Names of Dead on Tuscania to Be Given Soon
Red Cross agents coordinate to identify soldiers lost with the Tuscania as War Department releases hundreds more survivor names. About 1,000 Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan troops remain unaccounted for, with likely many rescued. Survivors en route to two camps in Northern Ireland receive clothing comforts and visits from Red Cross workers and Scottish troops.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
War Department
GSO
Red Cross
American Red Cross
William Endicott
England
Endicott
Bureau of Communications
Washington
British Admiralty
Tuscania
Londonderry
Ireland
Scotland
Belfast
Ill Americans in Irish Hospitals Recovering Fast
A correspondent in an Irish port reports sick and injured American sailors improving in two distant hospitals. The updates describe steady progress and hopeful recovery.
Change in Army Staff Unveils Five Division Plan
Washington reports a major reorganization of the U S Army general staff. The plan creates five divisions each headed by an assistant chief of staff and pairs the chief of staff with the war council to guide administration and the army program. The move follows extensive consideration by Secretary Baker and mirrors wartime expansion.
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Secretary of War
Washington
General Staff
Army
War Department
Fhve
Saiff
War Council
Baker
Senate Military Affairs Committee
France
Poles Capture Smolensk Amid Bolshevik War News
Reports from Vienna via Copenhagen say Polish forces have seized Smolensk from Bolsheviks. Stockholm dispatch notes Scandinavian refugees recount Red Guard massacres in Helsingfors and Tammerfors with hundreds of deaths and mutilations of students and youths.
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London
Dovbor Mousnitsky
Smolensk
Vienna
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Moscow
Stockholm
Red Guards
Helsingfors
Tammerfors
Tokio
Senate rails for government control bill showdown
Washington February 9 The senate readies for a clash over railroad legislation with Senator N D Smith announcing a move to bring the administration bill to the floor Monday The fight centers on government ownership as Senator Cummins plans a dissenting opinion and an amendment drive is expected to push for moverner ownership of the railroads
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Washington
United States Senate
N. D. Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Women Save Soldiers Aboard Torpedoed Liner
London reports survivors from the Tuscania share relief at Maj. Benjamin F. Wade’s safe arrival with a contingent of American troops. Two women on deck, Mrs Collins and Mrs Parsons, lowered into a lifeboat and aided soldiers in icy water until a destroyer carried them away.
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London
The
Press Association
Tuscania
Benjamin F. Wade
Washington
Collins
Parsons
Tus Canina
U. S. Beats U boats as allies press shipping gains
Secretary Daniels affirmed American and Allied progress against submarines while praising improved port debarkation conditions in France. Shipping officials urged full labor force for shipyards, proposing three shifts year round to outpace the submarine threat and expand tonnage with a budget over a billion dollars. The Shipping Board announced unified operations with the Allies and outlined the ship control committee’s authority to manage tonnage and rates.
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Washington
United States
Daniels
Debarkation
France
Plez
Shipping Board
Edwin N. Hurley
Ship Control Committee
War Department
America
Paris
Bainbridge Colby
War Credits Board Advances Aid War Production
Washington announces about 150 million dollars has been advanced to war contractors by the war credits board. The funds cover clothing food equipment and small ammunition and prevent plant closures by meeting payrolls. Advances up to 80 percent of contract price aid small plants and those with limited banking.
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Washington
War Credits Board
Baker
War Department
Sia
Blame Spies for Big Fire at Newark Terminal
A massive fire destroyed forty freight cars loaded with munitions and uniforms for US troops at the Lehigh Valley railroad transfer plant in Newark New Jersey. Two hundred cars were moved to safety by switching crews. Officials suspect incendiary origin and estimate the loss at $100000.
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Newark
N. J
United States
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Foes Ambush Yankee Patrol in No Man's Land
Five American soldiers are believed killed four missing and one wounded after a patrol was ambushed at night by a larger German force. A survivor crawled back with a chest wound while artillery pounded the German positions and air observers tracked the battle. The front sector was recently turned over to American command with high praise from the French unit displaced.
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France
No Man's Land
Cmmand
Roosevelt Is Much Better After Operations
New York February 11 Colonel Theolore Roosevelt shows steady improvement after two operations at Roosevelt hospital last week. Physicians say recovery is a matter of time. Mrs Roosevelt received a message from King George expressing regret and wishing speedy recovery. A steady stream of callers visited the hospital seeking updates on his condition.
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New York
Col
Theolore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hospital
Many Injured in Rochester Train Car Crash
In Rochester New York February 31 many passengers were cut and bruised when a car on the Rochester and Syracuse electric line jumped the rails and rolled down a 20 foot embankment.
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Rochester
N. Y
Syracuse
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U. S
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