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An Independent Weekly For Canadians of Japanese Origin

THE NEW CANADIAN

10c per copy

WINNIPEG. MANITOBA

Sanatorium at New Denver
laces Shortage of Aides

Nisei G.l. Weds
Movie Actress

40c per month

April 20. 1946

Letter Reveals Niseis
Had Narrow Escape

TOKYO. Japan. — A Japanese
American officer in the U.S. Army
of Occupation in Japan xvas mar­
-- --------i
ried on April 6 to Mitsuko Miura,
Sgts. Suzuki and Nogami Among Seven Survivors
Japanese movie actress.
I
DENVER. B.C.—One of the brighter spots in the generally
The officer, Lieut. George H.
Out of Twenty-three Persons Involved Recently
s
picture of the evacuation has been the improvement in
Godo, of Los Angeles, met his
in Flying Boat Accident at Singapore Naval Base
Ie facilities for the care of Japanese tuberculosis patients.
bride xvhen he visited her Tokyo
* Facina- south and looking out
studio last October in his capacity
TORONTO. Ont.—Two Japanese Canadians. Sgt. Georgv
|om Union Bay on picturesque takes on a minor festive atmos- as a Signal Corps officer.
David
Suzuki and Sgt. Fred Nogami, reported involved in a.
They xvill live in Japan after
^ocan Lake, a well-equipped S0- phere with well-dressed visitors,
Singapore airplane crash on March 27 escaped with relative­
Godo returns from a short trip to
^ Sanatorium specially built fbi ' mostly friends and relatives of the
ly minor injuries, it was revealed in a letter from a soldier
Lcuee patients was completed patients, thronging the well-kept visit his parents in Los Angeles.
in Singapore. The letter was ad­
lady in 19^3, and later a "pavil- lawns and the concrete promenade The bride xvill continue her career. dressed to Toshizo Suzuki, father
Godo expects to represent an Am­ of one of the injured Niseis.
n" was built close by to house in front of the sanatorium.
erican firm in Japan after he is
improved patients.
But all was not well internally;
According to the letter, Sgt.
discharged.
Nogami is already out of the hos­
the' constant bugbear in the man­
I On Sunday visiting hours of 2-3,
The
wedding
xvas
held
in
the
VANCOUVER, B.C. —Anticipat­
pital. He escaped xvith only a
e sanatorium
neighborhood agement has been the shortage of
42nd
General
hospital
chapel.
The
ing
possible return of Japanese to
"slight scratch" on the right cor­
nurses’ aides -and orderlies. Oneceremony
xvas
performed
by
Army
Burnaby, the local School Board
reason for the shortage was lowner of his forehead.
Chaplain Freeman Parker.
refused
to approve placing of
Sgt. Suzuki is still in the A amapay— $37.50 per month and board
Lieut. Godo recently obtained to Hospital. He is believed to have
plaques bearing Japanese surren­
—and the other reason was fear
special "permission from Army suffered a fractured arm, and is
der signatures in schools in tho
of infection.
headquarters for the marriage.
municipality, reported the Van­
also due for a quick release.
He
is
believed
to
be
the
first
Am
­
LOSS OF HELP
couver Province. April 12.
(
NARROW ESCAPE
I thunder river, b. c. —
erican
soldier
of
Japanese
ances
­
A large part of the hospital help
The Niseis xvere lucky, the. let­
plenty persons from this road
The Principals and Vice-Princi­
try to be married in Japan.
had been supplied up till now by
Up and over ten persons from
ter stated, because out of 23 per­ pals' Association had recommendsons on the Sunderland flying
be Pyramid camp have applied to ex-patients and relatives of paed refusal because “Japanese
Div
iBut
the
Japanese
tieiits.
boat, only seven survived, and one
tail on the first, boat for Japanchildren may be back in our
of them is in a. critical condition.
sioifs policy of dispersing the
Applications were received by
schools.”
evacuees east of the Rockies has
Little hope is held for the safety
LC.M.P. officers who canie for
The association felt the presof six persons still missing.
this purpose in the end of March. resulted recently’ in a further loss
ence of such plaques in tbo
LONDON. England — Maj. Hal­
of help, mostly- young people.
The details of the accident xvere
The repatriates for the first boat
schools would be an evidence .oil
* m- ford D. Wilson, former Vancouver
Several weeks ago when Co
ave received notices from guards
racial discrimination.
<
came aiderman, appeared April 15 be­ garni.
ri Blue River to proceed to Tash- missioner T. B. Pickersgill
fore
a
Canadian
Army
general
on an inspection tour, the sanaThe Sunderland took off around
^e on April 16..
■ torium was short-handed five per­ court martial charged xvith using 1:30 in the morning of March 27.
doubtful if they could have avoid­
■ Notices have also been received
sons. Wages were upped $7.50 to improper language to a duty offi­ It climbed to about 200 feet, when ed serious injury, the letter said.
that repats for the later boats as
$45, and a call was sent out to cer at Canadian military head­ two engines came to a dead stop.
The pilot and rite crew were
ell as those remaining in Canquarters in London last March 24,
older, women to act as aides.
pilot tried to make a land- able to escape, being in the upper
The
Eda may move out of road camps
according to Associated Press re­
The
One doctor commented:
ing in the dark. The flying boat
part of the plane, but those sitting
Eto other employment.
ports.
too
Japanese fear the disease
barely missed a small island, but
in the loxver deck xvere trapped by.
Maj. Wilson, xvho is in his early
| The Pyramid camp has now’
could not avoid a. barge moored
much, and that fear is there bethe water and the flames.
forties,-has been accused of being
jeen closed, and the remaining
behind the island. The tail end
cause they lack real sympathy for
"very pugilistic in his language
.porkers moved to Thunder River.
The writer expressed a hope
the patients.”
was thrown off and the plane burst
about all forebears of personnel
Some have moved into hidependthat
the letter would serve to re­
into flames.
of
Canadian
military
headquarters.
pnt employment in local mills.
(Continued on Page 8)
The Niseis were seated in the lease the relatives of the Niseis
When reminded that he xvas
rear of the plane. Otherwise it is from undue anxiety.
sxvearing in the presence of ladies,
Maj. Wilson said: “Get those . . .
women out of here.” He xvas not
drunk said a xvitness.
SAX FRANCISCO, Calif.—Al­ act on the cases of renunciants
most three thousand persons of
formerly detained at Bismarck,
TORONTO. Ont.—Kunio Hidaka, recommendations in varied fields,
apanese ancestry xvho renounced
North Dakota; as well as those
executive secretary tor the Citi­ such as rescission of wage control
•Mir tinted States citizenship al- at Santa Fe, New Mexico.
zenship Defence Committee, xvas order, establishment of 65 cents’
-gedly- under duress and who
When the Tule Lake centre
among the numerous delegates of minimum xvage, equal pay- for
-•ced removal to Japan as darigerMore Niseis have been released the National Federation of Labor women, hot lunches for school
closed on March 2S, 365 renunci­
’•k enemy aliens have been grant- ants xx-ere shipped to Crystal City,
from internment camp 101 at Ang­ Youth xvho presented a brief io the children, establishment of Na­
u Department of Justice releases
tional Youth Administration, bet­
ler, Ont., in the beginning of April. federal government at Ottaxva this
Texas, alien internment camp. Re­
■® detention, the American Civil
ter deal in general for veterans
They
are
being
placed
in
em
­
lease orders came through up to
xveek.
-denies Union Nexvs reported reincluding an assurance that they
ployment in various parts of On­
the time of the train's departure,
entlv.
The 19-page mimeographed brief will not be forced to accept em­
tario.
and a number of persons ordered
wide field—employment ployment of “dead end” nature or
to date. 2.792 persons have been
It is reported that al] Niseis covers
released xx-ere removed from the
•s,
veterans’ rehabilita- which pay loxv xvages.
-leaded though none have had
who wish to remain in Canada, and
train. It is expected that some
and who applied for release were tion. Jiealth. education, preservaIn the international field, tho
citizenship restored. This
of the 365 persons sent to Crystal
tion
of
peace,
and
civil
liberties.
fanibei is exrected to mount over
given an opportunity to leave in­
brief recommends support, of the
City will be eventually released
• 3.0On r?
It
contains
a
large
number
of
ternment.
United Nations, and breaking off
e government as the orders come through.
relations with Spain. The brief
also urges the government to "discamcourage anti-Soviet

