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Advice to servicemen from a homebound general
In a homespun column from Aytona Beach the writer, amid domestic duties, answers reader queries on military life. A brigadier general (joking about rapid rank changes) is advised to retire and find a rich wife, while an ex GI seeks a GI haircut and is teased with absurd methods. A Portland wife is teased about navy talk, and the columnist suggests making her the ship’s skipper to restore order.
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Oregon