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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28
Baptist Retreat Slated Sept. 4, D. 6;
Theme TO Be Looking Unto Jesus

The japanese Baptist Church has
scheduled retreat for Sept. 4 Sc
The theme for the retreat will be
Looking Unto Jesus" Heb. 1872 The
theme song will be Heavenly vi
sion"
Yosh Nakagawa is general chair
man, and the following committees
Program-George Hirano, Kumi-
ko Homma, Kay Tsuchida, Pat Shi-
tama, Mary Takeuchi, George Ko-
moriya and Jane Todo
Foods-Dorcas group, Mrs. Kim
Nakamura and Mrs Bessie Okada
Housing and Registration-Irene
Hikida and Rae Hayashi
Publicity-Lillian Sakuma
Transportation Brooks Andrews
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28

not be sold or w.lled to other aliens
OF the same class Since the Japa-
neSe alien, unlike the European,
was ineligible for citizenship" he
was caught by the law. In 1920 by
three 10 one margin the Califor-
MIA citizenry in an initiative mea-
sure frightened the earlier act by
outlawing three-year leases; in 1928
even cropping contracts were BAR
ned Though many Issei circum-
vented the law by buying property
in the name of their citizen sons it
remained on the books and, as oc-
casion offered, was used in an effort
o diSpoSsess them
The Alien Land Law could never
have been enacted if Issei, like Eu-
ropean immigrants, had been eligi-
BILE for citizenship Since their ex-
clusion, together with its consequ-
enceS, cut their own and their chill
dren's sensibilities deeply and tore
the heart out of Washington's Off
cial declarations of good will toward
Japan, a close scyu my of this mat
ter seems needed How is the ex-
cluSion Of the Issei land the Chi
nese, for that natter from citizen
ship to be explained?
In the Naturalization Act of 1890
Congress stipulated that under spe-
Gifted conditions all free white" a.
liens could be admitted to citizen
ship. The operative term, free
white" was used, it would seem. to
exclude Negroes, Indians and white
slaves. In 1870 Negroes were inclu-
ded among those eligible for CHI
zenship The term free white"
however, was not dropped, for it
served he purposes of West Coast
senators insistent on barring Chi
nese from citizenship
Go Be Continued
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28
g Awards Okd
Ir New Claims Bill

WASHINGTON, July 28tJACL)-
Included in a Supplemental Deli
cheney Appropriation measure Is
$50. 1853 SO for payment Tor nine eva
cuation claims awarded early in
June, reported Mike Masaoka, Wa
shington representative of the ia
panese American Citizens League,
today.
All of the awards to be paid from
this appropriation are in excess OF
$500 and were adjudicated under
the 1948 japanese Evacuation
Claims Act which Was enacted UNI
der JACL sponsorship.
Claimants to be paid under the
Supplemental Deficiency Appropri-
alton are:
Frank 1. Abe-$8,09729
Theresa Kano. administrators
S3,53335
Mrs. Yuri Kushino-$2, 1889
James Mayeda-$3, 1928
Mitchell Nakagawa-$4,234.2 20
Yoshimatsu Inada-S2,573 AZ
Kin Satow-$3, Asa 90
Yennosuke SaWa-$6,113 go
HmoShi TatSuta-$4. 480.0
The appropriation measure would
pay the nine claimants for loss Oh
real and personal property suffered
n evacuation.
Masaoka disclosed that the mea-
sure is nov under consideration
the Senate Committee on Appro-
priations.
Meanwhile, another Supplement
tal Deficiency Appropriation Bill to
pay STA, 1888 to IA claimants in the
evacuation claims program receiv-
ed House approval and has been
referred to the Senate Finance Com
mittee.
JACL's support of both Supple
mental Deficiency Appropriations
bills, which include ayments for e.
vacuation claims, will be continued
through the session with h pes
that Congress will enact the money
paying bills before adjournment,
Maslok& said
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28
Especial To Northwest Tines


few days ago, Ichiko Wheeler,
wife OF Sgt. Joseph H. Wheeler. was
alone with the couples ten-month-
OLE daughter, in a strange city, Sc
parated from her husband by thou
sands of miles and the Pacific O.
cean Yesterday July 81, through
the help of Red Cross. she and lit
tie Irene were flying to join the
sergeant in Japan
Mrs. Wheeler met the sergeant in
Japan and married him in Tokyo
early in 1852 When shortly there
after, he was re-aSsigned to state
side duty, she accompanied him
back to America to his new post OF
duty at Fort LeavenWorth, Kansas.
Here, little Irene was born late in
December, 1852.
Again, the sergeant was sent to
new post-this time. back to Japan.
So a few months ago, he and the
family came to Seattle hoping to
secure an early sailing for Ichiko
Afd the Ia ogtttT-- Before amy de-
finite sailing plans for the family
could be made, the sergeant had to
go to Japan with his outfit, leaving
the wife and child here in temper
airy quarters.
EEIT HESnIATE
Ichiko understood English a lit
tie, but speaking it was aaother
matter. Care of the small daughter
occupied much of her time but she
had sufficient time left over to feel
desolate and alone in big city
When she found it might be months
before she could get her port call to
join her Observation-Disclosures more
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28
Rev. Otani Plans
Final Service

