48 coolies 2 meals a day. For the evening meal they get rice. Sago iis priced at 50 cents per ba sket of 40 lbs. The "Bantam" with Mr. and Mrs. Hoogland on board left at 6.30 for Sarmi. June 1st. Developed my first Leica spool before daylight; temperature 74. f.: air tempera- ture 72. f. Results good as regards both exposures and development. This even- ing at --- Ramm achieved his first contact with the outside world. ---, Alabama, U.S.A. and received the rather startling news that Archbold was to start the flight across the Pacific in 30 hours. Richardson finished the Makassar coolie house. Rand started the #2 European house. June 2nd. Started to work a late afternoon shift of Hollandia coolies (20) to take advan- tage of the low tide for ramp construction. The logs are laid as far as the bottom slope of the beach. Have a deputation of Sentani coolies this evening, asking permission to return to their villages Sunday afternoon for a mission feast, the event being Ascension Day. This religious festival will extend from Sunday to Tuesday. If permission is granted it will mean the loss of the labor of 24 Sentanis for two days and probably the locals will wish a rest as well. As the ramp is to be ready by the 15th--as radioed Archbold this morning--we cannot afford to let them go. Have 35 local coolies on the pay-roll. June 3rd. The Cuba with Archbold, Rogers, Booth, Brown, a navigator (Yancey) and a second mechanic (Barinka) left San Diego. Scraps of news through U.S.A. amateur radio stations to that effect. No advice at all from Archbold.