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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1941
Page
6
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American diplomat George H. Earle reports a clash with boot clad German staff in Sofia as officers and generals scrutinize military maps. A German major allegedly hurled a bottle at Earle during a melee that lasted about an hour, aided by reinforcements and bystanders and leaving police scrambling in the Bulgarian capital.
Last August the nations air lines held a 17 month no accident record but a midnight Eastern Airlines sleeper crash near Atlanta Ga raised six month incidents to four. Seven killed including Rep William D Byron and co crew member. Eddie Rickenbacker among the severely injured. A U S Army bomber also crashed into Panama Bay with seven crew missing. Also Spain's former king Alfonso XIII died in Rome after two weeks of illness ending a 29 year reign marked by assassination attempts.
Japan offered to mediate world disputes but Britain and the United States rejected the proposal. Amid Indo China tensions Japan expanded influence, while U S forces prepared for Pacific defense. The defense drive accelerates procurement and production under E R Stettinius Jr with emphasis on aluminum and tools. A new 8 inch railroad gun joined Aberdeen proving grounds as divisions await arms.
The piece notes Hitler’s Munich speech predicting a spring campaign against Britain’s Atlantic lifelines, while signaling his air power limits and a surge of pocket submarines dubbed pig boats. Mussolini blames British superiority and outlines Africa disaster explanations, with broader miscellany on Moscow politics, Oscar winners, and Washington remarks.
A sharp observer forecasts public ownership rising to 40 percent of all electric systems in the coming years, with many predicting eventual dominance over private utilities. Steam generation, once incidental to hydro projects, is seen as a growing government alternative, aided by lower borrowing costs and tax advantages.
David Mallory seeks work in New York and takes a switchboard job at a chic apartment house run by Timothy Higgins. He encounters Agatha Paget and her niece Allegra, hears a scream from the Ferriter unit, and discovers a dead man. Suspicion falls on Lyon Ferriter as police move in, while David is drawn into solving the case with Miss Paget and journalist Jerry Cochrane. Grosvenor Paget shadows events as tensions rise.
Grosvenor, Miss Agatha, Allegra, and Lyon Ferriter mingle in a tense post incident gathering. David senses shifting loyalties as a late-night intrusion prompts fear and a hidden threat, culminating in a violent stumble in the dark hallway near Higgins.
I stumble through a basement ordeal and confront a mysterious intruder. Lyon Ferriter appears upstairs while Jerry Cochrane tracks the fugitive Addison Sims of Seattle. We race to the Morello as theories swirl about who fled and what dropped in the hall.
In Glendale California Esther M Moore refused to stop visiting her husband Sergeant G G Moore an army air school student. She was charged with disturbing the peace after repeatedly trying to pass sentries at the base.
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