The Rev. Andrew N Otani, vicar
of ST. Peters Episcopal Church, will
celebrate his last holy communion
at HIS am. Sunday, August l, at
his church.
He will leave Seattle at 1920 pm.
that day by Western Star Of Great
Northern Railway from King ST
Station to Minneapolis, MINI
where he will take charge of a new
church. His new address will be ;
1900 slaisdell Ave, Minneapolis 4.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28

and Hideo Hoshide
Music ulianne Sato
Jems representative Hi
rota.
BYE sentative-Tomio Mo-
riguchi
Childrens Program-Mary Ann
Shimono.
Art Work-Hideko Umino. !.
Waterfront Director-Mrs Lulu
Kashiwag
Boat Director-Lonny Kaneko
Athletic Equipment--David Fukui
Kunio Homma and Amy Sanbo.
Retreat Manufacturer JemS
group and Sachi Takeuchi.
Adviser is the Rev Emery E. An
dreWs
The retreat will include all ages
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28
Methodist Church
To Honor Machidas

The Rev. T. j Machida and his
family will be honored at $50 pm.
Tuesday, August 8, at the Japanese
Methodist Church.
The Rev Machida, vino has been
a minister at the local church for
the past fourteen years, has been
appointed to the Centenary Metho-
dist Church is Los Angeles.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28
jesuit Vieus:

Editors Note: This is the second
in a series of articles written by Fa-
ther John E Blewett, So on the
japanese Americans. 1t appeared in
one of the recent issues of Social
Order, a Catholic publication print
ed in ST. Louis, Mo 1t is the latest
attempt on the part of Jesuits to
present the facts concerning the
injustices done to japanese Ameri-
cans through the years.
BY Father John L. Blewett, 5 J.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28

government could not allow Cali
fornia unreasonably to complicate
diplomatic relations with Tokyo by
discriminating against Japanese
immigrants, practically all of them
perforce aliens. Washingtons mo-
derating influence was most conspi-
cuous in the notorious San Francis
co affair.
SCHOOLS SEGREGATED
On October II, 1906, the school
board ordered all Oriental students
to attend a segregated Chinatown
school. Though less than 100 ia
panese children were affected the
japanese colony baked at the or
der and were solidly backed by ia
panese pubic opinion. President
Roosevelt, Who had recently media
ted the end of the Russo-Japanese
War, denounced the board and ur-
ged Congress to qualify Japanese as
citizens.
He finally obtained abrogation of
the order in exchange for promise
to negotiate a suspension OF immi-
grafton from Japan. This resulted
in the Gentlemen's Agreement, ia
nuary, 1908. This agreement, with
full terms kept secret, was =. an
understanding by which the ia
paneSe Government voluntarily I'M
dertook to adopt and enforce certain
administrative measures designed
to check the emigration to the u
nited States of japanese laborers. "
Roosevelt was probably the winner
in that the US Supreme Court Of
that day would probably have up
held the segregation order. The
Gentlemen's Agreement in turn,
probably averted legislation exclu-
ding japanese.
Settling in the United States at
an unfavorable time among the
most hostile part of the population,
the japanese suffered from another
disqualification-their own indus
trio tsness. Though sizeable pro-
portion of the immigrants sluiced
into numbering, fishing, mining and
canning, the larger part turned TO
the land By 1909 almost 10000 Of
the incomers were farming, chiefly
as tenants of whites
EXCLUDED FROM LAND
Agita ion against Japanese land
owning quickly brought legislation
In 1909 and 1911 bills were introdu-
ced in the legislature to prevent
japanese aliens from owning land
or releasing it for mere than three
years. Both failed Of passage lar
gely because of federal interven-
ton. An ironic note was introduce
ed when in May, 1910, a report on
Japanese in farming favorably ap-
praised their contribution to deve-
Looping California agriculture. The
Senate publicly reprimanded the
Commissioner and took steps to pre-
vent the publication of his report.
The legislature passed its notorious
Alien Land Law in 1918 The laws
motivation was spelled out by one
of it's authors, US Webb, then At
torney General of California in a
speech:
The fundamental basis of all le-
gislatiOn upon this subject, State
and Federal has been, and is, race
undesirability. 1t is unimpOrtant
and foreign to the question under
discussion whether a particular race
is inferior The simple and single
question is, is the race desirable.
They the Japanese) will not
come in large numbers and long "a
bide with us if they may not acquire
land.
This did not explicitly single out
the japanese. 1t declared that "a
liens, ineligible for citizenship"
uld not rent land for farming for
more than three years and that land
already in their possession could
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28
Red Cross Helps Japanese War Bride
And Child 70 RejOin Army Sergeant

