a machinist, and is
several months ago, and is $20 per month for the support
,01 pged if you will please call
It was stated that the Japan­
the third Nisei to have enlist­
doing exceptionally well,” of their wives. Camps will be
|the Japanese Headquarters,
ese
made the condition that no
ed at Edmonton.
Lt. Stone said.
run on the familiar co-operaI do your share towards the
interned Japanese in Allied
[cess of the drive.”
countries would be forced to do
physictai labor against their
will.
|VASHINGTON — Dies comitee agents have seized elaThe Department said provi­
By I. N.
customer.
die of enormous dun-colored
ptely detailed maps drawn
sions
of the 1929 agreement
stockings. “Nobody’s got feet
“But I don’t think he’ll like Warm Clothing
I Japanese spies to guide an
With anywhere up to 500I that big, ne oka-asan?” and provided civilian prisoners be
psion of the United States these. My brother’s fussy. They
. pulling at his mother’s coat he fed, clothed and housed decent­
>ough Alaska and northwest- look . warm enough. But the having received evacuation no­. looked at them with wide, dis- ly. It is not known how many
1 Canada, Chairman Martin color! Why, they’re purple!” tices to head for colder climatesL believing eyes. “But they’re Canadian civilians are now in­
V:fs said Monday night. The And the petite young lady of the first demand was warm
terned in Japan.
clothing. Nobody wanted frills. buying them now, all the
perhaps
fifteen,
turned
up
a
Ops were seized from a JapanNothing swanky. Dress suits; same,” smiled the clerk as he
H agent after,the U.S. entered pretty nose at the pair of wool­
handed the lady her parcels
A representative of Lloyd’s
B war, Invasion beach-heads len socks presented by a har­ and hats, smart-looking pants, and change.
dress
gloves,
ties

though
assed
clerk.
Registry
placed a value of $22,H^e B. C. Coast are marked
greatly
reduced

were
strictly
But
others
weren

t
so
particu
­
000 and $21,000 on the Kuro­
Tough Sledding
the maps) according to the

no
dice

.
lar.
And
all
along
Powell
Street
shio
and Arashio, sister fish
With
jobs
lost
as
the
result
Wort.
“What do I care what it of the war, many Japanese fam­ packers owned by C. Nakamura,
where business had once slack­
ened almost to a standstill prior looks like?” growled one husky ilies, their resources slowly and commandeered by the Roy­
to the government demanding fellow, one arm already loaded dribbling down the drain, were al Canadian Navy, at a board
fean Falls J.C.C.
the evacuation of Japanese na- down with “tin” pants, clothes, finding it tough sledding to of review Monday.
onafes To Paper
tionas buyers were crowding bag, a sweat shirt and blankets, find* the extra dollars necessary
^ew Canadian wishes to
while fingering a suit of wool­ to pay for their future needs,
into stores.
EXPERT ADVISOR FOR
knowledge with especial thanks
“Almost,” said one energetic en underwear. “I’m not going but the stores were helping out.
YOUR FAMILY PROTECTION
!e donation of a substantial sum
salesman, “like a Christmas to any tea-party.”
Prices were reduced. And as
the Ocean Falls Japanese
Woollen underwear, work one young proprietor put it, “A
SEE
rush.”
Radian Club, which has been
socks, work shirts, boots, mit­ lot of trade but not much
Yet not all stores.
because the majority of
The larger department tens, and sweaters headed the profit. But we’re all in the
S. Shinobu, C.LU.
2 ers are leaving Ocean Falls.
stores; shoe stores, drug stores list. Next came blankets, same boat.”
—all those dealing ip men’s baggage, “tin” pants, coats
Strangely enough photog­
AGENT
work clothing and travel neces­ and pants, helmets! rubber raphers were still doing an en­
Manufacturers7
sities were doing a rushing boots, shaving needs, soap couraging trade. The men
containers
toothbrushes—
trade—while the hardwares,
wanted pictures of their wives,
Life Insurance Co.

