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Vol. 14—No. 58
JULY
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THE WEEKLY HABIT
By TOYO TAKATA

j Kamloops Nisei Student B
.
1 G?ts High Matnc Mark Haps Japan

Peace Treatv
For Lack of Safeguard
Against Encroachment

\ ANCOUVER — A Nisei stu- !
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dent at Kamloops High School.
Aiko Hori of North Kamloops,'
Next week, a first will have ■ ny other Canadian town
been nicked into Toronto sports Whether it’s Halifax. Winnipeg j B. U, was one of the top senior
annals when two Negro ball­ or Coleman, Alta., the supported i matriculation winners in British
| Columbia when she achieved a
°PPotion is being voiced by the United Fishermen and
players will get into an Inter­
are interested in the abilitv of result of 87.6 percent.
Alhed
Mockers.
Union (UFAWU) over the proposed terms of the
national League game wearing ! the players. We think we can
Over 12.000 B. C. high school peace treaty with Japan. The UFAWU which includes a few hun­
the white flannels of the home say that generally speakin
the
students
wrote the junior and dred Japanese Canadian fishermen among its members, objects to
team. Although they appeared in sport fans of Canada are more
a pre-game warm-up in a Maple tolerant and much more of a senior matriculation exams, re­ the fact that the text of the treaty includes no guarantee that Ja­
Leaf uniform couple of Sundays true sport fan than those in the suits of which were made known pan will be restricted from fishing off the coast of B. C. and Alaska.
week. Ian Morley Duck who
Writing in The Fisherman, the
ago, they’ weren’t tested.
attended
Kamloops
organ
of the “organized fisher­
High
But there won’t be any- of
In the text of the treaty, the
Take, for instance, i:
the case won the honors as top : enior ma- men and shoreworkers’ of Bri­
that Cicero stuff here: not even of Jackie Robinson, the fi
trie student in B. C. with an tish Columbia,” Homer Stevens, clause referring to fishing “pro­
a mild furore will be raised when gro to crash the major leagues
vides that Japan promises to ne­
average of 94.9 percent
secretary-treasurer of the UFA­ gotiate with Canada and the
they take their places in the When Branch Rickey, then gen­
WU, charges that the State De­ U. S. after 'the signing of the
line-up. Although hockey and eral manager of the Brooklyn j 60 Coming from Asia
partment lias betrayed Canadian tieaty- on conservation of Pacific
football has a stronger following, Dodgers, decided to take a chance, Under Colombo Plan
| fishering interests by failing to fisheries.”
This gives no proToronto likes its baseball and what did he do ? He selected Mon­
OTTAWA — Two Pakistani provide for
an
assurance
from
tection
to
Canadian
fishing as it
will support a winning club. Fans treal as the city- to first try out educational officials arrived here
Japan
that
her
fishermen
will
does not
here aren’t worried about where Robinson. Dodgers have the bm- this week as the first of more
that Japanese
Hot
engage
in
fishing
off
Can
­
fishermen
will
not.
the ballplayers come from or gest farm system of the
encroach on
major than 60 delegates from various adian shores in the draft of the
waters
adjacent
who their ancestors were, so league teams a
to
Canadian
nd Robinson was Asiatic countries who are slated treat v.
shores,
long as they’re good ones.
Mr. Stevens charges.
sent to the only- Canadian farm to come to Canada to study- var­
Toronto’s pretty well fed up club in the Dodger chain and one ious aspects of Canadian techniwith the second-division patsies of the reasons behind that was tal and scholastic developments.
They will be guests of the
with glowing spring training re­ Montreal fans would have given
Canadian
Government under the
ports that they have been used him a better chance then say.
to getting during the past five Fort Worth, another- club in the technical co-operation program of
HOLLISTER, Calif. — A suit equipment, and mill, Yamanaka's
years. And if Negro players will Dodger system. So actually- it the Colombo plan. For the next filed in 1945 by- George Yama­ personal bank
account and varprovide a better club, then get was Montreal that was the first five weeks they will attend the naka, former owner of the Hollis­ ious securities.
them, say- Toronto ball fans. Organized Ball Club that first international summer seminar at ter Seed Co., against the United
