Fish Packing Industry Flourishes in American Samoa

f M h *? rt i y after the USS Co.’s Tofua sailed from Auckland on July 17 a s te ward, Mr Albert Leslie Pin f°ld, 39, died of knife wounds The vessel put back and Donald Alexander Lindsay, 36, steward, was arrested and later charged with murder. The vessel sailed at 120 p.m. again the following day.

fan Camp Company's cannery, which helped American Samoa out of its economic doldrums l>le of years ago, continues to flourish. The factory, on the foreshore of Pago Pago harbour, »wn above. And below, some of the Samoan girls who are employed in the factory as rs. he tuna that is canned is caught by Japanese ships and fishermen who work under short contracts to Van Camp.

Photos by Pan American Prints.