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hilv 14, 1945

POWELL STREEi SCENE CHANGES

Pte. Louis Suzuki Wins Medal

Chit

Merchants Take
former JLfi Tokyo

BRANTFORD, Ont. — Awards
tor shoot.ng were presented in an
d
CH JAW A, Ont.—There has been
impressive and solemn investiture
a general review of cases of per­
held here Saturday morning. June
Tolar
30, by the 17th Platoon, B Comsons placed in internment, other
3^''t3
along Powell
Training
NEV DENVER, B.C. — A letter : Centre.
divjreported by the Ottawa Journal.
\ an con ver is
protesting the segregation of per-;
both
Follov
morni no­ parade, the
to
mi islormcd by the encroachment of
Each
case
has
been
considered
on
Lapsons requesting repatriation to Japan : entire Nisei Platoon ° in
its merits, and the result has been
full battle
5 of
in
may
centres, and persons not order was drawn up in three ranks
tnat where it was felt the indivimore
appropriately
be
de
ui
.rout
of
the
hut
for
the
solemn
dual no longer was
requesting repatriation in other cen­
danger to
The Powell street of former d
the
occasion.
the state, release- wa granted.
tres, which is causing- “unnecessary

when
housewives made
perb
xrom place in the ranks to i
As the individual review of cas
turmoil and grief” among the evacmud ’ ^ Notke to Subscribers

chases
ax the Japanese
wards for the best rifle shot/1 proceeds,
it
appears that only
■ uee families, has been sent to Prime
ne pmtoon was Pte. Louis Suzuki ! those of
With the condensed issue which
mese
origin will be
j by a prominent
local
at p
Toronto, former Kitsilano bov *
will
appear next week, July 19th,
held
in
Canadian
citizen, W. Rutherford.
. -he medal for the second best ■ shot !
internment
art,
| from behind shop windows
camps much longer.
and
‘’A great deal of unnecessary tur-i "^ty"3-^ to Pte. Dave Watanabe |
fished its last edition f
Kaslo.
walk daily
through
this j
[ moil and grief has been caused'lately : Of. _1O"°nto ar'd in ^^ ab?ence, re-!
Justice Department officials ; people
Ihe
I
he
following
issue
is
scheduled
and strange
by the B.C. Security authority in Gene<3 ^ Pte. J. Kato. Pte. Suzuki j pointed out that it is not Governnee ■
to appear form Winnipeg in the
pbty
ment policy to disci >se when or
I moving Japanese families
°9 out °- Go arid 60 out of
the
famiiles from
from one
one
beginning of August, but if for
I location to another after having be- i ■>0 on the range
~
reasons beyond our control, the
But it is known that a large nument face. .Only Powell Dru remains
! haved admirably in whatever situ- J , Rte‘ \om
amashita received the
the
paper is a few days late, we ask
er of applications for
unchanged from former days, w
ation they were placed,’’ said the ?
glven to thp most
niost improved
up
our readers’ indulgence.
j
shot
in
rhe
platoon.
Gon

of
their
eases.
j
Ernie
’s Ice Cream showing the
i letter.
ns’
come
We ask our readers to address
befor
investiture
in
Laur- ; Neon signs, is now run by a Cl
•carried out
all
communications after July 19th
I URGES BETTER TREATMENT
Iwth simple but fitting military
ent ; ud it is believed that the ; proprietor.
digto our new address:
e being uprooted nity.
majority of them
1 "o Chinese poo] rooms have
j from frientis, home and gardens and
Lieutenant James B. Marion, plasprung
up on this street, one at
It is reported that interned per­
oO-l Talbot Avenue
being exchanged for others uprooted . toon
the
site
of
old Taishodo Drugs, and
ommanding officer. read the
sons of Japanese origin have not
Winnipeg, Manitoba
from their homes.
.
! citations.
another at the
pinned the medals upon
of
been released for ove
(If any mails are received at.
“The Japanese, both Nationals and '
brGas of the three privates and
stores. The former Sumiyoshi ConPrevious to that man of them left
Kaslo,
arrangements will be made
'
"aRted
in
the
militarv
become a second
style set by
Canadians, have behaved, as you —,
_ _ .
internment to fill jobs in
to
have
them
forwarded inime
hand
store.
i know, very well indeed in this crisis
aimy tradition
Okumura’s Real
Canada.
diately
to
our
Winnipeg
address.)
Estate office
He was assisted by the platoon
shoein their lives and really deserve more 1
Me
wish
to
thank
our
readers
shine stand,
non-commissioned officers, Sgt. Hen­
careful and friendly treatment.
for
the
support
you
have
given
pitched their
ry Johnston, Corporal Edward Fran- Evacuees Go Wild
“The program you submitted last cis Mullins
Ihe
New
Canadian
in
the
past,
Store.
and Corporal Emerson
August for these well-behaved and Roy Sawyer.
and hope that you will continue to
Many former stores on Powell
At Orders to Move
useful people was quite fair and reasupport
it as faithfully in the
Pte. Mits Arikado, formerly of j
street have been boarded up or cu rsonable and it is to be hoped some Nakusp and New Westminster, B.C., !
future.
NEW DENVER, B.C.—Two evac- tmned.
J
'. and become the homes of
of the excited people from the Coast ■ served as medal bearer during the j uee h°uses 111 this centre have been Chinese families.
S. Maikawa wth
—THE NEW CANADIAN
are not permitted to change this.”
। left in a damaged condition bv their its imposing store front remains
ceremony
1 former occupants who were moved empty.
empty.
to other housing centres under the
The Powell grounds where the
bhowa Language school and the:
new segregation orders.
; Asahi baseball team used to battle
Buddhist Hall have become a Uk­
Partially grown vegetables in the is now being used for scftbaR, games rainian Hail.
gardens have been pulled out. All the ; by Chinese youths.
Ihe Anglican Church on 3rd Ave­
Changes have come not only to
windows were smashed, and broken i
nue is a factory for the manufacture
^-^COUVER, B.C?. — All enemv
glasses scattered about,
The water Powell street but to all other local- of household furniture, while the
internees in Canada, except disloyal
taps were left running-, and the in— ities where Japanese formerly lived. Holy Cross church on Cordova street
persons of Japanese origin, may be Housing
, All homes of the evacuees -re filled is
side of the houses was flooded.
now somebody’s residence.
released shortly, The Vancouver Sun
' with new tenants in this city which
The back part of the Hompa
The
local
Securitv
Commission
reported in a newspage story on
is experiencing a housing shortage
hist Hall is a residence, while the
supervisor, H. P. Lougheed, has unequalled in its history.
July 6.
VANCOUVER, B. C. — The Domi-.! wired the supervisors of other cenhall section stands empty and dila­
The Japanese Hall on Alexander pidated.
The report, stated that it was
nion Government program of relo- j tres to collect damage charges of
learned in Ottawa that a recomeating British Columbia Japanese ’ $20 for each house from the former street which the army used as bar-!
Ihe Russians hold church services
mendation to that effect •will be
“K f“n'Kr I’ov.-oll United ChuiS]
the Rockies slowed down las'. , occupants.
The Z Z I
L
bu!l<!- 1 a»d its gymnasium is
placed before the Federal cabinet
month according to figures released ;
used for
in
next door have been
smashed, ‘kindergarte
i
vv.vii
KI
soon by the inter-departmental
B. C. Security Commission, ;
by th
nd Sund
School
by
I and rolls of barbed wires have been th
committee of the war cabinet.
i savs the Canadian Press report.
i Bill Mauldin “Sick
First
United
Church
left behind in its
its front
front court. Fair-; ■
Up to June 25, 10G Japanese in- i
The recommendation applies only
recent
to Vancouver
.
Mew
and
Kitsilano
Language schools
to civilian internees. Prisoners of eluding 78 adults had left B. C. for ;
recorded the fo lowing detailed list
। and the Buddhist Hall are also
j other parts of Canada. The total of '
war will not be affected.
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Calif. — Bill
The committee already has recom­ less than half that of April when a
Mau’din, noted GI cartoonist of
mended that many sections of the peak of 214 Japanese moved East. In

