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THE NEW CANADIAN
An independent Organ for Canadians
VOL. 22—No. 32

SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1959.

Instate Katsuyama,
First Nisei Elected
___ _____ -By KEN ADACHI---------------- — To Saisei-Kai Board

SOLILOQUY

A Touch of the Oriental on the London Stage

The Saisei-Kai Incorporated
Board of Directors has for the
first time elected a Nisei into
the executive position.
Instated is Isao Katsuyama, on
April 21st, at the Incorporation ’s
first director’s meeting- of the
newly elected executive in the po­
sition of secretary-treasurer. E.
Kagetsu and K. Iwashita will
maintain their pres-mt positions
as president and vice-president
re? pec lively.
Newly appointed to assist them
are:
Assn’t secretary, Mrs. Kizuye
Tanaka, membership, M. Heiki
and S. Takashima.
Directors elected at the recent
General Meeting held March 31,
1959 including- the above officers
are:
T. Umezuki, Z. Shin, J. Kino­
shita, T. Ide, A’. Kanda, Y. Iwa­
saki, I. Sugiman, G. Nakamachi
and C. Furukawa; aditors, Ken
Mori and K. Kawasaki.
With announcement that the
Saisei-Kai is hoping for Nisei
membership to succeed the man­
agement of the organization, it
was notable that a few did ap­
peal' to be interested in joining.

The taste for Oriental exotica is undergoing- a g-reat popu­
larity on the boards of Broadway, though I should susipect that like
eatin°- ume-boshi, it would have been wiser to have it in small lots,
the better to savour it. Too much of one thing will usually lead to
surfeit, and perhaps distaste. But here on the London stage, there
are no’echoes of New York’s fad for broken blossoms, except for
dim murmurs from afar that the Flower Drum Song may become
a West End import.
.. .
Yet. there is a touch of the Oriental—if you would like to call
ji- that—in the play, The Long and the Short and the Tall, at the
New Theatre on St. Martin’s Lane. For this play is about an episode
in the Japanese-British jungle warfare in Malaya just before the
fall of Singapore in 1942. And in his first appearance on any stage,
Japanese English actor Kenji Takaki is the focal point around which
the anguish and the pathos of the play revolve. Japan-born Takaki
has been a naturalized English citizen for thirty years, and in World
War II, he was a prisoner-of-^var in Germany for five years. Y’ou
might have noticed him in the film, Camip on Blood Island.
The Long and the Short and the Tall is the story of what hap­
pens to a patrol of British soldiers—a sergeant, corporal, lancecorporal and four privates—when they trap a Japanese private
while on reconnaissance, and are faced with the problem of what
to do with him. So long as they believe'the= Japanese to be a stray,
the men are in favour of taking him back to the British camp 15
miles away where he may divulge valuable information.
But once the men learn that they are surrounded by Japanese
forces, the prisoner becomes a burden to their chances of survival.
The question of his disposal becomes enormously acute, a moral
problem in fact, and precipitates the play to itsJ terrible, ironic
climax. They kill him at the end, and are killed in turn when the
noise of gunfire brings on the lurking Japanese troops. Only the
corporal remains alive—the one who hated the Japanese the most—
waving the white flag of surrender.
What is remarkable about this somewhat simple plot is the
slowly mounting tension that builds up between the members. of
the patrol over their feelings towards the prisoner. They are a
mixed lot: a Welshman, a Scotsman, a Yorkshireman, a Cockney.
TOKYO.—Japanese doctors at
Each is different in his own way, and each becomes increasingly
the
Hiroshima atomic disease
involved in the friction. When the Japanese stumbles into their
hospital,
a government institu­
hut, some would not flinch at killing- him immediately, others would
tion
for
treating
victims of the
recall the Geneva Convention on the treatment of POWs.
atomic bombing in 1945, have
The Cockney private, Bamforth—filthy in appearance and word, decided to stop announcing fur­
quarrelsome, and a self-professed coward who claims that he will ther deaths resulting from the
run at the sight of the first enemy soldier—is the one who estab­ radioactive blast.
lishes the closest understanding of The POW. At the end, he is the
The reason given for the new
one who rises to the deed of high and heroic note, defying his com­ policy was the adverse psycho­
rades so that he can save the Japanese because he alone feels that logical effect on Hiroshima sur­
mere self-(preservation does not justify the cold-blooded murder of vivors of what the Japan Times
a fellow human being.
called “the depressingly mono­
The others, in their subtly modulating relationships to the pri­ tonous report of yet another
soner, shuttle between traces of affection and intense hatred. The death from the delayed ellects of
sergeant, though a humane man, is not going to lose the slightest the first atomic bomb explosion.”
chance of survival for the sake of avoiding murdering a prisoner.
Hiroshima doctors contended
Only the corporal remains steadfast to his hymn of hatred. In the that publicity of further deaths
end, all of them except for the Cockney, are ready to kill the pri- may discourage hope of recovery
in other sufferers, and also may
tend to keep alive certain discri­
( continued on page eight)
minations against Hiroshima sur­
vivors by prospective employers
and marital (partners.
Controversy Rages
The decision has aroused a con­
troversy in Japanese newspapers.
A columnist in the newspaper
Asahi, taking the side of the doc­
tors, published several poems
OTTAWA. —- More Canadians busy season from January to written by Hiroshima survivors
tnan ever before are planning June has been busier than usual. to describe their peculiar disabili­
ao.-oad this year.
The passport office’’ now has a ties in Japanese society.
pt, ’ S 'I borne °'ut by an aval- staff of 70 permanent workers
One poem, translated from the
,Oi Passport applications and some temporary employees, Japanese, read:
mg Handled at the passport but an increased staff likely will
Hating to be called an atomic
n^01’
tae External Affairs be necessary.
victim,
Travel
agents
say
the
increase
^5:p.e-t—the issuing office
a-1 Canada.
in passport requests is virtually
I have worked these 10 and
passports are being issued all from tourists for travel
more years
a bay. Renewals are abroad - in countries where pass­
With the secret locked in my
at about 20.000 a vear.
ports are required.
heart.
A big increase in trans-Atlan­
moXement of Canadian
A. no th er was:
bv^vn^-5 abroad is being helped tic ai- t"?.v-?l and competition for
Resolved to go through life
y:^Na:‘sP°Uatl0n companies pro- tourist dollars among , airlines
single,
• aacKaoOd vacation plans and between airlines and steam­
ship
companies,
has
made
it
com
­
My
keloid-scarred younger
Vn ;Jsta^ent basis.
paratively
cheap
to
visit
Europe.
sister
?n
ta^es about- three weeks
3 passport, provided the Air travel now makes possible a
Works at her sewing machine
r,U- Y'"°n 15 complete and pro- reasonable holiday abroad on an
each night.
WrrT.
detail. It could take ordinary annual vacation sche­
Kyodo, the Japanese national
CjgY..-'. "bere are flaws or un- dule.
news
agency, said in a dispatch
The passport office is not con­
details in an applica-from-Hiroshima
on the 12th an­
cerned with the reasons Cana­
niversary
ofthe
bombing last
dians
travel
abroad.
It
is
concern
­
A,.'''Y**1 there is legitimate
year
that

