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TEN MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Mondiy, Dae. IX, IS44
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OVER 45 AS
Howard Savant Advocates
Handling Post-War Prob
lems by Middle Aged
Cambridge, Mass., Deo. 11
U.PJ A world police force made
tip entirely of men over 45 to
handle postwar military occu
pation problems was . proposed
today by Or. Earnest A. Hooton,
Harvard anthropologist.
"These men would have com
pleted their families and the
greater part of their life work,
and might well devote their re
maining years to service in pay
ment of the benefits and happi
ness they have enjoyed," said
Dr. Hooton who turned 57 last
month. "Why should the old do
al lthe dancing and the young
pay the piper? If we must feed
the swine, let us (top casting
pearls and start giving them
husks.
. "We might as well have our
coronary thrombosis on the bat
tlefield as on the golf course."
"Besides," he said in an inter
view, "if men all over the world
did not reach military age until
their 45th year, it would all
come out even and the tempo of
warfare would be slowed down
everywhere. In any event, we
would better wait and see how
old Germans fight before we
scratch off the senile as unfit
for military service."
Dr. Hooton believes that this
army of middle-aged males could
be increased by automatically
qualifying for selective service
anyone who applies for a di
vorce. "Since our main purpose Is
the preservation of the Ameri
can family, it is clear that we
need not exempt from military
duties individuals who have fail
ed in their family life," he ex
plained. "The older men are no
longer needed by their families
and often both have had enough
of each other anyhow.' These
men would be satisfied with
plenty of cigarets. Their wives,
emancipated from maternal
duties, could become nurses,
Waces and Wacs. Of course, this
would be hard on the teachers
of bridge.
"If a man of 50 falls In battle
or in trying to train for it
the country has only lost about
one-sixth of a life, and not the
best sixth, at that. It has lost
nothing at all from the stand
point of bllogical survival, and
not much from an economic
standpoint. When a boy of 18
is killed, the country has lost a
whole life, including everything
that has been put into education
and upbringing. It has also lost
the possible progeny of the in
dividual sacrificed in youth."
ACHED FROM BULLET
Chicago (U.PJ Abe Berger's
shoulder has been bothering him
ever since a night .four years
ago when two stickup men jump
ed him as he was homeward
bound. In the fight, one of the
men hit hint on that shoulder.
Recently, Berger went to a doc
tor, who examined the aching
shoulder and removed a ,32-cali-
ber bullet.
Closlnf time for Sunday Too Late
to Classify 6:30 Saturday afternoon
r lease rememoer. t
SEABEE OFFICER
L
A Seabee Interviewing officer
from the Portland navy recruit
ing station will' be at the Med
ford substation in the Postoffice
building from" 12 noon until 6
p. m. on Monday, Dec. 18, to
provide information concerning
the petty officer ratings which
have recently been reopened in
the navy's famous construction
units.
Any man between the ages of
17 and 50'$, inclusive, is eligi
ble for a rating if he can quali
fy physically and technically
and if he is not already in an
essential industry, it is explain
ed by Specialist First Class
Herb. Crain, In charge of the
substation.
Seventeen-year-olds and men
between 38 and 50V4 can enlist
immediately, and the plan of
voluntary induction has been re
opened to draft-age men (18 to
88). If found qualified for a rat
ing by the visiting interviewing
officer, they may apply to their
draft boards for voluntary in
duction into the Seabees.
The recruiter announces that
the following ratings are now
open in the construction battal
ions: electricians (line, station
an dgeneral), bulldozer and carry-all
operators, patrol graders,
riggers, crane operators, weld-'
ers, blacksmiths, plumbers, pipe
fitters, hatch bosses, winchmen,
stevedores, surveyors and draftsmen.
T
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IN SOLOMON AREA
New York, Dec. 11 (U.PJ A
"fairly severe" earthquake, at a
distance of about 8,400 miles in
the direction of the Solomon is
lands, was recorded yesterday on
seismographic instruments at
Fordham university. Father Jos
eph Lynch, seismologist, report
ed today.
Two shocks were recorded,
Father Lynch said, one at 12:43
p. m. (EWT) and the second at
12:50 p. m.
Cpl. M.K.Williams
In Troop Cited For
Action Above Anzio
Cpl. Marshall K. Williams,
son of C. J. Williams, route 1,
box 550-C, is a member of the
36th division cavalry' reconnais
sance troop, which has been cited i
for exceptional performance in
Italy, according to a news story
from Stars and Stripes received
by his sister, Mrs. D. G. Miller,
route 1, box 109-G.
"Participating in the 29-day
push from the Anzio beachhead
ijrea through Rome to the hills
overlooking Pisa, the troop dis
tinguished itself in many in
stances," the article stated.
The troop received much
credit for the allied success
above Rome when they braved
artillery, mortar and small arms
fire to make hazardous forward
reconnaissances and to maintain
contact between adjacent units,
the article further said.
Cpl. Williams is now In
France, the troop having been re
cently assigned to tnat area. He
has been in the army more than
two years and overseas for the
last 21 months.
Closing time for Classified Ads S
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TAXPAYERS ASK INCREASE
Benton, 111. U.PJ The Frank
lin county board of review has
granted a most unusual petition.
A group of Ewing township resi
dents asked that their tax assess
ments be increased. The request
was said to have been prompted
by the taxpayers' desire to in
crease the amount of tax rev
enue funds available for town
ship government functions.
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