Woman Wrapped In Paper for C-C Indigent Burial
A woman indigent clothed in paper was buried at the Kaneohe Bay View Cemetery Feb. 3 and women of the Rebeccas Lodge, auxiliary of the Odd Fellows to which the deceased belonged have complained to the coroner.
The complaint caused Wilford K. Isaacs Sr., a funeral director in charge of indigent burials for Sunset Funeral Home, to invite the press and public officials this week to witness one of his burials.
Purposely Invited
"I invited them purposely, because these women had complained," Isaacs said. cont'd.
Cop Breaks Hard-Hat on Tanaka Foreman's Head
Innocent Man Roughed, Arrested By Vice Sq. Cop
When Peter Kanana, construction foreman, returned to "the job" late Friday afternoon to pick up a friend's car, he was seized, bashed on the head with a plastic safety hat, and held prisoner in a car for a time he estimates at an hour.
At the end of that time, he found out his assailant was not a thug, but Harry Kawamoto of the police vice squad.
Eventually, at the police station, he learned that he had been suspected of fleeing a nearby gambling game and seized by the officer on that pretext. Suffering from a head Injury that kept him off work next day and is still the subject of study and treatment by his doctor, Kanana was released after being asked by the officer in command of the vice squad whether or not he intended to “make trouble” for Kawamoto because of the incident. cont'd.
Women & Children Pitch In
Sugar Strikers Gaining Strength from Community Kokua for Victory
The twenty-six units of ILWU workers involved in the Territory-wide sugar strike — now in Its third week — are bursting out all over with "out to win" enthusiasm.
Their enthusiasm is based on many solid facts which their union solidarity has produced. This is how the facts shape up:
There are about 13,000 men and women workers out on strike. Many of them are married and so, plus their children, they add up to important segments of plantation township communities on every island.
They are important segments for many reasons. First of all, the real democratic processes of their union have developed rank and file action for one and all — regardless of sex and racial backgrounds. They are brothers and sisters in real industrial comradeship. cont'd.
Police Say Kanana Struck "Inadvertent" Blow By Cop
Police Capt. Alyn Edmonston said this week it is true the vice squad found it had taken the wrong man into custody when it arrested Peter Kanana, foreman for James Tanaka, last Friday, but his account of what happened varies somewhat from that given by Kanana.
The striking of Kanana with the safety hard-hat, he says, was "inadvertent," because Officer Harry Kawamoto, the man who did the striking, was merely taking it off in a hurry at the time, The captain says that when Kawamoto stepped forward, he identified himself as a police officer and seized Kanana, at which tune the foreman leaped back shouting he was not "the one," and Kawamoto moved rapidly. cont'd.
Lihue Sugar Worker Got Less than Outsider He Oversaw
A Kauai plantation crew leader man taking overall charge of 60-70 men, including employes of a Honolulu contracting firm, received $1.66 1/2 an hour while some workers he supervised were paid up to $3 an hour.
This happened at Lihue Plantation Co., prior to the present sugar strike. There at Lihue, employes of Terminal Steel worked side by side with plantation workers in constructing the new mill flume.
The company wanted to rush the work and the responsibility of the work largely fell on a leader man. cont'd.
Kunimoto's Hot Words to Star-Bull Reporter Brought Visit to Ray Coll
C-C Engineer Yoshio Kunimoto has no more "drag" with Editor Ray Coll and the Advertiser than the next fellow, even though he's a department head in the Blais-dell administration.
When the morning paper front paged Reporter Al Goodfader's story of how Kunimoto favored his old associates handing out architects' assignments, an instance was recalled when Kunimoto told a Star-Bulletin reporter he got better, treatment from the Advertiser. That was back when the afternoon paper was making big news out of the request of Irene Wong, Kunimoto's assistant, for further promotion.
That reporter, Jack Teehan, understood Kunimoto to say he "could take care of him" If he were working for the Advertiser and that Alien McGuire of the morning paper had told him so. cont'd.
Yon Hamm Boycotted By Retailers for Selling Cutrate Drugs to GEM
Retailers who buy drugs from Von Hamm-Young in anger boycotted the wholesaler when it sold about $10,000 worth of drugs to GEM discount house.
The retailers who paid higher prices for the same drugs claimed they could not meet GEM prices. They also claimed that Von Hamm instituted unfair competition among its customers.
