HONOLULU, July 8 - Details of the manner
in which the United States will "perpetuate
its sovereignty" over Howland, Jarvis
and Baker Islands were revealed today with
the arrival of two officials of the Department
of Interior.
They are Ray A. Kleindienst of the Division
of Territories and Insular Possessions, who
will cruise to the equatorial pinpoints of
land, and R. B. Black, field representative, who will make the
crusie southward aboard the Coast Guard cutter
Itasca, leaving in about two weeks.
The Itasca will carry materials necessary
for the erection of permanent buildings of
stone or concrete.
The cargo will include complete equipment
for two aerological stations. Such posts
will give the army and navy a line of observations
that would be invaluable in the event of
hostilities.
HONOLULU, Hawaii July 25 - Heavily laden
with building materials and carrying a group
of new colonists chosen from personnel of
the Kamehameha Boys School, the Coast Guard
cutter Itasca departed yesterday for Baker,
Howland and Jarvis Islands. Permanent development
of these tiny specks of land along the equator
will be started.
Aboard the Itasca with the group of boys
were W. T. Miller of the Department of Commerce
and R. B. Black of the Department of Interior, who are supervising
the work of colonization and establishment
of permanent stations from which weather
observations can be made.
The colonists took with them large quantities
of seedlings and cuttings for planting ironwood,
cashew, mango, breadfruit, Hawaiian oranges,
passion fruit and sea grapes.
Preparation of the islands for use by aircraft
will start in about three months, when the
Itasca makes another voyage carrying tractors
and plows, which will be used to remove bumps
from the natural runways. On her present
trip the Itasca is returning in one month.
She is sailing again in September.
HONOLULU, Aug 17. - Radio stations on Baker,
Howland and Jarvis Islands, 1,000 miles south
of Honolulu, will be sending reports to the
outside world within three months, it was
reported today when the Coast Guard cutter
Itasca returned from the South with a group
of eight boy colonists.
W. T. Miller of the United States Department
of Commerce and R. B. Black of the Department of the Interior, who made
the cruises said dwellings on the htree mid-Pacific
specks of land were virtually completed.
When the Itasca sails out again in October
or November, radio equipment will be taken
along. Aerological stations on Jarvis and
Howland Islands are now gathering upper-air
data, which will be the chief subject matter
transmitted when radio operation is begun