The New Canadian — May 3, 1947

An Independent Weekly For Canadians of Japanese Origin

THE NEW CANADIAN
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IB.C JCCA Executive Work
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GREENWOOD, B.C.—Need for unity and a sense of
sensibility among Niseis in the fight for Canadian citizenl -hip rights was pointed out-by Past President Dr. George A.
T-hiwara at the second annual general meeting of the Green­
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wood Japanese Canadian Citizens
ociation at the Masonic Hall
on April 11.
"Let us not forget our par­
ents who gave us the privilege
:o educate ourselves in Cana-

said

I dian ways of living,”
Ishiwara.
“Let us uphold

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rights and carry on the torch to

attain political victory.

MO TAKE OVER
B.C. JCCA WORK

Ii was decided that the Green­
wood JCCA would become the
working body of the British Col­
umbia JCCA, which is the provin­
cial representative body. Reasons
c for this move was that Greenwood
the central point for B.C. JCCA

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activities and that the executives
are inter-changeable.

On April 18, the 1947 executive
was drawn up from the 20 council
members elected by ballot at the
general meeting.
Dr. Ishiwara was elected president, Other officers for 1947-48

are: Hideo Onotera, vice-president; Katsuji Hamanishi, 2nd
vice-president;

Seiji

corresponding secretary; Yoshitaro Okada, financial secretary;
Toshimi Ochiai, recording sec­
retary; Masamitsu Oyama, treas­

urer; Joe Eizo Fukui, B.C. JCCA
treasurer;
Setsu Takemoto,
(•See “Greenwood JCCA,” p. 3)

|Many Leave New Denver, Alberta
|And B.C. Self-Supporting Areas
VANCOUVER.—Highest relocation eastward in many
I months took place in March, according to the latest figures
I released bv the Vancouver office of the Department of
| Labor’s Japanese Division.

NEW DENVER
AMOVES NEAR END

Practical completion of reloca­
tion from New Denver is an­
nounced by the Japanese Division.
v'ithbut a few .remaining families
«ho will be moving by the end of
June, most of the people in the
centre are Social Assistance cases,
inmates of the Sanatorium or San
employees and their families.
g .March also saw a large move■-Uent irom the B.C. self-supporting
ceiiii es with 75 persons leaving
tiie east. Largest movement
i.om the Grand Forks areas
These people

se who wished to transfer
types of employment than
mg they were doing, says

ONTARIO GETS
MOST RELOCATEES

As usual Ontario got the largest
share of the newcomers, with To­
ronto still being the favorite
future home. Montreal and Ham­
ilton gained large numbers, while
the rest were spread out mostly
among the. Southern Ontario cities
and towns, with a few in Northern
Ontario. Winnipeg received four
relocatees.

The Nisei theological student
at Emmanuel College, Toronto,

ment.

overpowered a Euro<Lr and seized his re­
nt when the condemned
uied to shoot his way out,
- Prisoners came to the of'"als assistance.
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sometime in June, announced
the RCMP at Grand Forks. B.C.,
recently.

Over 100 requests have been re­
ceived for going back to Japan
said the RCMP announcement,
and any others wishing to go are
asked to contact the nearest Jap­
anese Division offices, if there are
any locally, the Vancouver office
of the Japanese Division, the New
Denver offices of the Japanese Di­
vision for (Kootenay and Slocan
residents), the Grand Forks RCMP
or the B.C. JCCA at Greenwood.
LAST TIME
FREIGHT PAID
VANCOUVER. —The next "repat” ship will be the last ship on

which repatriates’ freight will be
shipped at government expense,
announced the Vancouver office
of the Department of Labor, Jap­
anese Divis’on, this week.

He said in Toronto on April 23
that regulations keeping Japanese
out of the B.C. coast area are de­
meaning and disturbing.
“Before the RCMP would give
me a permit I had to show them

a return ticket,” he said.
“It does not seem right that
Canadians have to go through

all

that.”

Edward Yoshioka is the son of
Rev. Y. Yoshioka, United Church
minister at Kelowna. The father
came to Canada in 1919 on a
Beither confirmed nor - scholarship won in Japan. He also
the story.
studied at Emmanuel College.

Evacuees Refuse
To Leave Hostel

MOOSE JAW, Sask.—Department of Labor officials are
meeting- considerable difficulty in persuading- Japanese evac­
uees to move out from the relocation hostel here.
Numerous employment offers have been made to the
evacuees but there have been few takers. Single men in
the hostel have been notified that April 30 will be the dead­
line by which time they must take outside employment and’
leave the hostel. The notice has gone unheeded, and the
impression here is that they have no intention of moving.
Family units have been given
till May 30, when the hostel is
scheduled to close.
J. F. MacKinnon, head of the
Japanese Division office at Van-

couver. is expected to arrive in
Moose Jaw on May 5 to meet the
situation.

What action will De taken by
the official is not yet clear, but it
has been suggested that he may
invoke the authority given him
under order-in-council PC 946. un­
der which he may order persons
of Japanese race to move to any
locality designated by the minister
of labor.
Maximum penalty for failure
to comply is, on conviction, $500
fine. 12 months jail term, or

Manning Says Alberta
May Not Complain
About Evacuees

both.

EDMONTON.—It is not expected
the Alberta government will con­
sider discriminatory action against
Japanese residents but the gov­
ernment is awaiting official word
from Ottawa before issuing a
statement, Premier E. Manning
said April 26.

Toronto Soprano
Will Sing Role
In II Traviata

Nisei Minister Scores
Need For Permits
To Visit Coast

for theological studies, said he
believes he will go to southern
Alberta following his ordain-

KONG.—Kamloops-born
In°uye, sentenced to death
J Mb treason, was foiled in am
jail break’
was re­
s’
here April 25.
The ol'-year-old prisoner, it is

GREENWOOD, B.C.—It is ex­

pected that the sixth "repatriation” ship will leave Vancouver

TORONTO.— Lily Kuroyanagi,
Nisei lyric soprano, will sing the
role of Violetta in Verdi’s “La
Traviata,’’ presented by the Rosselino Opera Company at the Eaton
Auditorium, on May- 15.
There was no relocation to Sa
Mrs. Kuroyanagi. the former
katchewan or the Maritimes.
Lily Washimoto, is well-known to
the
world, having graced
many musical productions in B.C.
and eastern Canada with her
voice, as well as being a muchadmired church soloist.
She won high acclaim in her
role of Yum-Yum in the Theatre
TORONTO. — Vancouver - born Under the Stars production of Gil­
Edward. Shumpei Yoshioka, 24, bert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado.”
will be ordained at the British - presented in Vancouver’s. Stanley
Columbia Conference of United Park some years before the evac­
Church of Canada, which opens in uation.
Canadian Memorial Church, Van­
couver, May 14.

who won three prizes this year

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Next Repat Ship MacKinnon To Visit Moose Jaw
Leaves Canada
In June

Homma,

Relocation Jumps in March

A total of 199 persons moved
trom B.C. and Alberta to the
eastern provinces. Of the num^ber. b4 were from New Denver.
’T'O'e leaving the Southern Alssberta sugar beet areas for eastern
Canada totalled 60 persons.
Ihe February total of relocatees
fg^as 105. of which 68 were from
^Alberta.

Saturday, May 3. 1947,

WINNIPEG. MANITOBA

The ituation at. Moose Jaw relocation centre is considered an
unusual one since no similar

to

be

stressed

by

prospective house buyers were:
• Since the soil, in the Toronto
area is sandy, firmness of the
house foundations is of primary
importance. If the house has a
basement and this basement is
divided into several rooms with
solid walls, this partitioned foun­
dation would be the best guarantee
against sinking, it was suggested.
• In Toronto, all details of
building costs and construction,
are registered at the City Hall so

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The
evacuee
population ah
Moose Jaw hostel numbers about
250 persons, including the ex-in.ternees. The officials expect that:
if drastic action is taken with the
single men. the family groups will
start moving out on their own
accord more speedily.