The experience of Von Hamm differs from that of Ramsay, local GE distributor, according to business sources. cont'd.
In Our Dailies
Trying to debunk Star-Bull reporting is occupying the Advertiser these days. On Feb. 14, the Star-Bull ran a sensationalized yarn that the Mainland's Mafia crime syndicate was scouting Honolulu "as a potential area for its underworld activities." It was a second-hand sort of yarn because it quoted George Q. Cannon, chairman of the police commission, about statements Chief Dan Liu allegedly made to the commission.
Next day, the Advertiser quoted the chief as saying "I've never heard of the Mafia having plans on moving, into Honolulu." (On Nov. 21, the RECORD reported how Tony Accardo, an Al Capone henchman, was "reportedly on a visit here.")
Determined to nail down the 'Tiser's attitude, the Star-Bull on Feb. 17 buried a short story on page 18 which quoted Chief Liu as stating: "All the information . carried in the story pertaining to my remarks before the police commission was exactly what I said." The chief added that at no time had he "pooh-poohed" the facts, as the 'Tiser reported he had. cont'd.
Political Notes
Is it True "You Can't Fight City Hall?" Watch Nesta Gallas Try
By Staff Writer
A good many people, "civilians" as well as government employes, will be watching with interest to see what steps Mrs. Nesta Gallas takes to regain her job as personnel director of the city civil service department.
It's been a theory here as in many Mainland cities that, "You can't fight City Hall." But anyone who has followed the career of Mrs. Gallas from her original employment with the Territorial civil service system on through her career with the city and county will agree that, if anyone CAN fight City Hall it's Nesta. Highly intelligent, as hep to City Hall politics as anyone in it, Mrs. Gallas has demonstrated often that she is a hard and fearless fighter when she believes she's right. Fighting now for her own $12,500 job and backed up by the report of the mayor's "blue ribbon" committee, she figures to be as formidable as a lioness" protecting her cubs. cont'd.
Foreign Cars Take Third of Sales
Imported foreign car sales zoomed from 46 for the month of January 1956, to 73 for the same month in 1957, to 3D7 for the past month.
The 307 figure represents 27 per cent of all cars sold on Oahu in January and indicates that domestic cars will have tougher going in months ahead. About 10,000 cars were sold on Oahu last year and if the lighter make foreign cars are to grab one third of the market, not only the auto dealers but service stations will be affected by the trend.
Lighter cars get more tire and gas mileage. cont'd.
Oahu ILWU Golf
Richard Kanno won the Oahu ILWU Golf Club's January ace tournament played Sunday at the Pali course. He carded a 79-8—71 score.
Ball prize winners were: Wataru Watabu, Blackie Nagamine, M. Nagamine, Arata Chinen and Manuel Pimental (low gross).
The monthly special tournament will be held at the Ala Wai course on March 2, starting at 11:50 a.m.
In August, 1891, 300 Chinese workers rioted against planter L. Aseu at Kohala, claiming he had "shipped" them under false pretenses. Dispersed with bullock whips, 65 were arrested and dragged by their long hair to jail.
TV & Radio
NEWTON MIYAGI'S appointment to the Red Cross board of directors created lively comment on "What's Your Opinion?" which is moderated by Don Carter (KGU weekdays).
A total of 19 listeners phoned in their anonymous opinions — 12 of them women, seven men. Most of the women reeled of anti-Miyagi venom because some people say that he is a "communist. One wahine brushed off their arguments by saying "we need all the brains we can get."
Two men, who described themselves as "small business" owners, called the women "spiteful" and "ignorant bleeding hearts" who, by boycotting the Red Cross, will "hurt the very ones who need-help." cont'd.
Down Movie Lane
"PAL JOEY" is Hollywood's over sanitized version of the famous Rodgers and Hart gamey musical that had two long Broadway runs (1940 and 1952) and skyrocketed Gene Kelly to stardom.
Joey in the play was a hoofer but in the movie Joey doesn't dance a step but somehow Frank Sinatra as Joey crowds the screen with rhythm every time he moves.
The story shows Joey, a performer in second-class dives, as a first-class heel who endears himself to rich women. He hooks an ex-stripper (Rita Hayworth), now a wealthy widow, who sets him up in his own swank night club. On the side, Joey makes a play for the younger love of Kim Novak who trudges through the show in a wooden performance. cont'd.
