Names Lost British Ships Aragon and Osmanieh
London January 20 The transport and the fleet auxiliary sunk early this month in the Mediterranean were the Aragon and the Osmanieh. The Aragon 9588 tons built Belfast 1905 operated by Royal Mail Steam Packet Company later Royal Navy. The Osmanieh 4041 tons built 1896 owned in London. Casualties included officers and crew on both vessels while captains were among the dead.
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London
Transport
Fleet Auxiliary
Mediterranean
House of Commons
Aragon
Belfast
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Admiralty
Osmanieh
Francia Bateman
Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary
Osmanteh
D. R. Mason
Col House Goes Home After White House Visit
Colonel E. M. House left Washington for New York after a two day White House stay. He and the President held long talks likely about the war aims speeches of Germany and Austria Hungary and other wartime diplomacy.
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Washington
E. M. House
White House
New York
Woman offers services to war effort in New Worcester
Worcester, Jan 30. Mrs. Benjamin P. Revel of 10 Chandler Street writes to Secretary Baker offering her services to the United States in any capacity to aid the war effort, expressing the same zeal as Russian women who supported their nation.
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Worcester
United States
Russia
Benjamin P. Revel
Chandler Street
Baker
Worcester mother vows to avenge sons in world war
Mrs Revel denounces Germany and vows to join the war effort after losing her eldest son in France last Christmas. She plans to fight in the trenches or drive ammunition trucks and says German spies threaten Worcester as she expresses resolve to go to France to avenge her family.
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Peter Villnade
Alfred
Mrs. Revel
Post
Worcester
Efficiency experts work in Army camp Dix New Jersey
Efficiency experts were brought in at Camp Dix to reduce red tape. Captains have spent time on clerical tasks, so officers can devote more time to commands. The team will design a streamlined system to be followed.
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Camp DIX
N. J
One Hilled, Many Hurt in Head-On Train Crash
Roanoke report says the Southern Railroad Memphis special collided head on with a west bound freight near Dublin Virginia. Engineer J H Smith was killed and several passengers were injured in the crash.
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Roanoke
Southern Railroad
Dublin
J. H., Smith
Sweden to Bring Swedes Home From Finland
London dispatch reports Stockholm acting to immediately despatch ships to Finland to repatriate Swedes living there back to Sweden as tensions ease.
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Finland
London
Reuter
Stockholm
Sweden
Battleship Runs Aground In Ice Choked Atlantic Channel
An old battleship of the pre dreadnought type ran aground on a sand bar while breaking ice in a channel near an Atlantic port on January 30. The vessel rests quietly and is expected to float at the next high tide. Navy officials reveal older battleships have been used to clear ice clogged shipping lanes recently.
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Atlantic
Statehouse approves first $27 million Massachusetts budget
The $27,000,000 state budget, the first of its kind attempted in Massachusetts, was passed to be engrossed after 48 hours of House consideration yesterday.
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Massachusetts
Endicott Flour Marketed as White Flour Sales Curbed
Boston grocers limit purchases to one bag per customer while Endicott flour hits the market this Saturday. Dealers are required to sell seven pounds of dark meal with every bag of white flour as the law enforces mix limits on white patent flours.
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Boston
Better Housing Plans for Women War Workers
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. met with Secretaries Baker Daniels and Wilson in Washington on January 30 to discuss housing improvements for women employed in government and munition factories. The Labor Department is examining providing adequate housing for female workers.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Baker
Daniels
Wilson
Department of Labor
France and America United in Blood-Dyed Front
RANCE mourns lost sons and ruined cathedrals as she defends civilization. The speaker claims fighting with the valiant French Republic soldiers is not only to save France but to save America, a bond she emphasizes when a French widow looks to Winston.
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Rance
French Republic
France
America
Winston
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