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HONG KONG.—Some of the Niseis serving in the FaiEast may return to Canada during May if all plans go
through, says an airmail report dated April 1 to The New
Canadian this week.
Four Canadians in Hong Kong,

including Nisei Sgt. Roy Ito,
were expecting to be aboard the
General
Gordon on
its
next
homeward crossing across the
Pacific. The ship was schedulea
to leave China this week, and
if the party is aboard, the sol­
diers should be back in Canada
sometime this month.

Another Nisei. Sgt. Tad Ode.
serving in Tokyo with the British
Commonwealth Occupation Force
HQ, may join the party in Yoko­
hama and also share in the Pacific
trip which will complete a rounathe-world trip for the small group
of Canadians.
There have been no further re­
ports from the large group of
Nisei soldiers in Singapore await-

TORONTO.—Advice to would-be house purchasers in
the Toronto- area was given at the round-table discussion
on “The Problem of Relocation” at the JCCD Issei Division
Study Group meeting, at Church of All Nations, April 25.
pojnts

It is understood that the core
of
resistance at
Moose Jaw*
comes from the influence of
about 50 ex-internees who have
become
embittered
by
their
years in internment camps, and
who have persistently resisted
efforts to resettle them in nor­
mal employment.

Some Nisei Soldiers May Return
To Canada Via Pacific Route

Hints on House Buying Given at
JCCD Issei Round Table Talks
The

sistance to resettlement effort!?,
were faced by officials at other
relocation centres, some of which,
have closed while others are slated
for early closure.

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that information on any city home
can be secured there.
• Having someone who has
knowledge of construction give
his opinion on the prospective
purchase was urged as a safeguard.

• During the war. down payments on a house were about one­
fifth or two fifths of the total price
but currently down payments may
(See "Housing Hints,” p. 10)

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ing repatriation to Canada, but it
is expected that they will return
via the United Kingdom as others
have done when their turn comes.
Three

Niseis

working

in

Japan, Sgts. Shig Oue, George
Hasegawa and Art Sakamoto,
are not included in the homecoming group across the Pacific
because they are attached to adifferent unit, the report indi­
cates.

Saskatchewan's
Bill of Rights
In Force May 1
REGINA, Sask.—The first Bill
of Rights in Canada, passed unanimously recently by the Saskatche­
wan Legislature, became law in
the province on Thursday. May 3.
The bill guarantees the funda­
mental
democratic
rights
of
every resident in Saskatchewan

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and is designed to enforce pen­
alties on any form of discrimination, whether based on race,
color, or creed.

WINNIPEG.— By a count of
18-33, a CCF-introduced provincial
bill of rights was defeated on
second reading last week in the
Manitoba Legislature. The bill,
modelled after the Saskatchewan
Bill of Rights, was sponsored by
M. A. Gray (CCF-Winnipeg). In
opposing the bill, Hon. J. O, Mo
Lenaghen, government member,
argued that this was a matter
which should first be considered
by Parliament.

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MAY 3,

Debate on the Japanese Controls
After a prolonged debate in the House of Commons, rhe
government’s plan to retain controls over persons of Japa­
nese race in Canada for another year has oeen approved.
The CCF amendment to abolish those controls was defeated
105 to 31.
The effect of this decision will be felt mostly by the Jap­
anese in British Columbia. They will not be allowed to
engage in fishing; they will not be allowed to enter or live
in certain areas or travel more than fifty miles without
RCMP permission.
But the more important underlying’ effect is to mark
all Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry as an under­
privileged group; no matter where he is,’ the Japanese
Canadian is subject to government control as is the case
with Canadian citizens of no other race.
There is no getting around the fact that the retention of
these controls means giving the government the right to
suspend at will the individual rights of one racial group.
What reasons were thought so important that they could
take precedence over a fundamental democratic principle?
Mr. Ian Mackenzie, minister of veterans affairs, says the
national security is at stake. How he arrives at this re­
markable conclusion is not easy to follow, but he has prom­
ised to stand or fall by his present convicitons and he must
be given credit for his doggedness.
Excluding- CCFers, the British Columbia MPs present a
solid front which believes that Japanese controls should
be retained. They give a variety...of- explanations for .their
stand; they show an apparent sincerity in their belief that
the Japanese Canadians are a blight which must not be
visited upon British Columbia alone. The real strength of
this group does not seem to lie in the logic of rheir argm.ments as much as in their united and fiery determination to
defend British Columbia from the Canadian Japs. And what
these members have to tell the rest of Canada is enough to
make the strongest-minded among us begin to doubt why
God ever made such as us.
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Toronto Saturday Night Views \JJvu>.uqh
Extension of Coast Exclusion I
The extension by Parliament of
the order-in-council prohibiting all
persons of Japanese ancestry, even
though they be Canadian citizens,
from entering that province if
they are now outside of it is an
outrage which cannot be allowed
to pass without protest. The con­
tinuance is for one year only, and
it is to be hoped that it will then
come to an end, even if the country
has to pay the appalling price of
losing the Right Hon. Ian Mackenzie from the Dominion Cab­
inet. as he has assured the world
that it will.

The motive is understandable,
Dhina and
laudabl
it not
India a ■e both in a po tion to refor the mistreatment of
persons of their own race, and •
ear of the United
could g
for their complaints,
while Japan at present could not.
The province obviously hopes that
this action will prevent the other
Eastern countries from inaking
common cause about tne Japanese.
so. tew
There are of con
Chinese now living in Canada, and
even
these so few enjoy
Canadian citizenship that the sac­
rifice is not very great.

These Canadian citizens are
not being excluded from British
Columbia because they are ene­
mies. for Japan is now harmless,
and nobody has ever accused any
individual among them of hostile
practices even while the war was
on. They are being excluded be­
cause certain people in British
Columbia do not like the color of
their skin.
One good result is
already accruing from their ex­
clusion; the people of British
Columbia are becoming aware of
the- reputation whioh they are ac­
quiring for racial prejudice, and
sensitive to the possible effects on
their Oriental markets, have decided to drop certain others of
their exclusionist practices. They
have pa ed the Bill permitting
Canadians of Chinese and East
Indian origin to vote in provincial
elections, an action which auto­
matically gives them the right to
vote also in the Dominion.

We are ot greatly concerned
about t.
possible sufferings of
the ext
Japanese Canadians.
who are mostly establishing themselves in some comfort in other
provinces and can have few
reasons beyond a nostalgic love
of the scenery' and. climate foi
wishing to return to the Coast.
But we are profoundly concerned
about the precedent of making, in
peace-time and without any pos­
sible consideration of safety being
involved, an inferior and helot
class of citizens who can be com­
pelled to live in this part of the
country' and prohibited from liv­
ing in that part at the will of
government. This is a precedent
which we predict with the utmost
confidence will ultimately' return
to plague us. It is the first step
which costs; an injustice once
performed is fatally' easy' to repeat. (An editorial in Saturday'

