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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
MARY ROBINSON

WALLACE, Jan. 26.-Mrs. Mary
Robinson Wells. &c, wife Of jake
j. Wells of Wallace, died Saturday
morning in the James Walker Hos
pital, Wilmington.
Funeral services were held at
the Rockfish Presbyterian church
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
conducted by the Rev. Ben F.
Brown Pastor, assisted by the Rev.
w. P. Currie, retired pastor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
OVER THE NETWORKS
changes in programs as listed are due
to corrections by networks made
too late to incorporate.

All times PM eastern standard. To
change to central standard subtract one
hour; to mountain standard subtract two
acurS.
Times listed are those supplied by
net works. Relay times by local stations
may vary in some instances.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

Tung nut production is expand
ing faster than any other Ameri-
can farm crop, according to 1916
Department of Agriculture reports.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

Karakul lamb pelts form a
larger proportion of the value OF
South West African exports than
do diamonds for which the area
is famous.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

The number of people of Japa-
nese ancestry in Chicago in.
creased from about 300 before
Pearl Harbor to about 20, 900 in
1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

In clinical tests, conducted by
medical doctors, more than
lts psrsona lost IA to Is
pous6s averase In A few
week. with thsAYDS Vita
sain Candy Reduc chg Plan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

opyright, 1s47, New York Tribune, Inc.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
Cal State Files
EScheat Case
Against Nisei

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, Oct II
(Nichi Bel Times Dispatch)-The
state attorney generals office is
expected to file a brief on the Mo-
rita escheat case on which hear
ings were held for three days last
week in Fresno, according to James
c. Purcell, CRDU attorney.
The suit involves 80 acres Of
vineyard land in Biola. near Frss-
no. owned by Takashi Morita. a
Nisei.
The state claims he does not
actually own the land and that his
parents, Moriaki and Sci Morita,
are the real owners in violation of
the California alien land law.
AT the recent hearing, Fresno
county's Deputy District Attorney
Arthur H. Drew sought to prove
that the son, in whom the title is
held. did not have a share in the
enterprise.
The property was originally sold
in 1896 to Takashis brother, also
an American citizen, and later
transferred to him.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
NiSei Farmers, Nurserymen Suffer
Crop Damages in California Rain

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, Oct II
California first real rain of the
season brought damage to many
crops last weekend, affecting many
Japanese American farmers and
nurserymen.
Ripe strawberries and tomatoes
would probably rot, it was reported
from the Santa Cruz county area,
although green berries and fruits
would be helped
In San Mateo county. it was re-
ported that several thousand
dollars damage had been sustained
by chrysanthemum growers, while
ia the Fresno area grapes will be
damaged by mold Cotton where
the bolls have already opened
would be reduced in grade.
In the Sacramento valley. the
heavy rainfall virtually brought on
end to the harvesting of tomatoes
and grapes, though the season for
each crop had been nearing a close.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
BY KASEY OYAMA
Editor
The New Canadian

, The fifty-eight sit-downers at
Moose Jaw Hostel are not a close
! ly-knit unit having a common pur-
pose in defying the Labor Depart
rents efforts to resettle them east
of the Rockies. One family de-
plored the melodramatic action Of
the single eX-internees who were
reported to have threatened "hara-
kiri" rather than be forced to move
their quarters.
Nor are they rccalcitrant and
hardened people who are defying
the government on general princi-
pies
On the contrary I found most OF
them pleasant people and the wo-
men and children especially were
kindly and possibly a little self
conscious
The SO in the hostel consists of
10 single ex-intern ees and six or
seven large families. The backbone
of the 'gambari" stand lies in the IS
single men twho behave as a unit
and the heads of each family
group. The latter are also, with
one exception ex-internees. 1 was
told.
The women and children are not
as strong in their convictions a.
bout remaining in the hostel It
seemed to me that they were be-
ing loyal to the head of the family
"a nice example. if you like Of
the family system, japanese style.
Underlying Reasons
For Sit-DOwn
Two factors are, I believe, at the
bottom Of the sit-down-the effect
Of the five years in mternmeny.
and the fear OF insecurity
These men had aursed a deep
sense Of wrong during the long
period of internmeut. They had
also lost their self-reliance. It
seemed TO me that they were un-
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17

