Midway Island

To Be a Powerful U.S. Air Base

From Our Own Correspondent,

Honolulu, Apr. 6.

JOBS for 100 skilled labourers is announced by the U.S. Government for the spade work of the 1,000,000 dollars project that will convert isolated Midway Island, now a cable station and a stop on the air route to the Orient, into a first-class navy air base.

All workers must be U.S. citizens. The first expedition will depart from Hono lulu about July 1. U.S. army engineers have charge of the job.

Th,e main work will consist of blast ing more runways and anchorages in the great lagoon for the use of navy bombers which frequently visit Midway and Wake Islands from the potent base at Pearl harbour, near Honolulu.

Secret bombproof underground gaso line and water stores will be built also.

Step by step the U.S. defence chess game is moving into the Western Paci fic, to be alert against any move made by a would-be Orient aggressor.