Show t L PACIFIC DEFENSE LINES LENGTHENED With Navy to Patrol Coast Fleet of Giant Bombers San Diego The Calif-The Calif The navy is and strengthening its lengthening in the first line of defense ic Before the end of 1938 huge patrol patrol patrol pa pa- bombing planes most powerful air fighters of their type in the world will be droning along daily embracing embracing embracing over some part of an area ing square miles The planes will be stationed so as to be instantly available should trouble rise in the Pacific It is the plan of the navy to have of these most modern fighting craft on duty in the great semicircle e tending extending from the Aleutian islands through Guam Wake and Midway to the Hawaiian group and then bending eastward to Panama before another twelve t months passes Planes designated for this duty are the with a cruising range of nearly miles a top speed of in excess of miles an hour with a full load The full load consists of at least pounds of gasoline a crew of six or seven men machine guns munitions and more than a ton of b bombs In order to have th these se fighters at strategic points the navy during the next few months will sponsor at least nine long-distance long mass flights similar to the three carried out already this year as routine transfers In all the navy is building sixteen squadrons of the patrol bombers and fourteen will be stationed in inthe inthe of defense defense defense de de- de- de th the semicircular first line area Of those fourteen sq squadrons of twelve planes each to tobe tobe tobe be stationed in the Pacific area five will be in Hawaii three in Panama two in Seattle and four in San Diego r T LI L'- L' I NOVEMBER 1937 1931 S M T W T F S 5 1 5 6 7 8 9 1011 10 I II 12 1213 13 14 IS 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 2324 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 THANKSGIVING Th DAY Thursday November 25 You will be thankful in inI incase I case of an accident th that Y Spa u have Farmers ance ante Our service is unexcelled unexcelled celled by any other cation LOW COST O For Careful Drivers I EL ELMER IE Y MADSEN tA I DIl tr rt Manager tn na ager r I Ir t. t r fi tl r |