especially when he is informed by his officials that “the
people of Japanese race who have come east are much
happier than they were in British Columbia,.”’
And if these officials referred to by the minister have
failed to convince him, he may like to look at United States
again where there was no great rush by the evacuees to
get back to the west coast, despite the fact that exclusion
orders were lifted in early 1945, despite the fact that evac­
uee properties were held in trust for them and not disposed
of as in Canada.
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The unkindest and the saddest demonstration, however,
came from the labor minister, Mr. Humphrey Mitchell, who,
we cannot help but feel, should have known better.
As head of the labor department which is chiefly re­
sponsible for formulating and administering policies regard­
ing the Japanese. Mr. Mitchell is perfectly entitled, if he
wishes, to defend his policies and to show them in the best
possible light.
But when he does so at the expense of intellectual integ­
rity, at the expense of casting unfair aspersions on the
loyalty of people placed under the control and protection
of his department, at the expense of logic, we are very
much afraid that he will hurt his reputation in addition
to ours.
During the debates Mr. Mitchell referred to the fact
that 10.000 persons of Japanese race had asked for repatriation during the war and that 4,000 of them had gone to
Japan voluntarily after the war, which, says he, “in my
. judgment is ... a pretty fair vindication of the policy of
the government, and an assessment of the loyalty of the
- Japanese individually.”
The extraordinary case of 10,000 persons asking- for re­
patriation and of 4.000 actually going to Japan voluntarily
has been the subject of several New Canadian editorials.
M e insisted before and insist now that the question of
loyalty had little to do with the question of repatriation,
that befoie a charge of disloyalty is laid, an investigation
by a royal commission should be made to determine the
- manner in which those “repatriation requests” were solic­
ited in the first instance.
Furthermore, we would like an explanation as to why
among the Japanese across the border, over 20.000 joined
the American armed forces, and why more than 500 of
them died fighting, some of them from Japanese bullets.
Would the minister judge the loyalty of American Japanese
as he would om*s. or is there some inherent difference be­
tween the two groups ?
Again, Mr. Mitchell paints a terrifying picture of “23.000
Japanese” marching back to the coast, if controls were
hfted. Suielx Mr. Mitchell doesn’t mean what he is savino-

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But what has been said in the Commons* this w§bk
about the Japanese was not without a bright side.

We have seen how members of the CCF party refused
to compromise with their principles on the matter of racial
equality.

We have seen how several highly regarded members
of the Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties parted
company with their colleagues in voting for the CCF amend­
ment to abolish Japanese controls, and they did so, we- be­
lieve, without any danger of censure or loss of trust and
respect from any quarter.
And as unfriendly as we have been in this editorial to
the labor minister, we have not overlooked his announce­
ment, made during the debates, to discontinue control regur
lotions on Japanese living east of Bvitish Columbia. We
hail this announcement, not only as an adroitly timed political
move, but as token of a full restoration to us of our citizen­
ship rights in a not too distant future.

By K..V.

The Razor’s Ed
Last week. I
set ‘Maugham’s nove
Edge." in which starts out on a «
meaning of life.
W ell, he finds
fuzzy- sort of m
travelling and stu
reresting side ex
he comes to Idrawn to a Ven
philosophy, whk
Hinduism.

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Maugham say
uast
knowledge to c
ism, but he »i»es tis a "oush jrij
anyway,
related by ths'™.’.
man. It goes something
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There is a thing called th
solute (which othei ph-ilosop
might call the Trut Realirv
finite. Supreme Intelli
God) which was nev^j
but has existed from etem
is infinite. It is everywhere zit exists in man as his soul

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When a man dies his soul w
released; it has to pass inn z
other human being—in o-y;
words there is reincarnation Ar
whatever happens to man
result or actions of his past
of his past existence; (in oi:words this is the law of Kam
or “In-nen" in Japanese).
But a - man may break aw-j
from the chain of reinearnatlod
by casting off the seven veils f
ignorance: this is the Vendante’
goal. When the goal is reach-j
the soul becomes free and d
attached Absolute, with no burtel
of rebirth.
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The veils of ignorance r
passion.
things like
According
to
a Vendaw
etc.
saint in Maugham's story, fe
dom, or release from rebinh,;
to be sought through tranquil;':;
restraint, renunciation, resign
tion, steadfastness of miiiti n
an ardent desire for freedom. ll
A Vendantist knows he n
reached his goal when he has a.
“illumination," which is a son.
ecstatic religious experience (cor
mon to many- religions).

End of the Quest

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The young man in the story £
periences his ‘ illumination” wit
out much fuss and is filled lit
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a lasting and “intense
peace, joy and a airance." Soets rid"of his wealth, and retu
to America where he hope
own a taxi so he won't have l
work long hours and cat
places fast.
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Why was the young man
tracted to this particular
ligion? Because he found
thing wonderfully satisfy^
the notion that you can atts-t
Reality by knowledge.'

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Commenting- on the cherry blossom festival in Washing­
ton last month, the Christian Science Monitor reports that
the leason why they are still not called “Japanese” cherrv
trees, is because, someone argues, after - all these years,
they surely can be considered naturalized.
, Aj ^mer^can female psychologist suggests that women
should choose husbands who are just as intelligent as they
—or smarter. Some Niseiettes argue that this would nariow down the.field somewhat too much.
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Columbia, baseball has started in earnest. In
Manitoba the people are earnestly faying to figure out what
tne weatherman is going to pitch next

I found something
dissatisfying and
with the final goal of
J
man's quest, although I
mind his side excursions.
1
Maugham could ha’-e fioaBut in case you are
in reading the story. >oU '
rewarded by some v oil a “
dents and some interest® y
rhich.
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missions, both of w
toned
do^-j
afraid, will be
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omitted in parts from
I wouldn
version.'
movie.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Letters
Letters have arrived in the New
Canadian offices addressed to the
following:
. G. Isoji Hatashita. Mr. and Mrs.
T. Tanaka (Slocan City). K.
Ikuta. Mr. and Mrs. T. Yamamoto.

Tetsumi Hayashi. S. Mayeba.
Letters’ have been forwarded
this week to.: ....
Taiji, Inose,-Montreal v M.- Hisanaga, Winnipeg-yShptaro Yama­
kami. Merose-Jaw; and Tom Shoyama, Regina. ’
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Readers sending
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of address are asked to ’«•
their FORMER ADDRE^
ways, so-that no con^u5'° ' ‘.-r
result in the circulaJ°n
ment.

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jhe Far Horizon

By E.P.B

LOOKING UP
by F.A..M.

bacle of democracy* peron Parliament Hill last

inns — and indeed
-dtu’-s as well—sorely
It is difficult to seek
t interpretation for this
act of tyranny.
bare fact be its kindrpretation.
The race­
British Columbia
.-;.-.S = rs —'
saain have had their day

inherent
.I the Canadian people.
?tKing's
government

Ana
has

-•-.unc it necessary to mark out
f02r:kuiar area of the country
i.c-rena verboten

to a cer-

..; p c - a s s of Canadians.

n <ome comfort to know that
ed for the prill­
freedom,
not
only by memcde 0
b-:s c The CCF party, but also
al Liberals and Progresiservatives. We do not
io comment further, for
be done in the editorial
Rather, it may help to
olunn
discouragement by' turn■ from the recent defeats
a Ottaw a and Victoria to a third
significant vic'apital. where
ory for democracy has been won.
We speak, of course, of Regina.
Here, fittingly enough on May
Day this week, the new Saskat­
chewan Bill of Rights has just

become a

the

part of

statute

law of the province.

The content of the new law has
been described before in these
columns. But it may not be un­
timely to translate that content
into terms of situations which
many of us have known too well.
It is not too much to say that had
British Columbia had a law to re­
affirm certain fundamental rights
and extend civil liberties, regard­
less of race, creed or color, much
of the so-called “Japanese prob­
lem” would never have plagued .
the politicians.
Basic in Saskatchewan’s new

law is the right to vote. This is
a right assured to every quali­
fied voter, without regard to
race or creed. It is interestingto speculate upon which of the
politicians who have beaten the
anti-Oriental drum at every elec­

tion for the past fifty years in
B.C. would have beaten quite so
loudly if there had been no
franchise discrimination in the
coast province. Mr. Reid? Mr.
Neill? Mr. Cruikshank?
Anc
had there been no persistent
torrent of
malevolent
abuse
from the political platform for

years before the war, much of
later history may have turned
in different directions.