the
1945
A-bomb ex­
ed
only
that
the
applicant
com
­
t'-f,
obliging officers will
plosion
still
poses
a
death
threat
pletes
the
form
property
anti
in
­
operation to meet the
to
an
estimated
90,000
people
of
v-“^-uer s needs.
cludes photographs, endorsements
Hiroshima
affected
by
the
atomic
last year or two the and the $5 fee.

|

Passport Rush Indicates
Record Travel Abroad

of Japanese Origin

TORONTO, ONT.
To Crown Prince

Toronto JCs Gift 'Canadiana'
Crown Prance Akihito and
Princess Michiko will be present­
ed with a complete deluxe 10volume set of Encyclopedia Cana­
diana as a wedding gift from the
approximate 6.500 members of
the Toronto Japanese Canadian
community
pending
approval
from the Imperial Household
Agency.
At a meeting held April 23 at
415 Spadina Avenue, it was ac­
cepted by members of the Toron­
to Japanese Anglican, Buddhist,
and United churches, the SaiseiKai Incorporated. Kotobuki-Kai,
Toronto JC Garden Club, Toronto
JC Gardeners’ Union, and the
Toronto JCCA, to combine wishes

in sending’ such a gift.
However, application to pre­
sent any gift to the royal couple
must first be accepted through
the Irriperial Household Agency
for which the Toronto Japanese
Consu’ate will act as liason later
nexf.weck.Tlie gift is thought to be an
appropriate selection as the
Crown Prince, during’ his visit:
here 6 years ago, did emphasis
an interest in Canada. The 2,700,000 words of text of the Canadiana.
under 10.000 headings .relates to
every aspect of Canadian life,
past and present, and was com­
piled by more than SOO Canadian
authorities in diverse fields, and
prepared for publication in 1957.

ASIAN GAMES FILM BY JAPANESE EMBASSY
By JACK NAKAMOTO
OTTAWA.—Indicative of Ja­
pan’s competence for and calibre
of staging a 1964 Olympics there,
is a stirring documentary film on
the Third Asian Games which
was shown by the Japanese Em­
bassy on April 17th at the Na­
tional Museum.
Entitled “Young Beauty and

Hiroshima Calls Halt
To Report on. A-Deaths
bomb.
Asahi estimates that 200,000
persons have died already from,
effects of the blast, including
those killed instantly when the
bomb was detonated on August
6, 1945.
Conflicting reports
There are numerous discre­
pancies in figures given from
time to time regarding Hiroshi­
ma. For one thing, the official
Japanese estimate at the time
that 64,000 persons were killed
instantly by the bomb has tended
to rise yeai' by year. For another,
the entire population of Hiroshi­
ma on Aug. 6, 1945, was official­
ly stated to be only about 255,000.
Obviously, Kyodo’s estimate

(continued on page eight)

Hamilton Architect
In Japan Home Bound
For Family Death
TOKYrO.—James J. Koyanagi,
architect son of Mrs. M. Koyana­
gi and the late Mr. Matashiro Ko­
yanagi of 17 Hillyard St., Hamil­
ton, Ontario left Tokyo suddenly
on the 14th of April to attend his
father’s funeral in Hamilton.
Koyanagi, a graduate archi­
tect from University of Toronto
has been in Japan for the past
31-2 years, travelling, studying
and working in various architec­
tural offices. He has designed
many buildings not only in Japan
but in other South-East Asian
countries such as Okinawa, Tai­
wan,
Phiilipines,
Indonesia,
Thailand and in South Korea.
He has been an active member
of the Far East Society of
Architects and Engineers in To­
kyo, and has also acted as the
Public Relations Director for the
Canadian Nisei Association of
Japan.
Mr. Koyanagi plans to return
to Tokyo at the end of June, after
the wedding of his brother to
Miss Tsuyuki, daughter of Mr. K.
Tsuyuki of Tokyo, Japan.

