Page 1
An Independent Weekly For Canadians of Japanese Origin
THE NEW CANADIAN
itai
per copy
WINNIPEG. MANITOBA
ero Asks for Autograph
$4 for 1 rear
Saturday, January
Alberta Evacuees Faced With
Many Resettlement Problems
By GEORGE TAMAKI
■
k
Resolution Protests
ieX
Racial Settlements
In Interior B.C.
onajj
KAMLOOPS. B.C.
ated Boards of Tra
ws:
and
17-7S,
>vsmp
joyed
of
the
Okanagan and Main. Line, meet
ing at Revelstoke Jan. 16, pass
ed a resolution protesting or
ganized communal settlement of
any racial group including Jap
aad I
e. 3-15,
vs, J.
•is. sad t
17.
'eralitj
klq-S.
leather
Tojrj
ind x
i the
d wai
t tie
n the
lines
The
i the
cndlj
5 and
nisei
JCCD
nittj
\\ hile Japanese evacuees who moved out of British Col
umbia into other provinces are generally making steady and
satisfactory adjustments in their new homes, those who
moved to Alberta are faced witlua number of special prob-
anese
in any interior district,
d the Vancouver Prov-
The resolution wa
George F. Greer, secloops board, as a
this board.
TWO FAMOUS NISEIS—Ben Kuroki, best known of the Japanese American
nt heroes, gets an autograph from Sono Osato, brilliant star in the Broadway
rmame'nt. The former Army A
Eorces gunner is currently busy with his duties
the East-West Association's drive for racial friendship. Sono Osato, who made
hit in One Touch of Venus and later starred in the smash musical On the Town,
; resorted taking time out for an addition to the family. Rumours have it that
ie may take the role of th Niseiette heroine in the play Some of the Sky slated
jr Broadway production soon.-.—Pacific Citizen.
elowna Trade Board Asks Ottawa
For Statement on Japanese Policy
lems which continue to cast ;
shadow on their future security
The most important of them i
of a formal a reement
Ottawa and the
o f A1 b e r t a u n d e r
Japanese evacuees were brought
into the province following Pearl
Harbor. The agreement laid down
three conditions:
(11 The federal government will
upported by
rom
Nearly two years ago, at the
time of the Japanese repatria
tion argument, Kamloops pro
tested against the principle of
Japanese being “foisted off on
the upper country” by being ex
cluded from the lower mainland.
It has made no direct protest
recently.
At that time it received assur
ance from Ottawa that this district
would be required to take only its
“fair share” of Japanese.
.-supervision of the Japanese in the
province.
(2) The Japanese were
be
employed in agriculture.
(3) The Japanese were
removed after the war if tl province so demanded.
The Alberta government has on
several occasions restated its de
mand for the ultimate removal of
the Japanese, but anv attempt to
ao so now or in the near tut tire is
certain to arouse opposition from
southern Alberta beet sugar in
terests who have had to contend
with
continuous farm labor
themselves in all parts of Canada,
they tend to lose sight of special
problems still existing in the other
localities in which the evautci’s
have settled. In the case of those
who relocated to soitthorn Alberta,
there seems to be some problems.
JI*
(Please Turn to Page 2)
41
St. Thomas Niseis
CT
Plan Organization;
Name Committee
Ont. — App"O \ at
of the formation of a local Ni-ei
organization was
A'k
Be
f
Of
Thomas
Doe. 28.
1
The necessity for organized
action in promoting further mrelocated
termingling
of the
Japanese in St. Thomas witn
the Occidental residents was
stressed as a major purpose for
Another problem exists in the
together. Another need,
Joe E. Brown Guest at fact that most of the 4,000 Japa banding
in the opinion of many local
VANCOUVER, B.C.—The Kelowna Board of Trade has
nese in Alberta are concentrated
Niseis, was an opportunity for
inter. -asked the federal government to define its policy -regarding
Chicago JACL Inaugural in the sugar beet growing centre closer
social contacts between
the dispersal of Japanese across Canada but government re
of southern Alberta near Leth
the Japanese in the district, both
lies have thus far been non-committal, reported a Kelowna Ball in December
—i
bridge,
and
opportunities
for
them
first and second generation. An
correspondent to the Vancouver
to
disperse
into
other
districts
or
CHICAGO,
—
Joe
E.
Brown,
educational
program in Cana
Province.
31, Japanese may move into the
non-agricultural employment is
inoviedom
’
s
big-mouthed
comedian
citizenship
was another
» According to tms correspondent,
Okanagan m considerable num- dian, radio star.
limited. (Out of the 4,000. about
:
and
veteran
of
suggestion.
tne ooai’d of trade is concerned
bers;
530
lived
in Alberta before 1942.)
tours
to
the
European
and
Pacific
about two things:
A provisional committee to plan
That if the 100-mile coastal
On Dec. 2S. 1940, Nisei youths
fighting fronts during the war,
a 1. That, if restriction aTe luted
the
organization has been meeting
security zone is continued. the
was guest of honour at the Chi from all parts of Southern Alberta
following the expiration of the
-- $
be
situation in Okanagan wil
cago Japanese American Citizens held their annual Youth Confer- and will present a draft of a proE’leigency Powers Act o March
posed constitution at
general
desperate. because the Japanese
league inaugural ball, last month. ence to discuss mutual problems.
in
the
near
future.
will settle m the Okanagan in
The cut-up of “Alibi Ike” and Invited to the conference was
stead or moving out. For this
“Elmer the Great’’ and at present George Tamaki. Nisei lawyer from
|Civil Defense Group
Ken Saegusa was named chair
the
reason the board opposed
“Harvey” was not playing it for Regina, who has written the fol man of this committee, which was
security zone provision.
IWorkers to be Feted
the
laughs,
reports
Vincent ‘ lowing report for The New Cana appointed from the floor. Other
dian.
Tajiri in the Pacific Citizen.
members are Kaz Takayesu, Sam
Kelowna has written to Prime
iBy Supporters
Brown
stilled
the
■audience
of
Yamada,
Marion Takayesu. Yosh
LETHBRIDGE. Alta. — As the
Minister Mackenzie King, followiko Kurita. Frank Kondo, Ken
ing a recent board of trade meet- , 400 dancers into a reverent Japanese from the west coast of
TORONTO.—Ex-members of the
silence
as
he
spoke
of
the
peace
Moritsugu and Mitsuo Kishimoto.
British
Columbia
re-establish
statement
of
asking tor
srecently-disbanded Civil Defense
that
had
come
to
the
world
and
policy. Similar letters were sent
Committee will be guests at
the tragedy of racial hatreds.
to members of the B.C. cabinet
gparty held in their honoi
He also told of his visits into
and legislature and to other boards
gear, Feb 8. in the Chui
ot All
the
front lines entertaining the
of trade
^Nations at S p.m.
troops. and pointed out the courWhile Ottawa was non-coniThe progran will include
age
of the Japanese American
including
mittal. B.C. members
pre ions ot tnanks to the com
TORONTO.—First shipment of food and clothing to Japan will be
youths
who fought with the 100th
Premier Hart were sympathetic in
made
via United States on Jan. 31, announced the Ontario Committee
mittee membei
both Issei and
the
442nd
Combat
Battalion.
their replies, and Attorney-General
Nisei, for their hard work m the
on Relief in Japan this- week.
Team and with Military Intelliupported the
W ismer strongly
Negotiations with Ottawa and United States customs authorities
oainnttee s year of existence and
gence
units.
aia„
board,
the
report
•emeu from the gue
recently resulted in the approval of shipments to Japan. All relief
ot the
Personal ;ide of the work of the
goods are to be baled in Toronto
rommittee A short program or
for customs purposes and those
The Women’s Missionary So
outside
Toronto desiring to send
e“teitainnient is planned and tea
ciety
of the United Church of
Kiil be se ed.
relief parcels are asked to forward
Canada in Toronto recently sent
them to the Toronto Committee.
-JI committee supporte
u To100 nine-pound parcels of food and
Freight
rates from Toronto to New
•-'Uto and district are being urged
clothing to Japan. Members of the
Eo attend this anair.
arrive in Vancouver this week
York will be paid by the commitB.C. — Japanese
Fee is
Toronto Fujinkai assisted in the
bor department
to
meet
[
-’enq-five cents per person.
tee.
evacuees living since the 1942
packing of these parcels.
officials.
Originally Dee. 31 had been anevacuation at Lillooet are seeking
Under the proposed plan, Japa- nounced as closing date for colpermission to organize a $40,000
lections of clothes and funds for
cannerv venture on a co-opeiauve nese farmers will own 49 percent
in
the
co-operative.
the first shipment, but in view of
of the stock
plan.
Vancouver..—Howard
the fact that December is a busy
and the board will consist of three
: wrogre
A farmers’ co-operative of Jap occidental members and two Jap month for most people, and that,
MONTREAL.—Tom Hoshiko is
ive - Conservative. Point
C-rev)
the winner of a Sir George Wil
senior member oi parlia- anese and occidental rarmers near anese.
there are still many contributions
Lillooet has an option to buy a
-ent irom Vancouver, indicated to
iams College scholarship, it was
The Japanese self-supporting coming in, the date limit has been
local
tomato
cannery
for
$40,000.
e 'ancouannounced recently. At present
un on Ui? eve or
settlement at Lillooet was organ removed.
depar
If
this
deal
is
not
successtul,
the
the young student is attending
The
committee
is
requesting
e ior the coming sesized at the time of evacuation with
new
buna
farmers plan
°h of parliament that begin
college
in the United States in
further contributions to be sent
the aid of the Japanese Canadian
cannery.
Adrian. Michigan.
in as soon as possible in order
Naturalized Citizens’ Organization.
ne would campaign
exclusion of Japanese from
Hoshiko attended Queen Eliza
to
meet
the
Jan.
31
deadline
for
Since then the evacuees have cre
Since Lillooet area is not withbeth
Junior-Senior High School in
Columbi
the first shipment. All financial
ated a prosperous farm settlement
a defence
in the 100-mile security zone,
Surrey, B.C., high school in Al
contributions received are to be
tne onl one or the
out of virgin land. One project
it is believed that the venture
berta
and Sir George Williams
^neouver MP interviewed
used
in
the
purchase
of
vitally
undertaken by them was the di
will be approved by the depart
College
in Montreal from which he
needed kinds of food and medi
himself1 with the Japverting of Fraser River for irri
ment of labor; and a Japanese
probl~m
graduated.
cine for the parcels.
gation of their farms.
representative is expected to
v.
t
Relief Parcels to Japan Okayed;
First Shipment to go Jan. 31st
&
$
■* St e I
MS?
* if
^Lillooet Farmers Seek Permission
To Start $4Q,000 Cannery Project
of Japanese
Id
*
r-
Montreal Nisei
Wins Scholarship
4v
THE NEW CANADIAN
itai
per copy
WINNIPEG. MANITOBA
ero Asks for Autograph
$4 for 1 rear
Saturday, January
Alberta Evacuees Faced With
Many Resettlement Problems
By GEORGE TAMAKI
■
k
Resolution Protests
ieX
Racial Settlements
In Interior B.C.
onajj
KAMLOOPS. B.C.
ated Boards of Tra
ws:
and
17-7S,
>vsmp
joyed
of
the
Okanagan and Main. Line, meet
ing at Revelstoke Jan. 16, pass
ed a resolution protesting or
ganized communal settlement of
any racial group including Jap
aad I
e. 3-15,
vs, J.
•is. sad t
17.
'eralitj
klq-S.
leather
Tojrj
ind x
i the
d wai
t tie
n the
lines
The
i the
cndlj
5 and
nisei
JCCD
nittj
\\ hile Japanese evacuees who moved out of British Col
umbia into other provinces are generally making steady and
satisfactory adjustments in their new homes, those who
moved to Alberta are faced witlua number of special prob-
anese
in any interior district,
d the Vancouver Prov-
The resolution wa
George F. Greer, secloops board, as a
this board.
TWO FAMOUS NISEIS—Ben Kuroki, best known of the Japanese American
nt heroes, gets an autograph from Sono Osato, brilliant star in the Broadway
rmame'nt. The former Army A
Eorces gunner is currently busy with his duties
the East-West Association's drive for racial friendship. Sono Osato, who made
hit in One Touch of Venus and later starred in the smash musical On the Town,
; resorted taking time out for an addition to the family. Rumours have it that
ie may take the role of th Niseiette heroine in the play Some of the Sky slated
jr Broadway production soon.-.—Pacific Citizen.
elowna Trade Board Asks Ottawa
For Statement on Japanese Policy
lems which continue to cast ;
shadow on their future security
The most important of them i
of a formal a reement
Ottawa and the
o f A1 b e r t a u n d e r
Japanese evacuees were brought
into the province following Pearl
Harbor. The agreement laid down
three conditions:
(11 The federal government will
upported by
rom
Nearly two years ago, at the
time of the Japanese repatria
tion argument, Kamloops pro
tested against the principle of
Japanese being “foisted off on
the upper country” by being ex
cluded from the lower mainland.
