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Assorted Advances Noted Throughout Stock Market War-Peace Theme Stressed In Exchange During Week’s Trading By BERNARD S. O’HARA NEW YORK, Nov. 14. — UP) — It was distinctly a war-peace stock market this week, with irregulari ty pronounced from the start, al though assorted recoveries were well distributed in today’s final session. Monday witnessed the heaviest dealings of the year to date—more than 1,200,000 shares were traded— as the American-led Allies invad ed North Africa and administered further strong blows to the Axis in Egypt. The market, however, worked at cross purposes despite the big activity. Traders envisaged a Quicker than expected all-out vic tory over the enemy and bought Stocks that stand to benefit with the ending of the world conflict. Conversely, war rates issues of companies that may encounter dif ficulties with the resumption of normal times, such as the rail roads, were unloaded. Feace-time ideas wcic somewhat and the selective climb was stemmed Tuesday. Pressure on armament stocks subsided also but the market finished generally lower. Accounts were lightened for the Armistice holiday Wednesday when major exchanges recessed. Battle bulletins still were bullish Thursday but the uneven churning persisted with the result that final up and down trends were pretty well divided. Carriers improved, paced by N. Y. Central when di rectors voted a dividend of $1 on the common, first since 1931. Activity dwindled appreciably on Friday, although two special of ferings of 30,000 shares each of Kennecott and Phelps Dodge, larg est since such transactions were inaugurated several months ago, served to keep the aggregate above the 600,000 mark. Offerings for year-end income tax purposes be gan to crop up and this helped keep most leaders in the lower bracket. The Associated Press average to da ymanaged to show a gain of .1 of a point at 40.5 but on the week suffered a net loss of .3. Of 562 is sues traded in the 2-hcur proceed ings. 202 were down, 177 up and 1P3 unchanged. Transfers totalled 2£"\f:20 shares, smallest since Oct. 17. They compared with 553,280 last Saturday, a peak for a brief session since Dec. 27. Touching new highs for the year in the short session were Texas & Pacific Land Trust, Coca-Cola, WhPe Rock. U. S. Rubber prefer red, International Harvester and Johns-Manville. Improved were Chesapeake & Ohio on extra divi dend talk; Santa Fe, American Telephone. J. I. Case, General Mo tors and Chrysler. Losers included N. Y. Central, Bethlehem, Allied Chemical, Eastman Kodak, Unit d Aircraft and Anaconda. STOCK AVERAGES 30 15 15 60 Indus Rails Util Stks Net Chg a.l Unch d.l a.i Saturday _ 58.0 18.6 27.2 40.5 Previous day 57.9 18.6 27.3 40.4 Month ago - 56.4 19.2 25.9 39.5 Year ago_ 52.6 13.7 25.3 36.0 1942 high ... 58.5 19.7 27.5 40.8 1942 low ___ 46.0 14.4 21.1 32.0 1941 high 63.9 19.0 35.5 45.0 1941 low ... 51.7 13.4 24.5 35.4 60-Stock Range Since 1927 1938-40. 1932-37 1927-29 High _ 54.7 75.3 157.7 Low _ 33Y 16.9 61.8 WHAT STOCKS DID Sat. Fri. Advances _ 177 199 Declines _ 202 365 Unchanged _ 183 225 Total Issue? _ 562 789 -V FOREIGN EXCHANGE NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—un closing foreign exchange rates fol low (Great Britain in dollars, oth ers in cents): Canada: Official Canadian con trol board rates for U. S. dollars: Buying 10 per cent premium, sell ing 11 per cent premium, equiva lent to discounts on Canadian dol lars in New York of buying 9.91 per cent, selling 9.09 per cent. Ca nadian dollar in New York open market 12 per cent discount or 88.00 U. S. cents. Europe: Great Britain offical, (bankers foreign exchange com mittee rates) buying $4.02, selling $4.04 open market, cables $4.04. Latin America: Argentina offi cial 29.77; free 23.64 ,off 1-50 cent; Brazil official 6.05N; free 5.2N; Mexico 20.66N. Rates in spot cables unless oth erwise indicated. ■N—Nominal. 