Strength” the 16 mm. Fuji color
film shows excerpts of the 3rd
amateur sports competitions of
the 20 Asian nations held last
May in Tokyo where 1,720 con­
testants partici pa ted.
In the same manner as the
Olympics the Asian Games are
held every foui- years. Thus the
scene opens with the. traditional
sacred fire being flown from
Manilla, Philippines, the site of
the previous games to Kyushu,
Japan. From there the torch
bearers in relays carry the flam­
beau to the National Stadium in
Tokyo where the cauldron is lit
and left burning throughout the
Games to symbolize peace and
goodwill among participating na­
tions.
Emperor Hirohito makes the
formal opening of the Games
which are marked with color and
ceremony. As the Emperor’ re­
views them, the parades of the
participating
athletes,
who,
dressed in their distinctive uni­
forms, march in national groups
behind their flags. Forming the
largest group the Japanese wear
white jackets and black trousers,
with matching black-and-white
shoes; whereas the smallest
group is represented by four men
from Nepal.
The Western touch in the
graceful dance number perform­
ed by female students of physic­
al education in black leotard is
balanced with the Eastern as
1,000 kimono-clad women go
through the paces of a Shizuoka
folk dance.
In the track and field events
Japan does rather poorly, but
performances by athletes from
India, Korea and Nationalist
China are outstanding.
India’s
tall and bearded M. Singh takes
first place ‘as he makes the 400motre run in 46.7 seconds. Ja­
pan’s Baba is the only Japanese
who is outstanding for he comes
in first in a exhausting Mara­
thon-like run on the tracks of the
stadium.
As it has been in the past the
gruelling Marathon run of more
than 26 miles is won by a Korean.
After each event the flags of- 3
winning nations are hoisted and,
as the national anthem of the
winning nation is played by a
band 70,000 spectators stand up
to pay tribute.
The sheer intensity of the
grass hockey competition be­
tween India and Pakistan is
magnificently portrayed.
Paki­
stan finally wrests the winning
scort from India who has been
an undisputed champion for 30
years. Pakistanis jump about in
ecstatic joy, hugging one an­
other.

(continued on page eight)

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SPORTS

KEG NEWS

Japanese Youth Thinks HHL Champs ‘Just Great'

VANCOUVER. April 4:
Min Tamagi
S27. (321,. 318); Kayo Inouye 739 (276);
Bob Yamaoka 736; Tad Kitagawa 724;
Sam Sugie 719 (300); Tad Kawasaki 718;
Mammv Yabe 711 (299); Jim Akune 704
(273). ’
♦.
*
»
Ladies; Sumire Sakamoto 705 (300);
Joy Nozaki 660 (249); Mich Fujisawa 659
(264); Pat Nozaki.616 (244); Yosh Inouve
615.

CALENDAR

CLASSIFIED
Female Help Wanted
EXPERIENCED hair stvlist. Good
Phone MA. 3-6060 (Toronto)

25—Winnipeg. Nisei Fellowship Society
MONTREAL. — Ichiro (Tony) Montreal Canadiens and their No.
"Little Tokyo" at Knox United Church. GIRLS, age 20-35. Experienced in -v
*
Konishi is a Japanese-born youth 1 farm club, the Montreal Royals;
2-5 p.m. (Tea and Bazaar). Entertain­ factory work. Two rest periods da
Interview
10-12
noon.
Apply
ment
with
Oriental
flavor.
majoring in “conversational Eng­ To top it off he had a free seat
25—Toronto. Rec Socratic Bowling Clues Solauren Ave., second floor. (Toronto^ "
lish’’ at Columbia University in at the first two games of the
Windup Banquet at Muirhead's. 6:30 STENOGRAPHER - DICTAPHONISL K
New York and “minoring in Stanley cup semi-final between
p.m. *
_
perienced. For photographic eaumrnA
hockey’’ with the four-time NHL the Canadiens and the Chicago
25-—Toronto. Japanese Centennial United distributor. 5-day week witn A.’.
o
o
o
champions, the Montreal Cana­ Black Hawks.
Church's Fifth Annual Spring Display benefits. Phone WA. 4-7167—Mrs Bob­
April 11: Butch Hamanakawa 793 (303);
of Japanese flower arrangements. 2-6 bins. (Toronto).
diens.
Kitagawa 794 (312); Sam Sugie 765
p.m. Exhibits, sales of Japanese foods. A COUNTER GIRL for dry cleanersTT
The idea to come to Montreal Tad
If Tony, as he was dubbed by and practice with the Canadiens (328); Tom Nomura 752 (317); Kaz Na­ 25—Toronto. Toronto JCCA sponsored
or part time. West end. Phone LE. 6-5'b
his schoolmates at Columbia, had and the Royals came after Tony kamoto 735 (298); Ken Yurugi 715 (292).
"Spring Fan Fare" at UNF Hall.
(Toronto).
his way, he’d major in hockey all- had. seen a few National Hockey
Ladies: Yosh Inouye 727 (300); Jean 25—Chatham.^ Kent Japanese Canadian EXPERIENCED invoice clerk.
Ass'n's canvass for membership fee.
—Kaz
year-round and forget about the League games at Madison Square Yamamoto 613 (316).
25—Hamilton. Kodokan sponsored ‘judo good typist, accurate with figures and
scholastic side of his curriculum. Garden this past season.
tournament at Hamilton Forum. South­ have general office experience. Gocd
SUNDAY 10-PIN. April 19: Tad Waka­
English speaking.
For interview, ca”
ern Ontario tournament.
“I don’t like studying too
bayashi 571; Joe Tsujimoto 541 (226); 25—Montreal. "April Dance" sponsored EM. 2-1323. Mr. Marks. (Toronto).
I’d heard a lot about the Na­ Shig
much,” Tony said. "It’s too hard.
Mitsuki 521; Jim Morita 537; Shel
by Committee of Stewards of the Monv CHENILLE operator for crests. Exoa-iI like much better just practicing tional Hockey League in Japan,” Ublansky 518; Terry Doi 516; Mas Ka­
treal Japanese United Church. Church enced or someone to train. Phone 2''
he said, “especially the Canadiens wabata 516.
hockey.’’
of All Nations.
6-3644.
.
Ladies:
Yoko
Noda
470;
Marg
Naka
­
Crew-cut Tony is in his fresh­ and Mourice (Rocket) Richard gawa 467; Mary Mitsuki 436; Joan Haman year at Columbia and plans and (defenseman) Doug Harvey. made 425; Jean Nitta 425; Anne Okada
May
Domestic Help Wanted
Carol Ogaki 420; Alice Nagami 420;
to remain in North America for They told me the Canadiens were 422;
Sue
Nagamatsu
413;
Kay
Okuhara
409;
1-2—Toronto. Toronto Nisei 10-Pin bowl­ Basement apartment in modern home
about three years, “until I learn the best team in the world. After Alice Takata 402.
193
w
*
*
ing league's 3rd annual tournev. Rental free for. wife's services.
conversational English and learn watching them play two games
Olympia Edwards. 1st: 9:15 p.m. team- Maxwell Street, Bathurst aid Sheppard
against
the
Rangers
in
New
York,
Team

