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Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22
Joseph Lyons, 0|dtime Alaskan
Dies OF Heart Attack

Joseph Lyons, old time Alas
kan, died at the age of 81 in
Seward General Hospital Thurs
day, September 81.
Mr.. Lyons, affectionately
called Joe by all who knew him,
which means most of Seward,
passed away suddenly Thursday
morning of a heart attack. His
daughter, Mrs. Mollie Loring,
had visited him in his home at
1877 Second Avenue on Wednes-
day evening, she and the chill
dren spending several hours
with him. He remarked at the
time that he felt unusually well.
Early the next morning he called
Doctor Sellers, complaining of
a pain in his chest. The doctor
got him to the hospital imme-
diately, where he died at 800
o'clock.
Joseph Lyons was born in
Waterford, Ireland, in 1888. He
emigrated to the United States
as a very young man and went
to San Francisco. At the age
of % he came to Alaska, where
he has lived ever since, in all
parts of the Territory.
He worked as a fisherman
and on sailing ships from Calf
ornia to Alaska and was on the
crew of the old Dora and of the
steamer Star at the same time
as Morris Sargent. Strangely
enough, this issue of the paper
carries notice of the death Of
his friend, Morris Sargent, also.
Mr.. Lyons was a member of
the Seward Lodge of Odd Eel
lows and a charter member of
the Longshore Union in Seward,
where he has lived since retir-
ing from the sea IA years ago.
He is credited as having been
actually responsible for the
founding of the Seward local.
He is survived by two sons,
William, who lives in Fairbanks,
and Joseph, who lives in Calf
ornia, and Mrs. Loring. William
Lyons will be in Seward for
his fathers funeral. $3.50.
Services will be held Sunday
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22
ANOTHER AGRICULTURAL
REPORT IS AVAILABLE

To all Alaska farmers and
prospective farmers as we'll as
to all those interested in Alas
ka's growth and welfare. Mar
kets for the Products of Crop
land in Alaska" directs a mes
sage of vital significance.
This report, written by Hugh
Johnson, in charge of Agricul-
tural Economics for the Alaska
Agricultural Experiment Sta
tions, and Wendell Calhoun,
marketing specialist of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, is
the first on the important SUBJ
ject of marketing to be issued
about Alaska. It is based on
first hand knowledge gained
from Alaskan producers, distri-
butors, and consumers during
the summer and fall of 1949.
Clearly this 50-page report dem
onstrates that agricultural settle
ment in Alaska in advance of
a developed market is danger
Gus. Expansion of Alaska's agri-
cultural cropland without a
corresponding growth of the
consumer market might be ruin
Gus for the Alaskan farmer.
The report is being distributed
through the University of Alas
ka Extension Service offices in
Palmer, Anchorage and Fair
banks. Write for your free copy.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22
kusiIof News Items

DR.. and George Pollard have
been doing work on their pick
up and tractor. With early frost
mornings we know old man
winter is just around the cor
ner and we have all had ex-
periences with cars and trac-
tors being hard to start.
Charlie Heckel and Carl Spats
are still after a moose They
m going out again. Meat to our
neighborhood is not a sport
but a necessity as we have no
other way to get fresh meat.
So, sportsman" take care of
your meat. If you can't use it
all, give it to those who can.
Act wisely. Think. Treat our
game as you would a herd of
cattle.
Archie McClain returned Sat
urday from a trip to Palmer
and Anchorage. His son Stanley
was home to keep the farm.
Our neighbor Homer held
their festival Saturday. A few
from Jul community attended.
This is a splendid way to get
together and see the works of
others.
Mrs. Will Kroskie and Flo
renee Balbow spent Thursday
at Mrs. Webb's.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Jo-
hanson have moved off their
fishing site. Mr.. and Mrs. Burton
spent several days in Seward
the first of this week.
Pete Jensen was at his brother
Chris home a few days last
week. The two are staying in
Anchorage since Chris was taken
over for care.
Florence BalboW and Gladys
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Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22
Texans Wonder AT Costume
Of City Council

