Saturday January 23.1943 DATES TO REMEMBER: “Good Earth” dinner show, Waikiki, tales of Manhattan Wedding Celebration. My first dance with Jr

Monday January 4.1943 DATES TO REMEMBER: James Solomon admitted to hospital for the second time.

Wednesday January 6.1943Dear Mums and Dad, Well here goes for a few lines, lord only knows what I”™ll write about. It”™s quite a job sad ole thing. Saw Slip, he is fine, have attended a few dances, taken the dogs for a walk, work like a horse climbing hills then eat like one but then…

Friday January 8.1943Dear Mums and Dad, Hello how you been? I have been thinking of you all of late. Hope you had a good holiday season. We sure did here. I met another Campbell boy here also had a letter from another boy, Otis Meyers, he lives across the road from Aunt Darlene and Guss.…

Tuesday January 19.1943Dear Diary, Sure wish ah could get in on this Air Evacuation service. We go down on Bombers and land on battlefields. Sometimes during a battle and bring back the wounded, sounds like fun. My weight is against me, 135 is the limit. I”™ll make it and starve too I guess. Anyhow did…

Saturday January 23.1943 NEWSREEL: American government officials announce that due to wartime textile shortages, the amount of fabric used in women”™s swimwear should be reduced by 10%. The result is the first two-piece swimsuit.

Saturday January 23.1943 – 12:00 Marriage to James Leonard City and County of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii It is Hereby Certified that at 529 Wyllie Street City and County of Honolulu (therefore Island of Oahu), Territory of Hawaii on the 23rd Day of January.1943 the ceremony of marriage between James Leonard Solomon, male, of the…

Monday February 1.1943Dear Folks, Received the ring thank you. It”™s very pretty but now the boy is gone but I hope he comes back. The money left over is your weekly pay for the trouble. Ok? I got 15 letters, including two from Australia and one from Uncle Paul. I called and found out about…

Source: “Alarm Just A Test! Hilo Civilians Indifferent to Sirens During Noon Hour Practice Alert.” Hawaii Tribune-Herald, 1 Feb. 1943, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106883612/