Page 1
Vol. 13—No. 6
TORONTO, ONT.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1950
$6 Per Year—10c Per Copy
Strong Prejudice Against Non- Caucasians
By White Residents ShownS In Wash,
Survey
.
Delegation Asks Ontario Govt
To Legislate Against Race Bias
Just Passing Through
Hastings Park Canteen labor, educational, civil liberties, minority and other in
Fund To Sanitarium
terested groups, under the sponsorship of the Associa
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim
By KEN ADACHI
A Lion Roars. . .
I’m reading a book that’s been
Included by several outstanding
contemporary novelists as one of
their choices as the top book of
thepast decade. It’s “The Young
Lions” written by Irwin Shaw.
There’s a chapter' that I found
excellent.
It hits you with a
solid impact. Hei'e is a Jewish
GI.iwho’s stationed in an army
camp. He’s hated by his fellow
platoon members and there’s
many an indignity that he has to
undergo because he is what they
call a “kike”.
One day he finds that his tor
mentors have stolen ten dollars
from him. He decides to fight
them, ten of the biggest men in
the camp. One by one, he fights
them, and he is in turn knocked
down, churned to the ground, his
bones broken. He is taken to the
hospital, several times but yet he
comes back for more. In his last
fight with the tenth man, he wins
hisjfirst triumph. Here is antiSemitism that is powerful, un
restricted.
There’s all kinds of sly and
sometimes ugly names applied to
different nationalities. Take the
ungentle soubriquets such as
Wops, Kikes, Coons, Polacks,
Frogs, Limeys, Chinks, Japs and
others, ad nauseum. If people
refrained from using such un
charming expletives, there would
be less friction, more friendship.
Name-calling is inherited from
the childhood days of “sticks and
stones won’t break my back. . .”
and unfortunately carried over to
the supposedly more adult age.
A Dush Mood. . .
You don’t have to be a jazz
lover to appreciate Duke Elling
ton.
Jazz may be entering a period
of stagnancy and decline but the
Duke still manages to keep his
music free of cliches and repititiousness.
I like the mood he creates in
Kay Davis’ beautiful soprano
voicing on Creole Love Call, his
Liberian Suite which is a mood
piece comparable to any light
classical work. Suite tells a
story behind a background of
brass and saxes, a story that is
punctuated by the solos.
-•Johnny Hodges, whom Duke
calls the All-American sax man,
always creates a curious emotion
in me. When he plays with that
lush, rich and eloquent sax, stuff
like Warm Valley or Dusk, he
paints a picture of a verdant
countryside, with grass waving
in <the wind, cows grazing, peace
it’s wonderful.
eattle
Wash. — strong
personal prejudices against per
sons of Negro, Japanese, Chin
ese and other non-Caucasian an
cestry was disclosed by a survey
in the State of Washington al
though the white residents ques
tioned approve civil rights legis
lation in general and show little
opposition to social mixing of re
ligious groups.
This survey was conducted by
the Washington Public Opinion
Laboratory, a joint project of the
U. of Washington and Washing
ton State College.
The percentage of whites op
posed to having other racial and
religious groups than their own
as equals were divided into dif
ferent categories.
29 per cent
were against Negroes attending
the same public schools, 24
against Japanese, Chinese 19.
Jews 5, Catholics 2, Protestants
1. 48 per cent were against Ne
groes being on the same job, Ja
panese 40, Chinese 29, Jews 9.
Catholics and Protestants I per
cent.
In dating teenagers, 94 per
cent were against Negroes, Ja
panese 91, Chinese 89, Jews 33,
Catholics 18 and Protestants 1
per cent. In marriage, Ne
groes 98 per' cent, Japanese
96, Chinese 96, Jews 55, Catholics
40, Protestants 4, whites 3 per
cent.
The
percentage
of
those
against the same non-Caucasian
groups living in the same neigh
bourhood, as next-door neigh
bours and as guests in their
homes for a social evening were
overwhelmingly against those of
Negro, Japanese, Chinese, and to
a lesser extent, Jewish extrac
tion.
GFs Give Japan Kids
One Year Scholarships
YOKOSUKA, Japan. — Several
Japanese children at this U. S.
base were recipients of a novel
present given by the sailors and
marines.
The children will attend a local
Christian school with one year
scholarships financed by the
American
servicemen.
Each
scholarship is worth about 830.
Every GI chipped in in order to
make the drive successful.
the Duke crew, is blind. As he
shuffles haltingly onto the stage,
Duke wraps his arm around his
shoulders and leads him to the
mike. Al needs no further help.
Lover and Poem Lovely As A
Tree is sung with feeling that’s
deep. There on the stage, spot
lighted by a beam of light, in a
dark world, is a blind man and
here is pathos. You can’t help
applauding and having a feeling
of warmth for such a man as Al
Duke played this stuff at Mas Kibbler, the singer.
That’s only a part of Duke, a
sey Hall last week and that’s
v how it affected me.
leader in the struggle to make
Al Kibbler, male vocalist for jazz a recognized art form.
^
In reply to the National JCCA
which inquired about funds ac
cumulated through the operation
of the Hastings Park Canteen
for several months in 1942, Mr.
Arthur McNamara, Deputy Minis
ter of Labor replied that they
have a fund amounting to $2,215.00 from the operation of the
canteen.
The
Department
suggested
this money be used to provide
special comforts for patients at
the New Denver Sanitarium and
desired to know whether the
JCCA would lend its approval to
this suggestion.
The National JCCA agreed to
accept the Labor Department’s
proposal with the stipulation
that it be informed as to the na
ture of the special comforts to
be provided.
A large delegation, representing various religious,
tion of Civil Liberties, met Premier Leslie Frost of the
Ontario Provincial Government at Queen’s Park on
Tuesday, Jan. 24, to present a brief urging the recogni
tion of the existence of racial and religious discrimina
tion in many phases in the Province of Ontario and the
passage of such legislations as needed to prevent these
discriminatory practices.
Among the groups represented^...... ...... ......................................................
was the National JCCA delega
tion headed by George Tanaka,
executive secretary of the Na
tional JCCA.
A similar delegation conferred
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
with Premier Frost in June 1949
to appeal for legislation to cope JACL Anti-Discrimination Com
with the problems of discrim mittee announced that it would
ination especially in reference to cooperate with the United States
employment at which time the Employment Service in one of
Premier indicated that his gov several national programs to help
ernment was in full accord with eliminate discrimination against
the views of the group. This was ethnic and religious minorities.
The JACL-USES program will
in nature of a follow-up of this
first
representation,
as
six be designed specifically to reduce
Cold Weather Hits
months have elapsed without any job discriminations against per
Water, Light In N. D.
outward action by the govern sons of Japanese ancestry. Simi
NEW DENVER, B. C. — This
lar programs are being worked
ment on the matter.
one-time evacuation centre is
The brief calls to attention out by the USES with national
suffering the coldest and the
the existing discriminations in Jewish groups, the national Con
most prolonged spell since the
the Province of Ontario. It gress of American Indians and
first year that New Denver be
points out the restrictive coven other groups.
came relocation centre for coast
It is already working with a
ants in reference to real property,
evacuees in 1942.
business establishments which Negro group to eliminate dis
Since Jan. 4, the temperature
cater to the general public re crimination against them.
has almost continually been be fusing to serve persons of cer
Mike Masaoka, in reference to
low zero, generally about 10 de tain races, and the discriminatory the matter, said, “During and
grees below. On the coldest day, practices in employment.
since the war, the problems of
the lakeside temperature dropped
the Nisei in America have not
The brief urges action in the been unemployment but under
to 24 below, while the town
showed the temperature to be 18 introduction an I tne passage of employment.”
legislation which would effective
below.
By this he said he meant that
The cold weather has damaged ly prohibit discriminations. As a Niseis all too often are hired for
the generator and the town has guide to such enactments, the jobs below their true capacities.
been without electricity.
Resi brief draws to the attention of the
It contains the names of ap
dents are also having to carry government, the State of New
40
organizations
water some distance as much of York’s Fair Employment Prac proximately
which
are
in
accord
with the
tices
Act.
the piping has been frozen.
movement for the enactment of
such laws as to prevent racial
and religious discriminations.
On Jan. 16, a preliminary
meeting was called in Toronto to
first and only Nisei radio an familiarize interested bodies with
nouncer in Canada.
the action to be taken as well as
Tom got his chance back in to secure their view on the pro
November of last year when an posed action. A surprisingly
audition was held for all interest large turnout was the result with
ed students who wished to try representatives from many sou
out for the assignment of being thern Ontario centres as Hamil
the campus sportscaster.
The ton, London, Windsor and Dres
chairman of the U. of M. Radio den in attendance.
group selected six, including
Tommy.
Four Buildings Razed
They were given microphone
assignments and the final choice By Fire In Kaslo
was made by Jack Wells himself.
KASLO, B. C. — Hampered by
“Thank you, Jack Wells. Good Jack Wells, incidentally, is Wes below zero weather, firemen
evening, and welcome to your tern Canada’s finest sports com were unable to prevent the de
mentator
who
handled
the struction of four buildings by
Varsity Sportlight!”
Alouette-Stampeder Grey Cup fire which started on the night
With these opening words, finals from Toronto.
of Jan. 16.
It was 24 hours
University of Manitoba’s sports
later
when
the
fire was finally
Tommy has been doing a fine
caster goes on the air every
Thursday evening on Jack Wells’ job and many ears perk up to his extinguished.
“Spotlight on Sports” over Win rapid-fire, clear voice on Thurs
The fire originated in the
nipeg station CKRC to view the day nights around Winnipeg building which during the time
sports happenings on the campus. and districts to keep up to date of the evacuation contained the
He is Tom Mitsunaga, a Univer on the University sports scene. office of Henry Naruse, Nisei
W. B. optometrist. ■
sity of Manitoba student, and the
Canada’s Nisei Announcer
U. S. Nisei Move
Against Job Bias
;
TORONTO, ONT.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1950
$6 Per Year—10c Per Copy
Strong Prejudice Against Non- Caucasians
By White Residents ShownS In Wash,
Survey
.
Delegation Asks Ontario Govt
To Legislate Against Race Bias
Just Passing Through
Hastings Park Canteen labor, educational, civil liberties, minority and other in
Fund To Sanitarium
terested groups, under the sponsorship of the Associa
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim
By KEN ADACHI
A Lion Roars. . .
I’m reading a book that’s been
Included by several outstanding
contemporary novelists as one of
their choices as the top book of
thepast decade. It’s “The Young
Lions” written by Irwin Shaw.
