Statewide County HI Archives News.....Hawai'ian Chronology and the United States -- Part 18. July 14, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 August 3, 2008, 6:57 pm Keepers Of The Culture, A Study In Time Of The Hawaiian Islands July 14, 2008 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 July 14, 2008. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Historical Collections of Hawai'i Keepers of the Culture A Study in Time, of the Hawai'ian Island's Hawai'ian Chronology and the United States -- Part 18. by Darlene E. Kelley ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chronology -- Part 18. ++ 1932 -- The claim by Thalia Massie of an assault by five " Local Boys " puts Hawai'i in National headlines and leads to an investigation of crime in the islands.The threat arises that Hawai'i will be governed by a commission in which the Army and Navy would have a voice. Thalia Massey, a 20 year old Navy wife, and had had a quarrel with her husband, Lt. Thomas Massey at a post party and left by herself and wandered through an undeveloped area of Waikiki, when she was supposedly attacked on January 8, 1932. Police quicky took several young men into custody. Thalia's mother, Thalia's husband and two other accomplices decided to take justice in their own hands. They kidnapped Joe Kahahawai, one of the five charged suspects, and killed him. In their murder trial, the famous defense attorney, Clarence Darrow, represented the Massies. They were convicted April 19 of manslaughter and sentenced by the court to 10 years of hard labor. Governor Lawrence Judd commuted their sentences because of their position of prominince, to one hour served in his office, adding fuel to an already charged up atmosphere. Events and outcomes of the Massie case divided Hawai'i along racial lines for many years afterward. KGU launches a weekly NBC radio series and later becomes an official NBC allied station. Territorial Normal School merges with School of Education at the University of Hawai'i to create a teacher's college. Foreign visitors to the Islands include Prince and Princess Takamatsu of Japan and the Maharaja of Jind from India. Wharf and harbor work in the Islands cost $797,000. Piers 13 and 14 in Honolulu boast the best harbor construction work anywhere. $86,957 worth of imports arrive in the islands; Exports total $ 102,738,000. Radiotelephone service between the mainland and Hawai'i as well as interisland service commenses. Army glider plane designed by Lt. W.A. Cocke Jr., flies successfully at Kaneohe experimental grounds. Large crowds gathered at the Pali watch the 16 1/2 hour flight piloted by Lt. John C. Crain. Lighthouse at Nawiliwill, Kauai's new harbor, beams at 1,280,000 cadle power, one of the most powerful in the Islands. The first Filipino School teacher in Hawai'i, Richard Adap, begins his career at the public school in Hana, Maui. Relics of early missionary days are housed in the Lyman House Memorial museum which celebrated its grand opening. Koreans on Kawa'i organize Dan Hap-hoi ( United Society ) to mark the anniverary of the Korean Declaration of Independence ( March 1, 1919 ). " Bufo marinus," a large insect eating toad is imported from Puerto Rica, to help control centipedes, scorpions, and other pests. The first report of Marijuana in the Islands submitted. Clarence "Buster" Crabbe wins the 400-meter freestyle at the Los Angeles Olymipics. Republican Fred Wright narrowly wins Honolulu mayoral election over John Wilson. Charles Henry Atherton House dedicated ; the building provides a new men's dormitory and YMCA for University of Hawai'i students. National and Pacific Foreign Trade Convention is held at the Royal Hawai'ian Hotel. Hosts 40 deligates from around the Country. First inter-island sightseeing tours by air link with automobile trips on each o the major islands. Due to the Depression, sugar industry returns 7,200 workers to the Philippines at Indusrty expense. Renewed activity in Halemaumau pit, Kilauea volcano. Over 30,000 visitors watch the spectacle of fire fountains rising from the crater floor, some shooting as high as 300 feet First recorde oil spill takes place off Moloka'i with Inter-Island steam Navigation Company. U.S. -- In November elections, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is overwelmingly elected President. Pearl Buck publishes her book " The Good Earth." Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean, solo. ++ 1933 -- Population in Hawai'i increases to 383,973. Group of 100 Filipinos arrive from the Philippines " in defiance of the wishes and despite the warnings" of the Hawai'ian Sugar Planters' Association and add to their numbers to the already overwelming unemployment problem in the Islands. First skiers skim Mauna Kea. The Big Five-- Alexander & Baldwin, Amfac, Castle & Cooke, C. Brewer and Theo Davies -- control 95% of the Sugar crop. 11,392,570 pounds of commercial fish harvested this year, at a value of $792,357. Sugar production peaks at 254,563 acres planted. $55,773,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i from the United States. Total Imports equal $63,128,000 while exports stand at $92,953,000. Honoulu liquor commission issues liceses to manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers of beer. Handful of AFL craft unions form Hawai'i Joint Labor Board. Honolulu Board of Water Supply plans multiple water works projects totaling $650,000 and asks for federal funding to 30% of costs. First regetta soley devoted to canoe racing held at Napo'opo'o on the Big Island; Honolulu's Outrigger Canoe Club leads seven other teams to the finish. Mockingbirds first released on Maui. U.S. -- Roosevelt launches the New Deal to fight for economic recovery. The Prohibition amendment to the Constitution is repealed. The Government of Soviet Russia is recognized by the United States. Thomas Hunt Morgan receives the Nobel prize for his work in physiology and medicine. July 15-22 -- Wiley Post pilots the first round the world solo flights. ++ 1934 -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the first American President to visit Hawai'i while in office. Joseph Poindexter is appointed Governor by President Roosevelt, the eighth governor of Hawai'i. Passage by Congress of the Jones-Costigan Act protects mainland cane and beet production at the expense of foreign possessions like Hawai'i. First official Honolulu traffic code published by the Honolulu Traffic Safety Commission. Future Governor Ingram Stainback appointed U. S. District Attorney for Hawai'i. Oren Long apponted superintendant of public instruction by Governor Poindexter. Samuel King elected territorial delegate to Congress. John Burns begins carrer in Honolulu Police Department from 1934 to 1945, rising to a rank of captain in 1941. