Saturday, April 23, 1927

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The Headlines

FLOOD DISASTER GROWS AS LEVEES BREAK; 38 DEAD IN WATERS AND 75,000 HOMELESS; COOLIDGE APPEALS TO THE NATION FOR AID; BATTLE TO CURB TORRENT Thousands Labor On as Rescuers Speed Work of Relief. MANY IN TOPS OF TREES Grave Fears Felt for Hundreds In the Mississippi Delta Region. MORE TOWNS INUNDATED Federal and State Troops Assist the Red Cross at Refugee Camps.

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My Blue Heaven

Walter Donaldson

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Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

• Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Shakespeare (1564)
• Max Planck (1858)
• James Buchanan (1791)
• Halldór Laxness (1902)
• Lester B. Pearson (1897)

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Tech Check

Electronic TV (Philo Farnsworth), Jukebox (Automatic) & Iron Lung.

Cost of Living (1920)