davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14
StarletteS Pick
Jane OkamOtO

Jane Okamoto will lead the Lotus
Starlettes as president of that group
which elected officers for the coming
year last Friday in the Seattle Budd-
hist Church.
Her cabinet will consist of the fol-
lowing: vice president, Miyuki Ha-
segawa; secretary, Margaret Tomo-
guchi; treasurer, Joyce Toshi: his
torian, Anne Aoyama publicity
chairman. Nancy Kuwada; social
chairmen. Jane Hino and Irene Flu
jill; and religious chairmen, Peggy
Nagata and Yuki Masumoto.
The 1949 cabinet members were
president, Peggy Nagata vice pre-
sident, Irene Full; secretary, Miyu-
XII Hasegawa; treasurer, Jane Okla
motto; historian, Mae Namba; pub
licity chairmen, Miyo Endo and
Amy Hirabayashi; and social chair
men, Margaret Tomoguchi and Jean
Full
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14

ratronIze Your Advertisers
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14
@ooms to Ghurc9Ms
METHODIST

10 am Sunday School for all
ages. Skeptic's hour Leader, Rev.
Paul Hagiya.
10 a.m.-Issei Worship Service.
II a.m.-Nisei Worship Service.
The Rev Paul Hagiya to speak.
6 p.m.-MYF and College and
Adult Fellowship caroling session.
PRESBYTERIAN
Gas am.-Sunday School for AL
ages.
10 am.-1ssei Worship Service.
11:10 a.m.-Nisei Worship Service.
The Rev. Tetsuo Salto to speak on
Gods Gift to Man..
ST. PETERS MISSION
Gas a.m.-Church School Supt.
John Yoshida.
HOO a.m.-Morning Worship Ser
vice. Vicar. The Rev. Andrew N.
Otani. Nursery.
7:45 p.m.-Cub Scouts, second and
fourth Friday of each month.
l pm.-Missionary Guild. Third
Sunday of each month.
p.m.-St Marys Guild. First
Thursday of each month.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14
q WEDDING BELLS

Married at double ring ceremony
performed by the Rev. T. Ichikawa
on Sunday, Dec. II, in the Seattle
Buddhist temple were Miss Grayce
COLO and Mr.. Mike Hattori. The
bride is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs S. COLO of Seattle, and the
groom, the son of Mr.. and Mrs. B.
Hattori of Moses Lake, Wash.
The brides gown was of skinner
satin with a double Chantilly lace
cascade completely outlining the full,
formal train. The sweetheart neck
line was adorned with a deep ruffle
OF Chantilly lace which extended
to the waist III the back. Two tiny
lovers knot bows of seed pearls were
appliqued on the front of the skirt
which was worn over a lace trimmed
hoop skirt. The brides fingertip veil
of bridal illusion was attached to a
lace trimmed bonnet. A shower
Bouquet OF tiny white roses and gar
deniaS with a white orchid center
completed the bridal finery.
Miss Susie Shimizu, maid of honor,
wore lime green faille tafetta gown
with bateau neckline and hustle
bow in the back. Bridesmaids, the
Misses Yasuko Ota and Lilly Nagae,
wore gowns identical to that of the
maid of honor's in orchid. Their
gowns were also worn over hoop
skirts All the attendants wore mat
ching braided tiaras and mitts. They
carried muffs pinned with cascades
)f lime carnations and pink carna-
ions respectively.
Ringbearer, Elaine Minato, and
flower girl, Karen Hattori, niece
Of the groom. were gowned in white
attn gowns styled to match the
brides gown. They both carried
NUTS adorned with pink carnations.
The ringbearer'S muff had a little
ring pillow inserted on which the
.wo rings were attached.
Best man was Mr.. Ich KoniShi of
Moses Lake and the ushers were the
Messrs. George COLO, the brides
brother, and Jack Hattori, the
rooms brother.
Miss Sachi Uyegaki sang Thine
Alone" and Because, accompanied
= Mrs Mich Shimomura.
Messrs. Tsutsumoto and Fukeda
presided at the reception in Kiang
Nam Cafe. Assisting were the Misses
Sachi Yasui, Mitzi Ideta, Hisa Ma
tsubara and Kinko Full. Miss Naoko
Anal took care of the guest book
For her honeymoon trip to Calf,
the bride wore a dark brown suit
with a leopard lined coat and ac-
ceSSorieS to match.
The couple will make their home
in Moses Lake, Wash.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14
NiSei Remember
McDOnOugh'S Aid;
Give Their Share