than a year, for there was new
little Wheeler on the way-she and
her husband turned to Red Cross
for help.
And Red Cross went to work
Red Cross in Seattle, in San Fran
cisco and in Japan. Red Cross eX-
pedited the sergeant's request to the
national headquarters of Army E.
mergency Relief in Washington. D.
C, for loan to finance plane ira
vel FIR the family, providing com
plete information to that agency
on the urgency of the need
KEPT THEM INFORMED
When the loan was approved, Red
Cross locally helped secure necessd-
ry passports and visas, assisted in
getting the family the required shots
for overseas travel, worked out a
travel plan with the airline and
made r, servations-and kept both
Sgt. Wheeler and Ichiko informed
of every development
Ichiko and her very attractive
daugifter-oecane faYnitar vsitors+o
Sea ticking County chapter head
quarters while this was proceeding.
But until Monday, the smile on the
face Of the little baby was reflected
only family in the face of the mo-
ther. Tuesday. Ichiko's smile was
not only around her mouth but in
her eyes and in every move she
made. For she knew that the next
day would bring her to the first
step on her way back to join her
husband. She would be with him
when the new addition to the Vince
Ter family arrived-and being with
him was all the family wanted.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28

If the japanese had landed IN the
East, they might have had a fight
ing chance to establish themselves
and q adually win at least the res
pect, ii not the love, of Occidental
nsighbors In California, however,
where most of them settled, and a.
long the West Coast in general an
Oriental agitation had preceded
them. Since the 1906 Chinese i'm
migrants had experienced recurrent
-t-sr -. Ois-Gs- <a$Sa4> alas Although
Camese immigration was cut off by
tie Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882,
the thousands who mad arrived pri-
or to that time Wede given to under
stand, especially by discriminatory
laws, that they would be doing Ca
lifornia a favor by leaving. Table
4(see last Saturdays paper shows
how effective the Exclusion Act was
from the racist viewpoint 1t was
revoked in 1913.
INHERIT PREJUDICE
AS the japanese increased in Ca
lilornia, they began to inherit white
1 anti Chinese prejudice. On May 7,
1900, the first broadside in the Ca
acknowledgements War" was fired at
a mass meeting in San Francisco.
sponsored by the local Labor Coun-
Gil. The chief speaker, DR. Edward
Ross, professor at Stanford Univer-
sity, blackballed the Japanese i'm
migrants as unassimilable, inimical
| to white laborers' interests and
lacking political feeling for Ameri-
4 ca
Many incoming japanese, it is
safe to say were not overly anXi-
GUS to take up permanent residence.
TransplantS into a hostile people,
they were as anxious to return to
Japan as Professor Ross was to have
them go, but that initial desire soon
\ flickered out. An ISSei woman, on
4 the occasion of her naturalization
4 in Denver in 1858, poignantly sum-
med up her sentiments and those OF
many other early immigrants.
We came, my husband and l, to
work hard for few years and to
make money so that we would be "a
bic to buy farm in Japan. Then
! the children came and we worked
harder. The house was filled with
their noise and their laughter and
| we began to forget why we had
/. come. When we did think of it, we
! found we could not leave and "a
bandOn the children. This was
their country and they spoke its
language. We realized too, that
there was more of our lives in this
America than we had left in Japan
This was our country too.
Had japanese immigration been
merely domestic issue, the nation
al government might have over
looked it. Its international impli-
cations, however, quickly reused
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-07-28
On InjjusticeS Against Japanese In U.S..

