TIIE XE\V CAN ADI AX
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;Ah 'ertcouraging curreivt d^velbj>r � :"; mcti^js^^ beginning of � ftiirgfe :.;.'�;�;.neatnient'for Arftericans of jVpa-
nese origin,;everv *fc :the -United..' �:; ~$t attes �' is; jie voting: ail; -its -energies -;..tu .they ^defeat :of the :;Japanese -.. ::j3tate.: '��-_�;;�;.; �-, �-�'!;... j:. ;.-�';.;.���:�� :.;..';�� .,;'� ;�'.'� C.
Bofdre;'goin^^ � �;"'.toft; petrc,it and /happe%d to! ;be;
r -there;;vOVer.:;^
v^rniiii^^^
: ;ward;-';;Aveiiuey .cin;; ^hicKf Wuiiy : churches/^ ": oiieybf/th^h)^ ; .ijuiety; r6ye>en^-;mje;n /aM: ^jvien, �'
\\vell vdresse^^
; �; pearing ;'aV:ari& ni�^ ;AnVe;ric^ns at y the .prese^t^ I- order; oJY?eryice�l^ �.;..:''t.&rfe5l?-^ y:ca(ed;^:-S:^
lenst^b^
�':v ^'h>iV; tirn^^ :th�3preacheiv pigan.by^rea<iiiig^et-'; ^
-.tersyfr^m t^o/c^
/t^ armed ^
: hail conte ��from^itaiy. ^e; writer.:: of -the; first tpid of; his joy on:thiiik^ : iiigab;ou^ the: church, or 'his grati- ;
;;tno!e/.'f6r:;>lettersrhe; jhsxl;; received " and :0f: the help ;that had cb^ c^^lo';h�il :^inl^Christian^ith;-; and fellowship. -':,-;;.. v
Due .to that- strength^ tile ;young ,'sbldier; said, ;'he had. been, able.- to ,' ^resist; the majjy- temptations;with T: /which he /was. surrounded. He \\Jas
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^K^looking; foward'Urth^ en'd
\> ar" "aricnis "" retu r.i to hi? church home. It was an intiinaiOj moving letter such as many a front-line, Swiier -in loneliness and danger has \viitten, It was sent early in April and bore the i.ame of Private Hal uo Kawamoto,
A few days later Private Kawa* lp's brother, r.lso a solder in Italy, wrote the pastor a s-h<>rteV, simpler, starker note in. which he s'rid something like this:. VI ain' bewildered 'and confused and " don't know what to say, Haruo was killed yesterday in a terrible b-ttle. 1 'don't know why he. wcntt for he w3s the best boy in our company."
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As fhe pastor read this letter, his .voice broke ^and for a- moment he could not speak. A laige part of the congregation was in toais. Plainly, they- deeply loved their fellow Christian and their fellow American, even though some of them probably had relatives on Okinawa. They pictured the distant battle field r.nct with- mud-covered battle field and with reverent devotion envisaged Private Kawamoto ojt'eiing the supieme SacrU fke for America. I was glad cir-curiistances had brought me to tint First Baptist Church aiuMts^ demonstration of noble American unit,
Americans Are Vigorously Defending Minorities
; Si.ich fellowship '. between .Japanese American and Americans of. other origins .is steadily growing throughout America,- in spite of soine. cases of brutal intolerance. .' At any- rate/ it is growing in most areas cast of the Mississippi 'River-. Our relations with fellow, citizens of Japanese" origin bring into dramatic clarity two mighty -forcos working among'. �'Americans. �iie - provoking "tensions and ""the fttlier piomotiiig hrii'inony. . Never, it '.Seems to me, were so many Americans so vigorously engaged in-defending minorities. I am not saying they ail '.operate wisely.; Frequently. ' they, stir .up more �hat-red .than �they- allay, and provoke more enmity than they dissipate. A few of them are so fur'-'" ioiisly intolerant against tolerance t hat they increase;.; in tolcranCQ. However, such bellicose pacifiers are the .exception an! one is pleased to find in cvovy part o.f the United States T-rec1 numbers
of earnest, active gracious, peace-:makers. - ;: .- ' '�'�"- .--�
As a res.u]t :bf their :actiyity and
:Wa*^ Measures-Necessitated Evacuation
of the churches from which .most of; them come, the problem' of cruel /.discrimination against Japanese 'Aniericans .is .on the- way to .. a definite solution, Tliis, in. its narrower aspects, is. one :bf our easiest problems, because it cor.cenis a very- limited /.'number, of people ag';;a"nst Vvhom most Americans are not prejudiced,.-At the be.ginning of the- war there 'wer'e:jn ^.thfr-Unl-'-:; t<vr Stales abmiri^,fJOO Japaiiese or Americaiis of .Japanese origin. � Of the 1)0.000 on the West Coast, .all were removed. .
