Bleak State of State
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kokoleka: Chocolate PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Pono: Goodness, uprightness HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “One meets misfortune, all meet misfortune.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” - Lewis Carroll
YESTERDAY: Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle delivers a somber State of State Address. Read more >
January 27, 1942: The military governor of the territory of Hawaii issues a strong warning to merchants on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island — stop price gouging. Just seven weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the shipping lanes were struggling to maintain a sense of normalcy while dealing with new rules and regulations surrounding the importation of goods, as well as the commandeering of ships for war purposes. As a result, the flow of goods to Maui and the rest of Hawaii slowed, forcing pressure on prices to rise.
The governor was having none of it, and issued a price list for potatoes, onions, rice, bananas, fish and cheese, thus making Hawaii the first part of the United States to impose a rationing and pricing system during World War II.
