English, Translated

Major General John C. H. ("Cliff") Lee, the cherubic, bald, bee-busy U.S. supply chief in England, refuses to change his outfit's name from Services of Supply to Army Service Forces until officially and specifically ordered to do so. (He has not yet received such an order.) Military men regard his organization as a model of efficiency in all things great & small. As an example, SOS men in London last week pointed with pride to an American-English glossary General Lee had had printed for his men. Immediate reason: someone almost sent to the U.S. for garbage cans when there were plenty in England, disguised as "dust bins."

Other translations from the Lee glossary:

dippers--pannikins

blow torches--brazing lamps

mackinaws--reefers

kerosene--paraffin

storage batteries--accumulators

thumb tacks--drawing pins

monkey wrenches--adjustable spanners

absorbent cotton--cotton wool

bobby pins--hair grips

shovel handles--shovel helves

summer undershirts--tropical vests

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