THE raw CANADIAN
November 27. ]<ua
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Fair Play for Nisei Americans
NKW YORK�Joseph C. Grew, former Anihassa^ dor to Japan a nd special assistant to the Secretary of State pleaded in aiv address last week for fair treatment of loyal American citi/ens of Japanese .descent, reports the Xew York Times.
He predicted an early knockout NO SECURITY FOR blow against Germany, reiterated his
EVACUEES AROUND KELOWNA DISTRICT
KELOWNA, B.C. -r- Although'08 out of 80 applications for evacuee . sorkers to remain in the district dut-'ng ,the - wintor � have been accepted aheCommittee in; charge has poiuierl out 'that pet .nits issued arc purely temporary and subject to revision. � - - Attitude of the district- is indicated by the- report of. the ,?Courier": , .
Pkn Small Cofariit To AM U. 3. Reiocttkm
previously expressed belief - that the Germans would crack up, "in the not too distant:future," but warned;again that the Japanese wduld. prove, to. b.e a tougher enemy. . .-. :/: :; : .
Mr. 'Grew spoke atthe!annual dinner of the \���'.Ho!lan(^^^Society^''.6^'/'Ne^v York at the Hotel Plaza;'at-which he received the striety's .-'-medal, for dis: tinguished' achievement, . -WANTS A DISTINCTION MADE
I'leading*that a distinc.tion bo made between enemy aliens and'" loyal Kelownaj.Americans � of Japanese extraction, .Mr. Grew maintained that; "like the
PERMITS TEMPORARY
"With each loiter, notifying employers that permits had been granted for retention of Japanese during the winter was inc 1 uded . a recomineuda > tion that the employer make arrange, jiients as soon as possible to .replace.
-Americans, of German descenty the overwhelming majority of Americans
of Japanese origin wish to he' and activities foi "the"coming 'season
MINNEAPOLIS, Mmii.~rAtUm-pts will be ma4e this winter to Relocate whole families of Japanese Americans m small farm colonies, George Rundquist, New York., secretary of the Resettlement Committee of Japanese American3, dis. closed. in Minneapolis last week,
.v reports the Pacific Citizens . Visiting 'Minneapolis to address a local; relocation board, Mr. Rund^ quist said the biggest problem fac.^ ing relocation authorities is finding homes for the older evacuees I" "who are more timid", 1
Their fears .of-, insecurity could
� -be.-.overcome to a certrin extent by
� having half a dozen, families vOr gethpr in a community settlement
where there would be opportunity for some - social exchange, Rundquist said.
INTER-SCHOOL TRACK MEET f,MME CONTEST
GREENWOOD, B.C.�Both rolling up a total of 18 points, Eugene Fuji-saws/ an<J Loma Reed swept toN individual championships for senior boys and senior girls in the first. Memory ial Inter*SchooI track meet held here last November U.
In- the junior division, Lily Na'rta-muta rang up firsts in three short, Mr. ' Yataro Konishi, Greenwood sprints for 15 points to take; the B. C. is seeking to .contact Mataichi laurels for the girls, while Yoshikazu \ Sakon (fottori-kenjin). Arai, with firsts in the high jump! Aki A'raki,. Greenwood, :'uhhe, to and 100-yard dash, took the boysi know the', whereabouts � of Toshialti town. , Sawata (Kumamoto-keniin)^
Eleven separate track and. field � Torwgoro Abe, Kenjiro Tanrtn a�l events,, each with four separate fcehgo Mori, formerlv of ViVlhn classes . were run off as contestants Hospital, Kaslo, B. C. 'wkl, to h*'
Forks Ux
Tl^ marriage took dW i,
Crt�j on November 22, of
first daughter of Mr. and Mrs T<S jiro Aral of Kaslo, to Mr,' His* Tanaka, of Gtand Forks, 3on * Mrs, Hisa Tanaka of Tashme. Rev h Katatsu performed the marriage r tei Baishakunins w,re Mr. and Mr$ f Furuya and Mr. and Mrs. >j. Y0<hW
Raymond YWBA Elects New Officers
RAYMOND; Alta. � With added zest and enorgy members of the Ray* moud Y.AV, B. A. convened November 7 to elect their executive.? and to plan
froin-;-Greeriw.6o<l and. Sacred Heart Schools battled to a close 123-121 point final score.,
A large" satin Nayy , blue banner with gold lettering, hand embroidered;
their friends, that their, new.addr^js aw bakes Hospital, Nakas-) fir ' ? ? � '
Grateful acknowledgement is -made
by THE NEW CANADIAN1 to M, was madp.by Mrs. Isomura. At the"1 Kanji Oikawa of Jordan Station, Out"
are wholly loyal to the United. States, and not: only that, but they wish to prove that loyalty in service to their native bind."
