EYES OF AMERICA
SEAPLANE BASES IN PACIFIC
DEFENCE OUTPOSTS
PLANS SKETCHED United Press Association—By Electric Tele« graph—Copyright. NEW YORK, May 9. America's western defences are being developed along a 5000-mile line cutting from north to south across the middle of the Pacific and anchored by five islands, says the Washington correspondent of the New York "HeraldTribune." These outposts represent defence eyes rather than strongholds. The general programme proposes seaplane bases starting at Dutch Harbour, Unalaska (Aleutian Islands) and Kodiak (Alaska). The line for which patrol planes will be responsible runs south for 1600 miles to Midway Island, thence south-west for 1000 miles to Wake Island, thence 1800 miles southcast to Canton Island, and thence south 700 miles to Pago Pago. Active naval worn at Midway Island is also ordered, and the same at Wake Island. Later, with good landing harbours equipped with powerful radio stations, the patrol planes will be able to cover a long line cutting across the Pacific and will be able to spot foreign naval movements in advance.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 108, 10 May 1938, Page 11
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171EYES OF AMERICA Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 108, 10 May 1938, Page 11
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