Up Front” fame, declared in
Defense of Canada regulations be May the total was 122.
newspaper
interview here that dis■ Security Commission officials said
eliminated.
criminal
y
activities against JapHowever, retention of Section 39A the drop last month was caused by j anese Americans on the
West
of the regulations, which prohibits : housing shortage in the East and
Coast

make
me
sick.

the publication or circulation of trea- ’ also that replacement officers now;
had reached “people who are
“Those Japanese American
sonabl
By COSSY ASADA
tatements, -will be advised,
difficult to resettle/’
; troops n Italy did more than any
M ONTR EA L, P.Q.—M
are no German, Italian or
fo’-merly staroth
red for the -Asahi’s in Vui
and thev killed themselves
Japanese internees In this (B.C.) '
■er‘s B urrard League
ell as young
v a n c o u v e r s property
to prove something to the folk
players developed in B. C
ghost”towns have entt
province now, the report stated.
boom. the c
s tax sale property is
bac k home.” Mauldin said. “I knov
able comments in the Montreal papers.
B.C
v/ere
selling'
st
I
price?
history.

of
two such- regiments in Haq
>mg
centre
field
:
are in the
reports the
ancouver Province.
that never had a case of AWOI.
3 Atwater League is the fornifr
or Charles Jones, chair
never hod a case of malingering
ace Asahi pitcher and' top batter, KASLO RCMP ROAD
tn an and
internees in Canada ;
never
had
a.
case
Laz .Suga. Suga, who u sed to hit in
have bee;
ised”, although no:
one
who
has
not
been
in
the
war
the
400’s for the Aashi’;
BLOCK DISCONTINUED
J." wan0??
ternees have been given; c]ose +0 100
•i
has a right to mistreat anyone who
up recently, ami played with
n in-!
KASLO, B.C. — It was learned
'-.as been in the war.”
practice on June 20th
oeen sent to German
TAM
unofficial
sources this
ho “worst” ones.
it
the
R.C.M.P.
block
nee
he II
ft
He i:
w.-io have been release
hot;
ch
is
placed
a
few
miles
tO ;
ithou
to report regularly 1to
out
cult
borities.
wH be
n
T
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wa report said that
month.
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pres^a flxty-p]
Atlho
J-.Aha
o
Id
b-en
Tol ho r?;n?-rr.
the gr
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of Cu
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The Evacuees Are Reluctant

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iVleagrs
HAYASHI—HA.TASHTTA
: nuptial vows with
v
Life
,^e segregation program moved slowly along
'Watanabe,
eldest
son
.
this
week with few j 1112 'azine, declared in
HAMILTON, Ont.—A v
xeature art!
families interchanging between cent es. A number
d 31?
nave ^located east- I c-e tius week that' us OI Japanese wedding took place at ti
vvatanabe on June 30
ward rather than transfer to Kaslo to await redistribution.
An
Baishakunin for th.
and
Japanese -speaking C mred Church when Kay
M
Mr.
K. Murakami
of
Hamilton,
daughter
of
ns in the campaign on Guam
Movements were small this week
meagre results’’ in peris Swing and Sway J and as in the previous
the
or
enemy
Japanese troups to Tashme
actual
number
transferred
between
HAMILTON
B. v>,, yas joineu .-an. no.lv ini
t-—A highly sue- ;
:1
cessful mid-su
Vancouverites ’will
■r dance was held; centres vyas less than what was
with
Mr.
Tatsuo
Hayashi
of
“At first the
by the Sophyscheduled.
Club in the Y.M.;
on June 9, 4:30 p.nu Dr. Joh:
nr
trucks
used
Japanese C.A. upper gym on June 30th. Visi­
officiated.

