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Iowa Legionnaire Des Moines, Iowa
When the Drought brought Franklin Roosevelt and Alf Landon together in Des Moines last month, each one had yet to speak a word in direct criticism of the other. Hence not even political innocents were surprised that the Nominees met without embarrassment, conversed in warm good fellowship, parted with expressions...
Des Moines. No sounder token of his candidacy had he received when, on his arrival at Trenton, Mo., a woman held up an infant to the rear platform. Its name was Alfred Landon Claybrook, born June 30, 1936. Instead of kissing it the candidate patted its cheek, said: "He'...
The Des Moines speech was strictly agricultural. Alf Landon told his listeners what he would bid for the farm vote against the bids hastily and simultaneously made last week by the New Deal. Applause was more frequent than in most Landon speeches. When he said of the New Deal farm...
Up from Topeka rose a terrific bleat from Governor Landon's handlers. Strongly they implied that Nominee Roosevelt had anted out of turn, anticipating the Republican Nominee's first square-off at the farm issue scheduled to be delivered at Des Moines 48 hours later. Hastily rushed to...