Word: guam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trust that TIME [March 3] does not intend to infer that the more than 24,000 Chamorros of Guam are not capable of intelligent and sustained labor...
...writer served as Head of the Department of Industries of the Naval Government of Guam for two years (1937-1939) I believe I know every square yard of this fabulously productive island, resplendent in a diversity of scenic beauty, natural oddities and prehistoric monuments...
...loyal to America. He has considerable European blood in his makeup. It may be true that he does not produce large amounts of food. This is due to one reason only, a lack of a market in which to dispose of his produce at a profit. In Guam the average temperature is about 81° F. and the humidity is up in the 80s. This causes rapid decomposition. The natives are extremely poor and can afford only such artificial means for food preservation as may be improvised. . . . Not only nature but numerous insects and animal creatures all combine and strive...
Under efficient and planned supervision Guam can produce sufficient fresh vegetables for two Army divisions. Other food can also be produced. Potable water in any desired amount can be obtained by utilizing the waters of the Fena District, and without any great engineering problem, or expense, involved...
...dove of peace, but a snake-the United States and Great Britain-has placed its egg in the dove's nest." The egg, Major Akiyama went on to explain, was "the fortification of Singapore, the arrival of Australian troops in Malaya and the impending fortification of Guam and Samoa...