U.S. Ship Lands Material

Prom Our Own Correspondent.

APIA, July 1.

IN pursuance of what is believed to be a definite plan to remove the Pan- American Airways base from Pago Pago

to Canton Island, the U.S.S. “Ontario”, the station ship from Pago Pago recently landed a quantity of building material on Canton Island. Accordng to reports, the U.S. Government intends to spend 500,000 dollars on the Canton air base.

Canton has a lagoon, 4 to 6 miles in length, eminently suitable for seaplanes.