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ern Day Japanese Samurai Sea Captains Stiil Go Down With Ships
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Syo-In the recent past several freighters went
Me bottom in stormy seas in the Pacific
Japan. Many seamen disappeared into -the
Public
waters in each case.
'B^e Edis
commander of each vessel refused to leave
Hoskin? ship, making major headlines along with
mukI
ficidents themselves.
011 *4r
Tsutomu Kamitoko. 60, remained aboard his
Hon
the Hajima Mam when it sank off eastern
noalhi
Mido on Jan. 1/Tear
ace
31. first mate Seiichi Hasegawa, 31, refusCleave his freighter the Kuko Maru which sank
^ile anchored in Onahama Port of Fukushima PreThe captain of the vessel was ashore.
' And Hiroshi Yoshimura, the 45-year-old captain of
•• Ont,
^California Maru, also stayed on board when the
5005
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on Feb.
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Feb. 10.
10.
The series of self-sacrifice^
bate in homes as well as in' newsnan^TQ on TV
Some approve or rather admire the* deed*
seamen yUe others ca!I tIwm

think abo^ these self-sacri­
fices. Would taey do the same thhw as these
men it their ships were sinking?
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whl
h°W the"
teallv felt
J h+en ^.eJ decided to accompanv their vess^ A ^he
says Hidehiko Kawase. 43-vear-old Ak^
of the 11,380-ton freighter Kii Maru 'of Nihon Yusen

ETCially so
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and * TeJe Squared together from Kobe Higher Meicantile Manne School in 1945. And by chance mv ship
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was m the same area as his ill-fated ship that night,
’Tf I were him, I would have done the same
Hung . . . going to the bottom with the vessel.”
Capt: Koichi Uno. 52. also of Nihon Yusen Co.,
flatly says, “I would remain aboard my ship. The
other day my children asked me what I would do in an
emergency. I firmly told them. T*d go with my ship.’ ”
But Uno emphasizes that even the first mate can
nardly understand how a captain feels when his ship
is in danger
He re'
1 always thought it would be an easy
job to be captain, I thought 1 was always ready to be
a captain for all the eight years while I was a first
mate.
1
wrong the first day 1 went to sea
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An Indsp&n^Gnt Orgcn for Csnedisns of Joponese Origin
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1970

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STRENGTH FOR THE
BRIDGE
By MISS J.L. BEATTIE
$5.00 (plus postage)

ifYou Can't Go Home Again
I^
By KATS KUNITSUGU

was over for the family’s annual Christmas dinner
at

our
house
last
year, my mother’ looked so well—she actually
:itob
IC
seemed to have less wrinkles and certainly her color was better
than* it was at the time 15 years ago when my father died—that
ronto
;my7sister and I kidded her about working 15 more years before
' retiring.
■4281 iSuf
"(Since my youngest sister’s marriage, she had been living
ie in an apartment in Los Angeles and going to work every
|at Frolic Time downtown as a finisher. When she hit the
pent age a few years ago, we kids talked to her about calling
jits and moving in with my brother Bill and his wife Michi,
less, who lived in a four-bedroom house in Harbor City.
“Sah . . . neh . . .” my mother demurred, and we didn’t insist
e change, because she was actually having the time of her
it Frolic Time. The work wasn’t the easiest in the perpetual
-iush atmosphere of a sewing factory, but she said' she was
to_ it, and she felt more useful there than she would be
g in a big shiny house with nothing to do.