Burnaby School Board
Bars Surrender Plaques

load Camp Repats
Moved into Tasnme

Former Aiderman
H. D. Wils
Court Martial

3000 Japanese Americans Held
For Deportation Get Releases

Hidaka Among Delegates of Labor
Youth Which Presented Brief

More Niseis Released
From Internment Camp

Not Jobs, is the Problem of Eastern Relocatees

c ^‘''^^- Man.—Despite the
ct tmai Canada is just emerging
Period of depressed em‘ condition which follow■’•d oi ihe xvar. the evac•as'.ern Canada have come
without any serious hardj
nue to unemployment,
much better than
-Enough t e return of the over!-^ soldiers
o civilian life, the
•Conversion of
war plants, and
actor ; are still impOrt-

in the employment
. lE' respects for the com-

a' resat'ded with
' D‘actically every poliand economist.

.

1’3 W

nFtg. Caere has not been
an evacuee has
an -a ploy e^ ~ for ^
Although attrac-

tive jobs are not as plentiful as
formerly, the bush jobs, at good
wages, are always open.
OTHER CENTRES
Reports from Montreal. Toronto.
Hamilton, and other centres are
all on the optimistic side.
It is likely that the only cases
in which evacuees remained un­
employed have been cases where
certain types of- jobs were being
sought, and where they xvere un­
willing to take what was available
at the time. This choosing of type
of jobs, it is said, accounts for a
substantial part of the figuies
shown in unemployment reports.
After a period of wartime boom,
workers, are not always eager to
take loxver-paying peace time jobs.
An example of this is the acute
shortage in domestic help.
NO RATE DIFFERENCE

On the brighter side, the evac-

uees never have to contend ■with
the coast problem of seeking
“same pax- for the same work.’’
In Wood fibre. Ocean Falls, etc., it
was usually the case that the ori­
ental were paid a loxver scale of
wages than the .‘whites.” That
difference in rate, it is recalled,
was due to a clause (demanded by
the employers^ in the minimum
wage laws for forest and sawmill
workers which permitted employ­
ers to hire 25 percent of their help
at a lower than minimum wage.

The wider field of employment
for the evacuees in eastern Can­
ada. is also an encouraging factor.
In Montreal, people belonging to
the Tailors' union or to the Gar­
ment Manufacturers’ union are re­
portedly receiving many times the
pay they received on the Pacific
coast.
...
Another item on the bright side is

an indication that evacuees every­
where are cautiously startint out
in private businesses. This feature is expected to become increasingly marked in the next few

years.
HOUSING SHORTAGE
One present diffifulty acknowlthe housing shortage. Without
devoting full time to house-hunt­
ing. it is next to impossible to find
accommodations
suitable
Especially is this true in the case
of families with small children.
In Montreal, it is reported that
a queue forms whenever an apart­
ment is advertised for rent.
It- is difficult to. foretell when
this situation will ease, but from
present indications, housing short­
age -seems to be one of those
things that will remain with us
for a considerable time yet.

CIVIL LIBERTIES
Of special interest to Japanese
Canadians is the section dealing
with civil liberties. After briefly
outlining the treatment of Cana­
dian Japanese during the war. the
brief makes the following recom­
mendations:
“That all discriminatory legis­
lation be revoked and full citizen­
ship rights be accorded all persons
of Japanese ancestry on a basis
equal with other Canadian resi­
dents. More particularly, the de­
portation orders-in-council should
be rescinded immediately, and all
restrictions on travel, employment
and occupations removed.
“In addition, full compensation
should be made for losses sustain­
ed through evacuation, and full
restitution should be made .for
property losses and 'returned
where requested by their owners.

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Saturday, April 20 ^

THE NEW CANADIAN

6G4 Talbot Avenue

Phone 501 306

»

Winnipeg, Man.

An independent weekly organ published as a medium of
expression, among the people of Japanese origin in Canada
___________________ Editor
Kasey Oyama ........
. Japanese Section Editor 5
Takaichi Umezuki

in the word program. There is •
no reason why we can’t scrap' the
more complicated form.
We are inclined to feel that
Canada, whose culture
more
closely tied to our southern neigh-:
bor than.to Great Britain, should
yield graciously to the American-’
ized version of English.

