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Japanese Submarine Attack On California During World War II Anniversary
.■■SANTA BARBARA. — An u- pe up oi?t of the cold Pacific wa- chant
^^ ships,
ships , near San .Francisco,
Francisco, the commander of the submari- of • Santa Barbara. nusual anniversary occured re­ ters juist off the shore near the sinking one.
I ne fleet, ordering the 1-17 and | At the time the' shelling startcently at this peaceful coastal this city.
submarines I two of three • other subs to “at- ’ ed here, the Japanese sub was
The submarine, the 1-17, fired I Other Japanese
community. Ironically, the event
tack either a highway or a fac'
20 shells at an oil field area in made tries at American coastal tory to distract American war­ within a baseball throw of'the
was not peaceful at all.
targets,
but
the
1-17
was>
the
oil derrick at Goleta and a highIt was less than'three months the Goleta district, eight miles first and biggest sensation.
ships to the north. ■
।
hway
oyer pass above a South­
after Pearl Harbor when at north of here off of U.S. 101.
“Our plan was to bombard ern Pacif-'c railroad line, accoun­
I
The
1-17
had
come
to
Ameri
­
The shelling,. part of a plan
dusk on Fe.. 23, 1942, the late
San Francisco,” - Nambu . said
President Franklin Delano Roo­ to distract American warships, can waters after being ordered “But we couldn’t find anywhex ts related.
sevelt was beg :nning a fires i- is believed to be' the first Naval to chase ships which” had bomb­ we could get in close enough‘to ! Nambu said in-the interview,
de chat over national radio a- attack on mainland American so­ ed Kwajelein in the Marshall make any damage with our cun- “When our guns began to fire,
I could hear cars breaking to bout defense agains. enemy at­ il since the British shelled Cape stands, -an officer of the ship, on.”
followed. I /
Lt.
Nobukiyo
Nambu,
later
re
­
Cod
in
the
War
of
1812.'
tack.,
'
■ '
v
After deciding against shcot- stop, then sirens
Hardly had the President said, . It caused virtually no dama- called in an interview with The irig over the long stretch of oay couldn’t resist any longer. I left
my station and climbed up the
Associated Press.
“My friends,” when a submarine ge.
into the city by. the Golden Ga­ hatch to have a look outside.”
from the 'Sixth Japanese Sue-i Within a week the 1-17 claimThe following day the sub re­ te, the 1-17 went out to sea and
marine Fleet poked its' perisco- I ed it had torpedoed two mer- ceived a radio message from came back in: again just north
(Gont. on P. 2)
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The Hew Canadian
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1975
Vol- XXXIX — 25
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"EngrishYoh!

More “Issei-ese

Toronto, Ont.

Jpnz. Scientists Uncover Canadian
Studies Of Mercury Poisoning In Ont
By LOREN LIND