of
Miss
Fumiyo
Nak
Only one
ntrd
y moved from Kaslo Am eri can and Nisei, whose
tor^ included Nisei from many points this week t
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
The bride v
voices and a< -nt brought meagre
in
ri age
of
the
Slocan
Valley
-tsu
in southern Ontfiio as well as Nisei
to Mr. Seiji Onizuka, eh
ir
5.
After one Japanese prisoner bv her broths
^pairnue
centres.
The
incominosoldiers stationed at nearby camps.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Onizuka
ovement,. however, was larger with volunteered to speak to his comrades shita in the absence of
The announcement wa mv.e £t
s coming from New in the jungle, surrenders came more Attending the bride were Miss Mary
the
home of Mr. and Mr
Onizuka,
families and one frequently. Other stockade Japs were Hamag-ki as maid of honor and on July 1. Rev. Y. Op-urn”
single man comin from Slocan. The aSv • Vining to help, they suggested Miss Muneko Arikado as bridesmaid.
5 present.
wa
transferees were transported over useful changes in the" surrender Supporting the groom was Mr. Tom
ne-ly on
Nobuoka.
Mr.
Osamu
Hatashita
acted;
T11S
^
8w
CaKad
^n
st
the torturous
4y mile road on appeals,” the article stated.
With the shifting of families
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passenger cai
The New Denver
The Japanese written character is
TN
following the announcement of the
NEW ADDITION
The couple honeymooned in
on
, group came via the C.P.R. spur line. a revealing and personal thing, even treal.
The
GREENWOOD
B,C.'
segregation policy, a change in
will make their home in
The stork®
Among those brought to Kaslo more than handwriting. When they
1 he New Canadian agent in Lemon
\
paid
a
visit
to
the
Gree wcot
Toronto.
under tne segregation policy. Herbie were in the bush, the prisoners had
Creek has been made.
Baishakunins wer Mr. and Mrs ptial and presented
and Mrs,
?'
as the first to ™ove east. mistrusted the strange hand of the J. Give of Guelph, Ont.
Hisao Mizutani
transfere
Lemon Creek subscribers are He left xor Montreal on June 11th.
Nisei -and Americans.”
The article
Kaslo, with
baby girl—Mikikonotified that Mr. Danzo Tanabe
declared
that
enemy
Japanese
pri
­
June
14.
Exchange
of
non-repa
triates
not
WATANABE

UYENOEU
has taken over the agency- at that
soners offered to write leaflets them­
centre following the departure of suitable for relocation and repat­
HAMILTON, Ont. — In a quiet :
selves to persuade their enemies to
The New Canadian gratefully apt- 8
riates
between
New
Denver,
desio-^’ lateishj for New Denver.
weddin
surrender.
ceremony
at
the
home
of
nowledges
the generous donation I
Iiate^i Centle f°r non-rePatriates, and
Mr. and Mrs. Tatsuji
Watanabe, from Mr
All subscribers are requested to the Slocan Valley and Tashme repat­
and Mrs. T. Watanabe I
Marie Yoshinobu,_ elder daughter of ' commemorating the event
contact
Mr.
Tanabe
for
any riate centres continued but manv
°f their I
Mis
J°shino Uyenobu exchanged son’s marriage.
changes of address, renewals for
families have received extensions for Alberta Beet Crop More
subscriptions and insertions of adStay in their respective centres.
vertisements.

°f 60 Pe°Ple passed
RAYMOND, Alta,
through Nelson on their way to New
Although
somewhat
late due to a wet, cool
Denver from Tashme last week.
However, only a small number de­ spring, the 30,000 acre beet crop
parted from New Denver and Rose­ throughout southern Alberta prom-1
ises to be as good as last year,
bery for Tashme.
A change of The New Canadian
probably better, according to the
agent at Bay Farm has been made
In Lemon Creek, where it has been Lethbridge Herald.
following the departure of M. Goto
Hinodes Battered 9—2 by Powerful Vernon Squad;
reported 90% have signed up for
According to sugar- company offi­
ff Jamdton- Ont. Our new agent
wtlOn' there seems to be little
/*^ b® K. Inouye. Subscribers are . difficulty m moving the non-repat- cials, there remains about 500 acres
Kelowna Staves Off Summer land Bid for First Win
to be thinned and recent warm davs
requested to get in touch with the wrftes.
HleS °Ut’ a corresP°lldent have caused rapid growth”o7weeZ
By BOBO
new agent for any renewals or
together with beets.
TEAMS
changes of addresses which they
P
W L Pct. first time this season the Hinodes
rQIlldlVI.J'a S unhampered by family , There
dau^J
There ^as
has been
been slight
slight
may wish to make in the future.
Kelowna
damage
3
3 0
6
had a reasonable chance to win as j
responsibilities have chosen to relo- from bail in some districts but there
Vernon
iiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiinnnuHmu
3 2 1
4
they led 6—3 going into the disasWafd from Lemon Creek 15 httle loss anticipated from this
OK Centre
3
1
2
2
trous 7th inning. In the eighth, Ke’lather than be sent to Kaslo for an source.
-------Summerland
HELP WANTED
3 0 3
3
owna went 2 up as pitcher Suey
indefinite stay.
Other groups have
Thinning will be completed shortly
The games played before OK Cen- Koga
WANTED IMMEDIATELY—Chief leceiyed notices to move to New and cultivating is progressing very
practically
won
his own
cook in a hotel. Must be honest, clean Denver.
favorably with adequate moisture tre entered the league do not count ^ame by hitting a two-ply wallop
in league standings.
■and know how to cut meat, make
past left-fielder Frankie Kuroda
boosting growth quite rapidly.
*
which brought in two runs.
rnenusj how to run a kitchen anc
On June 24th, the Vernon team
pastry cooking. Must have organiza­ Niseiette Directs Teen-A gers
Summerland was, not downhearted
tional ability and get along with co­
visited
Summerland’s
Crescent F°r in the last inning, things began
workers. Serve on the average 35
Beach Baseball grounds and went to happen. First batter, Sam Imapeople, three meals per day. Prefer
home victorious by a. 9—2 count over yoshi, singled to left and the next
a married man. Salary will be $100
the Hinodes of Summerland. Ronny batter Frank Kuroda, who had failed
(Special to The New Canadian)
a month with me.cls included. 9 to
to hit in five previous
scorMende
pitched excellent ball for the chw]1
~ ™ games, —
HIGH BIVER, Alta.—Mrs. Mar10 hour day. Willing to hire second
Commentin
Vernon
team,
allowing
only
hits
I
7^
°
n
?
°
f
Suey
Doga
s
fast
ones
on the success of
cook. SMary $70 per month with Marjorie Wong of High River, Alta.,
a hne drive homer a’ong the
J1 V^H^1’6' .the Hi^L River Times
hel's ,V1C and Mits Araki shared
meals. Kitchen staff includes four in formerly Miss Marjorie Kuwata of of Jun
/ writes “A wonderful per- P’^hing duties for the Hinodes. Tosh left field foul line which tied up the
the kitchen four m the dining room. Victoria.
game. This home run caused
B. C., was conspicuously formance.
The young people and 'Hashimoto and Chuck Terada pro•Apply to J. R. Booker, Healy Hotel, successful
in the •direction of a their directors have earned every vided
the
with .power "at — ten n”nute delay in the game when
, ,
n winners
,.
Swift Current, Sask.
P ’s r 8 1hits. umP G^rge Weda called” it a foul |
“Teen-age Revue” which filled the word of praise that has been given Dlate eollecoing 4 of Vernon
town hall here to capacity
1CU.the way ball. The Summerland crew protested
For the losers, Chu Tada led
on two them.
successive
certain
witH
a
couple
of
hits.
Shortstop
and finally won out the protest
early in June.
“There were
Marjorie,
together
with
in
fti.
Of
Imayoshi,
had
a
lucky
dav
scooptag
;
the
Fei Stre"»d of, admittance from
other. ™usual. interest ^
» mis
tN, sparkIi
sparkling j np 9 "assists and 2
members
of the United
'
Church'
^ertamment. All those taking part'
2 putUuts S
Noting People Society, had been were members of the Teen-age Can­ nary an error.
Tailored To Measure
With
score tisd
tied S—S
S,’ Kelowna®
Kelowna
Batteries: Vernon—R. Mende and
^J the
r Score
sponsoring a weekly “Teen-age Can­ teen, many of them never before had
BY
Kiyoshi
Suga.
Summerland

