Evening star., 1934-04-22
FIGHT PROMISED
BY REPUBLICANS
IN OLD DOMINION
Candidates for Senate Must
File by May 9-Hot Con-
test Foreseen.
BY the Associate. Press.


faint rolling of distance thunder
across the political horizon, heralding
determined Republican storm across
Democratic Virginia, marked a week
of varied headlines in the Old Do
minion'S news columns.
Police action against s.ot machines
made news in Richmond, Norfolk and
other Virginia communities, while the
old problems of beer and liquor-how,
when and where to sell it-won head
lines.
Sportsmen centered their attention
on Middleburg where Starwink won
the featured Glonwood. miles over
timber, and turned their eye toward
the attractive list of horse shows in
the offing.
Republican leaders in the fighting
ninth" and in the second districts
promised determined fights in the Fall
elections, while the Democrats con-
fidently awaited the battling.
Andrew Jackson Montague. dean of
the Virginia delegation in the House
of Representatives. announced that he
would be a candidate to succeed him
self from the third Virginia district,
subject to the Democratic primary.
Candidates in the primary must file
by May for the Senate and by June
8 for the House of Representatives.
Republican women. ready to do their
bit in holding aloft the party banner.
announced that the first Statewide
conference of Republican Women OF
Virginia would be held here in late
May
The announcement was made after
conference of Mrs. Murray Boo
cock, national committeewoman, with
Mrs. Felix K. Parker State vice chair
man in charge of the western division
of the State, and Mrs. H. E. Page OF
Norfolk, State vice chairman in
charge of the eastern division.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth IS
among the invited guests of honor.
Ninth district Republicans bv
5-to-3 vote of the Executive Com
mittee agreed to hold a convention
in Bristol on June 80 to select cam
didate for Congress to oppose John
w. Flannaean. jr., the Democratic
nominee. Flanagan was chosen as
the Democratic standard bearer to
succeed himself at a recent party
convention.
Three members of the Republican
Executive Committee opposed the fix
ing of a definite date for the con-
vention, but favored vesting in Luther
Fuller. the district chairman, the
power to set the time and place OF
the convention.
Meanwhile Lester S. Parsons OF
Norfolk. Republican chairman for the
second district, wrote members of the
District Committee for their advice
on the date for calling a convention
and their opinion of the political
sentiment. He announced that the
party would have IAN able and ag-
gressive candidate" in the field.
There was some speculation as to
who the candidate would be, but Hugh
L. Holland of Suffolk and Gerould
M. Rumble of Norfolk, chairman of
the Republican City Committee, were
suggested as possibilities. Mr.. Par
sons. a former candidate, was men
toned as prospective standard
bearer.
Slot machines. the target of much
press criticism, drew police fire in
Richmond and Norfolk and the state
ment of Attorney General A. P. Sta
pies that any such machine which
delivers a greater quantity of mer-
chandiSe on any one play than 1t
does on another is violation of the
law.
- In Richmond Police Justice Elben
C.TEolkes fined a confectioner $100
and vending machine company
president $3.50 on charges of oper-
ating a game of chance known as
slot machine. At the same time he
termed the machines fair game for
the police
In Norfolk Public Safety Director
c. B. Borland, announcing a Police
Department check-up, sal that oper-
ators of slot machines which are used
either directly or indirectly as gam
bling devices would be brought into
Police Court.
While the Virginia Alcoholic Bever-
| age Control Board was banning the
use of Illuminated signs and other
equipment furnished by beer manu-
facturers to advertise their product
the League of Virginia Municipalities
was sending to city and town men,
bers sample ordinances relating to
drunken driving and drinking or
being drunk in public places.
The board declined to grant four
licenses in Richmond, demanding
conformity to both the letter and
spirit of the law before permitting re-
tailers to dispense wine and beer.
Agriculturally Virginia was looking
for better weather in which to do the
plowing and get crops started. Henry
M. Taylor, State agricultural statis-
tician, said that both the growth of
crops and the progress of farm work
had been retarded by unfavorable
weather conditions
Meanwhile music lovers turned
their thoughts to the Virginia State
Choral Festival in Charlottesville
April 26 to %, and garden lovers to
the annual garden week, April %
1 to %.