APRIL   24    1940
THE NEW CANADIAN
$100 CASH FOR A GOOD IDEA
You Can Win $100 and Assist the Nisei Solve Their Job Problems
in this community project sponsored by the Canadian Japanese Association.
Write an essay explaining your idea of a possible business or industrial enterprise.
Here are the rules:
-�   fKo��oii.iorpn.se prefera Dly should be':
v   Suitable tor Niseis and of a permanent i\;Uuio. b   one thai will, not require too large a capital outlay". i>   Omv whioh would utilise British Columbia ami Japanese
pvoduets as far as possible, u    it must be practical. Vie i^.iy may be written either in Japanese Or hi Kngllsh. Tii'e'-'e.Wy-" should be, in, the form of an exposition or thesis;
HliK<iv.ue.d with . drawings^or diagrams, it\ necessary. AtUhoss all essays���� to: "tffce .Canadian Japanese Association*'
329 Qor� Ave., Vancouver." ToniosL closes Juno 31, 1940.,
Judgos'-.'ShaU include the Executive of the Association, members of the comnititeo and representatives from the Japanese daily newspapers. � /:
jl'iHi-wilt be awarded to the winner of the contest; and in addi-Uon he may be reeommended for a position in the company If his pjan be put into operation. ...�����
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Memorial Service ForValiant Soldier
An atmosphere of simple dignity and solemnity pervaded the Salvation Army Citadel headquarters  last Thursday,
April 18 when a large crowd
of Japanese and j Canadians - paid tribute to an eminent Christian leader. . the late Commissioner Gumpei Yamamuro of the Japanese Salvation Army, whose portrait re posed am id � a. colour f ul �array of. flags" and Tlofal wreaths: Commissioner Yamftmuro was promoted to glory on March 13.
�With- the~Sal vatioTf~Army Divisional- .Commander,. Brigadier: M; Junker officiating;- the service opened , with - the congregation sinking "Shall We Gather at the River." the citadel band supply-in a die music.
PAY TRIBUTE ,'
Ti Unite was then paid by Mr. K Xakauchi, Consul for Japan, b> Rev. K; Nomoto representing illSL J*- � C.- Japanese- Churcli'- Fed* f-Kifioii and hy Adjutant Margaret S; rat ton on - hehah* of the "Army" hicnH who knew the late Com-" ' "T Mtmer. 1
hi his address  Mr. Xakauchi1 j-ouclied. on  the: Commissioner's ;<wc lire-?ei\ice in the cause of t'hn^.wnfty in Japan and his in--U. r-te ^hroad.
0For a space of almost .two Serrations."   he   said,   "from .1895. when the Sa 1 vat ion Army :W.3s first introduced into Japan �
ERNIE" ARIKADO
SODA JERKER
Realm* he stood as the shining
-rsyrn b ol ~"of ��-- g r ea V C fir) st i arf :.cha r ��.;-, acter, A man of unusual calibre, he served his people in the^East; even as General William Booth, ministered to the peopIe in the West,
� -"I afn. particularly a war<; of -his part in promoting international goodwill bel-ween.-the fcrilish -Km* pi re and. Japah. 1 hope, that deeper understanding and mutual cooperation will he advanced between these:: twoIvm pires by his friends--in* Japan and abroad/'
,       On Vancouver's Mam Street, just oft the cornci of Powell; is a
-:modesl little ice cream parlout, known .(.mitluirlv to the passing) --p,uado lof Nisei simply as "Ernie's." , j
j      .For some, reason or other, not easily explained, d has a strangely | i inviting atmosphere.   Pe/haps. because of its modest appearance wrth j f-JuJJ Soeech DfaWS ]its.cosy creanvand green ..-appointments, perhaps the bright lights and- 1 ^
trhythmic melody pouring forth from the "pike" bo\, perhaps the cr.iv |P��^�� Atturlf !laughter and boisterous chatter of young voices    , . but personally vie f /"VliaCK.
.j think rt's the warm personality of the genial proprietor himself that seems to make the place so warm and inviting.
TOYOKUNI ARIKADO IS THE NAME
r Around the beginning of the last war he was dubbed hy fond parents, Toyokuni Arikado. "But I had. nothing to do with thnt," he laughingly-disclaims. And now to one and all he's just Ernie.
