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Milford chronicle., 1940-02-09
H0SIERY Mill PAYS ssg.Ie0.as

Joseph Berry. manager of the
Smyrna Hosiery Mill, has announced
that the total wage for the mill for
1889 amounted TO $59.l20.3S The
factory employs about 20 people the
year round, who work on three shifts.
This wage does not include the sal
airy of Mr.. Berry and is paid to peO-
pie living in or near Smyrna. Mr..
Berry said that even a larger pay
roll was expected for the coming
year The hosiery mill at Clayton,
which is connected with the Smyrna
mill. is expected to commence Oper
alton in the very near future.
Milford chronicle., 1940-02-09
HEADS DOVER GUARD BATTERY

Brigadier-GeneraI Weller E. Sto-
yer. adjutant general OF the Della
ware National Guard, has announced
the appointment of Captain John w.
Kendell, of Seaford, to command
headquarters battery, 261st Coast
Artillery Battalion at Dover. Cap
tain Kendell, who is employed by the
dupont Company at Seaford. has
been on the inactive guard list for
four years. He Joined the national
guard, June 16, 1921.
Milford chronicle., 1940-02-09
GAME SHIPMENTS STOPPED

The State Board of Game and Fish
Commissioners at Dover has announ-
ced that additional shipment of rab-
bits from Missouri for restocking
purposes in Delaware have been Or
dered stopped because of the intense
cold spell Approximately 10000 rab-
bits have been ordered by the board
Already $500 have been released in
New Castle county. The same num-
Der will be released in Kent and
Sussex counties
Milford chronicle., 1940-02-09
REPEATS WITH TWINS

Warrington Vincent was pretty
we'll surprised when one of his cows
gave birth TO twins two years ago.
He was amazed last week. however,
to discover that the same cow had
given birth to another pair-one
male and one female.
Milford chronicle., 1940-02-09
M0TOR RRCEIPTS SI1.6sa

Receipts from motor vehicle viO-
lations during January amounted to
$11,623, which is the second largest
In recent years.
In October, 1888. receipts reached
$13, ,626.5O, while March. 1888, show
ed $10,387.
Milford chronicle., 1940-02-09
NAMED ON AGRIcrITuRE ROARD

Governor Richard C. McMullen
has announced The reappointment OF
Fred M. Wright, Of Delmar, as a
member Of the State Board OF Agri-
culture. The new term. when START
ed last Saturday, will bs for three
years
Milford chronicle., 1940-02-09
....s.....N U
JEWELS
IGOAIlS-
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our thanks and
deep appreciation 10 our many
friends. for their generosity and aid
to us, during our recent bereaye-
ment.
L. EMORY ELLIS & CHILDREN.
Ii
Milford chronicle., 1940-02-09

II YOU are interested in charitable
enterprises. contact the Kings
Daughters. They are interested in
scores Of worthy cases. and viii
gladly place your donations for you,
Evening star., 1940-12-23
GIFT HANDKERCHIEFS

Handmade Chinese Hondkerchiefs,
2ee
InitoIed Linen Hondkerchiefs,
z5e to 81
Duchess Print Hondkerchiefs Use
Hand Embroidered Hondkerchiefs,
s for 81
Lingerie and Honkie Coses,
5ee and 81
Mems InitioIed Hondkerchiefs,
Use to 81
Mems Hondkerchiefs with coIored
borders for ST
Mems White Cord Hondkerchiefs soc
ChiIdren's Novelty Gift Honkies,
Ise to 5ee
Women's Gift Scorfs-
Women's Wool Shoulderettes,
ST and 81
Women's Tolored Shirts 81
Women's Wool Gift Sweaters $l.95
The Palas Royal,
Hankies and Neckwem .. First Floor
Evening star., 1940-12-23
GIFTS FOR BOYS
GIFT LUGGAGE

