The Times from Hammond, Indiana • Page 65

Shod Dogs Patrol U.S. Base in Germany 5. AIR 444 At amt UP a DANGER, MEAN This snarling -chafer hund demonstrates his way of chasing uninvited visitors from US Air Force base at Landstuhl, Germany To protect his feet from concrete runways he wears shoes Converting GI Insurance Policies Urged World War II veterans holding term GI hfe insurance might do well to ponder the experience of nearly 20 000 veterans of World War I who did: convert their term policies to permanent GI insurance That the advice of Robert Beer manager of the Veterans Administration regional office in Chicago Term GI insurance he explained must be renewed every five years at an increasingly higher premium rate Having carried their term GI policies through as many as seven renewals these 20 000 World War I veterans now face an almost soluble problem Beer sud AT FRIGIN 62 sears of age with their earrings generally de clining they ace finding the renew al cost of their term pollens 50 lugh that many of them a10 bing forced to drop their GI insurance 7 sen those who can afford to ren currently miny not be able to do so in another five years Bur point do it He said that World War II vet erans can avoid the dilemma of their older comrades by converting to permaneit GI insurance The mutual cost of primanent insurance 18 higher thin tum but the pre mi im rates do not increase In addition Beer explained perminent GI insurance has a cash Irrend extended insurance pud LANDSTUHI Germans (AP) If antone cont prowling around the big US Air Force base here he runs a good chance of a rough encounter with a big sharp end and sharp toothed watchdog And whats more that dog will probably be wearing shoes' German sheep cogs or schaferhunds have been enlisted In the big job of patrolling this sprawling airbase The scha fu hund has a long tradition as faithful shepherds helper and watchdog Gentle and responsive to handlers he can be trained to attack intruders with fierce courage MUCH OF the All base patrol duty lakes the dogs over hard crete runways Shortly after they were first assigned to the 1m- portant giard duty their German handlers noticed that the constant padding over the concrete WAS giving them 50:1 feet The problem was solved with shocs Expat German shoemakers fashion each st of dog shoes from tracings of the animal foot print At first the dogs fussed at the footgear but by now they have be come accustomed to the idea and would no more go on duty without them than would their two le gged buman buddies Furthermore the pampered and valuable wit hdoss have a choice of footwear Lich one 15 quipped with several sots of shoes And when It comes to Inspections the privil Aed ammals are con luckier than their soldier buddies Th handlers do the polishing for the ni Insurance and 'oan value Term insurance his none of these Information about conversion of GI policies is as ulable at the VA office in Chicago SALLY'S SALLIFS 11-9 0 1937 King Features Syndicate lac World glee "Why don you greet me cheerfully when I come honve like thus?" un unag Work With New Electronic 'Brains' Opens Field for Army Math Experts WASHINGTON BIZMAC UNIVAC, GARBAGE IN-GARBAGE OUT--all new terms in the Army 'They haven't replaced GOVERNMENT ISSUE or BY THE NUMBERS and probably wont, but In small, select circle the re heard more frequently than the old expressions used by millions of veterans of World War II and Korea For these colorful espressions 110 put of the work las soc abulari of the malt 2:1 mathemati who man the Arms elec tronte computors the brains that fad the right figures bi the men who know how come up with the right 121 2 matter of split seconds Specialist 3 Willam Mellon of Gardner Mass 19 a master one of these machine some of which are A4 5g as four basket ball courts MELLIN. a man of unusual upation has an unusual title His 811 electronic computer program mer one of a group performing 219 highly specialized soldiers 101 this unique military feli In his Signal Corps work with the computer Melhn might be given a problem to solve in connection with radio frequency data Done the old fashioned way it might have taken 50 girls with hand calculating machines a week to come up with the answer One man however in this case Mellin "programs the problem pre-planning task that may take a few hours OL couple of days of figuring out the step by stop proc048 to be taken by the electronic brain" When this Is completed the Information is fed often As mathe matical formulae- into the maw of the machine and depending on the magnitude of the problem the answer is obtained 111 seconds or minutes MELT STEP is debugging or checking the accuracy of the work Did the results meet the original requirementy or should the prob lem be rerun with That where Garbage in Carbageout (GIGO) enters the vocabulary Mellin explains "If the problem has been sloppily programmed the answer will be just as incorrect 10 the progrummer made mistakes the machine wilt make mistakes It ant correct them cause it can do one thing It cant think for at st If Men like Mellin are not picked out of basic training units and taught thar Army jobs by the numbers But the Army taught hum plenty just the same A 1952 Duke University graduate In rconomics and mechanical ngineer ing he became interested in com puters 89 he watched the televi sion reports of that 8 national elections Fascinated by the possibilities of fared in the relatively new field he went to work for one of the brain manufacturers his starting job conslating of right hours of school daily followed by MIX months apprenticeship on the ma chine WHEW entered the Army he was quickly returned to seicral schools operated by manu facturera of various models that the Army us The idea, of course WAS to help him become familiar with the different machines used by the Army and especially by the Signal Corps All the 'brains Incidentally Arent found in the Pentagon or in the Army's research and development laboratories They've also become almost Indispensable in what old soldiers still fondly call the field' The employment of new weapons systems requires the use of lightning calculations which has created a demand for trained programmers The complexity of the modern Army means equally complex sup. ply and accounting systems to insure that field units have what they need when and where they Observe Anniversary SALT LAKE CITY Utah (AP) The famed Salt Lake Tabernacle choir is observing An anniversary its 25th successis 31 ar of Sunday morning broadcasts over the Col umbia Broadcasting System Presi dent Fisenhower and A score of other government officials have sent congratulations 3 Jar.

4 'BRUIN'S' BRAIN Mechanical brains are with first-class human mind to figure what information to fed them. Specialist Third Class Willam Melhn of Gardner Mass, does this work for the Army which user averal tapes of electronic computers supporting headquarters and combat unit activities. need It This menna A smooth flow Today one programmer of weapons and equipment from team can keep track of more than manufacturer (o combat soldier 100 million facts and then file all Today that flow la made possible this information in a couple of without miles of flies recla of magnetic tape NOW is the to start your savings account! When it comes to opening a savings account, there will never be time good as NOW Nothing is easier then putting it off. But nothing 15 better (for your financial future) then getting started at once upon program of systematic ser ing. Don't waste precious time Open savings account HEGEWISCH FEDERAL you'll always be glad you did -Current Rate 0f ON DIVIDEND SAVINGS 13303 Baltimore Ave.

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