Total of 698 Japanese Citizens
Immigrated To Canada In 1969
OTTAWA. — Some 698 Japanese
Of the 698 immigrants arriving here
immigrated to Canada in 1969, report­ in 1969, 144 came in the last quarter
ed the Quarterly Immigration Bulletin October, November, and December.
issued by authority of the Ministry
Canada received a total of 161,531
Department of Manpower and Immi­ immigrants in 1969. This was a de­
gration in Ottawa recently
crease of 22,443 or 12.2 percent from
The 1969 total of Japanese immi­ 1968, but was 23.2 percent above the
grants was up 70 from 1968 when the average of immigration to Canada
total was 628.
over the previous ten years, which

was 131,142.
Europe, Africa and Australia
produced fewer immigrants than
in 1968. Asia, the United States
he had always been a perpetual motion type of person (she
and Central and South America
uted this to the fact that she had been born in the Year
T0K10. — Tokyo Electric
e Mouse) and I could remember many a time in my teen Power Co. in a joint effort with sion of the Mitsubishi Minica 70 showed increases over the pre­
when she got after me for always sitting around in some Mitsubishi interests has develop­ Van and runs on storage bat- vious year.
er with my nose in a book when I should be mopping the ed an electric car for practical teries of 120 volts.
The 1969 movement added 84,The company will deliver one
or washing the breakfast dishes or going to the store.
use whose fuel is claimed to cost
349 persons to the labor force,
. , ^hat for? You already did them,” I would point out with as one-third that of a gasoline car. of the electric cars in April and of whom 29,449 were in the pro­
S1 truth as sass. After a while, she .adopted a “shikata-ga- it was announced recently.
10 in the fall, the spokesman
fessional, technical or manager­
A attitude about .my “heavy seat,” After all,” she would say,
The power company said that said.
ial category.
sumi was born in the Y ear of the Cow.”
the new electric car is to be used
If the car is mass-produced, it
Ontario attracted 86,588 (53.6
Sayings and precepts from the Old Country ruled her life, and. by the Tokyo Metropolitan Gov- will be priced at 500,000 yen
percent) of the 1969 total, com­
s?);«'Aver ^t that it should be otherwise. All the moral and ethica eminent to spray water, clean per car, he said. This
compares pared with 96,155 (52.3 percent)
j teachings of the Meiji era that she learned through eight years
the roads, etc.
with 350,000 yen for gasoline
1 ot-scnoolnig were absolute law, as far as she was concerned.
in 1968. Quebec came second with
The company spokesman said car.
28,230 (17.5 percent), compared
* 4 °^ "as s.acred? and enjoying oneself was a sin. Early to bed
It has a capacity of 200 kilo- with 35,481
. ana early to rise and' eating fresh vegetables kept one out of it will help reduce air pollution
(19.3 percent) in
automobile ex­ meters, and can run at a maxi­ 1968. British Columbia was third
i aS’ *ai ,as sbe ?vas concerned. This stern regimen she en- resulting from
■■
j011 perself, but in her later years, she relented .a little and haust.
mum speed of 73 kilometers per with 21,953 (13.5 percent), and
;
Som? to the Yamato when Bill and Michi treated, to the
The electric car is a new ver­ hour.
iicb
22,496 (12.2 percent) in 1968.
ni?XIes wben I had free tickets and to sundry entertainls • e Dsneyland and the Ice Follies when my sister or my
Alberta ranked fourth with 11,« JnS spited her. Hei’ floor lady at work, Mrs. Cora Iwanaga,
274 (6.9 percent), compared with
and outgoing person, did a lot to draw Mama out
13,203 (7.2 percent) in 1968. The
MW) ’J , ^iniP°sed shell. “The pizza at Woolworth’s is pretty
Prairie Provinces received 20,146
B one day, after she had sampled it with Mrs.
or 12.4 percent of the immigra­
the New Ginza for lunch,” she advised us, “It’s
MANILA. — A pagan tribal the title of honorary colonel in tion flow, compared with 25,483
reasonable and delicious.”
chief credited with killing 50 Ja­ the U.S. Air Force was Kodiaro
(13.9 percent) in 1968. The At­
j'°7re getting to be more of a bon vivant than Kan- panese soldiers in World War II Laxamana.
bnl
ea her. She didn’t know what a “Bon Vivant” was, while harboring downed Ameri­
lantic
Provinces received 4,420
Elis body and that of Victorio
mew what I meant, and she looked pleased.
can flyers was found shot to Duraduram,
another
Negrito, (2.7 percent) compared with 4,were found in the jungle near the 164 (2.3 percent) in 1968.
.I'3/5 a
shock to her kids when we found out about death recently.
The pygmy Negrito chieftain village where their tribe lives on
was
i
a^° that she had cancer of the liver, and it
The majority of immigrants —
uroner Aj i,
sbe’s always lived such an orderly life
so whose war exploits earned him the U.S. Clark Air Force base, 140,087 (86.7 percent)
were
50 miles north of Manila.
“Slip
j e never caused anyone anv trouble!” we protested.
under 40. The total was almost
Me doesn't deserve this!”
~
Laxamana was killed one day
equally
divided between the sex­
after he reported that trouble
hUt 6sene ^ or not’ that was the doctor’s verdict, backed up
es