Women's Week End Coses---$4.e5
Women's Fitted Coses--$4.95
Women's Fitted Week Ends $9.95
Women's Canvas Week Ends $5.95
Women's Canvas Wordrobes, $10.95
Women's Sky-Lite Luggage,
$7.95 to $14.95
Mems Sky-lite Luggage --S16.95
Mems Two-Suter -$10.95 to $35
Mems Fitted Dressing
SOSeS--- 10 9I9O
Mems Leather Tie Coses 81 and So
Mems Untitled Dressing
Kits its-------$3 to S.
Women's Dressing Coses,
$3.50 to IS
The Palais Royal,
Luggage First Floor
Evening star., 1940-12-23
GIFT UNDERWEAR

Brushed Royon Gowns and Pojonnos,
So each
Glove Silk Ponties and $3.50
Royon and Silk Slips
Munsineweor Gowns and Pojonnos,
$l.s5 and $z.95
Loee Trimmed Royon indies 79e
Trieot Royon Iips----$i.95
Munsineweor Tuckstitch Gowns and
Pojonnos s------$l.65
The Palais Royal,
Rayon Undies First Floor
Evening star., 1940-12-23
She'll Be Thrilled With a Fine

Luxurious, comforts that ore gen.
erousIy filled with wool and covered
with gay, figured conbrc. The de-
signs ore neatly stitched in ottroc-
tive potterns. Loree 72x84 inch size
Evening star., 1940-12-23
MEMS GIFT SLIPPERS
MEMS GIFT HATS
MEMS RAINCOATS

Gobordine Trench Coots S1o.95
Alligator Roincoots $5.75 to $1o.50
The Palais Royal,
Store for Men First Floor
Evening star., 1940-12-23
GW&1tds'1
FROM OUR THIRD FLOOR

3
Twin Sweater Sets, S3.e5 to $e.95
BIouses, erepes and sheers,
So to s5.s5
Coot Sweaters, sizes "a to 48,
$1.o5 to $7.95
Aneoro Sweaters, $e.e5 to S1e.e5
Reversible Coots, S10.95 to Sl6.95
Hond-Looned Harris Tweed
Goats
S ports Coots s-------------$18
Roincoots, wide choice from
$3.95 to Sl6.o5
KoIinsky Soorfs, per skin,
Sc SIT
Silver Fox scorfs, per pair,
Fur Muffs, wide choice,
" ~ s59.s;5 to $500
Girls Cotton Dresses, to Ia,
Girls Sweaters, 6 to 16---s11.ss55 s1s5
Girls Housecoots, sizes 8 to
Tots Printed Dresses, sizes 3
. Boys Suits, sizes 3 to 6----sl.15
Tots Sweaters, sizes 3 to 6, $1.o5
Handmade Baby Dresses,
sse to 81
Baby Creepers, handmade,
Sl.15 to 81
Dinner and Evening Dresses, Ss.e5
s4.e5 to ss.s5
Juniors Evening Dresses,
$s.e5 to S22.e5
Juniors Evening Wraps,
$1o.e5 to $17.e5
Hostess Goats, wide choice,
$3.50 to $16.95
Slips, lacy or tailored,
sl.s5 to s5.e5
Gowns and Gown Ensembles,
S2.o5 to $6.e5
Pojomos, wide choice, $2.o5 toss
. Flannel and Chenille Robes,
$5.95 to $10.e5
The Palais Royal. Fashions Third Floo,
Women's Practical SIippers--$2
Women's Daniel Green Slippers,
$3.50 to $3.50
Women's and Girls Nestor john
son Skotes s--$3.o5t to $7.85
Women's New Air Step Shoes, Sc
Princess RoyoI Evening Sandals, Sc
Boys and Girls Buster Brown
Shoes ----------$ so to S6
Boys Leather Slippers 81
Children's Slippers, ST. to SITS
The Palais Royal, Footweer Second Floor
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Marriage License
Applications

