The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-27
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NAZI INTRUDER

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Grating in the Caribbean of the
coast of Mexico.
This was the inside reason for the
Presidents sudden transfer OF the
entire coast guard to the navy-the
coast guards ships and planes are
needed to track down the Nazi in
truder.
Sensational feature about the
smuggler is that she is former
u. S. vessel-the 800-ton Diesel
engined yacht that once belonged to
A. Atwater Kent, Philadelphia radio
magnate.
The one-time pleasure ship now is
being operated under the Panama
nian flag out of Vera Cruz, Mexico,
by Nazi agents in that city, and is
being used to transport high test
gasoline and mercury to small Car
ibbean islands where japanese ships
collect the struggled strategic sup
plies.
The yacht recently unloaded 1000
TASKS of mercury at an island which
for military reasons must be name
less.
The former luxury craft came into
possession of the Nazis by cir
cuitous route which intelligence ex-
perts uncovered only a few weeks
ago. The purchase was made by
shipping company whose main of
fee is in Vera Cruz and has
branch office in New Orleans, where
transfer of title took place. The
price was $4,000.
Fortunately for intelligence the
payment was made in u. S. bills OF
1000 denomination. From the seri-
al numbers, the bills were traced
back to a Vera Cruz bank. There
it was learned the money had been
withdrawn from the account of the
leading Nazi business house in
Mexico, and turned over to the ship
ping company that bought the yacht.
Subsequent investigation revealed
that all the stockholders of this COM
pany were Germans; also that the
two top officers were Spaniards, one
a naturalized Mexican and the other
a naturalized American citizen.
Now, every movement of the
yacht is watched, but there is moth
ing the United States can do about
the ship unless she enters American
waters. So far the vessel has been
very careful to stay within Mexican
territorial waters.
LEND-LEASE MILK EXPERT
The most novel type of lend-lease
operation thus far was the lend
leasing of a man named Adolph.
Adolph Eichhorn went over to help
the British against Adolf Hitler.
The British are suffering from in
sufficient production of milk, be-
cause of diseased cattle, and Eich-
horn is the man who knows all the
cow cures. He is director of the
animal disease station under the de-
partment of agriculture.
Three principal diseases aff1ict
British cattle: tuberculosis, which
makes the cattle lean; Bangs dis
ease, which results in the loss Of
the calf; and maStitis.
Eichhorn was obliged to tell the
British that tuberculosis, which af-
fiicts 35 per cent of British cattle,
cannot be cured during the course
of the war, unless the war lasts for
another generation. It took the
United States % years to get the
disease under control.
Bangs disease is more readily
cured. BY vaccination, a calf can
be immunized so that its adult life
will not be afflicted with the dis
ease.
Meantime, the British are import
ing great quantities of dry and pow
dered milk from the United States.
Fresh milk is worth kings ransom.
RETURNED FAVOR
When Rep. John Mccormack of
Massachusetts, was elected Demo-
cratic floor leader of the house,
one of his strongest and most UNI
expected supporters was Georgia's
fiery New Deal-hating Gene Cox.
Though the two men were poles
apart on economic views, Cox never
theless backed Mccormack and did
yeoman work for him.
Recently Mccormack returned the
favor. Before leaving on a trip to
Massachusetts, Mccormack named
Cox floor leader during his absence.
There's one condition, however,
Gene" he grinned. you'll have
to refrain from those hot one-minute
speeches on the floor. 1 don't want
my stand-in taking swings at the
administration. 1t would look bad"
Mccormack wished the Georgian
luck and left the chamber. Hardly
had he departed when Cox jumped
up and asked permission to address
the house for one minute. New
Dealers held their breath, expect
ing him to uncork one of his scorch-
ing blasts.
But they relaxed with sigh Of
relief when Cox launched into ter
rife TRADE against John L. Lewis.
CAPITAL CHAFF
Capt. Jules James, commandant
of the u. S. naval base at Bermuda,
is a nephew of Secretary of War