There’s a chapter' that I found
excellent.
It hits you with a
solid impact. Hei'e is a Jewish
GI.iwho’s stationed in an army
camp. He’s hated by his fellow
platoon members and there’s
many an indignity that he has to
undergo because he is what they
call a “kike”.
One day he finds that his tor
mentors have stolen ten dollars
from him. He decides to fight
them, ten of the biggest men in
the camp. One by one, he fights
them, and he is in turn knocked
down, churned to the ground, his
bones broken. He is taken to the
hospital, several times but yet he
comes back for more. In his last
fight with the tenth man, he wins
hisjfirst triumph. Here is antiSemitism that is powerful, un
restricted.
There’s all kinds of sly and
sometimes ugly names applied to
different nationalities. Take the
ungentle soubriquets such as
Wops, Kikes, Coons, Polacks,
Frogs, Limeys, Chinks, Japs and
others, ad nauseum. If people
refrained from using such un
charming expletives, there would
be less friction, more friendship.
Name-calling is inherited from
the childhood days of “sticks and
stones won’t break my back. . .”
and unfortunately carried over to
the supposedly more adult age.
A Dush Mood. . .
You don’t have to be a jazz
lover to appreciate Duke Elling
ton.
Jazz may be entering a period
of stagnancy and decline but the
Duke still manages to keep his
music free of cliches and repititiousness.
I like the mood he creates in
Kay Davis’ beautiful soprano
voicing on Creole Love Call, his
Liberian Suite which is a mood
piece comparable to any light
classical work. Suite tells a
story behind a background of
brass and saxes, a story that is
punctuated by the solos.
-•Johnny Hodges, whom Duke
calls the All-American sax man,
always creates a curious emotion
in me. When he plays with that
lush, rich and eloquent sax, stuff
like Warm Valley or Dusk, he
paints a picture of a verdant
countryside, with grass waving
in <the wind, cows grazing, peace
it’s wonderful.
eattle
Wash. — strong
personal prejudices against per
sons of Negro, Japanese, Chin
ese and other non-Caucasian an
cestry was disclosed by a survey
in the State of Washington al
though the white residents ques
tioned approve civil rights legis
lation in general and show little
opposition to social mixing of re
ligious groups.
This survey was conducted by
the Washington Public Opinion
Laboratory, a joint project of the
U. of Washington and Washing
ton State College.
The percentage of whites op
posed to having other racial and
religious groups than their own
as equals were divided into dif
ferent categories.
29 per cent
were against Negroes attending
the same public schools, 24
against Japanese, Chinese 19.
Jews 5, Catholics 2, Protestants
1. 48 per cent were against Ne
groes being on the same job, Ja
panese 40, Chinese 29, Jews 9.
Catholics and Protestants I per
cent.
In dating teenagers, 94 per
cent were against Negroes, Ja
panese 91, Chinese 89, Jews 33,
Catholics 18 and Protestants 1
per cent. In marriage, Ne
groes 98 per' cent, Japanese
96, Chinese 96, Jews 55, Catholics
40, Protestants 4, whites 3 per
cent.
The
percentage
of
those
against the same non-Caucasian
groups living in the same neigh
bourhood, as next-door neigh
bours and as guests in their
homes for a social evening were
overwhelmingly against those of
Negro, Japanese, Chinese, and to
a lesser extent, Jewish extrac
tion.
GFs Give Japan Kids
One Year Scholarships
YOKOSUKA, Japan. — Several
Japanese children at this U. S.
base were recipients of a novel
present given by the sailors and
marines.
The children will attend a local
Christian school with one year
scholarships financed by the
American
servicemen.
Each
scholarship is worth about 830.
Every GI chipped in in order to
make the drive successful.
the Duke crew, is blind. As he
shuffles haltingly onto the stage,
Duke wraps his arm around his
shoulders and leads him to the
mike. Al needs no further help.
Lover and Poem Lovely As A
Tree is sung with feeling that’s
deep. There on the stage, spot
lighted by a beam of light, in a
dark world, is a blind man and
here is pathos. You can’t help
applauding and having a feeling
of warmth for such a man as Al
Duke played this stuff at Mas Kibbler, the singer.
That’s only a part of Duke, a
sey Hall last week and that’s
v how it affected me.
leader in the struggle to make
Al Kibbler, male vocalist for jazz a recognized art form.
^
In reply to the National JCCA
which inquired about funds ac
cumulated through the operation
of the Hastings Park Canteen
for several months in 1942, Mr.
Arthur McNamara, Deputy Minis
ter of Labor replied that they
have a fund amounting to $2,215.00 from the operation of the
canteen.
The
Department
suggested
this money be used to provide
special comforts for patients at
the New Denver Sanitarium and
desired to know whether the
JCCA would lend its approval to
this suggestion.
The National JCCA agreed to
accept the Labor Department’s
proposal with the stipulation
that it be informed as to the na
ture of the special comforts to
be provided.
A large delegation, representing various religious,
tion of Civil Liberties, met Premier Leslie Frost of the
Ontario Provincial Government at Queen’s Park on
Tuesday, Jan. 24, to present a brief urging the recogni
tion of the existence of racial and religious discrimina
tion in many phases in the Province of Ontario and the
passage of such legislations as needed to prevent these
discriminatory practices.
Among the groups represented^...... ...... ......................................................
was the National JCCA delega
tion headed by George Tanaka,
executive secretary of the Na
tional JCCA.
A similar delegation conferred
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
with Premier Frost in June 1949
to appeal for legislation to cope JACL Anti-Discrimination Com
with the problems of discrim mittee announced that it would
ination especially in reference to cooperate with the United States
employment at which time the Employment Service in one of
Premier indicated that his gov several national programs to help
ernment was in full accord with eliminate discrimination against
the views of the group. This was ethnic and religious minorities.
The JACL-USES program will
in nature of a follow-up of this
first
representation,
as
six be designed specifically to reduce
Cold Weather Hits
months have elapsed without any job discriminations against per
Water, Light In N. D.
outward action by the govern sons of Japanese ancestry. Simi
NEW DENVER, B. C. — This
lar programs are being worked
ment on the matter.
one-time evacuation centre is
The brief calls to attention out by the USES with national
suffering the coldest and the
the existing discriminations in Jewish groups, the national Con
most prolonged spell since the
the Province of Ontario. It gress of American Indians and
first year that New Denver be
points out the restrictive coven other groups.
came relocation centre for coast
It is already working with a
ants in reference to real property,
evacuees in 1942.
business establishments which Negro group to eliminate dis
Since Jan. 4, the temperature
cater to the general public re crimination against them.
has almost continually been be fusing to serve persons of cer
Mike Masaoka, in reference to
low zero, generally about 10 de tain races, and the discriminatory the matter, said, “During and
grees below. On the coldest day, practices in employment.
since the war, the problems of
the lakeside temperature dropped
the Nisei in America have not
The brief urges action in the been unemployment but under
to 24 below, while the town
showed the temperature to be 18 introduction an I tne passage of employment.”
legislation which would effective
below.
By this he said he meant that
The cold weather has damaged ly prohibit discriminations. As a Niseis all too often are hired for
the generator and the town has guide to such enactments, the jobs below their true capacities.
been without electricity.
Resi brief draws to the attention of the
It contains the names of ap
dents are also having to carry government, the State of New
40
organizations
water some distance as much of York’s Fair Employment Prac proximately
which
are
in
accord
with the
tices
Act.
the piping has been frozen.
movement for the enactment of
such laws as to prevent racial
and religious discriminations.
On Jan. 16, a preliminary
meeting was called in Toronto to
first and only Nisei radio an familiarize interested bodies with
nouncer in Canada.
the action to be taken as well as
Tom got his chance back in to secure their view on the pro
November of last year when an posed action. A surprisingly
audition was held for all interest large turnout was the result with
ed students who wished to try representatives from many sou
out for the assignment of being thern Ontario centres as Hamil
the campus sportscaster.
The ton, London, Windsor and Dres
chairman of the U. of M. Radio den in attendance.
group selected six, including
Tommy.
Four Buildings Razed
They were given microphone
assignments and the final choice By Fire In Kaslo
was made by Jack Wells himself.
KASLO, B. C. — Hampered by
“Thank you, Jack Wells. Good Jack Wells, incidentally, is Wes below zero weather, firemen
evening, and welcome to your tern Canada’s finest sports com were unable to prevent the de
mentator
who
handled
the struction of four buildings by
Varsity Sportlight!”
Alouette-Stampeder Grey Cup fire which started on the night
With these opening words, finals from Toronto.
of Jan. 16.
It was 24 hours
University of Manitoba’s sports
later
when
the
fire was finally
Tommy has been doing a fine
caster goes on the air every
Thursday evening on Jack Wells’ job and many ears perk up to his extinguished.
“Spotlight on Sports” over Win rapid-fire, clear voice on Thurs
The fire originated in the
nipeg station CKRC to view the day nights around Winnipeg building which during the time
sports happenings on the campus. and districts to keep up to date of the evacuation contained the
He is Tom Mitsunaga, a Univer on the University sports scene. office of Henry Naruse, Nisei
W. B. optometrist. ■
sity of Manitoba student, and the
Canada’s Nisei Announcer
U. S. Nisei Move
Against Job Bias
;
Page 2
Toronto JCCA Fetes
Returned Niseis
An Independent Japanese-English Organ.
Published on Wednesday and Saturday of each week
as a medium of expression and news outlet
among those of Japanese origin in Canada
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Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1950
THE BATTLE AGAINST INTOLERANCE
Ranging upwards from 12year old Gordon Nakamura,
about 25 young Niseis all of whom
went to Japan before the war to
become stranded there and who
returned to Canada recently,
were treated to a special social
evening tendered in their behalf
by the Toronto JCCA on Jan. 21,
With the realization of the dif
ficulties of these people in ming
ling with others, this was the
first of what is hoped to be a
series of evenings in which they
will have the opportunity of
meeting their fellow Niseis.
The program consisted
of
music and dancing, and refresh
ments were served. Represent
ing the returned Niseis, many of
■whom went to Japan at a very
early age that they are able to
understand and speak but little
English, Dave Azuma who returned to Toronto last year, expressed the appreciation of his
group.
Despite the increasing awareness of the existence
of and the growing support against racial and religious
discriminaition, the fight for its control and elimination
has scarcely begun. There are still many evidences that
Towards Nat'l JCCA
The National JCCA is in re
the struggle is far from over.