Oka-asan,
Took
at
these!

the bookstores, the florists, the
their children, their homes.
women’s departments were for-1 exclaimed an over-c u r i o u s They did not expect to see
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tunate to sight a single, solitary small boy as he poked at a bun- them for some time.

RCMP Checking Short-Wave Radios

Srmers Boost

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n^n

Business Booms As Removees Rush For Working Woolies

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THE NEW CANADIAN

Must Look To Future

FEBRUARY 24, 1942

Letters to the Editor

(Japanese American Courier)
In these troublesome times Prairie Enlistment
Sense of Ridiculous
Vancouver, B. C.
when
tens
of
thousands
of
peo
­
Editor, The New Canadian—
A paper published by and for second generation Japanese in Canada,
Editor, The New Canadia
ple
in
this
country,
particularly
Dear
Sir: Just to let you know Dear Sir: ... So far al] t^
and devoted to their welfare as citizens of Canada.
along the Pacific Coast, are of another of our Niseis here
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faced with a great trial, has enlisted on Active service, have had from the editor of
40c month; 6 mos: $2.25 in advance; One year: $4.00 in advance
through no fault of their own, am forwarding a clipping from local paper is sweet words :
informs me that he is sure
Published tri-weekly at the Taiyo Printing Company
and for the most part decidedly the Edmonton Journal.
he
can use any material ^
against their wishes, it seems
I often wonder why Niseis which I will supply him
a little trite to say that they from B.C. have not as yet at­
so far nothing has appe
We Can Take It
should be calm.
tempted to come over here to Perhaps I may have to
Yet that is evactly what will enlist — certainly the army
WE’RE a tough, hardy people.
serve them best in the end. seems to enlist Japanese Niseis other tactics. We’ll work
yet.
And we can take it!
This is no time to become ner­ very readily here.
I note that there are
vous. Anyone in an excited
And stand up and come back for more—not cowed, not
Nisei soldiers not far ft
state of mind is likely to lose
beaten, not whipped. Neither by man nor the elements.
here. One is Pte. Iwasa
Edmonton, Alta.
balance of judgment.
Hard and bitter things are coming closer to each one of
It is a great tragedy that • It is known that a small Petawawa, which is about !i
us. Disheartening is the manner in which rising public feeling thousands of people who have
miles north of us. The 0
is turned away from a question of military strategy in defence left their homeland and come number of Niseis travelled is Sig. >Morimoto at Barr]
of the coast, into directions which, it would seem, make it a to this country, to make homes, from B.C. to southern Alber­ field,- only about-45 miles-.fr
ta earlier in the war to enlist,

