on this day: 1950

["Rowan" <rowan@juryo.com>]

Japan News, Friday 13th October 1950
 
Sumo Star Was Sued

 The big sumo champ was sued by an ex-school ma'am, making the headlines of the week. 
 Name of the champ was Haguroyama and the charge against him breach of promise (to marry). 
 The plaintiff, Fumiko Sato, 32, demanded "consolation money" of 1,000,000 yen. 
 The story behind all this was not so uncommon. 
 The two enemies of today met during the war, fell in love and had a baby. 
 But the war came to a end and the sumo champ, leaving Fukmko-san, shot up to prominence as one of the shiniest stars in the sumo business. 
 Dazzled by his own radiance, he even began to ignore his financial duty as a daddy, or so said the ex-school ma'am. 
 The champ was the second sumo star to be sued on the same charge this year.
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