Evening star., 1934-07-24
HAWAII TO GREET
PRESIDENT TODAY
Ships Arrive in KaiIua Bay
as Crowd Waits Along
Shore.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated RrcS6.
ABOARD CRUISER NEW Or
LEANS, KAILUA BAY, Hawaii, July
24.-The cruiser Houston nosed into
Kailua Bay at daybreak today. bring
ing President Roosevelt to Hawaii
Island, largest of the Hawaiian group.
A brilliant sun outlined the cruisers
Houston and New Orleans to the early
morning crowds waiting on the shore
of the cone-crested island to greet
the first President to visit this Ameri-
can possession.
Roosevelt reserved his plans for the
day until q visit from Gov. Joseph
Poindexter, who came from Honolulu
to extend formal welcome.
A full moon made the island visible
TO the President far at sea before he
retired last night. The village of
Napoopoo, scattered among the Coco
nut trees under the Hawaiian cliffs,
awaited the possible landing of the
President.
Crews to See Festival.
The spot was reported to have good
fishing and boats will be ready for
parties to try their luck later in the
day. Ships crews will land for the
Luau native festival near Napoopoo
Monument.
The Coast Guard cutter carrying
Gov. Poindexter brought the first mail
to the President since he left Panama.
Planes from the New Orleans put OH
to get the latest from Honolulu.
Napoopoo is not a stranger to his
tory.
Capt. James Cook, noted explorer
who discovered Hawaii in 1776, was
killed near here the following year.
Henry Opukahaia, Hawaiian youth
credited with inspiring the first
Christian mission to the islands, grew
to manhood here.
This whole coast was the favorite
playground Of the Hawaiian kings
Its flawless climate and scenery made
it an idyllic setting for their BAR
barrie court.
In recent months this district has
received additional advertising in the
United States through the medium of
a popular song. Napoopoo (pro-
nounced Nah-poe'- is on Keala-
kekua Bay which means Pathway Of
the Gods"
Historic Territory.
Across the bay are burial caves
where the ancient Hawaiians con-
cealed the bones of their chiefs.
There Is monument here to Opuka-
haia, and nearby are the ruins OF the
Hawaiian altar where it is said the
natives, at the time of Capt. Cooks
coming, worshipped him as a God.
Of the Kona coast is some OF the
finest fishing in Hawaii.
The Kona coast is kept pleasantly
cool by soft rains every afternoon.
This is one reason, too, for the excep-
tional value of Keona's principal
produce, coffee. In other countries,
it usually is necessary to plant ba-
nanas to shield the coffee plants
from the hot sun.
Hawaii is the largest of a group
of eight inhabited islands. They
came into the Union voluntarily
without costing anything in blood
or dollars.
Hawaii is an organized Territory of
the United States. The islanders long
have clamored for full Statehood.
Polynesians from the South Seas,
crossing the Pacific in Canoes, first
inhabited the islands about 500 AID.
On their discovery in the modern
era, Capt. Cook named them the
Sandwich Islands after the Earl of
Sandwich.
Near where Capt. Cook was killed
Massachusetts, missionaries landed ia
years ago to begin the civilization and
influence that brought the islands
under the American flag in 1898.
Dissatisfied with the reign of Queen
Liliuokalani-better known as Queen
Lil''-residents deposed her in 1893
and set up the Republic of Hawaii,
patterned after the American Govern
ment.
President S. B. Dole promptly
opened negotiations to cede the isl
ands 10 the United States. which were
successful five years later, during the
Spanish-American War.
The inhabitants now total 800, 900.
Of whom about half are Of japanese
blood. There are many Chinese and
FilipinoS.