It has made no direct protest
recently.
At that time it received assur
ance from Ottawa that this district
would be required to take only its
“fair share” of Japanese.
.-supervision of the Japanese in the
province.
(2) The Japanese were
be
employed in agriculture.
(3) The Japanese were
removed after the war if tl province so demanded.
The Alberta government has on
several occasions restated its de
mand for the ultimate removal of
the Japanese, but anv attempt to
ao so now or in the near tut tire is
certain to arouse opposition from
southern Alberta beet sugar in
terests who have had to contend
with
continuous farm labor
themselves in all parts of Canada,
they tend to lose sight of special
problems still existing in the other
localities in which the evautci’s
have settled. In the case of those
who relocated to soitthorn Alberta,
there seems to be some problems.
JI*
(Please Turn to Page 2)
41
St. Thomas Niseis
CT
Plan Organization;
Name Committee
Ont. — App"O \ at
of the formation of a local Ni-ei
organization was
A'k
Be
f
Of
Thomas
Doe. 28.
1
The necessity for organized
action in promoting further mrelocated
termingling
of the
Japanese in St. Thomas witn
the Occidental residents was
stressed as a major purpose for
Another problem exists in the
together. Another need,
Joe E. Brown Guest at fact that most of the 4,000 Japa banding
in the opinion of many local
VANCOUVER, B.C.—The Kelowna Board of Trade has
nese in Alberta are concentrated
Niseis, was an opportunity for
inter. -asked the federal government to define its policy -regarding
Chicago JACL Inaugural in the sugar beet growing centre closer
social contacts between
the dispersal of Japanese across Canada but government re
of southern Alberta near Leth
the Japanese in the district, both
lies have thus far been non-committal, reported a Kelowna Ball in December
—i
bridge,
and
opportunities
for
them
first and second generation. An
correspondent to the Vancouver
to
disperse
into
other
districts
or
CHICAGO,
—
Joe
E.
Brown,
educational
program in Cana
Province.
31, Japanese may move into the
non-agricultural employment is
inoviedom
’
s
big-mouthed
comedian
citizenship
was another
» According to tms correspondent,
Okanagan m considerable num- dian, radio star.
limited. (Out of the 4,000. about
:
and
veteran
of
suggestion.
tne ooai’d of trade is concerned
bers;
530
lived
in Alberta before 1942.)
tours
to
the
European
and
Pacific
about two things:
A provisional committee to plan
That if the 100-mile coastal
On Dec. 2S. 1940, Nisei youths
fighting fronts during the war,
a 1. That, if restriction aTe luted
the
organization has been meeting
security zone is continued. the
was guest of honour at the Chi from all parts of Southern Alberta
following the expiration of the
-- $
be
situation in Okanagan wil
cago Japanese American Citizens held their annual Youth Confer- and will present a draft of a proE’leigency Powers Act o March
posed constitution at
general
desperate. because the Japanese
league inaugural ball, last month. ence to discuss mutual problems.
in
the
near
future.
will settle m the Okanagan in
The cut-up of “Alibi Ike” and Invited to the conference was
stead or moving out. For this
“Elmer the Great’’ and at present George Tamaki. Nisei lawyer from
|Civil Defense Group
Ken Saegusa was named chair
the
reason the board opposed
“Harvey” was not playing it for Regina, who has written the fol man of this committee, which was
security zone provision.
IWorkers to be Feted
the
laughs,
reports
Vincent ‘ lowing report for The New Cana appointed from the floor. Other
dian.
Tajiri in the Pacific Citizen.
members are Kaz Takayesu, Sam
Kelowna has written to Prime
iBy Supporters
Brown
stilled
the
■audience
of
Yamada,
Marion Takayesu. Yosh
LETHBRIDGE. Alta. — As the
Minister Mackenzie King, followiko Kurita. Frank Kondo, Ken
ing a recent board of trade meet- , 400 dancers into a reverent Japanese from the west coast of
TORONTO.—Ex-members of the
silence
as
he
spoke
of
the
peace
Moritsugu and Mitsuo Kishimoto.
British
Columbia
re-establish
statement
of
asking tor
srecently-disbanded Civil Defense
that
had
come
to
the
world
and
policy. Similar letters were sent
Committee will be guests at
the tragedy of racial hatreds.
to members of the B.C. cabinet
gparty held in their honoi
He also told of his visits into
and legislature and to other boards
gear, Feb 8. in the Chui
ot All
the
front lines entertaining the
of trade
^Nations at S p.m.
troops. and pointed out the courWhile Ottawa was non-coniThe progran will include
age
of the Japanese American
including
mittal. B.C. members
pre ions ot tnanks to the com
TORONTO.—First shipment of food and clothing to Japan will be
youths
who fought with the 100th
Premier Hart were sympathetic in
made
via United States on Jan. 31, announced the Ontario Committee
mittee membei
both Issei and
the
442nd
Combat
Battalion.
their replies, and Attorney-General
Nisei, for their hard work m the
on Relief in Japan this- week.
Team and with Military Intelliupported the
W ismer strongly
Negotiations with Ottawa and United States customs authorities
oainnttee s year of existence and
gence
units.
aia„
board,
the
report
•emeu from the gue
recently resulted in the approval of shipments to Japan. All relief
ot the
Personal ;ide of the work of the
goods are to be baled in Toronto
rommittee A short program or
for customs purposes and those
The Women’s Missionary So
outside
Toronto desiring to send
e“teitainnient is planned and tea
ciety
of the United Church of
Kiil be se ed.
relief parcels are asked to forward
Canada in Toronto recently sent
them to the Toronto Committee.
-JI committee supporte
u To100 nine-pound parcels of food and
Freight
rates from Toronto to New
•-'Uto and district are being urged
clothing to Japan. Members of the
Eo attend this anair.
arrive in Vancouver this week
York will be paid by the commitB.C. — Japanese
Fee is
Toronto Fujinkai assisted in the
bor department
to
meet
[
-’enq-five cents per person.
tee.
evacuees living since the 1942
packing of these parcels.
officials.
Originally Dee. 31 had been anevacuation at Lillooet are seeking
Under the proposed plan, Japa- nounced as closing date for colpermission to organize a $40,000
lections of clothes and funds for
cannerv venture on a co-opeiauve nese farmers will own 49 percent
in
the
co-operative.
the first shipment, but in view of
of the stock
plan.
Vancouver..—Howard
the fact that December is a busy
and the board will consist of three
: wrogre
A farmers’ co-operative of Jap occidental members and two Jap month for most people, and that,
MONTREAL.—Tom Hoshiko is
ive - Conservative. Point
C-rev)
the winner of a Sir George Wil
senior member oi parlia- anese and occidental rarmers near anese.
there are still many contributions
Lillooet has an option to buy a
-ent irom Vancouver, indicated to
iams College scholarship, it was
The Japanese self-supporting coming in, the date limit has been
local
tomato
cannery
for
$40,000.
e 'ancouannounced recently. At present
un on Ui? eve or
settlement at Lillooet was organ removed.
depar
If
this
deal
is
not
successtul,
the
the young student is attending
The
committee
is
requesting
e ior the coming sesized at the time of evacuation with
new
buna
farmers plan
°h of parliament that begin
college
in the United States in
further contributions to be sent
the aid of the Japanese Canadian
cannery.
Adrian. Michigan.
in as soon as possible in order
Naturalized Citizens’ Organization.
ne would campaign
exclusion of Japanese from
Hoshiko attended Queen Eliza
to
meet
the
Jan.
31
deadline
for
Since then the evacuees have cre
Since Lillooet area is not withbeth
Junior-Senior High School in
Columbi
the first shipment. All financial
ated a prosperous farm settlement
a defence
in the 100-mile security zone,
Surrey, B.C., high school in Al
contributions received are to be
tne onl one or the
out of virgin land. One project
it is believed that the venture
berta
and Sir George Williams
^neouver MP interviewed
used
in
the
purchase
of
vitally
undertaken by them was the di
will be approved by the depart
College
in Montreal from which he
needed kinds of food and medi
himself1 with the Japverting of Fraser River for irri
ment of labor; and a Japanese
probl~m
graduated.
cine for the parcels.
gation of their farms.
representative is expected to
v.
t
Relief Parcels to Japan Okayed;
First Shipment to go Jan. 31st
&
$
■* St e I
MS?
* if
^Lillooet Farmers Seek Permission
To Start $4Q,000 Cannery Project
of Japanese
Id
*
r-
Montreal Nisei
Wins Scholarship
4v
Page 2
Page Two
Saturday. January 25} jnr
i
THE NEW CANADIAN
504 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
People in Pin t-Size
By Sue Sada
CUTTING BUTCHIE S HAIR
Chinese Schoolmann
Popular Gal
BUTCHIE got a hair cut.
■ I gazed at it with scorn. It shone
Manitoba’s only cMha,- *
Of course we didn’t get to finish back at me quite indifferently.
Caught
■
between
the
repressed
it, becausewhat we did was as
teacher and as far
chuckles
from
the
Head
of
the
much
as
Butchie
could
stand.
This
concerned,
she’s “ton--’
'
Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department,
House
and
Butchie
’
s
objections
to
is
the
way
it
was:
Ottawa.
'She is one of th
” oest spo^
_ The Head of the House had a my work, I had to admit defeat.
we have.
She
Too
bad.
I
really
could
have
taken
an
excelled
barber who bought the clipper and
bowler, a swell
a
lot
of
hair
off
Butchie.
However,
suy afl°’ a gCo.d
I must say it LOOKED all right,
mixer."
but its initial performance left the Head of the House wasn’t do
much- to be said later, and left ing so hot either. Butchie was
And Miss Lee, slight, dark
. '
quite a bit of. hair on Butchie. complaining:
vivacious, says she likes Kiiiai?g
,
Perhaps the thing-meeds to be . . “Daddy, you take too-long. My
With the Emergency Powers-Act- due to expire on March
neck hurts. You’re always doing and the people.
31, cabinet ministers-at Ottawa are reportedly formulating used to limber up. ; .
Born. in. Baldur, Man., st- v.
•Anyway ?we put Butchie on. a . the same place! ' Why . don’t you
future policies regarding the Canadian Japanese. .
go 'round faster?”
been
teaching school tor’..'"'
high
chair,
put
a
cloth
around'his
Reports indicate that the federal department-of labor
103
.years.
She taught a ,ear a( £
By
this
time
beads
of
sweat
will favor the dropping of further deportation plans. That neck, and a rubber sheet on top
such a proposal will now be acceptable even to anti-Japanese of. that. We pinned it as close as stood out on both of th em and len, Man. a year at Rowland, an*
we could. Unfortunately Butchie only the bottom edges had been this i her second term at Kg.
M.P.’s seems assured.
trimmed. The top still resembled larnev
A more pressing' issue is said to be the consideration of gagged.
Now-, I HAVE used a clipper a palm tree.
measures to prevent the trek back to British Columbia of
Miss Lee, whose parents
“Oh the'heck with it! Let it go
cam*
before.
Once I barbered my
the Japanese after controls are lifted.
to Canada from China, received
Why the cabinet may seek such measures is easy to brother’s hair and it was a good at that. At least it looks a little
her early education at Baldur '
understand. The evacuees, who were once concentrated on. thing he was a. boy and didn’t need neater around the neck. I’ll finish
and her normal school training
rhe Pacific Coast and who largely because of that concentra much hair anyway. What hap it next time.”
in Winnipeg.
T h r e e of her
“Finished, Daddy? That was
tion were the continuous target of racialists, had been moved pened to my sister was sadder.
brothers served with the Canaat considerable government expense to other parts of the She missed a w-hole week at school long enuff. The Barber Shop Man
dian armed forces during the
country. This work would be nullified if .they now decided because she had a sense of style. . .-. is.he ever faster!- Ooooh . . .
war.
to pack up and go back to the coast. The second reason is Even after a week . . . but Mother my neck!”
Do you know what? I’m'wonderpolitical: some B.C. members are committed to preventing insisted - she had missed enough
Miss Lee wears a diamond but
schooling. So I knew howr to w’ork ing if maybe the barber DOES
the return of the Japanese to their province.
she won’t say. anything about it
But it is difficult to see on what grounds the cabinet this thing. Y’ou just w’iggle your earn that 40 cents. He might, with As for teaching: “i like it very
could ask for continued control over one group of Canadian hands open and shut fast enough Butchie. After all he gets the hair much that's w’hy I teach." (From
citizens. Any open attempt to continue the controls is sure and the hair falls through the cut finished.
the Winnipeg Free Press.)
to meet opposition; and, in fact, the government will lay slots. So I picked up the clipitself open to just criticisms as long as they withhold free pers . . .
But the Head of the House was
dom, of movement from Japanese Canadians.
(Continued from Page 1)
As^ stated in previous editorials, we do not believe that fascinated by them. , He’d never
they would prove to be valuable
the lifting of controls will be followed by any mass return used one before and thought it ince. Some of them will be out assets to the community.
to the coast. The finary^al outlay required for such a move, might be fun to start. He said:
lined here as vignettes.