The shameful record of the Dresdin citizens who in ceipt of financial contributions
from two Provincial Chapters toa recent referendum overwhelming sanctioned the right wards their quota to the Nation
of public eating establishments to refuse to serve patrons al JCCA budget for the current
for reasons of race is ,a stark sample of what is still in fiscal year.
The Moose Jaw JCCA became
our midst. Though color bias has been denied, there is
yet no satisfactory explanation that discrimination was the first chapter to make a pay
ment in 1950 with a cheque for
not a factor in the Takimoto dismissal. The existence $50.00, which comprises their
of restrictive covenants which forbids the use or pur full quota aand is 50% of the
chase of real property by designated racial groups was Saskatchewan JCCA’s quota.
The Ontario JCCA contributed
brought to light in a court decision last summer.
$1,900, comprising well over
While such festers, which is contrary to public in 50% of the Provincial Chapter’s
terest and a transgression on human rights, there is a obligations to the current nation
need for constant vigil arid action. While there is a al budget.
Dresdin or a restrictive covenant, there must be no re
Japan Diet Group Says
laxation.
Communists Unpopular
MONTREAL. — A tentative
progi-am was suggested by the
new executive of the Montreal
Nisei Fellowship Group in a re
cent meeting. Heading the group
are co-presidents, Mickey Naka
shima and Ken Oyama.
SAN FRANCISCO.
The
fourteen members of the Japan, ese Diet or Parliament who ar/ rived here last week to begin a
45-day study of American gov
Catholicism will be the prelimin ernment in action, think that the
ary on the series of religion. Communist party has lost the
This will be held on Jan. 27, at support of the Japanese because
the Church of All Nations, start- of its tendency towards violence.
ing from 8 p.m.
At a press conference, Takeshi
Aamazaki,
leader of the group,
On Feb. 10, the Fellowship is
planning a movie night with the stated that the unemployment
problem in Japan helped the rise
Italian Church and St. Mark’s
of Communism but he hoped that
Church on the Canadian work
Japan would stem any further
camps.
These movies will be Communist uprising by means of
shown at St. Mark’s, 6775 De St. the democratization program and
a public works program to pro
Vallier St., at 8 p.m.
vide jobs.
Others in the executive are
Mikio Ochiai, recording secre
tary;
Jeannine Tsuyuki and
Charles Yoshida, corresponding
secretaries: Massie Wakabayashi,
treasurer; Betty Yamamoto and
Amy Uchida, worship convenors;
Kaz Nishio and Yo Kato, recrea
tion convenors; Hazel Shimo-Ta
kahara, publicity; Mickey Konishi, membership convenor: Barbara Yonemura, Irene Kudo,
Amy Matsubara.
refreshment
A circular letter from the Sun
‘“Our club is now making utconvenors.
Post Club, P. O. Box 899, Tokyo | most efforts to promote this
Many ideas, from the serious Central, Japan, has been received .'friendship and understanding beto the gay, were brought out. by The New Canadian addressed ’ tween the Japanese at home and
Among them are a series on re to Japanese living abroad which |: abroad, and we hope herewith for
ligion with authorities on Bud- reads:
your further kind co-operation,
dihism, Roman Catholicism, the
“We have the pleasure to in without which, it would be hard
Quakers, Gandhi, Protestantism. form you that our SUN POST to accomplish our purpose. It is
and others.
simplified CLUB has developed with your also to be desired, we believe,
papers on the basic tenets of understanding and warm friend that we exert ourselves for im
these religions.
Other sugges ship since it started as an “In proving the international situa
tions are a possible radio satire ternational Correspondence Club. tion of Japan as a peaceful and
written by the group, movies,
democratic nation.”
“Ihere has been no period
and entertainment by Montreal
when we, the Japanese at home,
are hoping earnestly for your
The lady who took the wrong
The first meeting should prove friendship and understandin a
j
overshoe
by mistake on Jan. 21,
to be interesting and thought pit the present time: your assisprovoking as the notable Miss tanee is needed in the future । at the Toronto JCCA gathering
Glorianna Martineau is slated to development of Japan as a peace- j at the Legion Hall is asked to
j get in touch with the Metropoli
speak tq the group. Her topic on i ful nation.
tan Church.
Friendship And Understanding Is Aim
Of Sun Post Club Organized In Tokyo
H
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1950
THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE TWO
THE WEEKLY HABU
By TOYO TAKATA
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On Saturday night last, we at herself somewhat left out.
tended a gathering arranged for
Give her time, sure, she’ll catch
the Niseis who returned to Can up. But, at the same time ws
ada after the cessation of histili- should appreciate these difficul
ties, most of them having spent ties which they face, and not
ten years or more in Japan. merely type them as being dif- ’
Meeting and speaking to some of ferent from us and brush them
these young people, it has given aside as is the too common case.
us ah insight to some of the dif
And most of these Nisei re
ficulties they are encountering.
turnees, we notice, are teenagers.
They face problems of ■which It occurred to us that it would
•we are not aware simply because be a good thing if the teenage
we have not experienced them groups can arrange something
ourselves. But after talking’ to for their benefit. Get them into
them, we can well understand their groups, invite them to their
what they are up against. These socials, and generally help them
problems' might seem trivial and readjust themselves to the en- '
of no consequence, yet to them, tirely different set of conditions
they are hindrances that work they face.
against their integration into soFor reasons of distinguishing
called Nisei society.
these Niseis, we have referred to
Nor. are these problems faced them as returnees, but the more
by all returning Niseis, they are we mention it or hear it, the more
the difficulties of those who went we dislike the term. It tends to
to Japan before reaching high set them aside from the other
school age, thus they lack any of Niseis. And they are just as enthe social background which we titled as we to be called Niseis
take for granted. Therefore, without any reservations. In the
while these Niseis are technically States, they are known as Kiheis
returning to their native land, but we see no need of a distinthey are up against the same guishing term.
trouble of any new immigrant in
It reminds us of another com
a strange land..
mon phrase we could do without,
And it isn’t merely the lan displaced persons, or D. P.’s. It
guage handicap, it goes beyond taints them with the fugitive or
that. One 19-year old girl gave refugee aspect. They have had
us a sample of the problems which unfortunate experiences in warthey face. As she went to Japan ravaged Europe, but we needn’t
at the age of 10, she understands affix them with a reminder.
English almost perfectly, and is
Returning to the original sub
able to speak without too much ject, more of' these Niseis are ,
difficulty.
coming back, and we hope that
But, she says, she knows noth they have every chance to get in
ing about the various subjects with the others, for too frequent
which are discussed by those of ly, we’ve heard that many of
her own age-group. Their con them are lonely, and some even
versation revolves around topics long to be back amongst their
which are unfamiliar to her such friends in Japan, despite the
as hockey and singers, and finds hardships.
FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
By George Tanaka,
National Executive Secretary
possible the work of the Associa
tion for Civil Liberties. And
through the leadership provided
by this Association, it has been
possible to co-ordinate the efforts
of a large number of organiza
tions which, like the JCCA, have
carried on a continual campaign
and program of education for the
need of legislation to combat
race discrimination.
What is the nature of this
strong voice of the Canadian
people which speaks in unison,
stating, “that human rights
should be protected by the rule
of law.”
I can provide the answer to an
important part of this question
because the JCCA is taking an
When the Association for Civil
active part in this Canadian
Liberties held their special meet
movement.
ing on January 16 to finalize
When the National JCCA was plans for the appearance of the
represented on January 24 on the delegation before the Premier of
large delegation which supported Ontario, over a hundred repre
the Association for Civil Liber sentatives of various organiza
ties in the presentation of a brief tions attended, many of these
to the Government of Ontario for people having made a special trip
legislation to provide an effective to Toronto from the cities ot
means of combatting racial and Hamilton, Oshawa, London, Dres- *
religious discrimination, it meant den and Windsor. The strength
in effect that Canadian citizens of this representation is an inof Japanese ancestry are also dication of the growing conscious
working with the important and ness of the Canadian people to
vast group of Canadians who the need to eliminate the twin
are fighting to preserve freedom evils, race prejudice and race
of equality of human rights.
discrimination.
The National JCCA has work
ed continually for the past two
years with the Joint Labour
Committee to Combat Racial In
tolerance, the Canadian Jewish
Congress, the Civil Rights Com
mittee and a number of promin
ent Canadian citizens, to make
Toward this end, the JCCA ;=
taking an active part in the pw
motion of education to eliminsu?
race prejudice and legislation w
counteract race discrimination ®
employment, in public places, &
housing and in ownership 01
property.
Returned Niseis
An Independent Japanese-English Organ.
Published on Wednesday and Saturday of each week
as a medium of expression and news outlet
among those of Japanese origin in Canada
Toyo Takata
Takaichi Umezuki
Ken Mori _______
479 Queen St. W.
__ Editor.
Japanese Section Kditor
__ Advertising
PLaza 5005 — Toronto, Ont.
Office Hours:
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Monday to Friday.
9:00 a.m.-12 noon,
Saturday.
Subscription, in Advance:
$3.00 for six months
$6.00 per one year
Night Calls:
T. Umezuki — OX. 7042,
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Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Dept., Ottawa.
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1950
THE BATTLE AGAINST INTOLERANCE
Ranging upwards from 12year old Gordon Nakamura,
about 25 young Niseis all of whom
went to Japan before the war to
become stranded there and who
returned to Canada recently,
were treated to a special social
evening tendered in their behalf
by the Toronto JCCA on Jan. 21,
With the realization of the dif
ficulties of these people in ming
ling with others, this was the
first of what is hoped to be a
series of evenings in which they
will have the opportunity of
meeting their fellow Niseis.
The program consisted
of
music and dancing, and refresh
ments were served. Represent
ing the returned Niseis, many of
■whom went to Japan at a very
early age that they are able to
understand and speak but little
English, Dave Azuma who returned to Toronto last year, expressed the appreciation of his
group.
Despite the increasing awareness of the existence
of and the growing support against racial and religious
discriminaition, the fight for its control and elimination
has scarcely begun. There are still many evidences that
Towards Nat'l JCCA
The National JCCA is in re
the struggle is far from over.
The shameful record of the Dresdin citizens who in ceipt of financial contributions
from two Provincial Chapters toa recent referendum overwhelming sanctioned the right wards their quota to the Nation
of public eating establishments to refuse to serve patrons al JCCA budget for the current
for reasons of race is ,a stark sample of what is still in fiscal year.
