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Show f '."" SHU More Shoes Walt to He Filled , . - a ( a- t ' . ' ' ' ,. " w i BRITISH MILITIAMEN SQUEEZE FEET INTO ISSUE BOOTS I Now King George has called tip a quarter-million more BRITAIN READIES FOR HOSTILITIES LONDON, Oct J 11 Croat Britain strengthened herself today for hostilities on the world war scale, apparently Intending to Ignore Ig-nore any nazl-communiit peace offer. The first official reaction to Indications In-dications that Adolf Hitler would propose through a neutral power that the war be called off on a basis of the partition of Poland came from fiery Winston Church-ill, Church-ill, Bltlsh first lord of the admiralty. ad-miralty. Churchill told Britons last night "Wa are going on to the end." Prims Minister Chamberlain was expected to amplify the government's govern-ment's stsnd in a message to the house of commons today on the German-soviet Russian treaty of amity. Chamberlain wlU give the house his fifth war review at another an-other session tomorrow. Mesnwhile, King George's first proclamation under the armed forees act approved by parliament at the outbreak of the war, raised Britain's men called to the colors almost to a potential 900,000. The king called up for service about 2SO.000 additional soldiers, summoning all youths between the ages of 20 and 22 to register for military service at a date to be set later. About 240,000 youth who reached the age of 20 before last June 3 already had been registered under the Conscription Introduced before the war started. I |