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Funds Drive Looms In State Politics As Campaigns Form
Notes from the capital report that both Republican and Democratic state central committees plan fundraising drives ahead of a lively campaign. Claude Porter and other leaders attend a Des Moines meeting to map out financing and strategy with a September 20 Democratic formal kickoff. The piece also covers the Agar packing plant failure in Des Moines and its links to Iowa meat industry tensions, plus a wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Allen in Washington with a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic State Central Committees
Carl Franke
N. F. Reed
Democratic State Central Committee
Des Moines
Claude Porter
Judge Wade
Iowa City
Reed
Democratic Organization
Harmon
Ohio
Folk
Missouri
Bryan
Nebraska
Iowa
Chicago
Corn Belt Meat Producers Association
Harry Wallace
Corn Belt Meat
R. W. Allen
Washington
Odd Fellows Hall
Allen