The physical assets were sold
They even wrote letters to the accepted a Negro player in St. Alexander s Colleg’e near Ot- States Government has been
tawa.
by the Custodian in 1944.
editor calling for the management America’s national pastime.
settled for $30,000.
Government attorneys claimed
to sign them up.
Even now, in the International Signs Bill Restoring
The U.S. District Court award­ Yamanaka,
United States cit­
Toronto is no different from League, there are only three Liquor Sales License
ed Yamanaka the verdict which
izen,
did
not
have
valid title to
। clubs which are carrying Negros
A bill to returns the property- seized in the property.
They asserted his
| on their roster. And they’re Tor­ restore liquor sales licenses
to 1944 by- the Alien Property- Cus­ father, Joe G. Yamanaka, found­
onto, Montreal and Ottawa, the Japanese Americans whose per- todian.
er of the company, had trans­
only- three Canadian teams in the mits were revoked after the
Property- involved included the ferred the property’’ to his son as
league. They couldn’t dare place start of World War IT became company bank account, farm
a subterfuge to avoid confiscaone in Baltimore, another club in law when it was signed by Govlion.
VANCOUVER — The third the same circuit.
ernor Earl Warren.
was taken against licenses of
weekend in July- marked an an­
The elder Yamanaka returned
Gov. Warren said that the bill Japanese ancestry.”
In
fact,
none
of
the
15
Cananiversary of sorts.
to
Japan in 1941 after retiring.
was an “act of simple justice.”
d:an
cities
which
are
entered
in
1
he
State
Board
of
Equaliza
­
It was 29 years ago when the
“The purpose of this bill,” he tion reported that no more than Leaving the U.S. with a reentry
leagues (there are eight
sleek, white-hulled SS Empress OB
permit, he returned here in
teams
the Class C Provincial added, .“is to rectify- the sum­ 100 persons will be eligible for
°I Japan sailed through tire
1949. He is a survivor of the Hi­
would object to the I mary action without, cause which licenses under the measure.
Lions Gate and docked in Vanroshima atomic blast.
color or national origin of a I
couver for the last time.
Mio-Mura
player.
It was the end of an era that
On the other hand, only six of
started exactly 60 years ago
"hen the three famous old Em- the 16 major league cities have
I. C
rers in the line-up, and
Heises first went into service
between Vancouver, Yokohama some of the other teams could
Back in 1888, a young ship’s
the Fraser, a travel bureau and 40 tourist
certainly
use
them.
The
Dodgers
carpenter
named Gihei Kono He encouraged and assisted his
Hong Kong.
homes made out in western style.
and Giants, one-two in the Na­ landed in Vancouver. Todav.
as relatives, neighbors and friends
"hen the Empresses were beResidents and those who are
tional league are well studded, a result of his discovery- and en­
to cross the Pacific and partake still living abroad are so proud
lnf built in 1891, the Admiralty
while the Indians and the White
ered chat eight gun platforms Sox in the American league, place couragement, the village of Mio, in this rich sea harvest.
of their westernized village that
oe incorporated in their desi gm four out of six teams using Ne­ j a small fishing and farming
He was able to persuade the they go to extreme troubles to
“n that she be available as an gro players, in the first division. i community- of around a thousand majority- of the people of Mio maintain this such as paving
■ inhabitants, in Wakavama Pre^xuliary cruiser. A small arAnd the Browns have only re- [ fecture, is Japan's most western- to cross the Pacific, most of their roads and putting up homes
a. 01
navM guns was set cently added a colored player 1 ized little Mnimmit,those who migrated settling at and buildings in keeping with
Steveston. It’s even claimed that western ways.
readiness in Vancouver after being well mired in the cel- f
Hong Kong.
]ar.
j
The Tokyo Mainichi tells the only the Buddhist priest, the
And unlike Japanese rural
War came in 1914 and the old
' Ytory of this little village where village doctor and a few others communities, homes are equip­
1 hough it might be the na- ; ,

ped with proper plumbing and
'ij6^ °.
JaPan steamed out tion’s capitoI, we" can’t visualize I children call their parents Papa” were the only- ones left.
s
and