.Many. American^. ,h:-ve. challenged .'I he justice-"and eyeii tjie wisdom-of .that drastic" 'measure.: Two thirds of the "Japanese'' who wore torn :from'their, homes and put in
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detention camps wore American-, born . American citizens, gui.ty of ; :iio". offense^ .of :.^;n-y.ykinfj. .And n_6t'. ojity wc.i'e they herded into uncom-fortabie enclosures but most of them lost-.nios,t- of; their prope.rLy-..-".. One cannot ilciiy that fellow : Aiiiprica'n.s of - Japanese - descent � ..wore^'-subjected to; f/IUer; hui
A New Chapter
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�:-.; Av:�^w ;cimpter :,was wriUen ;to ;v.:tlJ_e;e.vacuation ��'ftis:Miy'..'txHi^v;^1o'v1 '..;..'aa'j', /the :;'hitachirie'rjv rtf-;;tho-'^-c! /� Security.^.C^miniss[ou'� :'b^;ii'- tc> ;';:Work;V;inU/:t|^:-;;jirst--'-st^ : :'^r^atior{:vof; ;repiiirjaf^ ;TrQm" �;: non:repjttiait0;s: Was\ begui}^:;r-. / v.v :.''::
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;:!��plo;ha^::coine clunVpijng;:iiito
'�:� ��%�:� :^�W�wt>::\:^ijii^^<i^ftmiyjv--
/.shaking /their::heads; ' sinie^\ju^V
^ami:j^.is]ve^thei^;c;h^
va/fow/wiping tear)3^^^ ':-:V/;:-^r#ii^
; +&:to<la^- Pebple Avlio^voti^ co)i�i-"'; ; � derc^su i i^ble ;f(> r -rt locni titjii:; wftfe" rJ-W^^l^prKasio^^'T^^Ti-'i S -; iy^i^1Q^;ll^'nc( -J^rpin;;^ilie; bus; ^ ^:?*PP whtre^ll the ])eoiiie Wero say~ ;:iiirtoodbyes;with.-iny^vision bivi\--A ;-rea;-\\;ith;a^ fewVunshp;l{ears;b"of6v6^ the contingciit-of (ly^-.familios loft;' -Becaiise'thcre "were o.iilV '21 peoiilb:
� and,no;t ^:20;as^pcctet!,4he^
: -on;;two.;i)a?so!hger :cais.;.-" /':;;;:: /:-':-';:; '
:.-�'"--,.I.t;; is;. rtiiiibured .tjiat Jhc: s<SgJ-e- �: .gationlprogivanv is^ expecle\l- to ^bcV ;coiuplQted by the -elid;of -August- ; ;4his: year. -This; program; is not :
WltllOUt/OompljCatiohU ��'-:'��/. "�"' ':':^:V''V;:-''
- v.There -lias- been-n'cas<>:where-a;; ianiily spiit: has occaihvd; Both the; parents and:'"�h oiily dauglubi\have expressed .the desire.to rcniain in Canada. T|^ daughtor lias received .; notice to JeaVe .for K^s;iq..The ;pitv-. flits are to; be sent to New Uen-
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Horaeiude *o Hickory
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Kektwna Vernon OK Centre
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- There'has, also been .a c^se where an oid -couple who. were sent out from -Kasio arc .returning to that; centre after i<eing givr-n a notice to reiocale or transfer back to the Roptenay g'ii)S>ito\vn. They
;� hayo ..'decided.\to- move! b:u K to �Kaslo;' Both are old;'age., pension
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lt is also lindcr-tovt! tiiat Jn-
ternoe fahiilios will be. left alone
for ijjo litnc being until such time
�that most of the srgregation of
those \viio havr signed /re pat rial .ion
. {K:pers have been completed.. :
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1 am writing this in Tushnie. We
did.not"'a?me .here -through choice. 1 ani here because-our family was marke-d as oiie of the first group. to be �..-shippcxl hereif I'oni. Knslo� j n..' the -initial' move to close that ccn-
1 tic.. "V\..e 'proiosied- that \ye wished to'relocate" to: the east but", it' was useless. So now I aiii- here in Ta-
�siiinc, see.Hig; people going bat'k; to i\ask>,- the co;vtre.AVhich--tney said/ �-�wjis-^-i.'oslh.-'!''-:-'-vv��--: -':;--.>�--�'�' '-
