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Show - t Washligf Weabln&1on Weabln1on Washington & o D 0 O . . ARM1WIVFS AKalT ARM1/ ARM1 ARMY / ' WIVrS WIVFS AND rROMOTlOp PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONI PROMOTIONIThe Tha The extent to which army wive wivel wivelInfluence ( . Influenc Influence * promotion promotiolls promotions * , , dictate mUl- mUl mill mUltary milltory | ] - . tary tory expediency and dominate the ths thearmy thsarmy army alwaya always has ha * been a n attar atter of ofwarm oi oiWarm Warm debate at army post posts postsInside postsInside * Inld Inside * tha the war department Oletd Oletdare tnei the ! : ' . ere are ar * two scliools .cbools cbools schools . of thought One ad- ad admib a4 a4Inits B - ( tnlts mib Inits there Is I * . a certain amoun amount . of o oetUcoat < betucoat etticoat etUcoat Influenca Influence . , the other mall main mallfin matn- matn matntaln - . lains fin taln * . tha that t the army anny I If Is . a man s a amnypnd arror amny arrornd and pnd , nd that women have absolute Rbsolute absolutely absolutelynothing ] nothing to do with ItThose itThose It Those Tho e of the former school chool point pointto pointto poix poixto to the fact that Gan Gen John Jobn Pershlni Pershing . , When only a captain married the thedaughter th tb thdaughter . daughter of Senator Francis WarJ'et1 WarJet1 Warren WarJ'et1of Warrenof Warre Warreof , ' of Wyoming then cnairman cltalrman chairman of the thesenate senate enate military miUtary affair affairs * commltte committee < , aftar after alter which Pershing wall was wa jumped jumpe4 jllmpe " , intank In Intank rank tank and becarrr became a brigadier CCt gen general ) . eral Then when Woodrow WUaon WUsort WUaonfaced WUsortfaced Wiso : faced senate enat * controversy over who whohouJd whshould whoshould should , houJd head h ad an American ExpecU- ExpecU Epedj ExpecUUonary Expedtlonary ) - . Uonary lionary force to France with ma.D1 maD1 mgny mgnysenators man . ' ; senators demandln damanding demanding , Teddy ROOSS Roose Roose . . veIl velt . . , Wllson Wilson elected selected Senator War . . ran ren ron s a * .on on son . on In law and thua thus quashed quashedsenate quashedsenate qua < he < aenate senate controversy controversyThe controversyThe The petticoat chool school alio also polhta polbts points to tothe tothe t < \ the th * fact that Gen Oen Douglarf Douglalf Douglas J4 MCCArs MCCArsthur ArJ ArJthur thur flrit ftrst first married the beautUu beautltuJ beautiful beautltuJdaughter beautifullaughter i daughter laughter of Xdward Edward T StotesbU1'J StotesbU1J Stoteabury ' , a a J P Morean Morgan partner who re- re reguested re . - , queated quested guested Secretary of War Week Weeks * . to toadvance tosdvance t ( , advance sdvance MacArthur to the rank of ofmajor ofmajor o ; major general when most mOlt moat of hi his hisWest nil . , Weit Welt West Point clacamatea classmates were .un un still ( . till ma ma- mabra . - , jora 'ors ors bra ' and colonelsf colonelsAnother colonelsAnother colonela colonels f ' Another example I ll Ia . 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' - . erab trals whose who * * wive wives * . have hav * had BO p t tUtlca1 polltlcal 0 . Utlca1 itical Influence Ioftuence on their cuee dreams ccreeraGeneral . . General ieneral Marshall'i Marshalli Mar.baU MarbaU Marshall's Marshalls . ' , ( Oral lr.t lrt flrst . wife w1'e w1e ' .plred plred aspired . alplredto . .plredto | to 0 be an opera ginger linger singer , wa " cick .ick ick sick . tor tom tomI foia , . I lon long , time Ume , . finally dnliy * died Genera Geeral a Geeralilsenhower e.ta1 eta1 e.ta1Eisenhower . ; | Elienhower Eisenhower ilsenhower a . wife is I ! . anD1a.swnnc an \D1a.swnnc D1a.swnnc unassumIng D1a.swnnclady unassumIngady un \ * . ! iumjnlady | ( lady ady who wbo eho baa kept In the th * back- back backtround back background . - ground gro\D1d gro D1d tround \ GenerJ General Gn * ral , Sojnrvell SO.JnervelJ SOJnervelJ Soinervell . * . , , 'Unto Unto until 'UntoI'ecentI1 ' tmttrecently untilecenty I'ecentI1 IecentI1 ecenty ' ' ] wai was a widower widower'Waratog widower'Warning 'Waratog Waratog OWentnr 'Warning Warning ' ' te 0 to & men Wen flare ' Whre Wive Wives . . . Now . , however , cornea comes a e new argu areu- areu areuftel arguflr - . < . flr ftel ier * ' In thI thia this . controverxy contrOveray controversy Genetal Gdnefal GenetaluHap Gdnefal'Hap General"Hap GeneralHap uHap 'Hap Hap " ' " Arnold , . chief cblef at of the atIn7 ai'uiy aiuiy atIn7atr ai'uiydr arm-air arm air ' - , atr dr forces . , baa bU ba * been put poi quaraly IQuare1 sQuarely ( ! arecord on onrecord onrecord record by CoL Cot . Alfred L .Jewett Jewett Tewett . Jewettcommander . , commander ommander of the th * air forces forcel t tech- tech techdccl tecl ch- ch chDlc.l - Dlc.l Dlcl leal dccl . school .chow chow . at Gultport Gulfport Gullport , Mli Mis l\fJUokU l fJUokU lfJUokUrecognizing \ , arecognizing , [ recognizing wcognizing that wives Influenc inttuente Influende * an anomcer's andlcers aiofficer i omcer's omcers dlcers ? ' ' * promotionColonel promotion promotionColonel Colonel . 