crime for any person to be of the Japanese race.
rear children and pass on the but were not accepted. This here.
We have heard that the Is
Jobs—of years’ standing—are going. Businesses and blessings of a democracy to has discouraged such at­
homes, farms and stores—built up with years of toil—are them, should now have to face tempts since. Prairie-born are to be moved “east off
going. The fruit of struggle and labor, that an aging genera­ the present situation. They Nisei, with parents resident Cascade mountains.” ' J
tion had hoped to enjoy in its old age, is snatched away. The cannot be blamed if they are in Prairie cities, are natur­ afraid that my geography
weak. Is that' a very 'di^
hopes and ambitions of a rising generation of Canadians, are bewildered.
ally accepted more freely.— order? Arid how will it aS
dashed to the ground. Family ties—between husband and
No one can say what the end Ed.
the Nisei? Judging by the-t
wife, father and children, brother and sister—these too are will be. The beginning has
rended apart.
of. “The New Canadian” ,
been bad enough.
are
all taking it with very gi
Yet, a silver lining already
A new soil, a new and rigorous climate, is the destination
“Let’s go to the movies for
of many of our fellows. It may, before this thing is through, can b eseen in the dark cloud. a change,”, urged a Nisei. “I’m grace and making the beshi
The responsibile officials of tired of going to house parties pretty rotten -'job. That’s
be the destination of all of us.
stuff! As long as you ke
But we are prepared and ready to face hardship, patiently, the government have given as­ and jabbering with women.”
“No thanks,” replied a 27- your sense of the ridiculous d
tolerantly. Who, among us, has no personal tradition of dogged surances, backed so far by
don’t become bitter, you a
determination, of unceasing struggle, of never-failing courage, actions, that consideration will year old Issei, who has been far. from being what somepJ
educated and reared in Los'
to look back upon? Who among us can forget now the genera­ be shown so far as possible.
If
these
people
will
only
Angeles for 26 years and has pie would like you to be. Ai
tion of pioneers, our fathers, who three and four score years
Canadians who think are'J
ago, pulled up their roots to cross an ocean to a new land, to keep calm . . . and co-operate never been back to Japan.
you
all the way. Just hold J
“Why be so scared. No one
build a new future. And who, with that memory, will’lie with the constituted authori­
to your nerve and your temp]
down now, simply to bewail the forces that have brought new ties, this will count heavily in will hurt you if you keep out of and keep fighting.
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their favor, not only now but the way,” the other pleaded.
trials?
.
R N. SAVAR®
“Oh, it’s not that. It’s be­
Comfort and security may pass. But the tradition of in the day of final reckoning.
In
fact,
this
constitutes
their
Lyn, Ontario.
B
cause I feel so funny and awk­
honor, of work, of courage will remain. And we have lost
only
hope.
By
such
conduct
ward
when
the
national
an
­
nothing, if we but remain unshaken in our belief that there is
them and the Pledge of Alle­ when I come out I see andh®
a place for us here in our adopted or native land. Whatever they will prove their loyalty.
9
Many
of
the
elders
may
not
giance is played on the screen screaming headlines of furS
the resolutions of the masses, there are hundreds of fine Can­
adians who believe in us and will work for us in time if we survive to see the final result, at the end of a newsreel. I can orders against us aliens. Th®
but their children will. Their’s get up and do it with the rest what gets me.”
but prove ourselves now.
is the long look ahead.
all right and feel secure. But
—Current I
396 Powell Street

LOOK SKYWARD. BLINDED
WAR-VICTIM

PAcific 8431

^E do grow up. Babyhood to childb
school-days to adulthood, we
A piece of twine, another and another,
come. Moulded within ourselves are al!
tied together formed a long, long: line—and
those many precious contacts . . . There
as he held it tightly, one end of it, this
• AN ESSAY ON HUMAN FAITH by GEORGE TANAKA
little story. This simple story tells of oa
Chinese boy — knew it reached upwards,
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us, yet has its roots and ideals in all d
swinging high and high in the China sky.
A kite he flies. His face uplifted, and warmed strength. These people arc working together them food. Their Faith is a Symbol that . . . Not so very long ago, a dear Cant
friend reached his twenty-first birthday,
by the sun and touched by the breeze, and and, as formation takes root in small work­
will not slip from their hands. Their Time is the occasion marked to stature mank
looking with eyes that saw no glimpse of ing groups, as every group defines itself to
not later than they think. Unrest has no also, did point to duty to this Land. I
light for they were blind, found expression become a distinct and capable producing
measure with them, for it is 9 part of things grace and dignity to see this very yowl
with a move that touched life, face full of unit, as the units knit together to form their
that go to dust.
one family, extend love and friendship
gleam, and the glow and glory of doing, great Indusco, all of this and more, their
the one very old in another family, of an
doing as his hands pulled, following in dir­ lifetimes see true living.
yj^E
shall
gain
a
Reality

