The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-21

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It may seem fantastic, but what
q young Naval officer should wear
has become a real problem. In
Washington, for instance, the
standard summer uniform Is gray,
especially selected by Admiral Err
ME King, who went over the head
of the late Secretary of the Navy
Knox to the White House to get
the summer grays adopted
But If an officer Is flying to the
West Coast, he finds that tan
summer khakis are standard. Then
II he moves on to Pearl Harbor,
he finds that Admiral Nimitz has
bowed to Admiral King and grays.
not khakis, are what the we'll
dressed Naval officer should wear.
But when he goes on to Nou-
mea, New Caledonia, headquarters
of the Southwest Pacific, khakis,
not grays, are In vogue again.
What Is to be worn all depends
on the Naval commander Of each
area.
Meanwhile, the laundry bills,
the baggage space and thhe extra
shirts, cap covers and In some
cases, different buttons and in
sigma are enough to keep a young
ensign in poverty, or drive his wife
to distraction. Different colored
shirts must be carried for each
different type OF uniform: Tan
shirts for the khakis, gray shirts
for the grays, white shirts for the
blues.
PARTIAL GOLD BRAID
But the most irksome ruling per-
tains to the winter blues. 1t has
been ordered that the dark Navy
blue uniform, used as the work
uniform during winter months,
shall have gold braid extending
only two thirds OF the distance
around the sleeve at the cuff. But
blue uniforms worn in the even
ing must have stripes running COM
pletely around the cuff. Result:
Officers must carry at least two
sets of blues-one for evening and
one for work, very difficult when
airplane baggage must be light.
Here are some other dos and
don't which the well-dressed Naval
officer must obey:
I. In Washington you can't
wear aviation green uniforms ex-
cept in arriving at the airport
or in departing from the airport.
Admiral King has thrown his
weight with the battleship school
and ruled that Naval aviation Of
ficers should not be too con-
spicuous.
2. Except for a few favored Of
ficers, no gold chin strap can be
worn with the gray summer uni
form. The chin strap on the cap
must be black, also black shoulder
boards and buttons.
:. 81. Whites are mandatory in the
evening, together with the high
stiff 1897 Spanish-American war
collars-despite the frantic laun-
dry problems.
4. You can still get away with
wearing khaki uniforms in Wash
ington, despite Admiral Kings Or
der for grayS. He modified 1t
when 1t was found that to make
grays compulsory would have
forced officers to discard 100000
brown uniforms and use up so
much cloth as to threaten civilian
rationing.
CAPITOL CHAFF
Simultaneous with leading the
anti-Roosevelt revolt in Texas,
Jesse Jones nephew, George But
Ter, came to Washington to ask
the Civil Aeronautics Board to
license a new airplane line at
Houston Folks are now Won
dering whether FDR will reward
his enemies About the only
radio station licensed during the
war was given to a competitor Of
Jesse Jones In Houston recently,
getting young Judge Roy Hofheinz.
He got the license after he showed
that the other Houston radio sta
tions, dominated by Jones, carried
very few announcements for
bonds, Red Cross or the war eff
fort Democratic Chairman
Bob Hannegan had thought that
South Carolina was safe in the
hands Of Assistant President JUS
tice Jimmy Byrnes :. The Presi-
dent thought that Texas was safe
In the hansd of Senator Tom Con-
nally and Speaker Sam Rayburn.
Neither was prepared for such
rude awakenings Justice
Byrnes has assured the President
that in the end South Carolina
will be OK :. Tom Corcoran, the
famous ex-brain truster, is not
nearly as far out Of tie picture
singing OF orpheus above any Siren