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APRIL 2, 1934: Paul Avery, husband of San Francisco’s Hookers Ball organizer Margo St. James, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.  

APRIL 2, 1934: Paul Avery, husband of San Francisco’s Hookers Ball organizer Margo St. James, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.  

Paul Avery started his career in journalism in 1955 and was 23 years old when he became Bureau Chief for the Honolulu Advertiser. In 1959…

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MARCH 31, 1916: The Japanese-owned passenger ship Chiyo Maru sank just off of Lema Island southeast of Hong Kong. William CTS Filmer was captain of one of its two sister ships before becoming San Franciso’s Port Captain.

MARCH 31, 1916: The Japanese-owned passenger ship Chiyo Maru sank just off of Lema Island southeast of Hong Kong. William CTS Filmer was captain of one of its two sister ships before becoming San Franciso’s Port Captain.

This story begins with my great great grandfather, William Edevine Filmer. Born to a wealthy family in 1843 in Newton Abbot, England, he enlisted in…

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