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The Honolulu Star-Bulletin -- the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in Hawaii -- has a proud history of fighting for truth and principle. The Star-Bulletin has consistently fought for a strong economy, education and peoples rights. It was a staunch advocate of statehood to give Hawaii residents equal treatment with other Americans and has waged battles to protect First Amendment rights and maintain an open and honest government. During World War II, publisher Walter R. Farrington and editor Riley H. Allen prohibited use of the abbreviated word for Japanese. The Star-Bulletin also took the lead in urging lifting of military censorship and martial law after the Battle of Midway in June 1942. It began its colorful history as simply a bulletin. Henry M. Whitney, editor and book merchant, recorded arrivals and departures of ships and mails, passenger lists and other items of local interest in a hand-written bulletin posted in his stationery shop. J.W. Robertson & Company bought Whitneys business in early 1882 and put out the first printed issue of the daily bulletin on Feb. 1, 1882. It was one page, four columns wide. On April 24 of that year, the paper was enlarged to four six-column pages. Thus was born the Evening Bulletin. Wallace R. Farrington became editor of the Evening Bulletin in 1898, two months before Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States.

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Telephone: (808) 529-4700
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