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Dec. IA
st. Paul Nisei aided in the recent
contribution to their city-wide john
ME McDonough fund last week as a
result of the latter's warm and
hearty acceptance of the evacuees
during the war when he was the
city's chief executive.
Mrs. Earl Tanbara, formerly OF
Berkeley, and Mrs. George Roku-
tani, formerly of San Francisco, pre-
scented the check to Frank Madden,
who was then the mayors secretary.
Ex-Mayor McDonough, with con-
scientious devotion to duty, suffered
a stroke during his term of office
and is now completely incapacitated.
His friends established a fund to aid
in his recuperation.
With the check were these words
from the Nisei group:
I'VE are happy to give this check
through, Mr.. Madden, who was the
mayors secretary when we came,
and who has done so much as a
board member of the Council of
Human Relations to foster good re-
lations in st. Paul.
Mr.. McDonough personally, over
and above his responsibility as a
mayor, has shown a wise and
friendly understanding of our prob
lens during our resettlement here"
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14
BAPTIST

Gas a.m.-Sunday School IN nur-
cry school building.
10 a.m.-Issel Worship Service.
HIS a.m.-Nisel Worship Service
The Rev. E. Andrews to speak on
1.-The Name of Your God"
p.m-High School BYF.
Nursery during Nisei service.
Okazaki class from to 8 pm. on
Tuesdays at Fujin Home.
BUDDHIST
10 am. = Sunday School. Ets
Ichikawa, chairman; Bette Kuri-
moto, organist. Dharma club recep-
tionists.
II a.m.-Young peoples service
Starlettes in charge. Speaker: Rev.
S. Masunaga.
p.m.-Afternoon Service (Japan-
ese). Speaker: Rev. T. Ichikawa
pm.-Bodhi Society. Every first
and third Friday of the month.
NICHIREN BUDDHIST
10 am. = kindergarten children
and juniors service.
IL am.-Young peoples service in
English
CONGREGATIONAL
10 am.-Sunday School for nur-
sery, kindergarten, beginners, pri-
mary and juniors. New boys class
in primary department.
Ills a.m.-Nisei Worship Service.
pm.-Bible study class for Nisel
every Monday.
MARYKNOLL
9 am. and 1890 a.m.-Low Mass.
Benediction will be held following
1920 Mass
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14

PAGE TWO WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER a. 1919
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14
q BABY SHOWER

A baby shower was given for Mrs.
William Yorozu on Sunday, Dec. IL,
in the home of Mrs. George Yama-
motto Hostesses were Mrs. Yama-
motto, Mrs. Mich Shimomura ano
Miss Helen May Smith.
Guests present included the Mes
danes Jack Kozu, Paul Hagiya, Ed
die Shimomura, Gus Nikaitani, Dick
Yamasaki. TAX Kuriyama, John Ka-
netomi, Takashi Fulfil and Henry
Yorozu.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14

Upon his return home last week
to Seattle, Floyd Schmoe, leader OF
the House for Hiroshima" project,
told the editor of THE NORTH
WEST TIMES that the first thing
that he should like to do is to re
port to the hundreds of friendly
people who made our little expert
ment in goodwill possible by their
financial support. In true Quaker
spirit, Schmoe gave little credit IT,
himself although he was very much
responsible for the idea which was
moved by his Christian attitude to-
wards peoples who were made home
less by the atom bomb.
Schmoe's report follows:
I'VE feel the project was a great
| success, because of the fine cooper
alton of everyone and the cheap
ness of materials in Japan by Am
erican standards. We were able to
build twice as much as we ever
hoped to build and to do the job
IN less time.
We built two duplex houses, jap
anese style, providing four living
units of three rooms each. These
houses are now occupied by twenty
four persons in four families, which
were selected from the thirty EIGHT
hundred families which applied with
the Welfare Department of the city.
We gave the houses outright to the
Housing Authority of Hiroshima.
They are rented at TOO yen ($1.85)
per month to families which lost
their homes as a result of the atom
bombing.
-Four thousand three-hundred
dollars was contributed, which is
just what we asked for. All of this
was spent on the project. In addi-
ton, the American group and our
Japanese associates put in some two
thousand hours of volunteer time
We hired about fifteen hundred
hours of skilled labor These were
plastererS metal workers and stone
eutterS. We did ali the other work
ourselves, including the finish car
gentry, the wiring, and the tile
roofs.
I'VE had an average of ten persons
working on the houses and we never
missed a days work We laid the
tile roofs in the rain. Most of the
time, it was very hot We all went
swimming on Saturday afternoons.
I'VE feel that the project also was
success III the more important way
of building understanding and good
will. Those are values more difficult
to assess but there were many evil
dences that the people understood
md appreciated the fact that the
houses were only the visible express
sion of our mission. The project was
given wide publicity in Japan and
we had many letters and gifts ex-
pressing the thanks of the japanese.
These came from all kinds of people
from the Emperor and the Crown
Prince down to school children who
came to see us off at the train and
to give us small tokens of their APP
probation.
After We completed the houses,
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14
q BETROTHAL TOLD

