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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1941
Page
5
Edward C. Wayne argues the United States faces mounting British shipping losses and weighs convoy strategies while Stalin consolidates leadership in Russia. The piece reflects editorial views from the Western Newspaper Union.
Mounting British losses in the Atlantic push the issue to Washington. President Roosevelt, Secretary Stimson, and Senator Pepper spar over whether convoying means war or aid to Britain. Rumors of US plans to close the Panama Canal to Japanese ships surface, signaling possible escalation with Tokyo.
Stalin assumes the premiership ending Molotov’s tenure and signaling a shift in Soviet policy. Commentators weigh outcomes from closer alliance with Germany to a unified state under Stalin, amid German advances and strategic pressures in Europe and Asia. The move prompts varied views in London, Washington, and among Russian observers about Russia’s future trajectory.
Wartime briefing notes Britain's struggle as Luftwaffe raids hit Plymouth Liverpool and the Clyde while the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters intensify. Roosevelt urges large scale American bomber production to tilt air power in Britain’s favor amid Middle East oil risks and Iraq’s pro-German influence threatening Kirkuk Haifa pipelines.
Considerable excitement followed the immigration department rounding up German sailors for overstaying their leave. The government has seldom been strict with them, yet the action came after Washington reports alleging systematic sabotage of regular shipping by many correspondents.
National Affairs reports Thurman Arnold assistant attorney general battles with OPM and the war department over a pooling agreement for sulfuric acid used in explosives steel and fertilizer. He argues it violates anti trust laws while officials say it speeds defense production. The article also notes Congress weighing income tax exemption cuts and the political optics of any reform.
The narrator and Miss Agatha descend to a storeroom in the Morello building seeking the typewriter and clues. Allegra questions their distance, Senator Groesbeck is mentioned, and a chilling discovery at Miss Agatha’s feet ends the scene with disbelief and danger.
In a tense lift scene the knife from Blackbeard's murdered victim reappears in the storeroom. The pair debate what to do next while arranging a police visit for fingerprint inquiry, unsure who holds the killer's intent and fearing a maniac.
In a tense scene Allegra fears a spy inside Miss Agatha’s house as Lyon Ferriter’s web of influence looms. David suspects Grove’s danger and a found knife with unknown fingerprints sets the stage for a race to uncover truth before Shannon arrives. Cochrane arrives with crucial information, while Allegra resists police involvement.
In London reports a British destroyer sinking where a boat swain swam clear of the wreck and faced four German filers in a rubber boat. He swam toward them and, when threatened with revolvers, stabbed their craft with a clasp knife, causing it to sink.
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