80,007
men and 31,524
7’tests at the hospital.
was brewing between the Negri­
tos and other Filipinos.
women.
plie
that she had hepatitis, and moved her to Bill’s
The Negritos retain special pri­
She
Mends "'ith Tiger and Daisy, the
vileges given them by Gen. Doug­
Mrs. Chiyo
Umezuki, 65,
appet’te. "
"as Patently frustrated by her continued lack of
las MacArthur for their help to
wife of Mr. Takaichi L’mezuU.S. forces during World War II.
After o
k
ki,
publisher
of
The
New
Laxamana
personally hid out 10
put her
S • lasted on seeing the doctor again, and he
downed
U.S.
fliers.
Canadian,
passed
away
sudden
­
inference
x
^or intravenous feeding. After a family
Laxamana
is
officially credited
"e.. void her she had cancer of the liver and the
ly on Sunday afternoon at
1 Prognos]
with beheading with
his bolo
^asn t good.
East General Hospital. Rest­
knife
17
of
the
50
Japanese
he
T appari
TOKYO.
Gaimusho
an...
£ah jatta no . . .” she commented so calmly that
killed during the war. The Ameing at the Ralph Day Funeral
atnounced
recently
that
Mr.
Shin
­
rican
fliers
mor-l
'
10U
^j
she
might
be
too
heavily
seated
to
understand
he
protected went
Service, 180 Danforth Ave.
the
native
with
tribe for three suke Hori, Minister and Consul0I” ^ aH. But she knew all right; she just never made
(near Broadview).
years, living on game and jungle
about it.
General of Japan in London, Eng­
Service at 1.30 p.m. in the
vegetation.
0
1
land, will succeed Mr. Tomihiko
chapel on Thursday. Interment
lO ^ve "'ith crisis. For three weeks, mv sisters
Several corresponded regular­
Kambara,
(51) Consul-General of
Highland Memorial Gardens.
ly with him and two visited him
(Continued on Page 8)
last year.
Vancouver.

Tokyo Electric And Mitsubishi Develop
Electric Automobile For Practical Use

Pagan Chief Found Shot

Mrs. Umezuki
Passes Suddenly

Hori To Replace
Kambara As Van
Consul-General

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PAGE 7

“SIC ‘EM, BOY!"

