Word: hawaii
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...situation confronting the islands today," loyally declared the Star-Bulletin, "should stir the patriotism of every son and daughter of Hawaii. The people of the islands must stand together in this crisis. They must stand by the Governor and the members of the Legislature they put in office...
Conviction of second degree murder in Hawaii calls for a maximum penalty of life imprisonment at hard labor. Under a gentleman's agreement all noncapital offenses involving Naval personnel in Hawaii are tried by court martial. Rear Admiral Stirling advised the Navy Department that "undoubtedly" the grand jury's action was taken under the belief that the defendants, including Mrs. Fortescue, would ultimately come to the Navy, not to the civil courts, for justice. Meantime, the prisoners were released from the U. S. S. Alton at Pearl Harbor, put on probation under bail which...
When U. S. Press reports began returning to the islands last week, Hawaiians were aghast to see how their troubles had been treated. To mainland friends and to mainland publications they wrote many an indignant letter protesting that Hawaii's turbulent month had been grossly, sensationally exaggerated. In defense of conditions in their Pacific paradise they pointed out that: 1) crime was no rarity on the mainland; 2) the island of Oahu, on which Honolulu is situated, is not the largest in the archipelago while on Maui and Hawaii, all was serenely peaceful; 3) it was absurd...
...from a German emigrant (1848) to a San Francisco storeowner (1856) and then a mighty sugar king. Among these was the hard battle with American Sugar Refining Co., ending with the "Sugar Trust" being driven from Mr. Spreckels' territory. And there was the argument with King Kalakaua of Hawaii which ended in defeat, Sugarman Spreckels returning his medals and title and the King allowing rivals to enter the rich sugar territory. And there was the titanic battle with his son Rudolph over sugar after which the son emerged a victor and millionaire...
...Chief-of-Staff of the Battleship Division of the Pacific Fleet, have been modified to the extent that he will remain in his present capacity until released from duty by the Admiral upon the completion of the Fleet's present manoeuvers in the vicinity of Hawaii...