WORKING CONDITIONS
“Hey, let me do it. Bet I can
housing and employment problems as well as the deep-rooted
It is quite generally known that
.anti-Japanese feeling and discriminations they must en do it better.”
FRANCHISE
“Nosirree! I know how to use
counter in B.C., are barriers enough. If they were assisted
’ It has been reported that dur the general working -and housing
to become better settled and better satisfied in their eastern it.”
ing the last provincial election in. conditions of evacuee workers on
homes, the possibility, of their return is reduced further.
“How much you bet I can do it Alberta, Japanese Canadian evac the sugar beet fafms: leave much
to be desired, and that compara
better!
”
Rather than continuing the irritating controls, it would
uees in Alberta were prevented
tively
large numbers of evacuees
“Well, try it then . . . Here!” from voting on the ground that
seem wiser for the cabinet to turn its attention more fully
are still leaving Alberta for East-i
to evacuee rehabilitation problems. Complete removal of
I did a strategic retreat to the the Japanese were temporary
ern
Canada because of those con
restrictions will accomplish a great deal towards that end. upper regions where I had things residents only.. It has been indi
ditions.
Apparently these facts are i
Then, too, the widespread grievance which is holding the to do . :. such as digging out from cated that this was merely' a rul
evacuees’ attention on their coast homes — the arbitrary under Kitten’s crib a whole stack ing of the Attorney General’s de known to their employers who
disposition of their property and losses incurred thereby— of “paper money” made from old partment in Alberta. Now every would be the first to lose by their
should be investigated and given just consideration.
circulars and handbills and nice one knowTs that a ruling by that departure, and would be an eftecnew letter paper. Also I had to ‘department is not necessarily con five basis of negotiating for better
unwind' from her doll’s neck a clusive. In this particular case it terms.
piece of underwear I had been is doubtful if such a ruling could
PROFESSIONS AND TRADES
looking for, because if I didn’t, be made for voters in the next
We have heard of Nisei scnooi
wash it pretty soon what would provincial election, especially in teachers in the public schools oi
From The Toronto Saturday Night
she wear after the next bath . .
view- of the fact that most evac the province, as well as of practic
hther sympathize with the prived of citizenship; but the truth
underwear being short as it is?
uees have now* lived in Alberta ing doctors and nurses. There are
gentleman who has written to the is that even a North American
nearly five years. Clearly this is reports that some Niseis were preMontreal Star to suggest that the Indian who has not an ancestor in
1 have such a tender heart that a problem which must be studied vented from becoming qualified
impressive ceremony by which
the world who can be assigned to 1 have to put a floor between me further.
garage mechanics, but it does not
various persons were formally en any part of the world outside of and Butchie’s wails:
appear
that there has been a condowed with Canadian citizenship
TRAVEL PERMITS
Canadian territory, can be deport“Ow! Daddy, that hurts'! Ow!
in the Supreme Court Building in
Apparently general travel re certed effort by organized group:
ed and made a citizen of no conn- . . . oh ow!”
to get to the roots of this par
Ottawa the other day might have
strictions governing all persons of
‘Keep still. Butchie. Dern it, I
problem. It has also beta
ticular
been made even more impressive
Japanese race in Canada apply in
That is one of the amazing got this far I have got to go
reported that the attitude of cer
if the authorities had brought
things about deportation plus de around, don't. I? Bend your head Alberta, but it is reported that
tain
labor groups were not entirely
there also a few Canadian-born
naturalization; you can make a further.' Stop yelling!”
i estrictions on the movement
friendly,
but here again it woiild
Japanese and gone through the person stop being a Canadian citi
aAvay from farm work have been
“Ow . . . ow . . . ow . . .”
appear that it could be fairly
performance of ceremonially de- zen but you cannot make him be
somewhat modified. Some towns
you want to look nice.
easily
shown to them that the ii?
priving them of their citizenship,
come a citizen of any other coun don’t you? You don't want to look and cities are still opposed to
terests of all labor groups includas a preliininary to deporting them
Japanese
settling permanently
try. Genera] MacArthur has un- like Mortimer, do you?"
ing the Japanese are similar.
to Japan under the terms of the
dertaken to admit to Japan the
within their limits. While there is
“Who's Mortimer?"
still-extant and perfectly constiCanadians whom we send out
“Mortimer Snerd. His hair falls no legal power in such towns or
LEADERSHIP
t u t i o n a 1 or d e rs -i n-co u n c i 1.
there, but even General Mac- all over his face.”
cities to prohibit any person from
Here as elsewhere the need tor
Arthur can hardly convert them
living within its borders, an effec a ce'ntral group of leadership idsThe gentleman in question, who
“Don't he get a haircut?"
tive control is exS’cised by the
into Japanese citizens if they do
signs himself P. J. Blackwell, does
“Stop asking questions or the
teria] is evident. Considerations
not want to be so converted, and hair will fall into your mouth. Now Dominion Department of Labor in
not. however, state the full effect
of distances in Southern Albert*
its . general jurisdiction over the and the comparative youth or the
a great many of them most, em turn this way . .
of the recent decision of the Privy
“OW!"
movement of persons of Japanese Niseis seem to be retarding 1*0
Council.' He suggests that anv- phatically do not.
race.
body except
There
have
of
course
been
“
Shhh!
American
Do you want Mommie
tors but the comparative entireIndian can be deported and de- stateless persons before this, and to hear?"
iasm of the members of
PURCHASE OF LAND
“Ow! . • - but it hurts. You
indeed the Nansen passport was
Southern Alberta Youth ConferThe general impression anion
invented for the purpose of enabl pulled my hair off."
ence is encouraging. It i; not arthe Japanese evacuees in Alberta
ing them to move about the world.
"No. I didn't. I’m trying to cut
is that they still cannot buy or ticipated that real leadership c*Application Forms
But. there have never before been it off. Now keep still."
continue to be provided by
lease farm land in Alberta,
A fate report from Ottawa cor
“Ow!"
stateless persons who were made
older
eeneration. and in fact
rects a point that was erroneously
Whether this is the policy of the
so by the actions of Canada, by
Well. I couldn't stand it
sent out In a Canadian Press re
seems to be readily aawit^ -•
Dominion Department of Labor
the signature os the Go ver no r- more so I rushed down to the
port on citizenship certificate ap
the
first generation group.
and whether it is to be continued
plications. The correction is that
General attached to an order-in- rescue, took command, and started
is not settled, but a strong case
since clerks of county circuit
to clip:
council of his Canadian advisers
courts are not required to provide
could be made on behalf of-the
REV. SHIMIZU MOVES
without the lightest semblance of
“Yee-ow!"
forms of application for $1 citi
Rev. K. Shimizu, formerly ®”
evacuees
that
if
permitted
to
pur
a judicial inquiry to ascertain
zenship certificates for those who
That's funny. I must have lost
165 Collier St., Toronto, re
chase
and
rent
land
,in,
Alberta.
became Canadians automatically
whether they had done anything the knack! The howl that Butchie
moved to a new address in.
on New Year's day. anyone desir
to make them unworthy of the raised was really something, it
1 rpnto. It is:'
ing these forms should write to
Ontario has the largest popula-’
131 Ivy Avenue. Toronto icitizenship to which they were made me lose confidence in. my tion
the Canadian Citizenship registra
the n'ne provinces with
His
new phene number is G “
born.
tion branch, department of the
skill. Poor feller! The tears were o./^z,655. Quebec is a/cldse second
stone 7466.
secretary of state. West Block.
running down his hair-sprinkled
wtth 3.331,882. Saskatchewan and
Ottawa. The forms will be for
British Columbia rank third and
Dec. 16 issue of New Recheeks. Fo goodne: : sake . . .
warded on such written request,
public, the first to be published
fourth with 895,992 and 817.861
Correction
‘
Ya-ha-h
. . who an expert?”
when filled out they should be sent
under the editorship of Henry
respectively.
Prince
Edward
. In the Christmas edition,
’Well, what do you ’ know!
back to the same address with a
Wallace, carried a, story by Ralph
Island has the smallest population
address of Pasquale Bros. *
Si fee accompanying each applica
G. Martin bn Hood River and the
Something must be wrong with
^TT.T9 the Provinces with just
Toronto, should have been
tion.
Nisei.
this clipper. Maybe it's toe? new."
AH figures are from the
135 King St. E.” instead or
iy-*1 census.
235 King St.. E-”
■ ■■
Kasey Oyama .......
........................
Editor
Takaichi Umezuki
Japanese Section Editor
Rates: In Advance—1-$2.00 for six months; $4.00 for one year
Controls Must Be Ended
Alberta's Resettlement Problems
Our Stateless Persons
► ►
1
Saturday. January 25} jnr
i
THE NEW CANADIAN
504 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
People in Pin t-Size
By Sue Sada
CUTTING BUTCHIE S HAIR
Chinese Schoolmann
Popular Gal
BUTCHIE got a hair cut.
■ I gazed at it with scorn. It shone
Manitoba’s only cMha,- *
Of course we didn’t get to finish back at me quite indifferently.
Caught
■
between
the
repressed
it, becausewhat we did was as
teacher and as far
chuckles
from
the
Head
of
the
much
as
Butchie
could
stand.
This
concerned,
she’s “ton--’
'
Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department,
House
and
Butchie
’
s
objections
to
is
the
way
it
was:
Ottawa.
'She is one of th
” oest spo^
_ The Head of the House had a my work, I had to admit defeat.
we have.
She
Too
bad.
I
really
could
have
taken
an
excelled
barber who bought the clipper and
bowler, a swell
a
lot
of
hair
off
Butchie.
However,
suy afl°’ a gCo.d
I must say it LOOKED all right,
mixer."
but its initial performance left the Head of the House wasn’t do
much- to be said later, and left ing so hot either. Butchie was
And Miss Lee, slight, dark
. '
quite a bit of. hair on Butchie. complaining:
vivacious, says she likes Kiiiai?g
,
Perhaps the thing-meeds to be . . “Daddy, you take too-long. My
With the Emergency Powers-Act- due to expire on March
neck hurts. You’re always doing and the people.
31, cabinet ministers-at Ottawa are reportedly formulating used to limber up. ; .
Born. in. Baldur, Man., st- v.
•Anyway ?we put Butchie on. a . the same place! ' Why . don’t you
future policies regarding the Canadian Japanese. .
go 'round faster?”
been
teaching school tor’..'"'
high
chair,
put
a
cloth
around'his
Reports indicate that the federal department-of labor
103
.years.
She taught a ,ear a( £
By
this
time
beads
of
sweat
will favor the dropping of further deportation plans. That neck, and a rubber sheet on top
such a proposal will now be acceptable even to anti-Japanese of. that. We pinned it as close as stood out on both of th em and len, Man. a year at Rowland, an*
we could. Unfortunately Butchie only the bottom edges had been this i her second term at Kg.
M.P.’s seems assured.
trimmed. The top still resembled larnev
A more pressing' issue is said to be the consideration of gagged.
Now-, I HAVE used a clipper a palm tree.
measures to prevent the trek back to British Columbia of
Miss Lee, whose parents
“Oh the'heck with it! Let it go
cam*
before.
Once I barbered my
the Japanese after controls are lifted.
to Canada from China, received
Why the cabinet may seek such measures is easy to brother’s hair and it was a good at that. At least it looks a little
her early education at Baldur '
understand. The evacuees, who were once concentrated on. thing he was a. boy and didn’t need neater around the neck. I’ll finish
and her normal school training
rhe Pacific Coast and who largely because of that concentra much hair anyway. What hap it next time.”
in Winnipeg.
T h r e e of her
“Finished, Daddy? That was
tion were the continuous target of racialists, had been moved pened to my sister was sadder.
brothers served with the Canaat considerable government expense to other parts of the She missed a w-hole week at school long enuff. The Barber Shop Man
dian armed forces during the
country. This work would be nullified if .they now decided because she had a sense of style. . .-. is.he ever faster!- Ooooh . . .
war.
to pack up and go back to the coast. The second reason is Even after a week . . . but Mother my neck!”
Do you know what? I’m'wonderpolitical: some B.C. members are committed to preventing insisted - she had missed enough
Miss Lee wears a diamond but
schooling. So I knew howr to w’ork ing if maybe the barber DOES
the return of the Japanese to their province.
she won’t say. anything about it
But it is difficult to see on what grounds the cabinet this thing. Y’ou just w’iggle your earn that 40 cents. He might, with As for teaching: “i like it very
could ask for continued control over one group of Canadian hands open and shut fast enough Butchie. After all he gets the hair much that's w’hy I teach." (From
citizens. Any open attempt to continue the controls is sure and the hair falls through the cut finished.
the Winnipeg Free Press.)
to meet opposition; and, in fact, the government will lay slots. So I picked up the clipitself open to just criticisms as long as they withhold free pers . . .
But the Head of the House was
dom, of movement from Japanese Canadians.
(Continued from Page 1)
As^ stated in previous editorials, we do not believe that fascinated by them. , He’d never
they would prove to be valuable
the lifting of controls will be followed by any mass return used one before and thought it ince. Some of them will be out assets to the community.
to the coast. The finary^al outlay required for such a move, might be fun to start. He said:
lined here as vignettes.