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Dec. 4
The betrothal of Miss Mariys
Marble" Yasuda, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G.. Y. Yasuda of Orem
Utah, to Mr.. Shigeru Motoki, son
of Mr. and Mrs j. S. Motoki of this
city was announced at dinner held
last Nov. 81.
Mr. Motoki, an ex-Seattleite, Is
presently with the United States
occupation forces in Tokyo, Japan.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14
q JAPAN GIRL

Mr.. and Mrs. Tomomi Ando be-
came parents of baby girl recently
in Japan.
Mrs. Ando is the former Mariko
Mukai.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-14

PatrOnize Your Advertisers
In The Northwest Times.
Evening star., 1949-10-05

pare and distribute lists Of voters. The
other authorizes school tax, not to ex-
ceed SO a person. Poll tax receipts now 60
for school purposes, and the new tax would
protect the school system against loss of
needed revenue The tax does not have to
be paid, however, in order to vote.
1t is hard to find serious fault with these
proposals. The Legislature, of course, is not
bound to follow them, but the Legislature,
after all, is the creature of the voters and
it is not apt to defy their clearly indicated
desires in matter of this kind. Those
people who were fighting the poll tax, and
who have now switched over and are fight
ing repeal of the poll tax, are putting
themselves in ridiculous position. If they
want to get rid of the tax through State
action, they ought to be urging favorable
vote in the referendum, and then, when
that has carried, take up the cudgels for
adoption by the Legislature of the Camp
bell proposals.
Evening star., 1949-10-05
Rough Roadbeds Cited
Among ''Perils of the Rail"
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF Inc star:
In your editorial on "Perils of the Rail-
YOU refer to the reduction in fatal passenger
accidents on our railroads IN recent years
But wonder whether the same can be said
of non-fatal accidents resulting from pas
sengers being thrown around in our high
speed trains of today, especially since the
introduction of diesel engines.
Many Of these trains are run over road
beds which were. built years ago when top
speeds were much lower than now and
although every care may be taken to i'm
prove both the equipment and the condition
of the roadbeds these higher speeds natural
" create more violent "upsetting forces"
than the existing curves and switches were
originally designed for, and the scheduled
speeds appear to be determined more by
the limit which will allow the train itself
to remain on the rails than by the safety
and comfort of the passengers.
Under these conditions when passengers
are standing or walking in the train they
are constantly beset by these upsetting
forces and unless there is some form OF
hand support within immediate reach an
accident is almost inevitable. To walk
through q car, unaided by such support, IS
difficult on the straight, but next to I'M
possible when rounding curves or crossing
switches at present high speeds, and un-
fortunately the passenger gets no warming
when the train is about to leave the straight
for : curve or switch. A VICTIM.
Evening star., 1949-10-05
Federation Delegate Desires
Statements of Officers


Statements of Officers
To the Editor Of The Star:
AS a delegate to the Federation of Citizens
Associations, I want to make clear my per-
sonal Indignation over statements MADE IN
the name of the Federation by President
Connaughton~ and Past President Newell.
In The Star of october /, Mr.. Connaughton
is reported as having told Bellevue tenants
to ignore eviction notices, guaranteeing that
the Federation would back up the don
move" suggestion 100 per cent. should ike
to know on what assurance and authority
Mr. Connaughton speaks for the Federation
before the matter has been presented 70
the organization for action.
At the October meeting Of the Federation
Mr.. Newell complained bitterly that the
Federation had to pay Federal admission
taxes on the boat ride sponsored by the
association, and verbally castigated Wash
ington business firm for having refused to
buy tickets to the boat ride. This cry-baby
attitude is undignified. to say the least. and
I am sure that it does not represent the
feeling of majority of the delegates.
I may be wrong, but my conception OF the
purpose of the Federation does not include
sponsorship of belligerent. defiant attitudes
toward authorities as in the case OF the
Bellevue tenants, nor the use OF blackmau
tactics in securing contributions to Fedora
ton activities and whining protests over
payment of the usual taxes, which Mr..
Newell proclaims. RUTH T. VANIER,
Delegate From Friendship Citizens As
sociation, and Secretary Of the North
west Council.
Evening star., 1949-10-05
Policeman's Criticism of Children
Called Mild in Face of Facts