G Sing
With ITO

On A Trip to HirosU

Cairo, and the Pyramids of Gizah
Part VII

The natives' section of fed
is teeming with street-stalk 3

N CAIRO there are many beauing . every imaginable s0? j
xiful and modern buildings. The
goods. Beggars and street
parks;are many and well kept.
are everywhere and pe ter ?$:
; Recreational and entertainment
persistently it 15 aggtSTa
APRIL 20, 1946
facilities are many;- It’s aristoc­
Petty thievery. Picking j.y
Some of us who left Vancouver racy has homes like - those in
and other minor * crimes
under somewhat abrupt circum­ Hollywood.
common they are takeuford
The weather is warm but bear­
stances in 1942 may experience a
ed. No doubt, it does-addawl
■sort of satisfaction on learning able. Native-grown fruits, such as
color, to Cairo. Any future vbJ
It is generally recognized that one of the more important ' that the said city is drying itself? oranges, bananas, pineapples, etc., to Cairo are warned to p„; J
•factors which have retarded the permanent resettlement of up (unless it is being redfenched ? can be bought anywhere. The their valuables inside their 1J
the Japanese Canadians in eastern Canada is the existence by April showers) after an \inusu-? variety of grades’ available is and their hands in their pocJ
of restrictions which were imposed on them during the war. ally wet winter and spring. Since ' really -incredible. The prices of Here in Cairo are tte'Iid
These restrictions cover a wide‘range of activities, and October 1, it is reported, Vancou- ? foreign goods are extremely high pick-pockets you will Have a
includes the rights to purchase and lease lands, io move or ver has had 11.34 more inches of ? but native goods are cheap. How- misfortune to encounter.
change residences freely, to enter certain cities and areas, rain than usual and 100 hours less ? ever there'is no? set price and TOWERING ABOVE our'^
sunshine than averag.e.
? everything must be bargained for.
and in some localities to operate businesses freely?
the north east on a plateaujis
Consequently tlie 'Vancouverites ■
Rife in Cairo is. similar to life
Little good is being served by the continued existence of
the huge pyramids or Gizah. Ge|
these restrictions, and the demand for their removal should are suffering from an unusual - |u most'parts of the Middle East, is on the outskirts of Cairo
have the whole-hearted support of all Japanese Canadians. number of colds, and, it is pre- . The people live an easy-going life there is a well-used tramway t
sinned, consuming- an unusually and. as a whole, have a very disBut apart from the desirability of having these restric­ heavy dosage of cod liter oil to interested attitude. The exception the foot of the. ..pyramids. U
tions removed, the restrictions themselves should not be make up for vitamin D deficiency..-. O[- course- being the salesmen and .guide hired by six of us tor i
■ -piastres related- the historyd
made an excuse for hesitation and timidity on the part of
Meanwhile letters to a Vancou--. peddiers. when they are trying .to
these immense works of rock'd
the evacuees.
ver nevvspapei aie engaged in a ; gey vou something. From 2:00 to
well
, as .most history . books. Ta
During the war, the majority of evacuees, particularly spirited controversy regarding the I 5:Qo’ p.m.. they^enjoy a siesta
the Isseis, feared post-war uncertainty. They were uneasy effect’ of damp climate on T:B. when all the stores and even the are two mammoth pyramids ii
about possible racial discrimination in eastern Canada, and This controversy calls to mind the. post office is closed. At 5:00 p.m. three smaller ones for each. pH
they were almost sure that the post-war would be a time of fact that at one time the T.B. in- • life in Cairo begins and reaches another set of four small out
great depression. And these fears have contributed to their cident among B.C. Japanese was . its climax at midnight or later, The two largest ones are 451 in
unwillingness to move out of British Columbia.
alarmingly high. Although the The French jnfh{euce On Cairo ...high and it would be quite a his
yery
next to to circle their base. The oq
Now, however, they are made to realize that there is rate had fallen off even before. soc|ety
walls of these pyramids were J
little discrimination in eastern Canada, and that the termi­ evacuation, we have a ^ee^n° that the native tongue, French is used covered, with a layer of smcq
nation of the war has resulted in no heightened ill-feeling the rate has dropped still fui thei ■ most extensively? However in .alabaster stones. The upper pa
against the people of Japanese race. Nor does serious de­ since the evacuation.
recent years the’ city has gone of one still retains this smooq
Here in Winnipeg, the damppression threaten Canada in the foreseeable future—on the
‘American-style,” or words to that white alabaster -covering. Hoi
contrary Canada stands at the threshold of a period of great ness of Vancouver's weather is effect. As everywhere else, out ever the rest have been strips
quite generally recognized. When­
^economic expansion.
here they think the Yanks are of this alabaster layer and are mi
ever there is a stretch of rain,
supermen loaded with money. just bare granite blocks resea
The New Canadian has consistently stressed the advis­
which does not occur frequently,
ability of moving east, and it feels that the wisdom of this
Having the impression that Can- bling steps.
:
it reminds many of Vancouver.
policy- is being vindicated.
nucks are the same as the Yanks,
It
would
be
difficult
to
even-id
that they
they treated us accordingly.
It is, of course, important to seek the restoration of our People have confessedcoast
agine how many man-hours wed
to get .
moved away from the
rights as Canadian citizens and to demand the removal of away
into
these huge monuments of ii
from the rain, They would 'J’O PORTRAY the other and not
war-imposed restrictions. Neither should we give up the
as pleasant side of Cairo is dif- pharaohs. Some of the origins
take the cold.
struggle to obtain just indemnity for losses suffered through rather
Back on the coast the climate ficult. In a way, it is. undoubtedly walls of granite and transluced
the forced evacuation. But it is equallv important to rid
is "mild” they say. But we re­ a source of its inherent color and white alabaster are still smi
ourselves of any distrust or timidity


