Hawai'i chronicles III : World War Two in Hawai'i, from the pages of Paradise of the Pacific

Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941--in the words of President Franklin Roosevelt, "a date which will live in infamy." More than 350 Japanese bombers, fighters, and torpedo planes struck Hawai'i in two waves, sinking or disabling eighteen ships and destroying more than two hundred aircraft. Close to 2,500 American military and civilians died that morning, another 1,178 were wounded. The Hawaiian Islands had been pulled into the Pacific War and the lives of its citizens were irrevocably changed. __Hawai'i Chronicles III: World War Two in Hawai'i__ looks at the human and social impact of the war on the people of Hawai'i from 1938, when speculation of a Pacific War first surfaced, to the era of postwar prosperity that followed. Editor Bob Dye has selected articles that originally appeared in the popular monthly magazine __Paradise of the Pacific__ (now known as __Honolulu__ magazine). An introduction describes the history of the magazine and the colorful characters who published and edited it. Dye then poses the question: How did Hawai'i's citizenry cope with the war? Blackouts, media censorship, gas and food rationing were imposed. Schools were commandeered, jobs were changed or modified to support the war effort (lei makers were set to making camouflage netting). And soldiers were everywhere: stringing barbed wire (along Waikiki Beach!), guarding public buildings and searching anyone who entered, worrying parents when they dated their daughters. __Paradise of the Pacific__ provided its readers with an informative, perceptive, and often entertaining look at these and other everyday experiences of life in wartime Hawai'i. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction I Prelude to War in the Pacific Pacific War? America “On Defense” in the Pacific Dual Citizenship and Expatriation Speed! Congress! Speed! Our Hawaii is Absolutely American Naval Power in the Pacific The Army in Hawaii II War! 1942 Out of the Night Remember Pearl Harbor There Always Will Be Heroes The New Life Warning—Take Heed Hawaii Territorial Guard Reserve The American Legion Goes to War Again Elections—and War Analysis of Midway Battle Politicos Are Worried A Gas Mask Graduation Class Black Sunday and Thereafter War and Business in Honolulu Paladins of Paradise “Tourists” in Denim Honolulu Today Territorial Government at War The Year in Retrospect 1943 Ke Kauwa Nei O Kauai (Kauai at War) Honolulu Today Islands Await Effects of New Regime A Unique Experience in Government “G.I.” Hawaiian It’s Their “Right To Fight” for America To Volunteer or Not? Lei Day, 1943 OPA—Hawaiian Style Mental Disturbances Caused by the War Night Life in the Twilight Help Wanted! 21,000 Jobs in Hawaii Poor Planning Now Means Future Regret Hotel Street, the Service Man’s Domain Honolulu Looks at Tomorrow Hawaii Rifles—Big Island Volunteer Unit Invasion by Haoles at Niihau The Year in Retrospect 1944 Finishing School of the South Pacific Combat Soldier Hawaiian Economy, Present and Future A Yank’S-Eye View of Honolulu Hawaii’S Debt on Army Day Honolulu . . . Island Boomtown Frank Comments by a Feminine Legislator Should Service Men “Date” Oriental Girls? War Workers as a Social Group Honolulu Civic Center: An Analysis The Pearl Harbor Memorial Inter-Racial Marriage in Hawaii Soldier and a Juke Box The Year in Retrospect 1945 Territorial Plans for Administrative Center Planning Honolulu: A Study Punahou Goes Home A Pocket Guide to Honolulu: Soldiers’ Introduction to Hawaii Fixit is Fine Troubles in Paradise Colossus of the Pacific Gracious Tradition in the Home of a Late Hawaiian Princess The Light Warden A Warden’s Technique Victory New Jobs for Lei Sellers Horse Racing Returns to Hawaii The Territory’s Schools Did Their Share Red Cross “Re-Cap” The “Society Cops” Hawaii’s Organized Defense Volunteers Honolulu Symphony in the War Years Hawaii’s Bid as United Nations Capitol Five Hundred Men to a Girl 1945—In Retrospect 1946 War and the Birds of Midway Tourist Forecast Housing Dream Come True Hawaii—49th State by ’49? “We Wish to Do Our Part” 1946—In Retrospect Afterword About the Editor

This Chinese-English dictionary of proverbs (yanyu) consists of approximately 4,000 Chinese proverbs alphabetically arranged by the first word(s) (ci) of the proverb according to the Hanyu Pinyin transcription and Chinese characters (standard simplified), followed by a literal (and when necessary also a figurative) English translation. Additional data such as brief usage notes, sources, parallel expressions, cross-references, and famous instances of use are provided where available. The proverbs are supplemented by an index of key words (both Chinese and English) found in all entries and of all topics addressed. The author has provided a scholarly introduction analyzing the definition, structure, usage, and history of these yanyu in traditional and contemporary China as well as a bibliography of collections and relevant scholarly studies of yanyu.

This work, the first such scholarly collection to appear since the Reverend Scarborough's 1926 collection, will be of use not only to sinologists in a wide variety of fields, including anthropology, literature, sociology, psychology, and history, but also to non-Chinese readers interested in Chinese culture or comparative ethnolinguistic and paremiological research.