THE NEW CANADIAN
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Niseis involved In Rock-Throwing Fracas N Roteson Concert in Peekskill.N, Y,
Hiroshima Survivor:
Just Passing Through
By KEN ADACHI
Jim Crow- and Jazz
You'-.know, the� 'study of jazz is a fascinating^one. Heen doing it for years. l?ut one angle that's ahYay-; interested me i.s.the breaking down of racial idiscrihiina-,
tio.n in jazz;' .�;.-. �" � ��' " � :.-: Jim Crow bars in jazz has been shattered -.'many- years ago. Jazz ha?'brought-' 'more- tolerance and understanding between tlie .color-. .fil and the white than most well � nieaimig efforts' have done. The attitudes of the musicians theni-jelves arc reason enough. Being an easy going lot, they have recognized the other, .for . his talent. Colored musicians'have that certain ishade of beat and drive that;' eclipses; that of the white musicians since tlie feeling for jazz is an inherent part of their systems.' -....-'; ";�;'.'�� :� '" '� ;.''-
Benny Goodman was the key t<i tlie breaking down of Jim Crow j in jazz. Hack in the hoary days ' of -the early 1030's, BCr hired Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton. Artie Shaw ftllx>\ved suit v.jth/Billie.Holiiday who is, in niy ophiron, the "greatest singer that ' jazz-lias ever'bred.'-'-.�.,-":-.'.-' ..Just' when swing was' break-��*$ into public fancy/great colored bands such.a:s Fletcher Heii-Krson, ";Chick Webb 'and Teddy Hit] were hampered in. their �!,r;?vtfl''^" ''�**'" Cro>y conditions. J'Us move brought colored w^:e<atis into'ilieir own. His i'5.r.a!l combos .were fired by the f :r*PM-. work of Teddy Wilson, V-'-'tf 'Hampton, Charlie- Chris-;^n; Cootie; Williams and others '- nsrk pigmented' skin. ' ,s
Mixed hand? became the rule ^ .'"A: th-y exception 'as..-the �':-? era was ushered through ^,�-: .^hr Duke Ellington �*��* -was the kingpin. Soloists *?.r*y Bind ere/Col ern an Hawk-' '�s as Killv Strav-.
I- P?'rf s>".�-ivf'J'J singers'such I*;-1* Hz^rald ahd.UjlIy Eck-
as
'j'? and. the evolu-"' "bebop. . Here !- "where colored. ::-^^" -the field. , .r.pc-rs copied the >-:o of the origin^ (""ri?tian, . Letter �' -k-r and Dizzy
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' NEW .YORK, N;V. - i:,-ht Nisei from N'ew York Chy ran a gauntlet- of 1,000 rock-thiMwers together with lo,000 other concor-goers at-.Peekskill, N'. Y..on Sept. 4; but .managed to escape serious injury.-' Tlie mob; lined the only exit from, the abandoned � golf course which was the .scene of the Paul Kobeson Concert. .
Kight Jixpanose Anvericans,-;members of .the Xi^ei "I'rogresr sives"attended the concert as a gesture in .support;of the principles of free speech and free assembly, which .they felt had been violated by the mob act ion.'which prevented Robesdirs appearance in Peekskill the preceding.'-week!
. Several of .the Nisei suffered minor injuries a� the windows of the autos in wliich they-were riding were broken by-the. rocks'.'
The Nisei -group arrived late after -a parade of veterans from the Anix?ricah T;e"gion and other. organisations had been concluded. The group, together", with other, passengers, got off the bus, walked to the entrance. The protesting, group set. .upon them, used insulting words, . incjudi.ug tlhe._ ;\ypnl,-. ''J<ip'-,.:and spat [and kicked at. them. .The police :are reported to have .done nothing to stop the -demonstration.; \ By the time the eight reached the concert: grou-nds, the coi^c.ert, was over and they were told to return':to the/ buses. .The buses that were forced to. i'un the gaun-let; had their windows shattered and the bodies of the cars were "damaged. ..... -. - ' ;
'.-." 'Four-; persons were seriously injured and 100 were treated-.for �injuries'. "" "�'.'. . . .
'Rise of Peaceful Japan' - Dr. Natsomoto
Research Work At U, of Minnesota
MlXXKAPOI. 1^. Minn.. �Torn Ilosliiko of Montreal. :w;is recently 'appointed to...a' - research, post at t lie I' n i vers i t y;, o f .M i nneso t a. He will do graduate work in physiology. . ' .