results;
Mike
Doi
over
George
all about Canadian hockey.
event. 2nd: mixed and-men's doubles. district. Phone ME. 3-5356 (Toronto).
Obari, Tosh Fujioka over Paul Omoto,
1—Toronto. Club Ami dance at Univer­ GIRL or WOMAN for general housework
Konishi, son of a Tokyo coal I could see why.”
Terrie Yamanaka over Ken Doi, Jim Mo­
sity Settlement House. New building 5-day week, live out. From 10:00 am.
mining operator, entered Colum­
So Tony wrote Canadiens pub­ rita over Tad Wakabayashi, Yoko Noda
beginning at 8:30 p.m. All welcome.
over Herb Hamade, Frank Omoto over
bia last September- but said he licity director Frank Seike, Jr., Anne Okada, Barney • Ozawa over Mas 2—Toronto. Toronto Nisei Women's to 7:00 p.m. Phone HU. 9-3159 (Toronto)
Club's Fourth . Annual Spring Tea at SELF-CONTAINED apartment and renu­
But Tony's Kawabata. 3-1; Terry Doi over John Ni­
plans to transfer next fall to outlining his plan.
Centennial United Church. 75 cents. meration
*
for couple in exchange tor
—Barney O.
“either St. Lawrence (Canton, written English was a little shimura 2 Jo-1 J.L.
8-10 p.m.
wife's services in adult family. Phone
N.Y.) or Boston College.”
vague, somewhat like his “con­
2—Montreal. United Church May Dance
HAMILTON. April 11: The last sche­
and Udon Nite. 8:30 p.m. Tickets are
"Both universities have good versational English,” and it took duled game of the season was rolled
Male Help Wanted
on sale.
hockey teams,” he said with a three letters to get things off. The following team standings are 8—
Montreal.
Homemakers
Club
Auction
official: George Ikedas (Champions) 65;
GARDENERS wanted immediately. Apmv
grin. "And I think the studying straightened out.
Night. Community Centre.
Ko Kadonaga 62; George Kinoshita and
Onizuka by phoning HO. 5-8803 (Tor­
is a little easier, too.”
Loaded with his own skates Kim Hashimoto tied 59Jh; Kaz Kadonaga 9—Toronto. Older Nisei Group's Spring S.
on to).________________ __________________
Fair.
St.
Anne

s
Hall,
Dufferin
and
Publicizing- his lack of interest (Swiss blades on Japanese boots), 59; Hank Kondo and Roy Hamada tied
2-5 p.m.
GENERAL WORKER. Young boy to learn
in an occidental education- isn’t and other "made in Japan” equip­ 58 J'2; Tak Tonogai 57Jo; Mils Sonoda 57; 9Dundas.
—Toronto. Club Rec Socratic Windup upholstering trade. Apply 38S Dupont
Tosh Hashimoto 56; George Yanagawa
exactly telling tales out of school ment, except for a pair of Colum­ 52; and Slim Takeda 50 Jo
Banquet at .Pickfair Restaurant.
Street at Brunswick. (Toronto)._______
*
*

10—Winnipeg. Manitoba JCCA annual
on Tony. He says his father bia pants, he flew to Montreal
General
Meeting
at
Buddhist
Church
STUDENTS for gardening wanted. Apolv
Scoresheet: Kaz Kadonaga 793 (288);
knows all about it and in fact recently. After- spending a couple
'Hall. Everyone please atend. Starts Y. Hirano at OX. 4-4505 (Toronto).
Mits
Sonoda
70S;
George
Kinoshita
690;
sympathizes with him.
of skating sessions with two of Muis Murase 685; Roy Honda 675, Geo.
1:30 p.m.
16-17-18—Montreal.
Eastern
Canada
"He doesn’t care if I graduate the Canadiens’ most illustrious Ikeda 669.
Help Wanted
Young Buddhist League conference.
Ladies:
Jean Kanemoto 641; Jeanne
or not,” Tony said. “He knows stars, Rocket Richard and Bernie
16

Toronto.
Annual
Eastern-Canada
I’m more interested in hockey and (Boom-Boom) Geoffrion, Tony Nakagawa 615; Ets Watanabe 601.
Open 5-Pin
Bowling Tourney at YOUNG BOY or YOUNG GIRL able to
type to assist in stockroom. Apply Uni­
Olympia-Edwards.
so is he, for that matter.”
joined coach Floyd Curry and his
SUNDAY MIXED. April 12: Shig Nishi­ 22—Vancouver. Nisei Hi Teener's May forms Registered, 778 King St. West.
Tony is now on spring vaca­ Royals for each practice session kawa 805; Mas Isoshima 773; Harry
Day Hop dance at Orchard Hall, 2723 Phone EM. 4-0125 (Toronto).
tion and he’s spending it in a and traveled with them on: the Inouye 769; Aki Furukawa 768; Kaide
West 4th. 9-1 a.m.
Shimizu 716; Gord Nakashima 713; Ron 23—Montreal.
United Church Building
manner in which any hockey- road.
Rooms to Let
Nakamura 710; Kaz Kuroda 701; George
Fund Campaign dinner.
minded youngster would “'enjoy.
Nakamura
700.
Each day after a practice,
23-24—Vancouver. Vancouver Nisei Fel­ TWO unfurnished roims with cooking
A

