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Cook Who Survived U boat Sinks Wins Maine Trek
Daniel Giro, a negro cook aboard the Edward H. Cole sunk by a German U boat off the Jersey coast, vows to travel by train to Maine. He recounts the escape, describes rescue by steamship, and notes wartime food conservation efforts led by Hoover and Wilson.
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