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An Independent^^ For Canadians of Japanese Origin
TORONTO. ONT.
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By MASAMORI KOJ1MA
TheM' uro exclusive CROSSROADS observations ,,=� .[ho pe'i^ourt'l activities .of the Japanese -swimmers ;;;i^ liioii; <u rival. Saturday,. August 13, 7 a.m., and seiit �;:;roctly to. The Xe\v Canadian from. Los Angvles.
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jhtftiy after the s>f immers ar-
v,�,i.at the'' I.<xs' Angeles Mum-
//a! Ainiovt.iht-y were taken;'to
.-!v 'aw sHir.piuous hqnie.of Mr.
S'Mrj. Fred Wada of 1225 S,
Van N'CJS Avo. where a break-
/Vf-. ,>f ni-iso'-^hmi and tofu sur-
���xii them,-. � ' - . :, " .'�� � :"
/A !>!?� \voriy had been/th ade1
;u;ioy of Japnitese-stTle foods in
.;he I'nited " Slates.. A specially
hired Japanese cook' prepares the
/;^'> m,t'he AYada'kitchen. The
"real-". U>fu in- the miso-shiru de-
::�h:cd the: ?whr
/ They relaxed .immediately -by" �Likiiig:-a ,-he.rt nap after break-fix.' At :lunohtime, they 'had '.�'jijhim'i;' charshu,/' pea /chow-yu, j'd aznki .go-1iaii. . '=:/ /
The diet in Japan had been re-
/ativelv slender so the swimmers
wit -cautioned by. head coach
)ja.Nijir.K'iyokaWa not to overeat.
Television Fa.scinates
Tho'swimmers, lounged about '�"�' ;?os,e fitting- ;pajama-like ..!�;.% ts'ami TrshiHs. The.chief �?;oct: of fascination was' the Ma television set. Plenty of. �-'ap-iwie records kept 'memories �: "o:nt?- close to theni.- '�'�� " ' '
A huge cake.:.\ measuring 23! ;^cs by Jo inches rested on a *��*? tall table, a gift. A candi-: i'i. ^ript spoiled o.ut on :top:
VU?:''/5 *'� U-?- from South-' �;�'".<-aht->r.!i:a Chamber of Com-v.it. A. .?.>ia!l toy airplane ;v^ pinned-down at the/side. ; _ Fred \Vada Host .:/-v /^f-erV host;,Mr. Fred �^.. --^vns and operates pro-.?'' ^ar^-is in .Huntingtoh ['*: ^"fst'y.XMd. Inerlewood, Lyn-
-'.''. ';'�f":rtL'-"^^ and downtown .."""-�T.yay. . / - . ; ..
�.../.'�� y.-v'-"-:^';'ck. r.hat. afternoon, ./._' ;raa i;::'; a brief thirty _.--�.� -,_pra.-t:ce. in the .Olympic
.-. ^tryr? �v'"n: to bed at 0:301
(able with the telephone in the center were Furuhashi, Jlashi-.zume/' coach Murakami, coach kiyokawa, Tanaka, Hanvaguchi; captain Murayama and spokesman, Takizo Matsumoto.
Interest in Japan is so acute that Matsumoto told CHOSS-KOApS a pin clropped by the swimmers would be heard in Japan.
The swimmers individually reassured the Japan .newspapers that they AYere feeling fine. .The entire nation was worried when a. minor headache had;- troubled Murayama in Honolulu.
Furuhashi said over the/phone that Los Angeles was a "dreamland." Did. the -SNvimine'rs'/miss' home? ''Miss' it, wliy we . don't want to go back!" the swimmers kidded. . :-
Good Foods
The newsmen in Japan, asked over the Transpacific wire if the swimmers were getting Japanese Jfopds. They replied that .they were not only getting Japanese foods:but better Japanese foods. , Sprinter Hamaguchi said that he. was -iiitoxicated by the" .wonderful, food and environment..
They talked for 71 minutes. The telephone bill for the period was $213. " �� /
lianana Favorite
During the overseas interview the swimmers kept looking over the pictures of the Nisei Week Festival /Queen candidate?.
A member of the household reports tliat the boys loved the >oda waters and fruits. Banana is their favorite. It's "mezurashii.'-
The television set has captivated the swimmers. They retire to it immediately after -dinner They have not-.even noticed as "f Sunday Right, the automatic dish\Vasher and deluxe garbage dispenser in the Wada kitchen.