Vic
H1
the
iaSt
°
f
the
I
teen
.
This
has
become
increasinglv
had any stage experience. The co’or9
Araki (2), Mils Araki and Min TW L a Kawahara tripled to right field®
popular in bringing together all the <
harry miyasaki
desiglled bY Mar­ Umpires; Art Matsunoshita and Bob i
succ®ssful]y got out of two hot-1
younger _ teen-agers of the town; jorie Vong, involving no-end of in-j
Representing
Yamabe.
d Bob boxes, only to be caught napping the I
e\eiy Friday
games
dancingevening
and’sofor
on. supervised!
QMte 7n ' a^ ^hnum ^osL Mri^K^
third time. Bob Yamamoto got a ■
amount of budding talent was discov-! out a11 the costumes, and the vounpwalk, stole second and came in with
Summerland
travelled
to
IN
Smart English Woollens
Kelowna the winning run as Tom Tomive hit ®
ered in Liat assembly of youngsters. ' actors themselves did the ma’-inJ vo wangle with the Orchard City
C
“- "
crew
Phone
178 Beverley
S°?
decided to venture a revue' M1; Kuwata added his help by paint’ “...^^ ?ld and Waged a' bitter and one to the shortstop Sam Imayoshi ■
Waverly 5342
Toronto. Ont.
under the direction of Marjorie ;
aH the hats in the hilarious cow out11^
°nIy to have !uck ^^ who failed to gather it in. Frank®
Kuroda made a va’iant throw from ■
W°n£rl ™"*er “Don’t. Fence Me In ” out and the game was lost with
a left-field to cut off Yamamoto but ■
commenced promptly and leart-breaking 9—8 score. For the
failed by inches.
®
flowed along smoothly, and
was un­
doubtedlv one of the
THE NEW CANADIAN
best amateur I
I
performance
s the town has seen for ’ Fifth Inning Rally Bring S
504 TALBOT AVE.. WINNIPEG,
North Side Downs South 9-6
ninny a year.”
Iron
Springs
19

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Win
Please find enclosed S
Another member of
, for which
In Alberta All Star Meet
the Kuwata {
family who took part
® Renew my subscription to The New Canadian
IRON SPRINGS.
admirably in !
Iron
the songs and dances
COALDALE, Alta.—On Ju y 2nd
® Enter my subscription to The New Canadian
was Patsv Springs Y.P.A. moved into
-laijories young sister
PMurn'?
Orthem
Division All S rs beat ths
place after trouncing the
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Dance numbe
cj Southern Division All Stars 9—^
‘5 or the programme. Butte Chinooks 19—10 on July 1.
included solos m balle
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Page 7

UmorLU^acely the Nazi theories
ox racism were not ended along
with Hitler.
The fight- against
race discrimination must go on.
and .in Canacia todav the crucial
front is the t Garment of the Japanese Canadi
is no new
problem. Loi
before the
ms of Japane
origin
under
which did not prevail
citizens ot other racial
The war rias intensified a
situation ~nd todav it is nd
to say that tlie acid
test of Can dian democracy is:
Are we goin to treat our Japanese
:o
s as citizens or are
w-e going to continue to discrimi­
nate against them solely on account of their racial origin ?
LEGAL ENTRY

/
any

of sabotage or
ie years of war
in general
policy
outlined by
acceptable, b
•months little
to ampiement it.

