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- ↑ Ryan, Donald P. (12 July 2004). The Everything Family Guide To Hawaii Book: Lodging, Restaurants, Beaches, and Must-See Attractions for All Eight Islands. Everything Books. p. 419. ISBN 1-59337-054-7.
- ↑ Printed reports of the annual meeting. Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. 1937. p. 23.
- ↑ Sinatra, Nancy (1986). Frank Sinatra, My Father. Simon and Schuster. pp. 93–4. ISBN 978-0-671-62508-5.
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