The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-03-31

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men and children to annoy police
Use of sulphuric acid was also re-
ported in some cases. Year-enc
wage and livelihood struggles of la.
borers provided a good excuse fol
the rioters.
On Sept. 30. 1850, the Kobe police
sent to procurators Is North Korean
underground agents planning ar
armed uprising against the Occupa-
ton. Subversive Koreans also play
ed active roles in many Japanese la
Dor demonstrations. A notable case
was the Maruyama park incident in
, Kyoto Dec. 9, 1850. when some SOC
laborers demonstrated, resulting in
the arrest of lilo and injuries to 60
policemen and rioters. Police de-
tected vigorous activities by the Ko-
rean youth action corps with its
nationwide network in close coop
Grafton with the Japan Communist
party. The Kawasaki police reveal
ed that local Korean youth organi-
cations were seeking to prevent the
manufacture of transportation of
U. s. munitions in Japan.
The Lower House judiciary COM
mittee, investigating the Korean
riot, was told that former Korean
member of the old Soviet-GPU di-
rected the rioters and that the Korea
Emancipation associations. dis
guised as relief associations for Ko-
reans in Japan, are undoubtedly as
sisting North Korea. The committee
also learned that Ritsu Ito and Ken
ichi Ito, fugitive top Japan Commu-
mist party leaders, and Kin Tel Kai,
allegedly former Korean Commu-
mist party leader, were doing back
seat driving on the riots.
The Attorney Generals office an
nounced Jan. 10, 1850, that it has a
lerted nationwide police concern
ing the entry into japan of seven
North Korean and eight Red Chi
nese terrorists charged with assassi-
mating Prime Minister Shigeru Yo-
shida, other government leaders and
notable South Koreans in Japan.
Police are now trying to find two
Korean and Chinese leaders of those
allegedly attempting to poison the
Prime Minister. On Jan. %, 1851,
fifteen Koreans were arrested in
Yokkaichi city for resisting govern
ment officials taking over the local
Korean hall by throwing sulphuric
acid and resorting to other types OF
violence.
Korean troubles flared up in To-
kyo about last March /. Following
disquieting movements by PTA
members of Korean primary schools
in Arakawa and Kita wards, Tokyo
had one of its biggest Korean riots
in the Korean school at Kamijujo
Kita ward, March 7. About 1,50t
Koreans, including students of the
school, violently clashed with police
During the incident, SIS rioters wert
injured, more than 10 others arrest
ed, 81 policemen and two pressmer
injured. About half the teachers Of
the school were found to be Com
munists. Meanwhile, the officia
Korean population in Japan as o.
JAN, 1851, stood at $4,000, of whom
100000 were North Koreans and thu
rest, South Koreans. Government
immigration Board authorities an
nounced in the Diet March IA thai
5000 illegal Korean entrants were
deported up to the end of l949
namely, 1900 mo re during 1850 anC
additional 408, March 2.
PRODUCTION: Gold mines arr
working full blast in preparation TO
Japan's participation in the Inter
national Monetary Fund and self
supporting economy. Japan's big
gest output was recorded in l94C
amounting to 26 tons on the main
land alone. A slump came later ant
digging virtually came to stand
still as a result of wartime adjust
ment in 1913. The government fix
ID the gold-mining enterprise reha
bilitation policy Feb. "a, last veal
Since then, gold output has beel
steadily increasing. Mining circle
observe that its production will a
mount to six tons during this veal
The year, 1949. turned out fou
tons and last year, 1850, 46 ton!
This years 195D rehabilitation pre-
J grams of various gold-mining com
psnies revealed that the Besshi Min
! ing company is now putting to ties
! operation its cyanide process re
finery at Konomai, Hokkaido, wit
the boosting of its daily smeltin
capacity to 900 tons Of ore from tn
previous 400 tons. The mines NOR
thly gold output will grow to 100 k
lograms from May. The Chitos
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