Washington to action. The federal
government could not allow Cali
fornia unreasonably to complicate
diplomatic relations with Tokyo by
discriminating against Japanese
immigrants, practically all of them
perforce aliens. Washingtons mo-
derating influence was most conspi-
cuous in the notorious San Francis
co affair.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-09-09
Thursday, September 8, 1854

assessments will be made as of
the date of payment and there
after be assumed by the pur-
chaser. Title examination, con-
veyancing, State and Federal rev.
enue stamps and all other costs
incident to settlemnt are to be
paid by the purchaser.
Compliance with terms of sale
shall be made within ten days
after final ratification of sale or
deposit shall be forfeited and the
property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaultant purchaser.
The property will be sold subject
to a prior encumbrance, the terms
and conditions of which will be
announced at the time of sale.
CONROY, WILLIAMS AND
NYLEN,
By John d. Gilmore, Jr.,
Attorney for Trustees. 1853
HOWARD BERNSTEIN,
GEORGE l.. BOSWELL,
Trustees.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-09-09
Notice of Hearing

Notice is hereby given that the
County Council will conduct a
Public Hearing in the County
Hearing Room ION Seventh
Floor County Office Building,
Rockville, Maryland,
AT 400 PM.
Tuesday, September Fl, 1854
on the proposal to improve GER
tain portions of Fenton Street,
Easley Street, Thayer Avenue,
Silver Spring Avenue, and other
roadways and alleyways inter
secting Herewith, all in the Sill
yer Spring Business District or
adjacent thereto. The estimated
cost of proposed Improvements is
1927, 235.00. Plans of said improve
mentS are available for inspec-
ton at; and full text of the Corn-
Gil Resolution proposing said i'm
provements may be obtained
from Rockville Offices of De-
partment of Public Works, Room
SOC, County Office Building.
WILLIAM B. MCKINNEY,
Clerk County Council for
Montgomery County, Md.
1896
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-09-09

they are the owners of all of the
tract of land in Montgomery
County, Maryland, known as and
called Section z, Woodside Park,
as above described; that it is de-
sirable and to the interest of all
persons concerned that the said
Is foot street between said Lots
2 and 3, Block A, Section Z, Wood
side Park, as shown on the above
described plat, be Abandoned;
that the proposed abandonment
has been submitted to the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission and the Maryland-Na
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, and that both have
consented to the said abandon-
ment; that said abandonment
does not affect any property ex-
cept that of the petitioners and
that no one is damaged thereby
and that there is no conflict in
the lines or names with the lines
or names of any other subdivi-
sion of record; it is thereupon,
this 18th day of August, 1854,
ORDERED, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, in equity, that all per-
sons having any. interest in or
affected by the abandonment of
said IS foot street or Lane, be-
tween Lots 2 and 3, Block A. Sec
ton 7, Woodside Park, as set
forth in said petition, appear
herein and show cause, if any
they have, why an order should
not be passed as prayed, on or
before the Goth day of September
1854, next; PROVIDED, a copy
of this Order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Mont
gomery County, Maryland, for 3
successive weeks before the 4th
day of September, 1854, next.
CHARLES w. WOODWARD,
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County
Sitting as a Court of Equity.
True copy fest:
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk. S04
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-09-09
Notice of Hearing

The County Council for Mont
gomery County on its own mo-
ton proposes two amendments to
the Fire Prevention Code of
Montgomery County (Chapter
146 of the Montgomery County
Code 1850.
l. 1t is proposed to amend sec.
1865 of the Mont. Co. Code 1850
so as to provide that no person
shall use explosives within Mont
gomery County unless a permit
therefor shall be first obtained
from the Fire Marshal; to pro-
hibit certain persons from using
explosives and to regulate the
use and handling of explosives.
2. 1t is proposed to add a new
section numbered 146-70A to the
Mont. Co. Code 1850 to read as
follows:
whenever a fire occurs in any
building of any kind, except a
private dwelling, it shall be the
duty of the owner, manager or
person in control of such build
ing, upon discovery of a fire, or
evidence of there having been a
fire, even though it has apparent
ly been eXtipguished, immediate
ly to cause notice of the existence
of such fire, circumstances of
same, and the location thereof to
be given to the local fire depart
ment. This requirement shall not
be construed to forbid the own
er, manager or person in control
of the aforementioned building
from using all diligence necessary
to eXtinguish such fire prior to
the arrival of the fire depart
ment."
Hearings will be held on these
proposed amendments by the
County Council in the County
Council Hearing Room, County
Office Building, Rockville, Mary
land, on
SEPTEMBER %, 1854
AT 400 PM.
1895
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-09-09

