PACIFIC ISLANDS
CLAIM'TO SOVEREIGNTY
AMERICA'S INTENTIONS
HONOLULU, June 27. (Received June 28, at 0.15 a.m.) There are indications here that America plans to claim sovereignty over Jarvis, Baker and Howland Islands preparatory to an air service between the United States and the Antipodes. The coastguard cutter Itasca placed four Hawaiian boys on each of these islands several weeks ago to establish American colonies. These islands are claimed by Great Britain, but they have been unoccupied for decades. The camps are making hourly weather reports under the direction of the United States Bureau of Air Commerce. Mr W. T. Miller, representative of the Bureau of Air Commerce here, declines to discuss the sovereignty question, which is certain to be raised. A schooner is being fitted out now for a South Seas cruise to investigate the question of an air route to the Antipodes. The cruise is reported to be backed by Pan-American interests. Mr Harold Gatty is associated with them, but he claims that he is here on vacation, en route to Australia.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22609, 28 June 1935, Page 9
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