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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 December 1939, Page 4

Married Men in Army. Of 1329 men who have volunteered for military service in the No. 4 military area (Hamilton), exclusive of officers. 244 are married mon, while the majority of the 84 officers also are married. Of the married men in the ranks, 17 have five children. 13 have four children, 27 three children. 51 two children, and 83 one child. The remaining 53 have no children. Thus 191 married men with children have volunteered. However, only six of the married men in the ranks have so far been sent to camp. Nazi Fury Over Song. German fury over the song ‘‘Hanging Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line'’ is helping to swell the fortunes of its two composers—Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr. “We’re glad that the Nazis are angry; they've given the song a wonderful, international boost," Mr Carr told the London “Sunday Chronicle.” “Our hope is that we will both be with the boys when they hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line." Jimmy Kennedy. 3G-year-old Irish ex-schoolmaster, is now with an antiaircraft unit “somewhere in England." Michael Carr, 35-year-old native of Leeds, is an A.R.P. volunteer, waiting his opportunity to enlist in the Army. A woman writer wonders why the modern youth seems to prefer buying a ear to getting married. He probably realises that it is easier to back out of a garage.