his Coast Japanese workers. The Corner a-Mr. 'Grew pointed out that units tnittce poiutedaout that the permits of American-born Japanese are - /were:purely temporary and subject to' serving, with distinction an Italy revision with any change, in the- labor] with the Fifth Army and that their picture. . ; ' j officers are proud of. their troops
"Each permit had to be consideiedj and would not trade their common the Sole -grdnjijl of essenti'd re-; mands for any other in the Army; quiromcnt in agriculture and wasj �What 1 wish to sav is inereh based on the fact that no othei smt-jtlliV> Mv Grew ({ecla'rcd. ."Thoss able labor was avadable.' 'Americans of Japanese descent have
Permits have baen issued for 3ngrowil up fll our countrv> 5n 01ir single men and 3t married men with domocfatic atmospheie. Most of them
vtiSnn.......'haV0 n0VCV known anything else.
,1* ! . . r Among those few who have been to
. ^ll^Vcohnpittec reviewed eae^aplJapan.hlost:of theln ^uld not stand . � plicnlion with peat care,' the _'Cour.. tho ^ lhore and soon roturned to
*S quoted Aid. AV.. H.. Hughes-Games, lh0 UnikHl StatcS;
city representat,vo; oir the committee., �nu> overwhelming majority of
� ...A sincere effort has been Inatejtt^^
to; dp.the right; thing uv fairness to iperhaps sul.pl.isinglv, the few who the community and the employer. !(lonH ^vant tt) bc loval to >u?, often No report of any wish to be fair }sav so 0pe�iv. It does, not make for to the; .workers in any "Way'.was ^ constantl'y -under sus-
jriven by the Okanagan paper. picion when grounds for suspicion are
"Acreage covered by applications nupent. ' �
from employers gives an interesting | SANCTITY OF CiTlZrN^HIP sidelight- on the Japanese labor prob-J \ iQQ ^ a "belief in the
Acting-chairman Toshie^ Moriyaina conducted the nominations, and results of voting were: Shizuo Sugi*. moto, .president; Toshiko Saruwatari, vice-president; Tos'.iie Moriyama,- 't rotary; Seiko lvinoshita, treasurer; and Chaiko Amemori and Florence. Hironaka, social convenors.
Subsequently all members took part-in--the: program -with - great interest and enthusiasm for various types of sports and handicrafts. The meeting was adjourned with the singing of: "Shinshushaka."�T. I.
"HERMITAGE"
(Continued from Page 1) is to be achieved, the. time for (loing so is now, before''the end. of the war, when much greater problems of rehabilitation will present themselves. It large numbers of evacuees, now reasonably well settled in interior British Columbia, are loath to move again� as. they have been�and the. .voluntary, program bogs down, then more vigorous steps must be taken.
Patently, if this is the thought of the.'Government, re-allocation is simply a more politically cautious term
lem. Although it Inrs always been �n-;t;anctitv 0f American citizenship to than - "permanent resettlement;", And timat.c*)/ that tho majority of the- � ^ . � . .. .
Co as
,l.:-V"r;\v'ant to see those Amerkans of Jap- there is an obvidns suggestion that a Ja^Huese.-hnye been envployed;ancs^^^^
a,y yeg^We growm^ seo!ments to remove evacuees from sec
list 1.850 acres in fruit Unci GOO acres
them treated as .we rightly treat all
.aivvegetable grpwing.;Ho^
. . age alone 1., iioi a ^g�Hle aiul,an>of thoir Vacial- :ov]�in-^ vespect
- addition,-orchaitls^oWr.nmreg and support, unless or until they have
than Vegetable taring
stano^ - , . 4 ., 'pect and support. That fundamental
growers, apphciit.piis ,by,-three .green,, litl0. to evcrv- citi^n' of the Uuitod a house, operator,. w,-ne approved; V ... st rites: of America.", .- .
: As.regards the Gerihaus, ISir, firew
Claim Red Cross Letters
pointed out that "iliey are cocksiire.
^rhatidnal;I?cxl jCroy Japan, sent by llono: and [crest "of .the wave" but willaiot long a\sakb va?^ru2uka;of^Fuku^ the;test!!aindei: adversKy:
and addressedto TOMOICIU j. '^MverG^rmai^^rackeiV- up:m7l91SV.
