Wreck of Red Cross Steamer Florizal Claims Six Bodies
Wrecked near Cape Race during a blizzard the Red Cross steamer Florizal carried 77 passengers and a crew of 69. Six bodies were washed ashore, including Purser Snow, with twelve women and three children aboard. Rescue ships Lagona and Seal reached the scene as crews battled high seas and wreckage.
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Food Administration Seeks Public Help to Speed Aid
Washington February 23 Herbert Hoover says the next two months are critical as the U S faces shortfalls in cereal and meat supplies due to railway congestion Since December the program with the Allies is behind and potatoes are spoiling in farmers hands Expect shortages 45 000 000 bushels of cereals and less meat by end of February The public is urged to load cars quickly reduce consumption and favor home stores while railways prepare special trains to move meat and packing house products from Chicago to ships
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United States
Herbert Hoover
Seaboard
Chicago
U. S. Indicts Cloth Makers in War Fraud Case
A federal grand jury charged six clothing manufacturers and five associates with involvement in army uniform cloth frauds. About five million dollars in cloth and supplies were implicated, tied to Louis Davidson of Universal Cloth Shrinking and Refinishing and other named individuals.
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Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
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George D. Bernitz
Federal District Attorney’s Office
Louis Davidson
Universal Cloth
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Hyman Horwitz
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Barnett Tietz
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Abraham Pursch
Leon Levine
Barney Robinson
Morris Alewicz
Ira L. Janowsky
Quartermaster’s Office
Terry McGovern Dies at King's County Hospital
Terry McGovern former world lightweight champion died Friday at King's County Hospital. Pneumonia and kidney trouble, worsened by other ailments, led to his death in New York.
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Terry McGovern
New York
King’s County Hospital
Nine Die in Blaze at Miller Farmstead Farm
A fatal fire at the Miller farmhouse and barn in Boston on February 25 left nine people dead. Investigators described the blaze as intense with extensive smoke and structural collapse reported at the rural property.
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Boston
Airplanes to France En Route Boosts WWI Air Power
Secretary Baker announced the first American built battleplanes head to France nearly five months ahead of schedule. The initial shipment uses Liberty motors and includes a notable speed record, with engine production ramping to meet peak needs as experts stress the wartime balance of planes and ground crew.
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Washington
France
Baker
Western Front
Russia to Sign Peace Under German Dictat Brest Litovsk
An official Russian statement attributed to Premier Lenin and Leon Trotsky says Russia is forced to sign peace on terms proposed by Germany. The note pledges readiness to sign immediately while urging massed parleys with German troops and to resist if Germany refuses.
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Russia
Germany
Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Councils of Peoples’ Commissioners
Brest-Litovsk
Lloyd George demands immediate vote on war policy
Premier Lloyd George, in London on February 21, called for a vote of confidence to decide if the government should continue its current war policy. He warned he would quit office if the vote failed. He charged American delegates at Versailles with centralizing Allied strategy and claimed they presented a document that forced a revision of the war plan.
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Lloyd George
Versailles Supreme Iwar Council
Versailles War Council
U S Bone Day Act Void Question Stirs Congress
Washington February 22 Representative McLenmore of Texas asks the judiciary committee to investigate the house vote on prohibition amendment. He argues the amendment failed to meet constitutional two thirds of all members rather than those present. The house totals 485 members and the 282-to-128 vote fell eight short.
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McLenmore
Texas
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Meatless Days Save Much in Four Months
Washington reports meatless days saved 140 million pounds of beef in four months and 185 million pounds were exported. The Food Administration announced the totals today.
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Washington
United States
Food Administration
Health of Camp Improves in Washington Report
A brief Washington update notes camp health shows improvement as officials outline changes in care and medical status. No further details provided.
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Washington
Feb
British ships sunk last week by mines or submarines count
London reports 15 British ships sunk last week by mines or submarines per admiralty statement issued Wednesday. Of these 15 vessels, 12 were 1,000 tons or more and three were under that tonnage. One fishing craft is listed among losses.
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Admiralty
Americans Abroad Face Draft Under Anglo American Treaty
London report states about six hundred Americans residing in the United Kingdom are subject to the draft under the Anglo American treaty. The announcement came 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 in London Case
A British court ordered a writer to pay 500 pounds after a London case involving press charges. The decision, reported by Web, occurred on the 23rd of the month.
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London
Wilson can fix the rates changes proposed to curtail president powers
The administration railroad bill passed the Senate by a voice vote. It keeps presidential control over rates but places final jurisdiction with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The government would operate railroads for 18 months after the war ends and may buy or sell railroad securities into a revolving fund.
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Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
McAdoo
Congress
House
Kirby
Arkansas
McAdoo and Hoover clash over food shipment delays
Washington dispatch reports a new clash between William G. McAdoo director of transportation and Herbert Hoover food administrator over why food shipments to the coast are delayed. McAdoo demands Hoover reveal locations and ports for supplies and promises transportation with only weather disruptions as risk.
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Washington
William G. McAdoo
Herbert Hoover
Rosenwald Expected to Quit National Defense Post
Washington reports indicate Julius Rosenwald of Chicago will soon retire from his duties as chairman of the committee on supplies for the Council of National Defense. Official circles note the move as imminent with Rosenwald stepping down from leadership.
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Rosenwald
Washington
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Council of National Defense
Fatalities Total 51 Reported on February 25
Report cites a total of 51 fatalities as of February 25. Details are sparse. incident source and location not specified in the available text. Further information pending official updates.
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Pipvepionts
United States Shipyard Volunteers Formed for War Effort
A new Reserve, the United States Shipyard Volunteers of the Public Service Reserve, recruits 250000 workers across trades to complete the shipbuilding program for wartime needs. Volunteering through enrollment agents or via the Shipping Board, members will be paid according to yard wages and housing is being developed.
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Public Service’ ‘Reserve
America
Department of Labor
Council of National Defense
Shipping Board
Public Service Reserve
State Council of Defense
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Washington
U. S
Hurley
United States
Life's Inspirations Fragment Reveals Fading Text
A fragmentary excerpt discusses inspiration and acts that encourage bravery and strength. It notes that meaningful life includes beautiful things and right living as core ideas, though the surrounding text is incomplete and interspersed with garbled phrases.
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