Mrs. Ada Millerman received
a magazine clipping from her
son Charles in Corpus Christi,
Texas. The clipping is a full
page from the magazine Our
Navy" with a picture Ofpthe
installation of the boys from
the U. S. S. Mahopac as honor
airy councilmen in Seward.
The original of the photo
graph may be seen in the office
of the Seaport Record. 1t shows
the honorary mayor and council
men seated around the council
table with the Seward officials
standing behind each chair. The
ceremony took place at the 4th
of July celebration, SO Council
woman Kirkpatrick was dressed
in pioneer costume with hustle,
ruffles and black neck band,
which show up very plainly in
the photograph. Dick Myers
whiskers and plaid shirt also
StanQ out ana tne ent1re group
could have stepped out of the
gay nineties.
The account of the proclama-
ton declaring the honorary
council is carried in the article,
but no mention is made of the
fact that Seward had gone back
to pioneer dress for the occasion.
Texans and navymen every
where can and probably do be-
lieve from the photograph that
Seward is still a land of whis-
kers and bustles.
This is another item to add
to the fun and fame of our cele-
bration, which is rapidly becom-
ing widespread.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22

The Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System has
issued the following press state
ment: -
Under the authority of the
Defense Production Act of 1850,
the Board of Governors today
Reconstructed regulation of con-
sumner instalment credit through
Regulation w effective at the
opening of business September
10, 1850.
THE regulation covers auto
mobile instalment credits Of
$4,000 and less and other in
stalment credits of $4,000 and
less. Except that home improve
ment credits are now covered
and terms + generally tight
ened, the regulation is in much
the same form as the regulation
which expired June 80, 1949.
The limitations initially es-
tablished are:
down payments of at least
one-third and maximum maturi-
ties of 81 months for automo-
bileS.
Down payment of at least
Is per cent, and maximum ma
turtles of 18 months for appli-
ances: Refrigerators, food freez-
ers, radio or television sets,
monographs, cooking stoves,
ranges, dishWashers, ironers,
washing machines, clothes dri-
ers, sewing machines, suction
cleaners, air conditioners, and
dehumidifiers.
Down payments of at least
10 per cent, and IL months
maximum maturity for furni-
ture and rugs.
Down payments of at least 10
per cent, and 80 months maxi
mum maturity for home repairs,
alterations or improvements.
Following the past policy of
placing fewer restrictions on
small credits, the new regula-
ton does not contain down pay
ment requirements for articles
costing less than 500 although,
unlike the former regulation,
are limited.
"Instalment loans for the pur-
chase of any listed article carry
the same limitations that apply
to the instalment sale of the
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22
Defense Production Act Of 1850 Reinstotes
Regulations on Ins+c|n,en+ Credits

article. Other instalment loans
are limited to a maximum ma
turity of 18 months.
IN establishing the initial
terms the Board took into &C.
count the prevailing practices
and terms in the trades affected.
There has been a material relax
alton of instalment credit terms
during the past year or more,
and the requirements of the reg
ulation r substantially tighter
than the terms now widely Of
fered.
I'm the automobile field the
great majority of recent install
ment sales of new and late
model used cars are reported as
having been financed on SUBJ
stantially easier terms, either as
to down payments or maturities
or both, than permitted by the
new regulation. 49,.
Consumer credit has under
gone an unprecedented expan-
sion, particularly in recent
months. Under present condi-
tons continued excessive growth
of consumer instalment credit
adds materially to inflationary
preSsures.
preSSures. $50.
"As the Board has frequently
emphasized, the regulation is a
useful supplementary instru-
ment to combat initiation. It ap-
plies to an important part, but
only to one part, of the credit
structure and therefore cannot
by itself effectively control in
flationary forces. -.
Those engaged in the business
of making instalment sales or
instalment loans, regardless of
whether or not a Registration
Statement was filed under the
previous regulation, will be re-
CURED to register within sixty
days of the effective date of the
regulation. Registration forms
and copies of the regulation,
when available, will be forward
ed to all former registrants in
the Twelfth Federal Reserve
District; others concerned can
obtain forms and information
from the Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco or its offices in
Los Angeles, Portland, Salt Lake
City and Seattle.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22
DR.. PHILLIPS GIVING
LECTURE r I

Seward nurses and members
of the nursing association are
attending a series of lectures
by DR.. Francis Phillips, thoracic
surgeon at Seward Sanatorium,
on tuberculosis and public
health from the nurses view
point.
Many local women are attend
ing the lectures which they re-
port to be not only interesting
but most beneficial to them.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22
LEO MANOS ARRESTED
IN ANCHORAGE

Leo Manos of this city was
arrested in Anchorage Wednes-
day on a civil writ issued by
u. S. Commissioner Southland.
The writ was served on Manos
by Marshall Irwin Metcalf on
the complaint of Leo Douglas,
who asks for a judgment to
recover the sum of $500 on a
bad check.
Manos posted bail but did
not return to Seward.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22
FORMER
BURIE IN

