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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, May 11, 1947

   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1947, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Marriage Boom continued from 5 in this new trend toward individualism a possible prelude to a new movement of liberalism and away from Herbert an eminent Frankfurt agrees with Nassauer ideas but believes in addition that a change inthe German male is responsible for the new marriage he broke Down the spirit of adventure the male and made him woman like in his longing for the Security of the in times of the Normal polygamous characteristics of the a product of High living stand Ards and a life of disappear and the male becomes More in favor of the deeper and More serious Union of in mans search for he turns to one woman who will help him build and preserve his Shell against the bachelors Are becoming virtually extinct in Germany he they Are a product of easier times when the single life offered All the advantages and none of the disadvantages of the he is regarded by society As a Freak and by medical men As a As for the sack they have remained much the same in their Basic desires to marry end Bear surveys show Over 85 per cent of Ger Many unwed women want to marry or there Are a few who have found a degree of intellectual and artistic Independence in jobs which circumstances forced them to take and Are reluctant to sacrifice their careers for but these women Are in the sack millions of German women who worked for the first time during the War were Only too glad to leave the offices and factories for a Home of their in sacks own the majority of patients suffering from nervous ailments Are unwed either spinsters or have developed varying degrees of neurosis from frustration or hormonal disturb War tipped the balance of Ger Many population to the distaff Side and the country surplus women number seven and a half for every Hundred men Between the Ages of Twenty to there Are one Hundred eighty four women in the Twentyfive to thirty age there Are sixty nine extra women for every Hundred males in the thirty to thirty five the women out number the men one Hundred and fifty nine to one while Over the age of there Are almost twice As Many women As it seems quite Likely that the resulting keenness of Competition for partners among the women of Ger Many has been an additional stimulus to the marriage in Many of it has produced unions so Hasty that there is constant danger of mass marital reflected in the country rising divorce Psychol sociologists and believe that the general effect of the rising marriage rate will have a desirable effect on Germany postwar they see in the cur rent Boom a healthy reaction to the moral laxity and anarchy of values which became evident with the Rise of Hitler and grew into the debacle of the third tornadoes continued from Page n that says most of the men have played semipro they know the they dont drink they dont smoke too and they dont stay out they really get a lot of fun out of playing Ball like most of the other members on his Bola is a his Allaround ability earned the Odd first name for him Back in 1935 when a regular army was doing a hitch with the tenth cavalry at new not from his Home Highland one of John sons friends took a Cue from the boo Baboola theme song of the radio program Jack ail american also famed for his accomplishments in american and settled one of the Boolas on one of the heaviest Tornado hitters is Geronimo Chunky the name of the famed Indian chief was rather Willy to Mcconnell in his High school Days when he played foot snagging a Forward pass during one he set off Down the bounding like a frightened Deer for the enemy goal someone in the stands boomed there goes and the name a baseball Geronimo looked so Good to his High school coach that the Mentor recommended him to the Newark one obstacle threat ened to upset his chances with that Geronimo was Ball Joe manager of the wanted to keep him because he had a Good Eye and he was he could run the Hundred Yards in less than ten if he  face a Pitcher he was no Good to the so Jackson devised a training routine which would either make or break every Day for a month Geronimo was made to face a fast Ball Eye was standing Halfway Between Home plate and the a screen at his Back prevented Geronimo from shying away from the after a month of that he didst care what the Pitcher was or so he the crucial test came in a game i Cleveland against the Kansas City stand up Jackson shouted he cant do any kill Geronimo figured it was now or stepping into the first he banged out a Ever he the been hitting everything they serve up to one habit nobody has been Able to break him is Bis insistence on catching everything with one Geronimo claims it int exhibitionism at he simply Doest know How to pull that Ball out of the air any other he caught football passes that and he snags looping Fly balls toe same coach Bola tried to talk him out of the unorthodox but to no ill pay you for every Ball i the outfielder promised John As of last Bola haunt collected a single scrap of which is the Way the coach wants to keep Johnson retires from the by army next Twenty years of he Hopes to go Back with the Newark for whom he used to pitch an occasional game at eight dollars a but i dont think ill see another team with the drive and willingness that these boys he and if they dont get too Over con the time they lost to the 122nd transportation corps truck battalion in a no league Johnson thinks their git Panago May Perch the tornadoes on top of the Heap come weekends cover studying while across the seat of his is parked near Paris notre Dame is sorbonne student Dick of cover photo graph by weekends Michael Story of former servicemen studying in Paris is on pages 8 and no material May be reproduced Only of specific prior permission grafted 3v to weekend should be accompanied by addressed envelopes and return weekend is not responsible for unsolicited contributions  
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