Mama

,
where
they
have
sanitary
equipment.
, kong with eight guns
Many of them after remaining
The people too are more fash­
L^ aIready had a proud for some time. And in the so- | paved roads and where western- in Canada for a number of years
styled
tables
and
beds
are
com
­
;w°r behind her, having set called friendly* city of Philadel­
returned to their home village ionably dressed than one ex­
mon
home
furniture
rather
than
ran?-Pacific record of 10 phia, the fans there are about
taking back with them. children pects of Japanese small towns.
To keep up this western ap­
Hours from Yokohama the most hostile towards Negro rarities. Among the people that who were born in Canada and
make
up
Mio
are
some
250
Nisei
'ancouver.
the influences of their Canadian pearance is a costly outlay, but
players in the majors.
and
Sansei
and
200
or
more
Issei
the village is aided by those who
e Express of China was
As far as sports go, Canadian who have lived in Canada or the living. Conversation in Mio to­
are still living abroad. Everyone
j
nIier striking the coral fans don’t worry about the an- ; U.S. whose influence has created day is interspersed with English
in Mio has some relative in Ca­
:
Tokyo harbour cestry of the athletes, they look J an isolated pocket of America words and phrases, such as “you”
and me,” and people calculate nada or the U.S. who are pour­
’. The Empress of India for the ones who are game and ;
in Asiatic Japan.
ing in monetary assistance. A
costs in “doru.”
I
, sn U-D a^er World War have the ability. In fact if they j
bank official estimates that in
When Kono came to Canada
I a!a?°n rigurehead was I have any prejudice, it’s leaning
Mio has become a unique show- 1951 about §200,000 will have
a st°ne .pedestal at I towards te ns composed of mi- more than 60 years ago, he soon place and
referred to as been sent by former residents of
a?-» Arch in Vancou- j norities a
hown in their sup- realized the grand opportunities “America-mura”. Because of this Mio back to aid those who are
for his fellow villagers in the it has become a tourist spot with
i port of Nisei baseball clubs
residing there at present.

California Nisei Wins
$30,000 Suit from Gov’t

Famous Ship Last
Seen 29 Years Ago

Japan’s Westernized Community

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PAGE SIX

Page 7

THE

SOCIAL CALENDAR
JULY
-Hamilton. Hamilton J CCA
and Kyowa Club’s Picnic,
near Ryckman’s Corner.

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PAGE SEVEN

442nd’s Best Friend
-in
ain

ie

^ner on the -house this Sunday around noon
a- >omnern ( tor dinner with my parents and