Perhaps it's because he's just Ernie that day by day most
people take him far granted; and so you may wonder why ws have
chosen him as our hero this week. Because if anything, Ernie's life
has been singularly typical of the Nisei, a second generation-born
of immigrant parents.
Like hundreds of his fellow Nisei he was born in Vancouver's Little Tokyo, and went to school at Strathcona and Technical. The high point of his school career came when he was chosen to make a goodwill trip to Japan sponsored by one of the local Japanese papers.
APPRENTICESHIP IN THE SCHOOL OF LIFE And like hundreds of his fellow Nisei he graduated into a worlcj of depression/, unemployment at^d.prejudice where jobs were scarce and opportunity scarcer.-. So off he went to the Okapagan as a farm hand, a job hq learnt In bis early childhood from pick'ng berries, beans, hops and so forth,_ThenJhe_graduated to-Jhe-position of-belthop in a hotel in Penticton and another year as a handy-man "rn a KelOwna hotel, seeing people as they passed by and learning of them.
._vThe great god Job drew' him back to the city ;again; for the final course in his apprenticeship. He found, it in a shabby confectionery store in dawn-town Vancouver where he learnt the ins" and outs of supply and demand; and the price system.; And serious study at night school; when the. bright lights beckoned, added the final touch. During all this time; he. was saving what he. could, and thinking, thinking, thinking, of how he could start something' on his-own initiative.
BIRTH OF AN ENTERPRISE
Then, one day, on his daily rounds the milkman told him of a marvellous ice cream machine^;And so an-idea-was brought to life; $i>i nx>nths of inquiry, thought and study developed the idea into a plan; Courage gave birth to an independent Nisei. enterprise.   ;   v        -� j-_Jl!i^^Pi5^'!^-va5'' -hs   to- f ina nee- the es tablishmen t - of -1 he~fe"e~~ cream parlour he planned;   And so,, despite the pessimism of friends and relatives, he decided to take a chance, throw his meagre savings into down payments on equipment^representing an investment of seven times more money than lie actually had. Today, three years later, he looks back,- and says modestly, "Oh, | just decided to take a chance;''5 He's proud of his place, small though. it may be;. in fact he regards": every inch, even the worn spots on the counter stools with almost tender; affection. Arid he has a vision of a new place that-s to come eing
some time : . . "A big roomy palace, not a. parlour,: with ivory topped tables and soft, plush seats, and .gleaming appointments in black: and. silver, and six of the best-looking Misei girls_in the country in trim green uniforms with raps to attracfthe custcTmers . . t " - E�ut no matter, how ritzy the place,. it will cethy that same warm friendly atmosphere that's part of himself, that's made his place a rendez-vous. for hundreds of young people. � -   ��
HERE'S THE PASSING PARADE v
If you sit at his counter on a Sunday afternoon and take notes;
See "ERNIE," page 6.
TOKYO.� Terming 11,8. Seer*, taryot State Cordell Hull's state* mom roRurdlu>i the nutinUnuvnod ot the status ouo In the Nother-lands Knst Indies a^ an attempt to extend the American Mouyoq Doctrine to the western Pacific, the Jnpanose press vifiourunsljr attacked iheU.S. nttltudo toward the problem of malntnluhvg peace in the, Pacific area.
The Hull statement, It was pointed out was In marked con* traat to that of Brltlih Foreign Undersecretary Richard Butler, which said that toe Brltjah �Government hold* similar vfewa a* the Japanese Government, which could not but be deeply concerned over any develops -meht-*i>t�lr1g'7rom the war In Europe which might affect the status quo of the- Netherlands East Indies.
Tho Asahl .reported that the Netherlands Government, through Japanese Minister Ishii, tendered Its apprecladon of Japanese poh icynnd attitude In regard to tho Netherlands Indies Issuo.
Tito Japan Times declared that, since Secretary of State Hull has thrown the mantlo of tho Monroe land, then a Japanese Monroe Doctrine over the Island of Oreon-
Doctrine1 Rhoiihl-hrj-nppllod"onniio same principle to Kast Asia.
Nicht Nieiil declared that though Tokyo and Washington each stressed tho rospoct of the atalu$ ano. theft* stands are widely different. Just as America has Its Monroo Doctrine, so has Japan Us basic policy for stabilization in Kas( Asia.
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