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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-01
EDITORIAL

The preamble to the Constitution reads:
owe, the people of the United States, in
order to form more perfect Union, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defense, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and
tabsh the Constitution for the United States
of America. =.
With this preamble in mind, Pacific North
west Nisei join the nation in celebrating In
dependence Day.
-, Independence Day, however, will not .be diff
ferent from any other independence Day in
that the same principles for which Americans
have always fought and died for these last 179
years will be emphasized.
The Nisei did their part in the fight for
freedom during World WarII by serving with
the armed forces on the mainland and overseas,
including the far outstreaching stretches of
Alaska, Pacific islands, China, India and the
European continent.
- Not only those who fought with firearms
but those who contributed their technical,
scientific and linguistic abilities should be re-
nfembered ON this independence Day
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-01
By HIDEO HOSHIDE
CAN JAPAN BECOME A
DEMOCRATIC NATION?
THIS QUESTION

is very important to the
American public since the United
States is undertaking the major
portion of occupation duties. AS
I viii cost the American public many
long as occupation is necessary, it
millions of dollars. But. occupa-
ton is necessary to insure that ia
pan will not again be dominated
by fascist leaders or imperialistic
capitalists An opportunity must
be afforded those elements when
seek to set up responsible Japan
which can again enter into the
family of nations. Our occupation
policies are aimed at doing just
that.
The Postdam Declaration stated
that the Japanese Government
shall remove all obstacles to the re-
vival and strengthening of demo-
cratic tendencies among the Japa-
nese people. Freedom of speech,
of religion. and thought, as well
as respect for the fundamental
human rights shall be established 4"
Progress has already been made
along these lines.
Tremendous increases in labor
union membership was noted when
about four million workers joined
unions in the first IL months fol-
lowing the surrender of Japan.
There are now three labor organ
izations in Japan, the japanese
Federation of Labor, the National
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-01
The Social WhirI

mort, Yutaka Kanemori, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kobayashi, Mr. and Mrs. H
Fukuyama, Ken Oyama, Mrs. s.
Oyama, Dave Miyauchi, Jack Te-
raoka, Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Oki, Ger
aid Nakata, Tad Okamoto, Robert
Koba, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Harada
and 1t. and Mrs. Kenji Sayama.
The celebrants also had their q
month-old baby boy, Steven, at
the party.
1t. Kenji Sayama last week re-
turned from Japan. His wife is
the former Hatsuko Harada of this
city now of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-01
Keeping Up with the Times

control adopted by successive Japa-
uese Governments from the days of
Mciji era to the present, the brutal
suppression of peasant uprising and
industrial strikes, and thecontinu-
Gus persecution of those suspected
of harboring dangerous thoughts
against the regime, are in constant
fear of a popular revolt, and that
those popula forces have never
been successfully crushed.
THE hungry, oppressed, and
overworked millions in Japan's
factories and on her farms con-
stitute a potential democratic force
that it would be disastrous to
ignore"
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Toshikazu Harada
of Los Angeles were honeymoon
ing in Seattle over the weekend.
Mr.. Harada, formerly of Seattle, was
a well-known athlete. Mrs. Hara-
da is the former Michi Akahoshi
of Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mits Takahashi
celebrated their first wedding an
niversary last Saturday night IN
Gyokko Ken Cafe. Mrs. Takahashi
is the former June Oyama.
Helping the couple celebrate their
event were Mr.. and Mrs. M. Taxa
hashi, Pauline and Isako Takaha-
shi, DR.. and Mrs. Frank Kane
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-01
The Book Corner