WORKING CONDITIONS
“Hey, let me do it. Bet I can
housing and employment problems as well as the deep-rooted
It is quite generally known that
.anti-Japanese feeling and discriminations they must en do it better.”
FRANCHISE
“Nosirree! I know how to use
counter in B.C., are barriers enough. If they were assisted
’ It has been reported that dur the general working -and housing
to become better settled and better satisfied in their eastern it.”
ing the last provincial election in. conditions of evacuee workers on
homes, the possibility, of their return is reduced further.
“How much you bet I can do it Alberta, Japanese Canadian evac the sugar beet fafms: leave much
to be desired, and that compara
better!
”
Rather than continuing the irritating controls, it would
uees in Alberta were prevented
tively
large numbers of evacuees
“Well, try it then . . . Here!” from voting on the ground that
seem wiser for the cabinet to turn its attention more fully
are still leaving Alberta for East-i
to evacuee rehabilitation problems. Complete removal of
I did a strategic retreat to the the Japanese were temporary
ern
Canada because of those con
restrictions will accomplish a great deal towards that end. upper regions where I had things residents only.. It has been indi
ditions.
Apparently these facts are i
Then, too, the widespread grievance which is holding the to do . :. such as digging out from cated that this was merely' a rul
evacuees’ attention on their coast homes — the arbitrary under Kitten’s crib a whole stack ing of the Attorney General’s de known to their employers who
disposition of their property and losses incurred thereby— of “paper money” made from old partment in Alberta. Now every would be the first to lose by their
should be investigated and given just consideration.
circulars and handbills and nice one knowTs that a ruling by that departure, and would be an eftecnew letter paper. Also I had to ‘department is not necessarily con five basis of negotiating for better
unwind' from her doll’s neck a clusive. In this particular case it terms.
piece of underwear I had been is doubtful if such a ruling could
PROFESSIONS AND TRADES
looking for, because if I didn’t, be made for voters in the next
We have heard of Nisei scnooi
wash it pretty soon what would provincial election, especially in teachers in the public schools oi
From The Toronto Saturday Night
she wear after the next bath . .
view- of the fact that most evac the province, as well as of practic
hther sympathize with the prived of citizenship; but the truth
underwear being short as it is?
uees have now* lived in Alberta ing doctors and nurses. There are
gentleman who has written to the is that even a North American
nearly five years. Clearly this is reports that some Niseis were preMontreal Star to suggest that the Indian who has not an ancestor in
1 have such a tender heart that a problem which must be studied vented from becoming qualified
impressive ceremony by which
the world who can be assigned to 1 have to put a floor between me further.
garage mechanics, but it does not
various persons were formally en any part of the world outside of and Butchie’s wails:
appear
that there has been a condowed with Canadian citizenship
TRAVEL PERMITS
Canadian territory, can be deport“Ow! Daddy, that hurts'! Ow!
in the Supreme Court Building in
Apparently general travel re certed effort by organized group:
ed and made a citizen of no conn- . . . oh ow!”
to get to the roots of this par
Ottawa the other day might have
strictions governing all persons of
‘Keep still. Butchie. Dern it, I
problem. It has also beta
ticular
been made even more impressive
Japanese race in Canada apply in
That is one of the amazing got this far I have got to go
reported that the attitude of cer
if the authorities had brought
things about deportation plus de around, don't. I? Bend your head Alberta, but it is reported that
tain
labor groups were not entirely
there also a few Canadian-born
naturalization; you can make a further.' Stop yelling!”
i estrictions on the movement
friendly,
but here again it woiild
Japanese and gone through the person stop being a Canadian citi
aAvay from farm work have been
“Ow . . . ow . . . ow . . .”
appear that it could be fairly
performance of ceremonially de- zen but you cannot make him be
somewhat modified. Some towns
you want to look nice.
easily
shown to them that the ii?
priving them of their citizenship,
come a citizen of any other coun don’t you? You don't want to look and cities are still opposed to
terests of all labor groups includas a preliininary to deporting them
Japanese
settling permanently
try. Genera] MacArthur has un- like Mortimer, do you?"
ing the Japanese are similar.
to Japan under the terms of the
dertaken to admit to Japan the
within their limits. While there is
“Who's Mortimer?"
still-extant and perfectly constiCanadians whom we send out
“Mortimer Snerd. His hair falls no legal power in such towns or
LEADERSHIP
t u t i o n a 1 or d e rs -i n-co u n c i 1.
there, but even General Mac- all over his face.”
cities to prohibit any person from
Here as elsewhere the need tor
Arthur can hardly convert them
living within its borders, an effec a ce'ntral group of leadership idsThe gentleman in question, who
“Don't he get a haircut?"
tive control is exS’cised by the
into Japanese citizens if they do
signs himself P. J. Blackwell, does
“Stop asking questions or the
teria] is evident. Considerations
not want to be so converted, and hair will fall into your mouth. Now Dominion Department of Labor in
not. however, state the full effect
of distances in Southern Albert*
its . general jurisdiction over the and the comparative youth or the
a great many of them most, em turn this way . .
of the recent decision of the Privy
“OW!"
movement of persons of Japanese Niseis seem to be retarding 1*0
Council.' He suggests that anv- phatically do not.
race.
body except
There
have
of
course
been
“
Shhh!
American
Do you want Mommie
tors but the comparative entireIndian can be deported and de- stateless persons before this, and to hear?"
iasm of the members of
PURCHASE OF LAND
“Ow! . • - but it hurts. You
indeed the Nansen passport was
Southern Alberta Youth ConferThe general impression anion
invented for the purpose of enabl pulled my hair off."
ence is encouraging. It i; not arthe Japanese evacuees in Alberta
ing them to move about the world.
"No. I didn't. I’m trying to cut
is that they still cannot buy or ticipated that real leadership c*Application Forms
But. there have never before been it off. Now keep still."
continue to be provided by
lease farm land in Alberta,
A fate report from Ottawa cor
“Ow!"
stateless persons who were made
older
eeneration. and in fact
rects a point that was erroneously
Whether this is the policy of the
so by the actions of Canada, by
Well. I couldn't stand it
sent out In a Canadian Press re
seems to be readily aawit^ -•
Dominion Department of Labor
the signature os the Go ver no r- more so I rushed down to the
port on citizenship certificate ap
the
first generation group.
and whether it is to be continued
plications. The correction is that
General attached to an order-in- rescue, took command, and started
is not settled, but a strong case
since clerks of county circuit
to clip:
council of his Canadian advisers
courts are not required to provide
could be made on behalf of-the
REV. SHIMIZU MOVES
without the lightest semblance of
“Yee-ow!"
forms of application for $1 citi
Rev. K. Shimizu, formerly ®”
evacuees
that
if
permitted
to
pur
a judicial inquiry to ascertain
zenship certificates for those who
That's funny. I must have lost
165 Collier St., Toronto, re
chase
and
rent
land
,in,
Alberta.
became Canadians automatically
whether they had done anything the knack! The howl that Butchie
moved to a new address in.
on New Year's day. anyone desir
to make them unworthy of the raised was really something, it
1 rpnto. It is:'
ing these forms should write to
Ontario has the largest popula-’
131 Ivy Avenue. Toronto icitizenship to which they were made me lose confidence in. my tion
the Canadian Citizenship registra
the n'ne provinces with
His
new phene number is G “
born.
tion branch, department of the
skill. Poor feller! The tears were o./^z,655. Quebec is a/cldse second
stone 7466.
secretary of state. West Block.
running down his hair-sprinkled
wtth 3.331,882. Saskatchewan and
Ottawa. The forms will be for
British Columbia rank third and
Dec. 16 issue of New Recheeks. Fo goodne: : sake . . .
warded on such written request,
public, the first to be published
fourth with 895,992 and 817.861
Correction
‘
Ya-ha-h
. . who an expert?”
when filled out they should be sent
under the editorship of Henry
respectively.
Prince
Edward
. In the Christmas edition,
’Well, what do you ’ know!
back to the same address with a
Wallace, carried a, story by Ralph
Island has the smallest population
address of Pasquale Bros. *
Si fee accompanying each applica
G. Martin bn Hood River and the
Something must be wrong with
^TT.T9 the Provinces with just
Toronto, should have been
tion.
Nisei.
this clipper. Maybe it's toe? new."
AH figures are from the
135 King St. E.” instead or
iy-*1 census.
235 King St.. E-”
■ ■■
Kasey Oyama .......
........................
Editor
Takaichi Umezuki
Japanese Section Editor
Rates: In Advance—1-$2.00 for six months; $4.00 for one year
Controls Must Be Ended
Alberta's Resettlement Problems
Our Stateless Persons
► ►
1
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Page Seven
January 25,1947
bm
NISEIS IN CANADIAN KHAKI
eful day until the
The New Canadian
tle of the question of
. _,rV service for the second,
^iio" The troubled process
Lcu-’tion from the west coast,
Assembly centre, road camps
7bo<t towns, the making of
on farms, in the bush
the cities of eastern Canthe nght w preserve property
7—all these raised issues
small to occupy most of
attention.
the Nisei who were, stead
Tut to
lablishing themselves in the
the question grew again into
rtance as rapidly, as they con
sidered themselves into new
niuiiities. And the new gioups
.o had been formed, notably
Toronto. Hamilton, and London,
leo^nized that the issue could
£o: be ignored.. By the spring of
fc-4 it bad grown again into a
j-essmg problem in Toronto,
vhere a group of Nisei in the Jap-inese Canadian Committee for
^niocracy were urging a vigorous
afuioach to Ottawa to re-open jhe
squesuon ot volunteer sei vice.
s’Tnere was opposed to this a very
hesitancy that doubted if the
isecond generation, smarting ' and
Fifsentfu? under their wartime
glassification of “enemy aliens
fcould readily respond to any
^arpeal for volunteers.
W Whatever the controversy,- in
By TOM SHO YAMA
Many of the early and seem
ingly vain attempts on the part
of the Nisei to break down the
rigid attitude of exclusion of
Japanese Canadians from the
armed services have been recounted in this series that commenced in the Christmas issue.
Last week’s instalment ended
.with the black curtain cf Pearl
Harbor. In this, the final article
of the series, Tom Shoyama
brings the story, up to date and
tells of the grudging acceptance
of Nisei into the Canadian Army
in 1945, and shows the present
day picture.
service- had been treated in a
manner that could not help but.
lienate a large part of their willmgne: to serve. .And they Avere
equally disgusted with the attitude
of the Canadian authorities who
to secure
had taken no
adequate and trained linguists. At
that time, of course, the extent of
Canada’s participation in the Pa
cific war had not yet been planned.
But from all this it seems clear
that pressure was steadily build
ing up to call for action at Ot
tawa. It was felt that the chief
opposition to enlistment of the
Nisei was a strong political in
fluence, emanating from
coast anti-Japanese forces,
early in 1945 a group of Van-
Kitchener - Waterloo Calling!
By A Correspondent
To many New Canadian readers, the twin cities of Kitchener and
Waterloo. Ontario, make their first appearance m these pages as
another centre of Japanese Canadian relocation.
Though there have been Japa
nese here since 1948, there never Waterloo entry in the Senior
County baseball league two years
have been quite enough Niseis to
form any active club. At present ago, while last year he coached
Waterloo’s juvenile team. In softthere are about twenty Japanese
ball. Mas Toyota played in the
in all, and with the resulting lack
local
Victory League last summer.
of Nisei activities, there has really
This winter the two Toyotas lire
been nothing to report.
playing badminton at the local
Kitchener-Waterloo is definite
ly industrial, with many large
rubber and furniture factories,
and the present population nears
40,000. But as in all other cities,
the housing shortage is a serious
problem facing, not only the
Japanese, but all would-be new
residents. It is hoped that with
successful progress in house
construction, 1947 will see more
Japanese relocating here. There
is no lack of employment here,
and one meets practically no dis
crimination in seeking employ
Before his departure to Toronto
last year. Tucker Morito was very
active in YMCA work, especially
swimming and Y Men’s work.
Last spring, in the "Y” So-Ed pro
gram, one of the guest spesken?
was Muneo Kawasoe who spoke
on Japanese Canadians and their
problems.