Plantation Carpenter Produces Topnotch Little League Players
When Alan Shimamoto of Kapaa, Kauai, struck out 15 batters in six innings of a Little League game between the Kapaa Phillies and the Hilo Boys' Club at Aiea two years ago, Honolulu baseball scouts looked over the youngster carefully. He was then a sixth grader and 11 years old.
Since then Iolani School has offered Alan a scholarship which he has turned down. Now Punahou is making overtures. Alan is now in the eighth grade.
The eight are represented by Myer C. Symonds, while Harold Evensen of the C-C Attorney's office represents Chief Liu, and George Kobayashi represents Officer Sasaki. cont'd.
Housing Shortage Will Continue in '58, C-C Report Says
"All facts indicate to a continuing shortage of housing and there is no indication of substantial relief in 1958."
That, in a nutshell is the gist of the annual report of the Honolulu Rent Control Commission, signed by Director O. C. Soares and approved by Chairman David R. Owens.
To substantiate the statement, the report quotes as follows from a Star-Bulletin editorial as follows: cont'd.
Pay for Jobless is Recession Stabilizer
Mainland states are pouring out more than $210 million monthly to help people who have lost their Jobs in the Eisenhower recession.
There's a lot more where this is coming from — about $8,700,000,000 more. That was the amount in the reserve fund at the end of 1957.
The fund is maintained by a payroll tax which is paid entirely by employers in all but one or two of the states. More than 43 million persons, or 83 per cent of all non-agricultural wage and salary workers, are covered by the unemployment compensation.
More than three million of these now are drawing benefits. The amount of benefits, and the duration, varies from state to state. Average payments are below $30 a week. Many states, like New York and Wisconsin, pay the benefits for 26 weeks. During December, Jobless were exhausting their benefit rights at the rate of more than 22,000 a week.
New York has the highest number getting benefits—355,025—and Michigan has 200,000.
6,354 From Japan Admitted to U.S.
In contrast to Japan's annual quota of 185, a total of 6,354 immigrants from Japan were admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957.
Of the total, 159 were quota immigrants and 6,195 were nonquota. Of the latter, 5,003 were the wives of U.S. citizens 168 were husbands of U.S. citizens, 442 were children of U.S. citizens, including adopted and adoptive orphans, two were spouses of American hemisphere country citizens, two were former citizens of the U.S., and 541 were so-called refugees.
Since the Walter-McCarran Act became effective in 1952 more than 40,000 Japanese have been admitted for permanent residence in the U.S.
American industry" during 1957 used some 133 million tons of iron ore in producing 115 tons of steel. Imports of ore amounted to 31 million tons.
Gadabout
Nobody has done it here yet, but we've heard talk in local circles that somebody may before long buy and set up a Thompson sub-machinegun as legally as though it were a water-pistol. You can read the story of how it's done in last week's Saturday Evening Post in an article titled, "Murder Weapons for Sale," by Ashley Halsey, Jr. He sent off for one of these welded war relics and also for an extra Thompson barrel from another company. Then he used some dime store tools for about an hour on the gun and had the welded barrel out and the new one in and a Chicago "chopper" ready for action. He fired it enough to know it would work, then got rid of it. And he bought it in the name of his small daughter just to see if, as the advertisement said, "age makes no difference." The guys thinking of doing it here aren't the Mafia, either.
Richard Miyamoto, the man who got appointed to the Hilo judgeship, may find there's a difference between being appointed and getting confirmed. He wasn't endorsed by the Bar Assn. of the Territory, apparently, -but only that from the Big Island, because he isn't widely known enough. He's been the magistrate at Kona prior to his recent appointment. cont'd.
Through A Woman's Eyes
13 Years After
By Amy Clarke
"The Diary of Anne Frank" is a most refreshing change from the zany comedies and musicals the Honolulu Community Theater has been putting on.
It is a haunting play, tremendously exciting, and its theme of faith and courage is especially timely today when the fate of the world may depend on the strength or weakness of the people who want peace.
If you will see no other play this year, see this one. If you have a teen-age son or daughter, or know any, do what you can to let them see it.
As I made the arrangements for my daughter to go, and tried to visualize the play through her eyes, I realized how much of the play's strength is its background, painfully real to us who lived through those grim days. cont'd.