Cl
S I 1

*r

labor, worker
own standard

1

cd

Canadian

orum

Toronto
n tney
ed the

• trace rl y men
sr
■y of the
iddle c
British
oiumbia
denie
to ciiizoLb ox Oi’iciitHi origin
(except those who fought in
^°^a }V£1‘ b, thus attaining the
„ ^f10^021 02 being the only part
ox North America to discriminate
in i-nis way. This restriction auto­
matically barred Japanese Canamans
professions such
and pharmacy where eligibility to vote is a
requirement.
Also they were not allowed to
work in provincial (
services or on- public works. It
was because of these and social
barriers that many Japanese par­
ents sent their children to schoo.s
where the Japanese language was
taught in the evenings, feeling
that as they were not accepted in
the Japanese Canadian group.

toi
ion a

nd
pa-

Canadian
m

after December
limn
>g in the federal election un­
tney hod served in the Canaarmed
ti
us clause apNice in the
oi
unn
had Been passed
then
nation-wid; protest by prominent
individuals
a ir d
organizations
twa. Because of this
unexpected expression of publ-’c

trom

en-

.1

• w ar production
WC dd and more
employmen
and where

ms

1945, xthe

o

would

TP

obstacles,

the

mane a good
nnmg in adjusting themselv
Employers have
been well pie:
and they are winning
of the people in the different cen­
tres where they have resettled
through their participation in nor•i-ul community activities sue1, as
labor unions, churches, and couth
groups.

tary
wluch

daiwi

nese antne eno ice of
^v application to
go to
leer tne war or
sooner
this can be arranged
liing themselves east of fi
ckies. The
Japanese Cem:
•an hardly
be accused of being unnaturally
suspicious if t
d a threat
into Lie words: “Failure to accept
employment east of the Rockies
may be refueled at a later date
as lack of co-operation with the
Canadian Govei.-mnent in carrying
out its policy of dispersal.’’
In
effect, the Japaense were being
given the alternatives of deporta­
tion to a land most of them have
never seen, or settlement in
strange and hostile neighborhoo
on pain of being judged disloyal.
otF

There are' in ■ Canada today
23,886 ps irsons of Japanese origin
of whom 17,980 are Canadian citiback to the House, where it
zens by
birth
amended
to permit anyone who
- or naturalization.
Ihe Japanese began to come to
voted in the last federal' election
Canada around 1900, encouraged
to vote in the next one. Even this
by industrialists and others who
amendment, h o w eve r. disfran­
desired them as a source of cheap
chised the majority of' Japanese
labor. ~ Protests against the im­
Canadians, because at the time of
Nevertheless, many
Japanese
portation of “contract labor” re­
the last election they were living
Canadians have hesitated to leave
sulted in- restrictions being im­
in B.C. where they could not vote!
the relocation centres and move
posed in 1908 and made more
Thus B. C.s racial discrimination
With Pearl Harbor the smould­
eastward. Among the factors constringent in 1923. Then in 1928
is being perpetuated across Can­

tri
outing- to this reluctance is the
Members of the R.C.M.P. visited
ering hostility in British Colum­
ada.
the Canadian government made
bia burst into flame. Partly for
hope that they might be able to
every relocation centre to take
an agreement with the Japanese
DISPERSAL POLICY
security-’ reasons and partly to
applications for “voluntary repatreturn to the coast, their sense of
government limiting the annual
injustice
at
the
treatment
meted
xiation
’- (the word is a misnomer,
protect the Japanese against vio­
Since 1942 the government has
Japanese immigration -to 150—an
lence from rabid B.C. “patriots,”
out to them by the government, a
since most Japanese Canadians
applied a policy of dispersal to
arrangement which continued un­
fear
of
insecurity
and
isolation,
the Dominion government decided
have
never been in Japan and
employable Japanese. Placement
til the outbreak of war. It is im­
hence
cannot be sent back). The
to evacuate all Japanese from the
and
uneasiness
caused
bv
stories
offices were set up at Lethbridge
portant to remember today that
of
discrimination
and
hostility
in
Government
offered all those who
west
coast
region.
Most
of
them
Winnipeg, Ft. William, Toronto,
the Japanese who came to Canada
eastern
Canada.
signed,
the
application
free trans­
were herded into relocation- cen­
and Montreal to cooperate with
from Japan entered this country
tres set up in old mining “ghost
portation and promised that the
Selective Service in placing JapaPRIME MINISTER’S SPEECH
legally. (In 1938 the Keenleyside
towns” in the interior of B.C.:
proceeds from the sale of their
nese Canadians in essential work
Committee, appointed to investi­
On August 5 last, Prime Minis­
first at Greenwood, Slocan Citv,
pioperty in Canada would be
in
eastern
Canada.
gate charges of illegal entry, de­
ter King outlined the policy of his
New Denver, Rosebery, Sandon,
transfeired to their account in
clared such charges “false both in
Some
3,500
were
directed to the
government toward the Japanese
Japan.
and- Kaslo, and later at Lemon
detail and substance.”) It is even
prairies in family groups. OthersCanadians in a speech in the
Creek and Tashme.
URGE JUST SOLUTION
more important to remember that
left their homes on the west
House of Commons. In brief, he
After the evacuation all Japan­
14,694 of the 24,000 • Japanese now
indicated that no further immi­
coast for work in Ontario and
The . survey
was
completed
ese property, both real and per­
in Canada were born in- this counQuebec. A number of young men
gration of Japanese would be per­
early in May. While no official,
sonal, was sold, most of it at
try and have no other homeland .
were sent to sugar beet camps,
figures have been released, The
mitted, that these found to be dis­
prices
far
below
its
actual
value,
road
camps,
or
bush
camps,
and
a
loyal
would
be
deported,
and
that
NewCanadian stated on May 16
The Japanese naturally settled
although this property had been
few
businessmen
and
skilled
work
­
the
remainder
of
those
now
in
that seven out of every ten
mainly around Vancouver. At the
entrusted to a custodian on the
ers to Ontario cities. Some women
Canada would be dispersed across
Japanese in B. C. had signed the
outbreak of war only 850 lived
condition that he was to exercise
went to domestic and nursery
the country.
He stated that “a
application to go to Japan, In
east of British Columbia. Comprotective control only.
service, and others found employ­
quasi-judicial commission” would
some of the relocation centres the
prising less than one per cent of
be
established