With the forthcoming: completion of relocation, it is hoped that
we will see more Japanese re
settling in this locality.
in . the newspapers. By 1943 the
spending of the Japanese drive in
Southeast Asia and the suppres
couver citizens, who had been
sion of the Indian independence
following the situation closely.
movement, had now given the
submitted s letter to the Prime
British Army its first chance to
In this they urged
M inister.
catch a breath and interest itself
that if the policy of excluding
ment.
in more effective total war. The
Nisei Canadians from vital in
need for linguist personnel in the
On entering Kitchener, probably
telligence work was continued,
INTRODUCTION TO
war against Japan was obvious
the
‘"first thing to catch the seek
and as a result of that the safety
and urgent. And only in Canada,
ing eye is the more or less ancient
and security of Canadian troops
A JIVER
■was there any large number of
street cars that run along the main
dispatched to the Pacific were
Hauiio is no more! Followers
personnel who could be trained for
street between the. two cities. It
in
any way endangered, the
of
the Sophy-Ed Bulletin witnessed
the job. Consequently, in the sum
is
along
this
main
street
that
the
group would be compelled to
the
demise of the comic character
mer of that year, after protracted
business section is located. As
make all the facts known to the
difficulties with official indifferthis goes to press, the new trolley created by Mas Ikeno this week,
country at large.
ence, S-20, ^Japanese Language
buses will be in operation, making as the young Nisei cartoonist, pull
Finally,
in
February,
the
situa
ed a. Milton Caniff and introduced
School, came into being under the
Kitchener one of the first Ontario
a new hero in the manner of SteVe
tion
crystallized.
Capt.
D.
Mollicommand of Capt. Paul Halley,
cities to use this modern means of
Canyon.
whom many Nisei will remember son of the British Army had been civic transportation.
In the intense words of an Ikeno
in
Canada
for
months
seeking
as a frequent visitor to Powell
Among the kinds of employ
cutie:
Street, and who was later killed needed linguist personnel for serv
ment entered by local Japanese
Ktte summer of that year the De- in India. The guiding spirit in ice with Lord Louis Mountbatten’s
“. . . he’s like that guy Kirby,
Canadians
are
d~y
cleaning,
Efepfirment of National Defence took establishment of the school was
you know . . . Rip. AU except
South East Asia Command. Work
machine shop work, planing mill,
^8 frst faltering, but concrete step.
he doesn’t smoke a pipe—nope,
Col. Mulally, who had become G-2, ing through the RCM.P. he had con
novelty shop, hospital orderly,
? Ouicial forms were provided in
he’s not a private dick, and he’s
tacted a number of Nisei and
for the Pacific Command. He was,
office and chemical laboratory in
’.Toronto, upon which the Nisei it appears, one of the very few secured the consent of a small:
not old like “Rip”, either, he's
a large rubber fa ory. By this,
could file an. application to join
. (sigh).”
20 and what a jiver
officers in the Canadian Army who group to proceed to London. But
it can be seen t it the Niseis
(tbe armed services. It was a
This "jiver’ calls h i ni s e 1| C
realized the invaluable service there was understood balking at
a number of
have entered qui
^/specialized form, asking for refer
the
terms
—
for
they
were
expected
slants” and his appearance is
that Canada could play in the war
different occupa lions*,’ and in
ences and extensive personal hisbeing eagerly atvaited. Ikeno is
against Japan by providing com to cross the Atlantic in a civilian
every instance fisve built fine
as well as details of knowlpetent and trained linguists for capacity and upon arrival in Eng
an
ex-Lemon Creek er, an' exiq their fellow
: eage of. the Japanese language.
land
to
enlist
there
in
the
British
Hamiltonian
and sometime contri
all Commonwealth forces.
workers.
Its purpose was purely for sake
butor to The New Canadian, who
ere have been
From a small and modest start, Army.
In local spo~-.
Lof record. Understandable was the
is
currently studying commercial
S-20 grew steadily in size and
At this juncture came the sud only a few Niseis irticipating as
■attack upon it as a discriminatory
aught for the art at Toronto’s Central Tech.
and unfair document. But surpris scope. It took a major step for den change in Canadian policy. yet. Bob Toyota
Captain Mollison’s group of men
ing under the circumstances was ward when Major (later Lt.-Col.)
A.
P.
MacKenzie
came
from
Wash
Donations to Citizenship
Defence Committee
were hastily inducted into the
the Nisei response to it.
. ington to command the unit. The Canadian Army and without bene
' Our behind-the-scenes inforranks of Canada's three services fit of any training, embarked at
Shigeo Murakami 2 B. Fujino .;-------- 3
J nation is sketchy here, but it
Guelph
List 3
had been scoured for brilliant and Halifax with India their destina
Masaki Murakami 2 J. Morimoto----Otoichi Otani — 2 Toshio Murakami 2
TORONTO
jeopears that Lt. (later Capt.)
Kayoko Otani .... 2 Masao Mototsune 2
educated men, willing and capable tion. They went as Canadian serv
SUBURBS
Fletcher
- Kaneko
—
C.
Thomas
was
chiefly
respon
M.
----- ... 2 Minoru
S. Kayahara.......
■
West Hill
of taking on the gruelling job of icemen, on loan for special duties
5
2
Mototsune ----K. Takahashi.. 2 T. Ohora ----------sible for the form. As a warrant
K. Matsubayashi
Cedar Springs
becoming reasonably proficient in with the British Imperial Forces.
S. Takahashi ___ 2
Ukon HiguchL...] 2
officer in the Canadian IntelliTodmorden
Beamsville
spoken and written Japanese with
Tadajl & Hiroshi
Noriyoshi
F. K. NishiS. Ichiyen --------- 3
;4gence Corps he had been asImmediately thereafter, the re
Terakawa —— 4
Watanabe ----- 2
Clarkson
kawara ____ — 2
in a year’s time. A large propor
Haruko
2 Takeshi Toda — 2
Y Horiuchi ----- ... 2
K
Irie
________
rgned previously to check quietcruiting
of
Nisei
volunteers
was
5
Takahashi tion of the students at the school
H. Suyehiro ...... 2
S. Kitamura ----- 2 Yasuyuki &
'“/ly on the Nisei in Ontario. It is
Hiromu
begun.
By
the
time
V-E
day
ar
K.
Maeda .........— 2
came from universities; and many
KitchenerYamaura ......... - 4
2
Oakville
T.
Namba
____
—
^understood that in his report he
rived, a. second and larger group,
Waterloo
Mark T.
Y. Omori ----------- 2
already held degrees.
Union
Kobayashi ..... 2 per Yukio Ode.... 8 H. Y. Takata ----- 2
£ y recommended that way be openincluding men from the west and
Mrs. R. Kimura. 2 Masao Toyota ..... 4 H. Shigeyoshi..... 2 per Bob T. Kondo 8
As
the
focus
of
the
war
moved
P. K. Asada........ 2 T. K. Tamane — 2
g. td for Nisei to enlist, and a form
southern Ontario, was preparing
Leamington
J. S. Nakashima 2 Y. M. Tokiwa ..„ 2
closer
and
closer
to
the
Pacific,
Bronte
{* te provided to ascertain how
for a trip to India and a third and
2
2 Saburo & Minoru
Asaji Ogaki .......
K
Teshima
..........
however, the vital need for lingu
Brantford
Kubota ............; rany would still be willing to
F. N. Takimoto.. 2
still largei- number were in basic
Seitaro & Syd
Richmond Hill
ists
became
ever
more
apparent.
Glencoe
Nishimura ...... 4
i." \olunteer for special service.
training camp at Brantford, On Mr. & Mrs.
Fonthill
Archin Nakano ... 2 H. Shiga'........... — 2 Masakazu
Recognizing
this,
the
Intelligence
Kenzo
Mori
....
tTj The background to the new detario. When V-J day came, still
Sakamoto ----- 2
Natsuko Nakano 2
Kazuko & Miyoko
Horiuchi . — 4 Kay Nakano ----- 2
I~T’°lopment had its own interest. arm of the Pacific Command urged others were entering the service
Port Dover
Parkhill
Betty Nakano ....
Akiko &: Mitsuko
Kikuzo
feDanng actual hostilities it was the enlistment of Nisei Canadians at recruiting depots across the
Goromaru ...... 5 Yasutaro Nakano 2
Kobayashi ....... 2 Robert Salto —
I. Nakano ______ 2
Monpei & Kiyomi
■Ranked as close to “top secret” who could qualify for overseas country.
Essex
|
Masatoshi
.10
Port Burwell
Anpi
----------2
Yamamoto ...,. 4 Mantoku Sakata 5 K. Yamamoto
no references were permitted service after a short course at the
2
N.
Suzuki
--------ONTARIO
5
story
will
M.
Sakata
--------Army School.
The American
of
the
The balance
Fort William
Sanya, Tatsuzo,
Hing
Lakebead Nisei .
In
large
Sadao Tanaka 6
forces, steadily assuming the ma
here.
not be told
John Umehara . 5
St. Catharines
Club per S.
Itsuo Orida ____ 2 Beverley Murray
Den Kamada ----- 2
is already well
Sakamoto ... 120
jor offensive against the Japanese,
measure,
it
2 per M. Kawabe..! 7
Suzuki --- -—
Lakebead Nisei
Eracebridge
J. W. Kinoshita.. 5
known from the reports which
were
already
employing
thousands
Club per S.
g;’he New Canadian acknowlRuthven
2
Teizo Hidaka
Sakamoto .—...40
have already appeared in these
of American Nisei in vital intelli
H. Yamasaki ----- 2
g edges with gratitude donations
London
Howard
Oxdrift
London
Nisei
|| ’rem the following persons:
gence work throughout, the whole
columns since press censorship
3
Yamamoto .—
Galt
1
T. Oikawa _
Group per Mary
3
Heiji Yamazaki.. 2
Eikichi Harada and Mr. western Pacific. And at this stage
Murakami ___ 166 | T. Hamada ----was discontinued at the end of
2
I U. Amano .........
Cobourg
London
Nisei
g-unchiro Kamitakahara, of Al- in Canada, the Department of Na
hostilities. And the composite
Flora
... 2
S.
Ito
_
__
Group per Mary
I
Harty
Eterta2
G. Suzuki
7 I T. Sato ------ ---Murakami _
2
picture of what the Nisei in uniIL?Ir- Taiiclli Kato, Fingal Hostel, tional Defence had reached the
Bowman ville
Tadayoshi
j H. Hayashi ---- .. 2
Regan
Aiko
Aida
&
Emiko
2
point at least of providing forms
.form have actually done may
Sakamoto _
i J. Murakami_ . 2
5
Sakamoto ----- 4
lc--Irs’ ^os^no Uyenobu, 13 Elgin, for the Nisei in the eastern cities;
I Mr. & Mrs. M.
well await the return this year
St. Thomas
Kaiura ........... . 2
Fergus
gvlreet, Hamilton, Ont.
Mono Hill
M. Yamada ------- 2
of second generation active serv
while
in
British
Columbia,
RCMP
Mr. & Mrs. Hachizo Kanji Kimura ....10 J J. H. Aihoshi___ 2
I Mr. Kosaku Yamanobe, on his
Nakamura
5
Omura
icemen srtiH on duty in scattered
officers were making a tour of the
K. Takayesu ----- 2
^C-P2rture for Japan.
Hamilton
I Masaharu
Kapuskaslng
| Mr. Raiichi Shirakawa, Moose ghost towns, seeking men who
Citizenship De;
centres of eastern Asia — from
Kingston
Moritsugu ..._. 2 per S. Mori------ 26
kJ aw.
fence Committee I Frank
2
Mr.
Hamanaka
..
Moritsugu 2 Camp 32 per
would be interested in volunteer
Tokyo and Kure to Hong Kong,
of Hamilton 500 ; Harvey
T.. Isomura _____ 2
Yoshitaka Mori, Vernon. ing for special service—not with
Klichiro Endo 10
Mijuro
Kurokawa
5
i
4
Soichi & Hedi ...
Bangkok and Singapore.
Moritsugu. ... — 2 T. Nose & Y
N. Shintani ___ J. 2
2
Ken
Moritsugu
..
4
Yakura
the Canadian Army, but with the
Grimsby
Henry H. Tsuyuki
| -Anonymous, Cfowsnest, B.C.
Our Nisei contribution..- to the
Alma College staff
S.
Hinatsu
&
&-John H.
' & students per
g Mr. Koichi Takahashi,. Ash- British Army.
Neys
Canadian war record rests upon
Sons ----------- —. 6 t Kimi
Miura _______ 4
Masaji Endo ....,-10
Vroft. B.C.
per
J".
M.
2
Tom Kiroma ----Takimoto
..61.50
One of the RCMP officers who what is admittedly a short and far
Masatomo Endo. 5
26 |
Takahashi
Fearl Kiroma ..... 2
J” Pe^zo Tanabe, on the occaO.' Okinobu ---- — 3 M. Endo —...... . made the tour in October, 1944. from glamorous period of accom
Mr. fc Mrs. N.
Yukichi
r?* 01 his daughter’s marriage.
Mr. & Mrs. PJordan Station
Nishiki ____ ....
Mochizuki —. 3
Kishimoto
8
Tatsuro
•
and Mrs. O. Kunihiro, bn related an interesting slant to me. plishment. But it will be apparent
Mr. & Mrs. M.
Mototsune
----3
Nishida ______ 4
e occasion of their recent mar British Army officers had come to that this was not the fault oi
(
Chapleau
Woodstock
Miss E. Nishida... 2 Kanji Oikawa
Kumasaburo
! K. Tateyama .—...
Canada seeking Japanese lin Japanese Canadians themselves,
Kanji Oikawa 13.07
Takeda - -------- 5 ■ Mrs. Aki Araki ..
ssutaro Morikawa; Mimico.
