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May 17, 1927

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COLER IS REBUKED PUBLICLY BY MAYOR; MAY GET OUT SOON; Called Before Committee of Whole to Hear His Hospital Management Condemned. M'KEE ALSO CRITICIZES HIM Money Expended on Laboratory Instead of More Beds in Kings County Institution. WALKER TELLS OF PROTEST Structure to Be Remodeled at Cost of $60,000 to Serve as Surgical Pavilion. COLER IS REBUKED PUBLICLY BY MAYOR

By Unknown Author

Mayor Walker and Aldermanic Pres McKee publicly rebuke Comr B S Coler for alleged misuse of funds allocated for Hosp; Com of Whole of Bd of Estimate votes $60,000 to adapt laboratory bldg under construction to needs of new surgical pavilion

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150,000 MORE HOMES ARE THREATENED AS LEVEES GUARDING VAST AREA TOTTER; DESPERATE FIGHT IS MADE TO HOLD THEM; HOOVER WARNS RESCUE FLEET Vessels Held Ready to Save Population When New Crash Comes. OLD FLOOD ROARS SOUTH Houses Submerged to Roofs in Spreading Inland Sea West of the Atchafalaya. NINE PERISH IN ONE HOME Coast Guard Cutter Picks Up 500 Persons Marooned in Plaucheville Farm Settlement.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

150,000 more homes threatened; rescue fleet held in readiness; refugees from Sugar Bowl flee to woods rather than accept "charity" of relief camps; U S Sens and Reprs join Reed in plea for special session of Cong; contributions

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Notable Deaths

Harold Geiger

1927Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (born 1884)[†]

Major Harold Geiger was an American military officer and pioneer U.S. Army aviator, who was killed in an airplane crash in 1927. He was U.S. military aviator number 6. He was also a balloonist. Spokane International Airport is designated with the International Air Transport Association airport code GEG in his memory.