Troop Transport Tuscania Sinks Killing 200 Likely
American soldiers aboard the Tuscania faced death bravely as the German torpedo struck the liner and British destroyers evacuated survivors. Forty four bodies washed ashore in Ireland. identification tags bore no names, all but 101 of 2156 aboard were saved. Bodies to be buried in one grave.
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U. S
France
Washington
Northern
Ireland
Tuscania
War Department
America
War
Navy
Trish
Le Moyne Boy on Transport Tuscania Sinking
Robert F McCormick of Lemoyne a son of Mrs John J McCormick and member of the 100th Aero Squadron was aboard the ill fated transport Tuscania when a Hunt torpedo sent the liner to the bottom off the coast of Ireland. Washington confirmed the report noting 210 missing from the 2379 aboard including 113 American troops. 296 have been landed and are receiving aid in Irish towns.
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Robert F. McCormick
Lemoyne
John J. McCormick
One Hundredth Aero Squadron
Tuscania
Ireland
Washington
Robert Merle Mace
William K. Crozier
City Electrician
Telegraph
Hummel Avenue
McCormick
Columbus
Kelly Field
Tex
Lineola
N.Y
War Department
Navy
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Northeast PA
Fair and warmer tonight with low near a degrees. Saturday increasing clouds then rain or snow in the afternoon, warmer. Eastern Pennsylvania fair tonight and Saturday, followed by rain or snow in the afternoon, warmer. Northeast winds become southeast.
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Harrisburs
Pennsylvania
Loss of Life in Tuscania Near 200, U S Learns From London
London reports new figures on the Tuscania disaster project deaths well above 101, with embassy estimates near 200 and British Admiralty at 210. Officials plan joint funerals for the dead as survivors reach safety elsewhere, including Major Benjamin F. Wade.
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London
Tuscania
U. S
Press Association
Enjamin F. Wade
Washington
iF W Smith Jr Wins Promotion by Good Work
New Superintendent of the Philadelphia Division, P R R, announced yesterday, effective February 1. Frank W. Smith Jr arrives in Harrisburg and may assume duties soon. Washington Feb 8 McAdoo testifies on war finance corporation bill as a war measure.
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If. W. Smith, JR
Frank W. Smith, Jr
Harrisburg
Washington
McAdoo
Senate Finance Committee
War Finance Corporation
England
France
Penrose
Little Coal In City Despite Warm Weather
Harrisburg faces a tightening coal supply as demand dips with warm weather yet shipments also fall. The city’s biggest coal dealer notes slower arrivals, signaling vulnerability when the next cold wave arrives. six cars of anthracite arrived yesterday on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Heatless Mondays Ending Over Southern States
Washington reports officials anticipate relaxing the heatless Monday order after next Monday as warmer weather boosts railroad traffic. With Lincoln's birthday on Tuesday, a three and a half day shutdown will occur Saturday through Monday, potentially easing fuel strain northward where the restriction remains in effect.
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Associated Press
Washington
Virginia
Fuel Administration
United States
Lincoln
Garfield
International Allied Garment Workers’ Union
Roosevelt Not Out of Danger in New York Hospital
New York February 8 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt remains in serious condition after surgery for an fistula and abscesses in both ears. Dr Harold K Keyes Roosevelt Hospital says his condition is unchanged and he has slept and rested comfortably through the night. Three nurses and the doctor remain with him.
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Roosevelt
N. Y. Hospital
Associated Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Harold K. Keyes
Roosevelt Hospital
Keyes
Americans Hold Fire On German Lines In France
Soldiers across the Atlantic press reports of heavy artillery exchanges with German forces in trench and dugout areas. U S gunnery targeted batteries and cross roads while enemy 77 mm shells and infantry activity sparked renewed fighting near a forest with two battalions observed in contact. Continues on page ten.
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France
Americas
Bad Turn In Nos- P i al Ziegler Condition Critical
The latest word from Harrisburg says Lieutenant Colonel E Ziegler of this city suffered serious injuries at the Texas camp where he is stationed with his condition described as very critical no report had been received by noon today and friends of the officer anxiously inquired each hour. Dauphin Lebanon and Berks counties plan to meet soon to discuss upgrading the Harrisburg Reading main highway a spring meeting likely with plans already prepared by the State Highway Department.
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Ziegler
Cumbler
Dauphin
Lebanon
Berks
Harrisburg
Reading
State Highway Department
Sweaters From Executive Mansion For Pennsylvania Troops
Mrs. Martin G Brumbaugh wife of the Governor oversaw sending seventy sweaters to Camp Hancock for Pennsylvania soldiers found without them. She also dispatched wristlets helmets and scarfs and shipped more sweaters than requested with plans for further donations from the executive mansion.
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Martin G. Brumbaugh
Camp Hancock
Pennsylvania
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Trinity College, Cambridge
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