To the Editor of The Star:
have read with interest the letters which
were published after Captain Thompson OF
the Montgomery County Police MADE
statement relative to the conduct OF some
of the offspring of the better tamllles OF Ine
Bethesda Chevy Chase area.
From personal observation, may say
that Capt. Thompson was, to say tne !east'
conservative in his statements. In taking
to businessmen, theater managers, etc. IN
the Bethesda Chevy Chase area, have oeen
told that their properties take a terrlnc
heating from the local vandals. The man
aeer of one of the Hot Shoppes told me
that their large Connecticut avenue estao-
lishment is wrecked regularly every week
end by some of the children from the "oest
WASHINGTON families. Theater managers
tell me that it is unbelievable how much
damage is done by the children IN tnen
theaters in what is supposedly the incest
residential section of our Nations Capltal.
So, let Capt. Thompson's critics first IN
form themselves of the true facts before
they are so outspoken.
From another side of the county, Silver
Spring, in their high school, boy is shot
in the head by another student at lunch
hour and ten students are expelled from
school for drinking during school hours oy
Assistant Principal Pyles.
Until we parents are willing to assume
responsibility for our children's acts. all
the reform groups. letters to the editor,
PTA forums, and all else are merely waste
of time and effort. F. l.. j.
Evening star., 1949-10-05
Viroinio's Poll 7ux

The people of Virginia will vote next
month on proposal to abolish the States
poll tax. And in The Stars opinion, this
tax should be done away with.
Some people, including many of those
who have been loudest in denouncing the
poll tax, are backing away now, and saying
that if the voters approve the pending pro-
posal the Legislature may impose require
ments in lieu of a poll tax that would make
1t harder than ever to vote. This is pos
sble but not probable.
The referendum on repeal of the poll tax
is based on careful study by commission
headed by Stuart B. Campbell of Wythe-
VILE The tax cannot be repealed without
amending the State Constitution. And
any constitutional amendment in Virginia
is slow process, since it must be approved
by two successive Legislatures, which takes
four years, and then submitted to the
people for their approval 1t is because of
this that the Campbell Commission has
tried to draft proposal which, if adopted,
would not have to be changed through
another constitutional amendment in the
near future.
change are left to the Legislature, so revi-
sion can be conveniently made as expert
ence may show the need. But if the
Legislature does what the commission has
recommended, Virginia will have very
satisfactory voting procedure
The poll tax would be repealed. In its
place there would be, first, literacy test
requirement. Next is provision for an
nual registering of voters but person
who voted in the preceding election, or
who paid any tax in the State, would not
have to register second time. Something
of this sort is necessary to prevent fraudu-
lent voting from dead" registration lists.
The Virginia proposal on this point fol-
lows the New York law. which Is consid-
cred a model. There are two more main
proposals. One fixes the time for registra-
ton at 100 days before primary or gen.
eral election, This time is needed to pre-
Evening star., 1949-10-05
Anticipates New Farming Methods
To Feed Increasing Population

Anticipates New Farming Methods
To Feed Increasing Population
To the Editor of the Star:
M. ]. Sperry in The Star of September ~
says the Creator told us to multiply upon
the earth," but certainly he did not intend
for us to multiply to such an extent that
hunger and starvation would result.
The problem of present hunger and star
vation exists not because the combined food
producing capacity Of the world as whole
falls short Of world needs. It's just case
of greed and stupidity preventing proper
distribution and deliberate Government poll
icy In limiting production Of certain foods
With regard to the future, in the assump-
ton that world population will continue to
rise, has not history taught us that the in
creased population of each new generation
is accompanied by the discovery Of new and
better farming techniques and new sources
of food? What of the huge supply Of corn
and other foods which is diverted into the
production OF alcohol and other non-food
commodities? What of the hitherto un-
tapped and vast sources of food in the seas?
What of the probabilities OF synthetic pro-
duction of food substitutes in this ingenious
atomic age?
Man is more precious than anything else
now in production. Let us be absolutely
sure that we are unable to feed more human
beings before questioning the Creators
blessing, ITO increase and multiply
r. j. KING.
Evening star., 1949-10-05
Anemic BIoodhounds

