The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
ENGLAND IS
 | BACK TO SANITY
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| - svstern of warnlngs for the entire etate. Mill whistles win give three two-minute blasts at lb-seccnd inc teryais sn event Of another alarm. the few towns not near mills VIII be warned by sirens.
 Boston, Dec. i0-(Up)-Ille Mas- sachusetts committee on public saie- ty said today an alert was given TOT Connecticut ta 0:O2 Q. m. today ana that because of on overlapping ter. rltnry, 1t showed here. They said the signal lasted less than five minutes.
 Boston, Dec. iO--CUP)--All Bos- tonu policemen with the exception of iBO members of the bureau of criminal investigation were ordered into uniform today for the dura- tioil of the emergency. Police com. missioner Joseph r. Timilty said about 2iB0 would Do affected.
 New York At Tt Again
 New York, Dec. 10-(Up)-The third air rsid alert in less than 24 hours was sounded today in the New York metropolitan area'
 The third alarm, starting on the tip of Long Island, spread to col1- munlties lying in the direction ot the city. The sirens shrieked in New York city at S:4o c. nj. as millions or persons were enroute to work. At e:Oi 0, m. the "all clear" was sound" cd.
 The alarms apparently started from "phony" tips that caused two alarms yesterday. Capt. Lynn Far" mol. public relations officer ct Mit- chel field, said no reports ot ap. preaching "unidentified aircfait had been received there and no alrte signals wre' sounded
 Farnol later explained that airs craft had been spotted-subsequent- ly Identified as navy patrol planes and that Q private "blue" signal to air raid wardens had mistakenly been made public.
 Three air raid alarms were sound. ed at RiVerhead, near hte tip of Long Island. The first lasted from IB:b3 q. in. until 6;27. The second lasted i6 minutes, starting at 7;06 a. m, Third alert ended after 20 minutes with oil oil clear at O:lb 0. m.
 As the sirens sounded in Rivers head and Suffolk county, the alarm Snread to adjoining Nassau Cour" ty, thence to Brooklyn and queens County and finally Manhattan.
 The alarms apparently were spread to adjoining Nassau Coun- ty, thence to Brooklyn and Queens County and finally manhattan.
 The alarms apparently were spread to adjoining Nassau Coun spread by civilian ait raid wardens and the police teletype system. Army officials denied knowledge Of the alarm. In RiVerhead, however, Floyd D. Houston executive Secrec tary of the Suffolk County civil de- fense council, said that when the U. s. Army tells Us that unident- fled aircraft have been sighted, there's no foolin.g We don't question that"
 Central headquarters spread the alarm to the ii report eenterB throughout the country, but none reported sighting unidentified air- craft"
 On Way to School
 As the alarm spread from county to county 1t caught thousands of children enroute to school and more thousands of men and women on high speed highways and cofn- muter trains heading for New York. Tn some areas children enroute to school were met by air raid wardens and told to return to their homes. There was no indication, however, that service was halted on com- muter trains.
 At the Brooklyn Friends school 240 students and teachers were evacuated by police Into the central courts building next door where they sang Christmas carols until the "ali clear" sounded.
 In Manhattan the alarm started at 8:23 e. m. when the police radio broadcast signal 60' warning of the approach of enemy aircraft. At SPA q. m. another broadcast indi- cated the danger had increased, while at e:46 e. m. the signal sounded putting the actual alarm into effect.
 The sirent failed to stir the apathy of thousands of persons pouring out of subway exits enroute to their jobs. In Times Square men and wo- men looked at the sky, but kept walking unhurr!edly. Military and civilian officials said that yesterdays two alerts along the East coast were valuable tests of nerves and defense, but were not pleased by the public apathy and the fact that thousand of ship builders left their jobs. New York, Dec. l0-(UP)- Stamped on the whistles issued to air raid wardenS here Is the phrase: Made Tn Japan"