Older residents here will be
saddened to hear of the death
of Morris Sargent in Seattle
earlier this month.
Mr.. Sargent, who moved to
Seward from Kodiak many
years ago, was. chief engineer
of the steamer Star, which was
the mailboat to the Westward.
He was buried in Seattle Sep
tember 8.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22

In Tuesdays Record we re-
ported Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Hoedel of Homer were parents
of a new son, born in Seward
General Hospital Sept. II. We
were wrong. 1t was a girl. Her
name is Nancy Lee.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-22
EPISCOPAL GUILD MEETING
POSTPONED TO SEPT. 80

The meeting of the Guild of
st. Peters Episcopal Church
reported in Tuesdays paper for
Sat, Sept. %, has been post
poned until Sat-, Sept. 80.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26
BY SIIIG FUJITA

TOKYO, Japan, July 26 (Specia
TO Northwest Times)-In April. Act
treSs Michiyo Kogure received the
Mainichi Newspaper Award - the
japanese equivalent of the Academy
Award-for being the best supporting
actress in 1919.
Just last week, the Mainichi
newspaper reported: Popular Jap
anese film actresses Hideko Taxa
mine and Michiyo Kogure have
been invited TO Paris next March
by Andre Laulve, noted French
film magnate, to study the French
film industry and to participate in
the grand premiere showing of a
joint Franco-Japanese film being
produced.
Famous and popular as the player
of alluring, seductive roles, Michiyc
Kogure is also known for her friend
ly personality and her devotion tc
her husband and child. Her poise
her broadminded and down-to-earth
outlook on life and its problems, and
her performance on the screen all
seem to indicate a much older wo-
man than the 31-year-old beauty
that she actually is.
Your reporter, who has long been
an ardent fan of hers, went to get
an interview and was surprised at
the warm reception he received. To-
tally different from the worldly, So
phisticated lady who appears on the
screen, Michiyo Kogure in private
life is an unaffected person who
fairly exudes friendliness and who
seems to like to meet people. She
loves to talk and relates numerous
interesting anecdotes about herself
without affectation. For over three
hours we discoursed on various to-
pics ranging from movies to hairdos
and styles to war.
Having gone to a mission school
where there were American teachers
her pronunciation Of English words
is far better than that of an average
Japanese who cannot pronounce "r'
and 9TH" correctly. Before she leaves
for her trip to France, she wants te
learn enough English to get along
and my belief is that that won't be
such a hard task for her, what with
her intelligence and the firm basic
knowledge she already has.
During her teen-age years, she had
the normal childs' interest in movies
but says she never thought about
becoming an actress nor had such
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26
SENATE GETS
NINE PRIVATE
LEGISLATIONS

WASHINGTON. d. c.. July 26
CADC) = The House has passed and
sent to the Senate nine private bills
for the admission of japanese alien
wives, fiancees and minor children
of els and veterans. The Senate
also has reported out of committee is
private House bills for action in the
near future. according to the JACL
ti-Discrimination Committee.
Bills passed by the House would
admit:
Mrs. Kimie Yamada and Ritsu-
kO Ina; Choke Nishida; KiyOko S.
and Harue Barr: Mrs. YukikO Yo-
shii French; Kimiko Yamsguchi;
Mrs. YumikO Hawaii and Maria
Mari Misanin; Mrs. Tokiko Amano
Robson, Yaeko Nakajima and XII
mike Tomita.
House bills reported out of the
Senate Judiciary Committee would
admit:
Mrs. Gin Shibasaki Okafuji; Yu-
kie Nishimura Okubo; Keiko Uchida
Doane and her minor child; Teruko
Ishikawa; Chiyo Furumura Yoshida;
Asako Tsuchida; Toshiko Mural;
Mrs. Misao Hatanaka Deskins; Yo-
SHE Nozaawa Hatsuko Torikai; va
suko Higuchi Thomson; Hisako Shi-
mizu; Mrs. Masa Iyoki; Toshiko and
Francis Kikyo, and Nose Kawashi-
ma.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26
Yule Seal X-Ray Unit Returns Here
During Intern1 Fete, Aug. 17-19

The Christmas Seal X-ray Unit
will make return visit to Jackson
Street at the time of the Internat-
ional Carnival, August 1919, Mrs.
Robert Duwe. chairman of the X
ray project, announced yesterday.
Co-sponsored by the Jackson
Street Council and the Anti-Tub-
erculosis League of King County,
the mobile X-ray unit will be sta
toned In the Safeway Store Park
ing lot at Eighth Avenue and
Jackson Street. The unit will be
open each day from 4:30 to 6 In
the afternoons and from $3.50 to
1880 In the evenings.
Serving with Mrs. Duwe on the
committee are James Graves. Mrs.
Nancy Wax and Mrs. Geraldine
Williams.
I'VE want everyone who has not
had chest X-ray within the last
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26
Nursery to Hold
Picnic Aug. 6

