The \>\v Canadian
215 E. CORDOVA ST. * PAcifie 8431
VANCOUVER, B. C. >
AnllQdcp.ondeiit.Organ Published Twice-weekly As a Medium of j Expression. Among The People-:of - Japanese Origin in Canada I
� Thomas K. Shoyama Harry S. Hondo Rates: "40c per Month
� Takaichl Umezuki Hirotaro Tsuji ' $2,00 for Six Months in Advance
Ceremonies Mark Opening Of Kaslo Beach; Men Enjoy Social
By Toshlzo Suzuki
KASLO, B. C. �The Koyu Olub^ rhertfs organisation in Kaslo,. held!1 ay- social on the evening of August' 16 In the dining room of the Kaslo Hotel. * !
Attended by some 150 members and friends, the affair opened with �? ah address by Mr. Takimoto, sec-j fcetary, who ably filled the position' of master of: ceremonies, Speeches were made by Mr. Yamamoto, as-, sistant secretary, Miss Tait, -Mrsi Aw "and various floor representa^ tires, followed by introduction of aUi those who were present. �
Refreshments were greatly en--
KASLO, B, C�Over 700 men, women and children gathered on the beach here on the evening of August 17 to join in the ceremonies which marked the opening of the beach completed with swings, a diving raft and a seesaw.
Harry Tsuchlya made th e opening speech, representing the supervisor, HP. Lougneed, followed by a speech by His Worship,: Mayor Green. Ken Kutsu-kake gave an address in Japanese, Dave Naruse spoke on behalf of the boys, and Miss Molly Taira spoke on behalf of the girls.
Through the generosity of Mr. Lougheed, the children were able
joyed, with everyone engaged in
^y conversation which;was reflec-. _-0_____, ____,__________---
live of their hopes and thoughts. to have hot dogs and the adults During the "dalhishlki", a pro- sandwiches, and everyone lemon-gram Of entertainment which un-' *d�- "It was a grand opening, no 'cOter-ed many hidden talents was fooling," breathed-our correspon-
pteeextted under the leadership of den^-__
Mr. Biorimolo. .-';- i-�: ��- ��" ��*�
The delightful social finally came' Q~,Lo T ^ Trunk* lb a close with the singing of "God ^^KS LOSl I ruriKS
Save The Kin�." | Mr. Yoshlro Miyagaki, who was
� - �:- - ���'recently transferred froth the road cn r> ' ' o i .carrip at YeUoWhea4tb.Slocan.City
otar-beauty ohoppe� via Hope; �. c� is looking for his
__m .... v7. .-, � . . two wickertrunlcs Which were lost
�tiSS^S^. d^bS!^,aiclEmy on the way/ the wicker trunks S�55BUS[ *ere together with a rotfe and
mSftb ^ of ^ destination, it Is thought that they
� � m- may have been shipped to Sandon
They wish to extend their sincere of Kaslo by mistake, and. anyone thanks to their many- friends and who has discovered them is asked clients for their kind patronage to forward them to Slocan City during the past and hope that the � : - Y ': � -�� OAywhen^ they, could renew the VERNIE HAKKAKU wishes tq s^e�>rdlal relationship WUl not tharik his friends for their. soUcl oe, iar away. Mudeand many letters durtag^ his
-The two young beauty experts confinement at the hospital. .He also hope that good health and is now 'Well and desires that they happiness follow all wherever they write.4o him at 239 Main Street, go. Vancouver.
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Rice, iov's, per sack ...;.. $13.10 K^hteii. per doi. :� .75
Xihion Su.-r^-bottle . ,30
Canned; FukC per can ..30 Canned Shirataki, P*fYcan;.."_'.:35
Thc�e are. the only Japanese . Groceries left in our stock,-
: - Se'rrd. your .order's,- X'3g*t'?gt. with jTipney order, to S69 ?c* -t'r Street. Vancouver. � AfVv'�*j!-; jne'e- will, be promptly- jar.ttid. to >cy with >cur; order..- ��-
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NOTICE
; With evacuation .-moving along, The New Canadian wishes to announce that its removal to an interior location may shortly be necessitated.; Although'it is�hopr.
ed that circumstances will permit us to 'give prior notice, - it may be^ that. this 'will - not- be possible^ Suspension, however, will be temporary,' and as soon'as facilities . and arran^tments � for publication from a new location are complete, the New Canadian will be on Its way again; We ask that subscribers and �' readers bear .with patience any delay or Interruption in the regular Issue of The New Canadian.
