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...Capt. Musick again soared into the sky. this time turned southwest and faced the world's most ticklish navigation problem- that of finding a speck of land 120 ft. long, 90 ft. wide, and only three feet high, which no plane had ever seen. This tiny spot is Kingman Reef, discovered some 80 years ago by Captain John Kingman of the U. S. schooner Shooting Star. Other ships occasionally spotted it afar, but not until 1921 was it officially recorded by the U. S. S. Eagle...
...Anderson planted three cocoanut palms there and the U. S. Geographical Survey finally put it on charts, but not until transoceanic aviation suddenly zoomed into commercial and military importance in 1935 did the U. S. formally claim jurisdiction over Kingman Reef. Some 1,100 miles from Honolulu, this coral atoll is part of the Territory of Hawaii, is in the exact geographical centre of the Pacific. Its five-mile horseshoe is awash at high-tide except for one patch of sand. But the barrier breaks the combers, provides a quiet lagoon which is a mid-ocean lake, perfect...
Stroke, William S. Rowe, II; 7, James L. Tyson; 6, William E. Huenekens; 5, Dudley Talbot; 4, Laurence S. Johnson; 3, Lauren C. Kingman, Jr.; 2, Richard C. Ninde, bow, Richard M. Burnes; cox, James M. Snow...
Yesterday, the first '39 boat lined up with Rowe as stroke, Tyson 7, Huenekins 6, Kingman 5, Johnson 4, D. Talbot 3, Dean 2, Burns bow and Snow as cox. However, as the boats have not yet been up to a very high stroke, this seating cannot be considered definitely permanent...
First Freshman-stroke, William S. Rowe 2nd; 7, Lauren C. Kingman Jr.; 6, William E. Huenekens; 5, Peter Covel; 4, Laurence S. Johnson; 3, Dudley Talbot; 2, Richard C. Ninde; and bow, Richard M. Burnes...