Sport Shorts
Big Isle Briefs. Ed Toma, ex-University of Hawaii and McKinley High star, has been named new head football coach of Hilo High School succeeding Kazuma Hisanaga, who resigned recently after putting in 10 years of service with the Vikings. Toma was an outstanding lineman during his playing days. He is currently at Kailua High School. One of Toma's assistants at Hilo will be Herman Clark, formerly of Punahou and Oregon State and most recently with the Chicago Bears of the National Pro loop.
The Puna Braves and Wanderers have been admitted into the Hawaii Baseball League, the Big- Island's "major" circuit. Heading' the Nomads are Dr. Francis Wong and Holi Correa. Dr. Charles (Chuck) Ota, veteran leader of Puna sports groups, is president of the newly organized Puna Athletic Assn., which is sponsoring the Braves. The league will open following the conclusion of the Hilo AJA loop season. cont'd.
ILWU Softball
Defending champion Hawaiian Pine took over undisputed leadership of the Honolulu ILWU Soft-ball League by handing the Castle & Cooke Dockers a 8-3 thrashing in the League's top game played Sunday morning at Ala Moana Park.
It was Hapco's second straight win. Love's Bakery rapped out 14 safeties to wallop Oahu Transport 18-6, and Automotive edged Libby 6-3 in other games played. Hapco tallied five runs in the first frame and added three more in the fifth to completely outclass the Stevedores.
Winning pitcher Tommy Trask limited the Dockers to a measly three hits, while his mates helped themselves to seven blows off Jimmy Dias. Larry Miyasato and John Kamae paced Hapco's attack with two safeties. Miyasato drove in three runs on a homer.
The Bakery Transport set-to was a loosely played affair with the Bakers denting the rubber six times in the initial chapter and eight in the fourth. Automotive took advantage of costly enemy errors and opposition pitching wildness to mark up two runs in the first and four in the third innings. Gus Yano of Libby led the stickers with three hits.
This Sunday's games: Castle & Cooke versus Flo's Fountain (Star-Bulletin), Oahu Transport versus Automotive, Libby versus Hawaiian Pine. First game at 9 a.m.
A Fighting Man With Color
By Skinny
The crowd of spectators at Armory
College of Boxing for Young Gentlemen (Dean Henry Sasaki presiding) is rather large this week. Most of the patient watchers are fans of Rocky Ramon Kalingo, visiting practitioner from the Philippine Islands, who goes against Stan Harrington, the "bull" of Hawaiian Pine College, next Tuesday. it is a battle which promises much, and the interest is understandable.
But something new has been added. There is an additional zip of excitement in the air because not only one outstanding practitioner, but two, are working out daily and they're close to the same weight. Eventually, they'll be working out together and that's what the spectators are waiting for. Because both are fighting men who take pride in their work, Both are too proud to "take it easy" on a sparmate of anything like their own caliber. cont'd.
Russia Eyes World Tennis Competition
After making a tremendous impact on other forms of world sport —Russians didn't make their Olympic debut until 1952 — the Soviet Union is readying tennis players for international competition at Wimbledon, England.
The Soviet Union sent observers, the Christian Science Monitor reports, to Wimbledon in 1955 and followed this move by joining the International Lawn Tennis Federation.
Last year they sent their state tennis trainer and a group of leading young men and women players to study the techniques of the world's top players at Wimbledon. in July, the Soviets staged a tournament in Moscow in which they played teams from Eastern European countries. The Lenin Stadium in Moscow has a center tennis court with seating for 18,000 spectators.
Soviet authorities have made it plain that their players won't seek world titles until they have attained Wimbledon standards.
Creed for Big Biz Outlined by Expert
In a new book, "Corporate Public Relations," by John W. Hill (Harper,--$3.50) of the New York counselling firm of Hill and Knowlton, there appears the following creed for progressive management:
"A corporation exists to serve the common good and must constantly justify its performance on that basis before the bar of public opinion.
"Integrity of quality and fairness of price, with respect to products and services, are not only morally right, but are also essential to public acceptance and business growth.
"Individual human dignity is a value of fundamental importance, and provision of good wages and good working conditions for employes is a basic management obligation.
"Employes have every right to seek economic improvement and changes in working conditions."
Harrington in Hospital; Awaits Medic's Decision
While rumors flew thick and fast in downtown fight circles that Stan Harrington's latest ailment is only a pretext — perhaps on the part of Promoter Bill Pacheco to delay the fight until after the sugar strike, the star welterweight, himself, lay in a bed at St. Francis Hospital under the orders of Dr. Thomas Chang one of the two boxing commission physicians, pending further study of the abscess which caused the cancellation of his fight with Rocky Kalingo next Tuesday.
