IMMIGRATION BARRIER
DANCER MARRIES ■ RUSSIAN. REFUSED RE-ADMITTANCE TO . AMERICA. Preas Association—By Telegraph—Copyright; NEW YORK October 2. (Received Oct. 2, at 9.55 p.m.) Isadora. Duncan, an American-born classic dancer, who recently married Serge Essenine, a Russian poet, in Moscow, thus losing her American citizenship, was detained with her husband upon arrival hero. No information is forthcoming from the immigration authorities in regard to the reason for her detention, but it was intimated that her association with the Soviet Government and her very liberal views on social conventions might be the cause. It is understood that the State Department requested her detention. The hearing of the case will be held on Monday, at which Duncan may attend to show the authorities that she is entitled to enter' the United States; otherwise she will bo obliged to return to France, whence she came,—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18675, 3 October 1922, Page 5
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