constructed
bit
race.
He is, this Canadian friend, as
ection the long upswing of twine.
The people arc happy, for they trust oneby bit—-a reality not relative to things so very young one, a dear friend of our?
Whence came his kind of faith?—faith another, help onc-anothcr, work for oneHis hand exit
maneouverable, to such present incapabilities dear bosomed-parent.
by the touch of hand and a piece of twine another, and teach each to each when teach­
that
dissolve
the
past
and
deny
a
future.
also,
to
mine.
His
trust
is as clear as
that pulls and pulls. Never can he see the ing is the need. They work and build in
We
have
come
to
know
a
knowledge,
under
vision, and thus it is with mine. Never«
kite he flies.
metals, woodcrafts, weaving, in the produc­
duress,
that
surely
must
find
mate
to
the
I but be shoulder to shoulder with hie
Somewhere perhaps there exists, within tion of chemicals, printing, and other build­
lines, such a child. Safe now. Safely ten- ing and creative things, limited only by their similar circumstances, though in a kind far citizenship and in time .of strife. His t
more severe, of the Jews and their own life your trust, mine—can bear a definition
the peace of a China behind the fighting- energy and adaptability to difficult condi­
of terrible persecution. And to other peoples It is as clear as the sky is blue. As fe
dered out of the bombed-havoc, where once tions. These units have oftentimes been
in other times. It is not that we give import the given uplift to that gaze up on high
he fell exposed, weeping the salt out of his moved overnight to new locations, wary of
to the feeling of hurt, nor to the implied we experience, touching almost, the vifl
eyes, battered and frightened by too much bomb-havoc. They have set up many kinds
distrust
for we do find the beautiful meaning of nature, as the meaning of- compas'H
noise—and pain.
of schools for learning. There exists a uni­
of trust from those who know us. It is, in defines. As soft and tender and sinceitB
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versity for women. And they come, these
fact,
the discovery of the depth of capacity we do see.
T^-c
41C vast expanse of China women, some from the distant part's of
not quite realized in truth till now, that man
behind-the-fighting-lines, a born spirit liv­ China, risking sometimes, things worse than
In all our lifetime we have been
can attain.^ a spirit surging strength that busy, each one of us, on that underlay
ing in another kind-of man, a kind of man death, to attend this school in caves. A
touches wisdom on its every and gives that is so important to our individual s?
whose living sinews dip deep in a great new place where you will find the living rooms
the beholder a new sense of tolerance so wide, the own life. In the meaning to us, ass
industry. It is an Idea and a Movement, and the school rooms carved out from the
so vivid,' so humble, that it crosses the seas ability is a word positive. It is attend
brought into conception and growth, held very mountain side, safe from bomb disin­
even, to other peoples in other lands, not an environment and education that, as!
together by long lines anchored to a Faith, tegration. Their s is a Culture which walks
dead,
but a true living spirit of brother seats in judgment on his own weaU
and, never-to-be-broken-lines linked by upright and is in step with the ideals within
sympathy. It gives us an intake of light, a and strength as they are in all the We
faith. It is China’s great co-operative called their beings: that steals forth from their
reason for being, a glimmer of intuition to­ can say without hesitation, is not ,ne^
Indusco.
minds to gather new meanings a culture
ward the sight of that highest type of rela­
The Indusco is a great Union. A union not decadent, a culture that is
It is our philosophy that will g>rf
new born
tionship between Man, the Familistic. It has voice to say: indeed we are fortunate It
of men and a union of women. Of Chinese through start of fresh direction, must bring
been our good fortune, it is, you know, to endowed a portion of existence on
men and Chinese women and. this new to force a new formation. Their life knows
experience something fine that will make us Planet men would name The Earth.
tiding, a part played too, by Occidentals. A plan, loves the living creative, and gathers
better men for the knowing, and which, in wc so name the soil of existence earth'
union) of trust and dependence.
It is
some perception to the meaning of discovery.
the actual, is not given to many to behold. that soil that gives us the benevolent^M.
achievement of ?hc finest kind of power man Dawn is a new day. It is tg. them. In the
Compassion
and
Tolerance
are
living
words
can create. The blind Chinese boy knows early morning hours they work in the fields,
dant life greenery, so do we name this?
26
that
define
a
meaning
only
as
they
strike
us
the tender and deep touch that is its inner these students, tending rhe plants that give
abode, a small part of the vast unif
in the reading.
Earth too.