Forrest A. Jacobs. o. and Mary Ann
SolbeT, w,,s6 Is bot, both Of l2a st. NV; the
and Ruth 2. 2 BEansor. pan "a sto ST. eulntans
Joseph William Wi m MeEnyre, nee a. az '0hs ISIS Car
Eoll3urs pl sT and Emma Ezabe,h
Thorvald Christensen 81 burbank. Calf.
and and, Jot1nniie, Luola Johnson, 46. Los
RehaTd coTne carteT !nf % a4s RuRhem Ened
St: T.trn,ni. nv and Helen M u, kash r. ah l4o0
Fred Baykins %, s54 Morton st, NV,
snd Esther bs eev Mpesnn ss Moore 9 ll5 18th St
Is: +: S.r s Tss,asY st ST. '8'
\; both q si5 4th ST. St. sv; wa the Ss'ie Rev
joseph orsntlins, iias' %. 144 v st. NV. and
Evelyn ~ Logise p BygsE B5sEsT G,,o p ss st.
the Rev: Robert, Anderson,
and Helen L. Armstrong, %, 1928 CO.
!umbia rd. NV; the Rev. Michael ].
George Ernest waesche. jr. 25. ,Parkland,
Md. and Kathryn Frances Abbott, 21,
District Heights, Md; the Rev. Charles
William Horatio Aldrich, jr,. %, Of 1o46
Irving st. ne: and Betty Lou Graham am
lS, I'D HnOQe lSldnu ave 1t, tlle
Rev. James P Grace.
Edward Abraham Pobost. %, 1898 o St
NV, and Miriam Pearl Kozlow. 30
103 Varnum st. NV; Rabbi Zemach
David Blake 40. and Martha strivers
IS. both Of Ala 1st st. NV; the Rev
Wesley B. .Prather, jr.. 90. SOC 44th st
aaath st. ne; the Rev. George W.
Israel Kssslerr, %. 2lll 18th St nv" and
st. ne: Rabbi Aaron volkman
and Margaret Elizabeth Forsythe. 50
lo15. st. NV; the Rev. Joseph
John Anthony Pado, o5, 1864 St NV
and Pauline Doloris Repka, 20, Donora
Pa; the Rev. J. G. Cole
George w Campbell 25, 1894 Fairmont
st: NV, and Mildred Estee Draper 25
325 A st. Sc; the Rev. Herbert S.
Charles Franklin Rodgers, 30. 3al3 Wis
consn ave. NV. and Frances Jean
Wyatt, 10: 1928 st. NV. the Rev.
Albert E. GinRrch
Edwin p Schweitz, 21. : Rhode Island
ave. NV, and Dora Shapiro 90, 25l1
wisconsin ave. NV; Rabbi S. H Metz.
John L. Johnson. 2l. l15 st. NV and
Vreie Elaine Vance. u. 1920 10th st.
NV; Judge Robert Mattingly.
George Yandes Wheeler. I'd. %. o54o
Massachusetts, ave. and Jane Gather
Eustis. 10, 1885 Phelps pl. NV; the
Rev. o. j. Hart.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Deaths Reported

Carolina G. Bott, 81. Is K st. ne
Martha r Heinkel, S5. Sibley Hospital
Nicholas Klue 70, 900 H st. ne.
Rosa M Knott, 76, 361l 14th st. NV.
Franklin A. Biddle. 73, 633 Maryland ave.
S.w,
Jennie Gallagher. 70 Gallinger Hospital
Reginald L: Foster, 20; l7I2 st; NV
Sadie Poulsen, 66. 3720 Upton st. NV.
Mamie c. Camreon. IS. 1923 Dumbarton
ave. NV.
Camille Fellheimer, So, Emergency Hos
Peter R. Henderson. 81, Casualty Hospital.
Mary Langton. so. Georgetown University
Hospital.
George E. Harrison. As Emereency Hos
Pete Bougades. AZ, Garfield Hospital
Otho L. Blackwell. 80, Casualty Hospital
Jessie G. Butt, 30. GEORGETOWN University
Hospital.
Henry Noble, e5, Walter Reed General Hos
Dorothy Dean; Is. GEORGETOWN Univer-
sity Hospital.
Lavinia G. Holmes ST. s11 21st st. NV.
Dennis Stokes -, 1922 Vernon 81. NV.
James Bundy, so, 1904 14th st. NV
Sarah Losan IS. Freedmens Hospital
William Entzminger. 56, Gallinger Hospital.
John w. Hines, 46. 1850 4th ST. s.w.
Infant Doris Billings, Gallnger Hospital.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Births Reported