in facing the future member that the “mild" was usu­ intriguing atmosphere. It’would as glass.
problems of resettlement.
ally in combination “with rain."
be difficult to find another place
Behind the pyramids is tl
It is worth noting that a number of Niseis, and Isseis
with such a contrast of the new sphinx, a huge stone idol of a
too, have tackled the problem of re-establishing themselves
and the old. On fashionable boule­ Sun God. The sphinx has a id
in. the , east with remarkable- success. It has been amply
vards are emaciated natives in of a woman symbolizing beauty,
shown by their examples that, with sufficient courage and
rags intermingled with very few head of a man for wisdom and
From the Pacific Citizen
"vision, the lestiictions imposed on the evacuees need not be
prosperous - looking well - dressed body of a lion for strength. Ill
barriers to ambition and enterprise.
said that the priest would get il
While thousands *of foreign individuals. Soiree lead camels,
Outstanding among the successful relocatees are those . brides of American GIs are coming asses or oxen, ■' -pulling ancient the sphinx’s head and speak toil)
sefc thd’uselves up in their own businesses. True into this country to join their hus­ wooden - wheeled ? carts or not, worshippers to make .them brit!
most of these people have just started out and face a period bands, two others in Canada are others lean on crutches and totter offerings and sacrifices! It d®
or hardship and experimentation, but their future is far barred by our discriminatory im­ along. The numerous animals on seem incredible that this wori
brighter than that of the majority who laid no plans and migration and naturalization laws , the roads leave a. mess that is not was done 5.000 years ago.
onlf from day to day on the theorv from entering the United States . very pleasing and quite odorifer­
On the same plateau as the PH
that nothing could be certain until after the war,
ous. Perhaps the contrast is most
with their husbands.
amids.
and beside them, overlap
m proPnfm~ relocatees are emerging today, and it is
striking in the very common sight
The
two
are
Canadian
citizens
ing Cairo is the recently built &
pi obably safe to predict that years from now when the evacu­
of Japanese ancestry. Their hus- ■ of a native in rags driving on or house of the present King FaroU
ation and resettlement has become a memory there will be
in pulling ,an andent^wooden
plow
are a former, sergeant with
.
- -ra­
of Egypt.
Ot °^tai^n?!^ successful Niseis, ‘it is our belief bands
the U.S. armed forces and a lieu- *n t!Oui' °‘ an Hih'^odern build
^Se 7‘ ibe ^1Se1^ who have the faith and determinaing-.
(To be continued)
tenant still in service.

$2.00 for Six Months in Ad
Rates: 40c per Month
Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department,
Ottawa.

Mild, with rain

With Courage and Vision

Canadian Brides

J1OI1 today to plan tor the future, not those who are lost in
hesitation before the immediate problems and difficulties.

Two Choice in English
Canadian school teachers had
better modify that rule which
says the. verb ‘.‘to be" must take
the same case after it as before.
And if you notice that the above
sentence ends .with a preposition,
that too is now accepted.
When Winston Churchill said
‘Thi
me." he has confirmed
what we have always sneakinMy
suspected—that it sounds phony
when people say. “It is I.”
What must be realized. especially by the teachers of languis. i that the English language
is not tatic Changes in u
are constantly occurring. and
what was correct yesterday may
be outmoded and wrong today. .
A columnist in the New York
Times magazine writes: s
“The ‘American’ language, as
opposed to formal English, admits
a lot of things grammarians used
to throw their hands up about.
Cone are the subtle distinctions
between ’shall’ and ‘will.’ ‘would’
and ‘should.’ ’may’ and ‘can’ and
■even thip use of ‘who’ for pvhom’

no longer affright English teacher
it once did in the scale of
grammatical sins aying ‘Who do
you want
everal levels below
‘whom are you?' for instance."

The same columnist also favors
"different than" to different from”
quoting Prof. Walter Barnes of
New York University who says:
" ’Different than’ is ■simply' good
American.’’

- This leads up naturally to. the
question: Which should the Cana­
dians adopt, formal English usage
or the Americanized version?
Common sense seems to favor the.
latter though the conservative
element in Canada is strong
enough to hold fast to English in
its purer form.
Every month hundreds of Am­
erican books and magazines come
into. Canada.
Seh >1 children
reading these book
may write
“center" for ‘centre,
“cigaret”
for “cigarette
and be marked
a pity since our
wrong. This
sense of spelling come from our
reading. In some cases experts of
the English language have bent
sufficiently to allow two forms, as.

Canadian wives . of American
servicemen are admitted into this
country unless they are of ances- ...
try that makes them ineligible to
citizenship by naturalization. Thus
it is that these X’isei Canadian
brides cannot' accompany their >
husbands to the country for which :
they served.

:
I?

In Passing.

The latest group of
Some of the Nisei soldiers ft.
servicemen, to leave for active left at Cairo due to aerop®
:
service overseas seem to be hop­ trouble, but the others? flev-n
ping across the world, from one
Maurapur, India, stoppin.h a whil
country to -another in an.endless
at. Shaibah, Iraq. .or refuel
serie.
.of . airplane jaunts; and After two day in Mauripur tM
This outrageous discrimination.' ocean trips. It is’all in the line of flew to Poona and then to M2w
purely' on the basis'of race, makes ? duty and each day draws them in a Dakota plane. ;
doubly obvious thefinconsisfencies ■ closer and. closer to jheir final
The trip from .Tunisia to k-1
of our immigration and naturaliza-. destination and post. .
. seems a fast and furious pace b'
tidn laws.
A Nisei sergeant wrote to us the sergeant claims it is '
Particularly because of the sim­ recently from Cairo where he travelling.
ilarity between the Canadian and
stopped over for a while. Now he
“Every morning."
American cultures, the Nisei Cana­ writes us again, this time from
“around six o’clock we
dian brides are far closer to their
India. “This is sarge writing a awakened by the noises ot t'1
American husbands than thou­ few words.” he say: “a thousand and monkeys, or both, ins:
sands of foreign wives and their
miles farther away ince I wrote other animals such as dog
American soldier husbands, There you la
chipmunks (which we
is no language barrier nor major
ii or
rats")
scampering
The ergeant remembers Cairo
cultural differences.
place."
as the biggest “clip, joint" he has
The inadequacies of our immi- ever seen, with thieves who spe­
-Their laundry is gration policy, which was written
cialize in the art of lifting foun­ women who never
to meet the alleged “needs" of an
tain pens. “Primitive” and -yet beat their clothes on mtearlier day. became more glaring slick racketeers sell pieces of process the Niseis have co:
as we go closer toward the ma­ lead or brass as “genuine" Roman call “rock breaking - When
turity of our democracy.
get their clothes bacx. im­
coins.
Perhaps some way can be de­
mediately count how
s:
vised by which these Nisei brides law should not be allowed to keep
tons are left on the
of Canadian citizenship can be American soldier, husbands apart
then look for burns and ■-“■
' . (CoBtinsedJon Page U
allowed tb entbr this country. The; from their wives.;
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^*5, April 20, 1946

THE

Now there aren’t fireflies flying
about everywhere. Manitoba has
some. There must be some else­
where too.-but since I'm not an
entomologist. I can’t exactly say
where. And by no means am. I
; suggesting that a Niseiette in a
; ''firefly area" should traipse off
- after these winged gems; and
f neither am I suggesting that she
1 send her best beau, brother, or
hubby out after them. But if you
| see a firefly this summer, it might

remind you of this South Amer­
ican idea.
Maybe you read the article in
the Coronet. Then maybe you
didn’t. Since it's so very interest­
ing—and since there may be a
doubting Thomas somewhere —
here is the article entitled "Liv­
ing Jewelry”,* reprinted with the
kind permission of Coronet.
“Our glamour girls might well
borrow an idea from the lovely
South American senoritas who use
“living jewelry” to enhance their
charms. A “South American Way”
is to fasten live fireflies (in reality
they are winged beetles) on a
dress or inv the hair in place of
costume jewels.
“This form of vanity provides a
source of income for natives' who
capture and sell the little insects
whose light emanates from tiny
prosphorescent spots. After dark
the “bug catcher” lights the end
of a stick of charcoal and whirls
it about in^a circle.. The fireflies,
attracted by the glow, fall easy
prey to the ■ experienced catcher.
The insects. , are. placed in small
cages and fed sugar cane while
awaiting purchasers.