Broadway nursery school will hold
a picnic from 2 pm. on Sunday, Aug.
6, in Golden Gardens park. Mrs. Roy
Okada, president of the parent
teacher organization, announced to-
day.
Assisting Mrs. Okada with the
details of the picnic are the follow
ing committee members: refresh
ments = Mcsdames Tad Katayama,
George Tokuda, T'eruji Umino and
w. T. Yasutake; transportation =
Jiro Aoki and Frank Fukano; games
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Natori; prizes
Mrs. Tad Katayama; clean-up-Shig
Sumioka and Mud Tanaka.
Picnickers are to bring their own
lunches. Pop, ice cream and coffee
will be served by the refreshment
committee.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26

year to plan to visit the unit when
it is so close" Mrs. Duwe said The
x-rays are all free. paid for by
Christmas Seal funds. Children be-
tween the ages of Is and Ia years
of age must have their parents
written permission for an X-ray.
The X-ray service is limited to those
Is years of age and older"
Mrs. Duwe explained X-ray is the
best way to find tuberculosis which
can be present in your body without
YOUR knowing 1t. And the sooner 1t
is found the better because tuber-
cllosis is contagious disease and
YOU may be spreading the disease to
others, in addition to claiming your
own health.
Each person X-rayed will receive
I confidential report Of the findings
within three weeks.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26
j. ALUMNI
GROUP STATES
AUG. 6 PICNIC

University of Washington Japan
csc Alumni Association members and
their friends will trek to Heiser's
Shadow Lake on Sunday. Aug. 8. to
renew old acquaintances and talk
over their undergraduate days at an
annual picnic, Hiro Nishimura. alum
mi president, said today.
Heiser's Shadow Lake is a popular
Nise picnic site with ample facili-
ties for boating, swimming, fishing,
tennis. softball and dancing. The
resort is now under the management
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Mathews.
Nishimura stated that picnickers
are to bring their own lunches. but
ice cream and cokes will be served.
Assisting Nishimura with picnic
plans are Mas Watanabe, games, and
George Tokuda. refreshments.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26

LOS ANGELES. Calf, July rs
Special to Northwest Times)-Se-
attle-born Mary Higurashi, 81, this
week adopted the position of num-
Der nine In the current Nisei Week
queen contest To date, there are
only two Los Angeles born girls In
the race.
Currently employed at Mailer
Belt Co, the five ft.-2 In, los h..
girl was graduated by Polytechnic
high. school here In 1947. She spent
her war years In Minidoka and re-
sided In South Park, Seattle. prior
TO the evacuation.
Miss Higurashi is the fifth child
of Mr. and Mrs, Nasal Higurashi.
now living in the West Side. The
Miyatake Jugs, famed for their ath-
letic prowess in basketball and vol
leyball, are supporting their club
member.
Horseback riding was revealed as
one of her pastimes although. to her,
it is not enjoyed thoroughly. Gro
cheting, knitting and reading are her
favorte hobbies.
Besides Miss Higurashi. another
Washington state candidate II
Ruby Ushijima who was born In
Yakima. Wash. Miss Ushijima Is
the East l.. A. JACL's choice.
In addition to Misses Higurashi
and Ushijima, the other seven girls
in the queen contest are Sachi Ka-
zunaga, Rose Marie Yasui, Elsie va
mamoto, Grace Aoki Aki Kushids.
Amy Miya and Grace Mayemura.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26
Teacher Applied
Wrong English

TOKYO. Japan. July s6 - Re-
commended by the prefecturai
school board, a man who said he
was a graduate Of the Tokyo For
cign Language College. took the
job of teaching English at high
school in Tochigi Prefecture.
The students greeted the new
teacher with a flood Of questions.
He could not cope with their eager
ness; they spoke better English
than he.
The school board investigating
him found that he had not gone
to the language school at all. BY
then, the imposter had skipped
the country.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26
Classified Ads

WOMEN WANTED: Experienced
single needle operators on mems
sportswear. APPAREL INC, AL
Sth Ave. No.
JAPANESE OPERATORS. Vegetable
stand available i'm downtown food
center. Rental S25 per month.
Lots of traffic, plenty of parking.
Call Sc. 0620.
FRUIT g. VEGETABLE stand for
Japanese produce operators. Lo-
Gated in downtown food market.
Lots of traffic, plenty Of parking.
Rental $50 per month. Fully
equipped. Nothing to buy except
merchandise and you are in busi-
ness. Call Sc. O620.
WANTED: Mothers helper, IL to
25. Light housekeeping. Two boys.
New, modern home. Live in. Call
CA. 1912 between Q am. and IL
noon.
WANTED: Girl for hOusework.
Three i'm family. No washing or
ironing. Some cooking. Live in
Private room and bath. Call Sc,
$3.50.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26
Japanese Oscar Winning Actress Wed
To Trader, an AlumnuS of Local i. ".