Nathan and Selma Newman, boy.
Michael and Kathleen Hoolahan, boy.
Ellsworth and Alma Green, boy.
Gladstone and Gertrude McDermott, boy.
William and Carmela O'Brien. girl.
George and Frances Action. girl.
Henry and Rebecca Bryon, girl.
William and Jessie Gideon, girl.
Robert and Ella Harris. girl
Robert and Dorothy Sutton, boy.
Sigmund and Rita Newman boy
Wesley and Rosalia Moore. boy
LLOYD and Lillian Berkner. girl.
James and Margaret Miller, girl.
Francis and Mildred McKeever, girl.
Walter and Dorothy Gheen. girl.
Philip and Katherine Mitchell, boy.
Edwin and Esther Scherr, boy.
William and Lena Eaton. boy.
David and Mary Mangum. girl.
William and Eva Gross, girl
Elmer and Laura Green, girl
Walter and Margaret Thompson, girl.
Dalbert and Nellie Robinson. girl
Ralph and Shirley Bowman, boy.
James and Hazel schoeni. boy.
Jacob and Harriet Vonk. boy.
Earl and Eloise, Noble, boy;
NJ. Thomas and Frances Bartrom, girl
Paul and Edna Jansen, girl.
Ray and Virginia Bridges, girl.
Dean and Katherine Blood, girl
Alexander and Christine Green. boy.
Henry and Bertha Fauntroy, twin girls
Edward and Hazel jackson, girl
wallace and Bernice Jordon, boy.
Abner and Mary Josey, boy
Leroy and Irene Brown, boy
Thomas and Lueretta Duckett, girl.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Methodist Conference
To Be Held Here in 1941

The Baltimore Annual Conference
of the Methodist Church will con-
vene in Washington June 4-8, 194l,
with some 1000 delegates and guests
expected to attend. Sessions will
be held in the Mount Vernon M. E.
Church.
The l941 session will be the sec
ond meeting of the conference,
which was organized by the merger
of the Maryland Conference, the
Baltimore Conference of the M. E.
Church and the Baltimore Confer
ence of the M. E. Church South.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Service Orders
NAVY.

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
Gallery, 1t. Comdr. William O., transferred
from y: S.. S. Enterprise to Alameda.
Lapwing to Coco Solo Panama
Frazee Ensisn Murray B., jr:. from U
Robb, Ensign Richard E, from 3. S. s
. Philadelphia to U. S. S Wasmuth
ustick; Ensign Theodore M, from U
S. S. Arizona to U. S. S Aylwin
MEDICAL CORPS.
Rasle, Comdr. Harold E, from Wash
ington to U. S. S. West Virginia
Creaeh. 1t. Gerard B.. from U. S. S
Hannibal TO U. S. S. Bowditch.
SUPPLY CORPS.
Brown. 1t. q. 81 Thomas A. from
Destroyer Division s to Pearl Harbor
Seasley, Ensign Bert S.. from Destroyer
Division s to Anacostia.
Evening star., 1940-06-16

at the same time They are: CAL
vert Sheriff Bowie, Rockville, Md;
Robert Armstrong Hale, 170l Six
teenth street; James Edward Muir
ply, 30l3 Thirty second street NV;
Charles Alfred Pinderhughes, 1871
S street NV; Stephen Boutwell,
Robinson, jr., Westchester Apart
ments; William Clarence Shelton,
jr., 28l2 Chesterfield place; Donald
Goodman Stuart, 3446 Oakwood
Terrace NV, and William Wallace
Wotherspoon, Quarters "F," Navy
Yard.
President Ernest Martin Hopkins
Of Dartmouth will confer the de-
grees to ATS seniors in the Bema,
outdoor amphitheater which is the
traditional scene of Dartmouth
graduation exercises.
Evening star., 1940-06-16