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Patrick Gordon Taylor fly a single engine Lockheed Altair, " Lady Southern Cross " leaving Brisbane, Australia, in mid-October and after stops in Fiji and Honolulu land in Oakland, California, after achieved the first eastbound flight from Hawai'i to the mainland. The mass flight from the mainland to Hawai'i is made by United States Navy seaplanes. Regular airmail service begins when Inter-Island Airways obtains a Federal subsidy for carrying airmail among the islands. Thereafter, improved airplanes and airports and unblemished safety record give residents and tourists more confidence in traveling by air. Federal legislation guarentees Hawai'ian planters continued access to laborers from the Philippines. Hawai'i's first bank robbery takes place at the Pa'ia branch of the Bank of Hawai'i. The robbers take $979.31 and although not masked, one displays a large mustache he had painted on himself with an eyebrow pencil. Waterfront strike in San Francisco strands many seaman in Hawai'i. Commercial processing of Macadamia nuts begins at Van Tassel's new factory in Kaka'ako at Keawe and Pohukaina Streets. Hawai'ian Pineapple Company Ltd. purchases Haiku Pineapple's assets. Hawai'ian Tourist Bureau and Hawai'ian Pineapple Company withits " Dole " trademark appear in Nationally Established Trade-Marks published by the Periodical Publishers Association. $ 69,234,000 worth of Imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $95,830,000. Connie Macks' Major League All-Stars beat a hand-picked Hawai'ian Baseball League team, 8-1. Babe Ruth hits two doubles and Lou Gehing hits a home run out of Honolulu Stadium. Civilian Conservation Corps begins seven-year reforestation effort, planting an average of two million trees per year in forest reserves. First Bullfight in Hawai'i presented after a football game. Matador Antoni Matchiquito appears with bulls imported from Mexico. Waikiki Beach patrol established to offer visitors ocean sport instructions and surf equipment. ++ 1935 -- The United Staes battle fleet conducts extensive maneuvers in Hawai'ian waters. The first pay telephones are installed in public places. January 11-12 -- Amelia Earhart makes first solo flight between Hawai'i and the Mainland, flying a single engine Lockheed Vega monoplane from Wheeler Field, Oahu, to Oakland, California. O'ahu resident Tom Blake invents windsurfing, a sport combining elements of sailing, surfing, water-skiing and hang gliding. Young Islanders -- primarily Native Hawai'ians -- occupy the Line Islands for seven years as part of the U.S. Equatorium Colonization Project, securing strategic locations for U.S. military expansion. Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Represntatives finds Hawai'i territory " to be a modern unit of the American Commonwealth, with a political, social, and economic stucture of the highest type" and recommends further study of qualifications for Statehood. Record enrollment at University of Hawai'i brings undergraduate population to 1,201. Airmail service between California and Hawai'i introduced on Pan Am Clipper China. Pan Am begins " exploratory flights" from San Francisco to Manila via Honolulu, Midway, Wake Island and Guam. Jack Hall begins his Hawai'i union career by helping to organize the Honolulu waterfront. "Voice of Labor" is the first Union Newspaper published. $84,553,000 worth of imports arrive in the Islands; Exports total $100,034,000. " Mutiny on the Bounty " starring Clark Gable is filmed in Hawai'i. Mauna Loa erupts in November, producing a spectacular lava flow. Record high temperature of 87.4 degrees first recorded November 30. Board of Agriculture and Foresty President Frank Locey increases dog quarentine period from four to six months. Hawai'i Calls begins broadcasting. U.S. -- Huey Long -- United States Senator from Louisiana is assassinated. ++ 1936 -- A party goes skiing on Mauna Kea near Halepohaku at an elevation of 9,500 feet. Population of Hawai'i territory is 393,279. Honolulu has estimated 5,000 unemployed. " Mauna Kea," 29 year veteran of inter-island shipping, sinks 10 miles off shore. Blueprints prepared for a giant movable " hospital " for warships to be built at Pearl Harbor; the floating drydock is expected to cost $10,000.000. First traffic light installed at Nu'uanu Avenue and Beretania Street. HGEA ( Hawai'ian Government Association ) formed by a handful of low level supervisors, the first step toward establishing a genuine Civil Service. Commercial transpacific air travel begins with the flight of Pan Am's Hawai'i clipper from San Francisco to Honolulu; the fligt takes 20 hours. Aloha shirts first advertised. Shirt maker Ellery Chun registers the " Aloha Shirt" term and begins mass production for his King Street store. Filipino labor union Vibora Luviminda calls strike against four Maui plantations, demanding higher wages and dismissal of five foremen. Planters agree to pay the wage increase after 85 days. $92,444,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $127,177,000. New Packard Cars unveiled in Hawai'i. World Air racer, Herbert R. " Buddy " Elkins is welcomed in Pearl City. Mahaaja of Indore, accompanied by a former princess of Kabal, visits O'ahu aboard the luxuray ship Lurline. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ continued in part 19. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/newspapers/hawaiian11nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/hifiles/ File size: 12.7 Kb