*
The 21-year-old Konishi is a Tony goes home and takes notes
lowship's Weekend Camp at Camp facilities. Phone LE. 2-0237 (Toronto).
Ladies: Toki Yonemitsu 722; Mary Yo­
Fircom.
house guest, so to speak, of the on what he had learned. Ixx ad­ nemitsu
722-. Mary Yonekura 679; Mary 30—
Toronto. Windup Banquet and Dance TWO rooms with private bathroom.
Ebata
654,’
Rosie
Nabuto
651;
Mary
Oba
­
dition to his written lessons, na 643; Ginger Terakita 642; Tomi Baba
for Club El Choclo at Zuchter's.
Phone OX. 4-3760 (Toronto).___________
Tony has been taking consider­ 642; Fumi Sasaki 624; Terri Watanabe 30—Toronto. Club El Choclo Windup TWO rooms and kitchen. Ossington and
banquet at Zuchter’s. Everyone wel­
able footage of movie film of the 619; Mac Nakata 614; Amy Kondo 612;
Queen district. Phone EM. 8-9709 enter
come.
602.
6:00 p.m. (Toronto).___________________
Canadien’s games and practices. Chic Yanagisawa
w
*
*
When he finishes his self-estab­
THREE unfurnished rooms with kitchen.
Team results; Mas I., Mils K.; Shig N.,
Gerrard and Broadview district. Phone
lished hockey curriculum, Tony 7-0 over Mickey N., Harry I., Ken K.,LE. 2-7445 (Toronto).
Anywhere — Anytime
plans to go back to Japan and Mas. O., Kaide S., Maize N.. Stubby
, Kaz K., 5-2 over A.ki S., Sanzo S.,
impart his knowledge to Japa­ W.
Tom H., George Y., Toni T.
—Mits
Air-Ship-Bus-Rail
nese hockey players.
—K.K.

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PERSONAL NOTES ACROSS CANADA

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sao, on March 30, 1959 at St. taro Hirano of Toronto, Ontario.
Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton.
passed away on April 21. 1959 at
Mr. and Mrs. Kiyoshi Oka (nee
Toronto General Hospital.
Tessie Nakamoto) of Toronto, Obituaries
Funeral service was held al
Ontario are happy to announce
Ralph Day Funeral Home on
the birth of their daughter, Cindy
April 23rd at which Rev. Dr.
Yoko, on March 8, 1959 at Wel­
Shimizu officiated.
lesley Street Hospital.
Mr. Shikajiro Masuda, 72, of
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OHASHI
Mr. and Mrs. Saburo Morita on April 16, 1959 at Montreal.
Mr. Matsujiro Ohashi of Tor­
(nee Nancy Asada) of Toronto,
Funeral service was conducted
onto,
Ontario passed away on
Ontario are happy to announce by Mr. Yasui on the 17th. Crema­
April
21,
1959 at his residence.
the arrival of their daughter, tion followed on the 18th.
Tsuya was held at- Elliot Fun­
Betty Yurika, on April 7, 1959 at
eral Home on the 23rd, and fun­
St. Michael’s Hospital.
MIYAZAKI
eral service on the 24th at which
Rev.
Newton Ishiura officiated.
Mrs. Yoshiko Miyazaki, aged
Mr. and Mrs. George K. MuraDlr. Ohashi was an assistant
kami of Coaldale, Alberta are 51, of Montreal, Quebec, passed minister of the Toronto Buddhist
happy to. announce the arrival of away on April 11, 1959 at the Church.
their daughter, Carol Katsuko, on Montreal General Hospital after
March 31, 1959 at Coaldale Com­ a lengthy illness. She is survived
by her husband Koichiro Miyaza­
munity Hospital.
ki and daughter Reika.
Tsuya was held on April 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiro Hashimoto
Funeral
service was held on Tues­
This is it! Tomorrow, April
welcomed a- daughter, Jennifer
day,
April
14 at Notre Dame 26th from 8:00-11:00 P.M. at
Laurel, a sister for Gail and Pa­
mela, on April 1, 1959 at Winni­ Church. Rev. J. Claude Labrec­ Armadale Hall will mark the end
que, Rev. Hama and Rev. Miura of another
season
peg General Hospital.
officiated.
Club El Choclo. Just imagine, no
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two- three rock rock, and other
ISHIWARA
(nee Dorothy Aiko Omoto) of
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beats for many months
Toronto, Ontario are halppy to
Mr. Kotohei Ishiwara, S3, of ahead. So make certain you and
announce the birth of a daughter, New Denver, B.C. passed away your friends come and take your
Corrine Midori, on April 16, on April 7, 1959.
last fling at these dances or you
1959 at Toronto General Hospital.
Funeral service was held at might be sorry that you missed
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New Denver Buddhist Church at the chance.
There will be a short period of
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kondo (nee which Rev. H. Nekoda officiated
Fumi Kitagawa) of Hamilton, on the 11th.
Ontario are happy to announce
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Miss Valentine 1959
the arrival of a son, Larry MaFURUKAWA

Births

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Nisei Women's Club 4th Annual Spring Tea, May 2
May—the wonderful month o
ales in Toronto, the Nisei Wo

will be presented

delectable Home Baked Good mJ.
Dry Goods and : some China for
ref r«
sale. Tea with ta
entertaining program. *
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Featured in the program will
be Dlrs. Martha Takata, a wellknown Koto soloist, western bal­
lad vocalist. Roy Kusano, charm­
ing Dliss Gail Ujiie with a ballet
number,
and
Japanese folk
dances (odori) by the members’
sweet children taught by Miss

Club El Choclo Invites All to Last Dance of Season

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Mr. Bunshiro Furukawa, aged
76, of New Denver, B.C., passed
away at the Trail Hospital.
Funeral service was held at
New Denver Buddhist Church on
the 9th of April. Mr. Furukawa
was a First World War veteran.
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Propri etor

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10:30 a.m., Religious School
11:00 a.m., English Service

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• 4 Transistor Radio
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• 6 Transistor Radio
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TV and Appliances
991 BLOOR STREET WEST
Phone LE. 3-0386

OX. 8-2280 (Res.)