france, ne was
drafted by the
French govern
ment this spring
and left college
to take up his
duties with the
French Army.
Mr.. deSieyes
prepared for
college at st.
Adams School
here.
Eight others
from Washing
and vicinity will
b e graduated
from Dartmouth
Evening star., 1940-06-16

spectacular group ensembles being displayed
setting standard for high quality the modest bud
gets afford For the modern minded have daring creations
assembled leading stys for the you'll
dozens Of well appointed settings you believed possible the
price All outstanding values! Of you enjoy the usual
liberal credit terms!
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Dartmouth 10 Graduate
Man in French Army

John Malcolm deSieyes, 3519 Low
ell street NV, will receive his de-
gree from Dartmouth College to-
morrow in absentia. A native of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-29
Joint Army and Navy Selective Board
Holds Men Over sc May Be Drafted
BY WILLIAM w. ROGERS. staff Writer.
Waterbury Democrat Washington Service Bureau

John Jones had his thirty-siX
birthday on October Is, 1910. He
escaped having to register for mill
tary training on October Is. Across
the street lives Bill Smith. Bills
thirty sixth birthday is celebrated
on October II, one day after regis
tration, and therefore he is liable
to be called up for a years military
training at any time before May Is,
1915.
Did Congress intend that, once
having registered Bill Smith should
remain liable for a years training
even after reaching age thirty-six?
Yes, says the Joint Army and Navy
Selective Board. After previously
indicating that men who reach age
thirty-six after registration day
would be exempt from training, the
Board issued the new ruling, de-
signed, it is said, to permit draft
ing of men whose skills might be
needed for the Army or Navy.
The ruling is based on the
Boards Interpretation Of Section 3
(a) of the Selective T lining and
Service Act which reads: Except
as otherwise provided in this Act.
every male citizen who has de-
clared his intention to become such
a citizen, between the ages of twen-
ty-one and thirty-six at the time
fixed for his resignation. shall be
liable for training and service in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-29

the land or naval forces of the
United States"
Whether Congress thought the
Board would interpret this Ian
guage as it has, may be open to
question. In view of the fact that
throughout the debate, it was en-
phasized that only men between
specific age limitations were to be
affected, there may be some ques-
ton whether Congress actually in
tended men not previously called,
to remain liable for training after
reaching age thirty-siX. On the
other hand, 1t would certainly be
impractical for the army to have
to discharge a man in the middle
of his training because he reaches
age thirty-siX. Congress could, of
course, pass a simple amendment,
clarifying the situation, so that a
man, if not called before reaching
age thirty-six, would be relieved of
liability for service; but If he
reaches age thirty-six after having
been indicted, would be required
to serve the full period.
But as long as the law remains
unamended, Bill Smith, to take
the extreme case-even though he
is thirty-eight or thirty mine, may
still be required to leave home for
a years training, while John Jones,
his neighbor, and only two days
younger, is exempt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-29
OtherLocaI NamesAre
Pulled FromB owILater
Continued from Page H.