To Begin Regular Flights to Japan
MONTKKAL. - The Canadian Pacific Airlines is inaugurating a roffular weekly flight to''Japan on Sept ember 18 when the first.' plane will leave Sea,'Island' Airport. Vancouver, at 11 :;>;")_ p.in'. for Tokyo. Japan. Originally, the service scheduled the. flight, to proceed to Shanghai, China,' but this has beeii disrupted because of. unsottled political: conditions there". . ' ' '-�"''"' . �':. /� �
26 Returnees Headsd for Canada on Gen, Gordon Due to Arrive in San Francisco Aups! 24
Strikers Use Snakes, Bosses Meet Demands
TOKYO, Japan. � Here's a new technique in collective, bargaining: ./�' "�'
'Wave, a live snake in front of .the; .iuanageinent- conimittee. ; /.. This:.met hod of obtaining higher 'wages�.'�and improveVl \Vorking .coJuMtions was devised by seven leaders/of the Hakodate local .of Japan's XVment Workers Union.. / ;H � worked, according/to police, who rocontly. Questioned . tlie ��.-even ingenious unionists
The'-authorities, said the union conit.nit.toc locked up the three company executives in an office, wn vod t ho slithering shake be1 .fore'.-'.their .ey-es' and. forced them to accept the workers^ demandg.
;AM of-.this, reported the police/ Wont on (luring .wjiat .they euphe.m.is'tical'ly: called, "collective b'argainfng � negotiation;?."
YO K011A MA. � Twent y-six l>t'rsons i>f Japanese ancestry are reportod /to have boardixl the General Gordon hoiv on Aug. 14 bound for Canada via Sail Fran-'cisco, They are either Catuulian-born or foi'iner ro>idents of .Canada. -.""� ;
Ontario is the "destination of U returnees v>f_w_honi_r2 are for Toronto, the other; two being headed for Hamilton. R C. and Manitoba are taking five each; while one e.ach is,-listed as returning to Alberta :and .iQucbee. / Although the youngest is only oire year old and tho eldest. 57, t he majority, ',!*) .of t'hOm,' are ! is t '-' ed as being betweei'y 17 tt> 27.
I.is.'t of returnees: '
Toronto, \lasaaki. Xakagawa, l/.o, Mrs. Sbi/ue, Kiiniyo, Shixue,
and TVuyoshi Kbat�^Mrs. Mitsue, Aiki'v Toshiiv and "I'hiyoko Ogw-wa. Kinuko .Fujita and Tadao Sakamoto. .
'�Hamilton, Sanayc and Yo.s Takaoka.
Montreal, Yuriko lioshiko.
\Vinnipeg, Sakaye, Sadako, Shigeru and Jitsiio lyemoto, and Xozomu Otsu.
Tabor, Alta., Takcko Fujima-gari. : / :
Kolownh. Noboru- Uoy '.'Ha'sclii*' aiul ^aki Xo/ue
';:>'. Okan'agii'ii.. Cent i c-, Setsuko Monde. :
i'onticton, Torimn Kakiuchi, '
| Thi> Gonoral (iordon is due to ; dork/iii San Francisco on -..-AUR--.'
JAPAN DEATH RATE CUT BY SGIENGE
TOKYO; � Wi!h introduction "of .nuide.rn hygienic niethcnls and preventive medii-ine by Anieri-cans. since occupation,more" Japanese -lives have, been saved'"in the past two and one-lnilf years tlrui' tii�' �.��Japane.se .ariiu- .and navy io-A; during the war,^AiTied pu'Wic lit-aftii offierals"said, last week. ".� : - - : � .'.���� � :
:'.i>J.-iirr (ie:-/ (,'rav/forrl 'Y:. Sa:ns. ch; ;f- of the � public Jir-alth 'and welfare section.- said Japan's yearly death rate, ha? dropped to slightly above' 1-0 per thousand. Kef ore ihe war, the deiath rate averaged 17 per l.iMW.a year.