The Moose Jaw JCCA became
our midst. Though color bias has been denied, there is
yet no satisfactory explanation that discrimination was the first chapter to make a pay
ment in 1950 with a cheque for
not a factor in the Takimoto dismissal. The existence $50.00, which comprises their
of restrictive covenants which forbids the use or pur full quota aand is 50% of the
chase of real property by designated racial groups was Saskatchewan JCCA’s quota.
The Ontario JCCA contributed
brought to light in a court decision last summer.
$1,900, comprising well over
While such festers, which is contrary to public in 50% of the Provincial Chapter’s
terest and a transgression on human rights, there is a obligations to the current nation
need for constant vigil arid action. While there is a al budget.
Dresdin or a restrictive covenant, there must be no re
Japan Diet Group Says
laxation.
Communists Unpopular
MONTREAL. — A tentative
progi-am was suggested by the
new executive of the Montreal
Nisei Fellowship Group in a re
cent meeting. Heading the group
are co-presidents, Mickey Naka
shima and Ken Oyama.
SAN FRANCISCO.
The
fourteen members of the Japan, ese Diet or Parliament who ar/ rived here last week to begin a
45-day study of American gov
Catholicism will be the prelimin ernment in action, think that the
ary on the series of religion. Communist party has lost the
This will be held on Jan. 27, at support of the Japanese because
the Church of All Nations, start- of its tendency towards violence.
ing from 8 p.m.
At a press conference, Takeshi
Aamazaki,
leader of the group,
On Feb. 10, the Fellowship is
planning a movie night with the stated that the unemployment
problem in Japan helped the rise
Italian Church and St. Mark’s
of Communism but he hoped that
Church on the Canadian work
Japan would stem any further
camps.
These movies will be Communist uprising by means of
shown at St. Mark’s, 6775 De St. the democratization program and
a public works program to pro
Vallier St., at 8 p.m.
vide jobs.
Others in the executive are
Mikio Ochiai, recording secre
tary;
Jeannine Tsuyuki and
Charles Yoshida, corresponding
secretaries: Massie Wakabayashi,
treasurer; Betty Yamamoto and
Amy Uchida, worship convenors;
Kaz Nishio and Yo Kato, recrea
tion convenors; Hazel Shimo-Ta
kahara, publicity; Mickey Konishi, membership convenor: Barbara Yonemura, Irene Kudo,
Amy Matsubara.
refreshment
A circular letter from the Sun
‘“Our club is now making utconvenors.
Post Club, P. O. Box 899, Tokyo | most efforts to promote this
Many ideas, from the serious Central, Japan, has been received .'friendship and understanding beto the gay, were brought out. by The New Canadian addressed ’ tween the Japanese at home and
Among them are a series on re to Japanese living abroad which |: abroad, and we hope herewith for
ligion with authorities on Bud- reads:
your further kind co-operation,
dihism, Roman Catholicism, the
“We have the pleasure to in without which, it would be hard
Quakers, Gandhi, Protestantism. form you that our SUN POST to accomplish our purpose. It is
and others.
simplified CLUB has developed with your also to be desired, we believe,
papers on the basic tenets of understanding and warm friend that we exert ourselves for im
these religions.
Other sugges ship since it started as an “In proving the international situa
tions are a possible radio satire ternational Correspondence Club. tion of Japan as a peaceful and
written by the group, movies,
democratic nation.”
“Ihere has been no period
and entertainment by Montreal
when we, the Japanese at home,
are hoping earnestly for your
The lady who took the wrong
The first meeting should prove friendship and understandin a
j
overshoe
by mistake on Jan. 21,
to be interesting and thought pit the present time: your assisprovoking as the notable Miss tanee is needed in the future । at the Toronto JCCA gathering
Glorianna Martineau is slated to development of Japan as a peace- j at the Legion Hall is asked to
j get in touch with the Metropoli
speak tq the group. Her topic on i ful nation.
tan Church.
Friendship And Understanding Is Aim
Of Sun Post Club Organized In Tokyo
H
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1950
THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE TWO
THE WEEKLY HABU
By TOYO TAKATA
illlllllH!l!llllllllll!l0lillllllllllllllllllll!llllilllll«
On Saturday night last, we at herself somewhat left out.
tended a gathering arranged for
Give her time, sure, she’ll catch
the Niseis who returned to Can up. But, at the same time ws
ada after the cessation of histili- should appreciate these difficul
ties, most of them having spent ties which they face, and not
ten years or more in Japan. merely type them as being dif- ’
Meeting and speaking to some of ferent from us and brush them
these young people, it has given aside as is the too common case.
us ah insight to some of the dif
And most of these Nisei re
ficulties they are encountering.
turnees, we notice, are teenagers.
They face problems of ■which It occurred to us that it would
•we are not aware simply because be a good thing if the teenage
we have not experienced them groups can arrange something
ourselves. But after talking’ to for their benefit. Get them into
them, we can well understand their groups, invite them to their
what they are up against. These socials, and generally help them
problems' might seem trivial and readjust themselves to the en- '
of no consequence, yet to them, tirely different set of conditions
they are hindrances that work they face.
against their integration into soFor reasons of distinguishing
called Nisei society.
these Niseis, we have referred to
Nor. are these problems faced them as returnees, but the more
by all returning Niseis, they are we mention it or hear it, the more
the difficulties of those who went we dislike the term. It tends to
to Japan before reaching high set them aside from the other
school age, thus they lack any of Niseis. And they are just as enthe social background which we titled as we to be called Niseis
take for granted. Therefore, without any reservations. In the
while these Niseis are technically States, they are known as Kiheis
returning to their native land, but we see no need of a distinthey are up against the same guishing term.
trouble of any new immigrant in
It reminds us of another com
a strange land..
mon phrase we could do without,
And it isn’t merely the lan displaced persons, or D. P.’s. It
guage handicap, it goes beyond taints them with the fugitive or
that. One 19-year old girl gave refugee aspect. They have had
us a sample of the problems which unfortunate experiences in warthey face. As she went to Japan ravaged Europe, but we needn’t
at the age of 10, she understands affix them with a reminder.
English almost perfectly, and is
Returning to the original sub
able to speak without too much ject, more of' these Niseis are ,
difficulty.
coming back, and we hope that
But, she says, she knows noth they have every chance to get in
ing about the various subjects with the others, for too frequent
which are discussed by those of ly, we’ve heard that many of
her own age-group. Their con them are lonely, and some even
versation revolves around topics long to be back amongst their
which are unfamiliar to her such friends in Japan, despite the
as hockey and singers, and finds hardships.
FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
By George Tanaka,
National Executive Secretary
possible the work of the Associa
tion for Civil Liberties. And
through the leadership provided
by this Association, it has been
possible to co-ordinate the efforts
of a large number of organiza
tions which, like the JCCA, have
carried on a continual campaign
and program of education for the
need of legislation to combat
race discrimination.
What is the nature of this
strong voice of the Canadian
people which speaks in unison,
stating, “that human rights
should be protected by the rule
of law.”
I can provide the answer to an
important part of this question
because the JCCA is taking an
When the Association for Civil
active part in this Canadian
Liberties held their special meet
movement.
ing on January 16 to finalize
When the National JCCA was plans for the appearance of the
represented on January 24 on the delegation before the Premier of
large delegation which supported Ontario, over a hundred repre
the Association for Civil Liber sentatives of various organiza
ties in the presentation of a brief tions attended, many of these
to the Government of Ontario for people having made a special trip
legislation to provide an effective to Toronto from the cities ot
means of combatting racial and Hamilton, Oshawa, London, Dres- *
religious discrimination, it meant den and Windsor. The strength
in effect that Canadian citizens of this representation is an inof Japanese ancestry are also dication of the growing conscious
working with the important and ness of the Canadian people to
vast group of Canadians who the need to eliminate the twin
are fighting to preserve freedom evils, race prejudice and race
of equality of human rights.
discrimination.
The National JCCA has work
ed continually for the past two
years with the Joint Labour
Committee to Combat Racial In
tolerance, the Canadian Jewish
Congress, the Civil Rights Com
mittee and a number of promin
ent Canadian citizens, to make
Toward this end, the JCCA ;=
taking an active part in the pw
motion of education to eliminsu?
race prejudice and legislation w
counteract race discrimination ®
employment, in public places, &
housing and in ownership 01
property.
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Page 7
PAGE SEVEN
THE NEW CANADIAN
Wednesday. Jan. 25, 1950
‘A’ Squad Trounced In Badminton Fixture,
Locals To Joust With Hamilton, Montreal
T. Iwamoto, R. Baba
Roll High Triples
Unbeaten Alphas
had Junior Pack
P 0 RIRA 11 • COMMERCIAL • COLOUR
TOWSU STUDIO
FORT
WILLIAM,
Ont. —
HUUHS Bl S^< / ^’^z7<*’
Tommy Iwamoto of second place
W L
squad
of
the
All
Nacourt
gym
of
McGill
University
The
Hot Shots was the top bowler in
6 0
ALPHAS (H)
Feb. 11. Some of the Mon
tions entry in the Inter-Church on
।
2
Bowling
P S »■ 11 5 S I
•
I ? t tf« I C
the Lakehead
ladies who should give the
Badminton League slipped a cog treal
•
League with the high triple of
STAGS (T)
in their quest for the champion Torontonians stiff competition 702 from singles of 295, 216, and
■>
4
.^NGELS (H)
Elizabeth Yamashita, Shiz
ship when they went down 15-9 are
;
4
JETS (T)
and Marie Akiyama; the . 191.
to a rejuvenated Christ Church Kosaka,
:
6
1
Runner-up Dick Mitsunaga of
BARONS (T)
1011/2 QUEEN ST. W.
whom the “A’s” had trounced by men, Michi Ashikawa, Mus Toyo
H-Hamilton,
T-Toronto.
Dreamers
hit
674-269
to
help
Phone
the same score in the loop opener. ta, Gabby Inamoto and Ralph
In
a
game
marred
by
keep
his
team
in
first
place.
High
WA. 6953
The outcome of the
Christ Church, with a record of Horiuchi.
44-82
Barons
singles
for
the
day
were
carded
Jets
overpowered
For
Pick-up
and Delivery
three straight losses, smothered first inter-city match between
of All
Church
by
Iwamoto
295,
Mitsunaga
269
on
Jan.
21,
at
the
the Nisei attack in every depart the cities will be eagerly await
and Happy Taniwa 253.
Nations gym. At h'alftime. Bar
ment including the usually strong ed.
In the ladies class, Rosa Baba ons led 1S-17 but in the second
mixed doubles where the “A’s”
In Hamilton, If«
period, they lost four players via
could salvage only five out of 12 ■ Chairman of Taber ICCA of Happy Gangs hit the high
personals and also lost the game.