Dates And Doings

By BILL MARUTANI

n ba a good pollv-j- to
kav» tha RIGHT POLICY
COMUil

’^4 CHILLING SENSATION of storm troopers 1
WiHiam Wales Ltd
ig m die
be sensed, ready to be unleashed
CO
the Pure Tor. Buddhist Church Sponso
Insurance Agents
atoned:
rs "Youth Nite" Mr. 28
2
Carlton St. 10th floor
TORONTO.—T
ced that the overwhelming majority of (the citi
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Toronto 2-A, Ont.
■nt o.t the Toronto Buddhist
Phone 368-4681
the
lead
of
their
.
.
.
elected
officials
if
we
will
foil
from 7:30 w
b 3
mpaign to drive these bizarre extremists from
Affiliate
positions on our telex’ision screens and on th.3
bi
ing on Japan
well
r
newspapers.
Most
of
them
need
treatment
more
uhermg
edueationa
front
o
information.
rhe Youth Director.
than yuf-utv.
. decor and e
“A st. te-Ue ed “campaign” to drive these “undesirables” where,
Made To Measure
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and "1?! 0 1 C e rhe ultimate “treatment”? It could have been
hown.
And Alterations
Stalin Meo <r ti int corporal-turned-paperhanger-turned-fuhrer: but
f rhe vt
11
as
the
led
public.
linous words were uttered by that man who is mv
instei
Chris Nomura
a heartbeat away from the Presidency of thes
said
*
132 Baldwin St, Toronto
*
United Spates : id he was calling upon the assemblage of the Nr
T H
Phone 368-9225
Ethnic
Council
Presses
for
Removal
of
Inequity
tional Governoi Conference recently.
SMEARING THEM as
misfits and oddballs” (whew, h
2ue
nto
in a report
the I cwwvm;*^^)*1!^u-w
port to the
just m'-^ed iat Japs ) (I think) he called upon the assembled Labour
one
pre.
AUTO — fire — LIFE 1
goveiu'; to jom m a fight to drive these from public exposure Ke Federal govern
a not her inequit
immigrants in Canada
all forms
■gi
and thereby lead us all back to the Nirvana of “normalcy”. And
OF
The
report
said
vou D o’v who will determine what “normalcy” means.
‘‘An immigrant who. as
a misfortune beyond his
OLD-TIME “HANG-UPS”
control becomes a public chc
as a recipiei : of public
>0T UNLIKE OTHER NISEI, this writer, too, has been rai
a <n
consult
care
^Si
d to believe in cleanliness, haircuts, hard work, generally good
1
K/YO TAMURA
In such circums!u»ees he
1
manners and some fondness for the King’s English without clutterTORONTO
adversity he may apply for removal
Boa. 366-5812
Res. Pl. 9-8317 {
: ing-it Ath meaningless and unnecessary four-letter xvords. (Un- IwAiw
3
Msfort^
’w r 16
v resided m Canada, prior to this
necessan and meaningless in that such four-letter xvords are verbal
cuizeiiship requirements and he must start
foot-smnipings or tantrums xvhich convey no idea, no message mie x to e&tabadi fix e years of residence for this purpose.”
and certainly do not suffer from precision.) Some may seek to cast
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all this aside by a comment: “Well, that’s his hang-up ”. As to this
J keen observation, aside from not experiencing any sensation of 25th Anniversary of UN Commemorated By Stamp
dangLng. I can say that this kind of besmirching has about
OTTAWA.—On May 1.3th the Canada Bost Office will issue
i mud' masoned force and self-sustenance as the quotation set two stamps, in ten and fifteen cent denominations respectively,
Chartered
Accountant
: forth above. Indeed, even less—if that’s possible.
to commemorate the 2oth Anniversary of the United
Twenty-five year.
go Canada was one of fifty sovereigm
; -BIT BET OK’D ALL THIS, — beyond the exteriors of long
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states
whose
delegates
participated in the unanimous adoption
rhair, sandals, etc. (which are totally unimportant); beyond the
130
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ST.
W.
TORONTO
g of the United Nations’ founding Charter at the San
' din of outbursts and the baiting by use of four-letter xvords; be- and s
£ yond name-caliing and suggestions of mental problems,—perhaps Francisco Conference. As a Ch;
member of the United Nawe ought to risk listening, even for a moment, to what they are tions, Canada joins with fellow member countries in celebrating
; saying, or trying to say. After all, even a convicted criminal or a this anniversary for which ‘‘Peace r
has been selected
Custom Picture
as the theme.
condemned murderer gets at least this chance.
Framing
The two stamps were designed by Brian Fisher of Vancouver,
C’MON, CAN’T YOU TAKE A JOKE?
B.C. In the words of the artist, the design presents “a world divided,
:
SOME READER IS REMARKING: “Spiro doesn’t mean it;
NISHIMURA
with a great deal of energy being focused toward its unification,
; he’s" gotta be saying all that with tongue in cheek. Ole’ ‘This
though this unity is not yet accomplished, and. poses a question for
’ writer is just blowin’ up a small storm over nothin’. Well, perhaps. the future”.
1278
Str®«t. Toronto 7, Ont
. No doubt that's the way it all started in Nazi Germany xvith a lot
SOUTH
OF WOODLAWN
The ten cent issue is blue and the fifteen cent issue is violet
; of unperturbed Germans dismissing that comical corporal's ranting and maroon. Both measure 40 mm X 24
Tokjo Niahimuxa
923-6877
mm with the design poand rax .ng? and calling others crazy. History is replete with this
sitioned horizontally. The stamps
g printed by lithography
tactic including Socrates, Jesus of Nazareth, Joan d’Arc, Joe Smith
in quantities of 12,500,000 each by the British American Bank
i and hij Mormons, and so it goes. Who’s ready to be shorn next?
Note Company of Ottawa.
IN THE MEANTIME, perhaps to be on the safe side, I’d
First day cover service will be provided by — “FIRST DAY
oettei ftan reducing. No use taking chances: he might not believe
COVER SERVICE, CANADA TOST OFFICE, OTTAWA 2, ONT.
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Tuesday, March o<