;lle attended Sir 'George Williams College, ;Mon{rea!; :and Adrian College in /Vdriaii, Mich., and last June, lie graduated with a I>ac]ielor of.; Science .degree from .-Kent. State .University'.-at Kent, Ohio. �: ^ . '..
Tom is the. yoim'g'or brother of M.ich'aol Hoshiko who'is .an assi.s-ta'nt instructor 'at t.he University of Kansas.
"Tokyo Rosev Takes Stand in Defense
KAN FRAXCISCO/ Calif: � Iva-Tiiguri d'Aijiiino, accused of being. '�Tokyo .Ix^s'e'v'Took the stand in her own: defense last week as the t rial entered it.s tenth week.' .'�">;'��: .-'.'. '.'"..-.� ': '/ ; ".. .'�'-
Onv tlie stand, the ^o-ye'ar old �Nisei (Irnied .that she had ever been a--tr'aitor t\> the United .Stales'1! -.She maintained-^.that throughout-";, her .war years in Japan .she never acted against the interests f�f.her coiintry and that she kept her"; .A-merican citizeir-' ship despite constant", threat and pressure froiii: the Ja'pane'se..-
.Tlie .defendant told- her -own story, of going to1-Japan a.nq 'tjie ci!Tu;^-siaiH'es. Which, led- to. her ..hroadrast. acth ities with Radio Tokyo... " . '-.,-./. "�-,.�.�"'� ..-".in hor testimony, it was brought .out. thai her" fa.t-Iier 'was
,�" a n:i:ui:::T:'-/ed-
he rr.ay- find success. Anyone who has .seen Tlamp kick:.up one of' .those "Fly ing. Home" storins-(a'.nd I've, seen throe", of , their.) wou'd -?ike; :.t�> so�.! this ->i';se"i i;i action. - - V .
At Frisco's Civic Auditorium last month at the -Cavalcade of Jazz "show, another Nisei, Lela'nd Susumu Takao, was featured as. vocalist for Hamp. ' .
"And I hear that -he has a Chinese boy; Kd.lie Shiu a> ron-r n:a.n for his crew. A crusader, thai Hamp. Might be inking a cue from HG who first hired" him.
But here in Canada, the only N'i^i I've heard of who plays hi well-known band .i* Butch Wafan-abe. Seems Butch is playinc with the Louis .Met calf e band in Montreal and i> featured on trombone. From what I hear, he's cood. and having met him on one occa>k>n. f was impres,-*ed by hL< iikinc of bop.
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�� .T(').KV(>. � . Finaiu'e Minister of Japa'J). -'Hayiito Ike-ia, announc-
"A ne\v Japaii, dodicaUui to peace, i* arisinxr from ijolVat." Di\ Takuo Matsumotp, principal of the Hiro-shiina Girls' School ami survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroslvinia. told a -large'.'. gatherinR on Sept. 1,0 at the Clvurch of All Rations.' He said that this is the only course jor the future oT Japan in this atomic:era.
Or.; Matsumoto said that the4 peopje ,;of Japan are rebuilding tlie.ir country and trying to. establish tluMnselves ;on a: foiin-dation of .peace. The city of Hiroshima, when it is built, '...will-'bt;-
Princeton to Honor Late Or, S, Kusaka
rHiNCKTON, N. J. � A Kus-ak;l ^^^^i.,, :r^turo soricg will
^ infu^0(i :lt Hrinceton Univer-si(y h- jOI;or of j)r; shuic^i Kus-
eonie the symbol of Japan's peace j and . f.ultural tlevelopniejit, he J imted, He is one of the. members �
of the planning committee .which .lkai {lu, you,>g-t'anadian-educat-is- supervising the recoiusfriK-Unti: t%(, physi^^ ,vh,; fa^d while of that city. _ , ,. ; ' - I ^.j^,;,^: off,; a Xcw Jersey As a survivor of the atomic-i |u\.u.j, jn V917 ��
blast and one who has: witnessed. I pr. Kusaka,' bor�- in Japaii, and ,lhe grim tragedy of. its effect, .hc-y0-(lM-Catod'in British Cohnnbia, re* feols .that he bears a message to , c<,jvo(j |lis ^j the world; that the alternative
through service in the U. S. army. :j At tlie time of his death he was
to peace is utter (iestr.uctioj).
