They can both be accessed from here: http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/obamabirth.php
The Advertiser had 25 total. The Star-Bulletin had 26 and the scan doesn’t show whether that was all there were or not.
Interesting. I don’t have time right now to compare the lists and determine who the anomaly was, but we should find out and see if it did appear in a subsequent list. Those lists, at first glance, appear to be identical in order and detail, as they should be if received from the same source.
There are all kinds of possibilities for the missing birth, including a typesetting error. One entry would not likely be cut for space, especially when it takes up only two lines in tiny 6? pt. type.
These vital stats were published next to the classifieds, which are paid ads, in the same small typeface. Perhaps there was an opt-in when the official paperwork was filled out, maybe a small fee to have the birth published, and one family said no to the Advertiser? Strange hypothesis.
Newspapers charge for everything now, even obits. The internet (not politics as some would claim) is killing them, because there is little need for newspaper advertising any more when you can do it virtually for free online. However, in 1961, newspapers were thriving and could afford to give free space. We need to find out whether that was the case in Hawaii.