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VOL. 15, NO. 64
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 13; 1952
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By KEN   ID AC HI
This Breathless Stuff
The marriage ceremony has interesting and rather- beautiful lines, or So. I felt, when I w.<< thoughtfully listening to a nup'-Hal effort last week. Fu 11 of. n - � spiring, breathless stuff.
The Encyclopaedia Britanni a has it that "Marriage as an idcil is the end -of a romance, it- .is; also the beginning of a �Menvjr task". As an end of a romance, the marriage ceremony whether.' whispered irt church, city hall, or on the high seas/ has ..punch to it. And for a fleeting moment 1 found myself sort of envying the couple that walked down the aisle with Stardust on their faces;
But only for a moment.
The subject of maniage has been the topic for countless articles and books and endless controversies on whether it is better off single or marr.iod. There is a Cinderella- element that is . so appealing: the "they lived happily ever after", gimmick of the fairy tale. And there is the usual answer to. the inevitable question .like "How's married life?" that the newly weds reply with a gleam in-their eyes.
"Look at you: young, eager and capable. Why aren't you married off to some sweet fluff'.'" tome women pantingly inquire..
Cinderella had it easy. Sin? got married off, to some rich member of the royalty who had blue Wood in his veins and. all kinds of money in his wallet. Although- doubtlessly she grew up to become a double-chmncd old wench and her husband started looking for, other slippers to lit on to smaller feet, the story goes that they lived happily ever after. '
Who wouldn't if.they had lvs kind of folding paper?
Marriage orii a '.modern basis, with; no Cinderella dreams, for. a" couple. with- ordinary means, looks like . the "sterner task" that the Encyclopaedia mentions. 1 was recently having lunch with one of my friends who has been married for about one year. He and his wife live in a charm-' ing- twe^room apartment which is .small they almost have to eat in a standing position, and he has to wash their dishes in the 1 athtub on the floor below. He's also skimping on some his lur.eh v.oney on the sly, doesn't drink *.r-a at tea-time, and has long vr.ee left the comforting �-m-hrace of Lady    Nicotine, a! s-.i
he can pay for a littU d::->n to the fam:!y that's c >�>.�-ip in the near future.
He still thought carried ��' as-�ru-ite the  wonderful ' thi:-.J.
I expected that behind th-t.*zm   in the   eye.   :h. re   va-
* '."Ttging   f<�r a -h ud>r ^�*p upon, thin and b**ny tfc^ffV ~y shoulders are.    hi another >*ar, I think heTi do that very
thing.   '
So J. really don't know whether the life, that follows the fending �f.somo beautiful sounding words .is so -our.d after ail. Think of second mortgages, instalment, plans on furniture or a car, and the whole thing sounds loss appeal mg. Worse of all, to quit smoking and stop eatihg; lunch is one boll of,a note. In fact, it is surprising: .what nice finger-nails and.a'little bit of Chanel No. 5 can do to the species. that is sometimes laugUingrv called vir-
iic. - ' '
.Now to -the. happy solution to all of this is to many a woman �with'Jots of money.': or who's goi a high-salaried position who will ] welcome you homo with her fin- j ger-nails still   as nice and her J Cli anelNo. 5 si ill as i nt ox tea ting as the time .before she caught you. Not with her lunging about the house, wearing your frayed T-shirt, her nyl on s h'angi ng ha I f-. mast on her legs, and looking generallv seedy.
Envoy's Wife, Son Arrive - In Ottawa
'.. OTTAWA �-. Xewlv arrivals to Ottawa today, Aug. io.vvill be Mrs. Ma's'ako Iguchi,. wife of the Japanese ambassador to Canada, and their son, and also the recently appointed assistant secretary for. the Embassy of Japan.
Mrs. Iguchi is accompanied by son Norio, lO.Avho is expected to enroll in Yale University. He is to study English conversation while staying in Otta\Va. '.- � 'Mr. '.--Masatada: Tacliibana, t he-new' assistant secretary, is also expected to arrive, together-with his .wife. Mrs.."� Tacliibana is a former, professor of English at the- Kej<> L'liiversitv irt Tokvo.
Nine Die In Worst Hiqthwcry Tragedy In Utah History
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah � In the worst-automobile accident in Utah history,nine Japanese "Americans, five of them children, were killed when a car in which they were riding crashed into a ilump truck loaded With 12 tons of sand early this month.
The tragedy took Members' of four separate families but the trucker, Charles Emory Briggs, was shaken and shocked but otherwise uninjured. The dead were Ben Watanabe, 67; Mrs. Sue Watanabe 57, his wife; Mrs. John Imada and her three sons, Kon nie, 11, Arthur, 10, and Genc, S; Arthur Imada, 10; a "cousin; Mrs. Shizuko Imada, 09, a grandmother; and David Ikoma; <>.
The sand-laden truck collided with the late-model car at an intersection which had been the scene of Several serious accidents in the past, and carried several of the occupants out Onto to the highway after dragging the car 120 feet. The victims had bee i en route to an outing at a nearby canyon.    . -
To Make Movie of "Black Angel" Story   ,
TOKYO � A movie based on the "Black Angel of Anahatan" is expected to. be filmed by veteran Hollywood director Joseph Von Sternberg who is presently in Tokyo. 1t" is reported that he wants Shirley Ynmaguchi who starred in "Japanese War Bride" for the ehi^f role. .
- The real-life story is about a Japanese woman who w a s stranded with 31 men on a Pacific island at the end of World War tl and for whom 12-.'nie.iv were killed in fights.
Von Sternberg is best known for "Shanghai Express", a film made in the 1930's which introduced Marlene Dietrich to. Hoi-
1\ wood.
