10/05 Sat. Secretary of the Navy places Organized Naval Reserves on  
           short notice for call to active duty. 
10/08 Tue. Unites States advises citizens to leave the Far East.  
           Japan protests United States embargo on aviation gasoline and  
           scrap metal. 
10/15 Tue. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla., is established. 
10/16 Wed. Sixteen million men register for the draft under Selective  
           Training and Service Act. 
10/22 Tue. Naval Squadron 40-T (Rear Adm. D. M. LeBreton) operating in  
           the western Mediterranean area, is disbanded. 
10/23 Wed. Japan gives one year notice of abrogation of North Pacific  
           Sealing Convention of 1911. 
10/28 Mon. Italy invades Greece. 
10/31 Thu. British forces occupy Crete.