PACIFIC AIR ROUTE
THREE ISLANDS ANNEXED UNITED STATES TO DOMINION (Received October 14, 9.5 p.m.) NEW YORK. Oct. 13 The Washington correspondent of the Herald. Tribune states that three tiny Pacific islands, Jarvis, Baker and Howland, 1000 to 1500 miles south and south-west of Honolulu, have been "colonised" and claimed as annexed to the United States for their possible Utility as bases in a transpacific air service to Australia and New Zealand. At the request of the air division of the Chamber of Commerce, several Hawaiians were sent to each island and remained there for some months. They took weather observations. This is considered to constitute colonisation.
When the proposal for the establishment of a weekly air service between San Francisco and Auckland, by, PanAmerican Airways, was announced last month, the points of call en rowte then mentioned were Honolulu, Kingman Reef, which is north-west of Fanning Island and Pago Pago. The distances over the various stages south were: —To Honolulu, 2400 miles; Kingman Reef, 1100 miles; Pago Pago, 1400 miles; and Auckland, 1450 miles.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22240, 15 October 1935, Page 9
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175PACIFIC AIR ROUTE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22240, 15 October 1935, Page 9
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