“When used as ornaments, the
insects are' handled: with great
care. Properly fastened with a. fine
thread here; and there in a senorita s hair, they twinkle and shine
with greater brilliance than any
diamond ever could.”

*(CWVright, 1946, by Esquire, Inc., 919 No. Michigan Ave
cago. III. Printed in Coronet, April 1946.)

Contributions to
the Defence Fund
List 2
j (From the records of Civil Rights
s Derence Committee in Winnipeg.)
i SINCLAIR MILLS, B.C.—Kansa-

j buro Yamada and Masao Yamado
1 510. K. Teraoka $5, Iwataro Haga
j ?2, Moto Kobuke $4.
REVELS POKE, B.C. — Shukui sake Hashimoto $2, Isuke KobaJ’ashi ?2, Kensaburo Gondo $2,
Otsuji Kohara . $2, Kunitaro Hashimoto S3, Eisaburo Shoji §2.
^uo.. Sakaki S3, Kikuyo Saito
•” Jitsuo Uyede $2, Koichi Higss» ?2, Hajime Tsuchiya $2, Koji
Ls’^ $2, Yuji Motoyoshi $2, Tak3ai Murota $2, Tanekichi Iso; mura §2, Jinichi Asahina $2, Morio
| iaada $2, Kunimatsu Saimoto S3,
: Cnoichiro Takahashi $3, Senkichi
L^ama S3, Hajime Sarayama
; Rmkichi Tagashira $2, Taijiro
I
$2’ Jinichi Kawano $2,
i ‘ ^iji Tabayashi $2, Toichi SakiAma }2, Masaaki Maruno $2,
uniio Yamamoto $2, Shigesaburo
^kuro §2, Shigeji Nishi §2,
j ^izo Kawaguchi $2, Toshiyuki
i^D^8
oshiyuki Fujiwara
;
'^hioka $2, T. Takizawa
:
isaburo Mizuta $2, Yasujiro
;
42. Eikichi Aihoshi$2,
?“-' Ryuta: Mori:”l-d .!2’ ?’de° Matsushita ' $2.
; p'lp/?kata $2, Sachu■ Tasaka
>-..,.'?' Okino $2, Kichijifo
^ $2, Umekichr Kataia
Harushige Ono $2, Kiku!®a $2, Tetsuo Fujii §2,
s&iehi Yoshida $2, Tokusuke
Masaki ^2. Otogoro Omura $2,
■akichi Nishi $2, Hichisaburo
s'; vara
Kurataro Matsui $2.
’° ^“®asaki $2, Hanawaka
k;cM
Tanaka §2, YoneL
IaDaia
Shingo Homma
tc'op'10 XiShi ^2* Isamu YamaMinoru Nishi $2, Kazue
lencni Amano S2r
Ci:
‘u“‘j)!>da^IU9to 52, Masakichi
_ Saijiro Wakita $2,
ro
Yonoia
$2, Yoshio Sato
s:
ta i?
na!ia ?- Tsutomu
’• Hidehiko Shirakawa §2,
fp’^C1511'1113 S2- Kohei
SO)iro Nakagawa $2.

CANA DIAN

News Briefs

"Living Jewelry"
Bv a sheer stretch of your im;Ration, can you picture yourJ^th. living jewelry in your
'^ or on your favorite dress?
W tv "living jewelry" I mean
lilies.' Yes—real, live fireflies!
"u, lietore there's a concerted
from sny men v»ho happen
reread this, let; me say that according, to the Coronet, such
••jewelry’’’is used—and very effectivelv foo--in South America.
This is North America, you
misht say. and sb it is. But North
or South America, this idea of
••living jewelry” is certainly some­
thing highly original. Indeed it
would be a welcome change from
the usual costume jewehw — lapel
pins, brooches, hair clips and so
on_which come in every size and
I shape, and in : everything from
rhinestones to diamonds, glass to
plastics, simulated pearls to paint1 ed wood. If you like to create a
J sensation by haying “something
I different^"-'this is definitely-IT.'

NEW

Chi-

Sengoro Hisaoka $2, Sojiro Uyeda
$2, Mitsuyoshi Tsuida $2, Katsuyo
Koyanagi $2, Isamu Shimura $2,
Kanesuke Kosaka $2, Y. Abe $2,
. T. Wakisaka $2, Kazuo Tsuchiya
§2, Revelstoke Youth Organization
$5.25, Takeo Furuya $2, Minoru
Nakamura $2, Omotani $2, Omotani $2.
(Total for Revelstoke:$188.25, of which $153 sent to. De­
fence Committee in Winnipeg, and
$35.25 sent to Tashme Shinwakai.)’
(Donations from Manitoba in­
clude $1 fee to Defence Committee.)
ARNAUD, ,Man.—H.. Morita $9,
R. Hashimoto $10, S.. Yoshioka $3,
T. Hirashima $5, YE. Hirashima $2,
K. Tamura $3. ? "
CAREY’, Man.—S. Nagamori $2,
D. Mitsunaga $1, H. Mitsunaga $1,
M. Ikeda $1.
CARMAN, Man.—G. Sugimoto