4TY CHICAGO POTATOES CHICAGO, Nov. 14.—(A1)—(US Dept. Agr.)— Potatoes, arrivals 72; on track 229; total US shipments 678; supplies moderate, trading very light; market unsettled and confused account of price ceiling situation; Idaho Russet Burbanks US No. 1, 3.00-10; Colorado red Mc Clures US No. 1, 2.75; Wyoming Bliss Triumphs US No. 1, 2.80; Minnesota and North Dakota Bliss Triumphs commercials 1.85-2.10; Cobblers Commercials 1.75-80; Wis consin Chippewas US No. 1, 2.10. -V CHICAGO BUTTER CHICAGO, Nov. 14.—(A7—Butter, receipts 321.127; firm; prices as quoted by the Chicago price cur rent are unchanged. Eggs, receipts 5,707; firm; prices .unchanged. Unlisted Stocks The National Association of Se curties Dealers, Inc.. District No. 11, published the following retail prices based on quotations furnish ed to it by certain dealers as at 5 p. m., November 12. The asso ciation assumes no responsibility for these prices, as they are only indicative of the general current market.’ Description Bid Ask American Enka Corp Com _ 52 54% Acme Spinning -178 American Trust Co (Charlotte, N. C. — 327% 335 American Yarn and Process - 110 Atlantic Coast Line of Conn _ 32% 34% Bibb Mfg Co -101 106 Brandon Corp ‘“A” — 63 67 Carolina Insurance Co. _ 28 30 Carolina Power and Light $6 Pfd _ 98% 101 Carolina Power and Light $7 Pfd _103% 106 Carolina Tel and Tel - 127 135 Chadwick-Hoskins - 9% 11 Chadwick-Hoskins Co 8 per cent Pfd _100 102 Chatham Mfg Co-108 111 China Grove Cotton Mills _ 114 Crescent Spinning- 85% Colonial Stores, Inc 5 per cent Pfd_ ft 43 Colonial Stores, Inc .. 11% 12% Dixie-Home Stores. Inc _ 8% 9% Dunean Mills _o-tn os-a Durham Hosiery Mills Cl “A” Pfd . 49 54 Eagle Yarn Mills- 86% Efird Mfg Co _ 85% 90 Erwin Cotton Mills — 17% 19% Flint Mfg Co - 17% 19% Georgia Home Insur ance _ 22 25 Gossett Mills _ 52 54 Hanes, P H Knitting - 11% 13% Hanes, P H Kntting 7 per cent Pfd_114% 117 Home Tel and Tel 5% 6% Jefferson Standard Life Ins _ 20% 22 Majestic Mfg Co -145 May McEwen Kaiser . 12% 14 Monarch Mills - 85 90 Mooresville Cotton Mills -- 36 40 North Carolina Rail road _ 160 166 National Yard Mills .. 74 77 Occidental Life Insur ance _ IV* 1% Orr Cotton Mills - 59 62 Perfection Spinning 87 92 Piedmont and Northern Rwy _ 48 50 Piedmont Mfg Co_ 28% 30% Pilot Full Fashion Mills _414 4% Pilot Full Fashion Mills 6% per cent pfd _ 19% 20% Riverside and Dan River Mills - 8% 934 Riverside and Dan River Mills 6% per cent Pfd _ 92 96 Rose’^5-10-25c Stores _ 24 26 Smyr® A M Mfg- 17 19 Sor.oco Products - 23 26 South Carolina Pow er $6 Pfd ...._ 82 Southern Webbing Mills _ 6% 8 Sterling Spinning - 85 89 Stowe Spinning - 82 86 Eaylor-Colquitt _ 25 27 Textiles, Inc _ 3% 4% Textiles. Inc 4 per cent Pfd _ 15% 17 Tidewater Power $6 Pfd _ 22 24 Tubize-Chatillon Cgrp 7 per cent Pfd _103 106 Union-Buffalo Mills 7 per cent 1st Pfd .. 101 Union-Buffalo Mills 5 per cent 2nd Pfd ... 26 28 Victor-Monaghan Co .. 