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About this Episode
During their honeymoon, one couple visits an active volcano, while nearby racial turmoil threatens to erupt in tropical paradise.
December 1931 – January 1932, newlyweds William “Sam” Van Alen and Elizabeth “Betty” Kent Van Alen honeymoon in Hawaii. They go to visit an ongoing erupting volcano, while racial tensions between natives and the military build over several assaults and a murder leading to the famous Massie Trial.
Other people and subjects include: Daisy Van Alen, Eva Stotesbury, E.T. Stotesbury, Atwater Kent, Mabel Kent, Phil Plant, Clarence Darrow, Thalia Fortescue Massie, Grace Bell Hubbard Fortescue, Major Granville Fortescue, Lieutenant Thomas Massie, Edward Lord, Albert Jones, Joseph Kahahawaii, Horace Ida, Luis Kaihapu, Scopes Monkey Trial, Leopold & Loeb, Pinkerton detectives, President Herbert Hoover, President Theodore Roosevelt, National Geographic Society, Alexander Graham Bell, Rough Riders, Captain Nelson McIntosh, Deputy Sheriff David Hao, Peter Van Slingerland book “Something Terrible Has Happened, Helene Fortescue, immigration, polyandry, suicide, Hawaiian statehood, Kilauea, Halemaumau, Volcano House, dormant volcano, Mahatma Gandhi, Kasturbai Gandhi, unrest in India, Bombay Government Gazette, Pu’u’o’o Eruption, 1987 Black Widow, 1932 darkest year of the Great Depression, 2023 war and energy & food supply issues
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Extra Notes / Call to Action:
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The Gilded Age: A Fashion Coloring Book by Discovery Lair. There are 50 hand drawn illustrations mostly inspired from the 1890s and features several outfits and activities ranging from debutantes, operas, outdoors, and play. Available on Amazon in the Books section, the link will be available in the transcript and the News | Events section at asthemoneyburns.com.
Amazon.com: The Gilded Age: A Fashion Coloring Book: 9798365837799: Lair, Discovery: Books
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Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: I Must See Annie Tonight by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music:Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2
Section 3 Music:These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect Blues
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
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