REV. K. SHIMIZU LEAVES
Rev.- K� Shimlzu, who .has been in the city, for the past two weeks on business connected with the War, Prisoners' Aid Committee of the International Y.M.C.A., returned this morning to Kaslo, B. C. by motor car, He was accompanied by Miss Owen Suttie; who'will go on to a' new missionary appointment a,b . New Denver, / Miss Margaret Mebuffee and Inspector McDuffee.
? * * VETERANS LEAVING
Veterans of the last war who b*rt been working at the Clear-lag SUUon for the past several, months, are being transferred to the various interior towns; The last group is expected to leave at
th* end of the week for Kaslo. *� � *
EDITOR IN RADIOCAST
Japanese evacuation from the west;vcoast was the subject of a brief talk and ra&o Interview try Petet;Stuf^jergrr.dSK- commentator, and Thothas Shoyama, editor of The NeW Canadian, last Monday evening. The program, "Canadian Round-up", was Droadcast over a coast-to^oast CBC network, with Vancouver, Halifax and Toronto participating.
Phase Call for Mail
Mail addessed to the � -following people has been forwarded to The New Canadian, and maS' be secured by wTiting or calling for it In person:,. .
Miss Satoko Murakanii Mr. Masaichi Sasai ' '.
Mrs. Misa Deguchi ; � '. ;"' :;Y Mr.'-;M^Ua^i,;Kag*wa'"' Mr. 6c' Mrs.- I. Saklrama
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A Fashion Qojumn...
T>EAR POLKS: , - -
.Things;are rnquhgYf?ast and furl ious ;these'; days.;^- . the; men are tramping- the streets searching for hea\y ^workingvclothes -getttng ready to shake the dust from their shoes and head E^stl - The way things are moving ".now! looks like we girls-may be caught up in the Whirlwind, too; Anyway I'm hot going-to be caught napping, so I've started * my shopping.: too. Plenty of clothing'weli.be needing. Every^ day now . I've been rummaging around there at the Modiste Fashion Shop at *50 Granville stoefc-ing up era sweaters, .skirts, and softs'. I went frivolous and bought me a couple of party dresses, bat casual will be the toerooce of fa-shions in the interior. And that's what Modiste has a-pienrr. They've got some things just to suit you, too. aare. I mm dm tbere. X to pick them 9 far
Pnihli'i^llfTliH'anailiiiiiliiiiH
By Rev, W, R. McWUllams (Excerj'ts from an article by. the former pastor of tht S'�
- Westminster Japanese United Church sand Missionary- in' 'i\&x written for a Toronto newspaper.) " *
......But war or no %ar, our people are not successful as hat J
of the Japanese tamong us, and, barring some,Individuals', we cha ish no resentments that do not change naturally to understanding friendliness where opportunities for fellowship with each other mutually open. I am happy to know that in my contacts witn trie Ja 6ji�e people-1 can assure t
: present, the problem for- the Japanese therefore, becomes oi;e of I ovn\ attitudes and outlook; their own spirit and intention, their morale and ability to make adjustments in the. present inevitable il inescapable circumstances. � ' . :
This is a natural time for"men to face issues creatively. Sacrifj today belongs to the individual. None are exempt. But for the Japa ese the problem is not only to suffer their present affliction, to rria the best 'of their necessity, but to rise above these things and to greateri than the -tragedy that faces them, This Is necessary iii "or<j to prepare themselves for the future -and take. their full share the building of it. On any consideration it � is to be hoped th should a like emergency" occur in the future of our unstable wt nothing comparable to the evacuation measures of this war perij will ever be thinkable.