57 60 Virginia Public Service 6 ped cent Pfd_ 40 42% Virginia Public Service 7 per cent Pfd_ 46% 49 Wachovia Bank and Trust Co __ 45% 47% Washington Mills _126% 132% West Point Mfg _ 35% 37% Wiscassett Mills _123 129 I _v_ NEW YORK COTTON NEW YORK, Nov. 14— (/P) —A late rally in cotton futures trading today caused prices to close at almost the best levels of the short session with gains of 25 to 30 cents a bale. The market was steady with price changes confined to a nar row range unitl the late trade buying movement, principally price-fixing for mill account, found offerings scarce. Trade expectations substantia) government contracts for the arm ed services and lend-lease pur poses accounted for the steadiness as did covering in futures against receipt of spot cotton to fill fed eral textile orders. Only scale-up hedge-selling was in evidence. The range of futures follows: Open High Low Close Dec . 18.54 18.59 18.52 18.58 Up 05 Jan . 18.55 18.55 18.55 18.60nUp 06 Mch . 18.60 18.64 18.55 18.64 Up 06 May - 18.65 18.71 18.62 18.70 Up 06 Jly __ 18.66 18.71 18.63 18.71nUo 05 Oct __ 18.72 18.78 18.70 18.78 Up 06 Spot Middling 20.27n, Up 6. n—Nominal. _XT_ CASH GRAIN Chicago, Nov. 14.—UP)—Cash wheat prices were unchanged to 1-4 cent lower today; basis firm; receipts 23 cars; shipping sales 15, 000 bushels. Corn firm to easy; basis firm; receipts 214 cars; shipping sales 80,000 bushels; bookings 77,000 bu shels. Oats unchanged: basis firm; re ceipts 9 cars; shipping sales 42,000 bushels. -V N. C. EGGS, POULTRY RALEIIGH, Nov. 14. — UP) — (NCDA)—Egg and poultry markets steady. At Raleigh — U. ,S. extras large (clean white) 47; colored hens 20 to 21. At Washington — U. S. extras large (graded white) 50 to 53; col ored fowls 21. TRADING IN RAIL BONDS BRIGHTER Associated Press Carrier Av erages .1 Of Point High er At The Close NEW YORK. Nov. 14. — — Rails loans performed a little bet ter than the average of corporate issues in today’s bond market and the Associated Press carrier com posite "was .1 of a point higher at the close. Bonds of Alleghany Corp. and Seaboard Air Line Florida 6s rose 1 to around 2 1-2 points. Fraction al gains were scored by Southern Pacific 4 l-2s of ’81 at 52 1-4, At lantic Coast Line collateral 4s at 75, Baltimore & Ohio convertibles of ’60 at 23, Burlington 4 l-2s at 66 1-4, and Rock Island convertible 4 l-2s at 4 1-8. Crucible steel 3 l-4s advanced a point to 98 and Columbia Gas & Electric 5s of ’61 climbed 1-2 at 89 1-2. There were minor losses for De troit Edison 3 l-2s, Firestone Tire 3s and Great Northern Railway 5 l-2s. Higher in the foreign department were Australia 5s, Canada 2 l-4s and 4s, Columbia 3s, Denmark 4 l-2s and 5s, and Greek loans. Nor way 4 l-2s advanced 9 1-2 points over the previous sale on the transfer of 2 bonds. U. S. governments were quiet and steady. Transactions totaled $3,975,100 face value compared with $4,228, 000 the previous Saturday. BOND AVERAGES 20 10 10 10 Rails Indus Util For Net Chg. ... a.l Unch Unch a.l Saturday _ 65.2 103.5 97.9 52.6 Previous day 65.1 103.5 97.9 52.5 Month ago _ 65.3 103.4 97.5 50.4 Year ago .. 62.3 105.1 102.1 46.9 1942 high ... 66.2 103.7 100.6 -52.6 1942 low_ 59.4 102.6 93.6 41.5 1941 high ... 66.5 105.4 102.2 51.4 1941 low_ 58.3 102.9 98.9 38.0 10 Low Yield Bonds Saturday - 113.0 Month ago - 113.0 1942 high _113.2 1941 high . 115-1 Previous day - 113.0 Year ago -—- 114.8 1942 low _111.7 1941 low -112.1 -V Bond Quotations DOMESTIC A T and S F 4s 95-111% B and O Cv 60st .. 23 Can Pac 4s Perp_ 70% C B and Q 4%s 77_ 66% Chi and E 111 Inc 97 . 32% Chi Gt West 4s 88 .— 65% Cri and P Rfg 4s 34 - 18% Clev Un Term 4%s 77c_ 61% Fla East Cst 5s 74 .. 