MEDALS FOR RESCUING CREW
New York Times
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WASHINGTON, April 22---Representative Francis of Ohio to-day introduced a resolution calling for Federal recognition and decoration of the captain, officers and crew of the Cunarder Carpathia for their gallant service in the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic. It provides that the President on behalf of the Government, present medals of honor to Capt. A. H. Rostron, lieutenant of the Royal Navy, the officers, petty officers, and crew of the Carpathia and proposes an appropriation of $5,000 to pay for striking these medals from dies to be made at the Philadelphia mint.
Related Biographies:
Arthur Henry Rostron
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Carpathia
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Mark Baber
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