Lightning Hits Plane, Killing 4 Navy Fliers; Upset Craft Plunges Into Chesapeake Bay
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April 30, 1927
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BREAK IN ARKANSAS MENACES THOUSANDS; South Bend Levee Gives Way and Waters Pour Over the Southeastern Area. AVIATOR DROPS WARNING Train Held in Readiness Saves Many -- Red Cross Is Now Succoring 200,000. BREAK IN ARKANSAS MENACES THOUSANDS
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 29. -- Tearing through the levee at South Bend late today, the swollen Arkansas River again made mockery of man's heroic work to stem the racing tide. Set free by a 200-yard gap, rapidly widening, the flood waters will virtually complete the inundation of Southeast Arkansas.
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WALKER WELCOMES GREATEST ARMADA WITH PLEA FOR NAVY; Impressive Entrance of Fleet Marred by Blast on Langley, Detaining Five Ships. MAYOR BOARDS FLAGSHIP Calls for Adequate Defense of City When Admiral Hughes Returns His Visit. HALF OF 30,000 GO ASHORE Men From 117 Vessels in East and Hudson Rivers See the City's Sights. WALKER WELCOMES GREATEST ARMADA
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Langley (aircraft carrier), disabled in N Y Harbor
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EXTRA POLICEMEN READY FOR MAY DAY; Patrols Will Comb Whole City to Curb Possible Vanzetti-Sacco Outbreaks. RED PARADES TO BE HALTED Public Men and Buildings Will Be Guarded -- 5,000 Policemen for Reserve Duty. EXTRA POLICEMEN READY FOR MAY DAY
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N Y C police will guard against May Day demonstrations by sympathizers
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1927The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.[†]
The Federal Prison Camp, Alderson is a minimum-security United States federal prison for female inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.