Show SALT LAKE CITY SPURS ARMY AIR AIRI AIRBASE AIRBASE BASE CAMPAIGN Roosevelt In Indicates d i c ate s te He Will Sign 5 1 Visualizing Salt Lake City a as a n strategic point in in air defense civic leaders and offic officials als spurr spurred d' d det efforts efforts ef et- ef- ef forts Corts Saturday to have the municipal pal airport made an army flying corps base t i r I As the moved city to o ha have e airport Improvements made an immediate W P p. A project assurances es were received re re- re that President Roosevelt would sign the Wilcox bill calling for half a a. dozen huge airbases air bases one I of which Is proposed in the Rocky mountains The chamber of ot commerce asked askee members of Ut Utah's hs h's congressional nal delegation to h have ve the mon money noney forthe for tor forthe the air bases bases' approximately 60 allocated immediately for W P A work Tentative plans of ot the city call for fot a a aV V W P A project to eliminate dust at the airport regarded by Brigadier General H. H H. H Arnold co commander mander of the army air corps first wing ring as damaging to the Ri ni air airports airport's ports port's chances chance of being chosen as WI a base S Other Improvements plans plans' for which have been completed by the city engineering department would be to build two runways each feet feet- long Jong one running north and south and the other cast east and west westA A third runway southeast by byn n northwest th v t would be feet long Surfacing would be of or oil mulch with witha a two two inch inch mat and a four four- inch base 0 of gravel grave However feas of using using salt salt mixed with clay is being lacing Investigated k t. t An Associated Press dispatch quoted President nt Roosevelt as sayIng say say- sy log Ing he would sign the Wilcox bill bilI alre already dy passed by congress but that he would not recommend im immediate immediate immediate im- im mediate construction of the bases Mayor Louis Marcus and the thc chamber chamb r of commerce received telegrams telegrams tele tele- telegrams grams from Senator Elbert D. D Thomas saying he would make every effort to promote construe construe- tion lion It was understood that selection of ot base sites will willbe be made by bya a committee com corn of five two to be named by Secretary of ot War George H. H Dern and three e by arm army representatives |