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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1936.

PACIFIC FORTIFICATIONS

U.S. AIR BASE AT HONOLULU,

WORLD'S LARGEST, TO BE BUILT

BY 1938 AT COST OF 11 MILLION

Construction Work On Hickam. Field, 2,500-Acre Plot Overlooking Pearl Harbour, Will Start in Few 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.

The government has made available U.S.$4,500,000 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- activities will be transferred from struction of hangars and runways, Luke Field, leaving it for sole usc landscape architects and gardeners of the navy. have started planting treea, shrubs and flower gardens with a) vlow of making the huge field the most beautiful air base In the world as well as the largest.

Hammers Ring In British 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 alace 1930,

This noise, from the hamméra

and rivets and winches, is an in- dication of the great activity in the

yards.

On the Tyne tonnage to be. launched on the slipways of three Arma in the first quarter of 1938 is to be greater than that produced during the whole of 1934.

At a shipyard on the Mersey £5,000,000 worth of orders are in hand, and 7,000 men are to be employed.

Addition of lekam Field, to inwall's military establishments will make the Island of Orhu by for America's most fortified area. At Barrow it is unnounced that Pearl Harbour, on one side of the more than 11,000 men are to be Immediate construction plans new airport, in the nation's largest employed and that this employment call for the building of four double naval base. A few millos beyond is practically guaranteed for a year hangars, one operations hangar, Pearl Harbour lion Schofield and a half.

struction will begin soon.

Base To Resemble City The layout of lilekam Field will resemble a small modern city with broad boulevards, sidownlks, street lighting system, telephone net- work, fire department. hospital, public school and other utilities

More Forts Nearby

water and sewer lines, roads and Barracks. America's largest army At Belfast one firm is now em- landing runways. Actual

con-past, Adjoining Hickam Field ploying 14,000 men, the highest to- on the other side in Fort Kametal since 1930. The same yard will hameha with its 14dnch guns also reach 1030 standards by capable of hurling projectiles 25 launching 10,000 tons. miles out to sew 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 On the other side of Honolulu yards of the Tyne, the Wear and recently for new vessels from the in Fort deRussy, equipped with the Tees rivers have reached 75. more 14-inch guns, as well as the Meanwhile officiul detulis of the latest type anti-aircraft guns and working of the Serap and Build" searchlights. Two miles beyond scheme for British shipping show Fort deBunny towers Diamond

that 45 vessels of about 190,000 tons Hend, world-known landmark and:

ross have been put up for scrap- built by nature as a perfect fort. ping. This leaves 78,000 tons still

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.

A hollow and extinct volcano to be nominated for scrapping to To reach the present point of

the amount of 274,000 progress in development of this rater. Diamond Hend, bristles complete great American flying field has with concealed lookouts and de-tons 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 army ofeers. 18 May, 1935, hind Diamond Head in Fort Rugor, 137,000 tons, to cost about £2,640,- owners of the land, a good purt equipped for artillery, anti nir-000. Orders have already been of which constitated a profitable craft batteries mounted on high-placed for 24 of these, and applica Hugar, plantation as well as a small speed trucks and hangars for tions for four others have been town, were paid $1,450,000 for the scouting balloons.

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

Named For Doad Flier Hickam Frid was named in honour of the late Lt. Col. Horace 3. Hiekam. He was killed on

November 5, 1934, when the plane he was flying crashed at Galveston, Texas.

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.

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 light equipment is capable of to foreign ship breakers, while the brilliantly illuminating the entire disposal of the remaining 19 has city on the darkest night, giving not yet been decided.

So far only about cne quarter of Honolulu the appearance of a Holly- wood movie palace On the the amount of £10,000,000 available ight, of a brilliant premier-over two years unter the scheine

Thas been applied for.

United Press.

Einstein

Applies for

American Citizenship

Trenton. I

PROFESSOR Albert Einstein has

Wheeler Field, air base at Scho. field Barracks, the United States

signed a "declaration of inten-! largest army post located 30 miles outside Honolulu, was named after tion" to become a United States Maj. Sheklon H. Wheeler, member citizen. He will be eligible for of the squadron which few with citizenship in October 1938. Gen., John J. Pershing on his He is at present at Princeton punitive 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. feld which bears his name.

Used By Ocean fliers

Professor Einstein, who has been described as the "greatest genlus of 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 flights the labours of eight years and which have started and ended astonished the scientific world with there: It was from this field hin findings on the theory of that Amelia Earhart took off an 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: Poarl Harbour. It was named, in "When you alt with the girl you! honour of Lieut. Frank Luke, love for two hours you think it fa "Balloon buster" of World War only one minute, but when you sit days who was shot down behind on a red-hot stove for a minute. the German lines. Upon com you think it is two hours. That is pletion of Hickam Field, all flying|relativity.”.

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morrow

8 The assembly to examino a call-

ing.

One does not receive this as a right,

12 One may nd them low.

13 Take into account.

17 Mule name.

18 More than dislike.

19 A Silencer

20 if you double blm you'll get a

bandfull

21 This circle is well ̈known"to"

22

Londially

mollusc.

hard form of

23 This Iron in a dog.

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25 A decisive factor in tricky work. 26 If

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27 No boy minds the cane if it's

this.

28 A descriptive word containing

two pronouns,

32 Kind of cape.

3-1 A battle.

35 Largo in the extreme.

36 of the lowest class.

DOWN

2 Bears from this may often be

seen in houses.

3.Split.

4 Descriptive of a sound human-

effort.

& Many

mothers have this on their children.

4 A retreat.

7 These people are certainly not

shallow-headed.

EVEREST EXPEDITION ADVANCE PARTY ARRIVES IN BOMBAY

8 Intelligence that is paradoxically

rather rare.

0 Does this bird like to spend

taclf?

10 Space forbids any wide depar

ture from this sphere.

13 "Get rain" (anag.)

14 Part of a machine upseta a

commanding offleer.

16 Part of o a date, maybe.

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

25 Tree

20- What the school-master still-ban

under the-lash!

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

Yesterday's Bolation.

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The party is expected to make a firat attempt to sealo the top an May 22 until the Monsoon breaks, whon they will have to return ne 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 tion's advance party arrived in Bom-ed, which is more than were bay to-day under the leadership of on the previous expedition.-Rauter's Mr. Rutlidge.

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