Death

(Continued from Page 1‘)

Sea Captains . . .

(Continued From Page 1)

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^^en anB ^ 3-xrcI I got together every evening around six and
The Port of Yokohama was ; the sinking ship, I would remain
rode Together over the Long Beach Freeway in one ox- the other
Second class DcdI r
shrouded
in dense fog when he on board and. go to the bottom
ot our cars to visit Mama at Long Beach Memorial.
with the ship and my men,” says A member ofnumber
his first voyage as
EthiBc
Bill's
Michi being a registered nurse with friends like left
Yutaka Ukiya, the 44-year-old
caprain
11
years
ago.
Kay Matsumoto in the pharmacy at the hospital, Mama got extra
“The moment my pilot left my skiper of Yamashita Shin-Nihon
care and attention during her stay there. Aly brothex- Bill, who
T. UMEZUKI
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ship
just outside the port. I sud­ Kisen Co.
never even picks up his pajamas from the floor at home, went
ttom
Those captains who say they
to see her twice a day, giving her back rubs and keeping hex- denly felt a sense of heavy res­
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room,, we could see that she often experienced discomfort and even ment that the fate of the vessel their colleagues
a 43-year-old
Kenji Suzuk
pain because the short-handed hospital staff couldn’t always res­ and the entire crew depended on
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captain of Nihoix Yusen Co., is
pond quickly to hex- needs. And Mama being Mama, she hesitated my judgment,” he said.
per J6(B
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to call anyone unless she was absolutely at the end of her rope.
Shogo> Hagino, a 44-year-oId of the opinion that the captain
id advance
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tht
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through her vocal chords.
bably be quite another thing. Per­ happening,” he says.
Says Capt. Tai Enomoto, also
Some time before nine, Michi, who had gone in to check, said haps. I might go down with the
43,
of Osaka Shosen Mitsui SenxMama had seemed to regain consciousness. We all rushed upstairs. vessel when the worst happened
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to
me.

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Her eyes were open, but unfocused. She made a movement as
I
would
leave the sinking vessel.
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though to raise her arms. We asked her if she were in pain, but
He points out that whenever
she couldn’t answer, although we had a feeling she heard. We his ship is overtaken by a storm That’s the way a nxan should SEWING machine
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and so unfair . . .
\iroen, a social welfare instituMichio Fukuda, a 43-year-old
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