17% Hud Coal 5s 62a __ 43% Hud and Man Rrfg 5s 57 - 46% II Cent 4%s 66 _ 44% Int Gt N Aj 6s 52.. 6% Lou and N 4%s 2003 .- 95 Mk and T Aj 5s 67 . 19% Mo Pac Gen 4s 75 - 10% NYC Rf 5s 2013 —. 53% Nor Pac 6s 2047 _ 67% Penn RR Gen 4%s 65-101% Phil Rd C an. I Cv 6s. 49% Seab A1 Cn 6s 45_ 13% So Ry Cn 5s 94 _ 92 Vi So Ry Gen 4s 56 _ 70% West Md 4s _ 87% FOREIGN Australia 5s 555 - 74% Brazil 6%s 26-57 _ 31% Rio Gr Do Sul 6s 68 _ 15% GOVERNMENT Treasury 25 51-49 Dec. _— 100.5 •-V CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO, Nov. 14.—(/P)—Grain prices turned fractionally lower to day, showing losses of as much as 1-2 to 3-4 cent at one time but the market rallied just before the close as a result of buying to cover pre vious short sales and wheat fin ished with small net gains. Wheat closed unchanged to 3-8 higher compared with yesterday, December $1.25 1-2 5-8, May $1. December 83 1-2, May 88 1-4 3-8; Oats unchanged; rye unchanged to 1-4 off; soybeans 1 3-8—5-8 lower. Traders said the decline in beans was accomplished on only a few transactions and, thus, was with out market significance. Trade in beans, futures as well as cash, has been virtually at a standstill for months as a result of the govern ment price guarantee program. Brokers said any plan the gov ernment announces to make wheat available to mills so that they can sell flour at ceiling levels would tend to restrict open market de mand. They said the extent of the subsidy offered producers will take the place of any price rise in the open market that would be neces sary to bring wheat out of storage. Producers have been holding wheat off the market in order to accept government loans. Open High Low Close WHEAT— Dec _125% 125% 125 125% May _ 127 128% 127% 128% Jly _ 128 128% 127% 128% CORN— Dec _ 83% 83% 83% 83% May . 88% 88% S8y4 88% Jly .. 89% 98 89% 89% OATS— Dec . 50 50% 49% 50 May . 52% 52% 52% 52% Jly _ 52% 52% 52% 52% SOYBEANS— Dec .. 162 162 160% 180% May -- - -146% RYE— Dec _ 61% 61% 61 61% May_ 67% 67% 67 67% Jly .. 69% 69% 69 69% LARD— Dec _ -. 13.80 Jan_ __ _ _ 13.80 -V SPOT COTTON NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14.—<iP)— Spot cotton closed steady 35 cents a bale higher. Sales 4,857. Low middling 15.09, good middling 19. 69, receipts 1,457, stocks 276,043. [ Desolation Left By Nazis In Matruh Harbor This huge German seaplane was found smashed in the harbor when the British entered Matruh, Egypt, in pursuit of Gen. Rommel’s fleeing Axis Army. Ships were found damaged and sunk in the harbor behind the plane. This radiophoto from Cairo is a British official picture, the first to show rem nants of Rommel’s equipment as far west as Matruh. Closing Stock Quotations BY THE ASSOCIATED PKESS Air Reduction _ 36% Alaska Jun _ 2% A1 Chem and Dye _ 139*4 Alleghany _ 5-16 Allis Chal Mfg .. 26% Am Can _ 73% Am Car Fdy . 24% Am For Pow _ 1*4 Am Pow and Lt _ % Am Rad and St S_ 6 Am Roll Mill _ 10% Am Smelth and Ref _ 39 AT and T ....129 A mTob B _* 44 Vit Anaconda _ 26% Arm 111 _ 3*/8 AT and SF.. 44% ACL .. 31 Atl Ref _ 18% Aviat Corp _ 3% 3aldwin _ 12% B and O _ 3% Bendix Aviat _ 35*4 Beth Stl .—_ 57% Boeing Airpl _ 16y4 Borden _ 21% Borg Warner _ 26y8 Briggs Mfg _ 20% Bu'dd Mfg .. 2% Bur Add Mach_ 9 Calumet and Hec _ 7 Can Pac _ 7 Case J I _ 73 Caterpil Trac _ 36% Ches and O_ 35% Chrysler _ 66 y4 Coca Cola _ 83 Column G and E_ 2% uomi urecut _ zo^4 Coml Solv —... li-32 Comwlth and Sou_ 33 Consol Edis _ 15% Con Oil _- 7 Cont Can _- 27 Corn Prod _ 54% Curtiss Wright _ 8% •Curtiss Wright A_ 2214 Davison Chem _ 12% Del Lack and W _ 3% Doug Aire - 59% Du Pont —. 