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By Toyo Takata
Besides an extra 24 hours tagged on the end of February, you can count on a couple of other occurrences every Leap Year, in the United States, there's the presidential election and in snme large city, athletes the world over gather for the_ Olympic Games if war does not intervene They are both quadrennial af fairs. -
While they are two entirely different types of contests, there's plenty of politics involving in the tests of physical abilities. The games ate intended to produce international.fellowship and goodwill and a certain amount of that is achieved, but there's usually a lot more sour grapes. There are the' usual charges of professionalism as that which look away all the trophies from one of the world's greatest athletes, Jim Thorpe, and racial discrimination as in Berlin in 193(3 when the master-race boys refused to recognize the victories of. such as. Jesse Owens, the Negro sprinter and broadjumper. And in such events as are de-
. cided by referees' calls and judges' awarding- of - points, there's always . the : claims of favoritism and -that they '.'-are' swayed by the audience who are frequently unruly in disputing rulings. Despite the fact that the arbiters are supposed to be neutral and in contests between individuals or teains of two.natioris, t hey are members of a third nation, there have been .'flagrant cases of. bias.
In fact, iiv recent years, rather than the'Olympics being an athletic contest among . nations, ;*t has .been considered as one of the United States against the world. With the Americans dominating both the track and the field and the water events, there's a tendency of ganging up to "beat tV) arikees." -
With Russia competing for �V first time, since the time, of the czars,., there's more than -that meets the eye between the V�P dogs of the East and West camps, U.S. and the Soviet, Victory of
'/-ne over the other will mean niore than an athletic triumph, political prestige will lurk in the stadium; We would like to hea � the pep talk given to the participants of these two nations. . '* * *
So far, unlike ia the United States, no Niseis here have eyev qualified for the Canadian team. I'erhaps, we may someday see an athlete of Japan??? "arice*;ry make the squad. Canada. ur,U>r-tunately, hasn't .bwn too ?ucors<-ful at the gamer: as-the Fercv Williams, the Dune McNau^h:-r.-ar.d the Barbara Ann Scot: s havp been few and far between.
Niseis in the T.S." have VA.
numbers in the U.S.. _ "Moreover, ihey stand an excellent chamv of winning point.* and climbing up.to the winners' rostrum in Helsinki..
It will, be particularly interesting to keep tab on the Xisei swimmers who will be competinn against the . mermen, and .mermaids of Nippon. Japan is back in the Olympics for the first time since 198(5 and is, thoehief. threat to American dominance in . the pool.. It was ih Los Angeles in 1032 when Japan defeated the Americans, in most .of the swim events.
. It's also worthwhile to note in what events Japan has fared wed in previous Olympics as . it. will be in these sports that Niseis would' have the; best chance, to become the Dominion representatives. We believe thai the firs: victory for Japan in the Olympics was in the hop, step and jump nnd'Y. Tajima holds the Olympic record in that event. ' '�
Although the U.S.: are favored in the "pole: vault. Japan.has always produced contenders and in 1932 a fellow, named Nishida placed second,; In the sprints, there isn't much hope but there was a. runner named Yoshioka who's still remembered as one o: the fastest men at 50 yards ami he usually led at the halfway mark in the 100-yaid dash.-
They're favored in the 2(i-mi!.' o85-yard marathon but we can't imagine; any ' Nisej . training for that. Also. Japan.' has won the equestrian event hut that's half up to the horse. �
Japan has also done 'we'll- in weight-limit -sports such -as boxing, wrestling' or wf;i^htlifting. -Swimming. � of course, is their meat. Perhaps -Ave' can produce here, but unlike the.Niseis <">i Ha-"> not onj<>y the sanw to b>-e.';.:'r;e. speed-.
Quebec JCCA Fetes Ambassador Icruchi
M ONTKKAI; � Quebec J CCA marked Japanese ambassador Sa-(5.ao Iguchi's Visit to Montreal on July It with a banquet at St. Raphael House. The envoy:-was. accompanied by his daughter, Tat-suko, and George Shimanouch', the' embassy, secretary.
Kosie Okuda acted as the toast--masteri with T. Kobayashi representing the Lssei division and Kim Nakashima of the Quebec JCCA expressing Words of welcome to which the Ambassador gave reply. , -
Miss Amy Okugawa rendered solos accompanied by Miss lwa-saki. About 100 were present.
