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April 21, 1928

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IOWA AND ILLINOIS GIVE 84 TO SMITH; Des Moines Convention Votes Unit Delegation--Meredith Opposition Collapses. HARMONY AT SPRINGFIELD Both Wets and Drys Demand Return to "Common Honesty and Common Sense."

By Special to The New York Times

Ia State Convention denounces Sen Heflin for charging Smith men had been dispersing contents of Ia war chest; Ia and Ill at State Conventions give 84 votes to Smith; Meredith opposition in Ia collapses

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Judge Rebukes Jurors Who Free Motorist Of Charge His Car Killed Boy in Speeding

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Rebukes jurors who acquit S Printz in auto accident case

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BREMEN CREW CONSIDER FLIGHT BACK TO EUROPE; FORD PLANE WILL TAKE PARTS TO GREENELY TODAY; FLIERS TO HOP TO MURRAY BAY, THEN HERE MONDAY; PLANS FINALLY SETTLED Miss Junkers Announces Program for Trip From Greenely to New York. SUBJECT ONLY TO WEATHER By Light of Fires at Lake Ste. Agnes Relief Plane Takes on Parts for Bremen. TO LEAVE AT 6 A.M. TODAY Decision on Flight Home Will Probably Await Bremen's Arrival in New York.

By Harold A. Littledale

Relief expedition

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4,000 STATE TROOPS TO WELCOME FLIERS; Brigade Under General Phelan Will Join Regular Forces to Greet Bremen's Crew. 5,000 PUPILS TO TAKE PART Will Mass at Public Library-- 12 Army Planes to Escort Guests From Albany.

By Unknown Author

When Baron Gunther von Huenefeld, Captain Herman Koehl and Major James Fitzmaurice are welcomed to New York they will have one of the largest military escorts provided for a reception of this kind.

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COOLIDGE FORBIDS USE OF HIS NAME IN BAY STATE VOTE; Writes Party Chairman That Entry in Tuesday's Primary Would "Compromise" Him. STEMS NEW "DRAFT" MOVE He Mentions New York in Charge of "Misrepresentations Apparent in Other States." STRONGEST STATEMENT YET It Is Believed Likely to Encourage Hoover Men, Against Whom the "Draft" Project Was Revived.

By Richard V. Oulahan. Special To the New York Times

Coolidge forbids use of name in Mass primary, lr to Mass Chmn

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Notable Births

1928Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1996)^[†]

William John Trevor "Jack" Evans was a Welsh-born Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks between 1949 and 1963. With Chicago, he won the Stanley Cup in 1961. After his playing career, he worked as a coach, and coached the California Golden Seals, Cleveland Barons, and Hartford Whalers between 1975 and 1988.