The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 4

4 r.xr.E four MOINES KEGISTER. TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1942. WAAC Women in Exercise Suits Reviewed by Director Hobby Aroma of Powders, Cream at Army Post the men's army brothers of worked hard. By Elise Shane. With the aroma of powders and creams floating through the air, the Fort Des Moines In the barracks supply rooms, sergeants and privates wers busy unpacking canteens, mess kits, knives, fork and spoons for the women.

A sergeant said the women will army post barracks took on a decidedly feminine atmos phere Monday. Most of the WAAC girls had receive six sheets per week their bedding will be changed three times. done a good job of making their The girls had their first sampl beds. There were a few wrinkles, but army officers were determined not to be particular this first day of army life for the women. of an "old army custom" Sun Wet towels were hung at the foot of the beds and officers said that was the proper place.

It's against health rules to hang damp belongings In the wall lockers. day night. Playful soldiers had short-sheeted about one out of every five beds when they made them so neatly for the WAAC. When the women climbed in bed and shoved their feet down, they discovered the bottom sheet had been neatly folded As WAACs were rushed through fittings and processing procedures toward the top Instead of being tucked in at the bottom. Knees buckled, and there was some scrambling to remake the beds.

they had no time to put their new clothes away. Soft maronn leather bedroom xlipprr, bright pink ttummrr pajamas and brown and white seersucker cxercite suits gave much color to thc.ne barracks which formerly have housed the olive drab of the men's army. The girls can take it! Sunday vifjht when a mouse invaded a barrack did the women scream? They did not. They chased thp frightened little mouse to a corner, one lvoman whacked him with a shoe, and hewas tossed out a window. Col.

Don C. Faith, commandant of the WAAC training school, ap peared to be highly pleased with the caliber of the first WAAC members. "They're SWELL! GRAND! Everything we expected," he said. Some extra "reducing exercises' Although the WAAC members -1 0 had plenty of time to unpack are planned for ths women this morning. clothes, meet their sister WAACs, and tour the grounds, their The first review of the women's army auxiliary corps was held Monday afternoon on the Fort Des Moines parade grounds, with the Stars and Stripes fluttering in a brisk breeze overhead.

For the first review, by Director Oveta Culp Hobby (right), most of the WAAC women wore their exercise suits instead of the snappy dress uniforms. r'-TTrrrr -w Js" -i They will be required to pick up all trash, rigaret stubs, matches and papers on the ground. Some of the WAAC members already have caught on to the soldier's trick of tearing his cigaret stub open, throwing out the to BOOST WAACS OFFICER QUOTA Induction of Women Moves Smoothly. bacco, and wadding up the paper into a tiny, Inconspicuous ball before tossing It on the grounds. A ceremony which Impressed many WAAC members was held at p.

m. on the steps of a barrack WAACs when Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Continued from Paic 1. WAAC director, posed for newsreel cameramen. Today the whole country real izes the military necessity of ths corps," Mrs.

Hobby said. rutstanding will be called to the srhool. Upon graduation, they will return to their oriKiiwil units. Pleased. Mrs.

Hobby and Colonel Faith, ho put in a busy day looking "The last chapter may well be a long one. Jt will close only when the last sentence spells out the words 'victory, decency and freedom'," she declared. Another cameraman was taking aftfr enrollment of 800 women a close up of Mrs. Hobby and said. "Will you talk please?" and dealing with the press and photojrraphers, plainly were well pleased with the appearance ot the candidates whose records they have been reading.

"Anything I fay." Mrs. Hobby said after retreat, "will sound effusive. I could not have been rr.ore pleased with "the fine group 0 th. i "Good morning," she said with a big grin. Few friends and relative ac companied the women to Fort Des While regular army cooks were preparing the noon meal In the consolidated mess hall Monday, Mrs.

Oveta L'ulp Hobby, WAAC director, Inspected some of the food the men were preparing. of Proudly wearing their new exercise suits, these scores of WAACs formed ranks In front barracks Monday, their first day of training at the Fort Des Moines army post. Moines for their induction and those who did had their last visit with the trainees for at least two weeks. Effective at midnight Monday the girl will be prohibited from leaving the post grounds or having visitor. The two weeks of restriction ars designed to provide time for completion of the processing of the WAACs and is similar to the regulation imposed for new recruits in the regular army.