Allen, a researcher for the Na- them island of Kyushu in Jational
Indian Brotherhood, who pan, where it was first discoveBy BILL HOSOKAWA
ryu aru ei.. Evacuation was taOTTAWA. — It took two Ja­
accompanied
the two scientists red in 1956. Only' in 1959, did
chinoki oriebakueishon. A border
Occasionally a column draws pass was pasu and travel per­ panese scientists -to pry out of to Ottawa.
researchers discover that it was
Ottawa) officials the preliminary
.more passing interst and a rec­ mit' was tsuraberu pamitto.
caused by mercury poisoning.
He
said
tht
directorate
staff
results of tests, done on cats fed
ent^ discussion about
peculiar
told
him
the
official
results
of
There is a section on camp meircury-polluted, Northern Ont­
- : Two Indian chiefs whose bands
expressions used by many Issei
the study will not be released
.occupations.
The
legal
division
ario
fish.
live along the English River ha.
was: one of them. George Iseri
for 1 % years.
was
identified
as
horitsu
komon
Recently,
Dr.
Jun
Ui
and
Dr.
of San Francisgo noted mention
: But the Japanese doctors re­ .ve been told by the Government ■
in . that column of the
word or rigaru debijon. Internal secu­ Masazumi Harada - told a con. ported cats in the high-dose gro­ not to rely on the fish they tra­
“battenga”, whose meaning and rity was junsa (meaning police) ference sponsored in part by the up, that were ; fed a mercury ditionally depended on for food '
origins were unclear. He reports or intanaru sekyuriti.- Sanitation, National Indian Brotherhood that dosage of 7 parts per million
it is used commonly in certain the paper says was “benjo no cats fed Clay Lake fish develop­ of their total diet, all contracted Chief Andrew Keewatin of Grasnorthern. Kyushu dialects' as in soji — means toilet cleaning.” ed Minamata disease within 100 the disease within 146 days,, and sy-Nanrows band told the con­
ference at the University of ’To­
the: Japanese conjuction “<ga” or There is also a section on envi­ days.
the first one developed sympto­
ronmental
terms.
Sage
brush
They
got
the
information
from
the English“but”. Oddly enough,
ronto his people were told by
ms on the 90th day. .
it is used almost as “but then” was seiji burashi, dust storm a Dr. .Robert Willes of -the Food
the. federal Government they
suna-kaze, a coyote was kayote, I and Drug Directorate’s toxicoloThe disease is called Minama­
andthe sound is similar.
yamainu or okami, magpie a'? gy branch, according to Max ta after the town on the' sou- could fish at - a lake 40 miles a.
P.C. Ed. Honda relays a letter Chosen garasu meaning Korean
way instead, but the only access ■
from Mamoru Uyehama^of Fre­ crow 'although I cannot recall
to it- was. by airplane.
sno, Cailf., who comes up/with seeing' magpies in Korea. And
Nisei
Woman
From
Berkeley
Alleged
the; expression “burariketto mo­ jackrabbit was usagi or jakku
A member of the audience as­
ked if ; the Indians were given achi’’ or “blanket carrier” or one rabitto. .
To Be Travelling With Patty Hearst
ny renumeration 'for the -loss
who toted a bedroll. “This was
..What
strange
people
the
Issei
kind: of an undignified term
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Ah in. shimura of Berkeley, Calif, re- of livelihood. . “We hardly got
that was used in the Japanese evacuees must have appeared to vestigation is underway in Pen­ portedly 'headed back- to
the anything,” he replied^ “They: ju­
community referring to those WRA personnel, and how. dilig­ nsylvania in connection with the West Coast from the farmhouse. st threw welfare; at; us, - which <
of us who were bachelor ; farm ently the Caucasians must have alleged harboring of fugitive ne­
caused a lot of social -problems.
Miss Yoshimura has been sou­ Other: than that, - there’s nothing
laborers and were of the lowest
wspaper
heiress
Patricia
Hearst,
economic status,” Uyehama wri-. tried to understand them,, jud­ but no indictmentsjare imminent, ght since 1972 - for investiga tion much.”
