Word: hawaii
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hawaii Calls (RKO Radio) is a vain effort to make 10-year-old Bobby Breen swap his mammy-singing mannerisms for the more suitable antics of a lifelike small boy. Its story outfits him with rags & tatters, a shoeshine box and a stowaway's berth to Honolulu. But whether Bobby sings wistful or swingy songs in his reedy, choirboy voice, he goes at them with expert, unchildlike, vaudeville-stage punctilio...
...Dillingham will ride in the number two spot. The tall Sophomore from Hawaii carries a two-goal outdoor rating, is worth even more according to Sargent. The third berth is at present a toss-up between Warwick Stabler, 240-pounder who has filled the number one position in previous games, and Ben Forbes, recent addition to the squad who may make his Varsity debut against Yale...
...fundamental naval policy of this country is," proceeded to read it. The bill defined the fundamental naval policy of the U. S. to be maintaining a Navy adequate to afford "protection to the coastline in both oceans at one and the same time; to protect the Panama Canal, Alaska, Hawaii and our insular possessions; . . . to guarantee our national security, but not aggression; . . . provide a defense that will keep any potential enemy away from our shores...
...President should disclose "the justifying facts, if any, for the biggest regular budget for arms in our history." Congressman Maury Maverick, the liberal Texan, declared: "We must also decide what national defense is-whether it means battleships 600 miles up the Yangtze River in China or no farther than Hawaii." California's Senator Johnson wanted to know what the "foreign policy of this Government is. I don't know what it is. You don't know what...
Foreign students have increased in number from 170 in 1934-35, to 249 this year, with Canada's contingent of 51 leading China's 37 and Hawaii's 27 by several lengths, according to the listing. Total enrollment has mounted more than 500 since 1935-36, and barely tops last year's figure...