curtiss-Siding, Man. — a.
Tazumi $2, T. Nakai $2, Mrs. F.
Kashiba $2, T. Kaita $2, K. Hinatsu $7, Mrs. N. Hinatsu $1, Kazuo
Hinatsu $1, Elsie Hinatsu $1.
DOMINION CITY’, Man. — T.
Koga $4, I. Takimoto $5, K. Y’anamoto $5, Y. Fujita $5, S. Suzuki
$1, J. Suzuki $1, Toru Suzuki $1.
Kaoru Suzuki $1, Minoru Fujita
$1, M. Eyemoto $1. S., Eyemoto $X,
K. Y’anagimpto $1, M. Namba $1,
H. Nishimura $1.
EMERSON, Man.—rY’..Nishihata
$1,,Emiko Nishihata $1,'E. Nishibata$l, T. Tasaka $1, Masashi Ta­
saka $1, S. Wakai $1, B. Goto $.1,
H. Oikawa $1, Y, Oikawa $1, I.
Shinde $1, R. Koizumi $1, T. Koi­
zumi $1, K. Koizumi $1, F. Tera­
nishi $1, M. Tasaka $1.
EAST SELKIRK, Man. — K.
Shirakawa $2, K. Shirakawa $1.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Tarumoto $2. K.
Tarumoto $1, T. Matsuo $4.
HOMEWOOD, Man.—S. Amano
SR," Y. Kaita $1, T. Kaita Sl.-K.
Kaita $1, C. Teramura SI, K. Tera­
mura $1, H. Teramura SI, K.,Teramura $1, K. Matsubara. $3, Mrs.
Y'oshiko Matsubara $1, N- Matsu­
bara $1, H. Matsubara $1, Shigeno
Kobayashi $1, K. Kobayashi Si.
T. Kobayashi SI, H. Kobayashi
SLS. Suzuki $1, K. Suzuki $1, S.
Kodama $1, M. Kodama si. 1Matsubara $1.
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Contestant. The Grand Forks
Gyro Club is holding a Blossom
Queen contest this week to raise
funds in aid of Crippled Children's
Fund and other charitable proj­
ects. Three contestants are vying
for the honor of being chosen
queen. One of them is a Nisei­
ette, Sadie Akaye. The contest­
ants are all high school students,
elected last week by the pupils
themselves.
Ogopogo. Residents of the Oka­
nagan are viewing with alarm re­
ports from the coast that,a syn­
dicate wants to capture their
"caddy" and turn him into a side­
show attraction. However they
are more concerned about Ogopogo. the monster of Indian legend
which inhabits the deep water of
Okanagan Lake.
“Let them have Caddy if they
want him," says A. W. Howlett,
president of the Vernon Board of
Trade, "but if they come near
Ogopogo we will shoot on sight.”
Weather.
Vancouverites are
blaming their colds, sharp tem­
pers and aching bones on the un­
usually heavy rainfall during win­
ter and spring. Doctors and psy­
chologists claim they are crazy,
and add that excess moisture has
no effect on health and tempera­
ment. The weatherman, on being
asked to explain the heavy rain­
fall, simply said: "It's just un­
usually unusual—that's all.”

Per Capita Wages. Based on the
employment situation prevailing
on Feb. 1, the Dominion bureau
of statistics reported that B.C.
workers had the highest average
weekly earnings than any other
province with a per capita weekly
pay of $34.72. Alberta was next
with $33.95. Saskatchewan's was
$31.86.
Lowest province was
Prince Edward Island with $26.15.
The all-Canada average was $31.94.
Of 20 Canadian cities analyzed,
Windsor led with $42.12. Vancou­
ver came next with $33. Quebec
City’s average was lowest with
$27.39,
The report was based on official
figures sent in by thousands of
firms employing staffs of 15 or
more persons.
* % *
More Wheat. Instead of send­
ing more American troops to Ja­
pan to halt possible food riots,
the U.S. will send more wheat as
an alternative, according to Sec­
retary of Agriculture Anderson.
“Some people have criticized
our policy of sending wheat to
Japan.” Anderson said, “but Gen.
MacArthur said to us, ‘Give me
more wheat or more soldiers,’ and
so we are sending the wheat.”
t. * *
Epidemic.
Stern emergency
measures are being taken by
health authorities in Tokyo in an
effort to check a nation-wide typh­
us epidemic -which is reported to
be spreading in the Japanese capi­
tal. A smallpox epidemic is rag­
ing throughout Japan bitt has not
hit Tokyo. However, the small­
pox danger is threatening, accord­
ing to the health officials.
$
New Ferry. Premier Hart of
B.C. announced recently that $200,000 has been earmarked by the
public works department for an
additional ferry between Kelowna
and Westbank on Okanagan Lake.

Repatriation. At a recent annual
convention, the B.C. chapter of the
Imperial Order Daughters of the
Empire, passed a resolution urg­
ing the repatriation of all Japa­
nese in Canada.

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Niseis in India
Geography Books Do Not Give
All the Facts About the East
The troopship ploughed through
the Atlantic Ocean, down the
French and Spanish coast, then
changed its direction and slipped
through the Strait of Gibraltar into
the Mediterranean Sea. Spain.
Italy. Greece and Turkey slipped
by. and at length the ship drew
up at Port Said at the head of Suez
Canal.
Soldiers attired
in summer
clothes scampered up on deck,
crowding the rails. Below, gangs
of sweating natives worked on the
wharves.
A soldier idly flipped his cigar­
ette butt over the side. Immedi­
ately a swarm of cigarette-hungry
natives scrambled tor the butt. A
few other soldiers threw cigar­
ettes.
Then more and more
soldiers joined in. Bill automati­
cally reached inside his pocket and
watched the cigarette spiral down
to the waiting workers below.
He watched the mad chaotic
scene as natives fought each other,
trying to snatch a cigarette,
smoked or unsmoked, in whole or
in pieces. It didn’t matter as long
as it was tobacco—to them, a lux­
ury and a necessity.
HE RED SEA area was stifling
hot. Water was drunk by the
gallons. A few soldiers went too
far and as a result ended up in
the ship hospital with dysentery.
The air in the hold of the ship
was foul and heavy with the sweat
of perspiring men. Sleeping was
a nightmare, and many went up on
deck hoping to find sleeping space
on an already crowded deck.
In the morning, men woke up in
hammocks sticky and wet with
the previous night’s sweat. For
Bill, the Red Sea was the most
miserable part of the whole trip
to the Far East. But it was a tem­
porary discomfort and he took it
as it came, just like the others.
The break final!}' came. They
were getting off at Bombay.
Soldiers rejoiced at the news. Bill
was no different, and he followed
the crowd as it surged on deck
hoping to sight land, by then a