- - ~ ~
HORIZON is CALLING by
Taro Tashima. Henry Holt q Co.,
New York. 275 pages Of draw
ings. $3.50.
HORIZON IS CALLING, a Sc
ond book by Taro Yashima, is a
story of anti-fascist artist, his wife
and his son, Mako. Coming as a
sequel to THE NEW SUN, which
the author published in 1913, the
latest book is another fast-moving
drama of life in Japan during the
early years of the China Incident
How the changing times, brought
on by the rapidly rising imper-
ialistic Japan, profoundly affected
the lives of the rank and file OF
the Japanese people is graphically
told in series of drawings in black
and white. Yashima's drawings
have again shown that truth comes
only from those who have lived
through the hardships and torture
The fight against fascism which
Artist Yashima and his fellow pro-
gressive Japanese carried on prior
to Pearl Harbor, was soon to be
Joined by peace-loving peoples Of
the world in stamping out the
menace against freedom.
Taro Yashima began his story in
THE NEW SUN by telling the
American public of his prison days
for his part in the anti-fascist
movement. The tortures that he
had endured at the hands of the
Tokkoka (secret police, and the
sympathetic understanding of fel.
low prisoners are wildly expressed
in his simple, but realistic, draw.
ings. Not only he but his wife as
well was jailed for political" rea-
sons in the same prison, and this
meant that Yashima could heal
his wife's screams and pleadings
as she struggled to save her I'M
born child.
HORIZON IS CALLING finds
the Yashimas out of prison. 1.-THE
winter of 1935-1936 was the first
winter my wife and I faced after
we were out of prison." the new
book starts out.
There is life and Joy in being
able 10 live again after long confine-
ment. The author passed the cold
winter days painting. He was able
to paint self-portrait with q smile
for the first time in his life. The
more he painted flowers, fruits and
vegetables. the more passionately
he became to paint. When spring
came, they eagerly left on sketch
ing trip.
In his new book, the artist-au-
thor takes his readers into the
hearts of the Japanese people. His
drawings done with determined
strokes of his brush, together with
the accompanying caption of
sentence or two, clearly and real
istically tell the story of what was
happening to the people as the mi
litarists pushed on their imperial
istic aims. An improvement over
THE NEW SUN is that the CAP
lions are both in English and Japa-
nese.
His childhood friend, Kiyoshi, is
only one of the victims of the
changing Japan. Kiyoshi, who was
now working as caretaker of an
orange orchard, had quit work as a
sharecropper after ten years. mo
matter how hard he struggles q
sharecropper can never escape a
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-01

In character, in maners, in style,
in al things, the supreme excel
lence is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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proven that Japanese people are
capable of assuming the tasks of
responsible government. Although
unsuccessful in their attempts, the
Japanese people have carried on a
determined fight against the gov
eminent toward democratic pro-
gress and economic reforms despite
a severity of repression unparalleled
in any other country.
AS PHILIP JAFFE
has observed in his book.
New Frontiers in Asia" (Alfred A.
Knopf, publisher:
The drastic methods of police
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-01

Congress of Industrial Unions, and
third federatogR,rscently formed,
the all-Japanese council of unions.
These labor organizations were
patterned after the American mo-
del and can well serve the Japanese
laboring group IN thir fight to
better its lot.
The new constitution, which re-
duced the emperor to q mere
symbol of the state, places the So
vereignty directly upon the people
The Diet is now the sole law-mak-
ing body The cabinet is respon-
sible to the Diet. And the Con-
stituticn has outlawed war as a
means of settling disputes with
other nations. The recent elections
of prefectural governors, members
of the House of Councillors, and the
members of the House of Repre-
sentatives showed that the Japa-
nese people are taking vital interest
in their right to the ballot box.
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three-cent debt every day." he has
said. In fact, all sharecroppers in
the village we're paying rs sto,d80
per cent of the crop to landowners
and with what was left they were
paying for fertilizer lr1lo
The new force also struck Z his
wife's family. Her father, who had
become a factory executive IN ire
Osaka Iron Works, was driven out
of this company by the new agrees
sive capitalists. He then restored, an
unused shipyard, but forced to sell
out. His shipyard was the converted
into q war plant. Cuo1
The Japanese press was ndVcbe-
coming filled with fascist controlled
propaganda. The China venture
was being headlined at home, as
"victoryl victoryl Glorious sYic-
toryp
At the same time, the militarists
carried on their intensive campaign
to suppress the people. Soon, the
people lost their last sheds OF
freedom of speech by the fe@ dis
ciplinary rumor law. str.
"A student who said, watching
the parade OF ashes. 1.-The number
of widows will be increased was
caught by that law"
Even a girl students murmur-
ing I got so tired, after she had
had to stand half day in the line
of welcome for the Emperor's visit,
was not good"
A chapter is also devoted to- his
son, Mako. The authors own re-
marks about his sons drawings
touch that love and pride which is
universal. His progress both in
ideas and in technique since his
drawings of dogs when he was a
year and half old had been far
better than mine," the proud father
has written. -
Even his son was becoming aware
of many things that he had not
known as the war progressed.
What will happen to the Chinese
children who have lost their par
ents? Butterflies will amuse them,
and other grown-up men and women
will take care of them, /: Mako
would explain his drawings. Then
again he would comfort Wounded
soldiers by painting pot Of flow
ers on his pictures. vi
Taro Yashima had been fight
ing the rise of the militaftstS for
years. He had joined a PROGRESS
i've art group and continued his
attack against his countrys grow
ing imperialism. His writings,
paintings and cartoons appeared m
Underground newspaper or in public
places. AS he and other progress
ives carried on their anti}fascist
campaign, the militarists INCREASED
their pressure on their opposition.
The eyes and ears of the militarists,
the Tokkoka, threw people, Yinto
prison if they appeared @suspici-
GUS" Taro Yashima and his wife
were among those who werer bub-
jected to the tortures and suffer-
ings melted out by the Tokkbka for
their part in trying to build a
better Japan. k,t
AS he gazed out into the ocean
near his native village, he mad a
strange feeling. YES" he writes,
"the thoughts of escaping from my
own country really raised its head
here"
There was no barrier in the. oce-
an. The horizon was Calling"
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-. too early to see any concrete
democratic changes. However, 1t
can be said thai healthy tenden-
cies toward democatic ideals and
practices are making rapid progress.
If properly nurtured and nourished
the roots of democracy can take a
firm hold upon the life of the ma
ton. Our occupation leaders are
giving aid and encouragement to
those elements which seek to set
up democratic way of life. This
may be slow process but sure
one. The problem of re-education
alone will take a generation Or
two.
Modern japanese history has
Evening star., 1947-02-23

