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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Berchtesgaden, Germany, Mrs. Lauris Norstad, wife of a four-star Air Force general, advised 50,000 American military wives in Europe not to weep on their husbands' commanding officers' shoulders about promotions or issues, calling such tears wasted. She also urged proper dress and avoiding sloppiness.
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No Shoulder Weeping
To Husbands' Superiors
BERCHTESGARTEN, Germany, Fifty thousand American military wives in Europe were advised yesterday not to weep on the shoulders of their husbands' commanding officers.
Mrs. Lauris Norstad, herself the helpmate of a four-star Air Force general, says such tears "are wasted."
Lecturing her on service customs, Mrs. Norstad noted approvingly that an old rule forbidding a junior from speaking first to a senior had gone by the boards.
"But it should still be applied," she told an audience of wives. "on any occasion when you may feel urged to tell your husband's commanding officer how well he deserves a promotion. that he isn't understood or appreciated. or that he is the victim of bad breaks.
"Wive's tears shed on the shoulders of her husband's senior are tears wasted."
Mrs. Norstad also urged wives not to appear in pincurls, even under a scarf. or wear shorts and slacks in public instead of dresses.
"To many people mistake sloppiness for comfort," she said.
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Berchtesgarten, Germany
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Mrs. Lauris Norstad lectured American military wives on service customs, advising against weeping on commanding officers' shoulders about husbands' promotions or issues, stating such tears are wasted. She also urged avoiding pincurls, shorts, and slacks in public, noting sloppiness is mistaken for comfort.