The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-07

Hetee E4Doo has fallen ~ so
badly Is because the gals don't like
that cap. The typewriter pounding
that women do for the Army being
about the same as the typewriter
pounding they would do for the
Navy. Coast Guard or Marines, the
feminine psychological warfare stra-
tegists figure that the outfit which
has the snappiest uniform will get
are most recruits. The WAVE hat
being more feminine than the WAC
cap, some Of the male Army officers
trying to encourage WAC recruiting
are sitting up nights worrying about
having some new millinary designed
for the soldier girls, as an induce
ment to enlist and to stop resigna-
lions.
Recruiting of lady Marines Is
supposed to have gone great guns
up to the time the new green and
white striped seersucker summer
uniforms were brought out. Since
then, it hasn't been so good. What
all this leads to eventually Is the
possibility Of seasonal changes In
style for all the women In service,
just to humor them. At that, the
women would not be proving them
selves less vain than the Navy,
which has switched uniforms from
white to khaki to the new slate gray,
just since the war began.
ALLEN AND FIRST DIVISION
Maj. Gen. Terry De La Marie
Allen, commander Of the First Divis-
ion, which has cut such wide swaths
through the enemy in both North
Africa and Sicily, is now rated as
one of the most colorful Of all U. S.
Army commanders. not even ex-
Guiding old Blood and Cuts, Green
Mantle Patton, Aliens superior
commanding the U. S. Seventh
Army.
He dropped out Of West Point
after three years to study philosophy
at Catholic University In Washing
ton. Then was commissioned Sec
ond lieutenant from civilian life. He
Is bitterly resentful Of other Army
organizations calling themselves
First First Armored Division,
First Marine Division, and so on.
There is only one first DIVISION"
he storms. All his orders to his
troops In the North African cam
paign end with this characteristic
sentence: Nothing in he'll can stop
the First Division"
The pants Of Arthur d. White
side, vice-chairman Of the War Pro-
duction Board in charge Of civilian
requirements, provide one Of the
more intriguing topics Of gossip
around WPB headquarters. White
side, president Of Dun and Brad
street, Is one of the most energetic
and dynamic executives in Wash
ington, and his pants are character
istic. AS he PAGES up and down IN
his office, hands stuck In his pock-
cts, the tails Of his coat part to
reveal that the pants Of his bust
ness suits are laced up the back,
sailor fashion, and therefore ad-
Unstable. Also, there are snaps on
the bottom Of his trouser legs.
QUICK CHANCE
Whiteside has some of his every
day business suits tailored that way
so he can fasten the folded cuffs
tightly about his ankles, kick off
his street shoes, slip into some rid
ing shoes, jump on a horse and go
riding off across the hills near his
Westport, Conn.,, home, without
changing clothes before or after
hours in his New York office.
A footnote to Secretary of the
Interior Petroleum Administrator
for War Harold L. Ickes's recent
assurances that the gasoline situa-
ton is now improving is that the
government car In which Mr.. 1ckes
is frequently chauffeured to and
from work Is doing 40 unnecessary
miles every time 1t makes a trip.
The car Is kept in a government
garage in Washington. In the morn
ing, it is driven out to the 1ckes
farm In Maryland, 20 miles from
Washington, to pick up the secre-
tary. It hauls him to work. At days
end it hauls him home. Then the
car returns to the government
garage in Washington.