Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1917 — KAHANAMOKU HIRES AS DIVER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KAHANAMOKU HIRES AS DIVER

World's Champion Swimmer Is in Employ of Public Works Department of Honolulu. Duke Kahanamoku, the world’s champion swimmer and diver, is iri the employ of the public works department

of Honolulu. Every day he puts on the diver s armor and disappears in the ocean. There is no chance for swimming stunts so long as he has the uniform on, but there is a good, substantial income, which is the appealing factor. According to the superintendent of the department, Duke Kahanamoku applied for a job and was given a chance. He_made good from the start, and his duties consist of inspecting pier cylinders 40 feet under water.

Duke Kahanamoku.