TABER, Alta. — Tak Kano triple with 529-190. Betty Konna
games.
There were 44 personal calls of
Two successive losses in two was elected to the chairmanship of Hot Shots followed with 484which the Barons claimed 26.
weeks have toppled the team from of the Taber JCCA at its recent 183. High single bowlers were
CHOP SUEY HOUSE
Mike Nagata and Ted Naka
league leadership into second general meeting held for the Chiyo Inaba and Kay Mitsunaga
mura. spurked Jets with 15 and
21 JOHN ST. NORTH
"spot. However, the Niseis will be ' purpose of choosing officers for 204, and Hayami Nishimura 198.
13
points
respectively,
while
Dick
definitely in the playoffs since I the current year.
Aoki and Carl Uchikura, with
For Fine Chinese Food
they have chalked up a loss J
eight apiece, were the Barons
- against the ultimate champs, St.
Facilities for
top scorers.
\ Clements.
PARTIES & BANQUETS
In the second game, Aki Furu
A loss to Trinity on Jan. 26
kawa broke through for two
’will mean a home-and-home playpoints just before the final
off with Christ Church and a
whistle to give Stags an overtime
playoff with St. Clements for the
Battle
For
Second
Spot
39-37 victory over TNT. At the
8 0
MUSTANGS
A
, championship. Capt. Tanaka has
end of regulation time, the score
In
Toronto
Five-Pin
4
4
asked the following to be on
AGES
was tied at. 33-all. Terry Kameoka
hand: Kay Ogaki, Emy Kitamu
2 6
REBELS
In the Toronto Nisei Major with 11 and Tak Yoshida with 8
ra, Chiz Fukusaka, Chiyo Take2 6
Bowling Loop race, Takeda In paced the Stags’ attack. For the
CHRIST SAYS —
f
WHIZZ KIDS
1 - da, Toki Yonemitsu, Teiko Kishi
surance recorded the only shut TNT, Ron Kitazaki’s 10 and
With two-thirds of the 1949- out, blanking Freedman’s 7-0, on
moto, Junji Ikeno, Ken Fukusaka,
“If your brother trespass }
Frank Idenouye’s 6 were the best,
- Frank and Matt Matsui and Luke 50 schedule of the Toronto Nisei Jan. 20, at the Spadina Bowling
On Sat. Jan. 28, TNT and Jets A
Senior Basketball League com- Alleys.
against you, rebuke him and ♦
Tanabe.
will journey to Hamilton. A bus
have
assured
pleted, Mustangs
Yamada’s, Queen City, Urabe will leave Queen and Spadina at i if he repents, forgive him.”
J
Tats Harada and the “B” team
i
themselves of a playoff position.
Insurance, Danforth Cleaners, 4 p.m. Anyone interested in going I
came up with a thumping 15-9
The Aces, who occupy second
and Best Cleaners beat Variety to Hamilton should contact Tosh
win over Bloor United, highlight
place, are the only team with
Grill, OK Cleaners, Star Clean Ogaki PR 1059 or Mits Kuroda
ed by the surprising showing of
the mathematical chance of gain
ers, Team Nine, and Sora Con RA. 7104. ____________
Tom Nobuoka who came up with
ing a tie with the leaders.
structions, respectively, 5-2.
a four win record in his debut as
On Feb. 28, starting from 7
However,
such
a
possibility
is
a league player. Teaming with
As a result of the night’s p.m., at the Hamilton First
Decorators, Plasterers
Fuzzy Fujiwara, they swept the very slim, as Aces must win all action, OK Cleaners still cling to United Church, the Alphas and
and
men’s and with Ayako Naruse, four of their remaining games, first place with 87 pts. Trailing I the Angels will play hosts to the
Stucco
Works
cleaned up the mixed. Terry Fu while the unbeaten Mustangs behind are Urabe Insurance, visiting Toronto TNT and Jets.
jioka, also playing her first must lose their games.
Yamada’s and Takeda Insurance A dance will be held at the Bud
Rebels and the Whizz Kids are who are tied with 81 pts. for sec Fisher Hotel, on the corner of
league match, had a perfect re
KANSHIRO OMOTO
cord, sweeping the ladies with fighting for the last playoff berth ond place.
Park and York Sts., following
219 Dunlevy Ave.,
Dot Shoji and scoring a doubles and anticipating a little, it ap
High score chalked up for the the games from 9 to 12 p.m.
Vancouver, B. C.
pears that the team which will
win with Paul Toyonaga.
night was H. Matsumoto’s 788- Admission is 50 cents per person,
have to sit it out during the play
Phone MArine 3459
Roy offs will not be decided until the 326. Others were T. Fujioka 788- admittance from York St. en
FEATHER
BANTER:
trance
only.
287,
K.
Kuroda
733-282,
H.
Iida
Shin, Gus Hirano, Oscar Hata- final game of the season.
733-281, and J. Takeda 715-293.
shita, Junji Ikeno, Ike Matsuo,
In the individual scoring race,
Ken Sugamori and Emy Kita
For Tasty Chinese Dishes
Herby Miyasaki has virtually
mura will be on hand at the T
clinched the honors, having amas Hamilton Jr. Quintets
Dine With Your Friends at
& D Tourney. The locals who
sed a 56-point lead over his near
will invade Hamilton on Jan. 27
est rival Aki Hayashi, of the Plan Toronto Invasion
are Edzy Tsujimoto, Fuzzy Fuji
HAMILTON. — On Feb. 4, the
wara,. George Omura, Tad Goto, Aces.
TORONTO, ONT.
21-A ELIZABETH ST.
Scoring
leaders
are
H.
Miyasa
Hamilton junior basketball quin
Paul Toyonaga, Shoji Takahashi,
Phone ELuin 7698
Chick Yanagisawa, Terry Fujioka. ki (Mustangs) 143, A. Hayashi tets, the league-leading Alphas
(Aces)
87,
Ken
Miyasaki
(Mus
and
the
up-andcoming
Angels,
Marie Yatabe, Sachi Kagetsu,
tangs)
77,
Yuki
Kameoka will make their fourth invasion
HBSH
Ruby Morita and Sachi Nakai.
The Toronto-Montreal match (Whizz Kids) 75, George Hirano into Toronto. The Alphas will
attempt to keep their win streak
is to be held at the spacious 3- (Aces) 73.
intact while the Angels will bat
tle for third slot in loop stand
—FOR SALE—
ings.
Fans are advised that the char
tered bus will leave the terminal
at 2:30 p.m. sharp. All wishing
Well Established, Several Stores
Have Your Furnace Examined Free of Charge
to make the trip will be request
and Trucks, Property Optional
ed to make an advance payment
By Our Heating Experts
of
75
cents
and
reservations
may
Price — $59,000
be made by contacting Junk Fu
kumoto 3-9028 or Ken Tamane
OIL BURNERS
Write
$
4-9530. Deadline is Wed., Feb. 1.
Box 11, The New Canadian
0. K. CLEANERS
LUCK INH
Mustangs Assured Of First Place; H. Miyasaki
Running Away In Scoring, Aki Hayashi Second
TOGO PAINTERS
CATHAY GARDEN
s
FUMI
RE-BUILT $ 10
DRY GLEANING BUSINESS
The St. Christopher Nisei Girls
present
Agent
BASKETBALL DANCE
Saturday, Jan. 28, 1950
at the
St. Christopher House
67 Wales Ave., Toronto
Dancing, 8 to 12
LOOT®
Admission, 50c
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Dow?:
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Hamilton
3114 DUNDAS ST. W.
MU. 9933—MA. 6178—KE. 6662
Residence:
59 Oxford St., — Tel.' 7-1960
JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVE — MTTS GOTO
THE NEW CANADIAN
Wednesday. Jan. 25, 1950
‘A’ Squad Trounced In Badminton Fixture,
Locals To Joust With Hamilton, Montreal
T. Iwamoto, R. Baba
Roll High Triples
Unbeaten Alphas
had Junior Pack
P 0 RIRA 11 • COMMERCIAL • COLOUR
TOWSU STUDIO
FORT
WILLIAM,
Ont. —
HUUHS Bl S^< / ^’^z7<*’
Tommy Iwamoto of second place
W L
squad
of
the
All
Nacourt
gym
of
McGill
University
The
Hot Shots was the top bowler in
6 0
ALPHAS (H)
Feb. 11. Some of the Mon
tions entry in the Inter-Church on
।
2
Bowling
P S »■ 11 5 S I
•
I ? t tf« I C
the Lakehead
ladies who should give the
Badminton League slipped a cog treal
•
League with the high triple of
STAGS (T)
in their quest for the champion Torontonians stiff competition 702 from singles of 295, 216, and
■>
4
.^NGELS (H)
Elizabeth Yamashita, Shiz
ship when they went down 15-9 are
;
4
JETS (T)
and Marie Akiyama; the . 191.
to a rejuvenated Christ Church Kosaka,
:
6
1
Runner-up Dick Mitsunaga of
BARONS (T)
1011/2 QUEEN ST. W.
whom the “A’s” had trounced by men, Michi Ashikawa, Mus Toyo
H-Hamilton,
T-Toronto.
Dreamers
hit
674-269
to
help
Phone
the same score in the loop opener. ta, Gabby Inamoto and Ralph
In
a
game
marred
by
keep
his
team
in
first
place.
High
WA. 6953
The outcome of the
Christ Church, with a record of Horiuchi.
44-82
Barons
singles
for
the
day
were
carded
Jets
overpowered
For
Pick-up
and Delivery
three straight losses, smothered first inter-city match between
of All
Church
by
Iwamoto
295,
Mitsunaga
269
on
Jan.
21,
at
the
the Nisei attack in every depart the cities will be eagerly await
and Happy Taniwa 253.
Nations gym. At h'alftime. Bar
ment including the usually strong ed.
In the ladies class, Rosa Baba ons led 1S-17 but in the second
mixed doubles where the “A’s”
In Hamilton, If«
period, they lost four players via
could salvage only five out of 12 ■ Chairman of Taber ICCA of Happy Gangs hit the high
personals and also lost the game.
TABER, Alta. — Tak Kano triple with 529-190. Betty Konna
games.
There were 44 personal calls of
Two successive losses in two was elected to the chairmanship of Hot Shots followed with 484which the Barons claimed 26.
weeks have toppled the team from of the Taber JCCA at its recent 183. High single bowlers were
CHOP SUEY HOUSE
Mike Nagata and Ted Naka
league leadership into second general meeting held for the Chiyo Inaba and Kay Mitsunaga
mura. spurked Jets with 15 and
21 JOHN ST. NORTH
"spot. However, the Niseis will be ' purpose of choosing officers for 204, and Hayami Nishimura 198.
