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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1936.

PACIFIC FORTIFICATIONS

U.S. AIR BASE AT HONOLULU,

WORLD'S LARGEST, TO BE BUILT

Hammers Ring

Just

Received.

BY 1938 AT COST OF 11 MILLION In British

Construction Work On Hickam Field, 2,500-Acre Plot Overlooking Pearl Harbour, Will Start in Fow Weeks Honolulu, Feb. 1.

Destined to be the world's largest airport, Hickam Field, the U. S. Army's future wester- most air base, will begin to take definite form in- the forepart of 1936.

Shipyards

MANY MORE JOBS ASSURED

£5,000,000. FOR MERSEY YARDS London, Feb. 2.

There is more noise in British shipyards now then at any time

This noise, from the hammers and rivets and winches, is an in- dication of the great activity in the yards.

The government has made available U.S.$4,500,000, 1030. for preliminary construction work on the 2,500-acre field located eight miles from Honolulu close by Pearl Harbour naval base. Total cost of the huge air base is estimated at U.S.$11,000,000.

Without awaiting actual con struction of hangars and runways, landscape architects and gardeners have started planting trees, shrubs and flower gardens with a view of making the huge field the most beautiful air base In the world as well as the largest.

Baso To Resemble City The layout of Hickam Field will resemble a small modern elty with broad boulevards, aidewalka, street Jighting system, telephone not- work, fire department, hospital, public school and other utilitles

activities will be transferred from Luke Field, leaving it for sole use of the navy."

On the Tyne tonnage to bo launched on the slipways of three firms in the first quarter of 1936 is to be greater than that produced during the whole of 1934.

At a shipyard. on the Mersey Addition of Hickam Field to £5,000,000 worth of orders are in Hawai's military establishments hand, and 7,000 men are to be will make the island of Orhu by employed.

More Forts Nearby

far America's most fortiled area. At Barrow it is announced that Pearl Harbour, on one side of the more than 11,000 men are to be Immediate construction plans new airport, is the nation's largest employed and that this employment call for the building of four double naval base. A few milca beyond is practically guaranteed for a year hangars, ose operations hangar, Pearl Harbour lies Schofield and a half. water, and sower lines, roads and Barracke, America's largest army At Belfast one firm is now em- landing runways. Actual conpost. Adjoining Hickam Field (ploying 14,000 men, the highest to- struction will begin soon.

on the other site is Fort Kamejial since 1930. The same yard will hameha with ita 14-inch guns also reach 1030 standards by capable of hurling projectiles 25 launching 10,000 tona. miles out to sea in defence of the It is announced that several idle narrow entrance to Pearl Harbour, yards on the northeast coast along the Tyne and the Tees are to be reopened. The total orders given

is Fort deRussy, equipped with the Tees rivers have reached 75.

On the other side of Honolulu recently for new vessels from the yards of the Tyne, the Wear and more 14-inch guns as well as the Meanwhile official details of the latest type anti-aircraft guns and working of the "Scrap and Build" Fort deRusay towers Diamond that 45 veasels of about 196,000 tons searchlights. Two miles beyond scheme for British shipping show Hend, world-known landmark and gross have been put up for scrap- built by nature as a perfect fort. ping. This leaves 78,000 tons still A hollow and extinct volcano to be nominated for scrapping to To reach the present point of crater, Diamond Hend, bristles complete the amount of 274,000 progress in development of this great American flying field has with concealed lookouts and detons under the scheme.

This scheme, on the basis of two consumed seven years. The site fence equipment.

Nestled in a secluded valley be built, is for 36 vessels of about tons scrapped for each new ton was selected in 1928 by a board

of American life.

When completed the field will have quarters for 180 officers, 175 non-commissioned officers and barracks for 1,600 men. Officers' quarters will be of concrete,

of army officers. In May, 1935, hind Diamond Head is Fort Ruger: 137,000 tons, to cost about £2,640,- owners of the land, a good part equipped for artillery, anti air-000. Orders of which constituted a profitable craft batteries mounted on high-placed for 24 of these, and applica have already been Bugar plantation as well as a small speed trucks and hangars for tlona for four other have been town, were paid $1,450,000 for the acouting balloons.

lodged. site. More than two years will be required to complete the air base.