Belleville
Katsuyuki
He
guists. When they learnt the situ and what they set out to do, they
| N. Yoneyama — 2
3
M. Horii ______ ... 5
Nakashima
Chatham & Kent
Shozo Murakami 4
4 , Chu Oikawa __ 2
Harold
Ishii
----ation
here
they
had
expressed
to
in
doing
well.
succeeded
County
Toronto.
I S. Obayashi ----- 5
Matsuji
Kitaga-ss-a
2
Brampton
.Kent County Nisei | S. Ozawa -------- — 2
him the strongest disgust that a
Shintaro Sasaki- o Akikictd
Fellowship per.
Iseichi
•
(The last article of the series
i
Kitagawa
2
large pool of men, uniquely fitted
Matsumoto i_ 2
Ruby Morita ..96 |
Toshio Kitagawa 2
F ellowship Group,
Nisei in Canadian Khaki/*) ; y
M.
Yonekura
—
.
5.
to perform particularly., valuable
;W
*
T
'YU
7\
•'is':
is
January 25,1947
bm
NISEIS IN CANADIAN KHAKI
eful day until the
The New Canadian
tle of the question of
. _,rV service for the second,
^iio" The troubled process
Lcu-’tion from the west coast,
Assembly centre, road camps
7bo<t towns, the making of
on farms, in the bush
the cities of eastern Canthe nght w preserve property
7—all these raised issues
small to occupy most of
attention.
the Nisei who were, stead
Tut to
lablishing themselves in the
the question grew again into
rtance as rapidly, as they con
sidered themselves into new
niuiiities. And the new gioups
.o had been formed, notably
Toronto. Hamilton, and London,
leo^nized that the issue could
£o: be ignored.. By the spring of
fc-4 it bad grown again into a
j-essmg problem in Toronto,
vhere a group of Nisei in the Jap-inese Canadian Committee for
^niocracy were urging a vigorous
afuioach to Ottawa to re-open jhe
squesuon ot volunteer sei vice.
s’Tnere was opposed to this a very
hesitancy that doubted if the
isecond generation, smarting ' and
Fifsentfu? under their wartime
glassification of “enemy aliens
fcould readily respond to any
^arpeal for volunteers.
W Whatever the controversy,- in
By TOM SHO YAMA
Many of the early and seem
ingly vain attempts on the part
of the Nisei to break down the
rigid attitude of exclusion of
Japanese Canadians from the
armed services have been recounted in this series that commenced in the Christmas issue.
Last week’s instalment ended
.with the black curtain cf Pearl
Harbor. In this, the final article
of the series, Tom Shoyama
brings the story, up to date and
tells of the grudging acceptance
of Nisei into the Canadian Army
in 1945, and shows the present
day picture.
service- had been treated in a
manner that could not help but.
lienate a large part of their willmgne: to serve. .And they Avere
equally disgusted with the attitude
of the Canadian authorities who
to secure
had taken no
adequate and trained linguists. At
that time, of course, the extent of
Canada’s participation in the Pa
cific war had not yet been planned.
But from all this it seems clear
that pressure was steadily build
ing up to call for action at Ot
tawa. It was felt that the chief
opposition to enlistment of the
Nisei was a strong political in
fluence, emanating from
coast anti-Japanese forces,
early in 1945 a group of Van-
Kitchener - Waterloo Calling!
By A Correspondent
To many New Canadian readers, the twin cities of Kitchener and
Waterloo. Ontario, make their first appearance m these pages as
another centre of Japanese Canadian relocation.
Though there have been Japa
nese here since 1948, there never Waterloo entry in the Senior
County baseball league two years
have been quite enough Niseis to
form any active club. At present ago, while last year he coached
Waterloo’s juvenile team. In softthere are about twenty Japanese
ball. Mas Toyota played in the
in all, and with the resulting lack
local
Victory League last summer.
of Nisei activities, there has really
This winter the two Toyotas lire
been nothing to report.
playing badminton at the local
Kitchener-Waterloo is definite
ly industrial, with many large
rubber and furniture factories,
and the present population nears
40,000. But as in all other cities,
the housing shortage is a serious
problem facing, not only the
Japanese, but all would-be new
residents. It is hoped that with
successful progress in house
construction, 1947 will see more
Japanese relocating here. There
is no lack of employment here,
and one meets practically no dis
crimination in seeking employ
Before his departure to Toronto
last year. Tucker Morito was very
active in YMCA work, especially
swimming and Y Men’s work.
Last spring, in the "Y” So-Ed pro
gram, one of the guest spesken?
was Muneo Kawasoe who spoke
on Japanese Canadians and their
problems.
With the forthcoming: completion of relocation, it is hoped that
we will see more Japanese re
settling in this locality.
in . the newspapers. By 1943 the
spending of the Japanese drive in
Southeast Asia and the suppres
couver citizens, who had been
sion of the Indian independence
following the situation closely.
movement, had now given the
submitted s letter to the Prime
British Army its first chance to
In this they urged
M inister.
catch a breath and interest itself
that if the policy of excluding
ment.
in more effective total war. The
Nisei Canadians from vital in
need for linguist personnel in the
On entering Kitchener, probably
telligence work was continued,
INTRODUCTION TO
war against Japan was obvious
the
‘"first thing to catch the seek
and as a result of that the safety
and urgent. And only in Canada,
ing eye is the more or less ancient
and security of Canadian troops
A JIVER
■was there any large number of
street cars that run along the main
dispatched to the Pacific were
Hauiio is no more! Followers
personnel who could be trained for
street between the. two cities. It
in
any way endangered, the
of
the Sophy-Ed Bulletin witnessed
the job. Consequently, in the sum
is
along
this
main
street
that
the
group would be compelled to
the
demise of the comic character
mer of that year, after protracted
business section is located. As
make all the facts known to the
difficulties with official indifferthis goes to press, the new trolley created by Mas Ikeno this week,
country at large.
ence, S-20, ^Japanese Language
buses will be in operation, making as the young Nisei cartoonist, pull
Finally,
in
February,
the
situa
ed a. Milton Caniff and introduced
School, came into being under the
Kitchener one of the first Ontario
a new hero in the manner of SteVe
tion
crystallized.
Capt.
D.
Mollicommand of Capt. Paul Halley,
cities to use this modern means of
Canyon.
whom many Nisei will remember son of the British Army had been civic transportation.
In the intense words of an Ikeno
in
Canada
for
months
seeking
as a frequent visitor to Powell
Among the kinds of employ
cutie:
Street, and who was later killed needed linguist personnel for serv
ment entered by local Japanese
Ktte summer of that year the De- in India. The guiding spirit in ice with Lord Louis Mountbatten’s
“. . . he’s like that guy Kirby,
Canadians
are
d~y
cleaning,
Efepfirment of National Defence took establishment of the school was
you know . . . Rip. AU except
South East Asia Command. Work
machine shop work, planing mill,
^8 frst faltering, but concrete step.
he doesn’t smoke a pipe—nope,
Col. Mulally, who had become G-2, ing through the RCM.P. he had con
novelty shop, hospital orderly,
? Ouicial forms were provided in
he’s not a private dick, and he’s
tacted a number of Nisei and
for the Pacific Command. He was,
office and chemical laboratory in
’.Toronto, upon which the Nisei it appears, one of the very few secured the consent of a small:
not old like “Rip”, either, he's
a large rubber fa ory. By this,
could file an. application to join
. (sigh).”
20 and what a jiver
officers in the Canadian Army who group to proceed to London. But
it can be seen t it the Niseis
(tbe armed services. It was a
This "jiver’ calls h i ni s e 1| C
realized the invaluable service there was understood balking at
a number of
have entered qui
^/specialized form, asking for refer
the
terms
—
for
they
were
expected
slants” and his appearance is
that Canada could play in the war
different occupa lions*,’ and in
ences and extensive personal hisbeing eagerly atvaited. Ikeno is
against Japan by providing com to cross the Atlantic in a civilian
every instance fisve built fine
as well as details of knowlpetent and trained linguists for capacity and upon arrival in Eng
an
ex-Lemon Creek er, an' exiq their fellow
: eage of. the Japanese language.
land
to
enlist
there
in
the
British
Hamiltonian
and sometime contri
all Commonwealth forces.
workers.
Its purpose was purely for sake
butor to The New Canadian, who
ere have been
From a small and modest start, Army.
In local spo~-.
Lof record. Understandable was the
is
currently studying commercial
S-20 grew steadily in size and
At this juncture came the sud only a few Niseis irticipating as
■attack upon it as a discriminatory
aught for the art at Toronto’s Central Tech.
and unfair document. But surpris scope. It took a major step for den change in Canadian policy. yet. Bob Toyota
Captain Mollison’s group of men
ing under the circumstances was ward when Major (later Lt.-Col.)
A.
P.
MacKenzie
came
from
Wash
Donations to Citizenship
Defence Committee
were hastily inducted into the
the Nisei response to it.
. ington to command the unit. The Canadian Army and without bene
' Our behind-the-scenes inforranks of Canada's three services fit of any training, embarked at
Shigeo Murakami 2 B. Fujino .;-------- 3
J nation is sketchy here, but it
Guelph
List 3
had been scoured for brilliant and Halifax with India their destina
Masaki Murakami 2 J. Morimoto----Otoichi Otani — 2 Toshio Murakami 2
TORONTO
jeopears that Lt. (later Capt.)
Kayoko Otani .... 2 Masao Mototsune 2
educated men, willing and capable tion. They went as Canadian serv
SUBURBS
Fletcher
- Kaneko
—
C.
Thomas
was
chiefly
respon
M.
----- ... 2 Minoru
S. Kayahara.......
■
West Hill
of taking on the gruelling job of icemen, on loan for special duties
5
2
Mototsune ----K. Takahashi.. 2 T. Ohora ----------sible for the form. As a warrant
K. Matsubayashi
Cedar Springs
becoming reasonably proficient in with the British Imperial Forces.
S. Takahashi ___ 2
Ukon HiguchL...] 2
officer in the Canadian IntelliTodmorden
Beamsville
spoken and written Japanese with
Tadajl & Hiroshi
Noriyoshi
F. K. NishiS. Ichiyen --------- 3
;4gence Corps he had been asImmediately thereafter, the re
Terakawa —— 4
Watanabe ----- 2
Clarkson
kawara ____ — 2
in a year’s time. A large propor
Haruko
2 Takeshi Toda — 2
Y Horiuchi ----- ... 2
K
Irie
________
rgned previously to check quietcruiting
of
Nisei
volunteers
was
5
Takahashi tion of the students at the school
H. Suyehiro ...... 2
S. Kitamura ----- 2 Yasuyuki &
'“/ly on the Nisei in Ontario. It is
Hiromu
begun.
By
the
time
V-E
day
ar
K.
Maeda .........— 2
came from universities; and many
KitchenerYamaura ......... - 4
2
Oakville
T.
Namba
____
—
^understood that in his report he
rived, a. second and larger group,
Waterloo
Mark T.
Y. Omori ----------- 2
already held degrees.
Union
Kobayashi ..... 2 per Yukio Ode.... 8 H. Y. Takata ----- 2
£ y recommended that way be openincluding men from the west and
Mrs. R. Kimura. 2 Masao Toyota ..... 4 H. Shigeyoshi..... 2 per Bob T. Kondo 8
As
the
focus
of
the
war
moved
P. K. Asada........ 2 T. K. Tamane — 2
g. td for Nisei to enlist, and a form
southern Ontario, was preparing
Leamington
J. S. Nakashima 2 Y. M. Tokiwa ..„ 2
closer
and
closer
to
the
Pacific,
Bronte
{* te provided to ascertain how
for a trip to India and a third and
2
2 Saburo & Minoru
Asaji Ogaki .......
K
Teshima
..........
however, the vital need for lingu
Brantford
Kubota ............; rany would still be willing to
F. N. Takimoto.. 2
still largei- number were in basic
Seitaro & Syd
Richmond Hill
ists
became
ever
more
apparent.
Glencoe
Nishimura ...... 4
i." \olunteer for special service.
training camp at Brantford, On Mr. & Mrs.
Fonthill
Archin Nakano ... 2 H. Shiga'........... — 2 Masakazu
Recognizing
this,
the
Intelligence
Kenzo
Mori
....
tTj The background to the new detario. When V-J day came, still
Sakamoto ----- 2
Natsuko Nakano 2
Kazuko & Miyoko
Horiuchi . — 4 Kay Nakano ----- 2
I~T’°lopment had its own interest. arm of the Pacific Command urged others were entering the service
Port Dover
Parkhill
Betty Nakano ....
Akiko &: Mitsuko
Kikuzo
feDanng actual hostilities it was the enlistment of Nisei Canadians at recruiting depots across the
Goromaru ...... 5 Yasutaro Nakano 2
Kobayashi ....... 2 Robert Salto —
I. Nakano ______ 2
Monpei & Kiyomi
■Ranked as close to “top secret” who could qualify for overseas country.
