Charles Crane

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Template:Short description Template:For2 Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Charles Spencer Crane (January 4, 1869 – September 13, 1958) was a businessman and politician in Hawaii.

Life

Crane was born in Honolulu on January 4, 1869, the son of a whaler captain Ezra Dean Crane and Emma Ann Still Crane. He started working at the Honolulu telephone company. In February 1897 he worked in the business department of the Hawaiian Gazette Company, became assistant manager of the Gazette in 1900, and in November 1905 became manager of the publishing company.[1] From 1908 to 1919 he published a Hawaiian language newspaper called Ka Nupepa Kuokoa.[2] Crane married Emma Spurrell Thompson on October 16, 1922, at Hilo.[3] He eventually became executive vice president of what would become the Honolulu Advertiser.[4]Template:Rp

After Advertiser owner Lorrin A. Thurston died, his son Lorrin Potter Thurston took over in October 1931, and Crane resigned from the newspaper to go into politics. He was elected to the board of supervisors for the City and County of Honolulu.[4]Template:Rp He was appointed Mayor of Honolulu July 15, 1938 upon the death of George F. Wright, and served until January 2, 1941.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He was elected to the Territory of Hawaii senate 3rd district in 1943 and 1945.[5] He retired for a while to California, and then returned to live with his son Ezra Crane who was editor of the Maui News.[4]Template:Rp He died on Maui September 13, 1958.

Crane is memorialized in Honolulu by Crane Playground in the Kaimukī section of Honolulu at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..[6]

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