symbol of space and fresh air.
FF IN THE distance India rose
out of the sea, a dim line
against the horizon. About a mile
from shore, a filthy smell floated
across the span of water, bringing
with it a sharp warning of the con­
ditions to be found in India.
Bill and the other Nisei soldiers
shifted fast once they went ashore.
They were due to leave for Poona
immediately.
Bombay station was a filthy place,
whose wretchedness was aggra­
vated by foul-smelling smoke from
native cigarettes. Lacking nothing
better than to wait for the train,
one Nisei went for a walk. A
moment later Bill and the others
saw him return—with a broad,
smile, and a well-wrapped hand­
kerchief. He carefully uncovered
the package and triumphantly
showed them a beautifully set
ring. It was gold, he swore, and
he paid only 12 rupees when ask­
ed for 40. A few days later, the
unfortunate Nisei was polishing
the tarnish on the ring, by then
common knowledge that it was
made purely from brass. Uis was
a typical case, a precedent of what
was to happen to most of the
Niseis later on.
T POONA Bill and his Nisei
friends went through one week
of intensive jungle training. Then
they were shunted to Calcutta, a
city of filthy streets, and utter
lack of sanitation, where people
slept on door steps and women
squatted down on streets, feeding
their babies.. A soldier could not
hope to walk down the main sec­
tion of town without mauling beg­
gars following at his heels and
pleading for alms.
Freakish and maimed natives
roamed the- streets.
Syphilitic
cripples maimed in body and soul
was a common sight. Women with
goiters, evidently thinking nothing
of it. carried on as usual with the
drudgery of Indian life.
This was India, the India Bill
had never known or heard of until
he had seen it for himself.

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Exclusion Prompted. By Prejudice
Says Post; Urges Reparation
For Japanese American Evacuees

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Baseball In Montreal
MONTREAL, P.Q.—After re­
jecting offers from Marcel Du­
fresne, president of Three Rivers
baseball team of the CanadianAmerican league, to try out for
his team, Kaz Suga has signed p
with St. John in the Provincial
league, a semi-professional loop.

expressed on a number of occa­
sions that the exclusion was alto­
gether unnecessary, that it was
prompted more by blind racial pre­
judice than by military considera­
tions.”
The Supreme Court’s validation
The first game of the Provinof it amounted, as Mr. Justice
cial loop will be played in the
Murphy charged in a dissenting
early part of May.
’legalization of
opinion, to
Yuki Uno, who played for Kik
racism’,” the Post said.
last year, has signed up with the
The Post declared that the Fed­ same team this season. Kik will
eral government owed tlie evacu- be playing in the Atwater league
ees generous help in getting re­ as well as the Metropolitan league.
established and “restitution fer
their property losses.”
“Once the exclusion error was
i
committed, guardianship of the
uprooted Japanese Americans be­
came a Federal responsibility,” the
HAMILTON; Ont.—Miss Marga­
Post noted. “They had" to be kept
ret Inouye, Niseiette student at
in detention centres until they
McMaster University in Hamilton,
could be relocated in parts of the has been appointed to the position
country other than, the West
of news editor on the staff of the
Coast. The burden of discharg­ university newspaper, The Silhou­
ing this unhappy obligation was
ette.
given to an emergency agency, the
War Relocation Authority, head­
ed at first by Milton Eisenhower,
later and through most of its ex­
istence by Dillon S. Myer. It per­
LEMON CREEK, BIC. — The
formed its task with humanity,
public school students of this
with efficiency arid with a con­
centre presentee! a concert on the
scientious serise of trusteeship to­
evening of April 12 arid 13 at the
ward the evacuees which made
NEW YORK. — The United
school hall. Both performances
States government “owes repara­ amends for the terrible hardship were well attended;
tions" to the 100,000 men, women .inflicted upon them.
Principal Misao Hatanaka thank­
and children of Japanese ancestry
“All the men associated in this
ed
local residents for the fine sup­
who were evacuated from the undertaking, and in particular Mr.
Myer, who fought valiantly and port in making the concert such
West Coast and confined in war
relocation centres, Eugene V. Ros­ pertinaciously agaisnt prejudice a huge success, probably the last
for the rights of these unfortu- school concert to be held in this
tow, professor of law at Y'ale
riates in. his charge, can take centre.
University, declared in a letter
pride in a difficult job exceeding­
published by the New York Times
in April.
ly well done.
“When at last the Army rescind­
Prof. Rostow, author of an
article of the legality of the evacu­ ed its exclusion order about 57,500
TORONTO, Ont. — Junji Ikeno,
evacuees moved back to their
ation which appeared in Harper’s
formerly on the. staff of The New
former homes to the West Coast
in Sept., 1945, under the title “Our
Canadian, has recently become a
states. But about 51,500 settled
Greatest Wartime Mistake,” de­
member of the International Typo­
eastward in new homes. Perhaps
clared that the evacuees "should
graphical Union.
the dispersal will have some bene­
be allowed to present claims for
He will be classed as apprentice
fits in better integration of the
war damage like other innocent
Japanese Americans into Ameri­ for one more year, and then will
victims of the war program.”
can society. The loyalty of those be promoted to a journeyman.
“Until the wrong is acknowlleft here has been meticulously
He is employed by the T. H.
edged and made right we shall
scrutinized. Out of tlie whole Best Printing Co. in Toronto, and
"have failed to meet the responsinumber in the relocation centres, his work is chiefly linotyping.
bility of a democratic, society—some 3,000, including quite inno­
the obligation of equal justice,”
cent family members were trans­
he stated.
ferred to internment camps ad­
Prof. Rostow cited the recent
ministered by the Department of
decision of the Supreme Court in
Justice; and about 4,700 persons
the Duncan case in which it dewere voluntarily repatriated to
COALDALE, Alta.—Recently the
dared the wartime exercise of
. Japan—many of them, no doubt,
Coaldale
Doshi Seinen-kai held a
martial law in Hawaii illegal.
because the treatment they receiv­ reorganization meeting. The outleast as to individuals arrested
ed here convinced them they had
coriie was a constitution for the
long after the Pearl Harbor
no hope of leading free lives in
club and a new club name. “Coalemergency.’’
America.”
dale Cubs.” The club is es entially a social and athletic organizaFOR FINE PORTRAITS
tion for the time being.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The war­
time treatment of Japanese Amparticularly the evacuaencai
tion and exclusion of persons of
Japanese ancestery from the West
Coast, “remains a smudge upon
our national honor and a threat
to elementary principles of free­
dom,” the Washington Post de­
clared on March 28 in an editorial
which saluted the War Relocation
Authority for a “job well done”
in handling “the ritbst distasteful
of war jobs, the detention upon
mere suspicion and without trial
of approximately 120,000 persons
of Japanese ancestry.”
The Post declared that the
WRA’s job “was niade necessary
through the decision of Gen. John
L. DeWitt to exclude all Japanese Americans” from the West
Coast area.
Noting that Gen. DeWitt’s order
has been validated by the Supreme
Court on grounds of military
necessity, the Post'added that “we
hold still to the opinion we have

On University Paper

Lemon Creek School
Holds Last Concert

Pay Damage To
Evacuees Says
Law Professor

Engagements

UYESUGI—YON EM U RA

TABER,
Ka.—My. Tsi
Mishima he
announced
gagement o ai:
Aiko, to Motoharu Yoshihar
ond son of Mr. Shimeta-o
or 'i
20. Baisiiakunins were Mr
Mrs. H. Nakamura and Mr.
Mrs. S. Yamamoto.