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WHAT DAY is THIS?
Hoc many of yon remember February %?
What's ii yo,. Joe, tn the picket line?
To you, Ed, behind the big mahogany desk?
Lensnse see - let me - February g. knor
Day after Washingtons Birthday, isn't ii?
Times Square has forgotten The day
The Loop is too busy to think =
Hollywood and Vine woudnt remember
DUT you shall remember, o Suribachi
~ Surbachi gnared Jagged peak of Two Jima,
. You shall remember February % for all time. ).
that day, only years ago. six American soldiers
Burdened with field gear weighted with bitter days
of battle,
Painfully tramped up suribach, Juggling big
1agpOle
Finally they stood top. Then straning every
muscle,
They pushed the pole in deep, forced it way down,
Deep into hard volcanic soil, heavng showing
Until Old Glory cracked like striped above
their heads
Over that biooded beIeaguered mountain.
Next day three of those six we're dead, fourth
wounded.
But they'd done their job;
They'd raised the Flag Two Jima.
They had done good deal more than that:
They had kindled great flame in Americas heart.
That flame has burnt out so fast, since then,
That if the dead watch, if the dead wonder,
They must be watching now from farther place
than Two Jima,
Watching and wondering
What the hell happened this nation,
Who licked it,
Come back, come back again, you six of valor!
Give us back dead, o Suribach -
We need them soreIy need them never
Evening star., 1947-02-23

TW-2-23-47
Evening star., 1947-09-29
On the PartvL0g

The Second Secretary of the
Spanish Embassy and Sonora de
Sanz-Briz were hosts at a buffet
supper last evening in their attrac-
tive home on Mckinley street. The
party was a farewell fete for Senior
Xavier Quijano, brother of the
hostess, who has been with them
through the summer and will re-
turn shortly to Spain. The guests
numbered about SO and were close
personal friends of the hosts and
Senor Quijano. who completed his
college course before coming to this
country and during his visit has
perfected his knowledge of English.
Mr.. Franz Josef Bolinger. por-
trait and landscape artist and mu-
sician of Miami. is the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. Herschel Terrell at
their home in Bethesda.
Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs. Ter
rell and Miss Alva Cristofane were
hosts at a reception and musicale
in honor of Mr.. Bolinger, who will
spend a few weeks in New York
before returning to Florida.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Miss Park Bride
.OfMr. Fitzpatrick

