American Samoa
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50th Anniversary Celebrations American Samoa
From Our Own Correspondent
APIA, April 6.
GREAT preparations are being made at Pago Pago, American Samoa, for the celebration of the 50th anniver sary of the raising of the American Flag over American Samoa. Celebrations will last three days—April 17, 18 and 19.
A dancing and singing competition and fautasi races are features of the monster function to which official invitations have been issued to the people and representa tives of Western Samoa.
The High Commissioner of Western
Samoa, the Hon. Fautua and a large num ber of members of the Legislative As sembly are going to Pago by American warship, by plane and motor vessels.
Teams of some 250 Western Samoans from the district of Falealili are taking part in the dancing and singing competi tions, while a long-boat crew of some 40 students of Malua College is to represent Western Samoa in the Fautasi races.
As Eastern Samoa is short of native foods such as bananas and tara, visitors from Western Samoa are taking Samoan foodstuffs with them.