Kamloops Issei Accused of Slaying of Daughter
. KA M LOOI\S. B.C. � A North ;
Kamio.op.> Issei was formally charged in'cni'rt with the murder of his 17-yoar-�'!d daughter on | Aug. S." A wild ganglike chasr-thr'trugh-'-the streets of Kamloops ; toi.�k jilace.jn. the early d'aw'n'of Xuii. 7 ijofo'r.-- HUMP constables subtU'jd the man who-was.armed with a >h�>tsrsn". � an 'axe. a bowie kuif'-. and   a. h-or.e-ir.ade- .-fir:
Kosahuro Mas.Tida, **},. is ao- �
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Seeks to Form National Organ Ization of Japan War Brides in U.S.
FREDERICK, Maryland � A 22-T*ar-�ld Japanw girl, the wife of an American aoldier, ta **?king to orgahiie a nationat organization of more than 7,000 oth^r Japanese wiven of American servicemen and veterans in a "Japanese War Brides Club of America" an a mean* of cementing Eaat-Weat relation*. The ambitious woman is the
former Hisako Kagashima, the wife of Master Sgt. Alan J. Stevens arid the mother of two children. One of the purposes of the group,, she said, would be to help sell democracy to the people of Japan. ;..
Mrs. Stevens' task is to contact the estimated 7,000 or so scattered throughout the 48 states and Hawaii. Already having the names of some 300 Japanese women, she foresees classes for those who haven't, yet mastered the English; language. They would be conducted by interested Anierican women who would also teach the war brides sewing, cooking, etiquette, and American history. r �   '
Card parlies, dances, picnics and other social "activities' that would bring the Japanese girls together once in a while would, help, Mrs. Stevens believes,- erase some of. the homesickness they feel for Japan. Such gatherings
also would help them become better acquainted with Americans and become better adapted to their new country.
Mrs. Stevens has accomplished many of these things for herself- in the six� months she and her husband have, been here.
She already speaks fluent English and she has become an accomplished bridge player and hostess. She is active in the Frederick Newcomers' Club and other civic and church groups and with her two small children, Mary, almost 2, and Frederick, 8 months, Mrs. Stevens is leading a full and busy life. That's what she Wants for the thousands of other Japanese wives in this country.
Sgt. Stevens is an enthusiastic �supporter of his wife's project. He met Hisako in Omiya, Saita-ma Prefecture, at a performance of ^'Carmen." They were married on Christinas Day, J918.
Hopes to Contin ue Movie Career, Now in Japan
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suing policemen and also blasted a hole in the side of John Ping's taxi-cab.. The policemen cornered him on a . downtown street and pinned him to tho ground as he was preparing t�'� sh<n�t again. -
Masuda, .the poiicc rep<�rted, slipped up to Mrs. Bing's bed-rni.m window, broke.the gla�s with an axe and fired three times. The last shell struck h>r in the hack "as >he apparently tried V- r<>-!l from, the b�?d to e--
cap** - thr- blasts. >"h* was stiii^
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Maai.di* :r,r-�ugh an tntprpret^r a-h*- sptak,- very iittle English. The p^> .ce declined to suggest a motive for the bizarre slapaff.
TOKYO �� l'fc. Henry Naka-mura, better known as "Tom'my,? of MGM's "Go for . Broke", and for his role as a Japanese, immigrant in "Westward The Wor men", hopes to find a career in motion pictures .when he finishes his tour of duty in .the Army.
Pfc. Nakamura,. the undersiz-: ed soldier with the oversized pants in the 442nd film, returned to Tokyo recently on an official Army assignment after seeing action in the Korean war. .
Nakamura is now performing the role of a Xisei soldier in the Japanese Occupation in the joint American-Japanese film produc1 tion, "Forever My Ix>ve", which is being directed by Paul Sloan of Hollywood at a Tokyo studio. Sa kamura has one of the main roles in the film which stars Mit-suko Kimura. a bit player wh-. l>ecame an international celebrity wheji her picture appeared on th? cover of Life magazine last December, and Chris Drake of MGM's "'nattieground." Drak<-and Mis? Kimura are the principal* in the rntTrartal low-store.
- Nakamura t�V;d a T'.kyo pr^s-conference that he hates to him.-elf � in action.
"I aiwsys walk out.as ^<K�n a^ I appear on th*- ^r*-*--." he said.
Nakamura Un't the ->r.:>- Nisei or the set of "}t�u Iisu Ma-demo" (Forever My Love) at tbe Daiei stodio. Other \'i�ei have
roles in the film, as they did in several Other Tokyo-produced films for American consumption in recent years.
Head cameraman on the set is Harry Mimura, a.vcteran of Hollywood who worked on such pictures as Eddie Cantor's "The Kid, from Spiiin" back before Pearl Harbor. .
Nisei, because of their bilingual ability, are a human bridge between Director Sloan, his wife, Maggie, and the Japanese: stars and technicians.
Although Miss Kimura speaks no English, Director Sloan has been able to get his directions across to her through the help of such bilingual persons as Jin-ko Ohashi, the script girl,: and Jay Akita, a psychology professor at Kyoto University, who has a romantic role in the picture.
Japanese Laments Stolen Whale
TOKYO A case ot whale-napping was reported last week by the Hokkaido Times.
The story paid a *eet>nd hand d^aif r on Hokkaido made a bar-Rair. purchase of a 23-foot whale but a towljne broke wVl- it was beinif towed into p >ru
The whale washed aafcore and hy the time he had located it, nearby residents had carved it up and carted it away.
The dealer said he wanted the pot*e to do something shoot the
1 whale