Aerial ‘Attacks’ Are Maneuvers Feature

Every Sunday, "Back in the Day" looks at an article that ran on this date in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. The items are verbatim, so don’t blame us today for yesteryear’s bad grammar.

Army authorities warned residents of the Haleiwa, Kahuku and Wahiawa areas today not to be alarmed if violent, simulated fighting is waged in their districts during the current Hawaiian department maneuvers.

The maneuvers started early this morning with the defenders fighting off aerial attacks and there was every prospect that troops would be locked in close combat soon. …

Residents in every part of the island saw troops on the move today and aerial strafing awakened many sleepers as the first day of the maneuvers dawned.

Rumors that the "enemy" forces contained divisions of crack mountain troops indicated to some observers that Oahu’s precipitous mountain ranges is the scene of savage fighting. …

Tonight there will be searchlight activity, more gun fire and mechanized units may be on the move.

There may be activity in the downtown area of Honolulu as well, it was believed. …

There is no need for specific firing notices in any certain locality, army authorities point out, as all island residents have been warned in the past that any medium and heavy artillery may be fired at any time and that persons living near batteries should be prepared for fire.

Congressmen Surprised And Regretful at King’s Action

Washington » Expression of surprise and regret were heard today in congressional sources that Delegate Samuel Wilder King has resigned his post and withdrawn from the race for reelection. …

Delegate King, it is learned, told friends before leaving that it is his duty as a former naval officer to reenter service, but there was a general feeling among these friends that he would reconsider and not make that choice. …

Delegate King’s resignation kills the Molokai water project for the present. His influence was the only thing that might possibly overcome the one-man "filibuster" against the Molokai bill by Senator Millard E. Tydings of Maryland, chairman of the senate committee on territories and insular affairs. …