Of considerable
TASHME. B.C
interest to friends in B.C. arid the
East, was the marriage of Masaye
Jane, third daughter of Mr. Senzo
Yonemura, and Kazuo Uyesugi
only son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Hash­
izume, on April 6.
The bride was beautifully at­
tired in a gown of white satin, and
a. floor length" veil held in place
with a flower-edged organdy halo.
She carried a' bouquet of carnations, tulips arid hyacinth.
Attending her was the bride’s
sister, Kanaye Barbara, in a long
Tina
gown of apricot taffeta.
Niiya, the niece of the bride, and
Y'asuko Mizutani, the niece of the
groom, were the flower-girls. Tom
Uyesugi supported the groom.
Reverend MacWilliams offici­
ated at this charming ceremony.
Miss M. McLachlan was the orNomoto sang a
ganist. Mrs.
of the
solo during the
register.
The baisiiakunins for the event
were Dr. and Mrs. Shimokura anti
Mr. and Mrs. Y. Irizawa.
Ari elaborate reception followed
at the home of the groom." There
were over 120 guests present.
The couple left on a honeymoon
to the interior of B.C.

New Club Formed by
Coaldale Niseis

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NEW DENVER, B.C. — Local
residents recently held a meeting
to elect executives for the P.T.A.
Results were as follows: Y". Iwa­
saki. president: K. Takagi, vicepresident; T. Baba, chairman: S.
Kawazoye. vice-chairman; T. Tak­
enaka. secretary: S. Morimito, as­
sistant secretary: Mrs. T. Koda­
ma. treasurer: Mrs. K. Ryoji and
Mrs. Shimizu, auditors.

TORONTONIANS!

Returned Missionary
Gives Talk on Kagawa
WINNIPEG. Man.—Members of
the Nisei Girls’ Mission Circle and
the Merle Wilson Joshi Dendokai
were guests of the St. James Mis­
sion Circle at a meeting held at
St. James United Church on April
10. The Nisei girls led the devo­
tional period while the St. James
girls provided entertainment and
refreshments.
The guest speaker was Miss
Blanche Megaffin. former missionary to Japan, who spoke on the
life and work of Dr. Toyohiko

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TABATA—YAK ASH I RO
LEMON CREEK, B.C. — Miss
Sumiko Yakashiro, eldest daughter
of Mr. Takekuma Yakashiro- of
Lemon Creek, and Mr. Hiroshi
Tabata of Turin; Alta.; were mar­
ried here bn March 16. Rev. D.
Katatsu performed the ceremony.
The couple left on a honeymoon
trip to Nelson, B.C.

WINNIPEG. Man.-The erg
ment is announced of Miss Sun
Hozaki of Curtiss Siding and Mr,
George Ogino of this city. Go
betweens ; re Mr. and Mrs. Teo
Nakamura. and Mr. and Mr?
Kumetaro Matsuba. The
merit took place April 13.

Obituary

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SHINJI SAKAMOTO

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" VERNON, B.C. —Shinji Safa,
motd, infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mamoru : Sakamoto; died at the
Vernon' Hospital. Funeral services
were held on April 1.

Card of Thanks

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to many friends in Lemos
Creek and the various interior
towiis in B.C. for their many co®
tesies and kindnesses. We also
wish to thank our friends for fe
gifts received at the time of osdeparture.

Frank and Anne Marubashi

c/'o Homewood Sanatorium
Guelph, Ont.

I wish to extend my sinter.
thanks to friends in Ta shine io:
tiieir many kindnesses during ri
stay arid for their best wishes it
gifts at the time of my leaving.
Shigeru Marumoti
East Selkirk, Mas

Higo—TANiGAMi
Miss Haruko
TURIN, Alta
Tanigami arid Mr. Miteru Higo
were married at the local Buddhist
Church bn April 10.

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NAKAMURA—MOTOMURA
PICTURE BUTTE, Alta- Miss
Umeko Motomura arid Mr. Susumu
Nakamura, were married at the
local Buddhist Church on April 20.
SAKON—KADONAGA
PICTURE BtTTE, Alta.—Miss
Miya Kadoriaga arid Mr. Matsuji
Sakon were married he::e on
March 30.

NAGANO—ONO
PICTURE BUtTE. Alta.—Miss
Kimiko Ono, daughter of Mr.
Masahiro Ono of Taber, and Mr.
Kenzo Nagano of Picture Butte
were married at the local Bud­
dhist Church on January 28.
KIYOOKA—IKEDA
Keiko
TURIN. Alta. —
Ikeda, eldest daughter of Mr. Yosh­
ihiko Ikeda of Turin, and Air.
George Hiyooka of Opal, Alta.,
were married at the local Buddhist
Church on April 6.
FUKAMI—TOMOMITSU
DIAMOND CITY, Alta. —Miss
Sachiko Tomomitsu. eldest daughter^of Mr. Haruichi Tomomitsu of
Nobleford. Aka., and Mr. Katsumi
Fukami of Diamond City, were
married at the local Buddhist
Church on Feb. IS.

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ATTITUDE IMPROVED
But it is more probable tha^
traditionally T.B.-fearing Japa®
have greatly improved in
attitude to this disease, if n°'“‘
else, the fact that a g>eat i
patients get well enough to be j
charged should be an imp-eobject lesson.
The sanatorium
crowded. It is be? ed this is °
prevalence!
not to the greate
er to the f
the disease, but r;
and
covery of hidden
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ear
detection of new case

The patients have thei
gripes, but to an obeeive.
some knowledge ot tue h°
zation facilities that tlie;
have expected on th? co-—
patients seem to be
now.

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