13
points
respectively,
while
Dick
definitely in the playoffs since I the current year.
Aoki and Carl Uchikura, with
For Fine Chinese Food
they have chalked up a loss J
eight apiece, were the Barons
- against the ultimate champs, St.
Facilities for
top scorers.
\ Clements.
PARTIES & BANQUETS
In the second game, Aki Furu
A loss to Trinity on Jan. 26
kawa broke through for two
’will mean a home-and-home playpoints just before the final
off with Christ Church and a
whistle to give Stags an overtime
playoff with St. Clements for the
Battle
For
Second
Spot
39-37 victory over TNT. At the
8 0
MUSTANGS
A
, championship. Capt. Tanaka has
end of regulation time, the score
In
Toronto
Five-Pin
4
4
asked the following to be on
AGES
was tied at. 33-all. Terry Kameoka
hand: Kay Ogaki, Emy Kitamu
2 6
REBELS
In the Toronto Nisei Major with 11 and Tak Yoshida with 8
ra, Chiz Fukusaka, Chiyo Take2 6
Bowling Loop race, Takeda In paced the Stags’ attack. For the
CHRIST SAYS —
f
WHIZZ KIDS
1 - da, Toki Yonemitsu, Teiko Kishi
surance recorded the only shut TNT, Ron Kitazaki’s 10 and
With two-thirds of the 1949- out, blanking Freedman’s 7-0, on
moto, Junji Ikeno, Ken Fukusaka,
“If your brother trespass }
Frank Idenouye’s 6 were the best,
- Frank and Matt Matsui and Luke 50 schedule of the Toronto Nisei Jan. 20, at the Spadina Bowling
On Sat. Jan. 28, TNT and Jets A
Senior Basketball League com- Alleys.
against you, rebuke him and ♦
Tanabe.
will journey to Hamilton. A bus
have
assured
pleted, Mustangs
Yamada’s, Queen City, Urabe will leave Queen and Spadina at i if he repents, forgive him.”
J
Tats Harada and the “B” team
i
themselves of a playoff position.
Insurance, Danforth Cleaners, 4 p.m. Anyone interested in going I
came up with a thumping 15-9
The Aces, who occupy second
and Best Cleaners beat Variety to Hamilton should contact Tosh
win over Bloor United, highlight
place, are the only team with
Grill, OK Cleaners, Star Clean Ogaki PR 1059 or Mits Kuroda
ed by the surprising showing of
the mathematical chance of gain
ers, Team Nine, and Sora Con RA. 7104. ____________
Tom Nobuoka who came up with
ing a tie with the leaders.
structions, respectively, 5-2.
a four win record in his debut as
On Feb. 28, starting from 7
However,
such
a
possibility
is
a league player. Teaming with
As a result of the night’s p.m., at the Hamilton First
Decorators, Plasterers
Fuzzy Fujiwara, they swept the very slim, as Aces must win all action, OK Cleaners still cling to United Church, the Alphas and
and
men’s and with Ayako Naruse, four of their remaining games, first place with 87 pts. Trailing I the Angels will play hosts to the
Stucco
Works
cleaned up the mixed. Terry Fu while the unbeaten Mustangs behind are Urabe Insurance, visiting Toronto TNT and Jets.
jioka, also playing her first must lose their games.
Yamada’s and Takeda Insurance A dance will be held at the Bud
Rebels and the Whizz Kids are who are tied with 81 pts. for sec Fisher Hotel, on the corner of
league match, had a perfect re
KANSHIRO OMOTO
cord, sweeping the ladies with fighting for the last playoff berth ond place.
Park and York Sts., following
219 Dunlevy Ave.,
Dot Shoji and scoring a doubles and anticipating a little, it ap
High score chalked up for the the games from 9 to 12 p.m.
Vancouver, B. C.
pears that the team which will
win with Paul Toyonaga.
night was H. Matsumoto’s 788- Admission is 50 cents per person,
have to sit it out during the play
Phone MArine 3459
Roy offs will not be decided until the 326. Others were T. Fujioka 788- admittance from York St. en
FEATHER
BANTER:
trance
only.
287,
K.
Kuroda
733-282,
H.
Iida
Shin, Gus Hirano, Oscar Hata- final game of the season.
733-281, and J. Takeda 715-293.
shita, Junji Ikeno, Ike Matsuo,
In the individual scoring race,
Ken Sugamori and Emy Kita
For Tasty Chinese Dishes
Herby Miyasaki has virtually
mura will be on hand at the T
clinched the honors, having amas Hamilton Jr. Quintets
Dine With Your Friends at
& D Tourney. The locals who
sed a 56-point lead over his near
will invade Hamilton on Jan. 27
est rival Aki Hayashi, of the Plan Toronto Invasion
are Edzy Tsujimoto, Fuzzy Fuji
HAMILTON. — On Feb. 4, the
wara,. George Omura, Tad Goto, Aces.
TORONTO, ONT.
21-A ELIZABETH ST.
Scoring
leaders
are
H.
Miyasa
Hamilton junior basketball quin
Paul Toyonaga, Shoji Takahashi,
Phone ELuin 7698
Chick Yanagisawa, Terry Fujioka. ki (Mustangs) 143, A. Hayashi tets, the league-leading Alphas
(Aces)
87,
Ken
Miyasaki
(Mus
and
the
up-andcoming
Angels,
Marie Yatabe, Sachi Kagetsu,
tangs)
77,
Yuki
Kameoka will make their fourth invasion
HBSH
Ruby Morita and Sachi Nakai.
The Toronto-Montreal match (Whizz Kids) 75, George Hirano into Toronto. The Alphas will
attempt to keep their win streak
is to be held at the spacious 3- (Aces) 73.
intact while the Angels will bat
tle for third slot in loop stand
—FOR SALE—
ings.
Fans are advised that the char
tered bus will leave the terminal
at 2:30 p.m. sharp. All wishing
Well Established, Several Stores
Have Your Furnace Examined Free of Charge
to make the trip will be request
and Trucks, Property Optional
ed to make an advance payment
By Our Heating Experts
of
75
cents
and
reservations
may
Price — $59,000
be made by contacting Junk Fu
kumoto 3-9028 or Ken Tamane
OIL BURNERS
Write
$
4-9530. Deadline is Wed., Feb. 1.
Box 11, The New Canadian
0. K. CLEANERS
LUCK INH
Mustangs Assured Of First Place; H. Miyasaki
Running Away In Scoring, Aki Hayashi Second
TOGO PAINTERS
CATHAY GARDEN
s
FUMI
RE-BUILT $ 10
DRY GLEANING BUSINESS
The St. Christopher Nisei Girls
present
Agent
BASKETBALL DANCE
Saturday, Jan. 28, 1950
at the
St. Christopher House
67 Wales Ave., Toronto
Dancing, 8 to 12
LOOT®
Admission, 50c
MONARCH LIFE
ASSURANCE CO.
*37 50
Dow?:
Beach All-
Steel
Furnaces
CARTER FURNACE COMPANY
66 King St. E., — Tel. 2-2594
Hamilton
3114 DUNDAS ST. W.
MU. 9933—MA. 6178—KE. 6662
Residence:
59 Oxford St., — Tel.' 7-1960
JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVE — MTTS GOTO
Page 8
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1950
THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE EIGHT
A NIPPON NOTEBOOK
By MITSU YASUDA
It’s nice to have friends.
They have a. rare and wonder
ful place called the International
Press Club across the street from
MacArthur’s headquarters. There
newspapermen from all over
gather, and when they get a
little high, they begin to sing
rare and wonderful songs, par
ticularly the Japanese journal
ists. Perhaps it’s a good thing
we don’t understand too much
Japanese.
But then, the Japanese are, on
the ■whole, weak drinkers. A
group of us was invited to a suki
yaki party once where most of
the hosts were former military
men—a Naval colonel, an Army
captain, a couple of former con
suls, a major—all supposedly
hard drinkers.
Everybody is familial* with
the “Kampai” or chug-a-lug pro
cedure of all Japanese parties,
and what was being passed
around was Suntory whisky, a
native drink that isn’t as potent
as its American counterpart. Our
hosts were sitting in a line fac
ing us over the low Japanese
tables.
The geisha girls made
their rounds with their sake-cups,
and it didn’t take very long be
fore bang, bang, bang, bang . . .
and every one of our hosts had
passed out on us.
Thby were good enough, at
least, to feed us before they
knocked themselves out. But we,
sitting across them still as sober
as a platter of cold rice, were
caught at best, in a somewhat
peculiar situation. We didn’t
know quite how to make a grace
ful exit, so just stepped over
their happy faces and went
home.
We enjoyed listening to their
profuse apologies the next morn
ing.
Some of our student friends
invited us to see a basketball
game of the Big Six League. The
competing teams were Waseda
and Keio.
Tokyo (former Im
perial), Nippon, Rikkyo, and
Chuo universities make up the
rest of the league.
First, the teams of all the
universities Marched solemnly
out, bowed to each other, and
marched back. We noticed that
all the cheer-leaders were men,
and the audience was still largely
masculine. We don’t profess to
know much about ball, but it
seemed to us that both pro and
amateur teams play fast, defen
sive ball. The umpire was still a
man to be respected, and his de
cisions were never questioned.
We were told about how base
ball nearly became extinct dur
ing the war. In accord with the
government ban on anything
American, orders went out that
MICKEY S. SATO
Agent
CROWN LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Office: 21 Dundas Square
Phone AD-0076-7
Res.: 526 Manning Avenue
TORONTO, ONT.
Res. ME. 6072
English words like “Out” and
“Safe” in basketball were to be
substituted for Japanese words.
They made a brave effort to leap
to their feet and shout. “Dameda” or “Anzen” but somehow,
they said, it fell flat.
We took in a hockey game
too, between Keio and Waseda.
For no reason that we could
actually explain, we singled out
one player on the Keio team and
said, “Bet that fellow’s a Nisei.”
And we were right. He was a
stranded
Canadian
attending
Keio. Funny how Nisei look dif
ferent somehow, even among
Japanese.
How well we remember the
long queues of customers in front
of the theaters when the first
movie with a kissing scene in it,
played. The movie company, we
insist, perpetrated a great fraud,
timed exactly with a fluttering
cherry blossom blocking the lens,
inasmuch as the embrace was
with an immediate fade-out fol
lowing.