[he
KIM VH A a and MRS. NC.)RUKO KIMIJRA" in. Albt^ha have hecn for.- Jcr; Warded to The Now
sai<l. "I believe that they \yill ^ip: in /t\ie^ pot too: distant
CanadUnvfor;;yuture.;>
assistance in locating the.-address es^. They may\claim,their irtters by Writing tcV this pap^r;imme;!iately. V;
si;userihi: now to
thf n fay C ana I) I an
EAST OF ROCKIES BRIGHTER MINISTER . TELLS ALjBERTANS AFTER; B C^TRm -
ra^tli -iu God; (2V To love the' earth: ;;v) To iove; one's tVllow man; � ' ;
RAYMOND. Atta�Hiromu "was rc^CiOvted To �h'o presidency oi. �' the Raymond - Y;.P.-S.^t. its< 6rs;
lUeytiHg 'held fNovvmbVr. 4^' in" '. tin ..Raymond I'nitea Church, under, iho
guidance of Rev. Mavsfon. '-'.''
:' - He. will a>*fstod by an ^xecmnv
including Kay Irirasawa,; vf^-presi--. dcut; Ka;chi .K:�waho. scc'retar'y-
Ir^asJrer; .Takvyo1 � Oshir\\. ami :Ruth
'.$a*?:C sports' V.�rAvV.oriV and Taztiko ._Kui-ki,js\> Jni joii;yonor.^^ -
Rev. Y. Kab,y,\r.a Was aho guest speaker, art-he "soyend" meeting. Nov-fmbiT '.TO; rc�?:\!:nir. :.ob?erv-ai!on'!r
- The speaker/--urged.:^ youthful Nis.ei .vivo haye already; relocated- ton>vrite .i h ei r f fiend s "v i n the an t e 11 or. . 10 wa s filing ahenv of the- true ^'coi'ditfon? \rtd- encouraging limy,� to sTrike oy.v \n tJ~eir owiv. .-.*� r . : ' : �'
Op. holiajTot";fjic: - club, . P"r.esiuer.t' F�jiki ihankc\i v.Rev:".: lvaCKiyain'h' '� tor Ms Ijiiter^sting-'r.'n'iir-� irifofinr.stvi> &d&: :vss. ' '. ' ..' ' � -' >" -
ROYS VPSF.T CRADI.K
The latter ha!:" of the 'meeting was (ir.t:urtv. ;?v a del^hTe between leahis
-..'anil imores*tons cainVd from a "recent :breo K>ys and three;girls on. the
sn.
trip fc> e;. .u-ua*: -v.- settlements
He �rr5j*ii that after his trip he wm e^tnmctd that there i* a brighter
topy,.-'r*The Hard that Ro:ks t>w
Cn^e Rules "the Ait-S^h ell7 "his'" ann'oan^i:" iSS' of thl
Kun: Iwaasa> .girts on the aftimatw ^enth compuL^ryempIorment� tra> TM'ie i ork Tamura's boys dig in to
o
tor #md generat^n ea*t- of *frdgc* fto&Kr awariL
T^r fv^ �k, v�-r*ie>r the stronger �ex a unanimous
la' -fetssiofu '
tions "of the country, to which they -have, been re-allocated,, is .not to�J)e counted tni/aSonthern Al 1 berta. particu, larly will be interested in this angle . Equally patent, Selective Service transfers are not likely to stop short simply at ainomployed single, men. The thought may well be that if suf-. ficient' numbers . of able-bodied men single or^.inarripd. or even innharried AVonieh;; are r.giade.ally:; moyed, then families-avill ;fol ^ of :^cpursC,'; .wi^hc>ut- tiie^'G^ having to take too great a hand in' the matter. .'' � r '-'��' �: :'.''�- ;-.'''� '.'
mokk INSISTFNTi PliKSSURK a.:. "TT^'is imjjossible to. guess, now how i?'igJiibt<p>>gr.hni'- might . take^ .'H signs develop Wpolhting-^
ypi^lu�ion of tlie,a^0
expected^ ^Ifv^ontraiy^
the / need', for^ Jinste: vvillyhot be; ?o_
great. But it appears certain that the
�jiib revor' less^leisurely .appr^vhof/the
Pait,nt6'n4hs.r i^t Ukely.. to '.-hi abantlohed
and .more insistent pressure � applied.