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' him din , virtually vlrtuaUy ordering their wives wWes wivesto wiVesto to 0 loin joIn oln the th * clubHe clublie club clubHe He lie even went so far tar as to tc ) warn 'Warn warnthat 'Warnhat ' Warnthat that hat . , "In-tha "In In tha "fn-tbe "fn fn tbe "in-the the " - - - event vent that any omeera oftlcers omeerawives oftlcerselves officerwives * wives elves do not wish to belong lt1 It la Is . de- de delired defred de desired - - sired lired fred that their husbands so state .tate tate Itata . ina in ina inletter a letter to the commanding oftlcer omeer officer.such officersuch . , IUcb uch letter to be submitted pri prior ptIOr . r to tothe tohe tothe the he fifth ftfth of 01 the month follovll'o follovllo following . ' . the thedate theate thedate date ate tbe th lb * . officar officer olflcer reported to the sta .ta- .ta sta- sta staIon . station .tation - - tion Ion for ( or dutyAnd duty K } KAnd And then then . , . apparently atra afraid . " that thathis thatis thathis his is subordinates might not take tnke tax * thelast the theblnt thhint * blnt last in the th * nonw-too-subtle nonw too subtle none-too-subUe none subUe none-too-subtle - - - - Ylarning warning YlarningColonel warningolonel v/arningColonal v arningColonal / Colonel olonel Jewett laid it right on em the theline thesic thline * line sic by invoking invokina the th * authority ol of Oen Gen Oenera Genral General era ral I ArnoldActive ArnoldActive Arnold ArnoldActive Active participation In the work workof workI workof of I the tb * Women s a . club is a matter iufltter In Inwhich inhich inwhich which , hich higher authority including includtnc inciuIng thchief the thechief thehief * chief hief of the th * air forces is vitally intreated in interested interested terested treated ' warned Colonel Jewett Jewettbluntly Jewettluntly Jewettbluntly bluntly luntly And every omcer officer In the theair their theair air ir force forces . may expect to find ftnd nd histt'tctency his hisemcienc hisefficiency emcienc tt'tctency tttctency ' , report affected b by , the themanner theanner thmanner * manner anner of participation In these theseactivities theseet.ivlties theeactivities * activities et.ivlties etivlties . by hli his wifeSo wifeSo wife So there theme it is In black andwhite and white whit * . . . CLEANLINESS NrU NET NrUTO NETTO NEXTTO : ( TO GODLINESSTake GODLINESSTake GODLINESS GODLINESSTak Take Tak * It from Ueut Lieut Col Cot Jimmy JimmyRoosevelt JimmyRooseveit JimmyRoosevelt Roosevelt Rooseveit . , , the th * President s a * .on on . son . , . the thefirst thetirat thafirst first tirat thing thina a fighting 8ghting man mafl m ft thinksabout thinks thinksabout thinksabout about after a bard hard battle i is a bath bathJimmy bathJimmy bathJimmy Jimmy who distinguished hlmsell himself hlmsellwith himselfwith himselfwith with the th * marines marine . In the th * South Paclflc Pa Pacl PaciSc ciSc cl c wai was recently telling tellmg friends friendsabout friendsabout friendsabout about some som * of bI his . war experience experiences experiencesWe * We W * had a pretty toueh tougt\ tougt tough tougttime \ , time of ofIt ofit ofit It on Guadalcanal . . , as 88 everybody everbody everbodymows everybodyknows , | ! knows mows Jimmy related After one oneof oneof oneof of the th * first 8rst hard battles vras was overlIome oversome over overom oneI I lIome some om * of us were wer * taken aboard board a an8VY anavy anavy n8VY navy ship The Th * first ftrst thin thing , they 01 of 01fered offared offared fered fared us was a square meal mea1 . . But Butwe Butwe Butw we * weren t hungry We W * had bad man managed managed managed aged very well on our K It rationsWhat rations rationsWhat rationsWhat What we w * all an wanted was a bath . . But ButI ButI I guess tueas the th * soap .oap oap . and water sharp marp- marp abarp marpened abarpened sharpened - ened up our appetites , . tor for we just justabout justabout Justabout about cleaned clt'aned cltaned ' out the th * ship ship's ships ' . larderafterwards larder larderafterwurda larderII II afterwards I afterwardsCAPITAL . . . CAriTAL CAPITAL CHAFT COAFF CHAFF CHAFF51.AMG CHAFTC.AMG I IGAMG , C.AMG CAMG GAMG 51.AMG 51AMG . . . 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American Zionists point out thatPalestine tha that thatPalestine 1 1Palestine Palestine ha has . contributed contribuied more to tothe tothe toth the * war , effort non than an any , . other cOlin coon cOlintr coontry conntry tr try , . in the tb * Near East . , including lnc1udlnl thf th thrmanufacture ' , manufacture of land mine minas mine , . |