to
examine
the
ment
in
steel
plants,
foundries,
figure
was as high as ninety per
the, total population of Canada.,
racial discriminations
chemical
works,
and
radio
factor
­
background,
loyalties,
and
atti
­
cent. A later issue of The New
the Japanese Canadians made up
In addition to the forced evac­
ies.
tudes of all persons of Japanese
Canadian
reported
that
some
some three per cent of British
uation and sale of their property,
race
in
Canada
and
to
ascertain
10,000
Japanese,
including
nation
­
Columbia’s population.
The extent of the movement
a number of new restrictions
those
who
are
not
fit
persons
als.
Canadian-born,
and
natural
­
eastward is indicated by the fol­
were imposed upon Japanese Can­
A CLEAR RECORD
to be allowed to remain here.”
ized Canadians, were involved.
lowing table showing the distri­
adians which were not imposed
To
prevent
those
Because they usually came to
found
to
be
bution of Japanese Canadians:
upon Germans, Italians, or perIt is difficu t to believe that
loyal concentrating once more in
Canada, with very little capital,
sons belonging to other so-called
this
result was entirely voluntary.
1941
1945
British Columbia he suggested
and many professions were closed
Remember that over sixty per cent
eneffm_groups. They were forbid Prairies
664
4.759
that they would be ‘given encourto them, the Japanese Canadians
den to buy or rent any property
of
the Japanese in Canada were
Ontario
147
4,759
agement to move and remain else­
worked mainly at fishing, logging,
without the permission of the
born
here. These Nisei, who have
Quebec
37
535
where” and that a maximum
farming,
or unskilled
manual
Minister of Justice
grown up in Canada, goine to Can­
and
the
Maritimes
2
1
labor.
would be set on the number aTow-Later some established
Attorney General of the province
adian schools, and absorbed Cana­
ed to return to British Columbia.
small businesses in which they
involved, (Later this was amended
dian
culture, have no more in
Total east of
proved very successful. As a
The
speech
as
a
whole
was
to allow leases for less than one
common with Japan than any
Rockies
850
8,245
group they are noted for thrift,
moderate
in
tone
and
was
gener
­
year.)
Another order-in-council
second
generation Canadian has
B.
C.
22,374 15,613
cleanliness and honesty, and are
ally hailed as a step in the right
with the country of his parents.
prohibited all persons of Japanese
There are many obstacles in
conspicuously industrious and in­
direction. Until Canada has con­
race fromi crossing a provincial
There seems little doubt that
the
way of successful resettletelligent. During the depression
quered her race prejudice it is
boundary without a special perthe majority of those who signed
ment. The Japanese Canadians
very few Japanese
Canadians
probably better not to admit any
mit.
did so not because they want to
who have moved from the Pacific
were on relief, and at the time of
more
Japanese,
and
there
is
little
go to war-ravaged Japan but be­
At the outbreak of war many
the 1931 census only one was in
Coast are frequently denied em­
disagreement about the wisdom
cause even that seemed less reJapanese Canadians
volunteered
jail.
ployment in the types of work for
of dispersing those already here
pugnant
than the prospect of try­
for service in the armed1 forces
which they have been trained be­
more or less evenly throughout
ing
to
re-establish
themselves in
Unfortunately theii’ very vir­
but were refused solely because of
cause of discrimination on the
Canada. However, it seems unjust
Canada
in
the
face
of
the existing
tues are the cause of much of the
their race. This policy of the Canpart
of
employees
or
employers.
and
unnecessary
to
subject
'
all
restrictions,
discrimination,
and
antagonism against them. Their
adian, government compares un­
A
number
have
been
refused
busi
­
Japanese
Canadians
to
investiga
­
hostility.
industry and intelligence have
favorably with that of the United
ness licenses by certain munici­
tion by a commission when, in the
caused the people’of British Col­
States where Japanese Americans
While the exportation of some
pal councils merely on the . basis
same speech, the Prime Minister
umbia to regard them as an eco­
are accepted into the army and
seven
to ten thousand Canadian
of their racial origin, and others
himself said: “It is a fact that no
nomic threat. Because employers
have won many awards for brav­
have been refused admittance to
citizens might simplify the Govperson of Japanese race born in
used them as a source of cheap
ery in action.
universities.
Some municipalities
Canada has been charged with
(Please Turn to Page 8)

“LIL SHANGHAI
of changes that have taken place
on 200 and 300 blocks, Powell
Street:

200 BLOCK SOUTH SIDE
Formerly
At Present
Takahara Co.. Chinese Shoe Store
I amazaki Watch .. Chinese Store
Murakami Photo ......... Warehouse
Anglo-Japan Co. . Chinese Cleaner
Shinkoda’s Dress Mfg.. .Hat Shop
Ogura Laundry . .Chinese Laundry
Hinode......... Chinese Shoyu store
MaruKoshi Trans............... DwellingOzawa Shoe Store
Chinese groc
Bunka Shokai . . .
......... Vacant.
Barber Shop .. . .
Tsubame ................
Chaki Fish Mkt. .
. .... Dwelling
Chin, library

'lie's

ga. -ge .
ev- management
a.aumiya Nese ...... Vacant
Matsumiya grocery . Chin, grocerv
Tokiwa Barber Shop .... Vacant
Seishindo................................. Dwelling

Continued from Page 1
Ippuku....................................... Dwelling
Showa Taxi............................ Dwelling
Komura. Bros. .... Chin, grocery
300 BLOCK SOUTH SIDE
Kawasaki Confect. . . . Fruit store
Tanake Bicycle shop . . . Dwelling
Smgematsu Flower shop..Dwelling
Fuji Chop Suey............... Dwelling
Furuya.............. Chinese Pool room
Musashiya Confect
Okumura Real Est
Shoeshine
Kato Shoe store . .
Chin, restaurant
Nabata Shoe
•e.. .Chin, confect.
............. Dwelling
cant Sr
Chin, restaurant
.yashiya
A ki ya
Varehou
Shibu
T,
ice

