Names of Dead on Tuscania 10 to Be Given Soon
War department releases further survivor lists from the Tuscania tragedy. About 2,180 troops aboard included 600 from Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan with roughly 500 already reported as saved. Red Cross agents in England assist identifications and deliver comforts to 2,000 soldiers. Survivors, many sick or injured, are housed in two camps in Londonderry with cheering locals and Scottish troops guiding arrivals.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
War Department
Red Cross
American Red Cross
William Endicott
England
Endicott
Bureau of Communications
Washington
British Admiralty
Tuscania
Londonderry
Ireland
Scotland
Belfast
Irish Hospitals Report Painful Arrivals Improve
An Irish port correspondent visits sick and injured Americans in two seaport hospitals and finds them progressing favorably as February 11 reports.
Change in Army Staff Plan Reorganizes General Staff
Washington announces a five division general staff reorganization under an assistant chief of staff for each division. The chief of staff with the war council will handle strategic planning and administration of the army program. The move follows prior bureau reorganizations and expanding staff, now about eighty, with many in France.
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Secretary of War
Washington
General Staff
Army
War Department
War Council
Baker
Senate Military Affairs Committee
France
Poles Capture Smolensk as Red Guards Ravage Helsinki
Polish forces who revolted from the Russian army under Gen. Dovbor Mousnitsky have captured Smolensk from the Bolsheviks. Scandinavian refugees in Stockholm recount brutal Red Guard killings in Helsingfors and Tammerfors, with hundreds feared dead and youths executed.
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London
Dovbor Mousnitsky
Smolensk
Vienna
Exchange
Copenhagen
Moscow
Stockholm
Red Guards
Helsingfors
Tammerfors
Women Save Soldiers On Tuscania Survivors Recount Rescue
Irish port survivors report Maj. Benjamin I. Wade and hundreds of American troops saved after the Tuscania sank. Mrs Collins and Mrs Parsons lowered into a lifeboat to aid sailors and soldiers, then helped pull in men as the boat filled and they reached a destroyer. A soldier praised their utmost effort.
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Atlantic
London
The
Press Association
Tuscania
Benjamin I. Wade
Washington
Collins
Senate moves on government control rail bill
Washington Feb 9 The senate prepares to debate the administration railroad bill on government ownership. Senator N D Smith of South Carolina will seek to bring the measure up Monday while Senator Cummins of Iowa plans a Monday dissent outlining aims to amend the bill to assure government ownership of the rails.
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Smith
Washington
United States Senate
N. D. Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
U S Beats U Boats in Noted Seaborne Victory Remarks
Secretary Daniels said the United States and allies are winning the fight against U boats noting ups and downs but an overall win. He praised improved port conditions in France and discussed shipyard labor needs to outpace the submarine threat and meet 1918 tonnage goals. Chairman Hurley announced unified shipping operations and new ship control committee with Allied coordination.
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Washington
Rep
United States
Daniels
Debarkation
France
Piez
Shipping Board
Edwin N. Hurley
BP. A. S
BP. A. S. Franklin, FH. Raymond and Sir Connop Guthrie
Connoep Guthrie
Mr. Hurley
Ship Control Committee
War Department
America
Paris
Bainbridge Colby
War Credits Board Advances Aid Small Contractors
Washington reports about 150 million dollars in advances to war contractors, boosting production of clothing food equipment and small ammunition. The loans, up to 30 percent of contract price, help prevent plant closures and cover payrolls while preserving bank lines and securing performance.
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Washington
War Credits Board
Baker
War Department
Fire Devastates Major Newark Rail Terminal
Fire destroyed forty freight cars loaded with munitions and uniforms for U S troops at the Lehigh Valley railroad transfer plant in Newark New Jersey. Two hundred other cars were saved by switching crews. Officials say the blaze, suspected incendiary, caused about 400000 dollars in damage.
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Newark
N. J
United States
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Ambush in No Man's Land Kills Five Americans
Five U S soldiers are believed dead four missing and one wounded after an American patrol was ambushed at night by a larger German force in No Man s Land. A single survivor crawled back with a chest wound. artillery and air observers tracked enemy positions as the front sector shifts to American command.
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France
No Man’s Land
Ous
Roosevelt Is Much Better After Two Surgeries
New York February 11 Col Theodore Roosevelt is steadily improving after two operations at Roosevelt hospital last week. Physicians say recovery is a matter of time. King George sends best wishes via a message to Mrs Roosevelt. A steady stream of visitors asked about his condition throughout the day.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hospital
Roosevelt
George of
England
Many Injured in Rochester Car Crash
In Rochester New York on February 11 a car on the Rochester and Syracuse electric line jumped the rails and rolled down a 20 foot embankment leaving many passengers cut and bruised.
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Rochester
N. Y
Syracuse
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