Wreck of Red Cross steamer Florizal claims lives near Cape Race
New York reports six bodies washed ashore after the Red Cross steamer Florizal struck rocks near Broadcove during a blizzard. Sixty nine crew and passengers were aboard, including 12 women and 3 children. rescue ships Lagona and Seal arrived as hopes of survival persisted. Among the dead are Purser Snow and engineer unnamed, with notable passengers such as John Shannon Munn and Major Michael Sullivan aboard.
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Cape Race
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Robert Snow
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Newfoundland
Toronto
Royal Flying Corps
Florizas
John Shannon Munn
Bowring Brothers’ Company, Limited
Liverpool
Maj
Michael Sullivan
Newfoundland Forestry Battalion
Thomas McNeil
McMurdo Drug Company
Fred Smythe
Newfoundland Woolen Mills
William Butler
Florida
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Canada
Edward Berteau
Norman Sellars
John Parsons
Ralph Burnham
Alex Ledingham
Newfoundland Regiment
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Sabre
Florizes
Hoover urges public help as food program lags in war
Herbert Hoover warns that the next sixty days will be the most critical in the nation's food effort. He cites rail congestion and delayed potato shipments, urges rapid car loading, reduced consumption, and public cooperation to move supplies to allies.
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Washington
United States
Herbert Hoover
Seaboard
Chicago
U S Takes 11 In War Fraud Indictments
New York police and federal officials report indictments of eleven individuals including clothing manufacturers and a quartermaster clerk for extensive army uniform cloth frauds. About five million dollars of cloth and supplies were stolen, tied to Louis Davidson and Universal Cloth Shrinking and Refinishing Works.
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Wight Clothing Manufacturers
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Federal Grand Jury
George D. Bernitz
Federal District Attorney’s Office
Louis Davidson
Universal Cloth
Davidson
Hyman Horwitz
Benjamin
Barnet Tietz
Jacob Weinstein
Abraham Pursch
Leon Levine
Barney Robinson
Morris Alewitz
Ira L. Janowsky
Quartermaster’s Office
Terry McGovern Dies in Brooklyn Hospital
New York reports former world lightweight champion Terry McGovern died at King's County Hospital on Friday after pneumonia and kidney trouble, complicated by other ailments.
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Terry McGovern
New York
King’s County Hospital
Nine Die In Blaze At Miller Farmhouse
A fire swept the Miller farmhouse and barn killing nine people. Boston reports dated February 25 describe a deadly blaze with multiple fatalities and the rural tragedy shocking the community.
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Boston
Airplanes to France First American Battleplanes Sent
Secretary Baker announced the first American built battleplanes heading to France, five months ahead of schedule, equipped with Liberty motors and achieving record speeds. He cautioned against exaggeration, noting overall air capacity at the front remains limited and thousands of ground crew and training planes are required per air capacity.
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Washington
France
Baker
Western Front
Russia to Sign Peace Under German Dictate
An official Russian statement says Premier Lenine and Leon Trotzky confirm readiness to sign peace as dictated by the quadruple alliance at Brest-Litovsk. It orders councils of peoples commissars to offer immediate peace terms and resist if Germans refuse, with Krylenko cited.
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London
Russia
Germany
Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Councils of Peoples’ Commissioners
Brest-Litovsk
Lloyd George Demands Immediate War Policy Vote
London February 21 Premier Lloyd George called for a vote of confidence on current war policy and warned he would resign if the house and country reject it. He charged American delegates at Versailles with pressing a centralized Allied strategy and releasing a document he said compelled a revision of the war plan.
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London
Lloyd George
Versailles Supreme
Iwar Council
U S Bone Day Act Vote Questioned in House
Representative McLenmore of Texas seeks a judiciary committee inquiry into the national prohibition amendment vote. He argues the amendment passed by 282 to 128 fell eight short of the two thirds of all 435 members required, and calls for a full house tally.
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Washington
McLenmore
Texas
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Meatless Days Save Much Across United States
Meatless days in the United States have saved 140 000 000 pounds of beef in four months and 185 000 000 pounds were exported, the food administration reported today in Washington.
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Washington
United States
Food Administration
Health of Camp Improves Washington February Update
Health of Camp improves after illness with brief notes on recovery. Washington officials report steady progress and outline steps for continued care and monitoring. Local hospitals coordinate with state health authorities to track resumption of routine duties.
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Washington
Sie
Asty Cps
British Merchant Ships Sunk In Recent Week
London reports the admiralty statement listing 15 British merchant ships sunk last week by mines or submarines. Of the 15, twelve were under ten tons and three exceeded ten tons. One additional vessel was sunk in the same period.
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London
Admiralty
Sia
Americans Abroad Draft Notice in United Kingdom
London announces under the Anglo American treaty that about six hundred Americans residing in the United Kingdom are subject to the draft. The declaration comes from American consul general Robert P. Skinner.
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U.S. Army
London
United Kingdom
Robert. P. Skinner
Military Writer Fined Five Hundred Dollars
London reports a military writer fined 500 dollars for unspecified offense with details scant and unclear from the fragment.
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London
Changes Proposed to Curtail President Powers Rejected
Washington February 25 The administration railroad bill passes the Senate by a viva voce vote. The measure allows the president to fix compensation for railroad owners and keeps final rate jurisdiction with the I C C. Government control ends 18 months after the war. Amendments limiting returns and short line provisions were debated.
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Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
McAdoo
Congress
House
Kirby
Arkansas
McAdoo presses Hoover over food shipment delays
Washington reports a new clash between William G. McAdoo and Herbert Hoover as McAdoo demanded to know where food supplies purchased for allied governments are located and which U.S. ports will receive shipments. He assured no serious eastern shortage, subject to weather disruptions.
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Washington
William G. McAdoo
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
United States
W. G. M’adooq
Rosenwald to Quit as CNDF Supplies Committee Chair
Washington reports say Julius Rosenwald of Chicago will retire soon from his post as chairman of the committee on supplies for the Council of National Defense officials.
All Fatalities Total 61 in Washington Army Fatalities
A partial line notes 61 total fatalities in the army as of February 25 in Washington. The fragment references a casualty count amid ongoing military losses and official tallies.
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Washington
Reserve Organization Formed to Complete Gigantic War Program
The United States Shipyard Volunteers of the Public Service Reserve enlist 250000 workers to speed ship production. Volunteers will be paid current shipyard wages, housing is being built, and enrollment materials and certificates will identify trades and commitment. Quotas by state target acetylene welders, riveters, machinists, carpenters, electricians and other skilled trades to meet the merchant shipbuilding push.
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Public Service Reserve
Cae Canics
America
Department of Labor
Council of National Defense
Shipping Board
State Council of Defense
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Washington
U. S
Hurley
Volunteers of Public Service Reserve
Life's Inspirations Fragment
A fragmented quoted passage extols inspiration as a force, linking joy, bravery, and strength to acts that help others. It reflects on beauty in right living and suggests life’s success comes from motivating others.
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