erSona

cross U n n c1 c i a

pathy lighting un
and a man's w'
turned upside dow

engagements
an hear
The
in marriage by her
. life. wa 1 unbelievingly. Then t.hev nodded
AUGUST
An unknown j unable to sneak a
i-law, Harry Kiuoshi° had neve
neda of Toronto, third daught
a
;—Toronto. — Nisei AYPA pic­
wide wore a yown of
That Sunday they came.
wandered farther than 100 mile
ot Mr. and Mrs. Tomotaro
nic, at Lakeview Park, Oshaice
with, ion
on fried chicken mashed
from his home, L
ot
Regina,
wa.
>nsk.. and Mr. and lie skiri of taffeta flopotatoes, black-eyed
of the world.
■. apple
Kuwabara,
fourth son of
full circular train. Her
pie, and coffee. Earl’s mother.
8—Toronto. Metropolitan Nisei
Mr and Mrs. $ taro Kuwabara
[>
veil of tulle illusion
Fellowship’s annual picnic, at when
delighted with the visitors, got
IbOih Battalion,
Mossington Park, Lake Sim­ posed
the boys talking about Hawaii.
mums
coe.
In midatternoon the vounu- sol- on July IS at the home of the carried white
in
na.
diers bowed politely and said
tion
held :it the Kin
a nd good-by.
Mrs, Bonnie
Hotel.
>f
Mr. Finch thought
Baishakunins a re
Mr.
and
N X*
in
for t
the last of it. He had invited
gawa.
Gls to a meal many times before.
and outside th
tat feta and carried yellow
Afterward they departed and he
trainingthe 1.000
MARRIAGES
la
mums mid orchid sweet
V v
- NET
were greeted with insults, resent­ never heard front them again.
284.A YONGE STREET, TORONTO, ONT. I
KITAMURA — KA WASH IM A
groomsman
ment, and coldness. They weren’t But the next day- when he rewhile
Sub
Miike
TORONTO

Metrop
o
1
i
t
a
n
tuintd
fiom
his
store,
he
saw
the
welcome at the local USO can­
FOR BETTER HEALTH CONSULT .
teen: they couldn't buy a coke two Nisei sitting on the front
iu a jukebox joint: nobody- in­ porch .talking with his mother.
UaaSM-'B^/a, Si« *
den Dragon Chop Suey, the
vited them to church socials or h\ery vase in the house was washima, youngest daughl
* DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC
•Mrs. Yeki Kawashima of
filled
with
the
dozens
of
Amer*
couple
left <m a honeymoon t rip
to community dances
Peopl
William,
Ont.,
and
Mr.
.
ican
beauty
roses
they
had
to Detroit. Mich.
699 YONGE ST.
believed they were spies, and
OFFICE RA. 6549
(YONGEAT BLOOr)
Koshio
Kitamura,
brought
her.

That
kind
of
gra
­
of
Mr
tbought
the
RES. Ml. 63S4
TORONTO
government was
titude sure impressed me," Earl Shotaro Kitamura
crazy to put them in the Army.
says.
Looked LonelyMONTREAL
M a rk
OFFICES IN LINDSAY & TORONTO
all his time to his
One-Man Canteen
He
That’s the way it was until
marriage
As he talked with the men, lie
late one afternoon in June of
a ma oka
deos on his farm. Ue arranged
Namba, daughter of
that year. Earl Finch, the 28- got a vivid picture of the Nisei’s parties at Christmas and New
| IN TORONTO
and
Mrs.
Toyonori Namba,
SUITE 204
year-old proprietor of the Earl M. dismal situation—and lie resolved
A car s. b rom Chinese merchants and Mr.
j V.'ED. 9-9 p.m.
310 BLOOR ST. W.
Minoru Wallace Suzuki,
1 inch Company, a large and pro­ to do something about it. .Earl in New York he imported soy
SY APPOINTMENT ONLY TORONTO
TELEPHONE RA. 8137
fitable store in Hattiesburg-, had was pretty well fixed financially. sauce, bamboo shoots, soya flour, j son of Mr. and Mi's. Yasuni Su­
tung up the last sale on his cash His store did a good business. exotic vegetables. He organized | zuki, on July 7. Rev. William T.
register and locked the door of He and his father raised cattle
I
Reception
followed
at
the
M. UCHIDA, M.D. I his store. Strolling up Market on the farm, whicli yielded a leans.
Street toward his parked car, he sizeable income. So Earl rented
I Residence: 573-W. 26th St.
When any- of the Nisei was
a vacant store and organized the
I
Office:
166
E.
Hastings,
saw
two
soldiers
who
were
gazkilled
in action, Finch took it
*
first Japanese-American USO
t Office phone: TAtlow 7723
Nig at a store window.
upon himself to visit the parents,
I
Residence: FAir. 9270-M
I
“Ihey- looked like the loneliest- canteen.
who often were in an internOF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Hours 10-12 a.m.. 2-5 p.m.
‘‘The first thing,’’ he told
human beings in the world,”
ment camp, He was named as
VANCOUVER, B. C.
Earl recalls. To this day he group of the boys,” “we
the executor of about 1.500
hold a big dance.
doesn
t
know
-what
made
him
stop
wills.
HARRY S. HONDODaUTU'l
4
and speak to them.
The Nisei told him they- loved
F
By- 1944, Earl was travelling027 BAY STREET. TORONTO

