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ite.i•«-Iwrrlt;'TJH*in-anwildlt;t-Ml.II-llll:olbyii-German Sailors Come io Sianlon Late This MonthWASHINGTON. Jan. 1G — Dc-npite the doubt placed upon the plan by the recent escape of six members of the crew, and demands uf the British adnilra.Il) that a closer watch be placed ovei those remaining, the 430 German sailors off the scuttled German hivisry liner Columbus, are to be mnvcrt to the abandoned CCC camp on the marine hospital reservation at Port Stanton, N. M., the icpnrtincut of justice announces.The move will be made, the announcement said, on Jan. 27. Germany Pays Evpen.sc The men have been in Uie custody uf the U. S. Immigration service as '•distressed seamen since, they scuttled their ship last year to avoid capture by a British warship. the German government paying the cost.But Angel Island, the immigration receiving station In Sun Fi nn-cisco bay, is overcrowded, ft is tell they could be guarded more safely at Sumner.The guarding, it Is announced, will be by border patrolmen. Ten of them will be assigned to tin-task.Charge Propaganda Spreading The seamen have been charged ,c]\v1th spreading N:i7.l propaganda: 111 Snji Francisco residents have fear-a|cd sabotage at their hands. al That was the basis for protests against the transfer from residents of vnrlons New Mexico luwiu;. Including L-aa Cruces.But the department of justice and the immigration patrol insist that investigation of the charges have proved that the cluirges' are baseless.
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Las Cruces Sun News
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Thu, Jan 16, 1941
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