*
Movie posters dominate all the
billboards and telephone poles in
downtown Tokyo, but one espe
cially, caught our eye. This one
was a brazen (in Japan, anyway)
18 x 36 poster of a man and wo
man in a passionate kiss. This
too, would have passed us un
noticed, had it not been for the
fact that the couple was a samu
rai twosome, definitely in- the
Tokugawa era. Now it’s not for
us to say that osculation was not
an established private institution
in Japan for centuries, who
knows ? . . . but just the same,
the picture looked strangely in
congruous.
*
*
*
•
Japan is quite movie-struck.
Young Japanese friends used to
come and tell us how they went
to see such and such an Ameri
can movie, and (though it was
mid-winter and the theater unheated), how freely they perspir
ed and how clammy their hands
became when our* American
screen players went into torrid
clinches.
They have their screeching
bobby-soxers too. Only they
swoon not so much for the male
actors, but for the women (like
the Takarazuka girls), who por
tray men. It might make an in
teresting behavior study for
some psychology student.
*
*
*
Everybody knows that General
MacArthur leaves the Dai Ichi
building at 2 o’clock every after
noon for a brief break until his
return in the evening. Every
day for four years now, a crowd
has been gathering at the main
entrance to see him come out.
Now winter are cold, cold in
Tokyo.
For protection against
catching colds, the Japanese peo
ple wear little squares of cheese
cloth
strapped around
their
mouths, in the same manner
blindfolds are tied around eyes.
Better Serine
Tastier Food
CHUNGKING CHOP SUEY
New Private Room Upstairs
For reservations phone TR 0851 or WA 9974
Manager: David Kong — (Residence) Phone: HO. 4033
11 Elizabeth St.
—
Toronto. Ont
Students From Japan
Invited To NSC Social
SOCIAL CALENDAR
The Nisei Students’ Club is
JANUARY
undertaking a project to provide
27—Toronto. Young
Married
social functions for those stud
Couples Group January meet
ents from Japan who are at pre
ing, at Metropolitan Church.
sent studying in Toronto. They
are holding a club social for 27—Kamloops. Fourth Annual
Provincial B. C. JCCA Con
these students on Jan. 27 at the
vention, in Blue Room of Pla
University Settlement, 15 Grange
za Hotel. (Jan. 27, 28, 29.)
Rd., at 8 p.m. This will be an
27
—
Montreal: Montreal Nisei
experiment to see how the pro
Fellowship meeting, at Church
ject will work.
of All Nations, 8 p.m.
As invited guests these stud 27—Hamilton. Sophy-Ed Club
ents will not be charged admis
meeting, at Board Room of
sion; The admission fee for
YMCA, 8 p.m.
members and other students will 27—Toronto. U. of T. Nisei Stu
be 25c and 35c respectively.
dents’ Club Social for Stu
dents from Japan. University
The hosts for the evening, the
Settlement House, 15 Grange
faculties of Medicine -and Den
Ave., 8 p.m.
tistry, will be putting on some
28
—
Toronto.
St.
Christopher
form of entertainment. Repre
Nisei Girls Basketball Dance,
sentatives of the University Set
St. Christopher House, 67
tlement House will be present to
Wales,
8-12.
assist.
28—Hamilton. Junior Basketball
Dance, at Bud Fisher Hotel,
SOPHY-ED CLUB MEETING
corner Park and York Sts.,
HAMILTON.
The next
9-12 p.m.
meeting of the Sophy-Ed Club
FEBRUARY
will be held on Friday, Jan. 27,
starting at 8 p.m. The commit 3—Toronto, Nisei Vets Dance in
aid to Children’s Hospital.
tee has planned a. surprise night
Central YMCA auditorium,
and all members and visitors are
College at Yonge, 8 to 12.
requested to bring their pens to
10—Montreal.
Montreal Nisei
the Board Room of the YMCA.
Fellowship movie night, at St.
The regular Sunday night pro
Mark’s Church, 6775 De St.
gram at the YMCA will be in
Vallier St., 8 p.m.
charge of the Sophy-Ed Club on 10—Toronto. U. of T. Nisei Stu
Jan. 29. An interesting program
dents’ Club Valentine Dance,
which will begin with films, has
at Polish Alliance Hall, 62
been arranged and all Hamilton
Claremont, 9 p.m.
Niseis are invited to attend and 14—Toronto. Toronto YBS Val
enjoy an evening of fellowship
entine Dance,
at Labour
with the Hamilton YMCA.
Lyceum, 8:30 p.m.
CLASSIFIED SECTION
FEMALE HELP WANTED
TWO GIRLS, general factory
work. Apply 155 George St., second floor, Toronto.______________
GIRL for part-time work in
grocery store.
Apply Furuya
Co., 381 Spadina Ave., Toronto.
BILL TAKEDA
General Insurance
Phone GL-8077
86 GAMBLE AVE.
Toronto, Ont.
Automobile, Fire, Burglary,
Life, Accident & Sickness, etc.
MONARCH
LIFE
and
GENERAL INSURANCE
JOE T. OIKAWA
Telephone: 1241Y1
P.O. BOX 182
KAMLOOPS, B.C.
T. Kobayashi
Agent
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY OF CANADA
Box 149
Kamloops, B.C.
Chop Suey House
92-A Elizabeth St., Toronto
BANQUETS AND FAMILY
DINNERS
Hours: 12 Noon to 4 a.m.
Reservations: EL. 9035
S. Shinobu
20 Years of Experienced
Service
198 Albany Ave. Toronto
Phone: Home, LA. 9332
Office, EL. 1315
MANUFACTURERS LIFE
Insurance Company
HELP WANTED
GIRL OR BOY for dry clean
ing and laundry office, phone
RA. 8316, Toronto.______________
Residence:
ELgin 0508
2 Vesta Drive
JAPANESE Canadian couple,
MAfair 1365.
pleasant
working
conditions,
family of three.
Phone Port
Andrew E. McKague,
Credit
3536, Port Credit, Ont.
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary
FOR RENT
INTELLIGENT YOUTH for
Public.
2 LARGE ROOMS, front up- shipping. Apply 155 George St.,
201
Northern
Ontario Bldg.
stairs. Hot water at all times, second floor, Toronto.
330 Bay St.
suitable for working people.
(Corner Adelaide & Bay Sts.)
Phone MU. 5829, Toronto.
DOMESTIC HELP WANTED
TORONTO
COUPLE to take complete
PROPERTY FOR SALE
TWO ADJOINING FARMS of charge of fine home, opportuni
Diamond Engagement
over two acres each. All cleared ties for experienced cook and but
References
re
suitable for vegetable or straw ler-houseman.
Rings, Birthstones
This
berry farming in Strawberry quired, other help kept.
And
Jewellery . . .
Hill district on paved Newton position will appeal to a capable
Rolex,
Elgin and Hamilton
Rd., 7 miles from New West couple interested in a good home
Watches
minster.
Electricity,
phone, and excellent salary. Apply HU.
Community and International
water. Busses to town by door, 1903 before 5 p.m., Toronto.
Silverware
also school bus, feed and grocery
Prompt Attention to Mail
JAPANESE GIRL or boy for
delivery.
o
Order Repairs
cooking and housew’ork, adult
When in Chinatown—It will
One place has new stucco 4- family of 3. Mrs. Fyfe Smith,
pay you to visit us
room house, new chicken bam 6263 Carnarvon St., telephone
and out-buildings. Price S3,200. KE. 0118, Vancouver, B. C.
Other place, an older 3-room
Watchmakers & Jewellers
house, chicken bam and out
55 ELIZABETH STREET
PATRONIZE
building.
Price $3,000 or both
EL. 5810
TORONTO
OUR ADVERTISERS
places for $5,500. By owner, H.
Sailor, cor. Newton & Westernman Rd., R. R. No. 6, New West
minster.
Quick, Quality Service
LOWE BROS.
At the first frost, the population
broke out in the strange, but
sensible, covering. It stands to
reason then, that that first day
of winter found a good percentoge of the crowd waiting outside
the Dai Ichi building, wearing
these cheesecloth gags.
Some wag told a Stateside
newcomer
those people
wearing them were members of
a newly organized General MacArthur cult, and that those gags
were their badges of identifica
tion. The story caught like wild
fire, and both the Japanese and '
Allied public got a good chuckle
out of it. —PACIFIC CITIZEN >
DANFORTH CLEANERS
Toronto, Ontario
Nine Stores to Serve You
300 Jones Avenue .......
270 Danforth Avenue ..
1010 Shaw Street ........
1432 Danforth Avenue
558 Dundas W....... ... .......
2156 Queen St. E...........
1218 Kingston Road __
2116 Danforth Avenue
700 Pape Avenue _____
- Saul S. Kadonaga
Phone GL. 5481
Phone GL. 6774
Phone LA. 9203
Phone GL. 2052
Phone WA. 6698
— Phone OX. 8825
.... Phone ox. 8682
— Phone GR. 7275
... Phone GE. 1223
THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE EIGHT
A NIPPON NOTEBOOK
By MITSU YASUDA
It’s nice to have friends.
They have a. rare and wonder
ful place called the International
Press Club across the street from
MacArthur’s headquarters. There
newspapermen from all over
gather, and when they get a
little high, they begin to sing
rare and wonderful songs, par
ticularly the Japanese journal
ists. Perhaps it’s a good thing
we don’t understand too much
Japanese.
But then, the Japanese are, on
the ■whole, weak drinkers. A
group of us was invited to a suki
yaki party once where most of
the hosts were former military
men—a Naval colonel, an Army
captain, a couple of former con
suls, a major—all supposedly
hard drinkers.
Everybody is familial* with
the “Kampai” or chug-a-lug pro
cedure of all Japanese parties,
and what was being passed
around was Suntory whisky, a
native drink that isn’t as potent
as its American counterpart. Our
hosts were sitting in a line fac
ing us over the low Japanese
tables.
The geisha girls made
their rounds with their sake-cups,
and it didn’t take very long be
fore bang, bang, bang, bang . . .
and every one of our hosts had
passed out on us.
Thby were good enough, at
least, to feed us before they
knocked themselves out. But we,
sitting across them still as sober
as a platter of cold rice, were
caught at best, in a somewhat
peculiar situation. We didn’t
know quite how to make a grace
ful exit, so just stepped over
their happy faces and went
home.
We enjoyed listening to their
profuse apologies the next morn
ing.
Some of our student friends
invited us to see a basketball
game of the Big Six League. The
competing teams were Waseda
and Keio.
