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The history of today

MAY 31


The May 31, 1911, Advertiser reported on gains in the number of people living in Honolulu.

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1924: Heavy seas at Nawiliwili damage a 75-ton crane used by the U.S. engineers to place rocks in the breakwater. There was no damage to the harbor breakwater, but several hundred feet of railroad track washed out. A day earlier, a 15-foot tidal wave hit Kaumalapau harbor on Lana'i.

1939: The city says it will purchase 42 acres of land on Date Street as a site for the proposed new high school in Kaimuki. That meant the land would not be available for a proposed Hawaiian village housing project.

1949: About 300 Honolulu women picket in front of ILWU headquarters at Pier 11 to protest the dock strike that began May 1. They become known as the "broom brigade."

1949: The president of ILWU Local 142 sues The Advertiser alleging libel for an article titled "Lowdown on sugar strike balloting." The article was one of a series of "Reports to Joe" that first appeared on the front page of The Advertiser just after the dock strike began May 1. The "Letters to Joe" were unsigned, but were written by Lorrin Thurston, publisher of The Advertiser. The "Joe" was Joseph Stalin.

1954: Thousands of volcano watchers flock to Kilauea to view lava fountains 500 feet high.

1963: Matson Navigation Co. steps in with a $5,000 check to save the Falls of Clyde, which was scheduled to be sunk the next day as a breakwater.


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