The new Saskatchewan law goes
tar to provide freedom and equal­
ity of opportunity by' making any'
form oi occupational discrimination illegal. Thus, unlike B.C.,
car. be no professions closed,

Greenwood JCCA"
(Continued from Page One)
Tadatoshi

Ikeda,

George

Fuji-

sawa, social conveners;
and
Nobby Fujisawa, Jim
Fukui,
Hiroshi Mukai, Shinya Tateyama. Yokichi Furumoto, Shige­
haru Endo,
Masayoshi
Oye,
Michiko Shimizu,, council mem­
bers.

ibis executive will also be the
’•vxkxug body of the British Columbia Ji.CA
with
President
Bmwara taking over BC
Jt C A v-v.-m.ency*
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automaticallv.
SOARD of TRADE

ou* -''•'wis were recently made
4-'?b--s °r the Greenwood Board
mey were Dr. Ishiwara,
r*“J‘' seiji Homma and
^suji Hamanishi. •

or essential membership in pro­
fessional societies denied to per­
sons because of racial origin. Nor
can such inequalities and differentials in rates of pay for equal
work, which till are foisted upon
Oriental workers in
coast
province, be imposed in
die wan.
anteed in a
he Bill of
s that “no per
may be discriminated a a in st
in the enjoyment of the right to
engage in and carry on any' OCC li­
pation or enterprise." In B.C. st! ch
a provision in the law would have
left city aidermen who campaigned on a “restrict licenses to
Orientals" platform high and dry.
Further, the whole list of regula­
tions imposed by* the Provincial
Government itself denying eco­
nomic freedom to those of Orien­
tal origin would have been in­
validated. And many employers
undoubtedly would have been more
willing to give jobs to qualified
Nisei if they* realized that dis­
crimination was legally frowned
upon, rather than sanctioned an4
established, in the law of the land.
How many stinging rebuffs might
have been avoided!

direction

Nisei whom

we used to see

gathered along Powell Street
while waiting for ten o'clock at
night so that they might go to
swim in the Crystal Pool in
their special, restricted hour, or
those

who

have

been

barred

from places of amusement in
Ontario, will appreciate fully
the significance of a clause in
Saskatchewan's new bill which

assures that every person shall
"enjoy the right to obtain the
accommodation or facilities of
hotel,
other
public is

any standard or other
restaurant,
theatre
or

place

to

which

the

customarily admitted . .

And finally, Nisei ex-servicemen
who were stationed in Vancouver
during the war and saw election
posters plastered about the city'
declaring “No Japs in B.C.” would
endorse the clause in the Bill of
Rights which declares it a. legal
offence to publish or display any'
"matter which tends to restrict,
because of race, creed, religion,
color, or ethnic or national origin
of any person . . . the enjoyment
of any right'* to which they are
entitled.
During the debate on the Bill
of Rights in the Saskatchewan
Legislature, a Liberal AI LA dedared that the new measure was
unnecessary because everyone in
the province believed in and fully'
respected the rights it sought to
preserve. In some respects he
was correct, for Saskatchewan
has long been notable for its lack
of racial prejudices. In part this
has been due to the highly' cos­
mopolitan nature of its population,
for many' racial minorities of con­
siderable size are settled in its
cities and towns and across its
broad plains.
But it was quickly pointed out
that a number of recent events,
not the least of which was the
wartime and post-war experi­

ence of Japanese Canadians,
has indicated how readily civil
rights

can

be

obliterated

for

the flimsiest excuse. The events
in Ottawa last week add fuel to
the demand in provinces beside
Saskatchewan for a re-examina­
tion of democratic principle and
a re-affirmation of the rights
supposedly inherent in the be­
liefs of the Canadian people.

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lobe quite honest about it. I’m
drunk today. Quite high in
very rosy.
With
spring, son; spring. That is.
The day started out very nicely.
The cheerful voice of a local wakeup-wiih-a-smile urogram was veiling without
wa:
w on d e r rr- fu IT ’ m o rn i ng
.1 “O What a Beautiful
to underline it.

And it w s a beautiful mornin
cheerful radio voic«
Dr

into my- beard, but today 1 bounced out of bed, raised
the blind, let the sun stream into
the room and pounded my chest
in pure exhilaration.
Going downtownwards in a bus
was a very* confining feeling.
Being shut up in the rattley gassy'
bus interior while big hunks of
bright' spring were wrapping
around the familiar landmarks
made me Think of the feeling a
caged bird must have when the
whole outside world is
song, any song.
Ge ttiug off the bus, I sm..... ed in
The street lazily basking in the
feeling. Blue skies were smiling
at me, and all the others too, just
like in the song. I was getting
more and more drunk with spring.
Ahh. it was wonderful. Pretty
heady' stuff when you take it
straight.

Signs of Spring
There were lots of smiles on the
street too, smiling back at the
skies, as I was, and if that isn’t
a good sign, I don't know what is.
All winter-long city' folks stream
back and forth on the pavements
frowning and wincing their way
through the cold. Nobody' smiles
in the wintertime. Maybe it’s be­
cause their features are too numb
to be able to wrinkle into happy
lines.
But today' there were cheerful
looking people. Red • shoes, red
hat and red handbag strutting by.
All kinds of legs encased-in young
shades of nylon: and silk. After
a. winter of. bulky' drab woollen
overstockings, the change is an
optical delight.

And with these signs, the flash
of young teeth and looks of warm
content. A youngster whistling
by. Not all the faces were like
that, mind you, since there are
always people in city' streets who
look as if they have the cares of
the Moscow conference on their
bent shoulders; but there were
enough of us, responding to the
bright touch of Spring, to shine
in happiness right back.

Hot Potato Chips
I stopped at a small dingy fish
and chip joint for a bag of hot
chips. Walking down the street
in the sunshine nibbling hot potato
chips makes for some of the hap­
piest moments of my life.
Even when I am burdened by
an awkward bundle as I was today
and there was a lot of juggling en­
tailed in getting at the chips and
trying to stop the vinegar and
grease from sopping all over my
hands and clothes.
Regretfully reaching the bottom
of the minute bag, I found myself
half a block from the bus stop and
a bus just approaching, as always
happens.

Shortens Your Life
But I’m agin running after bus­
ses. That sort of thing shortens
your life and is bad for your blood
pressure and for your system al­
together. So unless it is abso­
lutely necessary for me to get
somewhere at a certain time, I
blithely let the bus whiz by and

Democratizing Japan
Writes Japanese Love Song
With Lyrics That Rhyme
By PETER KALISCHER. United Press Correspondent
TOKYO.—The first classical love song in Japanese histore with rhyming lyrics has been written by an American
correspondent. It is bein y presented in recitals, recording's
and by radio to an interested public by -Japan's foremost
exnonent of Naya-uta. oi* classical ballads.
Tokyo
The writer i
c o r re s p o n d ent. a n c
c a 11 e d ’ ’ T oy k o R <
H oberech t ’ s novel

ter

J.
Romance." was transIm
English to Japanese by
mon Hineya. Japan’s lead
ura singer. Kineya is de
of the

;<yo
•oin

; memories 1 have cannot
IDO:

Rhyming Is Revolutionary
•'Rhyming a Japanese
iov
song," Kineya says, "is as revc
lutionarv as the new constiti
tion—but after eightee?

of the occupation.
ready for it."

J

HobHobereeht (pronoum
ti rs t
eri to in
novel
American to have a
published in J a panes
war. He decided it was also time
to democratize Japanese lyr

Not Supposed to Rhyme
“I was shocked to discover that
aren't supJapanese love
posed to rhyme," Hobereeht says,
“but I soon found out why. The
word for June in Japanese is
“Tokugatsu.” The word for moon
is “tsuki." This naturally* shaped
the whole course of Japanese song
writing."
Hobereeht

almost

ver. sat
iown to wo
problem.
nd "Tokyo
e
esult. A s;
of the
’Crso sons? vciius?

chucked

the project when he found that
“love” and "above" don’t rhyme

in Japanese either.

replace
The actual thrill of
brace."

:ni

In Japanese, these sentiment
are conveyed by:
"Utakata no omoide was itomo
hakanashi
1 dakareshihino yorokobini

masaru mononashi.
Kineya sins s "Tokyo Romance’’
(pronounred
nice m
Japanese). accompanying himself
on a three-stringed san iseu oi-

t

uta custom, each verse is set to
different music, but to the un­
trained Occidental ear it all
sounds the same—terrible.

