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German Captain Inspects CampFORT STANTON, Jan. 20 — Capt. Wilhelm Daehne. commander ot the German luxury liner Col-umbuc. which was scuttled by her crew Iasi year to escape capture by a British war vessel, today was inspecting Hie abandoned CCC camp on the marine hospital reservation here in which the U. S. department of justice proposes lt Intern the lt;130 members of hla crew.He was accompanied by a U. S. customs inspector from El Faso.Although non-commtttal, Capt. Dachne was believed to he satisfied that the camp will do.The department of justice wants to remove the crcvt* Into the Interior because Angel Tslnnd, ut San Francisco, in crowded p.nd because it :a believed they can be kupt more safely at an Interior point. The marine hospital reservation, it .vflB decided, offers the most com-j plelo facililios for proper keeping ! of llie distressed sailors. jOf the original crew of 4C7, sev-, en have escaped Angel Island utid found means of returning to Gcr-I mnny.Several New Mexico communities. including Las Cruces, have protested the proposed removal to New Mexico.
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Las Cruces Sun News
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Mon, Jan 20, 1941
Page 4
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Dale E.
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