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Seating Capacity 240

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RO. 6-6261

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Eglinton Caledonia Motors Ltd.

VANCOUVER. B.C.

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NOTARY PUBLIC

Suite 502, Temple Building'
$2 RICHMOND ST. WEST

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INSURANCE AGENTS
464 Yonge Street, Toronto
Phone WA. 1-3171

Cameron, Weldon
Brewin & McCallum
372 Bay St.

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Toronto

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TORONTO

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The Most Successful Realtor in Toronto
A Big Majority of Japanese Canadian Customers
Purchase Their Homes Through

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viscount aluminum storm
screen and doors
MAS NAKAO
Bus. HO. 5-0771
Res. PL. 5-6173

BARRISTER, SOLICITOR,
NOTARY PUBLIC
410 Bloor Street, East

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Lucien C. Kurata

REGINALD MORI, B.A.

Room 109

BARRISTER — SOLICITOR
NOTARY

3 College St., Toronto

Boultbee Sweet & Co. Ltd.

—Free Estimate—
John T. Sugai Geo. H. Maeda
RO. 7-1092
LE. 1-5933
Toronto

Office: Room 403
229 Yonge St., Toronto

Room 103

Mzu G. Oikawa

Painters & Decorators

KAZUO G. OIYE
-Welcome Japanese Canadian Friends

Consult

SPECIALS

BARRISTER, SOLICITOR and
■ NOTARY PUBLIC

WA. 1-5605

Vancouver-ites!

1000 W. Kins Edward. VANCOUVER
CE. 4184

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Speaker: Mr. Barrie Thomas
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(Residence)

540 Eglinton Ave. W.
Toronto

Thos. T. Onizuka, B.A.

TORONTO BUDDHIST CHURCH918 Bathurst St

Van. Nisei Hi Teeners
May Day Hop Dance

IN NEGOTIATING
REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT,
MORTGAGES.

JON ONODERA

"LOVE, NOT'LAW''
Rev. Bruce Cunningham, B.Sc., B.D.
A HEARiY WELCOME TO ALL .,
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ZU1 Dovercourt Rd., Toronto

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and can
be obtained I roni any member.
Dato: Mav i nd, 1959: time—-8:0010:00 PAI.:
place—Centennial
Uniled Church, 701 Dovercourt
Road.
Our April
on .April 22nd. at 8:00
the homo of Mrs. Kav
Oki. Mrs. Grace Kurita (North
Group) chaired the program of
Culinary Art and presented our
own Airs. Aiko .Murakami to in­
troduce Chinese cooking method
of roast chicken.

will be
couver Ni. i Hi
Banquet at Zuchter’s.
The locale for this last fling is presenting their May Day Hop on
1331-A Dundas Street West in Mav 22nd.
the heart of Metropolitan Toron- West 4th.
Rockin’ will begin sharply
—T.M.
to.
9:00 I\M.
1:00
come early to enjoy four hours
of uninteruptod dancing.
Don't forget, that’s Nisei Hi
Distinctive
Teeners “May Day Hop’’ oh May
—Claire,
22 nd.
Floral Arrangements

Adding Oriental beauty and
realism to the model Japanese
room and garden at the Canadian
Amateur Photographic Fair, will
be Toronto Miss Valentine 1959,
NISEI ENGLISH SERVICE
Sue Ohtani, dressed in a Japa­
nese kimono to pose for amateur
Every Sunday at
photographers.
7:30 P.M.
The dressing, along with a dis­
Rev, K. Ikuta
play of the latest Japanese pho­
WELCOME TO ALL!!
Miss Francis Tamiko Hirano, tographic equipment and acces220 Jackson Ave. — Vancouver
daughter of Mr. and Airs. Yoshi- sories is the product of the Japan
Trade Centre in the Queen Eliza­
beth Building, CNE.
Miss Ohtani, who will be pos­
TORONTO JAPANESE UNITED CHURCH
ing daily was chosen as the
Valentine queen of the Japanese
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, -1959
Canadian community February
10:45 a.m., Bible Class—11:30 a.m., Church School
11:30 a.m., Nisei Enalish Service
last.

VANCOUVER
Buddhist Church

Ynmashita. For further
ainment. .a Japanese vocal

KEN WILFS LIMITED REAL ESTATE
HU. 5-0411
2578 Yonge Street
Res.: LE. 4-1427 or CR. 8-1683
TORONTO, Ont.
IB-S.A tokoe iteiit, TOIONTO, ONT.