“Worst Modern Book”
(LIFE magazine called Earnest
Hoberecht’s novel “probably* the
worst, book of modern times" in a
recent pictorial depictment of the
main scenes from the best-seller
which concerns-the romance of an
American correspondent and a
beautiful Japanese movie star.
Said author Hobereeht in a re­
buttal: “Your statement ... is
near libelous in view of the fact
that I have written worse myself.")

Answer to a Recent Column
rr
On Nisei Girls by "Glasses

3

*>
i a

By A.T.U.
,1’

Unrequited Loye

*

Besides being myopic and • a
parachromopsic, KM must be suffering from a bad case of unre­
quited love which has manifested
itself in a “sour grapes''' attitude.
It is not unusual for such cases
to attack the coveted object once
the knowledge of inability to at­
tain it is realized. Through the
mechanism of rationalization, a
well systematized reason for en­
hancing one’s wounded ego is
achieved and a substitute com­
pensatory adjustment is made.
It seems obvious that K.M. is
projecting his thinking onto the
Nisei as a whole also. He glibly
states
“this
(admiration
for
"hakujin girls) usually happens
(and) that most . . . get over
this sort of thing."

Inflated Ego
He then says many* compli­
mentary things about Nisei girls.
This is purely- his identification
mechanism at work tryng to balloon his inflated ego. He is merely
saying that Nisei ? iris are nice
wait for the next one (usually
seven to ten minutes later) without one regret.
So the bus went by and I
trotted along. I was still feeling
pretty high with the stimulant of
Spring hitting me in my cylinders.
So it wasn't surprising to find my­
self walking all the way home
(about ten blocks? and not giving
a
any handy; passing bu
second look.
Coming around the corner, the
kids from the school at the end
of the block could be seen out in
the vacant lot playing ball and
screaming and shouting in their
recess period. Other girls were
giggling and laughing in punctua-

and I too am a Nisei and therefore I must be nice also.
On the surface K.M.’s column
seems harmless and on the runof-the-mill type of stuff one would
isei publication,
expect in ;
However, it IS interesting from
the point of view that such articles
show up the dynamic psychological
mechanisms at work.

V

5,

if*•^1

IK

Nazi Notion
No doubt K.M. subscribes to
the democratic notion of equality,
but his article implies a system
of values starting with good, bet­
ter- and best. This is not unlike
the Nazi notion of inferior and
superior groups. It would be well
for K.M. to refrain from making
any comparisons of this nature in
the future (as he has already con­
fessed that he is tempted to do so.)
And

if

K.M.

doesn’t

!
.

<■

know,

4

the rest of us Niseis also have
the
necessary sensory equip­
ment to judge for ourselves

i

a

both Nisei and hakujin girls and
therefore do not feel the need
for outside aid.

tion to the steady rhythmic, mur­
mur of the skipping songs. Heads
bobbed and ropes spun in the late
morning sunlight.
The wee pre-school tots ’Acre
all out on the sidewalks too. They
were armed with kiddie cars and
sleighs and two of them in newlywashed snow suits were investi­
gating at first hand the potenttialities of a nice big inviting mud
puddle. Whale of a happy' dirty
no wonder
With all this, it i
that I fondly' smiled and bow ed
to our coy little tulip shoots as I
rounded into the front walk.
And our tulips blushed right
back too.

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Page Ten

Hy-Noters Get Back Into Swing
After Exams With Japan Relief
HAMILTON, Ont.—After a three-week layoff period
■while many of the club members we're cramming for their
Easter exams, the Hy-Noters got back into the swing again
by holding a baking contest and sponsoring a Relief for

Japan campaign.

A chocolate cake entered by
Ruth Kuwabara was judged the
winning entry in the baking
contest which was decided at
the club meeting on April 12, x
at AH Peoples’ Church.
An

apple

pie

baked

by

Geraldine

Yamashita won second prize,
while third prize went to .Amy

Descent,”' a

movie

taken

in the
B.C. interior housing
centres.
Although very color­
ful and enjoyable, it was gener­
ally criticized that only the

Mrs.

The Hy-Noters. Club began a
Relief for Japan project which is
to be extended on to future meet­
ings. Admission for the April 12
meeting was two bars of soap per
person.
This soap was turned
over to the Married Couples’
Group
which
is
making up
mothers’ kits in which will be in­
cluded various household articles
for families in Japan.
Filling out the evening was the
regular dance session. The Host
and Hostess Committee under Kim
Takeda and Tosh Oikawa did a
splendid job in keeping the pro­
gram lively and entertaining.
Emcees Susie Oikawa, Amy Tak­
eda and Chester Kariatsumari
gave creditable performances. Mr.
George S. Brown was a guest for
for the evening.
* * *

Undertaking its first community

Main feature of the night was
the National Film Board docu­
mentary color picture ”Of Japa­
nese

Inata.
Ju^tfes were Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Allan, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Oikawa and Mr. and
Bob Miyasaka.
RELIEF FOR JAPAN

service project, the Hy-Noters
Club sponsored an evening of
movies and entertainment for the
older folk at the Ail Peoples’
Church.

favorable aspects of ghost town
life were shown.

Undoubtedly the hit of the even­
ing was Blanche Caruana who
sang •’Hito Zuma Shinju,” accom­
panied by Alice Kuwabara on the
piano.
An odori "Ura Machi
Jinsei” was performed by Amy
Takeda and Ruth Kuwabara.
Bill James, member of the Ham­
ilton Junior Chamber of Com­
merce and amateur magician,
proved entertainingly that the
hand is quicker than the eye in
his sleight of hand tricks.
Another movie, ‘‘Man—One Family,” pointing out that there is no
superior or inferior race, was also
shown. President Kaz Oiye de­
livered a welcome address in Eng­
lish, and Grace Yamaguchi spoke
in Japanese.

To date, the Hy-Noters have
raised $45 to be donated to the
Relief for Japan fund.

Hirowo Aoki Takes
Second Place in
Radio Talent Hunt
LETHBRIDGE, Alta.—Hirowo
Aoki
of
Iron
Springs
was

awarded

School Authorities
Overrule Decision
Of Hostel Official
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Official­
dom lost a round to the forces
of education in the hostel here
last month.
it happened this way? In an effort to enforce movement out of
the hostel, the hostel‘officials had
issued an order that if three fam-'
ilies who had received opportuni­
ties to relocate and refused to do
so did not leave the hostel, the
children in those families would
not be allowed to attend school
after the Easter holidavs.
On the first school day after
the holidays, one of the children
involved thereby wrote a note to
his school principal explaining
the reason for his absence. The

.Local Nisei Sings
At'YW Teen Canteen
Third Anniversary

On May 10

schools who in turn phoned the
hostel supervisor, W. Dawson.

TORONTO.—On Saturday. May
10. Toronto Buddhist Church will
hold an ”Eigwa No Yube" (Movie
Night) at the Jewish Church hall,
23 Henry St. (near Cecilia St.)
The movie to be shown will be
‘•Haba No Tamashii." Entertain­
ment will be presented with the
film. Starting time is 7:30 p.m.

Result: the children of the three
families, innocent victims of the
duel between the Japanese Divi­
sion and their parents, were back
at school after afternoon: and one
official ultimatum had sadly hit
the dust.

^Manitoba JCCA
General Meeting
Is Postponed
WINNIPEG.—A general meet­
ing of the Manitoba Japanese Ca­
nadian Citizens’ Association, ten­
tatively planned for Saturday.
May ip, is postponed because a
hall was not available at that date.
It is being planned to hold the
meeting on Saturday. May 17. or
Sunday. May 18. Full details will
be printed in the next issue of
The New Canadian.

as

second

place

winner in the Beny Chevrolet
talent hunt at the final broad­
cast from the stage of the Capitol Theatre Friday night, April
25.

