Word: honolulu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Honolulu, one George P. Mossman made a ukulele that can be heard a half a mile away. Ukuleleman Mossman once worked for fifteen years to make a perfect violin, gave it up finally on the grounds that the violin was not a local instrument. His ukuleles since, have earned him the title of "Hawaiian Strad...
Married. David Kalakaua Kawamanakoa, second cousin of Hawaii's last male ruler, King Kalakaua, son of Princess David Kawamanakoa, Republican National Committeewoman; to Eileen Hutchins, student at the University of Hawaii, daughter of Captain Charles T. Hutchins, U.S.N.; in Honolulu...
...tropic seas. The boom of surf on coral reef, the fiery image of volcanic spray on cloudless night sky, flower-garlanded brown bodies lure U. S. tourists. But those mountainous islands are one with the U. S. in creating wealth from soil and industry. In the capital city, Honolulu, is a Stock and Bond Exchange where the securities of the Philippine Archipeligo's sugar plantations, public utilities, railways and pineapple canners are bought and sold, and where, significantly, are listed the foreign stocks and bonds of Sumatran and Philippine companies financed and owned by the prosperous Hawaiians...
...international races are between the famed 6 metre sailboats (about 35 feet on deck) for which British boats visit various foreign clubs including U. S. and U. S. boats are carried across the seas to race in foreign waters. This summer there will be a trans-pacific race to Honolulu. The King and Queen of Spain have offered cups for a trans-atlantic sailing yacht race from New York to Santander, Spain. Two classes will race: boats 35 to 55 ft. on the waterline and boats over 55 ft. Many of the notable craft from Eastern harbors are entered including...
Having recently served as a member of the Pacific Relations Institute held at Honolulu, Professor Wilson is well informed on foreign concessions to China, population and food supplies and other matters bearing on the subject...