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soner—and Bamforth if need be—when they decide to make a break­
through to their main camp. And it is the timid Yorkshireman who
loses his nerve in the ensuing quarrel between Bamforth and the
others, and shoots the prisoner in the back instead of using the
silent knife.
Perhaps it is Kenji Takaki as the Japanese prisoner who has
the most difficult role and who is the best performer because of it.
'He is not given even a monosyllable to utter throughout the nearly’
two hours that he is on the stage. I cannot remember any’ play in
which a part is so important, so touching, so long, and yet so silent.
Never once does he utter a word -in fear, dismay’ or protest during
the time when his captors are debating what is to be done with him.
He must remain apart, discreet, never knowing at what unguarded
moment he may precipitate an outburst of fear- and rage. Yet one
feels what emotions he is undergoing behind the impassive mask.
But if he is not given the thunder and vividness of verbal
language to support him, he is given the language of gesture which
supplies a few touching moments. At one point, he is allowed to
take out two photographs from his wallet, and with great hesitancy’
and timidity’, he points to them, the pictures of his wife and two
children. He somehow expects that these British soldiers, so far
from home, immersed in the hate and anguish of battle, and poised
on the edge of disaster, will actually’ understand. And despite a few
coarse jokes, his captors are touched because of the very simplicity
and sincerity’ of his impulse.
Takaki’s role, then, is a very moving one, filled with pathos
and something of beauty. It is so simple that one could easily say’
that any’ skilled pantomimist could enact it. But its simplicity’, I
think, is a deceptive one, for he must convince not only his captors
but the audience of the reality’ of the hidden emotions of a trapped
man surging mutely. And with the English actor Peter O’Toole as
Pvt. Bamforth, who is the point of active movement and speech in
the play, Takaki is an actor who is not easily to be forgotten.
Willis Hall’s drama obviously belongs to a long line of anti­
war works. Its first title as a professional production, before the
present ironic name, was a telling one: “Boys, It’s All Hell”. His
mood is one of tired disillusionment. It may’ be that the play pleads
for sanity’ amidst the worst kind of insanity’ of which man is cap­
able; .that the dignity’ of the individual is a thing of utmost value
. despite the outward armour of uniform; that the terrible code of
war which justifies survival at all costs can only lead ultimately’
to destruction. But playwright Hall knows only too well that wal­
ls a bloody’ business and there is no changing it.
This “Oriental .touch” on London in its harrowing realism, then,
is far removed from the somewhat easy’ sentimentalism of the Orien­
tal themes that prevails on the New York stage. Moreover, The
Long and the Short and the Tall was a bargain at two shillings and
six pence (35 cents), though the benches in the gallery’ were hard
and narrow. For once, I could actually stand up and touch the chan­
deliers hanging down from the ceiling.

THE NEW CANADIAN

Games Film

(Continued from Page One)

As one supposes a physically’
bigger man is likely’ to win, a
giant Pakistani hammer thrower
cops the gold medal as he excels
the smaller Japanese opponent.
In the shot-put match, a plump
Japanese girl wins over the slim­
mer Chinese girls who came in
2nd and 3rd respectively. There
is a scene in which a Japanese
girl wins by a photo-finish; she
runs neck and neck in a hurdle
race with a Filipina. Slow-motibn action of the racers is ■ineluded in the film.
Shown also is a glimpse of
disappointment. In failing to
clear the bar, a determined Japanese high jumper show’s his
disgust by a few slaps to the
ground as he lies there momen­
tarily. His opponent is a Cey­
lonese who takes the only gold
medal for his country.
Swimming is of course Japan’s
saving .grace. Predominant is Ki
Yamanaka who easily wins the
400-metre free-style swimming
in 4 min. 23.9 sec. and also takes
the 1500-met;re free-style in 18
min. 0.3 sec.'There are other pro­
minent swimmers like Takashi
Ishimoto and Koichi Hirata who
have garnered points for Japan.
Among the girls, there is Yoshi­
ko Takamatsu who wins in 200-

metre breast stroke swimming.
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most dramatic spectacle, as the
300-member choir sing “God Be
With You Till We Meet. Again”.
As each nation marches out of the ... (continued from page one)
stadium in formation, waving that 90,000 are still suffering the
hats and hankies in response to effects of the blast fails to
the spectators who are waving square with Asahi’s calculation
farewell, “Auld Lang Syme” is that 200,000 of the original 255,echoed by’ a massed band. And in 000 inhabitants are already dead.
the evening only the hundreds of The present population of Hirotorches are lit on the track fields. shirna, a manufacturing, brewing
The curtain falls with the color­ and shipbuilding centre, is ap°ful fireworks piercing the dark­ proxiniately 416,000.
ness.
The announcement of death
Although Japan has actually from “atomic disease’’ in Hiro­
captured 67 gold medals out of shima has averaged 60 a year in
112, the film lasting about an recent years. Asahi has found.
hour and a half is well-edited for “Atomic disease” is the name
foreign export. It does not give given by Jalpanese to ailments
the impression she is predomin­ traceable to the decease in wh’te
antly superior' in sports in Asia, cells of the blood due to radia­
but rather sire has a sense of tion damage. Its characteristics
sportsmanship and of showman­ are anemia, loss of appetite and
ship.
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Synopsis of "Harp of Burma" Movie presented by Centre April 30