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FEBRUARY 24, 1942

a

THE NEW CANADIAN

gee! Cross Unit Appeals for More Workers

With Air Force Cadet

Nisei, Issei Leaving

Lenten Discussions
I
<7?
Ocean Falls
|
^diasH
1^
Father Munn will continue
o
Japanese Canadian employ-1
all that
a lead the Lenten Discus­
tor
ees at the Pacific Mills pulp andi
cn
(Edmonton Journal)
The officer agreed. He found
ion Group with its topic of
paper plant at Ocean Falls are
'ords.;
It
EDMONTON.
A
1
1
a.

The
L
Kasa’s parents good Canadians
being steadily eased out of their
sure
‘The Sermon on the Mount”
tenacity
of
a
Canadian-born
and
that they had lived in Can­
jobs,
it
is
reported
by
a
num
­
rial ■
4*
|t the A.Y.P.A. meeting to
Japanese
youth
has
won
the
ad
­
ada for many years. He asked
ber 0 fsecond generation, who
him,
6 T IW $
miration of his friends.
be held Thursday, February
Kasa to be paraded before him.
have
returned
from
work
in
the
Wear?! 26, at Holy Cross Church.
An appeal for many more
He
is
Kasa
Uyehara.
16,
who
‘‘It’s all right for you to
up-coast company town.
? to f
new members and
— added effort
last November donned the uni­ stay,” he told the boy. “You
work
Both first and second gener­
by present members has been
form of the Air Cadets of Can­ may take quite a ribbing from
| Acknowledgment
ation
. are being replaced in
issued by the first generation
ada. Kasa, a keen cadet, was ( the other cadets. Not on the
The Mikado Seinenkai ac- section of the Japanese Can­ their jobs, as soon as they teach
are
ar
knowledges with thanks the adian unit of the Red Cross So­ new Occidental workers how to anxious to learn all he could. parade ground but after
ses.”
do the work. Though not fired Some day, he would try and
Iwasa fbnations of two dollars from ciety.
enlist in the air force.
Oh, no, sir, the cadet said
bout ^rs. S. Kobayashi, in memory
The Unit reports that it is re­ outright, they are placed in the
Kasa was deeply humiliated “these boys are all my friends.”
he ol® her late husband, and Mrs. ceiving constant requests from spare gang, and are thus gradu­
Kasa is working hard to
when
Japan struck at Pearl
Fujita, in memory of the headquarters to step up produc- ally being laid off.
Harbour and soon was involved prove he’s a good cadet. He’s
iles-fr ^te Mr. Takenojo Fujita, of
Not only Japanese nationals in a war against Canada. Kasa’s got lots of friends.
°f valuabIe and necessary
©is city.
^ed Cross articles, and is seek- are affected, but the Canadian- birthplace.
The
Saskatoonthe I
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this work. this reason a number have al­ whether the air cadets would
ready quit, and many more are want him as a member.
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preferred. Will pay $100
Cadet Squadron Leader Colin
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OBITUARIES
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of
the
250-odd
Japanese
D. MacKenzie. officer com­ or better. C. Hunter, PAcific
Sunday, February 22, 'were as
Manta ro Yamamura
Canadians employed at Ocean manding, thought about the 9311, LAngara 0976-Y.
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car
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Up and coming among other cowPAWrDrinil
let’s review the situation of today.
boy crooners is Wilf Cartre. So
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IT!S ^T. SALARY & SOLUBLE
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Usenets? In fact, these ‘‘cowboy pro­ finds time to yodel a few pieces
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Local artists aren't bad either. We
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ranging from ‘‘soup to nuts”.
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Right now, perhaps the most boast of an artist of their own—
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Gene Autry. His good looks, and a good tune from his guitar as well.
easy, pleasant singing voice have be­ Ve have also group entertainers who
come by-words for the countless command a big following. You can
thousands who throng his Holly­ hear the Alberta Ranch Boys over
wood "boss operas”. It is said that Station CKWX. the Radio Revellers
lis box office punch packs more ^^tCJ0R’ and g>rl singers in Hadwallop than that of a good many hill Lariats (CJOR).
dashing screen romcos. Over the air
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1- Blues in the Night
‘‘Melody Ranch”. His talents are not I’ K""^tts °f Dover.
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^t^ F50' met in a mass' need it now. We are loyal to , ^
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neetmg here Friday and orthe American flag, but race'In Lad es' Doubhs
LUHlt J H I FcK6 '
Svd- Ule United Citas hatreds
are being stirred up in! A verv
S
:“^ton. preparatory to a the Fascist pattern.”
shi
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After a bad start Joe Akibbe, !"'CTent 10yai aliensThe on-and-off Tuvk. .1
han ns eaect 011 Mie Yama’s Comets hit their pace
Kay Sugahara, produce B
tette hit a fast clip ana
- vMizens of Japanese de- merchant, said, “If the Army
which started ^rnpcHim
i
the scheduled] !h®B:2)' throughout the5!®
. bein£ evacuated and Navy says we are a men- ties

