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Canton Is.
From Our Own Correspondent
Honolulu, May 24.
THERE can be no indication of when Pan American Airways will make test flights in the South Pacific un til the Canton Island base is made.
A P.A.A. construction gang left Hono lulu for Canton Is., by the “North Haven”, on May 9. Later, a U.S.S. Gov ernment expert, Mr. Robert Campbell, will check the construction.
The “North Haven” lifted 5,000 tons of varied cargo for Canton Is, Actually, the work to be done will simply duplicate the airport establishment on Wake Is.
The buildings are fabricated in Califor nia.
There are about 70 men in the con struction gang. They include Chamor ros, natives of Guam, who were flown to Honolulu to catch the “North Haven”.
They act as cooks, etc.