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Show ARMY PREPARES 0AHDBLACK0U1 ' HONOLULU, May If Gf Army authorities completed plans today -i fee a tblahMt" sf Oahu Island against an attack by "enemy", air raiders Thursday night. The raid will be phase of Ha waii most spectacular army maneuvers ma-neuvers which started yesterday with ths swift mobilisation of 10,000 soldiers. Ths entire Island was ringed by troops and heavy artillery today as i the army operated with war-time ' secrecy to test Its sbility to meet ' any phase of war and repel a pos-' pos-' aible sudden thrust against this key point m the United States' Psclfis i defenses. Soldiers, trucks and guns deployed through tropics! showers to ths beaches and foothills of ths Island, on which Honolulu Is located. Scooting planes soared aloft at daybreak day-break to find a theoretical "Red fleet, which is sssumsd to be a well balanced force composed of modern ships with adequate sttachsd aviation." avia-tion." Meanwhile, final plsns were mads te prevent automobile and aerial crashes during the blackout period. The blackout will cover a 30-minut period between I and I M p. m. Thursday 11:0 p. ns. to midnight Bo Lake Otty ttamrV. An lights on Oahu Island will be ordered out except for lighthouses, which will guide army filers. Major General Charles D. Herron, Hawaii department commander, plans to go aloft in one of an undisclosed un-disclosed number of army planes I composing ths "enemy" attacking fore. Description of ths maneuvers win be broadcast to the mainland by Columbia Broadcasting system. Planes will fly at alternate levels to prevent csashes. Automobile traffic will be restricted to police and emergency cars. Honolulu harbor har-bor will be closed during the darkened dark-ened period. Circulars containing Instructions printed la English, Japanas and Chines ars being distributed in preparation for ths blackout |