Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23

moving into the area around the
cape. A few here and few there.
Some up the Patuca River, some in
Brewers Lagoon, some on the edges
of the great Caratasca Lagoon.
There they raise bananas and cut
mahogany. towing their produce
around with powerful German Diesel
tugs and barges. These same tugs
REQUIRE Diesel oil legitimately for
their operation and could easily be
used either to meet Nazi raider
for refueling at given rendezvous
in the Miskito or any other remote
group of Gays. Or they could haul
fuel oil to any vessel waiting off the
bar of any river on the north coast
of Honduras.
It was off Great Swan Island, 100
miles north of the mouth OF the
Patuca River, that a submarine OF
unknown nationality was reported
last winter. The Swan Islands are
United States territory, according
to the State Department and the
United Fruit Co., yet are only used
as a weather station and no patrol
vessels operate from them. They
are barren sand and coral, are
named after a certain buccaneerlng
Capt. William Swan, and make a
perfect lee for any vessel wanting
shelter from the weather in the
Western Caribbean.
Shipping Stays Away.
All shipping stays completely clear
of the Miskito Gays and the outlying
reefs and islands, knowing well the
dangers for those unfamiliar with
the waters. There are nc Americans
among the inhabitants of the more
attractive Gays. American neutrality
patrol planes do not fly within sew
eral hundred miles of the whole
Miskito area. Whatever particularly
good spots the German mystery ship
found in her survey are probably
being used today
A search Of all the Gays would take
months by boat, and by plane it is
difficult to see small objects, particu-
larly when camouflaged with palm
mating, mangroves and sand.
Aboard the 'snoop cruise"
schooner Blue Stream we noticed
the absence o fthe Cayman schooners
in the Gays, and asked the radio OPP
orator at Puerto CabezaS, first set
Element south the cape. about them,
Hlxy ~vH-ia Il
about that German shark fishing
boat" he said. OF German par
entage, he spent his boyhood in
Missouri The word got around
among the fishermen that the Nazis
were going to assemble prefabri-
Gated submarines on some isolated
island around here, and now they're
afraid to 60 of the beaten track.
The British around here don't take
any stock in rumors, though. They
don't even mind listening to the
DNB (official German news agency
news broadcasts on the war
What about the Germans around
here?"
There aren't many" he said,
'but the ones there are make up
for their small number. Usually
about one to a town, without any
visible means of support. Lehman,
our general merchandise manager
here, has charge of all the fuel oil
and is the most important German
here"
Further down the coast we were
to learn more about Lehman from
smuggler who propositioned us to
run oil for a NaN submarine. And
he said submarine 1t confirmed
the fact that the Nazis have honey
combed the waterways and Gays OF
the widest, most remote part of
Central America and can use their
preparations at will in q blitzkrieg
of the Caribbean.
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