3. Since the new terms of refer
ence lays stress on the VALUE OF
the property. II will be important
to have fund available TO employ
expert valuators of japanese pro-
perty 1t may also be necessary
to employ someone to gather sta
tistical information as to sales of
other properties in the areas con-
ccrned and relation of selling values
to assessed values.
8. Although the expense may APP
pear larger. 1t is quite small in re-
lation to the amount of the total
claims, and If individual claimants
had TO employ lawyers of their own
on an individual basis, 1T is prob
able that the amount required
would be many times larger alto
gether."
Mr.. Brewin also suggested that
the view of the Cooperative Com
mittee was to make available legal
assistance to those who are finan-
cially unable to pay the retaining
fee. Mr. Brewin was unable to give
definite statement on what the
total cost of legal work would be-
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
Alumni to Hold
Banquet Oct. "A

All alumni and former students
are invited when the Japanese al
umni of the University of Washing
ton held their Homecoming Ban
quet from $50 pm Friday, Oct
"a, in the Rainier Golf & Country
Club. Women may wear either a
long or short dress, according to
Mrs Merry Mimbu
Reservations for the banquet
must be made by Tuesday. Oct. 81,
with one of the following Mrs,
Mimbu Prospect 1906: Mrs. Nobu
Suzuki. East 1858, or Mits Kashi-
wagi, Main 3040. Request for
transportation means may be made
when the reservations are phoned
in.
This semi-formal affair will pre-
cede the Japanese Students Clubs
Homecoming Dance in the. same
hall.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17

family.
Mr.. Naka was convinced he was
doing the right thing, and | knew
l could not shake his convictions.
Nobody Seems to
Know Solution
What does the Labor Depart
ment propose to do about the situ-
alton? Nobody seems to know.
Mess has been discontinued at
the hostel and the hold-out have
to buy their own food. Heat, wa
ter and electricity is supplied free,
and there is no rental charge
There seems to be a common I'M
Outstanding among the single ex-
internees that they won't accept
any type of work A few OF them
are reported to have some savings
which are now being used to buy
the food for all of the 18 men
Sometimes the eX-hoste residents
now in Moose Jaw send them gro
ceries, but this help has been grow
ing less regular.
The family groups are better off
financially since members of each
family go out to town each day to
do odd jobs. the earnings from
which are sufficient TO pay for the
family's food.
If the authorities expect the hos
tellers to give in. they may have
10 wait long time. There seems
to me even a possibility that the
single mems group may. as a last
resort, stage a hunger strike rather
than give in and agree to go self
supporting elsewhere.
I can't see a single solution to
the problem The government so
far has avoided using force. The
sit-downers believe sincerely that
what they are doing is right.
I don't want to over-dramatize
The situation, but I really think
that sociologist or a psychologist
can throw more light on the situa-
ton than a casual observer or even
government officials.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
GROUP TO PICK
NEW OFFICERS
ON NOVEMBER I

Seattle chapter of the Japanese
American Citizens League will
launch a membership drive as one
phase of is program which will en-
brace community interest groups, il
was announced today.
Membership committee members,
selected last weekend. are Cathe-
rine Hoshidc, Meriko Hayashi Theo
Jonkel and Takashi Hori. Kiyo
Akiyama, Ruth Robbins and Keneo
Nogaki will concentrate on an in
terest group program. and Joe Hi
rabayashi, Frank Hattori Mrs Shi-
geko Ono. K Nogaki and NJ Ha-
yashi ON social recreation. George
Minato will serve as public rela-
tions aide.
The JACL chapter also plans to
collaborate with the Nisei Veter-
ans Committee in the honoring Of
the returning Nisei War Dead.
A general election of officers, II
was also announced, will be held on
Friday, Nov. 7, at a place yet TO
be designated. Present officers are
Joe Hirabayashi and Toru Sakaha-
ra, vice presidents; Frank Yanagi-
MACH, treasurer; Alice Kawanishi
corresponding secretary, and Mits
Uyeta, recording secretary. George
Minat6 resigned as president re-
Gently
Advisory board members ar G
Prof. Frank Niyamoto, DR.. Robert
O'Brien, Frank Hattori. Mrs. Shi-
geko Uno, Harry Takagi. Bill MINI
bu, Frank Kinomoto, Roy Sakamo-
to, Juro Yoshioka, Akira Kumasa-
ka. Rev. E. Andrews and Masumi
Kaneko. c. T. Arai. Dick Setsuda
and Dave Hirahara are no longer
board members.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
First Nisei War Dead to Arrive
Late in 1913, JACL Is Informed

