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Heads or Tails--It's All OK As E. A. Hooton Investigates

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Ernest A. Hooton, professor of Anthropology, took up where he left off last year, when he began several weeks leave to examine the craniums of 1500 Army Air Force flyers in an attempt to determine the average Air Force size. Professor Hooton's efforts last year centered in an attempt to find the perfect post-war trolley and subway seat, which he accomplished by measuring the derrieres of several thousand men and women in North Station and calculating the perfect posterior.

Professor Hooton has already been acclaimed by the Air Corps chiefs, who stated they had no idea of the average airman's head until informed Professor Hooton.

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