Entry of G.I. Jap Bride is Appealed

Notice of appeal from a Seattle Federal Court decision, which permitted Helene Bouiss, Japanese-German bride of an American soldier, to enter the United States, has been filed by immigration authorities, John P. Boyd, immigration law officer here, said today.

Mrs. Bouiss, bride of John Bouiss of Portland, Or., recently was released by United States District Judge Paul McCormick of Los Angeles, who was sitting in Seattle, on a writ of habeas corpus, after her detention by the Immigration Service in Seattle. She was detained as she attempted to enter the country as the non-quota immigrant wife in Japan when he was with the Army.

If the Seattle decision holds, it means that G.I.'s in Japan can marry Japanese girls and bring them to this country under the G.I. Bill of Rights, Boyd explained. The decision does not go so far as to say they can become citizens, but they can be brought to this country and live here, he said.