Londonners Meet War Brides
From Singapore At Banpuet

i

WINNIPEG. — Over 750 teen­
LONDON, Ont.—-There has been much excitement arouE
The 24-year-old former Van­
agers crowded the YWCA gym,
London
Town the past two weeks with the homecoming 6
. couverite won his prize by his
Saturday, April 19, to celebrate
Sergeant-Major
George Obokata and his much-publicize:
skill on the chromatic harmonica.
the third anniversary of the YWCA
First place, winner was a 14-year. wife, Mary. The Niseis here have taken Mrs. Obokata if
Teen Canteen.
their hearts and are hoping that
three-tiered
old Lethbridge, girl violinist. Her
.birthday: cake and a floor 'show
the couple 'will make their home dent Eddie Ide who spoke on ift
prizes were $100 and an audition
half of the local Niseis. Mr. B-J
here.
highlighted the evening.
with the CBC. The talent hunt,
. Fisher welcomed home the boyH
Featured in the floor show was
conducted by a local motor' firm VETERANS’ BANQUET
on behalf of the honorary'mJ
popular
Nisei
vocalist
Tak
over a. Lethbridge radio station
Nanking-Gardens was the scene berS;. CSM Suzuki replied, thaJ
Hirose, Council member, who
for the past six months had over
of a ; banquet; sponsored .by the ing his friends for the opportunitB
sang Begin the Beguine and
200 contestants from southern Al­ London Nisei Organization on of- meeting them all again. Ystft
This Is the Night.
berta vying for honors.
Sunday, April 20, in honor of the people, including - six honora®
The YW-Canteen started with a
ft
Hirowo Aoki is the second son London Niseis who served in the members, were present.
membership of 100 under the lead­
Canadian
Army
overseas.
Eight
ership of Mrs. Thelma Scambier of Mr. and Mrs. Sadayoshi Aoki
ACES INVASION
E
of
the
ten
London
veterans
were
On Saturday, April 19, the lift
three years ago and now. with a of Iron Springs. Alta. His father
was principal of Meiwa Gakuen present at the fete, including ronto 8 Aces stormed the FoffiB
membership of more than 2,000, is
the largest in Canada.
prior to evacuation. Well-known CSMs George Obokata and George City to tackle the local hoop re:
for his musical talent, Hirowo was Suzuki. Missing were Tak Maikawa. resentatives. With playing-co: J
and Mas Murakami.
an integral part of the Meiwa
Yon Shimizu's threat hangingors i
Toronto Buddhists
Gakuen harmonica band and Roy
London
heads the visitors
1
Master of ceremonies Katchi
To Have Movies
Kumano's harmonica small group.
j
Yanagisawa introduced LNO presi- the game 41-23.

principal immediately notified
the
local
superintendent
of

The school superintendent said
it was against the local policy
to prevent children from attend­
ing school for such a reason.

$50

LONDON A ETERANS CSMs George Obokata and George Suzuki
their war brides were among the local veterans feted by the Lon-k
Nisei Organization at a party, April 20. Shown above 'are th- eU
veterans who were present. (Missing were two other London veteras
Tak Maikawa and Mas Murakami.)
Back row (left to right)—•Tomi
’
Nishio, Jim Kagawa, Joe Takashis
Ray Takeuchi, Kumey Yoshida, Fred Kagawa. Front row-CSl
George Obokata, Mary Obokata, Dorothy Suzuki, CSM George Suz>J
(Photo taken by Roy Kumano and by courtesy of LNO.)

Bussei Reps Return From Chicago
See Possible Tie-up ^A^ith Yanks
TORONTO.—In order to gain
closer relationship with American
Busseis, four members of the To­
ronto Young Buddhists’ Society
visited the Chicago YBA on April

"Housing Hints"

Winnipeg Wont
as much as one-half of the total. Have Nisei Team
(Continued from Page One)

price it
reported. It also
seem that house prices are at
their highest at this rime.

Mrs. K. Tanaka was chairman
of the discussion. Several membeis of the educational committee
led the various topics, Housing
was discuf>cd under T. Kameoka.
Rev. K. Shimizu and
gave reports on the Japanese
evacuee employment situation.
Among the guests were Mr. and
Mrs. G. E. Trueman. Mr. True­
man contributed some humorous
sidelights with tales of his experi­
ences in connection with the Japa­
nese “house-finding" expeditions.

WINNIPEG. — Because a home
ground could .not be obtained.
V innipeg s hopes for a Japanese
Canadian team in the City Senior
Baseball League were smashed re­
cently.
Plans for the three-team Jap-

anese loop are going forward,
however, and arrangements are
being made for ground
ties for that league.

facili­

4-6.
The delegation of Terrie
Sugiura, Merle Nozuye, Toyd
Takata and Curly Nakagawa was
given a royal welcome at every
Bussei function they attended.
At Grand Wesak Day services
held on Sunday, April 6, Terrie
Sugiura paid homage at the flowerbedecked shrine on behalf of the
Toronto YBS. At the close of the
service the Canadian delegation
was introduced to an estimated
crowd of over a thousand Isseis
and Niseis who jammed the Olivet
Institute.
During the course of the threeday visit to the Windy City, the

Canadians met outstanding Bus­
sei leaders to discuss mutually
problems.
They learned
new methods of Bussei organiza­
tion and sources of Buddhist
vital

literature in America.

Exhibition games with senior
teams have been promised, and a
Nisei team may be entered into a
city league next year.

Upon their return. Toyo Takata
announced that there was a possi­
bility of Toronto YBS’ early affi­
liation with the American Bussei

EIGHT ACES:, P. Hirano 11 »
Takata 12, Onishi 3, K. Oca 2,
8. C. Oda 4, K. Maikawa—11.. „ .
' L.N.O.: A. Obokata 7, E. loo •>’ £
Ozaki 2, Asano, J. Kaaawa 4 , •f
gisawa, Tam Ozaki, B. Nnnoa^
Nunoda. Sunahara 4—23.

Following the game the vising
players and their supporters fess
Toronto, Nisei veterans wnu-:
for the weekend, and friends itoSt. Thomas and Chatham,
members of the LNO in
at the King Street L nited Cht»c
TEA AND GASFEST

o: I'
After the last praet
season, badminton anc
players were guests ot
Murakami at a tea and
her home on April 23.— K.

a would
chapters. This
society >
strengthen the
horizon
vastly expand the
Bussei activities.
It is expected that the
coming Eastern Youn-

I

$3.

'

hists’ League conference HR,

York, for three days
May 30. will- be attende“^
representatives from I
Hamilton and Montreal.

$

;-3, 1947

Page Eleven

Personal Notes Across Canada
KATO

vows

Knox
April
Kimiko,
?r of Mr. and Mrs,
Leister, Man., and
VO.:1
ssion. B.C.. became
Harry Furukawa,
bride ot A.
Mr. and Mrs. Genikawa of Geraldton, Onformerly of Pitt MeadDr. Crossley
d the ceremony.
•en away by her
The bride
iant
in a lovely
then ’vas
:i
of
white satin
oor-length
shioned with a sweetheart necke and lily-point sleeves. A long
wins veil was caught to a
beaded headdress. She carried a
bouquet of red roses. Miss 1 oshiko
was charming as bridesMiss Frances Kato and
Jloree: Shikaze were the flower
’girls- Jr. George Kitagawa was
.n and Mr. Goro Furukawa
gras usher.
the

PICTURE BUTTE. Alta.—The
engagement is announced Qf Miss
Nobuko Tomita, first daughter of
■ Mrs. Haruye Tomita of Nobleford.
Alias, to Mr. Jin Masuda, first son
of Mr. Tokuhei Masuda of Picture
Butte.
Baishakunins are Mr. and Mrs.
Hideo Nagata, and Mr. and Mrs.