131% Eastman Kod _138 Elec Auto Lt _ 29% Elec Pow and Lt_ 1% Firestone _ 20 Gen Elec . .. 29% Gen Foods —_ 34% Gen Mot „. 42% Gillette .-. 4% Glidden .-. 15% Goodrich _ 24% Goodyear _ 23 Graham Paige _ 1 Gt Nor Ry Pf . 21% Hud Mot -. 5 111 Cent_ 8% Int Harvest _ 55 Int Nick Can - 29% Int Tel and Tel - 5% Johns Man _ 67% Kennecott _■.-29% Kroger Groc _— 24% Libby OFG1 .. 30% Ligg and Myers B - 6014 Loews - 43% Lorilard _ 16% Mack Truck - 3014 Mo K T . 1 Mont Ward - 33% Murray Corp - 5% Nash K®v - 6% Nat Biscuit - 1614 Nat Cash Reg - 19% Nat Dairy Prod - 14% Nat Dist _ 23% Nat Pow and Lt - 2% NY Cent .-.-. 12 JNO Am AViai - iU-)S Nor Pac - 7% Ohio Oil - 10% Otis Elev-- 16% Pac G and E - 23% Pac Mills -■- 17% Packard - 2% Param Pix - 17y8 Penny J C - 73% Fenn Bix - 2 Penn RR - 25% Pepsi Cola - 24% Phillips Pet - 41% Pub Svc NJ- 12% Pullman - 28 Pure Oil - 10% Radio - 4% Rad K O . 3% Rem Rand - 10% Rep Stl ..—. 15y4 Reynolds B _ 24y8 Seab A L - % Sear _ 60 Shell Un - 16% Socbny Vac *- 9% Sou Pac _ 16% Sou Ry _ 15% Std Brands - 4y8 Std Oil Cal .-.- 26% Std Oil Ind-- 26 Std Oil NJ--- 43% Stweart Warner - 7% Studebaker.—. 5% Swift - 21% Radio -'- 3% Tex Gulf Sul -- 36% Transamer - 55/8 Un Carb - 75y4 Unit Aire - 27% Unit Corp - 7-16 Unit Drug -*._ 6% Unit Fruit _ 597/g Unit Gas Imp_ 43/4 US Ind Alco ..H~ 30% US Pipe - 27% US Rub .. 24% US Smelt and Ref __ 42% US Steer .493^ Vanadium ___ HYz Va Caro Chern _ 2% Warner Pic ."" 6% West Mary _ 2% Western Union _26^« West Elec and Mfg _ 77% Woolworth _ 29 % Yell T and C .—.— 13% Youngs S and T _ 31% Final sales 260,620. CURB Can Marconi _ % Cities Service _ 3% El Bond and Sh .. 2% Gulf Oil_ 37% -V NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14—(^P)— Cotton futures closed steady 30 to 35 cents a bale higher. Open High Low Close Dec „ 18.75 18.81 18.73 18.81 Up 7 Jan „ 1.79a_18.82b Mch 18.81 1.86 18.78 18.86 UP 7 May - 18.85 18.91 18.83 18.91 Up 6 Jly ... 1.86 18.92 18.85 18.92 Up 6 Oct __ 18.94 18.94 18.94 18.86b b—Bid; a—Asked. STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT NEW YORK( Nov. 14 — (TP) — Sales, closing price and net change of the fifteen most active stocks today: : Columbia Gas 9,400 — 2%; A %. Tex Pac L and Tr 6,100 — 6%; A %. Curtiss Wright *5,300 — 8%; D Vs. Comwlth and Sou 5,000 — 11-32; No. Ches and Ohio 4,300 — 35%; A 7/s. NY Cent 3,900 — 12; D %. Stand Brands 3,700 — 4%; D Vs. Davison Chem 3-500 — 12%; A %. White Rock M S Pr 3,400 — 5%; A %. Int Tel and*Tel 3,300 — 5%: A Vs. Std Oil Calif 3,000 — 25%; No. Warren Bros 3,000 — 1%; A ;. Radio Corp 3,000 — 4%; No. Gen Elec 2,700‘— 297/8; D %. Walworth 2,600 — 514; A %. —-V Every day, Americans spend $2,500,000 for hotel service. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Nov. 14.—(IP)— Sal able cattle 500; calves 200; com pared Friday last week: despite j basically weak undertone choice fed steers and yearlings steady to strong, medium to good grades strong to 25 higher; trade dull ear ly in week especially on steers grading average, good and better, but closed active on all grades due to sharp supply abridgment; top 17.50, paid for 1331-1386 lbs. bul locks, 1106 lbs., averages made 7.45; moderate supply, mostly me dium weight and weighty bullocks, 16.75-17.40, light yearlings 16.75; bulk steers and yearlings 14.00 7.00: fed heifers sold off early but regained decline, finishing steady to strong; top heifers 902 lbs. 16.50. shortfed