The Georgetown Presbyterian
Church was the scene Saturday of
the wedding of Miss Alice Margaret
Park and Mr.. Edward Floyd Kill
patrick, the Rev. DR.. Alton B. Alt
father, pastor of the Falls Church
Presbyterian Church, officiating. The
bride is the daughter of Mrs. Irene
Bartlett Park of st. Petersburg, Fla,
and the late Mr.. Bartlett and Mr..
Fitzpatrick is son of Mr.. James
Woodrow Fitzpatrick of Columbia,
Mo. and the late Mrs. Edna Laugh
lin Fitzpatrick.
Mr.. James w. Park, cousin Of the
bride, gave her in marriage and she
wore white satin with an antique
lace bertha. Her veil was of Belgian
illusion with hand embroidery and
she carried a white Bible.
Miss Lucy Witherow, of Fannetts-
burg, Pa, cousin Of the bride, was
maid of honor and wore jonquil yel-
low nylon and talisman roses
formed her bouquet and chaplet.
Mr.. Charles M. Livermore of Mon
mouth, ILL.,, was best man and the
ushers included Mr.. Scott Hart, and
Mr.. John Kamline of Pittsburgh.
The reception was held in the
home Of the bride in Georgetown
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick left
later on their wedding trip. They
will make their home at 1548 Thirty
Fourth street. Mrs. Fitzpatrick is
assistant director of the fishery prod
ucts division of the National Can
ners' Association and formerly was
Washington correspondent for a
number of Florida papers and farm
and fishing trade magazines. She
was a member of the Senate and
House press galleries and of Mrs.
Roosevelt's press conferences. She
attended the University of Florida
and the Florida State College.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick was graduated from
the University of Missouri with the
Phi Beta Kappa award. He at
tended the Law School at George
Washington University and is a
member of the District Bar Associa-
ton. Mr.. Fitzpatrick was chosen to
serve at Supreme Headquarters of
the Allied Expeditionary Force. He
was attached to PLUTO, the group
that developed the plan for laying
pipes under the English Channel and
pumping supplies to France for the
invasion. He was released from active
dl1tv with the rank of eanfain apd
now is connected with the Social
Security Administration in Balti-
more,
Evening star., 1947-09-29
SParger-Rector
Ceremony Held

st. Johns Episcopal Church oyer
in Mclean, Va, was the scene OF
the wedding September IA of Miss
Frances Nelson Rector and Mr.
Robert Benton Sparger.
The Rev. Alfred st. John Mat
thews offlciated at the ceremony
and the bride, who is the daughter
of Mrs. j. Sinclair Rector of Nc
Lean and the late Mr.. Rector, was
escorted and given in marriage by
her grandfather, Mr.. P. M. Nelson
With her gown of white satin and
marquisette she wore a veil Of nlu-
sion attached to a headpiece of
orange blossoms and carried gar
denias and stephanotis.
Pink satin was worn by the maid
of honor. Miss Margaret j. Oakes
Of Dry Fork, Va, and her flowers
were blue delphinium and white
chrysanthemums.
The other attendants were in blue
satin and carried pink roses and
white chrysanthemums. They were
Miss Sue L. Lambert, Mrs. Catherine
M. Honneycutt of Lewes,, Del, Miss
Shirley ]. Gordon of Lynchburg
and Miss Nancy Trammell Betty
Mae Carper, the flower girl, wore
pink satin and carried a basket
of pink rose petals.
Mr.. Sparger is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irby Sparger of Mount Airy
N. c. The brides brother. Mr.. j
Sinclair Rector, jr.. was his best
man and the ushers were Mr..
Joseph 1rammell, Mr.. william T.
Rhinehart, Mr.. Franklin Bray and
Mr.. James Burns, jr. Franklin Bray
was the ring bearer.
Evening star., 1947-09-29

Friends of Mrs. st. Lewis were as
sistant hostesses. They wore flowered
chintz aprons and poke bonnets and
served from their booths corn, potato
salad, tomatoes fresh from the
garden and diced watermelon. Mrs.
Warren Stephenson, Mrs. Burke
Summers. Mrs. Harold Baker, Mrs.
Walter Bryte, Jr., Mrs. Peter Ans
berry, Mrs. Ridgway Macy and her
debutante daughter Sonia, Mrs.
Davis and Mrs. Joseph Mauldin were
the charming dispensers of the de-
licious food.
Guests who fingered after supper
and went indoors from the chill
country air had another treat. Mr..
Basil Charles Dean, British producer
and houseguest of the host, enter
tanned one and all with some in
imitable songs to his own piano ac-
compartment.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
DevereHx Family
HasNe1U Member