Many of the WAACs are former 2 SENTENCED held two press conferences with a flock of women reporters top-notchers like Inez Robb, Kathleen McLaughlin, Marcia Winn, Anita Loos and a slirr representation of mere men, who were greatly outnumbered by the cameramen, movie and still, at a lens field day. "No woman will fail the standard of the corps," Mrs. FOR SEDITION pair of cotton work gloves and three slips. Only the fitting details which require alteration kept the whole corps strength from being transformed Immediately from every kind of garb women wear Into the uniform. Girls came wearing dresses, training school.

"Tho grounds of the wcll-rvt fcirt are lovel.v. the building more than meet my expectation; In short this is an Ideal place for WAAC training. Of course, I'm familiar with the women on paper, and I can say I'm not disappointed In a single one of them." Mrs. Hobby, escorted by Kaith, visited the processing moms, the barracks, class rooms, general headquarters and had lunch in the central mess hall with the women. She will address the WAACs Thursday morning, and their classes will start The school schedule calls for reveille at 6 a.

breakfast at 6:35 and classes from 7:30 to 11:45 a. m. and from 1:10 to 4:15 p. m. and given cursory physical examinations.

JVono to Hospital. Army doctors checked for measles, mumps or communicable diseases fever. None was sidetracked to the hospital. They then went to their assigned barracks, lugging hand bag- LOS ANGELES, CAL. Robert Noble.

42. and Ellis Jones, 69, "Friends of Progress leaders, were sentenced Monday school teachers so there was an Hohbv said proudly. She has to serve prison terms of five and; other reversal in an ancient school custom at the post. slacks, shorts, In shoes with low four years, respectively, on sedi- A sergeant in the receiving gage to deposit by their cots, andlheels, high heels and in wedgies tion conviction two children. Is a lawyer and.

nwsjnper and of a former governor of Texas. Outfitting the women, from 21 to 45, except that for the first of- building said he had been given Their followers crowded about from there they went to the fitting rooms. "Regulars" went out six boxes of candy. He didn't get an apple, he said. ficer candidates the age limit has! with their uniforms.

The others them, weeping and crying out, while an unidentified sailor shouted, "They didn't get half enough." Noble, a former old age pension sandals and sneakers. Most oi them had short hair. Regulations permit any hair dress so it is neat and kept well above the collar. After the girls were outfitted they returned to their barracks been raised to 48, was geared to a went to 53 civilian fitters. Colonel Faith, who put ordinary: military disciplinary 1 hto I promoter, and Jones, organizer of military schedule of passing each! through from record reception desk to fitting room in 40 minutes.

9 asures out A saw the 1 rounds of measures out Delivered. After alterations are made, the inifornis will be delivered. The of his mind when he "The National Copperheads," an Iwith nothing more to do for the WAACs making their isolationist group, were accused of Gav house coats blossomed Vi vomen were instructed to report day i iiaiui'viiiiL uiLii aiiu 1.1 1 3 nai lor fittings without girdles, but out on the balconies where men's effort. wearing hose. Individual fittingbath robes rarely were seen here- rooms were provided and uniforms toforc.

i Save rp yntir '5 Sw mimey In pciirp! ffiWft AV Open iin a rr oimt 9: -fitr ST. In person tir by iMllftafcril mill at Des sfWiJfcf 1 Iowa. UTNj Witnesses testified that Noble had declared Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur deserted his troops at were inspected for fit and skirt In the afternoon, sergeants lined the women were processed in squads of 40 every hour. Candidates.

By noon, 358 white and 34 Negro officer candidates, and 271 auxiliaries had passed through the receiving and outfitting lines. That left only to be processed during the' afternoon the other 42 white and six Negro officer candidates, and 89 auxiliaries. There are no Negro auxiliaries at the post now. the women into platoon formation and broke the platoons down into Bataan and that President Roosevelt should be impeached. He admitted admiring Hitler and that he had been dishonorably discharged from the navy.

length before full length mirrors. Shoes were fitted on the way out according to foot measurements, not by size requested. There are going to be a lot of sore feet in the next 24 hours, it was predicted, especially for those who came wearing high heeled the prounds, said they'll replace TO per cent of the soldiers at the fort early this fall. There are and will be men at the fort throughout the training period, but many of them will be replaced by WAACs before long, he predicted. His secretary, a sergeant, lie said, will go to combat duty, and be replaced by a WAAC Other secretaries and clerks will be replaced from time to time.