M. Meyer, 81 Manhan street; (Only
two listed.
Eleventh Number-3048-William
r. Roy, 1929 North Main street;
George H. Nelson, 10 Highland ave-
nue.: (Only two listed.
Twelfth Number-4050-So Sc
marc, 500 East Main street; (Only
one listed.
Thirteenth NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
frio A. Marinaro, At Hopkins street,
(Only one listed.
Fourteenth Observation-Disclosures
J. Byron, 16 Wolcott street; Nicholas
A. Montague, 6 Clairmount street;
(Only two listed.
Fifteenth MISUNDERSTANDING
F.. Morton, ISL Orange street; Eu-
gene A. Fraser, 1886 Willow street;
(Only two listed.
Also drawn this afternoon we're:
Sixteenth number-2451: Lewis r.
Ande, 81 East Farm street; Robert
c. Macomber, 126 Waterville street;
Frank l.. Crosse, 81 Laval street.
(Only thre listed.
Seventeenth number-2748: Simon
J. Levesque, 1873 Atwood avenue;
| Norman A. DonaiS, % Alder street.
(Only two listed)
Eighteenth number-Vincent j.
Dillane, 81 Summer street: Ralph
C. Martone, 20 Lawrence street.
(Only two listed0
| Nineteenth ber-846-ThomaS
Joseph 10y, 16 Vermont street; irwin,
Nierenburg, 367 Willow street; Henry
George, ATT South Leonard street,
Albert Joseph Bruni, g. Ayers street
Twentieth numper-2764-Car
Orville futile. 189 Orange street;
Raymond Edward Meier, 252 High
| land avenue.
Twenty first number-4326-A
drew Consiglio. 10 Newell place
(Only one listed)
! 22d Number - 1894 - Joseph M
Karnofsy, 278 Walnut street. (Only
one listed0
23d ber-3,461-Francis G
McInter, 40 Orange street. John w
Evans, 1856 Plaza avenue. (Only two
liSted)
oath Number - 161 - Charles r
McCue, 1874 Thomaston avenue
Conrad Leonard, Jr., 1856 West MAR
street. Patrick ]. Kennedy, 16'
South street. Castor Poirer, 72I
Baldwin street. r..
25th er-3011-Walter Law
lana. 661 Hill street. Wilbur F. Sui
Ivan, II Robbins street. (Only twt
Instructions Given
Draft board members from thi
city and from Litchfield county re-
ceived instructions at the city hal
last night from Lieut.-Col. Georg'
r. Stluges, of the state selectiv'
service board. Procedure to be fol
lowed in setting up order number
for all registrants was outlined.
Tomorrow the board begins the ar
duous task of Pacing the orde
numbers against the names of a.
8 local registrants and then of max
ing order lists. in numerical Sc
quence. Alphabetical lists OF regis
trants will be made later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-29

member of the military affairs COM
lnittee during his three terms at
Washington.
The second number drawn, 1872,
became Order No. 2 for John r.
Knight, So Abbott avenue; Herbert
@. Pinter, A Park Place; Joseph A.
Yanch, 80 Hewey street; and Owen
p. Kyle, of ITO Beecher avenue.
Order No. for Waterbury, which
came on the 18th number drawn, af-
fected holders of serial number 105:
Aaron Mintz, 127 Concord street;
John A. Largay, 161 Hillside avenue;
Michael j. Foley, rs Franklin street;
and Oliver B. Akin, 355 Homestead
avenue.
The fourth and fifth order num-
beers for Waterbury did not affect
four men in each district. the serial
numbers drawn being higher than
those listed for some of the districts
here.
The order in which the serial
numbers of registrantS are drawn
today determines the order i'll which
they will be given queStionalres
by the draft boards. AS specified
numbers of questionaires are sent
out in each district, the board will
then choose the men to be assigned
TO q years military training. The
quetionnaires will give the registrant
opportunity to claim exemption or
deferment because Of dependents
Snecial occupatiOn, etc,
OF the first so numbers drawn at
Washington. only nine affected
Waterbury. The rest were all higher
than the highest local number
which is 4424. assigned in District
i5-A. The highest other local serial
numbers are: 15-B, $3.50; 16-A, 2l99;
and 16-B, 1888.
Early Numbers Today
Early numbers affecting this city
in addition to those mentioned
above, were as follows:
4th MEMBERSHIPS Wilfred j
Carrier, 267 Walnut street; Pas
uuale D'Amico, 1872 Congress avenue;
5th Number - 2441 - John Bap-
fist Carriero, IS West Farm street;
Robert " Quinn, Jr., 261 Cooke
street; John F. Murphy, Ayers
street;
Sixth Number2563-Joh M. De-
Biase, II Shetheid Terrace: Louis
Theodore Westerlund, 6 Sudbury
street; George Gustave Hamel, 294
Fairlawn avenue; (only 3 listed.
Seventh Numper, 188-Victor P
Rusgates, 1856 Orange street: Stanley
John Verseckas, 1913 Congress ave-
nue.: Rocco w. Rinaldi. 50 Cana
street; Frank F. Cucolo, Is Emerald
street:
Eighth Number, 100 Joseph r
Trepanier. 1879 Orange street: Ro-
bert G. Follett, 48 Cottage Place;
Joseph F.. Garvey, 50 West Liberty
street: Joseph A. Champagne, 13s
Scovill street;
ninth Number, 291f - Roger D
Frink, Montoe Road; Robert J
Coyle, 95 Lexington avenue; (onl!
2 listed.
Tenth Number -2670-Herman
LaRoff. 800 East Main street; Henr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-29
BRITAIN GIVES
HELP TO GREECE

