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...Chicago Daily News. Yet this sudden burst of horse-consciousness on the part of the Republican publicity men does not mean the G.O.P. is trying to portray its prophets as members of a wealthy and notedly extravagant class. The technique may be wrong but the idea is right:--"Frugal Alf" Landon, "he balanced Kansas' budget", thirty, honest, simple...
...trying to avoid since last December when William Randolph Hearst in his private car rode uninvited into Topeka and publicly put his hand upon the Landon shoulder. Not to run would be equally dangerous for Governor Landon. It threatened to drive Publisher Hearst to support a rival candidate. Statesmanlike "Alf" Landon last week solved the problem by doing precisely nothing...
...special telegram to the CRIMSON, Alf Halvorsen, president of the Nansen Ski Club, sponsors of the race, announced that lack of snow and impassable road conditions have necessitated this move. The committee now plans to hold the races on Saturday and Sunday, April...
...encourage them, the Republican State chairman took a poll of 10,000 Ohio Republicans on their preference in candidates. First place (56.3%) went to Governor Alf Landon of Kansas. That did not help much. Governor Landon thanked them kindly but declined to contest Ohio without stumping the State, which he could not do because it would not be "fair to the people of Kansas" to neglect his job as Governor. Second place (20.8%) in the poll went to Senator Borah. That helped even less. Third place (13.2%) went to Colonel Frank Knox. Publisher Knox declined to take the risk. Fourth...
Harvard joins much national sentiment in overwhelmingly favoring Governor "Alf" Landon in the race for the Republican nomination for President, according to the results of the most recent CRIMSON-Herald-Tribune Poll...