smas
Mng
shutseason
in
grand
style bv naif out failed to hoL 3
nom the Pacific Coast.
S
^
a
thcona
stretching
their
win
streak to
*fCeLthen Iet s ^s‘ °ut But
lead as Tammy spurted
'Zb?’1
Harping; on the keynote of it it s merely a question of SX^VaVsl^
the mass rally, “Our Part in lighting politicians who
Barer.Wakabayashi,Kaz Suga’ 29-22
^S^essive Celtic lads Cup Ace
f"m *k S«i
ne Nanon’s War Effort,” Larry would gain favor hy hoppin?(
and
Johnny
Tanaka
failed
to
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। compete this year, leaving only
L ^ a. binary JUnior J|
T-’ ''01 respondent, who has we should fight them to the a few seasoned veterans like
lust returned from New York last ditch.”
onJ1°ka led Monarchs |5S
Mat Matsui. Tommy Iwasaki
1
3
9-^0
wm over the Noniads ®
—Great Northern Micni Ashikawa and Ernie Ari-jkado to practically run the
/4^s Rally Threatened
standing
Cadets Out Too„ show.
W
The unfinished Men’s Open
Ink Spots
sS
7
Comets
Closed will be completed to­
they c°me! It’s down
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night. Director Matsui re­ the home stretch for the melon- Celtics
- 5
Tammy's
quests that all players get
- 4
eavers and in about a month Steveston
3
a
Su^day, and plan­ there in time so that all all will be quiet on the cage Tunis
- 2
in British Columbia 14 1
f^t feting for March games may be completed.
f^ont- Taklng an early jump on I
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Tr!
Men’s open Shig Ya- the other divisions the seniors EarlV Lead
■reeps rolling on to new fronts Ians and dr
°Wr Vete‘
md increasing
R
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d Cltlzens ;are on the J?ashlta and Shig Ouye reached
f» ‘he chainCeltic was a beaten tr
elt
he^^-Comm
e preparing for thelg ’™ter fl"a,s> eliminating pionship this week ;
'a ho
°d’ familiar. meeting.
: as Maikawa early in the first quarter ^
'Henry Ide and Luke Tanabe, meet Shibuyass am
and
Marpole Comets took a 15-3 lead-A^
Winch, C.C.F.!XhieAS^nd round veterans tangle with M.& N
Among more recent develon ] (3) Harold 77b
N
in
a best- stretched it another four
an - -c S '^'r"^™^!- of-three semi-finals,
leader appeared :
merits in brief:
in the third canto.
countable role, cor ' ring rith
Z
the result of the
(DA report from Ottaw- n
sazlSl’
b
.it
of
crystalKiyoshi Maikawa topped®
faking o^jtjLT1™211 VS' Kamin°;aM that the majority of BriTT^
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V thls P°lnt this writer scorers with 8 points
ush Columbia M
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division
sees Maikawa and sharpshooter Seichi IshikaSi
Mr. W
Japanese S^0 Osh™o-Tak Maikawa, ?rp°le ^ging victors of the made a non too-impreXll
seems to be ;
ch places
^e’Luke Tanabe and
T
streuglit games, turn to cage wars with 6
until it can be efieeM
“ Sea Island' aMn hde Vam 3^“%°™ ±"“d to the
f“’S my pr0®K Io^ black w t JS
Tonight Oshimo- Mai- nosticative powers say “nix on at
f0Uver water sourer and next h
(2) Aid. Wilsnn n
L nd, dehls to telephone exchf es n™7 v