Essex
|
Masatoshi
.10
Port Burwell
Anpi
----------2
Yamamoto ...,. 4 Mantoku Sakata 5 K. Yamamoto
no references were permitted service after a short course at the
2
N.
Suzuki
--------ONTARIO
5
story
will
M.
Sakata
--------Army School.
The American
of
the
The balance
Fort William
Sanya, Tatsuzo,
Hing
Lakebead Nisei .
In
large
Sadao Tanaka 6
forces, steadily assuming the ma
here.
not be told
John Umehara . 5
St. Catharines
Club per S.
Itsuo Orida ____ 2 Beverley Murray
Den Kamada ----- 2
is already well
Sakamoto ... 120
jor offensive against the Japanese,
measure,
it
2 per M. Kawabe..! 7
Suzuki --- -—
Lakebead Nisei
Eracebridge
J. W. Kinoshita.. 5
known from the reports which
were
already
employing
thousands
Club per S.
g;’he New Canadian acknowlRuthven
2
Teizo Hidaka
Sakamoto .—...40
have already appeared in these
of American Nisei in vital intelli
H. Yamasaki ----- 2
g edges with gratitude donations
London
Howard
Oxdrift
London
Nisei
|| ’rem the following persons:
gence work throughout, the whole
columns since press censorship
3
Yamamoto .—
Galt
1
T. Oikawa _
Group per Mary
3
Heiji Yamazaki.. 2
Eikichi Harada and Mr. western Pacific. And at this stage
Murakami ___ 166 | T. Hamada ----was discontinued at the end of
2
I U. Amano .........
Cobourg
London
Nisei
g-unchiro Kamitakahara, of Al- in Canada, the Department of Na
hostilities. And the composite
Flora
... 2
S.
Ito
_
__
Group per Mary
I
Harty
Eterta2
G. Suzuki
7 I T. Sato ------ ---Murakami _
2
picture of what the Nisei in uniIL?Ir- Taiiclli Kato, Fingal Hostel, tional Defence had reached the
Bowman ville
Tadayoshi
j H. Hayashi ---- .. 2
Regan
Aiko
Aida
&
Emiko
2
point at least of providing forms
.form have actually done may
Sakamoto _
i J. Murakami_ . 2
5
Sakamoto ----- 4
lc--Irs’ ^os^no Uyenobu, 13 Elgin, for the Nisei in the eastern cities;
I Mr. & Mrs. M.
well await the return this year
St. Thomas
Kaiura ........... . 2
Fergus
gvlreet, Hamilton, Ont.
Mono Hill
M. Yamada ------- 2
of second generation active serv
while
in
British
Columbia,
RCMP
Mr. & Mrs. Hachizo Kanji Kimura ....10 J J. H. Aihoshi___ 2
I Mr. Kosaku Yamanobe, on his
Nakamura
5
Omura
icemen srtiH on duty in scattered
officers were making a tour of the
K. Takayesu ----- 2
^C-P2rture for Japan.
Hamilton
I Masaharu
Kapuskaslng
| Mr. Raiichi Shirakawa, Moose ghost towns, seeking men who
Citizenship De;
centres of eastern Asia — from
Kingston
Moritsugu ..._. 2 per S. Mori------ 26
kJ aw.
fence Committee I Frank
2
Mr.
Hamanaka
..
Moritsugu 2 Camp 32 per
would be interested in volunteer
Tokyo and Kure to Hong Kong,
of Hamilton 500 ; Harvey
T.. Isomura _____ 2
Yoshitaka Mori, Vernon. ing for special service—not with
Klichiro Endo 10
Mijuro
Kurokawa
5
i
4
Soichi & Hedi ...
Bangkok and Singapore.
Moritsugu. ... — 2 T. Nose & Y
N. Shintani ___ J. 2
2
Ken
Moritsugu
..
4
Yakura
the Canadian Army, but with the
Grimsby
Henry H. Tsuyuki
| -Anonymous, Cfowsnest, B.C.
Our Nisei contribution..- to the
Alma College staff
S.
Hinatsu
&
&-John H.
' & students per
g Mr. Koichi Takahashi,. Ash- British Army.
Neys
Canadian war record rests upon
Sons ----------- —. 6 t Kimi
Miura _______ 4
Masaji Endo ....,-10
Vroft. B.C.
per
J".
M.
2
Tom Kiroma ----Takimoto
..61.50
One of the RCMP officers who what is admittedly a short and far
Masatomo Endo. 5
26 |
Takahashi
Fearl Kiroma ..... 2
J” Pe^zo Tanabe, on the occaO.' Okinobu ---- — 3 M. Endo —...... . made the tour in October, 1944. from glamorous period of accom
Mr. fc Mrs. N.
Yukichi
r?* 01 his daughter’s marriage.
Mr. & Mrs. PJordan Station
Nishiki ____ ....
Mochizuki —. 3
Kishimoto
8
Tatsuro
•
and Mrs. O. Kunihiro, bn related an interesting slant to me. plishment. But it will be apparent
Mr. & Mrs. M.
Mototsune
----3
Nishida ______ 4
e occasion of their recent mar British Army officers had come to that this was not the fault oi
(
Chapleau
Woodstock
Miss E. Nishida... 2 Kanji Oikawa
Kumasaburo
! K. Tateyama .—...
Canada seeking Japanese lin Japanese Canadians themselves,
Kanji Oikawa 13.07
Takeda - -------- 5 ■ Mrs. Aki Araki ..
ssutaro Morikawa; Mimico.
Belleville
Katsuyuki
He
guists. When they learnt the situ and what they set out to do, they
| N. Yoneyama — 2
3
M. Horii ______ ... 5
Nakashima
Chatham & Kent
Shozo Murakami 4
4 , Chu Oikawa __ 2
Harold
Ishii
----ation
here
they
had
expressed
to
in
doing
well.
succeeded
County
Toronto.
I S. Obayashi ----- 5
Matsuji
Kitaga-ss-a
2
Brampton
.Kent County Nisei | S. Ozawa -------- — 2
him the strongest disgust that a
Shintaro Sasaki- o Akikictd
Fellowship per.
Iseichi
•
(The last article of the series
i
Kitagawa
2
large pool of men, uniquely fitted
Matsumoto i_ 2
Ruby Morita ..96 |
Toshio Kitagawa 2
F ellowship Group,
Nisei in Canadian Khaki/*) ; y
M.
Yonekura
—
.
5.
to perform particularly., valuable
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Page Eigh
Saturday, ja
Nisei Curler Hailed
Wolverines, Kilroys/ Delta X
BELIEVE IT OR NOT. .
Kazuo Ito, the youthful Japanes
skipper from Morris (Man.), is
quite an athlete.
He made the
Morris hockey team and every
WINNIPEG.—With Winnipeg’s Nisei Basketball League
going into full swing, a three-way tie developed for top spot
on the third official night of operations, Monday, Jan. 20.
Delta X’s found it easy going sweeping the winless Streaks
sport he takes up, appears to be
a natural. Ito has just been curl
ing three years and no less than
and the elusive Kilroys clipped
high-flying Wolverines for their
first defeat.
Ken Watson figures he is a real
comer.—From the curling column,
“Drawing the Button” by Johnny-
FIRST GAME:
Delta X 30, Streaks 16
After holding the high-scoring
Delta X scoring line to a S-9 score
at the haff.
faded bad!}’
to be outscored 21-S in the seco
half. Jim Sugiyama and Sam Fujii
of the victors topped the scoring
with 10 points aj -ce. Captain
Hiro Furuya led hi team with a
7-point total.
•3
DELTA X: Fujii 10
Otsu 6, Tanabe, Hashimoto 4. Taniguchi
Buss in the Winnipeg Tribune.
Kelowna YJCA Holds
To Open Soon
TORONTO.---A New Year Social
sponsored by the Toronto Young
on
Budd hist
Jan. 4. was attended by more th
130 young t:
and prove
ime success,
featured the program emceed by
Toyo Ta kata , who had the crowd
mood to enjoy rhe
most we!
e refreshment period.
Dancing
Lowed the refresh-
The Sunday morning services ;
the Toronto Buddhist Mission, a
tended by more than 30 member
ire enjoying
popularity.
w hich is reflected in the steadily
increasing attendance. So far six
prepared lessons on the Buddhist
religion have been given by Rev.
T. Tsuji. A special New Year’s
service was held on the morning
of Jan. 1, Charles Nekoda. re
ligions program convenor, has an
nounced that Sunday school will
bt- opened shortly for the children.
In the field of sport, the TYBS
is shining with over 50 members
participating in the bowling league
matches being held every Thurs
day night at the Spadina Bowling
Alleys. Standing of the S teams
comprising the league will be an
nounced soon by Tommy Tanaka,
sports convenor.
TO HOLD VALENTINE DANCE
The TYBS is holding a Valen
tine Dance on Friday, Feb. 14,
from 9 p.m... at the Polish Hall. 62
Claremont St. Tickets may be
obtained from any of the meinb
Good Opportunity for
Experienced Man in
;
j
CONTRACTING-BUILDING
I
Must be able to make estimates and !
supervise construction. Prefer that I
he share ownership in new Winnipeg I
hrm. Apply Sox LOO, New Canadian. I
Wolverines 22. Kilroys 29
Hirose
the second
to stop
the smooth-working Kilroy:s. Tail
man Mush Saito headed the Kilroy
scorers.
Wolverine skipper
piled up Id points i:
WOLVERINES: Mori
Hirose 16, Sato, Fukuj
KILROYS: H.
Saito 10. Tomii
A. Okumura—29
ma 3. Hosaki 6.
D. Okumura 6.
The opening games at rhe
YWCA gym. Saturday. Jan. 11.
culminated several weeks of prac
tise by about thirty local melon
handlers.
FIRST GAME:
Streaks 15. Wolverines 19
Tak Hirose led his Wolverines
to a 19-15 win over Hiro Furya’s
Streaks in the initial contest. In
a very low-scoring tilt, the Streaks
just couldn’t stop Hirose from
breaking out in a scoring rash.
STREAKS: Moritsugu 5, Kuramoto 4.
Matsuba 2. Kunimoto, Furuva 4—15.
WOLVERINES: Morita 2. Takada 2.
Hirose 10. Fukuyama 3, Sato 2. Tani
guchi, Fukumura—19.
SECOND GAME:
Kilroys 19, Delta X 23
The team with a different name.
Delta X’s. showed a lot of power
in disposing of Kilroys in the
second game.., Sam Fujii and cap
tain Mac Otsu Jed the winners'
scoring, while Kilroy Mush Saito
topped his squad
FIRST GAME:
Wolverines 26, Delta X 22
Wolverine
took two straight
with a 4-point win over Delta X’s.
Tak Hirose's 14-point total and
teammate Takada’s 10 points
proved too overwhelming for the
Greeks.
WOLVERINES: Morita, Takada 10.
Hirose 14, Sato. Fukuyama 2—26.
DELTA X: Fujii 8, J. Sugiyama 5.
Otsu 7, Hashimoto 2 Taniguchi. Tanabe
SECOND GAME:
Kilroys 27, Streaks 21
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—is now ready to serve you in
the general insurance field.
Automobi’
Fire
Burgli:
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& Sickness,
Kilroys picked up their first win
by pushing back the hapless
Streaks 27-21. Albertan Frank
Yahiro and .Don Matsuba sparked
the Streaks but the losers couldigt
hold onto the 12-10 lead they held
at the half. Captain Henry Sugi
yama and George Hosaki were the
high men for the winners.
KILROYS: H. Sugiyama S. Saito 3,
Hosaki 8. Tomihiro 6. D. Okumura 2
— *21.
• STREAKS: Moritsugu 2, Furuya 3.
Matsuba S. Kunimoto. Yahiro S__ 21.
Phone: GL. SO
By Chic H. Mori
KELOWNA. B.C.—K e low 11 a
Young Japanese Canadian Asso
ciation’s contributions to the
gaiety of the past holiday season
were the annual Christmas Tree
held on Christmas Eve and a New
Year’s Eve Dance.
The Okanagan Buddhist Mission
was the scene of fun and surprises
for the kids of Kelowna and district at the Christmas Tree on the
afternoon of Dec. 24. KYJCA
president Tosh Yamaoka weling after which
coined the
club secretary Ich Yamamoto
emceed the children in games and
the singing of carols. Santa Claus,
eagerly awaited by the guests, was
an instant hit with them as he
distributed presents from the wellladen tree.
Refreshments were served and
dancing for the members rounded
off the affair.
About 60 people from Okanagan
centres welcomed the New Year
with merry enthusiasm at the
KYJCA New Year’s Eve Dance
held at the Okanagan Buddhist
Mission.
All the merry-makers agreed
that the dance was a huge success
I nd prolonged the fun to the wee
sma’ hours of the morning.
KILROYS: H. Sugiyama, Hosaki 6.
Saito 9, Tomihiro 2. A. Okumura, D.
Okumura 2—19.
_ ’
DELTA X: Fujii 10, J. Sugiyama *6.
Otsu S. Tanabe, Hashimoto 4, Yahiro
—23.
