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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 March 1940Vol. X, No. 8

American Equatorial

p. 38 · Read in the full issue

Islands

Prom Our Own Correspondent

Honolulu, Feb. 15.

ON March 4 the U.S. coast-guard cutter, Roger B. Taney, will sail from Honolulu on another periodic cruise (her 18th), to the American occupied equatorial islands.

During her three weeks’ cruise she will call at Jarvis, Baker, How land, Canton and Enderbury islands.

Irl H. Polk, of the Civil Aeronau tics Authority (the Government agency which controls all American commercial aviation) will visit the isles to prepare groundwork for the technical improvement of weather observation and reporting stations on these American listening-posts.

Lt. Cmdr. Frank Kenner, veteran of these cruises, will be in command.