One of the more provocative items IN
the District budget is. Lorton Reforma-
tory's request for pair of English blood
hound puppies to bring new blood to the
laggard Lorton pack. 1t appears that like
the Ptolemies of Egypt, their strain has
been lessened by extensive inbreeding.
They grow less bloodhoundish with every
passing day, which, considering their line
of work, is not desirable.
We can visualize the dismay at Lorton.
Into the peaceful pack, relaxed as clutch
of English colonels at their club, rushes a
deputy dangling a muddy shoe. Blood
hounds have more eyebrows than any
body and they probably just raise them
at the deputy's importuningS, decide the
quarry is not worth the chase and 60 back
to their brooding. The thin -blooded blood
hounds of Lorton obviously need to be
awakened to the past glories of their breed.
What if any of their ancestors had been
lackadaiscal in the pursuit of Eliza across
the ice foes? Usually it is hopeful sign
when men or beasts become mild, but 1t
has been decreed that this lion-and-lamb-
type amity between pursuer and pursued
cannot begin at Lorton.
The real trouble with these faint
hearted, four footed G-men can possibly
be traced to their environment. They are
just near enough to Washington to have
caught Potomac fever What they have
their mournful eyes on is probably some
Federal appointment. They would doubt
less like to be mascots to some congress
sional watchdog committee, to lie among
the carafes and the red carpets, growing
ominously whenever increased appropria-
tionS are mentioned.
Evening star., 1949-10-05
UnscheduIed Indictment

The unscheduled indictment handeo
down by the retiring summer grand jury
was irregular but we'll justified DlStrlcI
grand juries are not supposed to express
their views on the general subject OF Ia"
enforcement. But Foreman Henry N. Bliss
and his fellow jurors, after three montnS
of observation, felt that it was their pubic
duty to give some constructive criticism OF
conditions as they found them. Ihey
should be commended for having the cour-
age to speak up.
Foremost among the grand jury's un-
expected charges was one taxing tne
courts to task for dealing too leniently WIN
criminals The group did not specify cases
by name, but it is known that numerous
crimes investigated by the grand jury IN
yolved offenders with long in-agaln-out-
again records. Examination of the arrest
and release records of these repeaters con-
yinced the jury-as they would have con-
vinced other citizenS-that 700 many
potentially dangerous criminals are pelng
turned loose with too light punishment,
including light fines that are easily palo
and forgotten. Not all judges are guilty
In this respect, of course, but number OF
sex, robbery and traffic cases have revealed
an amazing ability of some notorious OF
tenders to escape heavy penalties.
Very much to the point, therefore, was
the recommendation of the grand jury
"that the fines, bonds and prison sentences
set by the courts in criminal cases De as
severe as possible, commensurate with the
crimes involved" The jurors said they
believe that "harsher treatment OF second
and third offenders would tend to deter
criminals from continuing their activities
in the District and would lessen the poten-
tial possibilities of future crimes"
Warranted, also, was the grand 1urys
critical comments regarding treatment OF
Jurors. Pointing out that jurors time is
valuable, the body urged that the courts
take steps to avoid the wasting of their
time This criticism apparently was aimed
not only at time lost by petit jurors await
ing call but by grand juries awaiting
the pleasure of judges to receive them.
The last grand jury is said to have had
several unpleasant experiences of this kind.
More consideration of jurors would help
the courts in finding citizens willing to
take the time and trouble to serve. And
the grand jury called on all citizens to
regard jury service as an obligation of
good citizenship.
Other points in the grand jurys report
were that more policemen should be pro-
vided, more attention should be paid by
parents to the training of their children
and greater care should be exercised in
interpreting crime statistics. On the last
point the jury apparently had in mind
misleading comparisons which have been
made between crime conditions before and
after adoption by the Police Department
of new reporting system. The Star has
pointed out editorially the fallacy of trying
to gauge crime trends accurately by such
comparisons. On the whole, the retiring
grand jury's findings are soundly based and
its recommendations worth serious con-
sideration, however irregular the special
report may be-