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d'0i-cli-I-Captain of NaziCrew Arrives atFt. Stantoni-i-a.onoFORT STANTON. Jan. 30. I./P)—Captain William Rachiie of thi*scuttled Ornmn liner Columbusand 37 of his crew were broughttoday to on ini eminent, camp herein the southern New Mexicomountains.I expect to be hero very happily,” Capt. Dae hue said. I will remain with my men except for one trip to bring the rest, of them hare in two or three weeks.The rest of the Columbus crew of more Hum -loo is lt;U Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. whore they were held after destroying their ship in the Atlantic to evade capture by the British in December, 1939.Steaming coffee welcomed the contingent of carpenters and mechanics to the abandoned CCC camp on the grounds of the Marine Veterans Hospital. They will put the camp in, shape for occupancy,N, D. Callaer, ET Paso, and T.W. JJnneneoJjJ, Alamogordo, and ten other men from the border -f patrol brought I he Nazi seamen | lie re in CCC trucks from Carizozo -1 where the men left their special -'uiilroad car,i*r Neither the border patrolmen t nor the FBI agents who accompanied the train were visibly armed.A. handful of Carri/.ozo residents watched the seamen detrain--Just like business men, to the accompaniment of photographers’ flash bulbs.Although news of the internment site had caused general excitement, most of Carrizozo lost r.itt because earfier announcement.s said the group would come from K; Paso by bus.Old timers in the country where Billy the Kid made history in the bloody Lincoln county cattle war professed no concern mid business men in nearby communities pointed lo the camp os a trade area asset,I CCC crews ami the border .-ijpnlro) have pul ;l section of the f, camp in shape for I he first group, a,- After immediule repairs are made | Ilt;■ the rest of the camp the sea-j men are to fence the grounds I providing a mile walking ground behind the camp.0In
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Clovis News Journal
Clovis, New Mexico, US
Thu, Jan 30, 1941
Page 9
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