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; jnorlanH' cr^w; traveli^l � to ^'�rnon . M>H^ vveV^:swa m|>^|/ by; th^ -terrtfic i^V'f' �? *$ IP. ^^ ;feOMV?i5uin:mc'rlaiiti ' ^vucke^ ;\vcre;;:utiiabiq/
^�yeriion''^i(jgge^;;^-;r^^;;:;^^ ;^;0huck a^r^da^^o^
'pitciungJ^H^r^i^ift^^/jje^':^ ;/Jhb;;vJ^r"th^;iju^ :struck.oiit: li^opjjK>nehl^'lj;-a"nd';-:.$iugi"' ged;/p;u{'."|lu$< lut^-nwo^of-whiclv Were \triplcs, ;:a t six ill ps :,t 0 t lie '.:pIa;te^.v;..;;vr'Sv-:'-:/ -^:::'.j.: \ K!V: '^��^�'^J1 \i- ^al?r>r Vernoiii SQcbiVii SackVrj M;, j^wagfuclii �;UiC:;tii^e/''f.^fi^e^:;aji<l: :-)nyked upahree assists �witiiciut �n ,crroi\:jSta)L^fQLi:;iiie; Iof(tirsi3v^s' speedy Alf" Kita,; who hii Jtdoviblc' which Jiestretcheii into a- hoino ruh- /H.e,. piiiyed a steady, giiinc iin .Jhp Jipt.corner*--^,;;-.:.:;,^-:;,, ;;.;,;�,; Batteries: yernon^R- Moiidp, (3. Terada and C.; Terada", 'S; Mi ike. Summerland: � H. Furuyay Chu rl^\|a,.R,K.uroda/:lC/;Furuya .anil M^; Kita, H.: Furuya.v Umin'resr
Kiyoshi iSuga and Tpshi Yamaoka. '
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The Okanngan Centre � team which in ado a belated enti-y into the- league took a ^1-1 sheilacking'" in their debut played against Vernon oil June 3.
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'-.'On.the sanie date the Kelowna tc:;m .visited JSummorlaml's fatnous
and came home victorious With -a neat 10-4 -win. Kxce.pt ff>'" one in-irin.a:�tho fourth�:.tho. game was very close.
K'OCJ'A ;WI:F.FS. FOlMitKIuX :
Sucy Koga pitched .a brilliant game, striking out! 11 batters! and h?.vi the ganie'wejl in han<l all the way through: . ; �
^u'nirncrlan'-l's fleet-footed out-:ficl<fer Frank Kuro{la;madc-0. di.fl-�cult '�: catchers ; with the case of"
SujK^^aU pn^ of Fr^nV't ., ; wks spectavui^ ......
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^ 1 noiuy^s;. lon|f^h^^ ^; hamltfd stkbi'M
:wi|H tliej^jl;:^ '" th^ ihjr^|star-^ ^/!of three;for five inciting ^(louble
; / w^1^^^!-T9^:^^ Jv ^^Pfc <?f � ^^?'^:-;:-/ ';-^a'tteiiesi: Kclo>-iia--^Su<Sy ' koga ^iri<iI ^; lifatsMi)!^; M ^ IvogaYv � SitiTi<
: ni^i-liiiiulri-H^ ^urUyi^MiiViKitii.
:^M�i^K i ta^HTf Fu rig ar^N, _v � Suin;n^lan(|^" l}att.t^ vcorrect^Umpires^ty N^4!Poki'V ,,r_7
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::^.::Th^J; Kelo^yh^:^
l;:truyel|ed to Ver'non on Ju;ne 10 arki tyo n t he ;^ga ivid; by' do. f aul t/; as � ::tnei �; : Vernon Cliib;\VJ%inmbje' to s^ure
�'� a playing field. ^.'^-'^'�'^ "V:;.":'�.-��'�"'>0.-
.'r."'.:�:,:�-�:>'-:;. :./;--'";-:j^^;/'::;'.'--";;v.*/':V'- �':'�' -�:/���.�� r;~ On'; tho^aViRMliflc^ gue IcaUing IvclovVnjX teain lookjn|f
: oii, the Hino<]es froin Suniinerland d.rbppCHl; anoth'er ytough )?ame to
��-. pkanngan: Centre;~hr Uie^'lntt^r's? �Mo'uniain-View' grounds.' The score
-was II -(�, " 'V--��;,.;':.;; :\.;y. v;v;:v'.'v;':' Alin Kita inade the most hits in the game batting three for .five and knocking honie three of Hino-do's .six runs. OK's speedy first*, sackor, A. Hickichi, a local hoy^ played a ..�'�nifty ganie.1 Another home town boy who starred in the ganic was Matt rKobayasIii..'.-bf"'QK" Centre, who took over on the
.�-.mound after A.-Mcnde.Jopt.pqnfrol. In the six innings of relief pitch-ingr Matt struck out TO Hinodejtes. ". ilatterics: OK :Centre-�..-�>
"Vie; "^M.�"" Koba^islii' aiuf
�'.SawayanVa. Summerland T-- Min Kita, H, Furuya and H, Furuya, Min 7\iia.