At the time of (hejriroshima . PI)gaRod in important work on
cosmic ray.< under the direction r�f I)i\ Albert .iMtistein and Dr^ J.
bombing. I)r. Mat su mot o- was in.; }i is; <>ffice. lie saw u ".flash .of purple lighti then he became'un-conscious. The : next thing he knew was that lie was buried under the nibble of his school, but miraculously,, lie 'was .only slight/ !y .i n ju red. 1 5 u t he - lost his wi f e, �fan of liis stiuieHts.and 18 teachers/ :''. /; ..'-. .'-.�.-" ':-, ��-'��� '� ; -'.-��'�'. . ' ,�
Dr. MiUsuinoto . is on ;an extensive tour : "of this contineht giving lectures and speaking .be-. fore the. pulpit. He has: giveii many of- liis lectures before Caucasian groups because of his flucjit ''"Ivnglish..- ":�'"-. :�;�"�;.--�' .'�
TOKYO JOK ..;""� - Accor/lmg to the latest information available, �"�live.." Columbia I 'iciu re-. ."production; ''Tokyo Joe" will'- not . 1:<- released until some.-. times in Felminry. of nex't. year, This, is the- j)icture>'wljicli 'marks
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is : gov�?rH.::i�.-rit. would "en n�t-> for the first
time �iri''J)ocomber. ; "
the. T'-turn .to the screen, of veteran .fapiui'-.-e - actor. .S^ Havakawa. . . :
the
Mariko ike Most Popular Singer In Japan Postwar Comeback Caps Arduous Career
TOKYO.__.Sweet .arid lovely a -small' night'club.- -Her natural
.-,'*::.�}� simple is -th^ way thrr si�|f-� f�.''>�� I:ng ; in- .dflivc-rir.g a-. s-.ng
i>:^- .-."f Miss Mariko Ik- who cur- cau.L'h: the v-ars/nf th<- rianu-
rr-n-v.is "ti'.r *('''o singrT a::i^r;tr bai;ds ar;<{ .--h�- v.-t.-rst f')r. a t-ry-
;thv 'f.v::in1n�? -v'rx-a!:?ts. i:i Japan; '.^t at <>r^- of th^ 'bij/tr'-s; (iance
'��"�� Jv-'d--?criru"i.'' - �.';-;>.:'.-�.- -Her rendition <>f "Hod
I: -;j >-.::-;v rro-r^y that Miss S'.';!!.-� .;ri .':>� Sur^--:'1 a?:d "St.
r.:.:"-;�;;'.<.,.....�..;.; a'tai:: ��-...- p--:h!:> 'L�-,>, i{;:-/--V' rauirht ��!: wi-h-th.v
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Ivob.ert Oppenlioimor.
Quebec JCCA Plans Autumn Activities
MONTKKAL. ^~ After a
mer layoffwith very few activities, the Quebec J.C'CA is already in harness with ox ecutives inapp-out plans for . the cpmihg
AH .Montrealers arc .welcome i�: the, first of the J CCA-sponsored . socials. Whist Night -on
Saturdays Sej)t. 24 al the ;8t--Kaphaol llouse, '(4(�7 Ontario >St. eommcut'ing from 7:.'{() p.m. During the course of the.'-past sea,son, re(juests were received for such an evcningi lyit never held, so; this will be an. opportunity for whist -enthusiasts to . ineet and play thr-ir favorite game.
ft promises to. he a very.de-lightfuT evening^ with- other. en-' tf-rtaimnont being, planned. Admission will he "a. small f^-f1 to help defray expenses. Hope you'fl all acrej)t th*1 �inv.itatirin and turn out at the first JCCA-sponsorfd \Vb;st Nitfht/ �M. N.
High School Girl Wins Masaoka Scholarship
WASHINGTON. � Gracia N. Taketa rif Washington- WAS. nam^j the. recipient of thf- Pvt. }'.<�?) Masaoka Morriorial SYhoIafship ' f .^'^' given hy Mr�. Haruye M^a.=a/�ka of L*-,s Ah.?*-!e>", rr:oth�-r r-f thf Nis^-i war h^-ro. arrording to ari a.'!rr.<n;r..~frn�r:t Sy th'v .IACI. la.st w-^Jc. by four judg*? fro-o n^. M:-< Tak^Ta wa-
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