27 Feb 1941
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
1
Weekly News Analysis notes Britain expands mining activity in Singapore sea lanes as tensions rise in the Far East. Turkish Bulgarian nonaggression pact adds to a puzzling Balkan lineup, complicating regional alignments and signaling shifting alliances in wartime era diplomacy.
Far East dispatches report Allied powers pressuring Japan amid mounting Axis strain. Britain mines near Singapore while Australia Britain and the Netherlands coordinate defensive talk. US warns of possible war as Roosevelt discusses Pacific preparations and Guam fortifications with ally officials.
Rome reports that all newspaper men representing foreign papers are forbidden to leave the city. In St. John's Newfoundland the U S flag is raised over Argentia, the defense base leased to the United States, with the garrison saluting.
The Balkans face mounting pressure as Nazi forces push into Romania and Bulgaria. Britain responds by pulling diplomats from Romania and threatening to bar Romanian trade while Greek fortunes shift in Albania. British navy then launches Mediterranean raids and drops paratroopers into southern Italy to disrupt supplies and communications.
The piece argues labor receives about 10 percent of value produced, advocating profits and taxes as dividends to workers. It cites Pierre duPont and Western News, urging cross-class American unity over self-interest, noting elephant photography hobbyist Dr. Frank Thompson and rural American influence in Congress.
The article notes Alaska’s exports rising to 41.6 million dollars in the first ten months of 1940, up from 36.4 million in 1938, with about 25,000 people employed in 100 canneries packing around 7 million cases annually. Theo C Wiehe, president of International Co., cites Alaska’s position on the map and predicts an unprecedented boom for the territory, stressing the potential of seal basking and other fisheries alongside dairy and cotton wool.
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