A Happy New Year to All
BRONSON
WATER DELIVERY
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n for a Bright
© New Year,
0 with every good
wish for you.
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Multi-Dept. Buying
WASHINGTON, (/I*)—Out in a
j long warehouse in nearby Virgin
; ia is a dollars-and-cents exhibit <>!
the high cost of independent buy
ing by the army, navy and air
force.
i Some 400 items of clothing and
' personal equipment — things the
three services are paying $247,
000.000 for this year—are laid out
j on counters for the edification of
red-l'aced military buyers.
The munitions board—an advis
ory group in the defense estab
lishment—got the exhibit together
to convince the three services that
many items should be the same
for everybody, and cost less.
The borad emphasized that it
has no intention of trying to stan
dardize such things as uniforms,
buttons, insignia or “dstinctive
items of outer clothing which
show to which service the wearer
belongs.
But blankets, undershirts, bel‘s,
fatigue uniforms and a host of
(other articles have come under
| critical scrutiny.
News men are barred from the
warehouse at the army qiuv'er
master depot in Arlington, just
pcross the Po'omac River from
Washington. The munitions hoard
i ruled that a detailed public report
f the exhibit would embarrass
foe armed services.
Despite the board’s ban, how
ever, a reporter recently walked
through the exhibit and examined
every item.
The varie’y gets into lull swing
with blankets.
The navy officers* blanket «at
S8.25 each in 1945* is a few inches
wider and has a blue * USN” on its
white surface, whereas the sailors’
number <87.30, also 1945' is solid
white.
The marines’ blanket <$8 in
1948) is green and lias a special
stripe which an accompanying
card says forces the manufacturer
to we.iv' it straight, even though
hi- -lows produc ion.
The army-air force blanket
'$7.55 in 1947» is khaki.
The army medical number S7.95
in 1916» is white wi'h a maroon
stripe and the one for field service
'$8.04 in 1946) is olive drab.
There are three folding canvas
cots. The navy paid $3.20. the ma
rines $7.50 for the same weight of
canvas. The army, with a $6.34
price tag, points to a heavier mn
te,-ial which it says means twice
the life of the navy cot.
Pillows come in five sizes. The
marines pay $2.50 for the same
size the army gets for $1.77.
Here are white sneakers for the
navy and marines <97 cents) and
brown sneakers for *ho army and
iir force 'SI.67'.
Release Tojo Sh»|>
ner From Asylum
TOKYO, (aP» — Shumei Okawa,
the Japanese propagandist v ho
slapped Hideki Tojo on the head
at the opening of the war crimes
trial, was released from an insane
asylum yesterday.
Okawa originally was one o; the
defendants in the trial which re
sulted in the hanging of Tojo and
six others. He was declared insane
after the slapping incident.
Last week. 24 hours after Tojo
was executed. Okawa was among
19 alleged war criminals wnose
names were cleared in a general
amnesty order by (Jen. Douglas
MacArhtur.
Here are tan shoes for the navy
at ST.73, tan shoes for the army
and air force at $5.07.
Here are electrically heated ily
ing suits. The air force model at
$121.78 is good down to —65 de
grees. The navy’s at $122.47 only
down to —20. F.
i Exposure suits for surviving
long periods of soaking in the
ocean cost the navy $25.91, the air
t $47.13 Th*> navy’s is black
with a yellow dye package: 'he
air force’s is bright yellow. The
air force had a zipper on the case
the suit comes in: the navy uses a
snap button.
BREAKERS BAR
Harry, Ruth and Bob
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