Evening star., 1940-08-25
Nazis Dominate
Isles j. ). Leased
70 Guard Canals
'snoop Cruise Reporters
Claim Germans Store
Fuel for Submarines

Fuel for Submarines
This is the fifth OF q series OF
sir articles repealing ho1o the
..Nnzts are pertecting a refueling
network in the Western Cartb-
bean to serue their submarines
sand armed raiders, Ur,tten by
-t,Uo adventurous Sed-go,ng re-
porterS who hare just returned 10
Mem York from "Snoop cruise
in those 1Daters.
Bv LEICESTER HEMINGWAY and
:: ANTHONY JENKINSON.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24-The Corn
Islands, vitally important, little
known group in the Caribbean
leased by the United States Tor w
wears as a naval base, now menace
America as greatly as they were
once planned to defend it. Lying
"a miles off the east coast OF Mica
rarua, close to the Atlantic terminus
of, the proposed Nicaraguan Cana
and well within the vital 3O0-mlle
safety zone of the Panama Canal
they constitute one of the principal
roastwise defenses of the isthmus
lifeline that must be kept open fol
the solidarity of the Americas.
Today the Corn Islands are
hotbed of Nazi intrigue and Cen
trail American penal colony. Fue
of is being stored on Great Corr
Island by Nazi sympathizers. prepa.
rations are being made to re1ue
NaH raiders off the island and tht
prp-Nazi element of the populatiof
Is developing an air field that car
6rilv be of military Importance. AL
without the knowledge of the Unltee
States Government. There is mo-
one American citizen on the Islands
The last Americans on Great Corr
visited briefly five years ago.
The crew of the "snoop cruise
schooner Blue Stream were warned
on the Nicaraguan mainland no
to 20 to the Corn Islands. "Yol
can't land there" said Manager
scott. of the Bragman Bluff Lumber
Co. at Puerto Cabezas, who IS
friend of Gen. Somoza, dictator O.
Nicaragua.
Saws Hitler Will Rule.
Naturally we went, knowing ina
international law goes beyond dlc'
tators. We found plenty Of reason
Why Nazi sympathizers would wan
to keep the outside world from
Learning what is going on in thu
Corn Islands. Sub Lieutenan
Kruger. commandant of the garri
son of 10 Nicaraguan Nationa
Guards. stationed five to eacf
island, is a living, walking reason
My father was German, nj
said, and taught me to love th'
Fatherland. Hitler will rule thu
world. Der Fuehrer is just ane
strong" He gestured reverently
toward the large picture of Hitler or
his living-room wall.
with one of my wealthy friends
here" Kruger continued, Il will buile
q great airfield here. We will no
need passenger planes. We will no
need air commerce. The time vii
come when this airfield will be very
valuable" Then he explained hov
his friends, planter and merchant
was working on the financial side o
the airfield development through in
terests on the mainland.
Great Corn is as beautiful ar
Island as man can imagine. 1t
cleaning beaches, thick groves o
coco-palms and peak that looks like
a blue cone in the distance, remain.
der of ancient volcanic days, make
life ideal for man on this lslant
where mosquitoes are unknown. Blu
its isolation, with only occasiona
sailing yawls coming to carry ava,
produce from the great crops O.
cocoanuts produced by the incred
ably fertile volcanic soil, has not pro
'tected it from the Nazis.
The -dry-cell radio trasmittel
on Great Corn Island sometimes goe!
dead for weeks. This fits in com
p1etely with Nazis plans. Through
the clear waters surrounding the
islands. they plan to refuel U-boats
In connection with their shuttle serv-
ice in the Caribbean.
One of the Nazi sympathizers or
Great Corn grew friendly with u.
and asked to talk to us alone on the
schooner one night.
Offered Job Running Oil.
Aboard the Blue Stream he gol
right to the point You and I car
work together" he said. you've go
good boat here. The real money i!
1ntrunning oil for the Nazis.
-%All you have to do is take tht
hunks out of the schooner and you
eaIa carry so drums. Soon now there
Twill be real refueling job and We
mzast be ready for it. I can fix i
hpA with the right party at Puerto
iCabezas, and we'll get all the diese
bill we want from him.
The sub .coulG lay off Bris
bay here, and we could load from
the schooner. You could make any
number of trips to Cabezas to bring
drums of oil in first, and we coulc
'store them in the supply ware
houses where regularly store CO.
,coanut oil Everyone is used tt
,seeing drums around and won1
know the difference.
when we finish the refueling, the
empties can be sunk in the swamp
hear my cocoanut grove on the south
iside of the island. Don't worry
you'll be paid in advance"
And then he cautioned us about
communicating with him through
thu mail, named the captain of one