U.S. WAR MATERIAL ROTTING

Chronicle (Levin), 19 March 1946, Page 5

U.S. WAR MATERIAL ROTTING

I MILES OF WAREHGUSES AND DUMPS | Received Monday, 11.20 p.m. NJEW YORK, Marcii 18. j i The Navy is conducting Fross j representatives on a tour of PaciM ' bases, and the sight of miles of ware- j ■ fiouses fuli of almost every conceivabie j ltem, with even more stulx overflowmg j outside at the mercy of the weather, xs j staggering, says the Kew York ixerald j Trioune's correspondent i'rom Guaxn. ! Fotenti.ai purchasers at Guam are fe .» j indeed, although New Zealand and l unrra are negouating for several mxiiTon dollars worth oi suppiies. The correspondent says there are j sights that cannot be imagined uniem > seen. For instance, there is a larg-_ j duinp nearly filled with brokeu-dov/n | rortresses and otner xxianes; also a hoia I where more than 500,000 cases of beer J are rapidly deteriorating in the sun. Oiixciaxs say that very little will be useable. The same is trae to a iessex degree of soft drinks. Then there is a famous cliff over which bulldozers push planes. Five ac-res of planes, xncixidmg nuge jjaxcocas, Dut no Super-Fortresses, which have •.heir own dump, were to be seen. Many planes still had their tyies accached. On Saipan 60 v/areliouses bulge wi tr tyres and radio and radar gear. There are also gigantlc cfuantities of aminuk tiou at Hawaii and Saipan deieriorac • xng steadily. Probabxy rne oiggest lten. at the Marianas is countiess tnousand^ | oi plane belly tanks. Much of tne surplus is due to rapia ! demo bilisation, which prevents the! material being used or shipped fox J disposal.