Evening star., 1942-02-02
BY LAUREL e. EUBANK,
Special Dispatch to The Star and North
American Newspaper Alliance.

Special Dispatch to The Star and North
American Newspaper Alliance.
HONOLULU, Feb. 2.-Glamorous
Hawaii-playground Of the wealthy
and dreamland of the lonely-has
become, overnight, strategic Hawaii.
The vacationists have evacuated:
the hula dancers have defense jobs:
the beach boys have been drafted:
the romantic spots Of this world
famous resort have been put in the
control Of the military authorities
Night life is definitely thing Of
the past, for the islands are in con-
tinual blackout and all persons must
be on the streets by 6 pm In short.
Americas happiest resort Is under
martial law.
Take Doris Dukes Yacht.
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel,
spreading It's luxurious arms along
the barbed wire entanelements Of
Waikiki Beach, has been taken over
by the Navy as an emergency hos
pital. The Outrigger Canoe Club.
where debutantes in the past have
slipped cool drinks under beach UNI
orellas, is now being used daily as
. recreation center for the play
hungry and hard-working sailors.
Private yachts have been confis-
Gated for harbor defense-including
the expensive one owned by Doris
Duke Cromwell. wealthiest girl in
the world Kewalo Basi, picturesque
fishing harbor where camera fans
snapped the colorful japanese SAM
pans, is now empty.
Green golf courses and polo fields,
where fun-loving islanders came for
recreation, are now filled with dis
carded jalopies, tin cans, sewer
pipes, and other distractions which
will prevent enemy planes from
using them as landing fields.
Hawaiian Band Is Gone.
Formerly sleek white liners
brought happy tourists and return
ing "kamaainas" to q lei-fragrant
harbor on boat day. Now con-
verted into transport ships, the
blackened liners quietly dock at
piers without an
nouncement, loaded with troops and
defense supplies. The Royal Ha-
waiian Band, with its welcoming
strains of songs of the islands," is
no longer there-instead it is playing
a concert at Red Hill or Pearl Har-
Dor for defense workers on seven
day duty.
Typical Hawaiian foods are not
escaping the war influence. Papaya,
formerly just a local and interest
ing fruit tried by all newcomers, is
now being advocated to soldiers and
civilians as q cure for night blind
ness in these days of blackout. Pine
apple and sugar fields are being
plowed up to make room for vege-
table gardening made necessary by
our island position.
Sands No Longer Free.
The very sand Of the beaches and
coco palms are no longer free!
Sandbags are filled daily along the
coast for use around public build
ings and military strongholds. Palm
fronds make excellent camouflage
for machine-gun nests. Island
kiawe trees, chanted about in Ha-
waiian music, are being chopped
down by mass volunteer armies each
Sunday to make room for more
military equipment.
Even Hawaii's weather, perfect
from January to January, is free no
more. 1t is now classed as mill
tary secret" and even the most en-
thusiastic Junior Chamber of Com
merce member cannot mention the
state of the trade wines, the warmth
of the sunshine, or the frequency of
island rainbows. These are on the
censored" list.
And so, as the still-romantic moon,
uncognizant Of war conditions, rises
over the. famous Hawaiian pail,
island residents, tired from their
days Of emergency war work, make
a rush for their homes to arrive
there before blackout time. Clam
orous Hawaii, as played up by the
movies and pictured In island songs,
will exist just as q memory for q
long time to come.