The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-22
TIC
FOR 6 MONTHS
ON TINY ISLES
Air Line Workers to Open
OutpoStS for u. S.-to-
China Route.
BY SIDNEY p. WHIPPIF
United Press stan CorresDondcnt

N''''fN itN> Nt8U torres pendent
NEW YORK. March 22-One
hundred and eighteen men are go
ing TO set up housekeeping in the
middle OF the Pacific Ocean some
time next month, in "a pre-fabri-
Gated buildings, fully equipped and
furnished with 70 extra collar but
tons. "a pairs Of shoe laces and 288
safety pins.
The colonies. rearing themselves
in splendid isolation on Midway
and Wake ISlands-where never a
man has lived before-wiu engineer
and operate the new Pan-American
Always route from California to
the Orient. Midway Island is 1880
miles west of Hawaii Wake Island
is 1912 miles further on.
In the first week of April. the
good ship North Haven. under char
ter to the company. will push out
OF San Francisco with 5000 tons of
cargo, ranging from entire buildings
down to the 90 dozen extra buttons
which experts have figured will
come loose from the mems clothing
during the six months of their is
land SOjOurn.
Kitchen Utensils Included
Pan-American'S engineers had an
easy job figuring how many amen
ometerS. transformers. direction
finders. generators, fuel tanks and
other items of operating equipment
we're needed for the bases. The more
human elements. the equipment to
enable the colonists to live in con-
tentment, created another problem.
So they built two cities on paper,
and equipped them down to the
last minute which happens to
be can of sunburn cream on the
bathroom shelf
The supply ship North Haven will
therefore carry office furniture and
porch furniture. 10000 cigarets and
500 bags of roll-yOur-O tobacco,
so cartons of chewing gum. IS pack
ages of razor blades. 10 dozen tubes
of tooth paste. six shaving brushes,
needles. sheets. pillOwcases, dresser
scarfs, towels, pillows 10 pairs of
curtains for each building, eight bed
Spreads metal beds. cups, saucers,
oatmeal plates, potato Washers, tea
strainers, ice cream freezers, two
complete windmills, and thousand
sundry items, including shoe polish
and hair clippers.
Athletic Equipment Included
Under 'recreational items" the
ship will carry -four baseball bats,
six baseballs, one medicine ball, one
volley ball, 20 jigsaw puzzles, one
dozen packs playing cards, two
chess sets, six checker sets with
boards; two pingpong tables; two
dozen pingpong balls; two sets box
ing gloves; and three alarm clocks"
In their spare time, the men will
putter around the gardens, which
are already laid out in blue prints.
They will plant palm and cocoanut
seeds, and under the shade Of the
palms they will cultivate cabbage
and caulifiower, cucumbers and let
tuce, onions, peas and radishes,
squash, tomato and, worst of all,
spinach.
Personnel of the colonies will in~
clude a construction crew of IA and
a staff of Al technicians, who have
been receiving special training for
two years in the trans-Caribbean
service.
The operating airway will be set
up from California to Hawaii, a dis
tance of 2410 miles; thence to Mid
way Island 1880 miles; to Wake Is
land 1912 miles; to Guam, 1850
miles to Manila, 1900 miles; to
China. TOO miles-thus connecting
with Par Americas 3OOO-mile sys-
TEN in the Orient.