Bill Providing for Gold Medal to Captain Goes to Taft
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WASHINGTON, July 1---The thanks of Congress are conveyed to Capt. Arthur H. Rostron and the officers and crew of the liner Carpathia, for their rescue of 704 survivors of the Titanic, in a Senate bill passed by the House to-day.
The measure now goes to President Taft for signature. The bill provides for a $1,000 gold medal for Capt. Rostron.
Encyclopedia Titanica (2004) CONGRESS THANKS ROSTRON (New York Times, Tuesday 2nd July 1912, ref: #3505, published 19 August 2004, generated 2nd December 2024 11:44:06 AM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/congress-thanks-rostron.html
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