It requires 209 officers and 1.0S2 enlisted men to man the school and the fort, Colonel Faith said. Thirty cf the officers and 400 of the men are the station's standing comple fly Wf: I Only alterations prevented the 'shoes. three squads. Lining the women for height with the tall ones at the right and the short ones on the left, the sergeant said they had "a nice military manner." Soon the WA VC squad leaders will be selected by popular vote of the women. This job of squad leader will be changeable "to give each woman a chance," the sergeant said.

She will have no rank. TME-SAVAfG SERVCE inductees from blossoming out in The shoes were fitted loosely and their new summer uniforms ofjlong. But the old Achilles tendon, khaki cap, jacket and skirt, tan'army men reminded, contracts in hose and brown low-heeled shoes and expands in low there will be aching high heels heels. So calves. FOR WAR TRAVEL ment, Those who hard to have alterations matin soon appeared on the brick barrack steps In their light tan seersucker exercise suits, fatigue hats and soft-soled athletic shoes.

For salvage Information call War Production Board, 3-8681. Clothing Issued. All women were issued the following clothing: Six panties, three brassieres, two The three hotels to he taken over in Dps Moines the Savery, Flaza and Chamberlain will be used for specialist training, the colonel said. All of the WAACs who attend the specialist schools downtown and I'-1' 1 fe' ---i" 1 ft' 't? girdles, a raincoat, four pairs rayon stockings, four pairs cotton stockings, two pairs anklets, a khaki jacket, three khaki skirts, one pair of galoshes, one pair of ba racks slippers, two pairs serv Womanlike, the broad-billed caps first caught their fancy. Scores of them came from the clothing warehouses lugging their blue denim barracks bags over civilian garb with the caps on their heads.

ice shoes, one pair athletic shoes, saw; a bathrobe, five shirtwaists, one Whenever Colonel Faith one like this he gently told them the first law of the army never Drake university first must come to the fort for their primary; training. Open House. The WAAC tiaining school, which held open house to the press Monday, was closed to the press snd public Monday nipht. Inductions will not be complete until Wednesday, but the women will not be inactive because many preliminary tasks and duties have been provided for them. exercise suit, two pairs cotton pajamas, a-khaki cap, a fatigue hat, a pair of cotton dress gloves, a wear part of any army uniform.

Wearing her exercise suit, Lillian Toffaletti (right), 25, of Port Tampa City, admires the dress uniform of her sister, Kdith, 27, at WAAC school. They are the only sister enrollees. Routine of outfitting" was quite simple. As the WAACs arrived rGIGANTIC-i baggage through cinders, in and out of buildings, along tree-shaded they were escorted to the reception building where they checked in their credentials, were assigned by groups to companies of which there are seven, four for officer candidates and three for privates SALE FURS schedule so tight you'd think he'd be glued to a desk, was all over the place, more informal than a man president of an exclusive DON'T LOCK YOUR TYPEWRITER IN A VAULT It' almoM that valuable, but the best way to conserve it and the rest of your business machines-is to call in your Underwood Service Representative and learn about the Underwood Maintenance Service Plan. Time is precious and so are vour business machines.

PHONE 4-S175 902 WALNUT ST. Prom Chilian dress to streets and into plain in 40 minutes was the pare main- barracks through the induction tair.ed by the women inducted like any male rookie. Monday. But first there, was Mrs. Hobby It was lady's day at the historic and Mrs.

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Noel MOST ANY WATCH Cleaned, Repaired $2 plus cost of mntpnalg Total rout imially lens than $3.50 horses have pranced, tractors Jackie Martin, crack Iew ork state newspaper caissons have rolled, and young 'photographer, whose OK all cam- publisher, deputy director of the corps in Washington, D. and scads of, officers. M-fs Hobby 'lind Colonel Faith ClnrkK Culled for and Pellverrd B. F. GUINAND Room 314 Flynn Bldg.

Over Ki Drni Store men have become soldiers since it TV as established in 1S18. The women lugged their hand eramen had to get Deiore iney shot. Colonel Faith, following a time.