Honolulu, Sept, 28. A number of units of the U.S. Fleet left Honolulu a week en route to the Philippines, unofficial report said here last night Other units including an aircraft tender, may leave Hawaii for the Philippines at any time, the reports said.
"The fact that the Navy plans to send an aircraft tender to the Philippiness was taken as an indication here that Washington plans to strengthen the force of "Flying Destroyer" long-distance patrol bombers in the Philippine Some quarter peculated that some ^f the ships en route to the Philippines may be intended as routine replacements, but the number of units being sent appeared to indicate that American naval strength in the Far was. being: substan! tially in. greased United" Pri
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