Winnipeg Bridal Shower
WINNIPEG.—In honor of Miss
Martha Inouye, who will be mar­
ried on June 21, Misses Yuri and
Tosh Sugimoto arranged a shower
Thursday evening, April 24, at the
home of Mrs. G. W. Downey, Wel­
lington Crescent.
A silver tea service was pre­
sented to the bride-elect. Covers
were laid for sixteen.

Obituary
SUNAO

M INEMOTO

’ MOOSE JAW, Sask.—Mr. Sunao
Minemo to
(61)
died from a
stomach, cancer in Providence
Hospital in Moose Jaw on April
on was held later at 25. The deceased was transferred
to the Moose Jaw hostel from
ai Chop Suey House.
k»(.
Angler, Ont., last July.
urB For her going-away costume the
vived by a wife and five children
Bride wore a light sand-colored ' in Hiroshima-ken, Japan.
Icoat over a pale blue dressmaker
bite blouse, She
fiuit and sheer
Card of 1 hanks
black off-the-face hat,
We wish to express our thanks
Sswore
Slack platform-soled shoes, and
to the people of Kaslo and Retallack, B.C., for their kind hospital­
arrie a black leather purse.
The couple will reside in Gerity during our stay in those places,
aldton. Ont.
especially to those from whom we
received gifts at the time of our
departure.

COALDALE. Alta.—The engageYSnient is announced of Mis^b Hat^uyo Hirata, first daughter of Mr.
glhei Hirata of Coaldale, and Air.
^Takaji Kano. first son of Mrs.
i^Tomi Kano of Moose Jaw, Sask.,
tLoa April 17,
JEM Baishakunins were Mr. and Mrs.
■Ijfeosuke Ozeki. The ceremony took
Ig8place at the Hirata home.

Mr. and

Mrs. Torao Tajiri,

19 St. Pau I Street,
Toronto, Ont.
*

Leiter from Japan
Mr. S. Kiyonaga, formerly OL
Cumberland. B.C., may obtain a
letter for him from J. Deshima.
163

Rebecca

St.,

Hamilton.

Ont.

The letter is from H. Kawakami,
Kumamoto-Ken, Japan.

eently.
Although

married men
were a little shaky at the start,.
such stalwarts as the Fukui
brothers and other old - time
baseballers helped them to an
11*9 victory over the youngsters.
i

Hamoows

squeezed

out

Dyna-

^miters by the score of 6-5 in an
j extra-inning game for the first offi?cial game of the Junior Softball
schedule. Both pitchers were in
-lorm and two. extra innings were
91ay._-(] before John Sano banged
• out a triple to score a runner for
|the deciding Rainbow run. ■
i y ith evenly-matched teams, the
I young softballers show promise
।"Oi providing real good ball games
s this season.

team is coming into top shape.
Most of last year’s players are
back, along with a few rookies,
and a formidable squad is fore­
seen.

League play does not start until
after May 24 for the baseball
teams, but the Midway nine is
busy practising for the holiday
tournament at Grand Forks.—N.F.

Joint Memorial Service
3 Held at Lethbridge
Tr55ean Falls Men
s L^HBRIDGE. Alta.—A joint
service in the memory of Mr
^ioshiyuki Masui and Mr. Hisa
I kichi Suzuki, both formerly of
g
x ahs. B.C.. was held at the
®
baptist Church here on
arternoon- April 10.
H . ’ J’ Katayama was in charge
g
service. ■■.
■ .
"
||
of the deceased ar| ^ed tor the memorial service.

and a welcome is also being ex­
tended to ail other judo men to

enter the tournament. Practises
are being held regularly at the
Judo Club nights
Nations gym.

at

the

All

Details of the tournament p ro­
gram will be announced soon.

ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN
MONTREAL SOFTBALL
THIS YEAR
for Montoftball seem indefinite
yet, but it eems at this time only
four team will be entered, compared to last year's six.
Westmount. Verdun, Centre and
another squad built around the
nucleus of former St. Lucs are the
teams which will play. With new
players in the various line-ups, a
good season is anticipated.

Adanacs Win
Kaslo Hoop
Finals
KASLO. B.C.—Adanacs beat out
Dominoes 3S-31 in the final play­
off game of the Kaslo BasketballLeague at the Drill Hall. Friday,
April 18.
Shig Shinmoto and Yutaka
Atagi were big cogs in the Adanac
attack. Assisting referee Mr. B.
Thompson were umpire Hubbo
Matsuzaki, timekeeper Bob Jones
and scorer Kiyoshi Furukawa.

’PEG NISEI ENTRY IN
CITY 5-PIN LEAGUE

Movie Makers Use
Kitsilano Temple
As Studio
VANCOUVER. — Kitsilano’s
former Japanese
Buddhist

Church was filled with the blaze
of kleig lights and the grinding
of cameras last week as Trans­
Canada Films took over the hall
to make a historical color pic­
ture of B.C.’s industrial develop­
ment.

The church, at 1686 West First
Ave. (near First and Pine) is
across the street from the Sea­
forth Armoury parade ground. It
was built by the Kitsilano Japa­
nese Buddhist Society members
several years before the war.
The film company rented the
church from the Japanese Prop­
erty Control Board. (Enemy Alien
Property Custodian?)
it cost us $2,000 to repair the
work of vandals,” the director­
producer said.

The

old

Buddha

and

other

parts of the'shrine are boarded
up,
reported
The
Vancouver

Sun.

Members of

the

Nisei

team,

named the “Winnipeg Niseis,”
are
Sue
Mitsunaga,
Barbara
Sakamoto,
Butch
Hamakawa,
Pro Sumida and Tony Fujishige.

The league is now in its third
week of a nine-week season. The
Nisei team’s score to date: 2 tvins
and 4 losses. •

Montreal Cagers Hold
Successful Dance

On the hardball s:de, the Mid। "ay Baseball Club is expecting
i a b'S season. With six practises
l: already under their belts, the

All members of
T oronto
Judo Club are naturally
i
eligible

entered the Gibson’s Spring 5-Pin
Bowling League. Some 350 teams
from all parts of the city are en­
tered in this large league. Scores
are computed on handicap system
and cash prizes are awarded to

____________________________________ :________________________

■ffl GREENWOOD. B. C. — Official
wjopenmg of .the Greenwood JCCA■^sponsored Junior Softball League
'^vas celebrated with an exhibition
^•Agame between the Junior All-Stars
s^and the JCCA Married Men re­

. TORONTO.—Judoists in rhe To­
ronto area are to take part in a
tournament to be held in the
Church of All Nations gym at the
end of May or the beginninsr of
June.

MONTREAL.

■>jw.

ngagement

Toronto To See
Judoists Tangle
In Tourney

MONTREAL.—Over a hundred
members of the Nisei community
pronounced the Nisei Basketball
dance a success when they filled
the Green .Room of Victoria Hall
recently to dance to the music of
Jack Kobayashi and his PA sys­
tem.
High spots of the evening were
the unique novelty dances under
the direction of able MC Kaz
Nishio. The door prize went to
Joe Hakkaku, the spot dance to
May Yada and George Shimotakahara, the elimination dance to
Toki Hashimoto and Rosie Okuda,
and the lemon to Ralph Horiuchi.

Ikeno Kumagai, Iwasaki, Akiyama
Top JCCD Entry in Shuttle Tourney
TORONTO.—Eighteen shuttiers from the JCCD Badminton Club competed in the annual Toronto Inter-Church
Badminton League tourn ?y on April S. 9, and 10 at the
Participating in the meet were
eleven church clu
ronto area. Rules
tion were that all
UtoA
matically played i:
see­
tion in the first r>
w>tn the
losers in the first ”
and. bein
placed in the “B”
seco n d o p po r i u n. tty.
user
B
section first
were given anothet
ice in the
section.
Junji Ikeno and
lost out in the fi
“B” doubles to a
sions team. These
highest-placing er
the JCCD reps.

