“THEY ONLY SAW A SCANNED IMAGE OF! NO ONE HAS VALIDATED ANYTHING ORIGINAL!”
There probably isn’t anything original. Newspapers from the 1960s are almost always stored on microfilm or microfiche. It is like this with every newspaper everywhere. There isn’t any logical reason to keep actual newspaper copies. It is simple to get this information. It is probably available at any Hawaii library.
When this first came out, I was completely convinced that it was false. Texas Darlin seemed to be a whack job, and I figured it would be easy to prove her wrong. I actually talked to people at the Hawaii Bureau of Health, and the Honolulu Advertiser. I was told that in 1961 the birth announcements in the paper were received directly from the Hawaii Bureau of Health. Announcements submitted by other people were not accepted. The Bureau of Health told me that they compiled a list from the birth records received from the hospitals and submitted this list to both of the local papers, so that the birth announcements could be printed. They also told me that a birth record submitted by an individual other than a hospital or midwife, would be excluded from the listing until it was verified and it was determined that a birth certificate could be issued.
So, Texas Darlin turned out to be right. I still think she is a whack job, but credit where credit is due. You don’t have to believe any of this. You can check it out yourself. The numbers are available online, and the people are amazingly friendly and helpful. You can even talk to the Honolulu public library, and they will make you a copy of the actual microfilm page and send it to you. No need to speculate.
It's a pity you weren't able to point this out to factcheck, they could have obtained their own copy by e-mail instead of lifting the details from the texasdarlin website.