kinds in liberal supply at 14.00 down, grassy and warmed up offerings active at 9.00-12-50; beef cows 25-50 higher, canners and cutters 25 up, weighty cutter cows reached 9.00 and good grade native and western cows sold at 12.00 13.00, with 13.25 poid for Montana 1.90 lbs. range cows in load lots, odd head making 13.50-14.00; bulls 25 higher, active at advance which saw heavy sausage offerings reach 13.00. a new high in recent years; vealers firm at 13.50 down, scarce; all grades and representative weights stock cattle got active and' finally steady outlet at 11.00-14.25, strictly choice western calves reaching 15.75 and comparable yearlings 14.50. -V N. C. HOGS RALEIGH, Nov. 14. (IP) — (NCDA)—Hog markets steady, top of 13.20 at Rocky Mount. -V SPOT COTTON CHARLOTE, Nov. 14.—UP)—Spot cotton 19.25. -V Bakeries in the United States consume 250,000,000 pounds of sugar annually. ONE MAN SURVIVE! CRASH JF BOMBER Five Killed When Craft, p Myrtle Beach. Fa! s Xe^ New Bern NEW BERN. Nov. . survivor of the crash of an yC medium bomber near here - e.' day was reported recovering* isfactorily in the Naval h.,spp the Marine corps Air base atn by Cherry Point today. Army officers here said that names and addresses of the other occupants of the plane j* died in its flaming wreckage won! be released by the War De - ’ ment, together with that survivor, as soon as next ,.{ had been notified. The plane, they said, was haw at Myrtle Beach. S. C Many residents of the vic:-v heard the plane crash about ij'» a. m. Friday and witnesses deck ed that the plane had circled ovd the region, apparently experiJ ing motor trouble, seeking t^' cal port. Negroes residing on the ptJ tation of Mrs. J. D. Williams, wl ow of a former Craven county she iff, reported hearing cries for h; immediately after the plane s:r the ground. Marines stationed - the vicinity joined them in W ing the wreckage. The plane mowed down a n®. ber of trees and clipped off top of others in its attempted cry1 landing. The lone survivor w found some distance from wreckage where he had crania apparently in an effort to sea help. ALLEN C. EWING & CO. STOCKS BONDS 105 MURCHISON BUILDING PHONE 5221 An American war correspondent may be down, but he’s never out. The world learned that when AP reporter Vern Haugland returned alive after being lost in the jungles of New Guinea. As a tribute to Haugland’s “devotion and fortitude,” General Douglas MacArthur in an unprece dented action pinned the U. S. Army’s Silver Star award on the correspondent, now recov ering in a New Guinea hospital. “I can’t tell you how much we have been in spired by your getting back after such trials and hardships,” said MacArthur. “Vern Haugland’s saga of his fight for sur vival during six weeks in one of the wildest spots on earth has gripped thousands of newspaper readers,” writes the Helena, Mont., Independent, echoing the praise of press and public. “Back from the land of the dead, this cou rageous reporter has given the world one of the most dramatic and vivid stories of an indi vidual’s experiences in war—his wanderings through the jungles and mountains of New Guinea where he parachuted from a disabled airplane while en route to cover the island fighting for The Associated Press.” Haugland’s story, which he scrawled in a tiny note book until he collapsed at last unconscious, “is an epic of journalism,” adds the Shreveport, La., Journal. i “Hail to Haugland—a newspaperman to the limit!” .
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