It. Col. John Ryan Devereux, Air
Force, will be joined today in his
home in Chevy Chase by Mrs.
Devereux and their infant daugh-
ter, Diana Teresa, born September
%. The baby is the granddaughter
of the late Dr. and Mrs. John Ryan
Devereux and of Mrs. David w.
Taylor and the late Admiral Tay-
lor. The baby's sister, Dorinda, will
not be three years old until No
vember.
Mrs. Taylor, since the death of
Admiral Taylor, has made her home
with Col. and Mrs. Devereux on
Huntington street in Chevy Chase.
Col. and Mrs. Devereux were mar
ried in January. 1s43, in st. Mat
thews' Cathedral. The latter at the
time of their marriage was the
widow of Mr.. John Powell, the for
mer Miss Imogene Taylor.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Colors to be Topic
OF Arts.Unit Talk

Mrs. Maeble Perry Edwards, pres
ident Of the Washington Chapter,
National Society Of Arts and Let
tiers, will discuss Living With
Color" at the first fall meeting of
the art section of the Woman's
Club of Chevy Chase at 2 pm.
Thursday at the clubhouse.
A well-known sculptress and art
ist Mrs. Edwards has exhibited all
over the United States.
The program will be Of special
interest to members desiring to join
one of the clubs craft groups. The
director of the block printing,
ceramics, plastics, jewelry and
metal work classes will be at the
meeting to display work executed
in the club studio. The studio is
now open for metal work on Tues
days and Thursdays from $50 am.
to 3 pm.
Mrs. Raymond L. Bland will be
hostess at tea following the meet
ing.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Leave for Ohio
after Weddme

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Alleman Of Big
Prairie, Ohio, announce the mar
riage of their daughter. Virginia
Alleman Whisonant, to Mr.. Wesley
Vansant Disney, son of former Rep
and Mrs. Wesley E. Dis
ney of North Corolina and Wash
ington.
The wedding took place Septem-
ber 10 In the Francis Asbury Meth
odist Church with the Rev. o. B.
Langrau officiating in the presence
OF members Of the family only.
A street costume of gray wool
crepe, brown accessories and q cor
sage of green orchids was worn by
the bride.
The bridegroom's parents were
hosts at small reception after the
ceremony and later the newly mar
ried couple left by motor to visit the
brides parents in Ohio. They are
making their home in Lebanon,
Ohio, while he is attending Cum
berland University.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
announcements
OF Engagements

DR.. and Mrs. Parry Borgstrom
announce the engagement of their
daughter. Miss Helen Borgstrom. to
Mr.. John Kent Lydecker, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick A. Lydecker
Of Glen Ridge. N. j.
A graduate of Stephens College,
the bride-elect also was graduated
from the University of North Caro-
lima.
Mr.. Lydecker was graduated from
the Hill School in Pottstown. Pa,
and from Wesleyan University in
Middletown. Conn. During the war
ne served with the 18th Air Force
in italy.
The wedding will take place in
October.
Sheedy.Doree
The engagement of Miss Anamary
Sheedy to Mr.. James Earl Doree of
Raymond, Wash. is announced by
Miss Sheedy's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Matt E. Sheedy.
The wedding will take place next
spring.
ChriSfenSen.Hiibnrn
November has been selected for
their wedding by Miss Doris Mae
Christensen and Mr.. John Laurence
Hilburn, jr., son Of Mr., and Mrs.
Hilburn. Their engagement is an
nounced by her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter w. Christensen.
Sniiivan-Meyer
Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Sullivan
have announced Encouragement of
their daughter, Miss Kathryn Eliza
beth Sullivan, to Mr.. Gratian Meyer,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William J.
Meyer.
Miss Sullivan attended Maryland
University and the Washington
School for Secretaries. Mr.. Meyer
also, attended Maryland University
and now Is student at George
Washington University. He served
in the Marine Air Corps with the
rank of lieutensnt during the war.
Crossman.Ha,vkins
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Marshall Crosman
OF Haverford. Pa, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Sara Elizabeth Crosman. to Mr.. Lee
Wyeth Hawkins, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. H. Hawkins of Washington.
Miss Crosman was graduated from
the Shipley School at Bryn Mawr
and Is a member of the Junior
League of Philadelphia. Mr.. Haw-
kins served with the Navy during
the war and now is attending Hav-
erford College.