Tokyo (former Im
perial), Nippon, Rikkyo, and
Chuo universities make up the
rest of the league.
First, the teams of all the
universities Marched solemnly
out, bowed to each other, and
marched back. We noticed that
all the cheer-leaders were men,
and the audience was still largely
masculine. We don’t profess to
know much about ball, but it
seemed to us that both pro and
amateur teams play fast, defen
sive ball. The umpire was still a
man to be respected, and his de
cisions were never questioned.
We were told about how base
ball nearly became extinct dur
ing the war. In accord with the
government ban on anything
American, orders went out that
MICKEY S. SATO
Agent
CROWN LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Office: 21 Dundas Square
Phone AD-0076-7
Res.: 526 Manning Avenue
TORONTO, ONT.
Res. ME. 6072
English words like “Out” and
“Safe” in basketball were to be
substituted for Japanese words.
They made a brave effort to leap
to their feet and shout. “Dameda” or “Anzen” but somehow,
they said, it fell flat.
We took in a hockey game
too, between Keio and Waseda.
For no reason that we could
actually explain, we singled out
one player on the Keio team and
said, “Bet that fellow’s a Nisei.”
And we were right. He was a
stranded
Canadian
attending
Keio. Funny how Nisei look dif
ferent somehow, even among
Japanese.
How well we remember the
long queues of customers in front
of the theaters when the first
movie with a kissing scene in it,
played. The movie company, we
insist, perpetrated a great fraud,
timed exactly with a fluttering
cherry blossom blocking the lens,
inasmuch as the embrace was
with an immediate fade-out fol
lowing.
*
Movie posters dominate all the
billboards and telephone poles in
downtown Tokyo, but one espe
cially, caught our eye. This one
was a brazen (in Japan, anyway)
18 x 36 poster of a man and wo
man in a passionate kiss. This
too, would have passed us un
noticed, had it not been for the
fact that the couple was a samu
rai twosome, definitely in- the
Tokugawa era. Now it’s not for
us to say that osculation was not
an established private institution
in Japan for centuries, who
knows ? . . . but just the same,
the picture looked strangely in
congruous.
*
*
*
•
Japan is quite movie-struck.
Young Japanese friends used to
come and tell us how they went
to see such and such an Ameri
can movie, and (though it was
mid-winter and the theater unheated), how freely they perspir
ed and how clammy their hands
became when our* American
screen players went into torrid
clinches.
They have their screeching
bobby-soxers too. Only they
swoon not so much for the male
actors, but for the women (like
the Takarazuka girls), who por
tray men. It might make an in
teresting behavior study for
some psychology student.
*
*
*
Everybody knows that General
MacArthur leaves the Dai Ichi
building at 2 o’clock every after
noon for a brief break until his
return in the evening. Every
day for four years now, a crowd
has been gathering at the main
entrance to see him come out.
Now winter are cold, cold in
Tokyo.
For protection against
catching colds, the Japanese peo
ple wear little squares of cheese
cloth
strapped around
their
mouths, in the same manner
blindfolds are tied around eyes.
Better Serine
Tastier Food
CHUNGKING CHOP SUEY
New Private Room Upstairs
For reservations phone TR 0851 or WA 9974
Manager: David Kong — (Residence) Phone: HO. 4033
11 Elizabeth St.
—
Toronto. Ont
Students From Japan
Invited To NSC Social
SOCIAL CALENDAR
The Nisei Students’ Club is
JANUARY
undertaking a project to provide
27—Toronto. Young
Married
social functions for those stud
Couples Group January meet
ents from Japan who are at pre
ing, at Metropolitan Church.
sent studying in Toronto. They
are holding a club social for 27—Kamloops. Fourth Annual
Provincial B. C. JCCA Con
these students on Jan. 27 at the
vention, in Blue Room of Pla
University Settlement, 15 Grange
za Hotel. (Jan. 27, 28, 29.)
Rd., at 8 p.m. This will be an
27
—
Montreal: Montreal Nisei
experiment to see how the pro
Fellowship meeting, at Church
ject will work.
of All Nations, 8 p.m.
As invited guests these stud 27—Hamilton. Sophy-Ed Club
ents will not be charged admis
meeting, at Board Room of
sion; The admission fee for
YMCA, 8 p.m.
members and other students will 27—Toronto. U. of T. Nisei Stu
be 25c and 35c respectively.
dents’ Club Social for Stu
dents from Japan. University
The hosts for the evening, the
Settlement House, 15 Grange
faculties of Medicine -and Den
Ave., 8 p.m.
tistry, will be putting on some
28
—
Toronto.
St.
Christopher
form of entertainment. Repre
Nisei Girls Basketball Dance,
sentatives of the University Set
St. Christopher House, 67
tlement House will be present to
Wales,
8-12.
assist.
28—Hamilton. Junior Basketball
Dance, at Bud Fisher Hotel,
SOPHY-ED CLUB MEETING
corner Park and York Sts.,
HAMILTON.
The next
9-12 p.m.
meeting of the Sophy-Ed Club
FEBRUARY
will be held on Friday, Jan. 27,
starting at 8 p.m. The commit 3—Toronto, Nisei Vets Dance in
aid to Children’s Hospital.
tee has planned a. surprise night
Central YMCA auditorium,
and all members and visitors are
College at Yonge, 8 to 12.
requested to bring their pens to
10—Montreal.
Montreal Nisei
the Board Room of the YMCA.
Fellowship movie night, at St.
The regular Sunday night pro
Mark’s Church, 6775 De St.
gram at the YMCA will be in
Vallier St., 8 p.m.
charge of the Sophy-Ed Club on 10—Toronto. U. of T. Nisei Stu
Jan. 29. An interesting program
dents’ Club Valentine Dance,
which will begin with films, has
at Polish Alliance Hall, 62
been arranged and all Hamilton
Claremont, 9 p.m.
Niseis are invited to attend and 14—Toronto. Toronto YBS Val
enjoy an evening of fellowship
entine Dance,
at Labour
with the Hamilton YMCA.
Lyceum, 8:30 p.m.
CLASSIFIED SECTION
FEMALE HELP WANTED
TWO GIRLS, general factory
work. Apply 155 George St., second floor, Toronto.______________
GIRL for part-time work in
grocery store.
Apply Furuya
Co., 381 Spadina Ave., Toronto.
BILL TAKEDA
General Insurance
Phone GL-8077
86 GAMBLE AVE.
Toronto, Ont.
Automobile, Fire, Burglary,
Life, Accident & Sickness, etc.
MONARCH
LIFE
and
GENERAL INSURANCE
JOE T. OIKAWA
Telephone: 1241Y1
P.O. BOX 182
KAMLOOPS, B.C.
T. Kobayashi
Agent
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY OF CANADA
Box 149
Kamloops, B.C.
Chop Suey House
92-A Elizabeth St., Toronto
BANQUETS AND FAMILY
DINNERS
Hours: 12 Noon to 4 a.m.
Reservations: EL. 9035
S. Shinobu
20 Years of Experienced
Service
198 Albany Ave. Toronto
Phone: Home, LA. 9332
Office, EL. 1315
MANUFACTURERS LIFE
Insurance Company
HELP WANTED
GIRL OR BOY for dry clean
ing and laundry office, phone
RA. 8316, Toronto.______________
Residence:
ELgin 0508
2 Vesta Drive
JAPANESE Canadian couple,
MAfair 1365.
pleasant
working
conditions,
family of three.
Phone Port
Andrew E. McKague,
Credit
3536, Port Credit, Ont.
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary
FOR RENT
INTELLIGENT YOUTH for
Public.
2 LARGE ROOMS, front up- shipping. Apply 155 George St.,
201
Northern
Ontario Bldg.
stairs. Hot water at all times, second floor, Toronto.
330 Bay St.
suitable for working people.
(Corner Adelaide & Bay Sts.)
Phone MU. 5829, Toronto.
DOMESTIC HELP WANTED
TORONTO
COUPLE to take complete
PROPERTY FOR SALE
TWO ADJOINING FARMS of charge of fine home, opportuni
Diamond Engagement
over two acres each. All cleared ties for experienced cook and but
References
re
suitable for vegetable or straw ler-houseman.
Rings, Birthstones
This
berry farming in Strawberry quired, other help kept.
And
Jewellery . . .
Hill district on paved Newton position will appeal to a capable
Rolex,
Elgin and Hamilton
Rd., 7 miles from New West couple interested in a good home
Watches
minster.
Electricity,
phone, and excellent salary. Apply HU.
Community and International
water. Busses to town by door, 1903 before 5 p.m., Toronto.
Silverware
also school bus, feed and grocery
Prompt Attention to Mail
JAPANESE GIRL or boy for
delivery.
o
Order Repairs
cooking and housew’ork, adult
When in Chinatown—It will
One place has new stucco 4- family of 3. Mrs. Fyfe Smith,
pay you to visit us
room house, new chicken bam 6263 Carnarvon St., telephone
and out-buildings. Price S3,200. KE. 0118, Vancouver, B. C.
Other place, an older 3-room
Watchmakers & Jewellers
house, chicken bam and out
55 ELIZABETH STREET
PATRONIZE
building.
Price $3,000 or both
EL. 5810
TORONTO
OUR ADVERTISERS
places for $5,500. By owner, H.
Sailor, cor. Newton & Westernman Rd., R. R. No. 6, New West
minster.
Quick, Quality Service
LOWE BROS.
At the first frost, the population
broke out in the strange, but
sensible, covering. It stands to
reason then, that that first day
of winter found a good percentoge of the crowd waiting outside
the Dai Ichi building, wearing
these cheesecloth gags.
Some wag told a Stateside
newcomer
those people
wearing them were members of
a newly organized General MacArthur cult, and that those gags
were their badges of identifica
tion. The story caught like wild
fire, and both the Japanese and '
Allied public got a good chuckle
out of it. —PACIFIC CITIZEN >
DANFORTH CLEANERS
Toronto, Ontario
Nine Stores to Serve You
300 Jones Avenue .......
270 Danforth Avenue ..
1010 Shaw Street ........
1432 Danforth Avenue
558 Dundas W....... ... .......
2156 Queen St. E...........
1218 Kingston Road __
2116 Danforth Avenue
700 Pape Avenue _____
- Saul S. Kadonaga
Phone GL. 5481
Phone GL. 6774
Phone LA. 9203
Phone GL. 2052
Phone WA. 6698
— Phone OX. 8825
.... Phone ox. 8682
— Phone GR. 7275
... Phone GE. 1223