Japan Has No Desire of No Fear of Commuiiisiii
LOS ANCKLES, Calif. � Tet-
su -Katayama, first post-war
premier of Japan before a large
gathering -of local Japanese last.
week, said that his country did
.not wish to become a part.--'of a
..Pacific.pact comparable to the
Xorth Atlantic Pact, i
| "Japan. has renounced t lie use
; >f anus .as. a nienns of/solving
- ="n!<.i-iiation'il p.rob!e.ms=."" Kataya-I'ma said, "and/the/Atlanti.c-. Tact .; is-.essentially, a ini'!itary'-d(?fenso TaiJiance. Thorcforr. Jajian can-
i;not' coruniii jjo.rself' to .such .an ;
� ''gi'eoment.''- :-.���:"
I ' A'ithoiitrh � . ('onuH!inisi>! "has | made gains in.Japan.Mr. ikata-i ya'piu slat'rd .that it will decline i as .'iie eVonoinic condition -'-im-.'.-'
I T<'t>ii Katayan;;i � is 'ei: route Vli.'ick1 t^ -.Japan fro!;i . ,t'hn\Moral-" t ("onferenee in ("aux.
ex-
japan Adopts Oath For Civil Servants
/TOKYO, .Japan. -� Kffoctm< August 18, Japan's natjonal j>er-Spiinel authority ruled tliat alt new government employees arc going to."jiaye to swear to support and/protect the country's denivc.r'atic .constitution. This is to' be Japan's loyalty oath for all civil servants. .
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Japanese Swimmers Dominate AAUMeet
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Furuhashi Breaks Third World Record
s:tv a -to relax.-' I-OS AXGELFS, Calif; � Ja- � �.v. f::u, ,h'^ ever '"r' cifn^te com- pane?e" .swimmer?- continued � C�.UT!;;./.<"��!. .
-v';^ '?et .up .in Nvner<- they left, off i;i the 1032 ' . i,; � :v">*iier�ivi therii � Oly^^pics here a> .they -all but-. ^�-.;�� �"� i>>-d "to the �'dominated the fr-'estv;*- evr:'.:s. .;.;:.-.:
'�' '�'�'h:ch is con- 'On the third day of the four- -.-. ; " /�� -�Tstfr flat at (la\-'AAU :v.�>vt.:.'!! -Auir.'l*. the ..:>;ir;
� Wada home, : Hiror..�?hin Furjha^hi..br-\-<e :h-.- ; r,-.,',,: : r.."'?ohair on "h--W. world'? rec^rYl in a?- n'-ar.y days a? hf- ehurr.-^ -h"p 4'V>-n:<?�:!���
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Balky Directory Lists Canada's Japanese <
A voluminous directory .listing, i'jiatues-hji() addresses of persons "f Japanese ancestry ]\\ the Western Hewisphore ami Hawaii.'-, published in Japan.by the Shin X:Vhi !�(�: under th�"-. ?i;f)-Tv:~i'>n ' of Ik ken Moniii.'arrivtHj li*-r�- *hi> v. eek. In a d d i t i o n -1 �> l he I i s', i r i �, �-
Request Of Dying Girl Granted By. MacArthur
.��;TOK'YO\ .Japan. � A dying ^iri'f;:pl(:'a was granted by Gen, :|)'mig.lMs; M;:c Arthur .who. atlow-r-d7 }',<)� - .fti.'i hrr to k;avc Sugamo 1'ris'ifV .'.!�'� pay lu-r ;i final visit. . .Tadashi .\liyamoio, serving a. i i fi- .>'en teiuv for war crimes, was ^s'oorlod by pf�tic<- (o }\\^ h<�r�'i..ii �.,;h.'!r�v. bis daijghter, S'��shiko; 2o, lay criiicaliy ill. . " . - ;
'Miss . M Ivan :.>>''�- : -,vi "!�� a letter t'> .Mao Arthur"' saying she had �bfvn ��suffvriiig- froni � tub^rculosi's a.ml arthritis since \(M~ and that >h'.- . was unable to turn over in hor bfid. -Shtj asked him! to allow. h�--r to s'ff h^r fatKor for the last tiiMp before sho dir-<l. . ,.:".-"
.Aft�?r Japatu si- {Cilice and a doctor c-oiifirri-t-d Uia.t she 'u.as i:raT d'~-ath,' MacArthur p h--r n-
strftV'*::.-. r.s v.>-i'' ;in an Jr<p;;rv--5^ ��:- L'. S. Jap-
May Send Crown Prince To Study In U.S. Schools
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