Oct. 81 This arrangement Of
clearing area by area may allow
Nisei dead in the Pacific theater
to be returned much earlier than
those japanese Americans who
died in action on the battlefields
of Italy and southern France.
Explanation of this seemingly
long delay was given to Jack Hiro-
SC by Captain John N Longo. of the
Memorial Division OF the Quarter
master Generals Office in Wash
ington. Hirose sought Qualification
from the War Department on pro-
cedures attendant to the final bur-
ial of Nisei who died overseas
The local regional JACL-Anti-
Discrimination offices have been
besieged by mail and cable re-
quests for information and aid
from anxious Issci parents and
widows of the Nisei dead ever since
the return of the first bodies of
American war dead was publicized
Many had written directly to the
War Department. and failing to
get immediate satisfaction. turned
to the JACL-ADC for assistance
Captain Longo stressed the fu-
tility of next of kin seeking in
formation on the date the remains
of a loved husband or son would
be returned. He said that although
disposition of burial grounds over
seas has been determined, scha-
dulles could be delayed by adverse
weather and other conditions. He
pointed out that there is nothing
that individual families can do to
expedite the return of bodies out
of turn.
Those concerned, LongO eau
toned, must wall until their turn
comes at which time they will be
duly notified. The War Depart
ment notifies every next Of kin
when that particular cemetary
containing the remains of a loved
one is reached. The next Of kin
concerned will receive a letter Of
inquiry or poll letter" explaining
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
EX-Seattle co
Gets Probation

BUFFALO. N. Y. Oct. II -
Andrew Shiga of Seattle, Wash,
a conscientious objector, was one
of six whe received a suspended
sentence recently in Federal dis
trict court on the charge of re-
fusing duties in a CPS camp in
Big Flats, N. Y. The Nisei who
volunteered and participated in
gruelling public service tests. was
given a 11-mOnths' sentence and
was placed on probation for the
same period.
Shiga, it is recalled, was a
guinea pig" in experiments de-
signed to test the ability of the
human body to survive under ad-
verse conditions on a raft in open
sea.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
Canadian Property Owners Agree
To Evacuation Loss Terms

TORONTO. Ont. Canada Oct. II
New Canadian Dispatch) - The
majority Of Japanese property own
ers across Canada who sustained
evacuation losses have. indicat d
their acceptance of the announced
terms of reference for the present.
alton of claims, George Tanaka, ex-
ccstive. secretary of the National
Japanese Canadian Citizens Asso-
citation, disclosed this week.
The property owners, however,
accepted the terms under strong
protest" owing to tie fact that
some 20 per cent of the claimants
whose losses were on properties
not under control of the Custodian
are disqualified,
The legal committee of the To-
ronto Cooperative Committee and
the National JCCA have drafted
claim form which is now being
printed and will be mailed about
Oct. 16 to each person who has
filed the JCCD property loss sur
vey form. Claim forms will also
be made available to any claimant
from the national and the provin-
cial JCCA offices.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
So Canadians Stage Sit-Down
Protest ReSettiement Policy