EM. 3-13 01
Res 2O1H BEVERLEY STREET . CM. 3-3001
“Hello, boys. You from Camp to dance. “But where we gonna several thousand miles a year,
Slielb.v ? ”
get girls? The nearest Nisei visiting- the relatives of soldiers,

A
es,
sir,

they
answered.
girls are in Camp Rohwer, Ark.” and wounded veterans in hospit­
i
I

You
look
cold.

Rohwer was 320 miles away.
als. He became an unofficial con­
4
I
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“It’s much hotter in Hawaii
I

That

s
easy,

Earl
replied.
sultant of the War Department
B^t
I
where we come from,” one of We’ll just hire every- Greyhound and the Interior Department on
I
I
the boys said.
bus in our county and send over problems of the Japanese Amer
, 0 10 rooms. — brick, semi­
I
detached, hot-water heating,
I
for the girls.”
Invited to Dinner
icans.
I
'monthly
income $200, lOOLIi
I
It took plenty- of string pulling
Mr. Finch became a legendary
On a sudden impulse Earl said,
block Madison Ave. $17,000,
about half down.
“Could you boys come out to my and money, but on the evening
to Japanese Americans,
of the dance, the fleet of busses When the war ended, he contin6 7 rooms — brick, oil-heat­
pulled up with 150 Nisei girls. ued fighting for Nisei rights, in
ing, with, garage, DufferinDundas. $10,0.0, $2,500 down.
Mr. Finch had hired a Filipino Washington and elsewhere. He
band that was playing in a night helped veterans recover their
WHEN SICK OR HURT
® f) rooms — brick, detached,
mutual drive, DufferiirEglin8
club
in
New
Orleans.
The
dance
farms and small business enterEREEDOM EROM WORRY CAN BE YOURS
ton. $16,500, $6,000 down.’
was a huge success.
prises. He found jobs for hund• <8 rooms — brick, detached,
Coll or Write
As the weeks went by, Mr.
(Continued on Tage 8)
hot-water with coal, double
Finch found himself drawn more
garage,
Woodbine-Dan forth.
and more into the problems of
$10,500, $4,100 down.
RO. 1280 or KE. 3839
MOVING TO B. C.?
his new friends. He was learning
© 6 rooms — brick, semi-de­
Contact
a new language—learning that
tached, oil-heating, garage,
Frizzell and Pape Ave. $10,bla-la is the name of a music
JIM KAKUTANI
500, $4,000 down.
Nisei like for dancing, that a
H. A. ROBERTS LTD.,
buddahead is a Nisei from Ha­
933 West Pender St.,
M. YANAGISAWA
Vancouver, B. C.
waii, as contrasted with one from
Agent
for K. Wiles, Realtors
Established 32 Years
the American mainland. He start­
die largest exclusive Health and Accident
Members of Vancouver
ed pronouncing exotic names like
Most Office:
KE. 7491 <
company in -the world"
J
Real Estate Board
Yoshinao and Kazamura that
East Office:
GE. 1178 '
Phone MArine 6421
twisted
his
Mississippi
tongue
Residence: 659 Bathurst St.
PROVIDES PROTECTION
Day or Night
around. He learned about strange
OL. 1427, Toronto
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sauce on practically everything
MATERNITY
but ice cream, eating raw fish :
forces
and pickled abalone and beef su­
TOWNE
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to
vacate
Cllp
; present location
kiyaki.
GIVE ME DETAILS PLEASE!
on 111 Dundas St. West by the end of July.
Gave All His Time
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He began to devote practically I
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PAGE EIGHT

THE

The New Canadian
^n Independent Japanese-English Organ.