Continued from Page u
that Britain was taking was refused
as calculated to aid the enemies OF
Britain and Greece, now allies
1t was added in authoritative
quarters that normal diplomatic
consultations" were being conducted
by Great Britain, Greece and Tur-
key.
Military informants denied reports
that Britain had landed troops and
air force units at Crete, Cephalonia
and Saloniki, and said that there
had been no reports of italian action
at Corfu. The Admiralty expressed
doubt that there had yet been any
action between the British and Ital-
ian fleets. AS regards reports that
British troops had landed on Greek
soil. military informants suggested
that the reports had been spread by
German-Italian sources to create
disappointment and confusion, like
reports of the kind put out when
Germany invaded Norway. Such re-
ports, it was pointed out, also were
calculated to bolster italian asser-
tons that Britain had been ready to
act.
British military dispatches indica-
ted that action along the Greek-Al-
bantam frontier yesterday had been
largely restricted to artillery exchan-
ges.
Greek Outposts Retired
Gree outposts retired to advanced
lines of resistance in accordance
with orders, it was said.
Information here said that the
Italians bombed Florina and KaSt-
oria.
The Greeks were said to be hold
ing two defensive zones, one starting
at the coast and extending from
Parga to Jarina, Kastoria and Flor
ina, the other extending from Koz-
ami to Odessa.
1t was indicated here that British
aid to Greece might include direct
attacks on Italy.
1t was believed that attacks on
italian sea bases, now within easy
range of any British air force bases
in the Greek Islands, would be a
prime objective.
Italy had invaded Greece on even
flimsier pretext than is usual in
Axis agression," demanded that the
government quickly put its Mediter-
ranean forces into action.
Though Naval aid in the Greek Is
lands. Air Force aid over the Greek
mainland and financial aid from
London seemed likely to be the most
practicable form of defense-aid to
Greece, it was indicated strongly
that plans had been worked out long
ago, in event of an italian attack on
Greece, to embark on offensive ac-
| ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-29
q Years Ago Draft Numbers
Were One-Way Death Tickets
Today They Are for One Years Training in Peacetme
Army Units-Ihey Cannot Go Outside
Unless Congress Says SO

and General Enoch H. Crowder
drew the fifth, 3,403.
Then the drawing proceeded
rapidly. nforu hours 2,400 numbers
were drawn. The pace kept up until
the last of the 10000 capsules was
drawn at 2:18 o'clock the next
morning.
One capsule was blank-the TO-
004th drawn. When the number
were checked over officials were
able to tell which serial number
should have been i'll that capsule
and it was given the proper order
number.
Capsule in Her Shoe
Then, years later, came the story
of the woman government clerk
who. on returning home after work.
ing her shift at the lottery scene,
discovered a capsule in her shoe.
She hurried back, told her tale to
draft director Hugh Johnson. He
removed the capsule from the shoe
and later in the drawing slipped it
into the bowl.
Baker also drew the first number
in the second lottery on June 81,
1918 when Germany was making her
final about war effort. There were
only 1900 capsules in the bowl
covering the registration serial
numbers of men who had reached
the age of q since the first lottery
The last lottery was on Sept. 80
1918. President Wilson drew the
fist number. 1t was the longest
drawing OF them all-17,000 numbers
of men from 10 to 81 and 81 to 45
But it proved to be unimportant
The war was over before any OF
this group could reach the front.