Fire Destroys 100,000 Gallons oi Beverages
FUKUSHIMA � Over 1.00,000 gallons of alcoholic beverages \\ent up in flames in a fire which razed an- entire brewery-dist illery and 04 houses in the village of Matsuyama, Fiikushima Prefecture, in northern Japan last week.
The fire destroyed 40,000 gal-. Ions of sake and 00,000 gallons of shochu (a distilled spirit re-sembling gin) besides ; injuring 2-'' persons, five of themserious-
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The fire raged for hours before being brought under control.'
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In History-Masaoka
WASH!NGTON. IU\ � The work of the 82nd CongreM of the United Statea which adjourned on July 7 /was hailed as the mosi significant since the first arrival of the Japanese to American shores having enacted more legislation benefiting person* of Japanese ancestry than any other in the history of the U.S. Mike Mnsabka, recently resign-
wan." we. .�.�pp'ortuni'tit sters .on the surf.
But whatever -the. class -ol athletics, a Nisei representation, on. a Canadian- Olympic u-a�\ would be.'"a ..triumphant achievement.. '-�-.,
Fiqht Knife-Wielder
SACRAMKNTO, Calif: � Tv^> Nisei were; involved in a frac* s with a knife-wielding hitch-hik� r enrouteto Sacramento during the 1 Fourth of July holidays. | Voshihara Yokogawa and Cpl. Kaneo Maechi picked up the hitch-hiker whereupon he immediately stuck a knife in Yokogawa's .side.-'A- short but .violent struggle . ensued", in which the Nisei, both judo experts, overpowered the man.
The rider was released without any charges being-pressed.'.
ed as national J ACL A DC legislative director, cited in particular, the.passage of the Walter � Mc-Carran Omnibus Immigration and Naturalization bill which provided equality in immigration and naturalization for all persons of Japanese ancestry.
He said it wag a "landmark as a legislative achievement and' aa a symbol of the new acceptance which persons of Japanese ancestry enjoy today in the U.S." The last racist bars penalizing persons of Japanese ancestry finally has been erased from American law, Masaoka said.
The expediting of the evacuation claims program was the see ond noteworthy advance said Masaoka who recalled that at the time the program had gone into effect, it had threatened to take more than. a Century to complete because of the slowness and the legalistic snarls of the adjudication process.
But since the passing by Congress of the Compromise Settlement Amendment 'conceived by the J ACL ADC to the original Evacuation Claims Act in 1051, the work has been Speeded up to the extent that the total amount is expected to be. paid out in the next few months.
Since the passage of the compromise amendment, about 17,000 of the 21,000 claims filed have been processed, with more than $16,000,000 in awards . already
si on of the Soldier Brides Act and the expedition of the Stay of Deportation program....
Maaaoka atated that altogether the 82nd Congress brought into effect laws of greater significance to persons of Japanese ancestry and passed more private bills, including suspensions of deportations, than all other Congresses combined . in American legislative history.
Central Fiqure In Fabulous Story Wants To Look Up Triends'
KOBE � The "Black Angel of Anatahan", Kazuko Higa, whoso love was the kiss of death, is trying to come to Japan to look up her old lovers it was reported last week.
The 30-year-old Okinawan woman who found herself the central figure of a story-book, plot when she was cast away during the war on a Pacific island with 31 men, is now a waitress in Okinawa.
Nineteen of the castaways re-tunied to Japan last year but Ka-znko beat them by half a year when she was scared into surrendering to the U.S. navy when 12 men died fighting each other for her attentions.
The remainder, refusing to believe Japan had surrendered, held out until persuaded by letters
from friends and Japanese news-haying been made "by the Dept. of 1 papers that the. war was over
They came back in 1951 after
Justice
. Another notable gain was the passage of the
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Civil Service Workers Bill, restoring to Nisei civil service workers rights and privileges lost because of their wartime treatment. Others are the extert-
spending six to seven years on the deserted island.
Many found their wives had married again. Others foUrid their families had disappeared. All had difficulty adjusting themselyes to postwar Japan.
Tokyo Women More Quiet
Use of Lipstick Varies in City, Country
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vincial areas were neat and clean. I was wondering for a while what made them look so neat. Then I realized that it was not because they were quietly dressed, but that it was because these women did not use lipstick so much.
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