Until Dr. Chang can make a determination of whether his "abscess" is merely a simple cyst, or has some relationship to the fighter's left collarbone, Harrington is indefinitely out of boxing, if the object turns out to be a mere cyst, Harrington may be back in action in 10 days. If a scraping of the bone is required, no one can say when he'll be able to fight again. cont'd.
Sugar Mediators
To S .F.; Words Vary From Quinn's
Federal mediators George Hillenbrand and Earl Ruddy were talking of an "impasse" in sugar negotiations when they left for the Mainland Wednesday to confer with their boss on the West Coast.
"We want to talk to anyone who may contribute to a settlement," they said, a somewhat different view was expressed by Gov. William Quinn, who has been under criticism locally for attending a travel convention on the Mainland while the strike is in progress.
Quinn, according to an AP story from Santa Barbara, said, "We are, not built to stand this loss long in our economy, I am hopeful a settlement will be worked out soon. I am in daily touch with the situation and would not be hero if a settlement was not near." cont'd.
Waialua ILWU Show
Approximately 700 persons took in the Waialua ILWU Health & Strength Club's third annual show held at the Waialua High School auditorium last Saturday evening.
The show featured the appearance of Tommy Kono, world and Olympic Games champion. He gave various weightlifting exhibitions.
Kono and Dr. Richard You were presented with a trophy table table lamp by sponsors of the show in appreciation for their assistance in putting on the annual shows.
Also appearing on the show were Clifford Yee, up and coming Honolulu lifter, and Emiliano Lacuesta of Haleiwa. Posing exhibitions were given by members of Dean's Health and Strength. Studio of Honolulu, through the courtesy of Dean Higuchi. They included five men and two women. Members of the ILWU Club gave weightlifting and posing exhibitions.
A program of songs and dances by the Waialua Filipino Community Assn. preceded the Strength. Eddie Lapa was master of ceremonies. Speeches were given by Harold Shin, ILWU Unit 51 chairman, and Antonio Rania, Local 142 president. President of the Waialua ILWU Health and Strength Club is Joe Lunasco.
Soviet and Chinese River Prefects Grow
The U.S. must pay more attention to Soviet and Chinese river developments as well as to the Soviet progress in missiles, Sen. James E. Murray (Dem.), chairman of the Senate Interior Committee says in a report he's forwarded to President Eisenhower.
In the irrigation of new farm lands the report says that the Soviet union has announced plans which "include 600-mile canals, reversing enormous rivers, cutting through mountain ranges by atomic blasts and even changing the climate of whole provinces."
China, the report says is employing some 20 million citizens on a vast series of flood-control, irrigation and hydro-electric projects.
The City Charter and Water
The City Charter and Water is the City Charter Commission afraid to include the Board of Water Supply completely within the jurisdiction of city administration—and to have it operate just as any other department — because any such move would invite strong opposition from powerful economic interests, which in the end may kill the charter?
There is talk that a fight over the water board would mean death of the charter.
Water is important to everyone. But to certain elements it has special interest, for water determines the value of land, especially undeveloped land. cont'd.
More and More Blind
Progress is the story in almost every aspect of our nation's health. Every year gains are chalked up against cancer, heart disease, tuberculosis, mental illness and diseases of infancy. Blindness, however, is on the increase. More Americans lost their sight in 1956 than in any previous year: 27,000 men, women and children became blind.
Why is the sightless population of the United States at a record high of 334,000? Science has made progress in knowledge about the human eye. Much has been learned about how to prevent blindness. And yet we have more and more blind. cont'd.
A Man Who Need Help
By Koji Ariyoshi
A few years ago the Reverend Soon Hyun, Methodist Episcopal minister, then 75 years of age, directed a worldwide appeal in asking support "of my youngest son, David Hyun, who faces physical persecution and death by deportation to South Korea."
That 1954 attempt by the Immigration Department to deport David Hyun, architect, who was born in Seoul and raised in Hawaii from the age of 7, was stopped. Public officials, eminent journalists and private citizens responded to the appeal, giving affidavits stating that from their first-hand knowledge they felt certain David Hyun would be assassinated if deported to Korea. The Immigration .Department which had arrested David as an "undesirable" alien under the McCarran Act was forced to suspend the deportation because of popular demand. cont'd.