Following this game, tho Hinode team hopped down to KoloWiia to get mixed- up. in a fastball game wi.th the Kelpwna Gjr] Blondes toam.;-The Blues . (Bobo?s. '(earn) won over the^Rods 10rSv The Reds wore cqtichcd. by :r>Si.6to ;Ka^harai-�; The no-iiit pitching Vffor^ by ClaraV b^v; -wo'h llu? game for the Biues.
y'div;: such :a ^measure was
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^ un^erstr^lable^;Peiir J vHarb^wtt? V ;n horribly /treacherous, sneak at-; ;tack: ;As;arresult-;:6f h.; -;trnrtod
.ae^ Pacific. flee*:wns largely in-
:capacitated &.nd vthe" United States
. : was 'placed jh graye -danger.' An
; Vattempt by/ Japan to-land force? on
:the \Vest;"C6ast ; was by: nt> inesqis
unthinkable, vlt isMiot fairer gal-
/I ant; to' reproach" Americans there,
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�caiis;.' "Iby tbe: millions;-'---"-.tb":.��Vjfst3.-iit-:;' : Iniids: fjie! = ni'o'vTiig: of 'I \0\GOO Jaji- �-'. ane^e./ and Japane^:^Americans was."; ;ji ^iniilar" ^erfiye; ^var^^yca-;;' sure which at the. time ?e:emevi o.?-
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gihations to conjure iip cruel" Jap-
anese troops i-Tniding in their corn'-;. .r-.imnVi ties', and joining up with; local-' .
Japanes<e ihv acts off mass cruelty.
; A few Japanese :-in the United .
States syrnpathized .with Ame'ric'a!s".-;'
c-neriiy. And jt : is not a -my t h th:it .
armies are cruel "in war or -that
the Japanese have, been nni�n<rr the �.
cruelest. It i? also thj,e that iu:!xvaT ;'"
n ' �coTrjTrtrsnftor tr-^porjyible -J>r -.rational -- safely i> wis'r*". at engirt! ":r>.?j!i^ntsr to fake the r:?R"-offro:nir �:'r>* far, rather ti/a-'. n-t fnv
;-;i-n:ffh." Th- . faio; ' ff : lWft>\W* .
American citrzen? 'tenV?7 <-'.; <"'-:'-"
y.'-'JyJi the
. Tn:vie\v;of theHQ facis. :t" sm not -�incliiiejl. U* :>ep;rbnfh "tho .tlnifed States Army for rcn>4vi^g; Japa- . . ese |rbni. a Very vital area/ at -an extremely" critiCaV tihic. N^w,: how> ^ycr^Jbe^^nM^iOn>jias,^entireiy^ chained, dac ;to thr-ec vital factor_s. One -j? that� ."all- our shoio-s are�_'.-heavily (lefende>f/. Kvc-n ihore im-{lorjant, most -Japa7ie?> -Ii?:.A.merica and in Hawaii-hnye -pr->ye;d "coiii- -:p_'lfetely>'!oy >-!/�_� Thireily.; American? ^/ f>: -Japaro'so origin" have J�en".._aii~-'!--V .j?Iv" bravo -FoMier'5.'.in-
� v Jt is ;thre6 inonths; nOw; since" J v arrived here, i 'he; ])epplc hriye,; h;l beejr nice to us. -:�'.': We;.havc: taken ;jrart:\i1tr all Asocial; ancr.sjVbrts actit yiti^thatyiireUvehl ;lie>e.-;fi'oijC.timQ.; tci ;tin\e; ^ But^'yy^:arc ^yajtjingriox th^ifay when-Aye/wiil ^be able = to; pack; 11 p\aiid -.leave for the castC A place lias been fouh'd ."forr:us i n the ; east ^but;.- we have yet to ;"rpcejve Oiii\ release from .this centr$..- - ,:\, . -;3IeanWhik-,\ we can- only ^y.it"'.and hope . .;>;.: ; ~: ' -:-:''�'�:�:-�-.':; ^ - --: :-:. -'-
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Raymond A. C.sl^se
; ,;ln^S:che^uiod , gan^cs^ Southern : A Hicfrfa Baseball "league;:: ;by Tslu^ing C:jftr^~bWhTaK b^T
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Sputheirn: piyisJon, ;Coai(hUov^^^^ :>s^isv\yon a cibso ?^r;^
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Y.M.B.A, xleftatcd/Coaidale" Cubs y-V rSV^ iy^'^ :i:':^^^
Va^epr^Co'aidale \2^hits^ funs in;
;'gary, ��but" not >Arnerican? of ^Slovak and flu/rgari2.n;origiri; they :arO:the .most useful "citizen?. /:;: "'�'-� .". '- ".~. I.i k^wlse; or eh t hough; - at . '. wa r. \v3tbr �rap.an; the Ujiited St�itcs. .is not at war with : A rticnca n s "of Ja p- . ^se. Descent. -The- Japanese state, my ^ndNayy are'ciiusjrg Allies;
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