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April 19, 1927

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25,000 ARE HOMELESS, 12 DEAD IN FLOODS; Mississippi and Its Tributaries Spread Devastation in Several States. DAMAGE PUT AT MILLIONS New Breaks Occur as Thousands of Men Toil Feverishly to Strengthen Levees.

By Unknown Author

MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 18 (AP). -- Heavy with the flood waters of two-fifths of the total area of continental United States, the Mississippi River and its tributaries hammered incessantly at the levees man has built to reclaim hundreds of square miles of fertile soil.

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CHIANG GOVERNMENT SET UP IN NANKING; ALL CHINA IN CHAOS; Hankow Reds Ignore Call to Confer and Nationalist Party Breaks Into Fragments. A WAR LORD IN EVERY CITY Soong Deserts Chiang, Calling Him Dictator -- Few Big Men Available for Cabinet. SOUTH CLAIMS VICTORIES Reports Shantungese Cut Off Near Pukow -- Hankow Sends Troops to Control Wuhu. CHIANG GOVERNMENT SET UP IN NANKING

By Frederick Moore.copyright, 1927, By the New York Times Company.special Cable To the New York Times.by Frederick Moore

Communist reprs from Hankow fail to arrive for conf at Nanking

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Notable Births

Cora Sue Collins

1927Cora Sue Collins, American child actress (died2025)[†]

Cora Susan Collins was an American child actress who appeared in films during the Golden Years of Hollywood. Although she did not make the transition to a film career in adulthood, she appeared in 47 films in total.

Historical Events

Mae West

1927Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.[†]

Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned more than seven decades. Recognized as a prominent sex symbol of her time, she was known for portraying sexually confident characters and for her use of double entendres, often delivering her lines in a distinctive contralto voice. West began performing in vaudeville and on stage in New York City before moving on to film in Los Angeles.