“ccts He-Tanabe; Roy any predictions.
™Se foIumn renewed
as they trailed 16-12,
Kamuio-Yoshi Ono await the Maikawa vs. Shibuyas
mite
is
his
worry.
w
..
bike-shop offensive start^*
S?fc removal “within
i total war
~
This game should be a walk- ckcking and when the SDiofe«a
“'at'uu. away for thewinners of
cleared after the final
a meeting
—t
\ 1Ndsma match
ARMSTRONG
e?usa\n?eSfd°UbleS’ Mary J,C‘C'L' Challenge Cup.
Past Nobby Kimura had neMC
g in Victoria, called y the Kins­
■ g saand
andpartner Teiko
Teikn Ide
Km records ^
ah,
*egusa
show
that
~ three baskets and Yama®1
vvivir/v^ y
g men s Club. The \ieeung
and COMPANY
aeeting pi
pas- S»UCy P“~>ri and Kay have failed to w n even ^
a I
?aJn the finais this Fri- game during the sea™ one and Yamabe a brace apK
outscoring the church
- persons
of
per-|too
ykTir4 nJ™a|a^
Maikawa’s at their and
Japanese
origin,
and
all
X>&0^ - t’xQlij^
.Ue. AA-f. .’ I h° set from Mune strength “it’s in the bag” full
N. Ochiai took the honHrt
1
Oshima
in
M.
&
N.
vs.
Marpole
Irl h 11 Points»» aaaa
while
Yama®b
. O n rf i i«« T .1
.
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I ried out by March 30. is car n^i ?? round. Saegusa-Ide
Established 1912
ousted Rose Miyazaki and Kay . Although M. & N.’s quintette .^c^ki and Kimura led
|
(5) Nisei s t u d e i
is hardly to be scoffed at me- V1C °rs witb 8 Points apiece.
«304 Dunlevy Ave.
High. 01411 banned from memberfip™ ye"° “ ^l™6 roundinks the aggressiveness of the
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fester
in
----- British Columbia schoo: cadet
n Marpole quintette’
zaki-Oki
15-12);
m^°
9
gs o
9
(6) Army and Navy veter­
9
gth<
9 ans Saturday passed a resolu9
R
?rging removal, charging
c m
y W11 nOt be able to use either !?no (4); T Kano S □ BCU1
•LJaXmE
Kenny Miyazaki or Toki Tov
3 Plph °fal JaPanese ’ Canadians 18-17);
B'n!
bt. Kanzaki- am a
i
Maikawa (S)- Ur®
c elebrated victories won by the Oki (15v Tn3'0'
’ Kamino-Ono bt. >
’ mtdmediate stars Who
’ Toyama (5); Natsuhara
I
?7?ve ?rmy in the Far East.
~
15-4>ve fltted in ni«ly with the
J
L(7)yictoria City Council t first
Me smo°th-passing M. & N lads
Jnita" <?«ere
Olive Oil
c demanded immediate action
aCUOn On S‘1^
Uyeno (15-11), ln recent games.
Toyama; k^ok^SWnl®
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Beauty Soap
I Ian Mack!”
and that »A Arik. "S
Birds-Eye View of The
"fe W; a»«"“H m‘
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’ Intermediate Situation
kS®^.' S“ »ei
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(15-14, 15.4).
J .
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Kawamoto (7) NM^n-Wt '
9 ground that he was not fulfil- c’ H!oa°'H Maruno
----------------from ®P
?Ust win tonight |^W~h
8U“- ”
^i4^rP°Wen
pAcific 0318 9 img his responsibilities in ef9 fecting the Japanese evacua■ l.
™ Ous,,
|e Be
Sukiyaki and |Jnfo
rei
Japanese Dishes b 1°
ms
semis,
the
trio
from
011
betwe
en
Steveston
luw
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in
r th
An old world atmosphere." 8
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