tes in a manner that indicates ging from the effort put into U.S. Attorney John Cottone sa- of conspiracy to bomb the Navy
Annual figures showed welROTC quarters at the Univ, of
that whatever his origins, he his official document.* It was wri­ id recently.
Calif, in Berkeley. Authorities
frm Ws
long ago was graduated , from tten ibyJohn DeYoung, an anth­
“We’re not going to ask the did not immediately'connect Miss ’ .^ . °f $56,984 to $162,000 in
such a humble position.
ropologist assigned to Mindoka grand jury to return any indict- Yoshimura with the SLA.
j^ a? ^e White Dog band,.
'
.. J while it nearly quadrupled at
And finally, Dr. Peter T. Su- in Idaho. It is one of a series of ments in the Hearst, case,” CottThe Examiner said one report' the Grassy band, from $29,431
zukij associate professor Of UT- WRA documents, nearly a hun- one said. “It is going to be - a
placed
the farm in the Pocono; jn 1969 to $121,980 in 1973.. k
ban studies .at the University ired of which, are listed in “Im- continuing investigation.”
Mountains
the : New York
of Nebraska at Amaha, has sent
Miss Hearst’s father said he State line, near
’
’
a
'book-on
the
pounded
People;
and
it
said, indictm­ - < Recently Environment Mini­
along a copy of a 1943- WRA
had been told of the investiga­
ster William - Newman said the
document with this imposing ti­ camps written by four WRA tion arid that, the trail to his da­ ents were expected to be retur­ amount . of mercury dumped into
published ughter’s whereabouts was months ned! against the elderly couple the English River Wabigon sys­
tle; “English words in Current anthropologists and
in the case.
............
Use at Minidoka Center That in 1969 by the Uinversity of A- old.
.
tem is only 'a hundredth of a '
Cottone confirmed reports that pound per day compared - with
Have Been Given a ‘Japanese- rizona Press;
The Sah Francisco' . Examiner
English’: Pronunciation: or Have
reported that Miss Hearst hid at the investigation involved the 20 pounds a day in ■ 1970 when The
book
assures
readers
that
?eeh Translated into a Japanese
a northeastern Pennsylvania alleged harboring of Miss Hearst two companies were ordered to - x
copies
of
the
WRA
reports
“
will
Eqivalent.” It is also
titled
farm-house early last fall and by one or more persons in north- stop polluting.
‘‘Project Analysis Series No? 10” be filed permanently in the two her fingerprint® were ' found eastem Pennsylvania.
The minister rioted the syst­
“There will be . matters pertand given the bureautic desig­ repositories of WRA records: the there in October. Fingerprints of
national
Archieves
in
Washing-^
nation
C-0371-P3-BU-COS-WP
"Symbionese Liberation Army ining to Hearst presented to em still leaking mercury, will1 be
ton, D.C., and the University of members William and
and I invite any translations.
Emily the grand jury soon,”- Cottone “no longer after late April or
California Library in Berkeley. Harris and a fourth person were said, adding that'this would be
May.”
The paper notes that a reloca- ( There they will be available for
the first time the grand jury
also
found
at
the
hideout,
the
tion.center was known in Japan-.' future Students of the EvacuatHe said tests on fish were
- , had heard material in the He­ very
®s® as kyampu or senta. An ion and resetlement of Japanese newspaper said.
- encouraging^’. and not ex- /
The Examiner quoted a “relia- arst case.
“ternmsnt camp, was intanmento Americans.”
pected so soon. The mercury le­
He said he expected the grand vel; said the minister, is “way
ble source close to the investiga­
kyampu, the proper
Suzuki tion
■ ■ .noun being
■
However, when Dr.
”
as
saying
that
Miss
Hearst,
jury
to recess for an. indefinite down (in, fish) but hot to the
modified to distinguish it from
to the National Archives
।
the
Harrises
and
a
fourth
person
period
of time without returning
» relocation, center. Army was,
v Gm* On P. 3 '
f
|
identified
as
Wendy
Misako
Yo;
indictments.
ami or' gumbu. WRA was dabu-| ‘ '
Corit. on Page 2