There' is not ?pacc.here to..argiii; the ^ros/ahd .c-ohs- of ^dispersal" it-', �"sejtf;-_^ briefly aaiid objectivelysC of course; ^t is' preposterous to -think that a province of British <a>lujnb1a's sizV "and popula'ttoh.'-- is. no; able1 to a bsoih, w i th out d iffi cul ty every pers o n" of Japanese.origin'in the- entire country. Bat it-will "be r.n -ironic devclop-iv.ent; if it arvorks-:cut-^as it^: unnHc^^ tionabty is^-that the anosi capable and -prtxlu.tive ele:.ve:>t>;.of ^ur �facial; group; are hvvveJ cast of ti:e Rockies', and the- lea's:'., desirable elonxems left -to-;.the Pacirlc province.
close of the meet � it. was - presented to the Sacrpd;Heart School,: as avin-ners of the fust chanjpionship.
Mayor W. K. McArthur and Supervisor; D.McTavish opened theaday's program with brief speeches, -. and also acted a$ judges along with R. B. \Vallace, C. L. CoWdrill and Dr. George Ishiwara.
Solsqua Hoopsters Down Revelstoke High School
REVELSTOKE, B. C.�In one of the most exciting basketball ga'mes played in a long time, the Solsqua boys took ^ the TPievelstoke High School squad to town to thq^tune of 36-23.
�Starring for the winners were: Sub Miike 12, Mush Fukumofo 8, George Suio 2, Jinx Miike 8. Yosh Fujioka 2~!$i�y^akahashi 2, Tak Sakamoto and Hideo Fujimoto 2.
The Solsqua team enjoyed their invasion of Revelstoke greatly, and were .loud hi praise for the Revelstoke spectators.
OTTAWA.�LaWr MiriisWr Mitch-
the
sfer orier which will make available for more vital work after December T *\)�ike a mnnbrr" of men now ero-pioyed by mannct, credit, invert-mem and trm*cutnpmnin, n*l estate,, travel aftsaiij,. betel? and s�v�rai| oC wortL j
To Study Via Correspondence
. S^ANDON, B; Xj. >^ Folio^wing. prolonged discussion, it has been finally decided that pupils in Grades 11 ana 12 will go to school via the correspondence method, and an application to this effect has been filed with the Department of Education at Victoria;
NOTICE^
; Mr. Ty Tabuchi and Mr, Art Tateishi, /former radio techinicians from B. C^ wish it/to be known to readers" of "The New Canadian" that they are in no way iconnected with a report in the Nov. 6th issue, relating, the recent conviction in Toronto of four Nisei youths on ' charges of theft. .'�
for his kind donation to the1 paper. 'JWllllllliilHIlWlllllJllllllHllMIWto^
OBITUARY.
MRS. TAMA ABE
�The death occured Nov. ,s at Tash-me of.Mrs. Tama Abe- mother of Mr. Toyoji, Abe, in the Tashme .Hospital Funeral; services v/ere held- N\�v. 10 at the Tashme Buddhist Temple/Rev. R, Tatibana conducting.
MRS. 1NO MIZUYABU
, - There,passed away on Nov. 4 Mrs.-Inb Mizuyabu, at her home in Lillooet, B; C. Shea's survived by her son. Mr. | Eii',hi Mizuyabu.
HARUO TANAKA
Final rites were' held at Garleton' Street United Church for Haruo Tanaka, third &on of Mr. and Mr>. Tatsuya Tanaka, who passed away Nov. 8 at the hospital in Toronto; Trie--family had moved, to. Toronto early this month from Lemon Creek, and wish to express their thanks to Toronto friends for .many sympathies and kindnesses in their bereavement;
MRS. TOYO SUZUKI :
There passed away on Nov. 17 at the Arrow. Lakes Hospital,. Nakusp, B. G. ," Mrs. Toyo Suzuki,.wife of Mr. Shuzo/ Suzukirof 'Kaslo/ in her ;5Sth/| year. Funeral services were held in Kaslo, Nov. . 20, with Rev. Remyu Tsuji conducting. Cremation followed .] at New Denver.
She' leaves to mourn. her pacing besides her husband, a brother Karo-kichi Kosaka of .Lemon Creek, and two daughters,. Mrs. Kimiye KytsU-kake',' Kaslo, and- Mrs. Sumiyo Hori, Toronto. . .
MICHIKO KATO M:
With Rev. S; Ikiita officiating, last rites were held Nov. 18 at the Ray-,� mond Buddhist ; Temple for .Michiko-Kato, fourth daughter of >lrsl Mas>AO _ Kato, .Who passed away at a Leih-bridge hospital, Nov. 15./ ..
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