Published on Wednesday and Saturday of each week
as a medium of expression and news outlet
those of Japanese origin in Canada

NEW

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- U.S. Nisei Swim Stars
At Swim Meet in Detroit

Story of Nisei involved
DETROIT — Several Nisei
swimmers are participating this In Big Intrigue in Japan

week in the National AAU out­
LOS ANGELES — A Nisei Witczak was named as a Russian
door
swimming'
championships
witness told a “cloak and dag­ spy in connection with the Can­
479 Queen St. W. — PLaza 5005 — Toronto, Ont.
being held here. Top Nisei natAuthorized as second class mail. Post Office Dept., Ottawa.
ger” story of involvement in a adian atomic bomb lea
ator is Honolulu’s sensational
plot against the Japanese war- Soviets in 1945 and L to the
Ford Konno, regarded as the U. lords shortly before Pearl Harfled the
S. hope in the middle-distance bor in testimony given at the country at that time.
U.S. Attorney Tolin, Wacui.
free-style events at the 1952 trial of Clarence H. Vetterli, jun­
mg the case presented witnesses
Olympics.
ior college journalism instructor, who gave testimony to establish
Coach Soichi Sakamoto’s team last week before a jury in the
The winners of three of the final between Asano-Nakashi ma
a relationship between Vetterli
five events were crowned last \s. Mori-Fujiwara will be staged from the Hawaii Swim Club in­ court of Federal Judge Peirson and 'Witczak. One witness de­
Sunday? and the first to have on July 29, and as this is the cludes Evelyn Kawamoto, who M. Hall.
clared he had learned from V/itctheir names inscribed on the T. only tournament match slated for ■will defend her two-time national
Vetterli, 41, was found guilty zak that the latter was a mem­
championship in the medley
V.B.S. Challenge Trophies were next
Sunday,
members are event, Julia Murakami, Winifred on two counts of perjury and ber of the Communist party and
Mary7 Ebata,
ladies’ singles, urged to put in as much prac­
sentenced on July 23.
that he had informed Vetterli of
Mush Fukumoto, men’s singles, tice as possible, especially in Numazu and Jane Ogata. This
Ted Ichiro Miwa, acting as a that fact.
and Frank Matsui and Roy7 Ku­ the mixed doubles. The ladies’ team will give several exhibitions government ■witness,
testified iHiniiiiiiiimiiiiinniHnniinj^
bota, men’s doubles. Consolation doubles’ finals “A” and “B” are in the east and will appear at that Vetterli gave him $600 in
BEST FRIEND
winners were Amy Tsukamoto, scheduled for August 5, and the I Buffalo, N. Y.
May, 1941, to go to Tokyo to
Two
other
Hawaii
Nisei
swim
­
ladies’ singles and Terry Take­ mixed doubles also “A” and “B”
work against the militarists and
(Con’t from P. 7)
mers, Yoshinobu Oyakawa, and
uchi, men’s singles.
avoid a war between. Japan and
for the 5th and 6th.
Richard Tanabe, are also taking
reds of Nisei men and women as
the United States.
Those who are going out of
Mary7 Ebata still stands un­
part in the swim meet which
Miwa said his instructions gardeners and mechanics and
defeated in her two years of town for the holiday- weekend ends on July 29.
from Vetterli were to stand by stenographers and laboratory as­
tournament play- when she put mayr play7 their matches any7 day7
a statue in Tokyo’s Ueno park, sistants. He lent money to many
up the toughest fight ever seen between August 4 and 11 as ten­
1,235
Pounds
of
"Sumo"
wearing a Panama hat and hold­ of them to go into business for
in ladies’ singles at Trinity nis sessions will be held every
ing an unlighted cigar- in his themselves. He helped them get
Courts, to overcome the. powerful’ morning from 8 to 11:30 during Lands in U.S. for Bouts
a loan to buy a house. Hund­
p p
bid of the equally determined that week.
LOS ANGELES — Japan’s hand, and he would be contacted
reds
of the Nisei named their
challenger Chic Yanagizawa. And
great “yokozuna,” mighty Mae- by an agent of a group working
babies “Earl.”
Mush Fukumoto also gave his Luckless Vancouver
dayama, arrived here this week against the Japanese militarists.
Miwa,
a former
Gardena, Moves to Hawaii
all in defeating the 1949 champ
accompanied by three other top
Nisei
Lose
One
More
In 1946, Mr. Finch made his
1*rank Matsui in three hard sets.
Japanese wrestlers in Yakataya- Calif., poultryman who is now in
business in Chicago, said he first visit to the islands. Whom­
ma, Onoumi and Fujitayama.
Roy Kubota and Matsui put on
riada allowed only- five hits while
The four together tip the scales waited at the statue for several ever he went, he was followed by
the pressure in the third and
striking out seven but practically’' for a combined total of 1,235 hours on each of three days but a band of musicians and show­
deciding set of the doubles to
ered with flowers and leis. He
walked Western Bridge to their pounds.
no one come to contact him.
stop the aggressive team of Mos­
8-5 victory by- issuing 10 free
was
the guest of honor at civic
The Nisei witness said he reTakatayama, the giant of the
sy Mitsui and Edzy Tsujimoto.
tickets as the cellanite Vancou­ troupe, stands 6 ft. 3 in. and turned soon afterwards to •the celebrations; the day of his arAmy Tsukamoto dropped the
ver Nisei took another loss in
United States and enlisted in ■the i ix al was declared a holiday, and
initial set to the vastly- im- the Industrial Union Baseball weighs 360 pounds. The former
schools, offices and shops were
1
grand champion, Maedayama, is army, serving five years and beproved Miye Nakamura, but re- League last week.
A year later, Mr. Finch revis­
a mere 310 pounds standing 6 ing honorably discharged as; a
covered her control to take thc
Western Bridge, contenders for ft. 2 in.
ited
Hawaii and decided to settle
first lieutenant.
next two, and Terry- Takeuchi the league
title, were never
Onoumi who has the rank of
One of the charges against down there. In 1948, he sold his
just managed to down Moza.I. headed, the
closest
the Nisei

