IMMIGRATION: Romance at the Soo

John W. Hampshire of Ft. Wayne cannot go into Canada. His Canadian wife cannot enter the U. S. For months their only meetings have been aboard the international ferry Agoming running from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. to Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. Sometimes a sympathetic captain let them sit in the engine room to keep warm and hold hands. Last week ice in the Soo temporarily stopped the ferry, ended their romance for the winter.

John and Mary were married in Toledo in 1930 and went to Ontario to live with Mary's parents. John...

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