Cast: Captain Inouye—Rentaro shima. Some of the men call out able to return to Japan with his
Mikuni; Private
Mizushima— his name, but the monk remains own comrades.
Shoji Yasui; Defense Commander silent. He walks silently’ away, in
Meanwhile, Captain Inouye,
—Tatsuya Mihashi; Old Woman the direction from where the unit who had • brought from the old
—Taniye Kitabayashi; Village had come.
peddler woman a green parrot
Head—Yunosuke Ito.
The monk was indeed Mizushi­ which was the brother of the par­
By July’’ 1945, the war was ma.
Regaining
consciousness rot ■which had been perched on
nearing its end for the Japanese after the attack on the mountain the strange monk’s shoulder,
forces in Burma, Unit after unit post which had killed the rest of taught the bird to say: “Mizu­
was crossing the mountains of the men, Mizushima had stag­ shima, let’s all go home to­
Burma to escape into Thailand. gered away and had been saved gether.”
And among these units marching by a passing monk. Knowing his
Finally, the orders come for
toward Thailand
one in mission was to rejoin his unit, their repatriation. In three days
which the men sang songs to the Mizushima had stolen one of the they will leave Mudon. Captain
accompaniment - of a strange monk’s robes and was hurrying Inouye asks the peddler woman
handmade instrument resembling to Mudon. On his way he had to give.his parrot to the strange
By HOP a Burmese harp. Private Mizu­ passed scenes of deadly’ battles monk.
shima was an expert at playing where all that remained now
On the day before their de­
There was a time when I would old T-0 is shedding ■its square this instrument.
were the bleached bones of the parture, when they have just
have spent my time listening to wraps considering the amount of He would dress in the costume Japanese dead, thezflesh picked about given up hopes that Mizu­
Chico Hamilton’s Quintet for a jazz labeled for the near future. of a Burmese native and walk clean by vultures. Whenever he shima ■will return with them, the
whole week’s engagement. Un­ In addition to the regular jazz ahead of the unit. When the way’ was able, he buried or burned the mysterious priest once more
fortunately, the same situation spots, we now have one new spot was clear, he would signal the dead. Finally he arrived at Mu­ makes his appearance before
could not exist today’ for the and a change in policy for two men forward by’ playing a tune don.
them. The men had been standgroup that showed up at the East others. At the Westover’s Basin on his harp. Time after time, he
The following day, still trying ing at the barricade softly singQueen Street Spot last week was Street Room, the practice of had saved the .unit from falling to find his way into the camp to ing “Home Sweet Home-."” The
a far cry’ from the first look I bringing name attractions will be into an ambush.
join -his unit, Mizushima came strange monk ■who has been
had at the Quintet three years consistant instead of once a
The unit was nearing the Thai upon a party of English soldiers listening in silence suddenly picks
ago.
month or so. Finishing off this border. It stopped one night in a and 'nurses holding a memorial up his harp and begins to play.
After taking in one set Friday’ week is the “King of the Blues,” mountain village. For the first service in the prison cemetery The men know the man is Mizu­
evening and the entire Saturday singer Jimmy’ Rushing, augment­ time in weeks, the men had a for the “Unknown Japanese shima. They call him, but he does
matinee session last week, I won­ ed by regulars Mike White and roof over their heads and a floor Dead.” And as he watched, there not answer.
dered why I bothered at all. Be­ his Imperial Jazz Band. The under their feet. For the first came to his mind the countless
Without speaking a word, Mi­
sides the leader, the group con­ former Basie vocalist may' be time in weeks, they’ would be able Japanese dead he had seen on his zushima starts tplaymg a song of
sisted of alto saxist Eric Dolphy’ held over until next week.
to rest.
way’ to Mudon. The men had been farewell which the men all know.
who also doubled on flute and
But suddenly, the Milage is left unburied, unmourned. Mizu­ And when he finishes, he bows
A week this Monday, trumpet­
bass clarinet.
Dennis er Rex Stewart will take over the wrapped an ominous silence. shima bowed his head in prayer deeply' and walks off.
Budiniir, cellist Nathan Gersh- feature
The men are assembled on the
spot.
Others to follow News comes in that the village and when he raised his head, his
nian, and bassist Wyatt Reuther. will be Buck
has
-been
surrounded
by
British
deck
of the transport bearing
face was shining with a firm re­
Clayton, Art Hodes,
While Chico firmly believes that Ben Webster or Coleman Hawk- troops. The situation is fraught solve.
them back to Japan. They are
this is the best group ever, and in
He was walking away’ from the listening to Captain Inouye read­
Willy “The Lion” Smith with danger, not only for them­
that he knows now what he is and and
selves,
but
the
noncombatant
vil
­
cemetery
’ when he had come to ing the letter from Mizushima.
his Trio. Duke Ellington and
doing' (he maintains that he his Orchestra
lagers.
Just
then,
the
sound
of
the
wooden
bridge. As he was It tells the men of Private Mizuas well as Lionel
didn’t three years ago), the pre­ Hampton and his Band are slated Mizushima’s harp comes softly crossing, a Japanese prisoner-of- shima’s sorrowful and pititul de­
sent quintet just didn’t get off for Hotel Edison possibly’ June from one of the huts. He is play­ war labor party' had approached termination—-to stay’ in Burma
the ground.
The musicians in­
and May 11th respectively’. ing “Home Sweet Home.” Voices from the opposite direction. He to provide the thousands ai.fl
volved are technically inferior to Sth
blend with the
music
of...
the harp
,
.
- stood face to face with the mem- thousands of Japanese soldiers
the personnel Chico had in the A new addition is tjie Frontenac and soon the en tire unit is sing-. bers of his unit. It was here that who died in Burma a place w,ieie
Hotel which now lias voc­
save for the young guitarist Arms
alist
Ruth
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until a week this ing in chorus. And as if they, too, he realized he would never be they can repose in peace.
who shows signs of being heard
are thinking of home, English
from in a big- way. The composi- Thursday. Comedian Shelly’ Ber- voices from the unseen foe can
tions. except for some old standbe heard singing in unison with
s. such as “The will also appear in the near fu­ the Japanese. The men learn for
JAPANESE CANADIAN CENTRE
Morning After.’ were much too
the first time that the war has
ture
in
the
Frontenac
Room,
rigid and ‘‘too far out.” Chico,
ended.
PRESENTS
himself, took too many loud, long which features the main attrac­
The men are taken to a prison­
tion
alternating
with
dance
sets
drum solo s. “a la Art Blakey
er-of-war camp at Mudon ... all
In cooperation with the CONTINENTAL TIMbS
in between.
The only trouble here was th
except Mizushima, who was vol­
he doesn’t
and THE NEW CANADIAN
The “on-off” CColonial will unteered to make an attempt by’
touch
However, ‘
bring- in the Ink Sp ots. Cal Tja- himself to induce a Japanese
a handv t
an album
and Maynard garrison, still fighting in the
Ferguson and his Orchestra in mountain fastness, to give up and
feat
the
lineup
that order star
join the other prisoners. Mizu­
XVII Film Festival San Giorgio Prize Winner
Around the corner he T.T. ha shima’s efforts are in vain and
Miles Davis and h
also
amidst the thunder of British
Monday.
Vocalist Anita O'Dav guns, Mizushima falls unconsci­
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