A switch in playing nights found
the second league night on Mon
day. Jan. 13.
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TORONTO.—Born, a daughter,
Patricia June, to Air. and Mrs.
Tetsutaro Kawai of Toronto on
Dec. 21.
Obituary
MRS. KOTOYO TAKATA
KELOWNA, B.C.—The funeral
service for Airs. Kotoyo Takata,
who died Jan. 12, was held at the
local Buddhist Church on Jan. 14.
Air. Tomie officiated.
STREAKS: Moritsugu. Kuramoto 1.
Furuwa 7, Matsuba 6. Kunimoto 2—16.
SECOND GAME:
Sunday School Planned
| Personal Notes Across CGnada
JIMMY YUTAKA NISHIYAMA
MAGRATH. Alta. — Jimmy Yu
taka Nishiyama, second son of Mr.
and Mrs. Y. Nishiyama of Alagrath.
died Dec. 30 at. New Denver, B.C.
Funeral services were held Jan. 4
in New Denver.
Change of Address
and Air
Yamamoto,
Kaname, Amy and Betty have
moved to a new address: 7374
Chambord St., Apt. 6. Alontreal,
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our deep
appreciation to ail our friends for
their kindnesses and expressions
of sympathy in connection with
the loss of our beloved mother,
Airs. Kotoyo Takata.
The Turin You
sociation would lik
edge with many ihs
from: Mr. J
occasion of a
Miteru Higo, on
his marriage: and
his recent depart
And Santa Claus
TAYLOR LAKE, B.C.—A Christ
mas concert for the local children
and a gala concert
Year sparked this community
holiday season.
Occidental pupils and parents
from the Lone Butte public school
were visitors at the Yuletide con
cert held at the Taylor Lake
school Christmas Eve.
Santa
Claus was on hand with presents
for all the children and tea and
refreshments rounded out the eve
ning.
Two "shibais" were the feature
of a New Year concert held here
Jan. 4, under the sponsorship of
Frank Uyehara. The play were
"Oyako No Jun jo.’ and a short
comedy
“Fushigi na Takara."
Vocals of
< popular song were also
iven in the program.
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■ well
. 1 sincerely ho
of you are keeping well. This1
the first letter allowed io ba
sent to foreign countries and I
wish to inform you of our safetv.
About 80 percent of the city of
Kobe was devastated, but for’
tunately our- house ini i arum!
escaped bombing and We
living there very peac.efuily. 1
am very anxious to be: able t:
return to your side as soon a$
the situation permits, Kindly
give my best regards t;o all mv
old friends on your side."
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Nishi-Tarumi. Sumaku. Kobe,
pan.
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The Allsebrooks of Kaslo, B.C.,
would very much like to hear from
Mrs. Johnny Tanaka (nee Mollie
Fujita), Susie Oikawa (New Denver), and Al. Shimizu, artist. (Slocan. 1944).
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HAMILTON, Ont.—A service in
the memory of Kenji Uyenobu
and Airs. Chisato Uyenobu - was
held at the home of Mrs. Yoshino
Uyenobu here, Dec. 14. Rev. K.
Shimizu officiated.
Recent reports from Japan gave
first information of the deaths of
these two people. Kenji, only son
of Airs. Y. Uyenobu and the late
Air. Shizuo Uyenobu, attended the
University of British. Columbia,
and in 1939, went to Japan to
study law at Meiji University in
Tokyo,
He died from illness
shortly after graduation from
Aleiji in 1943.
Mrs. C. Uyenobu, grandmother
ot the late student, died at her
home in Japan last year.
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ill
Special
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repairs.
Mr. NAKAMURA & SON
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invite
their
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friends to come in and look
around.
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Kaslo Hockey Tilt
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Bulova and other name
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School's goals as the teen-agers
went down in fighting defeat to
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game last week.
Help Wanted
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Shikoku, Japan.
Memorial Service
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Saturday, ja
Nisei Curler Hailed
Wolverines, Kilroys/ Delta X
BELIEVE IT OR NOT. .
Kazuo Ito, the youthful Japanes
skipper from Morris (Man.), is
quite an athlete.
He made the
Morris hockey team and every
WINNIPEG.—With Winnipeg’s Nisei Basketball League
going into full swing, a three-way tie developed for top spot
on the third official night of operations, Monday, Jan. 20.
Delta X’s found it easy going sweeping the winless Streaks
sport he takes up, appears to be
a natural. Ito has just been curl
ing three years and no less than
and the elusive Kilroys clipped
high-flying Wolverines for their
first defeat.
Ken Watson figures he is a real
comer.—From the curling column,
“Drawing the Button” by Johnny-
FIRST GAME:
Delta X 30, Streaks 16
After holding the high-scoring
Delta X scoring line to a S-9 score
at the haff.
faded bad!}’
to be outscored 21-S in the seco
half. Jim Sugiyama and Sam Fujii
of the victors topped the scoring
with 10 points aj -ce. Captain
Hiro Furuya led hi team with a
7-point total.
•3
DELTA X: Fujii 10
Otsu 6, Tanabe, Hashimoto 4. Taniguchi
Buss in the Winnipeg Tribune.
Kelowna YJCA Holds
To Open Soon
TORONTO.---A New Year Social
sponsored by the Toronto Young
on
Budd hist
Jan. 4. was attended by more th
130 young t:
and prove
ime success,
featured the program emceed by
Toyo Ta kata , who had the crowd
mood to enjoy rhe
most we!
e refreshment period.
Dancing
Lowed the refresh-
The Sunday morning services ;
the Toronto Buddhist Mission, a
tended by more than 30 member
ire enjoying
popularity.
w hich is reflected in the steadily
increasing attendance. So far six
prepared lessons on the Buddhist
religion have been given by Rev.
T. Tsuji. A special New Year’s
service was held on the morning
of Jan. 1, Charles Nekoda. re
ligions program convenor, has an
nounced that Sunday school will
bt- opened shortly for the children.
In the field of sport, the TYBS
is shining with over 50 members
participating in the bowling league
matches being held every Thurs
day night at the Spadina Bowling
Alleys. Standing of the S teams
comprising the league will be an
nounced soon by Tommy Tanaka,
sports convenor.
TO HOLD VALENTINE DANCE
The TYBS is holding a Valen
tine Dance on Friday, Feb. 14,
from 9 p.m... at the Polish Hall. 62
Claremont St. Tickets may be
obtained from any of the meinb
Good Opportunity for
Experienced Man in
;
j
CONTRACTING-BUILDING
I
Must be able to make estimates and !
supervise construction. Prefer that I
he share ownership in new Winnipeg I
hrm. Apply Sox LOO, New Canadian. I
Wolverines 22. Kilroys 29
Hirose
the second
to stop
the smooth-working Kilroy:s. Tail
man Mush Saito headed the Kilroy
scorers.
Wolverine skipper
piled up Id points i:
WOLVERINES: Mori
Hirose 16, Sato, Fukuj
KILROYS: H.
Saito 10. Tomii
A. Okumura—29
ma 3. Hosaki 6.
D. Okumura 6.
The opening games at rhe
YWCA gym. Saturday. Jan. 11.
culminated several weeks of prac
tise by about thirty local melon
handlers.
FIRST GAME:
Streaks 15. Wolverines 19
Tak Hirose led his Wolverines
to a 19-15 win over Hiro Furya’s
Streaks in the initial contest. In
a very low-scoring tilt, the Streaks
just couldn’t stop Hirose from
breaking out in a scoring rash.
STREAKS: Moritsugu 5, Kuramoto 4.
Matsuba 2. Kunimoto, Furuva 4—15.
WOLVERINES: Morita 2. Takada 2.
Hirose 10. Fukuyama 3, Sato 2. Tani
guchi, Fukumura—19.
SECOND GAME:
Kilroys 19, Delta X 23
The team with a different name.
Delta X’s. showed a lot of power
in disposing of Kilroys in the
second game.., Sam Fujii and cap
tain Mac Otsu Jed the winners'
scoring, while Kilroy Mush Saito
topped his squad
FIRST GAME:
Wolverines 26, Delta X 22
Wolverine
took two straight
with a 4-point win over Delta X’s.
Tak Hirose's 14-point total and
teammate Takada’s 10 points
proved too overwhelming for the
Greeks.
WOLVERINES: Morita, Takada 10.
Hirose 14, Sato. Fukuyama 2—26.
DELTA X: Fujii 8, J. Sugiyama 5.
Otsu 7, Hashimoto 2 Taniguchi. Tanabe
SECOND GAME:
Kilroys 27, Streaks 21
BILL TAKEDA
86 Gamble Ave.. Toronto
—is now ready to serve you in
the general insurance field.
Automobi’
Fire
Burgli:
Life
& Sickness,
Kilroys picked up their first win
by pushing back the hapless
Streaks 27-21. Albertan Frank
Yahiro and .Don Matsuba sparked
the Streaks but the losers couldigt
hold onto the 12-10 lead they held
at the half. Captain Henry Sugi
yama and George Hosaki were the
high men for the winners.
KILROYS: H. Sugiyama S. Saito 3,
Hosaki 8. Tomihiro 6. D. Okumura 2
— *21.
• STREAKS: Moritsugu 2, Furuya 3.
Matsuba S. Kunimoto. Yahiro S__ 21.
Phone: GL. SO
By Chic H. Mori
KELOWNA. B.C.—K e low 11 a
Young Japanese Canadian Asso
ciation’s contributions to the
gaiety of the past holiday season
were the annual Christmas Tree
held on Christmas Eve and a New
Year’s Eve Dance.
The Okanagan Buddhist Mission
was the scene of fun and surprises
for the kids of Kelowna and district at the Christmas Tree on the
afternoon of Dec. 24. KYJCA
president Tosh Yamaoka weling after which
coined the
club secretary Ich Yamamoto
emceed the children in games and
the singing of carols. Santa Claus,
eagerly awaited by the guests, was
an instant hit with them as he
distributed presents from the wellladen tree.
Refreshments were served and
dancing for the members rounded
off the affair.
About 60 people from Okanagan
centres welcomed the New Year
with merry enthusiasm at the
KYJCA New Year’s Eve Dance
held at the Okanagan Buddhist
Mission.
All the merry-makers agreed
that the dance was a huge success
I nd prolonged the fun to the wee
sma’ hours of the morning.
KILROYS: H. Sugiyama, Hosaki 6.
Saito 9, Tomihiro 2. A. Okumura, D.
Okumura 2—19.
_ ’
DELTA X: Fujii 10, J. Sugiyama *6.
Otsu S. Tanabe, Hashimoto 4, Yahiro
—23.
A switch in playing nights found
the second league night on Mon
day. Jan. 13.
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Obituary
MRS. KOTOYO TAKATA
KELOWNA, B.C.—The funeral
service for Airs. Kotoyo Takata,
who died Jan. 12, was held at the
local Buddhist Church on Jan. 14.
Air. Tomie officiated.
STREAKS: Moritsugu. Kuramoto 1.
Furuwa 7, Matsuba 6. Kunimoto 2—16.
SECOND GAME:
Sunday School Planned
| Personal Notes Across CGnada
JIMMY YUTAKA NISHIYAMA
MAGRATH. Alta. — Jimmy Yu
taka Nishiyama, second son of Mr.
and Mrs. Y. Nishiyama of Alagrath.
died Dec. 30 at. New Denver, B.C.
Funeral services were held Jan. 4
in New Denver.
Change of Address
and Air
Yamamoto,
Kaname, Amy and Betty have
moved to a new address: 7374
Chambord St., Apt. 6. Alontreal,
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our deep
appreciation to ail our friends for
their kindnesses and expressions
of sympathy in connection with
the loss of our beloved mother,
Airs. Kotoyo Takata.
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his marriage: and
his recent depart
And Santa Claus
TAYLOR LAKE, B.C.—A Christ
mas concert for the local children
and a gala concert
Year sparked this community
holiday season.
Occidental pupils and parents
from the Lone Butte public school
were visitors at the Yuletide con
cert held at the Taylor Lake
school Christmas Eve.
Santa
Claus was on hand with presents
for all the children and tea and
refreshments rounded out the eve
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Two "shibais" were the feature
of a New Year concert held here
Jan. 4, under the sponsorship of
Frank Uyehara. The play were
"Oyako No Jun jo.’ and a short
comedy
“Fushigi na Takara."
Vocals of
< popular song were also
iven in the program.
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HAMILTON, Ont.—A service in
the memory of Kenji Uyenobu
and Airs. Chisato Uyenobu - was
held at the home of Mrs. Yoshino
Uyenobu here, Dec. 14. Rev. K.
Shimizu officiated.
Recent reports from Japan gave
first information of the deaths of
these two people. Kenji, only son
of Airs. Y. Uyenobu and the late
Air. Shizuo Uyenobu, attended the
University of British. Columbia,
and in 1939, went to Japan to
study law at Meiji University in
Tokyo,
He died from illness
shortly after graduation from
Aleiji in 1943.
Mrs. C. Uyenobu, grandmother
ot the late student, died at her
home in Japan last year.
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