pose of construction, operating
and maintaining ana removing a
pipe line with valves, regulators,
meters, fittings, appliances, and
appurtenant facilities for trans
portation of natural gas, and for
such other and further relief as
its case may require.
1t is, thereupon, this Goth day
of August, in the year 1854, by
the Circuit Court for Montgom-
cry County, ORDERED that the
plaintiff by causing a copy of
the petition and of this order to
be set up on the land described
in the petition and by causing a
copy of this order to be inserted
in some newspaper published in
said Montgomery County once in
each of three successive weeks
before the 25th day of Septem-
Der, 1854, giving notice to the de-
PENDANT, Abba p. Schwartz, who
is a nonresident of the State of
Maryland, of the object and sub
stance of this petition, warning
him to appear in this Court, in
person or by solicitor, on or be-
fore the 5th day of October, next,
to show cause, if any he have,
why a decree ought not to be
passed as prayed.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
Clayton K. Watkins,
Clerk $50
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-09-09

will be required at time of sale,
balance upon ratification of the
sale by the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Maryland.
This property is being sold sub
iect to first trust of approximate
ly $12,O98.OO, and a second trust
of approximately $2500.00, the
terms and conditions of which
will be announced at the time of
sale. Taxes to be adjusted to date
of sale. All conveyancing, record
ing, revenue stamps, and title
charges to be at the cost of the
purchaser or purchasers.
ROY o. YAGEL,
Trustee
ROBERT S. BAINS,
Trustee 1920
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-09-09

closure, default having occurred
in the terms and conditions of
said Chattel Mortgage, the I'M
dersigned, I. John Ritterpusch,
Assignee, will on
Friday, September II, 1854
AT 400 O'CLOCK PM.
offer for sale at public auction
on the premises at the corner
of Kemp Mill Road and the Glen
nt-Colesville Road all that
property in said Chattel Mort.
gage described as follows:
30 dividing plates, No. 36A; 81
dividing plates No. 10; IA dummy
dividing plates; 70 ID inch
straight steel forms; so s inch
straight steel forms; II 4 inch
straight steel forms; % 6 inch
straight steel forms; 43 5 inch
straight steel forms; 10 ID inch
flexible steel forms; II 8 inch
flexible steel forms; 6 inch
flexible steel forms; 80 type c
Spacers for 8 inch curb; 300 feet
of 6 inch face forms and plates;
/ Welding Machine; 1 Hydraulic
Jack; 1 Wise and bench; 1 Air
Compressor; / Electric Drill; l
Holman Stove; l Electric Heat.
err; Desks and Miscellaneous
Equipment; l Safe; l File Cab.
met (Green); 1 File Cabinet
Brown; Office chairs; 1 Elec.
trio Adding Machine; 1 Check
Writing Machine; 1 Surveyors
Level; / Typewriter Under.
wood; 1 Welch Air-Flight Circu.
lator;
TERMS OF SALE: All cash
Also the following property;
Snow Plow; No. 2 Ford Truck
(49-211082); No. 4 Ford Truck
(46-699T1156723); No. 5 Ford
Truck (45-99T-65699O; No. IA
Ford Truck (98RTH 365313)
1850 Ford Automobile (M No
BOCS 11119D.
TERMS OF SALE: A cash de-
post of at least one-third Q/3)
of the sale price at the time OF
sale, the balance to be payable
five 90 days after ratification
of the sale by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, Mary.
land.
All costs of transfer, including
any tax, are to be paid by the
purchaser.
l. JOHN RITTERPUSCI
Assignee
26 East Montgomery Ave.
Rockville, Maryland 992
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-09-09
Robert S. Baines, Atty.
Silver Spring, Md.
Trustees Sale

OF Valuable Improved Real Els.
tate i'm Silver Spring, Mary.
land
Under and by virtue of the
power and authority conferred
upon them by certain Deed OF
Trust from Donald c. Winkler
and Rosie Lee Winkler, his wife
to Roy o. Yagel and Robert S
Bains, Trustees, dated October
"a, 1852, and recorded in LibeI
1924 Folio 372, one of the Land
Records of Montgomery County
Maryland, default having been
made in the payment of indebted
ness secured by said Deed of
Trust, and at the request of the
parties secured thereby, the un.
dersigned Trustees will offer for
sale at public auction in front
of the premises on:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1854
AT 400 PM.
the property described in said
Deed of. Trust is as follows:
Lot numbered Fourteen (14),
in Block lettered "C", in Section
numbered Four az, in a subdi-
vision known as "Sligo Park
Hills, being a resubdivision of
Lots 9 to II in Block "C", as
per plat recorded in Plat Book
26, Plat 1910, one of the Land
Records of Montgomery County,
Maryland, known as 511 Thayer
Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Terms of Sale
All Cash. A deposit of 100000