Named For Dead Flier Hickam Field was named in honour of the late Lt. Col. Horace M. Ilickam. He was killed on November 6, 1934, when the plane he was flying crashed at Galveston, Texaa.

The new air-base is the third military air field on the island of Orhu to be named for army fliers who have lost their lives in pursuit of duty,"

Wheeler Field, air base at Scho-

In all, the island has six army Of the vessels for breaking up posts. Their combined search- 11 have been sold to British and 15 ight equipment is capable of to foreign ship breakers, while tho brilliantly illuminating the entire disposal of the remaining 19 has city on the darkest night, giving not yet been decided.

So far only about one quarter of Honolulu the appearance of a Holly night of a brilliant premler-over two years under the scheme the the amount of £10,000,000 available aited Press.

Thas been applied for.

wood movie palace

Einstein

on

Applies

for

American Citizenship

Trenton.

field Barracks, the United States PROFESSOR Albert Einstein has,

signed a "declaration of inten- largest army post located 30 miles outside Honolulu, was named after tien to become a United States Maj. Sheldon II. Wheeler, member citizen. He will be eligible for of the squadron which flew with citizenship in October 1938.

Gen. John J. Porahing on his He is at present at Princeton punitivo cxpedition into Mexico University. He declined to make after

Pancho Villa. *

Major any comment when questioned Wheeler died in a crash near the regarding his plans. field which beare his name.

Usod By Ocean Fliers

+

Professor Einstein, who has been described as the "greatest genius! jof the present day," was banished In addition to being the base from Germany by the Nazis because, for most of the army's flying of his Jewish birth. activities in Hawaii, Wheeler He was born at Ulm in 1879. Field has come into prominence It was at Berlin that he completed from the trans-Pacific Bights the labours of eight years and which have started and ended astonished the scientific world with there. It was from this field his findings on the theory of the that Amelia Earhart took off on relativity, regarded by one com her solo flight to California. mentator as "the most thorough The late Charles Kingsford-revision of physical concepts since Smith also used it on his trans- the days of Newton." Pacific hops.

When annoyed by interviewers Luke Field, at present used by who wanted to know what relativity! both army and navy land planes, really was he directed his secretary is on an island in the centre of to give them this answer: Pearl Harbour. It was named in "When you sit with the girl you! honour of Lieut. Frank Luke, love for two hours you think it is "balloon buster of World War only one minute, but when you sit days who was shot down behind on a red-hat stove for a minute. the German lines. Upon com-you think it is two hours. That is pletion of Hickam Field, all flying|relativity,"

SALESMAN SAM

Professor Albert Einstion.

Professor Einstein shelter by many foreign countries, was offered Including England.

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ing,

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right.

12 One may find them low.

13 Tako into account.

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18 More than disilke.

10 A Silencer

you

20 If double him you'll get a

handfull

8 Intelligence that is paradoxically

rather raro..

0 Does this bird like to spend

itself?

10 Space forbids any wide depar-

ture from this sphere.

13- "Get 'rain" (anag.).

14 Part of a machine upsets n

commanding officer,

15 Part of a inte, maybe.

10 Serious reference to a pillow? 24 This is on a penny.

25 Tree.

20 What the schrol-maator still haz

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Londoners

22 Proverbially hard

mollusc.

23 This iron is a dog.

form of

25 A decisive factor in tricky work. 23 I д body is this, should one

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27 No boy minds the cane if it's

this.

28 A descriptive word containing

two pronouns.

32 Kind of capo.

34 A battle.

35 Largo in the extreme.

30 of the lowest class.

DOWN

2 Beams from this may often be

asen in houses,

3 Split:

4 Descriptive of a sound human

effort.

6 Many

mothers have this their children,

оп

G A retreat. 7 These people are certainly not

shallow-headed.

EVEREST EXPEDITION

ADVANCE PARTY ARRIVES IN BOMBAY

30 Drink it, or eas it 31 A word of welcome: 33 A distinct reflection. 34 Feminine name.

Yesterday's Bolution.

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The party is expected to make a Arst attempt to scalo the top on May 22 until the Monsoon breaks, when they will have to return, as the days will be too short and cold. The party expects to reach the London, Feb. 20.

base camp on April 12 and on this The 1830 Mount Everest oxpedi occasion 104 porters will be employ bay to-day under the leadership of on the previous expedition-Reuter's tlon's advance party arrived in Bom-od, which is more than were used

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