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6,454 Japanese Girls Have Married Americans Since War s EndBy EARNEST HOBERECHTri\OKYO (UP)—You probably re-call the sad story of “Madame Butterfly,* the poor little Japanese girl who pined away for herAmerican lover. Save your tears.Butterfly is doing OK In the romance department these days.She is doing too well, in fact, to suit some of the American girls who work for the U.S. occupation forces and, on the aide, keep ibeir eyes open for a potential husband. One of them asked bitterly the other day: “What have these Japanese girls got that we haven’t got?The answer—6,454 wedding rings.3,240 Go to U.S.Since 1945, there have been that many marriages between Japanese girls and American citizens in the occupation forces. So far, 3,240 war brides have left Japan to take up life with their husbands in the U.S.Most of these marriages were between Japanese girls and American citizens of'Japanese ancestry —second generation Japanese born In the U.S. Some of these men are former members of Hawaii's famous “Go for Broke” battalionwhich made such a fine combat record in World War U.Japanese girls are attracted to Americans because they offer a higher standard of living. The h;gh marriage rate has brought complaints from Japanese men that the Americans are “spoiling our women by treating them too democratically.”Many American soldiers like Japanese girls because “they are so thoughtful and considerate, and they recite an old saying-“The ideal way of life is to have a Western style house, a Chinese cook and a Japanese wife.”The occupation authorities have set up several obstacles to Amer-Gfobe-CirclmgTelevision Predicted By SarnoffCHICAGO (UP)—David Sarnoff, board chairman of Radio Corporation of America, says that some day television networks will circle the globe.Sarnoff, writing in the magazine Popular Mechanics, said several specific methods of telecasting around the world already are apparent.Icart-Japanese marriages in an attempt to prevent over-hasty action. Health certificates are required, permission must be obtained from officials and the man and girl must pass an Interview with a chaplain.Once married, however, the couple has the blessing of all concerned and gets a tremendous amount of help from the American community here.'Bride Schools' HelpThe Red Cross and the wives of American personnel conduct “Bride Schools” to help prepare the Japanese girls for life in the States and the Defense Department has announced plans to bring in a movie kh owing how an American and his Japanese wife get along in the U.S. The actors are Walter Lutz, veteran of the U.S. occupation forces, and the former Miwako F u r u k i. They have two children and operate a bamboo specialty shop in Cleveland.Not all the marriages have been successful. Some of the girls have returned to Japan, complaining that they were over-sold on the U.S. Their husbands weren’t millionaires and they had to do their own housework.The most widely publicized marriage that broke up was between the top-ranking Japanese movie actress, Mitsuko Miura, and Lt George H. Goda. They went to the States in 3943, but things djdn't work out and they parted. Mitsuko is now back in Japan trying to make a comeback.§?pretl)en §te Ueutsdj?
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European Stars and Stripes
Darmstadt, Hesse, DE
Sat, Jan 19, 1952
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