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-Tuttday, April 1, 1975

T

Attack

(Cont. from Page One)

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Women's Roles Compared
In United States And Japan

I he New Canadian
A member of Ethnic Preci

-“There: seemed to be; a great stories related about Nishino say,
' Association of Ontario
deal of confusion^ especially bn ’it was because of an embarrass' Second Class mall
the highway, -but down near the ing mishap years earlier;
No. D-0366
town red lights were blinking, - • The submarine commander had
PUBLISHED ON EVEB1 TUESDAY
AND FBIDAY
and school outings.■
BY SUMI OKUMA
racing our way.”
- - been the captain of a_ Japanese
Her
husband,
she
admits,
co
­
/(Reports' from- the time of the'- oil. tanker; thatafrequently stoppV. UMEZUKI ToMishet
TOKYO. — The Madame But mes home only four or five ti­
K. C. TSUMURA
attack said that only a shed.’ at ed at .the Ellwood' oil field du.
terfly-like
hostesses
<fu
’
ttering
(
English
Section Editor '
mes
a
week.
the base'of’ an ; oil : derrick was ~ring the early 1930s.
KEN MORI
down the Ginza — Tokyo’s Gre­ - He is “busy,” she- says, gradamaged, despite the, close' ran­
At one., stop, Nishino had go­ at White Way — and the wom­
Japanese Section Editor
ge. ,
ne ashore and during a visit to en’s libbers congregating in yo­ tefully, working hard for his
SUBSCRIPTION
family and company - every eveIn* August 1943, the 1-17 ..was the field stumbled into a cactus
$9.00
for Six Months
uth-oriented
Shinjuku
‘
.
share
a
ning-until nearly midnight. .
heavily, ibombed off. the coast. of ; patch.
$14.00
for a Year
common
’
characteristics
;
and
a
Yet neither she. nor anyone
New Caledonia.. “There were few- ~ .Laughter froth oil field workcommon
frustration—
virtual
else
in
the
Land'of
.
the
Rising
survivors,” Nambu said.
J
479 QUEEN ST. WEST
ers who saw it happen made ostracism from, the - mainstream
Yen
‘
is
blind
to
the
fact
.that
Toronto, Ont.- M5V-2A9
him
.
swear,
he
would
one
day
- Japanese-records' taken/ in cus- i
of Japanese society. . < . ■
. most Japanese business — in­
366-5065
tody after' the rvar showed/that- have his revenge,, or so the story
It‘s‘ all because of “mother.” cluding that in the trading com­
the 'skipper of the 1-17, Kozo goes. ,
A woman'in any; society can.
Nishino, had gone down with his |. ; In telling the shooting, Nam- be viewed in the role of wife, pany her husband. works for —vessel. ' ’> ’ | bu said that as soon as the sub- mother, or mistress of the house­ is done • after hours in bars, ca­
W-hy had this certain oil field marine surfaced, five crewmen hold. Where the emphasis is pla­ baret restaurants and' nightclubs,
been picked for;the;attack?
! and a gunnery officer rushed ced determines which status is where the housewife’s ostraci­
Help - Wanted
zed sister — the hostess —— wa­
■ The real ’ reason will ^probably: onto the deck and the bombard- most valued in that society.
its on her husband; lighting his FA ST_ growing company requires
never be known for certain, but- .ment'started. // / In the United: States, the/em- cigarettes, pouring his , drinks, bilingual person. Must speak so.
on the flirting lightly or heavily as the me Japanese. Immediately requ­
phasis is on “wifewoman as she relates, first, to situation dictates. / / -.
ired for warehousing, deliver, and
(Cent, from Page One)
Pollution
her husband, then to her child­
Such costs,* incidentally; come possibly sales. Advancement and
ren and, last, household.
under the Company “expense ac­ pay according To- • qualification.
safe level (0.5 rparts per milld- Mr.‘ Allen; Dr. Harada, a medical
count” in Japan.; ~
It
is
normal
for
American
Apply Pacific Salmon Industry,
doctor; is assistant professor of
bn).”
Is
the
young
wife
angry at 4021 'Chesswood Drive, Sheppard
woman
to
go
out
with
her
husBut he pointed, out ; that test constitutional neuropsychiatry, at
band <— - and abnormal for ■him being left alone, at being rarely Mews, Dbwnsview, Ont.
on/whitefish/ show; the mercury; the University of Kumamoto.
content is down already to an / Dr. Harada said his 'findings to. .show, up at any social fun- if ever taken out 'by her hus­
band?
acceptable level. Younger fish, during visits to White Dog and ction without his wife.
No., Like most Japanese wo­ JAPANESE Canadian Cultural
Thewife
is
expected
to
be
he said, have shown a lower Grassy Narrows, as well- as OCentre requires the services of
mecury/ content Than older fish, ttawa, were. “very./shocking; and with .her "husband, rather than men, she feels it is the ideal to a qualified program - director
have
,
her
husband
healthy
and