CROSSING A BRIDGE
It follows that the. work of men and women of good will in . emergency shc-uld be creative beyond: every other force, economic^ political. In this situation the things of the Spirit will demonstr their true worth or there will be a deplorable sag in the spirit of Japanese before the war ends. The life In the evacuation centres do much to look after the sag, the beet fields and the self:supp enterprises are more creative of morale. It is a time when men women who care should let their attitude be known. For the Ja anese in Canada are like people crossing a bridge, they are lea Ing a past that.will not he the same again and are on their way something that they know not: In this process the function of religion should be very real-but only if there are men and wc who care to declare it. This testing time has marked the Church Judgment, as surely as It has the Canadian Japanese. What of night?
Despite the evident' cheerfulness and outward absence of a of loss, the mental processes which belong to this forced sej from property irtd past associations are acute and suffering, pbrarily at least, no contact with their-goods or chattels is p< Y6xcepi-?YuT; cases where the families evkcuated are. bearing the pense of their evacuattbh. In such the C^bdiah of enemy prop allows transmission of sufficient funds on which to live, from the Ceeds of administrating thet the Inc
of those who work in various, ways to inaihtaln themselves from mcbme derived from their properties, If and when this is.neces That is alright so far as it applies to persons Who own property ficient for these ends.
ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY
Following the precedent of the last world War, this prop* should be restored: to Its rightful owners at the close of hostilities.
'where incumbrahces on property, exist, it is the aim of the Cusk to deal With these equitably; which meansthat the propertj' will to be" administered to satisfy creditors, (claims against Japanese
. perty already amount to several thousand), and at the same time pr sene. the^equity of the Japanese themselves. Many of these are Car dian-born and in these cases the equity is likey to.be so small.a pa
..of the whole property value "that separation from this property may complete when, the war Is dbne. It is a pity that the Government h ript.ryer;got-through; to a scheme or better a series; of schemes wh'^ might, act. as mducements for sorhe of the Canadlah-bOrn who wot welcome, transfer to other parts of Canada in order to establish "
.'iiviihocd there. Perhaps it ought to be mentiohed in this.connect)
rthat a recent
.1942, has called in the Soldiers' Settiement Board to assist.the Cus1 dian in the handling of Japanese: farm uuid^ : in this measure than temporar>\adrninistrative ends is not apparent the. moment. Nevertheless the fact reniains that Govemment contr
- ahd administration of the; property Of Cinadiah-borh Japanese at \ brNatufalized Japanese, includhig wbrld war Vete
ahsoiute as it is in the ca^ of JapaneseJ^Natlonals,- .-� ::
~~J^y?-:"DEMOCRA'I'IC; INSTITUTION IN DANGER � Here arises much of the justification for the attitude which mar of the Canadian-borrt Japanese take towards the treatment they ceivei Canadians at heart; by^^chbicei-and^by intetitiorj;; they see,the selves debarred from arrrij^; service in any-fdrjn^ from/any }}t work unless^ perhaps it be a&.laborers-orifairm^ -some.'few statterJ localities and this .under conditions* of rigorous, supervision and ^ : adequate pay. They are not treated as equals but as suspects/not War prisoners or enemy n'ationals'cf other races,;but as the. * hite mJ has treated other coloured faces In .the' past. /They;':'s�r-the}\-a"rf---5l worried for-."themselves: that they- are young and can begin again.-bj they point out with,fine �intelligence'' and reaV.cbhcerh that w? in Ci ha.da are in- danger of carrying out those repressive anti-racial me^ sures that in this war we profess to be fighting to blot out. The pert cratic institution they s*y is in danger. Is this true, or it is simply that we have not put oui selves tn the postrtop of these, youth arid Id ed at the era<^aticn through their eyes?
^fo one ts disposed on the"whote to find fault with the way in wt the Government has handled.the Tcsooval of the Japanese, ence policy of evacuating them settled. They iurve left room ia -prcce<fcrei for che^iat aodiiKlfjli^ tfactr BCt&bm, and ted to wfecJesone chaate. Bot tt may te.sane dpf,if
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