The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-02

Greece"
Vigorous action against the Ital-
ians by the navy was foreshadowed
in well informed circles" reported
the Daily Mail. Information reach
ing Britain from the Near East in
dicates that while British activities
are being kept close secret the
navy is by no means idle"
Germany Admits Raid
Berlin, Nov. 20 up British
planes, in a raid which caught tens
of thousands of people in theaters,
movies, restaurants and cafes, fained
high explosive and incendiary bombs
ON the Berlin area last night, kill
ing and wounding "a number Of
persons, government communicate
said today.
In raid on Amsterdam, 1t was
said, at least 26 persons were killed.
The air raid sirens shrieked IN
Berlin Just when the fashionable
west end was crowded with pleasure
seekers, and the subways were
crowded with those going home.
Germany no longer permits for
eign correspondents TO divulge when
air raids start or end. However, the
United Press dispatch, In speaking
of the people caught downtown,
mentioned that places of amusement
now close at $50 p. m. This would
see INTO indicate that the British
raid started before then. 1t was not
until 2:40 a. m. today Berlin time
(7:4O D. m. Friday EST that the
news of the raid was releasedJ
AS soon as the sirens sounded
managers of the most theaters APP
peared on their stages, announced
the air raid and asked the audience
to 90 to air raid cellars.
Shelters damned
Because of the early hour OF the
raid. most public shelters were soon
TANNED and many people spent a
long uncomfortable time standing or
sitting on makeshift seats.
When the "all clear" sounded
there was tremendous congestion IN
buses, subway trains and street cars
as people focked from the night
life" of the west end.
Kensington Palace Hit
London. Nov. 2(UP)-German
airplanes' bombs have wrecked parts
of Kensington palace, in which the
Earl of Athlone, Governor General
of Canada, has his apartments ano
in which his sister, Dowager Queen
Mary and Queen Victoria were born
it was disclosed today.
The apartments of the Earl Of
Athlone were severely damaged.
The few servants in the palace
were not wounded as they had gone
to air raid shelters.
Firemen saved paintings, furnish
ings and other valuable worth be-
tween 100000 and 100000.
The palace, at the west side OF
fashionable Kensington Gardens, in
cludes part of Nottingham House,
built some time before 1861 and
bought from the second Earl OF
Nottingham by King william III in
1889 as a royal residence. Sir Chris
topher Wren added 20 1t.
King william and his queen,
Mary, died I'm the palace as did
Queen Anne, her husband. Prince
George of Denmark and King
George II. After that II ceased to
be a residence OF soYereigns. The
Earl OF Athlone and Princesses
Louise and Beatrice, great aunts OF
King George. live In the palace
when In London.
II was In her bedroom here that
Queen Victoria was awakened on
the morning Of June 70, 1887, by
her mother, the Duchess OF Kent
and told 10 go downstairs 10 the
drawing room 10 receive from the
lord chamberlain and the Arch.
bishop Of Canterbury the news that
she was queen.
In the middle OF this room, Queen
vieloFla'S DOH house and toys are
Kept eueen Mar was born IN what
had been Queen vletoFIa's nursery
on the mantle OF the nursery are
silll kept the Indian clubs which