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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23940, 16 October 1939, Page 10

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Apparently the unccnsored American press has made hay with scare stories since the outbreak of war. In a letter recently received in Wellington an officer on a transpacific liner has some interesting comment to make on the uncertainties and anxieties created by irresponsible reports in papers on the American Pacific coast. “We are between Vancouver and Honolulu when war was declared.” he writes, “and by the time we reached Honolulu the papers were full of cock-and-bull stories The uncensored American press certainly tells a good tale. lam wondering how many times they have reported the sinking of our boat. No radiograms can be sent or received, and we are repeatedly reported sunk and everybody is relieved when, after considerable detours between ports and consequent late arrivals, we finally sneak into port. Life on board is exciting enough, and the papers attempt to make it even more so.”