, .
,
makunouchi” is 5 ft 11 in weigh- V etterli was his denial in testi­ store, said farewell to his par­
Matsumoto in their rubber >et.
ame being a 3-o defied in the ing 290 pounds while peewee of
mony before a Federal grand ents and friends in Hattiesburg,
The Consolation men’s doubles fifth frame.
the group is Fujitayama, 275 jury investigating espionage in and moved to a large house in
lanaka, Koyanagi, Sakamoto, pounds, 5 ft. 5 in.
1949 that he had given Miwa the a suburb of Honolulu. He now
Kitagawa, Hinada and Mukai all
This is the first time in his- ™oney to go to Japan. He later operates the Asiatic Trading
collected one hit piece for the tory that sumo grapplers have
attempted to plead guilty to the Company in Honolulu with his
been brought to America—as su­ charge of furnishing the money. partner, Kenny Okamoto, a vet­
eran of the 442nd Regiment. The
mo wrestlers. There have been
We have no
Vetterli also was charged with
Seek Olympic Games
many who claimed knowledge of having denied that he did not firm imports candy from the
service charges.
this most ancient of Japanese know Ignacy Samuel Witczak United States, and exports color­
For Tokyo in 1960
sports, but these are the real, was a Communist agent when ful Hawaiian sports shirts to
TOKYO — Japanese sport of­ legitimate articles.
this country.
they were associated in 1941.
ficials began gathering support
Earl Finch has shown how to
to make Tokyo the site of the
build a bridge between different
I960 Olympic Games and are con­
nationalities. It is a bridge not
TRAVELLING TO
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