: willing to face the hard task Of
getting re-established, and they
couldn't see why they should when
il was not their fault that then
economic security had been up
rooted.
The families at the hostel are
large and the children are small
in most casec. They are not the
most ideally suited groups for re-
settlement. 1t is quite possible that
the fear of insecurity S "
strengthening their "gambari" stand
These are only my theories, and
am no psychologist.
Naka Family
Interviewed
was able to interview only one
OF the families-the Nakas.
AS I entered the hut where the
families we're living, I heard Mary
Naka, qualified piano teacher.
playing what sounded to me like
a dance piece of Brahms.
They lived in a neat, attractive
place, and it surprised me to find
such honey atmosphere in a de-
serted army hut. They asked jim
my Hori and me to tea. which we
accepted with thanks.
Mr. Naka explained his position
to me He said he was a natura-
lized Canadian. He mad built up
a certain security in his confection-
cry business in Vancouver. The
government had taken that away
and sold it.
He was interned during the war
and treated no differently from
enemy aliens. Now that the war
vas over II was the responsibility
OF the government to rectifv the
error He and his family should
be returned and reinstailed in
Vancouver Only then would the
government be recognizing his
rights as a Canadian citizen. Mr.
Naka emphasized the fact that he
had not moved out of the coast
voluntarily like most of the others
He had never consented to being
moved
There had been 4 certain con
s!atency in the behaviour of the
Naka family and a certain logic in
What Nh Naka believed. But I
asked him if he thought sitting
down would get him anything. and
whether he was not hurting MS
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
Check Parcels
To Japan for
COntrabandS

japanese customs and postal au-
thorities are now checking relief
packages from the United States
to see that all import regulations
are observed.
Informatio from Japan indicates
that government authorities are re-
moving unlawful amounts of GER
tain c m from packages and
printed notices of such eonfiscation
are placed instead in the parcels.
Gift parcels may contain only
unperishable food. clothing and
medicine plus 200 saccharin tab
lets and only one item OF tobacco
either 200 cigarettes. so cigars or
one-half pound of smoking tobacco
Fountain pens. watches. cameras
and other non-relief items are also
barred.
Likelihood that such items will
appear i'm the black market appar-
entity is the reason for the more
stringent regulations.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
Local JACL Plans
Push for Member
Evacuated NiSei
Heads Big Firm

TORONTO. Ont. Canada, Oct.
IA local Nisei came in for n
bit of publicity with a recent
news release of the Canadian
Said the CP:
"Art Tateishi. 2S-year-Old ia
panese- Canadian who left Bri-
tish Columbia after the federal
gOvernement ordered persons Of
his race to move, now heads a
Toronto manufacturing I r m
which manufactures rec or d
changers and electric fans and
employs go persons. The Court
eney, BIC, native flies his own
airplane on business trips across
Canada.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
TREES GROW IN HIROSHIMA:
Scientists Note Fast Growth
After Atomic Bombing

HIROSHIMA. Japan. Oct. IT
Authorities of Bunrika university
only university in Hiroshima
said research on the effect of ato-
mic radiation on plant life led to
the discovery that all trees in Hi
roshima city which survived the
atom bomb registered two years
growth during the one year there
after
They said all trees showed a
growth of two rings that year
whereas tree growth is normally
marked by the development of a
single rink in the tree trunk an
nually.
Trees and various types of plants
were considerably affected by the
atom bombing, although they could
not find any instances of marked
increase in agricultural yield as
that reported at Nagasaki, the
scientists said.
Leaves of some plants lost their
ordinary shape or became white.
it was noted. Some species failed
to produce seeds, vines flattened
out and assumed twisted forms.
Some flowers were so affected
their petals changed shape.
Regarding trees. the investiga-
ton showed atomic radiation
killed most of the species of the
lower order in evolution such as the
japanese pine and cryptomeria
Those species of higher stage OF
evolution such as the plum, cherry,
camphor and eucalyptus survived
the blast to issue new shoots.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17

This situation results from the
fact that the repatriation of near
ly a quarter of a million American
war dead, a tremendous undertas-
ing which will require several years
to complete, is being taken in turn
area by area. If present sche-
dulles are adhered to, the evacua-
ton of the United States military
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17