Kumagai
of men's

iese Mis­

two w

“C” DOUBLES CHAM

Winner of "C men's doubles
was the veteran team of Tom
Iwasaki and Mi .Akiyama who de­
feated a St. Nicholas pair by 15-5.
15-10. Tats Harada, and Mits; S Innt a n i los t out
the
mixed
doubles semis to ; lother
team.

Other JCCD players
in the tourney5 were J.
Matsui. K. Fukusaka
L. Tsuji. K. rToyota, A. Kitamura,
G. Terakita. P. Toyonaga
M.
Toyota, M. Fujita.

MONTREAL.—-Formation of the
Montreal Nori-no-Kai, an organi­
zation for those of the Buddhist
faith, was realized recently'.
Kuranosuke
Hashimoto
was
chosen chairman of the executive
with the following officers sup­
porting him: Sataro Tanaka, sec­
retary; Jujiro Hori, treasurer;
.and ' Sasuke Nakagawa. Kasaku
Okuda. Ryukichi Miyake, Asato
Shimizu, Tobei Hayashi, commit­
tee members.

On April 16. the JCCD Badmin­
ton Club was host to the Broad*
tn a
friendly invitation game
’ the
Church of AU Nations.
The
players playir.
in
their home court
tho
RESULTS OF MATCHES
LADIES’ DOUBLES: E. Kitsumura.
and B. Mizusawa vs. A. Sheath and M.
Foote, 2-15. J. Iwasaki and. S. Toyota
vs. M. Kiik and P. McGregor, 13-15.
K. Ogaki and L. Tsuji vs. M. Murphy
and M. Foote, 15-12. M Shintant anti
E. Kitamura vs. A. Sheath and P. Me-

MEN’S DOUBLES: J. Ta: iks. xud
T. Iwasaki vs. C. Keir rad D Marlow,
15-9. J. Ikeno and J. Kumai:
Kr.pha’akos and I. Hirst, 4-15.
Ikeno
and J. Kumagai vs. C, Iveit
.nd D.
Marlow. 14-15.' J. Tanaka arc
’. Ivasaki vs. P. Kaphalakos and I. Hirst,
15-9.
S. Fujiki and L. latiaoe vs, p.
Sheath and C. Hardman. 5-15. G.
snd I. Neforo vs. E. Peterson and J,
Proven, 15-9
and.
vawa vs. F Sheath
15-9.
MIXED DOUBLES: K. Ogaki and J*.
Tanaka vs A. Sheath and. C: Keir. 15-10.
S. Toyota and M. Matsui vs. M Foot.o
and P‘. Kaphalakos, 15-15. E. I
• and J. Ikeno vs. P. McGregor
Marlow, 15-4. S. Iwasaki and J.
vs. M. Kirk aud F. Sheath. 15-5, B.
Mizusawa and J. Kumagai vs. A., SheafiQ
and I. Hirst, 15-11. L. Tsuji and S'.
Kitagawa vs. M. Murphy and C. Hard­
man. 15-13. M. Sh’nwni and L. Tanabe
vs. M. Foote and P. Kaphalakos 15-14
M. Mizusawa and S. Fujiki vs. M. Kirk
and G. Haidnian. 3-15.
E. Kitam.ura
and G, Omura vs. M. Murphy at>d_ J.
Pro van,
15-1.
M. Shintatii and" I.
Negoro vs. P. McGreg-or and I. Hirsi:,
3-15.
S. Toyota and S. Fujiki v- h.
Sheath and E. Peterson.

By “STIFF”

FIAMJLTO'N, Ont.—When the third session of the
Hamilton Nisei Bowling- League was under their belts, on
Thursday, April 24, local trundlers showed quite a bit of
improvement after the initial rustiness.
Head Pins top the
with nine wins

12-team

loop

losses

no

and

with

Outcasts close on
their heels. High single leaders
are Tom Kondo (Spitfires) set­
ting the pace for men with 304
and Edna Hayashi (Wildcats)
showing the ladies how with
243.
Roy Yamamura (Swans)
and Tosh Arima (Flashes) lead
the way in high triples and high

averages, Yamamura with 739
and 226 to head the men and
M iss Arima with 578 and 179 to
pace the ladies.
*

TEAM STANDINGS
(As of April 24)

Team
Head Pins ................
-Outcasts .........................................
Rovers ........ ...... ..............................
Wildcats ............................... . ........
Flashes ................................... ...
Lucky Strikes ................... ...
Maple Leafs .......
.......... .
Swans .....................
...........
Starlighters ......................... .........
Lucky Ends .................... -........
Spitfires ....... ....................................
Strikeouts .... .................................

Points
17
13
10
10
10
9
3

7
7

RESULTS
Games played at Central Bowling
Alleys. April 24

Outcasts 2755, Flashes 2647
OUTCASTS: K. Hashimoto 709,
Hashimoto 478. K. Idenouye 466, H.
Tatebe 466. N. Idenovye 618, handicap
18—2755.
FLASHES: V. Arima 524, Tosh Arima
536, Tak Arima 403 K. Goto 576, Tad
Kondo 608—2647.

Lucky Strikes 2189,

MONTREAL BUDDHIST
GROUP FORMED

Broadview YMCA
Shuttiers Visit

Maple

Leafs 2695
LUCKY STRIKES: B. Utsunomiya
Utsunomiya 357, K. Sugaya
387, T. Maikawa 438. H. Nishizaki 523
—2189.
MAPLE LEAFS: x Seki 478, C. Oye
395, D. Sugaye 531, T. Nakamura 449,
J. Kinoshita 602, handicap 240—2695.

Strikeouts 2533, Head Pins 2574
STRIKEOUTS: A. Saisho 530, K.
Shimoda 393, J. Sonoda 547. T. Kuwa­
bara 470 M. Shimada 343, handicap 72
—2533.
HEAD PINS: J. Hayashida 474, M.
ShlmancJ 437, S. Takeuchi 514,
Machida 698, H. Iida 451—2574.

Spitfires 2102, Lucky Ends 2583
SPITFIRES: R. Utsunomiya 430, JM
Matsubayashi 223.
Obayashi 429, .
Tom Kondo 552, M. Kawanami 463—
2102.

LUCKY ENDS: B. Shimoda 583, P.
Hondo 501. M. Shibata 316, Sam Kondo
675. B. Kondo 490. handicap 21—2583,

Rovers 2458, Wildcats 2473
ROVERS: D. Umetsn 487, M. Takes­
hita 379. T. Tonogai 546. K. Tonogai
448, S, Takeshita 526, team handicap

WILDCATS: M. Goto 535. E. Hayashi
4 73, Slim Kondo 454. K. Nakano 502,
S. Sonoda 509—2473.

Starlighters 2423, Swans 2330
STAELIGHTERS: B. Sonoda 454, E.
Shimoda 252, Y. Hamaoka 420, T. Nu.jan
646, M. Sonoda 540. team handicap 111
—2423.
SWANS: R. Oyama 244, P. Ebata 40G,
G. Kosuyi 410, S. Inouye 637, R. Yama­
mura 633—2330.

Run Over By Tram/
Loses Both Feet
At the Ankies
BANFF, Alta.—Loss of his
two feet at the ankles was suf­
fered by Kiyoshi Uyesugi, C.PR
section man, when he was run
over by a freight train while
working at Yoho, B.C., on April
23.
injured worker was
taken to the Banff hospital
lowing the accident.

fol-

Good first aid treatment after
the accident prevented extreme
loss of blood after the initial in­
jury and the patient is well on
the wa> to recovery.
Uyesugi was a resident Of
Ocean Falls. B.C., before the
and lived in Slocan after th ft
evacuation.

Shimizu To Speak
On Minorities
‘Minority ProbTORONTO.
lems in Canada” will be the- topic
of a lecture by Rev. K. Shimizu
at the next meeting of the JCCD
Issei Division Study Group' at
Church of All Nations, Queen and
Spadina, on Friday, May 9, from
8 p.m.
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