Colossal American Expenditure on Pacific Defences
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Pacific Defences
Honolulu, Apr. 19.
MORE and more the Hawaiian islands are becoming the keystone of the American defence) scheme in the North Pacific.
The U.S. army reported to-day that during 1938 it spent a total of 20,993,000 dollars in the army’s section of the scheme.
More than half a million dollars were spent for foods produced in the islands.
Under army persuasion, local farmers are being encouraged to produce more food stuffs. This is an important angle of de fence^ More than 3,000,000 dollars were ex pended in developing the army’s tremen dous aerodrome, Hickam Field, world’s largest military air base, near Honolulu.
Total cost will exceed 18,000,000 dollars.