indicating “they’re not getting ..we ■ would like to say to: you pie. her children, whom she relates
to increasingly as adults or. indi­ out of the house--— partly beca­ with bilingual abilities. Renu­
as much now.” ,
''
|ase do not repeat the mistake viduals as; they grow up. A; wo­ use the longer he’s out, the more meration dependent on experien.
Mercury levels in "larger, fish, f we made in Japan at Minamata.”
man who can relate to a man in money She gets when he turns ce and educational background.
he said, -haveshown a decrease He said-all 32 cats in the Ottawa a wife role, as .friend, mistress his pay envelope over to her in This is an exiciting : community
vary ng from 20 to 40 per cent, j experiment - given the heavicr hostess or whatever, is .success-, accord' with Japanese custom.
job with an enormous challenge,
- The Japanese doctors, who be- I mecury dbsages showed
high ful in American society. .
Moreover, attached to ' her Applicants should forward perso.
came expert in. the problem at’ mercury content in the brain u;
Yet, in 'Japan,' it is ’precisely home rather-than her husband, nal resume to: President John
Minamata, showed
movies of poh autopsy.
Cornerbrook
the woman who tries to relate to she relates to her-.*spouse as mo­ Kawaguchi, - 37
cats in the, grip of the disease.
Mr. Allen said the Food and a man in this way. who is ostra­ ther and mistrees of the house-, Dr., Don Mills, Ont.
The cats could hardly walk-,- kept- Drug Directorate, .would- not of­ cized.
'
hold rather than his wife in the
floundering/ and falling. //With ficially, publish it's findings for
Business Personal
Tim. mother in Japan — not American sense.
' ,
humans,? symptoms include;; vi su- 1% years because tests of losser_ the wife -— is the center of the
“They feel like the master of
al < constriction, numbled /finger­ dosages^' on other cats were not family, and she and her child- a. base camp without- which the
tips ~ and' convulsions.
yet complete. There were.,32 ca­ dren form the core. ~
husband cannot operate, -and GERMAN technician, 36 years
Dr. Ui is/professor . of urban I ts in the high-dbsage group,
•The father’s position is some- they :-are confident he will re­ old, 15 years 'in Canada, wishes
and sanitary :engineering?- at the and they were killed"for' autop­ thing like that of the child in turn when, he finishes the ne- to meet nice Japanese woman
Own
University of Tokyo and was sy:after showing symptoms of ■the American family.
cessary activity or is
tired,” for eventual marriage.
•' called “the Nader of Japan” by the disease.
A Tokyo -housewife intervie- writes a prominent
Japanese condominium, likes to travel, re­
ply Box 10, The New Canadian.
wed recently in a local weekly sociologist.
magazine • exempflies the Japan­
“What is essential is their
ese ideal : She spends all day. motherly - care - when he comes
(Cont; from Page One)
Hosokawa
every day - in; her > tiny, three- back home, which is their duty
last; spring; officials 'there- knew and- located, 'the entire series .in room apartment caring: for her and delight. It is also quite nor­
Buy & Sell Your Home
nothing - about the series’ exist- ■ some; obscure corner.. - P
year-old baby," watching televi­ mal for the husband to regard
Through
ence.,Apparently -.they had never by now they have gotten around: sion, economizing on every yen, his wife as . a mother figure.
been catalogued.' Dr. Suzuki kn­ to . cataloguing the papers ; - that cleaning, washing and going out
“This makes it easier for her
ew the papers existed: because he record,' naively and: amusingly in to shop or visit the? doctor.
to exercise dominance -over him
Mits Kuroda
had; used them for /research in some, cases, details and sidelights . ' She builds her life, around her by virtue of having a mother’s
1952.; At his 'insistence, the ar- of an American experience that child, encouiaging his depend­ status.
/ ' Representing
'
r
chivists made a concerted; search': mustn’t be = forgotten.
ence on her. She will . probably
Other institutionalized- and co
Robert Owen, Realtor
attend few. social functions until mbined with mistress of the ho her child * is old enough to ena--usehqld, is also why women’s
2685 Eglinton Ave. East ble her to go to child-related ac- lib is rejected except by a few
Phone
266-4501 Res. 261-2581
tivities like PTA; mothers’- club younger Japanese women.
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Interracial
“We really ^re getting super­
marriages in Hawaii have near- mixed with each other,” said
ly become the rule instead of' George Tokuyama, register of
the exception.
I vital statistics.
The 43 per cent figure com­
A recent computer tabulation
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