Washington, Sept. 9.
major differences in the House and Senate versions of the Burke-Wadsworth Conscription Bill will be quickly eliminated, Congressional quarters believed today.
They predicted that the bill would-become a law by next week-end.
Some, however, predicted that the final measure would not carry the 60-day waiting period prior the invocation of a draft as passed by the House of Representatives.
The House desired an amendment to the bill delaying the drafting of men for 60 days pending a trial of the volunteer enlistment system.
Most Congressional quarters believed that the Senate would retain the House provision making men between the ages of 21 to 45 subject to the draft instead of the ages of 21 to 31 in accordance with the Senate measure.—United Press.
Officials Leave Bermuda Day by day the girdle of fortifications cast around the shores of Britain it might aptly be named the ta in width and depth. Britain might Churchill Line becomes. closer-knit "der ae a oral well be called an istand fortress; Britons are happily reaching a point at which every individual in it knows is place in a state of siege.
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apart-from manifold signs of military Vigilance, were deserted, writes a London correspondent Looking out across the solitude of the North Sea one realized more fully how sinister is the menace to these shore:
But here there was ample evidence of the reception that awaits any attempt at a landing, which, in the words of the brigade major who spoke to us, would make Gallipoli look like child's play.
Solid blockhouses command the foreshore, which would be raked by the cross-fire of automatic arms; wire entanglements, guns and concrete tank obstacles guard against enemy movement Inland.
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