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April 22, 1927

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Headlines from April 22, 1927

SOUTH IN TERROR AS FLOOD SWEEPS ON TOWARD THE GULF; New Orleans Prepares Feverishly for Crisis of Ever-Spreading Waters. BIG LEVEES ARE GIVING WAY 7,500 Square Miles Along Mississippi Valley Now Submerged or Exposed to Disaster. HOMELESS TOTAL 60,000 Boats Rushed to Rescue of Hundreds Marooned -- Eighteen Reported Lost in Sinking of Launch.

By the Associated Press

Waters extend to Lower Valley; New Orleans prepared for crisis; reports of deaths and epidemics; Pres Coolidge confers with Red Cross; War Dept furnishes tents

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7 ON SNYDER JURY; FULL BOX TODAY ORDERED BY COURT; Justice Says He Will Sit Until Rest Are Chosen -- New Panel of 150 Is Drawn. THREE JURORS ADDED IN DAY Retired Builder, Oldest Man Yet Accepted, Florist and an Engineer Satisfy Lawyers. 244 TALESMEN EXAMINED Gray Rejects One Favored by Mrs. Snyder -- Act Held to Foreshadow Legal Clashes in the Trial. 7 ON SNYDER JURY; FULL BOX ORDERED

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3 more jurors chosen; new panel drawn

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Radio Receiver Enlarges Pictures 9 Times; Reproduced by a Hot and Cold Air Device

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Device tested by Radio Corp of Amer

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NORRIS ATTACKS COOLIDGE BOOM; Nebraska Senator Declares Movement for Re-election Is a Long Step Toward Monarchy. THIRD TERM, HE INSISTS Corrupt Southern Machine, He Says, Is Preparing to Send Coolidge Delegates. NORRIS ATTACKS COOLIDGE BOOM

By Special to The New York Times

Sen Norris assails "third term" move as step toward monarchy; sees corrupt Southern machine preparing to send Coolidge delegates for sake of patronage

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DRIVE ON THE NORTH SUDDENLY RESUMED BY CHIANG KAI-SHEK; His Forces Push Forward by Two Routes to Cut Off Troops Pressing Nanking. ALSO MOVES ON CHIN-KIANG Chang Tso-lin's Army Reaches Hunan-Hupeh Border, Where It Faces 100,000 Men. HANKOW SITUATION UGLY Rioting and Looting Prevail and 85 Americans Stay There, Reluctant to Desert Property. DRIVE ON THE NORTH SUDDENLY RESUMED

By the Associated Press

Chiang Kai-shek resumes drive on North; his forces push forward along Tientsin-Pukow ry and move on Chinkiang to cut off troops pressing Nanking; Chang Tso-lin's army reaches Hunnan-Hupeh border, where it faces 100,000 men; Feng Yu-hsiang reported to have rejected reported appt

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1927Laurel Aitken, Cuban-Jamaican singer (died 2005)^[†]

Lorenzo "Laurel" Aitken was a Cuban-Jamaican singer and one of the pioneers of ska music. He is often referred to as the "Godfather of Ska".

Headlines from April 22, 1927

Radio Receiver Enlarges Pictures 9 Times; Reproduced by a Hot and Cold Air Device

NORRIS ATTACKS COOLIDGE BOOM; Nebraska Senator Declares Movement for Re-election Is a Long Step Toward Monarchy. THIRD TERM, HE INSISTS Corrupt Southern Machine, He Says, Is Preparing to Send Coolidge Delegates. NORRIS ATTACKS COOLIDGE BOOM

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