Articles by Waichi Ouye and related commentary, November-December 1933

Waichi Ouye, age 19, went on a 2 month "Grand Tour" at the end of 1933. The Honolulu Star Bulletin featured his adventures by publishing 6 articles by Waichi, all of which are included below. 

This "Grand Tour" centered around attending the sixth annual Congress of Future Farmers of America at Kansas City, Missouri, where he received the highest award of the organization,  "American Farmer".  Only 73 out of 66,000 members received this award in 1933.

​Other adventures included:
  • ​Traveling to and from the Mainland on the luxury liner SS Lurline
  • San Francisco, California- attending a football game and visiting Golden Gate Park
  • Chicago, Illinois - visiting an International Harvester Plant which manufactured tractors and other farm machinery
  • Lawrence, Kansas - attending a local chapter Future Farmers of America Father-Son banquet.
  • Phoenix, Arizona - visiting land reclaimed by irrigation projects
ARTICLE 1
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Honolulu Star Bulletin, November 9, 1933, accessed via Newspapers.com
ARTICLE 2
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Honolulu Star Bulletin, November 10, 1933, accessed via Newspapers.com
Commentary by the Honolulu Star Bulletin:
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Honolulu Star Bulletin, November 23, 1933, accessed via Newspapers.com
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Honolulu Star Bulletin, December 6, 1933, accessed via Newspapers.com
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Honolulu Star Bulletin, December 19, 1933, accessed via Newspapers.com
ARTICLE 3
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Honolulu Star Bulletin, December 11, 1933, accessed via Newspapers.com
ARTICLE 5
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Honolulu Star Bulletin, December 29, 1933, accessed via Newspapers.com
ARTICLE 4
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Honolulu Star Bulletin, December 18, 1933, accessed via Newspapers.com
ARTICLE 6
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Honolulu Star Bulletin, December 30, 1933, access via Newspapers.com
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