The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28
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Washington, d. c.

Grating in the Caribbean off 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 a 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
MAN 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
$1,000 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withdrawn from the account Of the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
q 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 affiict
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 aft
flicts IS 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 q years to get the
disease under control.
Bangs disease is more readily
cured. BY vaccination, a calf can
be imnunized SO that its adult life
will not be afflicted with the dis
Meantime, the British are import
ing great quantities of dry and pow
dered milk from the United States.
Fresh milk is worth a kings ransom.
~ RETURNED FAVOR
When Rep. John Mccormack OF
Massac husetts was elected Demo-
cratic moor leader Of the house,
one Of his strongest and most un-
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 trip to
Massachusetts, Mccormack named
Cox floor leader during his absence.
There's one condition, however,
Gene" he grinned. you'll have
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