Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-26 | Page 14 | Bombers Set to Blast Lava

BOMBERS SET TO 10 BLAST LAVA HONOLULU T. T H. H Dee Dec 2 26 UP Laden with 30 tons of high bombing planes of ot the U. U S. S army will take the air tomorrow for foran foran foran an unprecedented joust the lire fire pits of Mauna Loa volcano Their objective will be to check the fiery lava Java gradually advancing upon pon the headwaters of Wailuku river the city of Hilos Hilo's main source of water supply The planes will sweep low Jaw over the lava Java streams attempting to eight sight openings through which them the m mass s is erupting from the earth and I plug them by scoring direct hits hit with aerial bombs I ISome Some of the lava tubes run from I Ithe the volcano's fire pits far beneath the earth and emerge to the sur sur- face Others disappear in underground underground underground under under- ground caverns beneath the sea Authorities emphasized that the bombing would be purely experimental experimental mental No emergency exists at present