The claim form provides space
for all the information requested
by the Commissioner. Estimated
market value of the various prop
critics must be worked out by til,
claimants ito the best of your a
bility."
Must File One Copy
With Custodian
One copy of the form must be
sworn before notary public, law
yer. or any other qualified person
and must be filed 1T the Office
of the Custodian, Royal Bank
Building, Vancouver. b. c., on or
before Nov. 30, l947.
Claimants wishing to make use
of the Cooperative Committees
lawyers are requested to send a
duplicate copy of his claim. toge-
ther with legal fee amounting to
one per cent of his claim, to the
local JCCA organization or to the
regional Cooperating Committee
The question of one per cent !e-
gal fee charge was discussed at
length at the national JCCA ex-
ecutive committee meeting of
Sept. 90 Some members stated
that the one per cent fee would not
be acceptable to the claimants be-
cause ta) in the case of large
claims, the initial fee would be ex-
cessiyely high in view of the fact
that there is 40 guarantee of resti-
tuition; and tb) the total realized
from the one per cent levy may ex-
coed the $4,000 initial require
ment estimated by Mr.. F. A. Bre-
win.
The above points we're brought
TO the attention of Mr.. Brewin
Mr.. Brewin. in his letter to MIR
George Tanaka, stressed the fol-
lowing points
Brewin Explains
One Per Cent Levy
|. The estimate of the $4,000
minimum figure for legal expenses
was made at a time when the
terms of reference were narrower;
since a much larger number of
claims is to be expected, the cost
may be expected to be higher.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17

cemetery at Castelfiorentino. Italy
where most of the heroic Nisei
dead are buried. including Pfc Sa-
dao S. Munemori, Congressional
Medal of Honor winner, will not
be carried out until late next year
More than 5. 800 soldier dead
were evacuated from Henri Chap
ellie Cemetery in Belgium on Oct
ober 4; the ship carrying them
is to arrive in New York on Oct
25. Bodies in seven other tenn
porary military cemetaries-ali of
which are in Hawaii-are TO be
shipped next. The first group
of 5000 war dead in the Pacific
area arrived in San Francisco on
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
Remains of Men from Pacific Theater
May be Moved before Those in Europe
Under Present Repatriation Program

WASHINGTON. d. C.. Oct. 17-Issci par
cnts or next Of kin of some 600 Nsri soldier
dead of World War II. most of whom are buried
in the European theater. will in great ma jority
of cases be required to wait until the winter of
194S-49 before they receive the remains of their
loved ones for final intement in the United
States, Jack Hirose, chairman of the Arlington
Memorial Committee learned today
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17

Editors note: Kasey Oyama,
editor of The New Canadian.
gives us q closeup picture of the
fifty-eight japanese sit-downers
at Moose Jaw Hostel in Canada.
Time magazine recently sent
reporter to cover the situatiOn.J
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
Mail GI Gifts
By November |

Christmas parcels for servicemen
stationed in Japan, Korea and Pa
cific islands should be mailed not
later than Nov. /, according 10
Army authorities.
Parcels for all points should be
in the mails between now and Nov
1. They should not exceed 70
pounds in weight and 100 inches in
length and girth combined
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
YamamOtO Leads
Methodist Board

George Yamamoto was elected
chairman of the Nisei Official
Board of the Japanese Methodist
church at recent election In the
Catherine Blaine Home.
Other officers are DR.. s. Fuku-
da, vice chairman; Kazuko Osawa.
corresponding secretary: Norma
Tada, recording secretary; Shig
Tada, treasurer. and Roy Tanagi
publicity chairman. Members at
large are Bill Yorozu, Tokiko Sen
ola. Alice Yoshioka, Calvin Machida
and DR. Torrance Toda.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
DFVIN PROCLAIMS
MEMORIAL DAY

Mayor william F. Devin of
Seattle last Wednesday proclaim
ed Sunday, Oct. 10, as memorial
day of prayer for the dead Of
World War ii.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17
BELLE AMI TO HONOR
NEWCOMERS SATURDAY
FROM 8 TO 1880 P. Nj.

Belle Amis' mixer for new men,
bers this Saturday i'll Educational
hall will be from 8 to 1870 pm.
instead of from to 1:30 p. m. as
enormously stated in the October
ID issue of this newspaper.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17

Here is the manliness of manhood
that man has a good reason for
what he do,r. and has a will IN
doing it.-A. Maclarcn.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-17

Put a Red Feathtl in your cap.
Contribute generously to the Com
munity Chest.