Miyazaki.............. Egg wholesalers
Nimi Drug store .... Dwelling
Maikawa Fish Mkt. . Under repair
Ebisuzaki
Carpenter’s shop
Star Fish Mkt. . . ... Plumbers
Kasuga Confect. . .............. Vacant
2nd Hand store
Sasaki Confect.
. Chin, cleaners
Optometrist . .
Weighing store
Maikawa . . . .
............. Vacant
Shiomi. Confect
. Confectionarv
Powell Drug
THE HEARST PRESS
’As tar as n
were concerned.
E. Brown’s rice
turn from his P
uatement on

u. b. papers
news in Joe
column) retour was on-

'1 stor
An

Taishodo .... Chinese Pool room
Hayami Radin shoo .... Church

SAN FRANCISCO,. Calif. American soldiers on the fron
OBITUARY
lines in the war against Japan
strongly condemn
,
discriminatory ; SOTOJIRQ TERAMURA
treatment of Americans of Japa- j
The death is reported of Sotojiro
nese ancestry in
the
United ‘
.
Teramura,
aged 59, who passed away
Stat/
n. noted film :
Denver, B.C.
comedian, declared here June !
nc-ral
on his return from a 38,000 mi
vices were held on
tour of Pacific fronts
Denver Buddhist
Church.
Reverem

S.
Asaka and D.
‘‘As for the ■ner'-eevi
i
Katatsu were in targe of the serquoted as sav- vices.
imt'S horrible. I know, I’ve :
MEMORIAL TM'ICES HELD FOR
number of round-tab’e
MES.
YUKI O ODA LN TORONTO
s with them on that sub-i

■nt
carried a 1
1

one line abou

niyoshi

Movie Star Says GIs Deplore Racism

in California
noted. (The
known as t
has been, a
Japanese.)

arion or racialism
the Pacific Citizen
ear.st newspapers.
vellov

a"- by the enemy,
enemy Japanese had heart
dressed in American

m the Pacific lighting fronts don’t . Kayo.
-ate the Japanese like the peonD •
i'
here?

,
■ charge o

v/cre he'd at the
osiuo Oda in Toronto,
the "Me ^rs- Yukino Oda
chiro N’zuguchi, the
oasned away after a
latter who died
vere
uries sustained
•i- w
thie E. C. Security
io
GO
Furi Project
in
ter in

Page 8

Bh£tp 8

& Tiie New Canadian fe
P. O. Drawer A

Kaslo, B. C,
An Independent Weekly Organ Published as a Medium of
Expression Among the People of Japanese
Origin in Canada.

Collier’s July 14, 1945
A thing called the Japanese Ex­
to a considerable number of hood­
On Saturday nights, many peo­
clusion League has reared its
lums, infantile adults, born joiners
Tom Shoyama
ple get drunk if they can get hold
Publisher
head on the West Coast, apparand chronic suckers. It lived on
or liquor. People everywhere do it,
ex.rly rounded up some cash someEditor
hatred of Catholics, Jews and
and
Kaslo
is
no
exception.
Last
ichi Umezuki