"a career been expressly forDldden
by her parents. In 1898 while attend
'ng the Nippon University. she star
red in a pageant which the school
ave for the people of Enoshima. A
Shochiku Studio talent scout saw
her and that was the beginning OF a
brilliant career. Despite her lack of
my previous screen or stage exper-
ence. she was given a starring role
n her very first movie, a thing un-
leard of until then. She enjoyed her
work and divided her time between
he university and the movie studios
until she became an established sta
md had to quit school to devote
ull time to the screen.
Although she received the Mai
nichi Award for supporting role,
she is the starring actress in vir-
tually all the movies she appears
in. The kind of role that most peo-
pie associate her with is that of a
young, beautiful widow or divOr-
Gee, playing on the sympathies of
some unsuspecting male.
During the war years, only spy
"oles and such were available in ul-
raj ationalistic films. Not wanting
% take such roles, she gave up the
Green temporarily and joined her
husband in Manchuria where she
vas from 1914 to 1947.
Returning to her homeland two
years after the end of the war, she
Immediately regained her former
popularity. The type of roles she
look remained substantially the
same. and although she would like
to try every kind. she very intelli-
gently keeps clear of those roles she
knows are not fitted for her. Her
superb performance so far certainly
earned her the Mainichi Award and
bids fair to win her the top Jap
aneSe oscar CnlS year.
AS for kissing on the screen -
something which she herself had not
done yet-she was not against it so
long as the story absolutely required
it and where omission would break
The continuity of the story. How
ever. she was against the kiss that
was not necessary or unnatural or
awkward. In her latest picture "Shik-
ko Yuyo" (Sentence Deferred, she
appears in a sequence in which she
is caught by her husband in the act
of kissing her husbands secretary.
It's a flake" but the picture is shot
to make it appear as if they had
"eally kissed.
The oldtimers. including Setsuko
Hara, Yoshiko Yamaguchi (Rikoran.
who is now in the States), Kinuyo
Tanaka. Mieko Takamine, Hideko
Takamine, Sanae Takasugi, Isuzu
Yamada and last, but not least by
any means, Michiyo Kogure herself,
are the mainstays around which the
present Japanese film industry is
built. However, quite few newcom-
ers have carved their inches in film
annals. Top among these are Mkt
Sanjo. Yuriko Hamada, Kyo Machi-
ko, Yasuko Fujita. Chizuko Nogami
and Rieko Sunni.
fContinned on PaE~ ~
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26
It's Still Beer!

TOKYO, Japan, July 26 - An
application was filed for establish
ment of a brewery to make beer
from sweet potatoes.
The Beer Council of Japan call
ed the use of the world "biiru" In
the application an infring cement OF
a trade name. Countered the ap-
plicants: No such word as ''biiru"
Is found in the dictionary; the
world for II Is "bakushu," Liter.
ally barley sake. Besides our beer
is just as good, and cheaper.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-26
NTSEI CALENDAR

JULY
30-Annual Tacoma YBA picnic
at Little Spanaway Lake. Welcome
Kats" dance social at 9 pm. in Tao
oma Buddhist church.
30-Japanese Gardeners Associa-
ton picnic from IL noon at north
end of Lincoln Park.
AUGUST
6-Broadway nursery school picnic
at Golden Gardens park from Q pm.
6-Annual University of Washing
ton Japanese Alumni Association
picnic at Heiser's Shadow Lake.
-Nisei Church picnic. fol-
lowing an outdoor union worship
services from 1880 am. at Lincoln
Park.
IL 81 -Shoyukai bon-odori.
SEPTEMBER
3-Lotus YBA annual bazaar.
3-Dance sponsored by Lotus Mer-
curry.
9-Presbyterian county Fair.
9-Back- to- School social sponsored
by Shoyukai.
OCTOBER
7-Carnival-bazaar TO be sponsor
ed by Japanese Methodist Church.
NOVEMBER
10-Shoyukai general meeting and
social.
IS Muyenhoyo services, Shoyu-
kai.