Word: leatherizing
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...troops to whom Elster surrendered belonged to the U.S. Ninth Army headed by tall, hell-for-leather Lieut. General William H. Simpson. Newly arrived in France, this is the seventh army* to appear under Eisenhower's command. It swelled the U.S. ranks in western Europe to far more than the 2,000,000 men whom General John J. Pershing commanded...
Navy Minister Angus Lewis Macdonald, a lean Maritimer, slumped in his leather chair and studied the ceiling in Ottawa's press gallery. Then he sprang the news: back in 1941 the Dominion Government had committed itself to a Navy of at least 9,000 men after the war. Minister Macdonald himself thought a force of 15,000 would be "more likely ... [to] satisfy Canadians," hoped the nation would keep two cruisers, two carriers and eight destroyers in postwar fighting trim, with lesser craft to match...
...common sight in Paris streets are poke bonnets of brilliant-colored straws, some 18 inches tall, and veil-draped hats reminiscent of the voluminous headgear worn by turn-of-the-century motorists. Earrings are enormous and unorthodox. Some, as big as oranges, dangle from ear to shoulder. Shoes, because leather was scarce, are wooden-soled with wedge heels three inches high...
...color leather. (Previously permitted: black, white, Army russet, town brown, natural colors.) Still barred: two-tone leather shoes...
...military program, already taking about a third of the available leather, calls for more leather goods during the last half of 1944 than during the first half. And the leather supply is getting tighter: this year the U.S. will have only between 23 million and 24 million hides for both civilians and armed forces, as against 19 million in 1939 for civilians alone. Shoe rationing may continue long after the end of the German...