where
and begun a drive “dediJapanese Section Editor
Negroes. The Japanese Exclusion
Saturday night, there were many
cated to legally. peaceably and
League
no doubt -will round up
who were in an intoxicated condi­
Rates: 40c per -Month
permanently ridding this coast
$2.00 for Six Months in Advance
quite a number of present-day
tion.
;
and ultimately this country of the
carbon copies of the 1919-25 KuJaps.”
.We were having hamburgers
Kluxers. The whole thing is most
with coffee at the Tompson's Cafe
It means Japanese Americans,
^&iettable, and something for
that night. Tompson’s Cafe is a
who are Americans as fully as
Americans to be ashamed of.
^alLer shabby looking place with
any of the rest of us, and many
It is most encouraging, how--one of the fixtures of a modern
of whom have fought with great
St^am of evacuees continues to move east
eyei,
to learn that strong opposi­
Bin tneir food is good and
gallantry in this "war on our side.
tion
to
the Japanese Exclusion
the; do a thriving business caterof the Rockies irom the interior housing centresf in
The Japanese Exclusion League’s
ing mostly to tourists. Proof
League
is
springing up in areas
official publication sports on its
wdh hand baggages they appear for the
thus
far
contaminated
by it. Or­
of prosperous times is indicated in
front page some anti-Japansee re­
time at the bus stations and wave their last goodganizations are being formed to
ehe ultra-modern neon sign which
marks by Admiral Halsey and
- es to their friend's and familiar scenes.
ccmbat it legally; local officials
bears
the
legend
“Tompson’s
General MacArthur, neither of
in numerous places are being en­
in green and : red arrow
whom to our best knowledge ever
But thousands are still left in the housing centres.
which flicks on and off and points
couraged by influential citizens
has advocated the deportation of
Among them are Japanese nationals, naturalized persons,
into the cafe.
to
do their duty against, terror­
American Japanese or the grabb­
ists
;
and soon.
ing of their property by .selfMen in state of inebriation were
and persons born in Canada. Many of them have sloped
styled American patriots. * These
staggering and lumbering in and
And that is the best way to
forms requesting repatriation, and of these some wiA to
warriors believe in fighting the
out of the cafe. Loud laughter and
fi^ht such movements. When in­
return, to japan, while a greater number is believed to
Japanese, not in fighting fellow
loud voices filled the length of the
fluential peopie in any given com­
have signee? to avoid being
Americans, and are doing rather
room. There w-as clanking of cups
munity actively oppose Ku-Kluxa good job of it up to the present
against saucers and the air was
ism in any of its numerous forms,
5 arious reasons have been advanced to explain the
writing.
blue with cigarette smoke and the
that community rarely suffers
reluctance of the evacuees ■to go Fast—feap of insecurity
The Japanese Exclusion League
whole place had the atmosphere
from Ku-Kluxism. Which is a tip
is one thing we could have ex­
of a saloon one usually sees de­
to influential people up and down
in the unknown territory,
picted in the movies.
pected to grow out of this war. We
the West Coast. They can choke
immediate security of the h
got the Ku Klux Klan; among
The people were feeling very
off this Japanese Exclusion Lea­
ing to the coast
other things, out of thei first
happy and comradely.
Manv of
-becoming more evident as the
gue business if they -will, though
World War, and it sold member­
relocation progi
them
stopped
by
our
booth
'
and
it
may take a little time and - it
however, is another more concrete
ships and hoods and nightshirts
■we
exchanged
greetings
even
certainly -will take some courage.
obstacle, and that is the inability of families withe Li L
though we didn’t know any of
savings to meet the-financial outlays required ii reestabthem.
A slight man with greying hair
on
which a hat was perched at a
i
rakish angle . stopped by our
It was three years ago
ning new signs for their longsimple matter, but the reestablishment of families who.
booth and teetered dangerously on
heavily-laden evacuee
trains
closed shops.
his toes and heels. He lurched to­
foi the past tnree years, have been cooking on Commis­
moved slowly into the heartless
Threats and intimidation have
ward us and leaned on our table.
desolation of the relocation cension issued stoves, and have been £
on wooden
not
frightened them, nor the
tres. Train after train stopped at
1 ’know, he said in a thick voice
many incidents that have been
DUlUys using CoBHmssion issued mattresses and blank­
the centre gates, disgorging hun­
pointing p. wavering, unsteady fin­
reported
against Americans of
ets, is a more difficult problem, t
dreds
of
evacuees,
who
stared
ger at us. y’know, I like Japa­
Japanese
ancestry.
Fer it is onlv
with bewilderment upon
their
such families will need immediately
nese. Damn nice people Japanese,
some
tne
violent
incident
that makes
wartime homes.
reah, yeah, we smiled.
headlines,
not
rhe
regular.
dpp"p.
They had hoped for the best,
I mean it, he said. His bleary,
/7'
to
'
day
lining
f
0
the
suc­
perhaps, but there was only the
the climate is
blooa shot eyes looked almost
cessfully
relocated.
limitless expanse of desert before
pleadingly at us.
esshir, I like
There 1S every indication that
them, with tarpaper houses
you Japanese. he repeated and
means a lew hunwed dollars outlay for which, the place­
the
future Japanese
American
stretched endlessly in monotonous
dragged himself up
’Hy and
ments allowances provided by the Security Commission
population of the West Coast will
design. The air was strifling hot.
stumbled away.
are inadequate.
and the dust lay thick. And
^^ ^^ ^each its pre-war heights
His feelings seemed hurt by our
or 112,000. Doubtless the vast
though the desert stretched on for
uninterested
attitude even though
The placement allowance consists of a flat rate of
majority of those now in the East
more miles than one could see,
he was “high”. I was sorry too
and the Midwest will make their
there was a barbed-wired fence to
$3.5 tor the Hrst member of the family. $2.5 for the second
because he seemed sincere.
homes
there /permanently.
set the limits of the evacuees’
tor the others (in addition
movements.
Two years ago Director Dillon
THE CHANGING SCEN
to tree transportation and a sustenance allowance to be
Today there are new evacuee
of the WRA de dared that
The
trains
ridingthe
shining
rails
the
primary
scene in Kaslo is changing,
These allowances though enough
nn of the War Re­
east and west, and hope is a passlocation Authority
The old. residents have left for
to meet the
to “work
itself out of business.’
enger in every car, as once des­
other centres in the east or to
not enough to meet the expenses
pair rode in 1942.
■would appear that the WRA is
other interior housing centres,
There are no MPs riding the
doing that with success. The
N e w i aces are to be seen everycamps are emptying rapidly at
keep the passengers
where, most of which are strange
on the trains, There are no family
greatly accelerated rate. A ve
and unknown.
numbers, and there is. no compule
ago relocation concerned a hand­
On feels like a stranger in his
sion.
ful of people moved each week to
own ‘‘home” town.
The life of
r, lor
Eastern cities. Today’s relocation
itself.
the
evacuees
are
home
concerns
hundreds moved each
rationing
again. F.-rmers whose hands have
week in special evacuee coaches,
The proposed meat rationing
long been stilled are aching to
moving both east and westward
hit . some people hard. Many
handle the earth of their "own
toward home.
haie said that the rationing of
fields. The business men are plan­
The Pacific Citizen
?'ffect them more "than
imis proposed to close the relocation centre
he end
the butter rationing.
of the year, involving the reestablishment
CANADIAN FORUM
53.000
But evacuee housewives are
Continued from JR
u isons still remaining in the relocation centres.
more concerned over the shortage
ernment’s problem, it i.s hardly
themselves in those lines of work
or rice. T
a in Canada . many of the families left in the
have faced a rice
the solution that a democracy
fol
’??ich they are fitted: to bring
famine
for
the past few months
need
should choose.
to assist these needy
when the 1
Pressure to bear on provinces and
of their supplies
is no simple nor easy
municipalities to encourage per­
were used up. M hen the closure
Authority which is handling
solution, but certain ;hings must
manent
settlement;
to '“inform
of this centre was announced
re
be done now if the
evacuees
grants
problem is
qiose
Canadian
citizens
who have
early this s'prim
ever to be solved At the present
ceries sold ‘
50 per person (in
signed
the
application
to
to
t their complete
time a numbe ot groups, under
Japan that thev are
porta tion)
be paid through
th
free 10 re­
snoring housewives
leadership of the Japanese
verse their dec­ ion ; and to
in tli
Miey. Now with
a and to i
it them their
more
courage Japanes nationals to refull rights, hl
transferees comii
articular, they
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urg.
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