Evening star., 1936-05-03
QUIET PRIMARY
|NNEARBY AREAS
Only a. of IS Maryland
Towns Will Have
Contests.

pared today to vote tomorrow in one
Of the quietest midseason elections ir
years. with scant opposition In the
Democratic presidential and congres-
sional primary and with but four gen.
eral contests In the Is municipalities
which will elect governing officials.
Chief political interest in both
counties is apparently centered in the
size Of the Democratic anti-New Deal
vote which Col. Henry Breckenridge o1
New York has campaigned for in the
State
In Montgomery County there has
been little fight on Representative
David J. Lewis, whose place on the
November ticket is being sought by H
Clay Plummer OF Gaithersburg. Demo.
Gratis concede victory to Lewis by a
good vote.
The same applies in the adjoining
congressional district, where DR.. j
w. Klemm of Mount Rainier is aspir.
ing to unseat Representative Stephen
w. Gambrill. Prince Georgeans say
Gambrill will get an Overwhelming
vote in the primary.
Rowe Is Unopp0sed.
Republicans in Prince Georges haze
no primary. since no one filed against
States Attorney Roscoe c. Rowe oi
Anne Arundel, who announced for the
G. o. P. congressional nomination
and who will oppose Gambrill in No.
vember unless the latter meets with
defeat.
The Republican situation in Mont.
gomery is somewhat different in thai
seven candidates are seeking to op.
pose Representative Lewis in Novem.
Der. In the sixth district a spirited
fight has been waged by Thomas L
Popp, Charles A. Stewart and Albert
Daub of Allegany County. and State
Senator Harry w. LaGore. Perry A
Nicklin and Leo Weinberg of Fred
erick, and Ernest w. Miller of Wash.
ington County.
Montgomery County will also bal.
lot on the question of permitting
bingo games, paddle wheels and SINH.
lar games, a referendum having beer
provided in bill passed by the recen
session of the Legislature.
Vote on Referendum.
In Prince Georges County residents
OF District Heights will have theil
own referendum on the question oi
incorporating the community under 4
commission form of government
Berwyn Heights, in Prince Georges
will wait until Tuesday, however. &c
hold its municipal election, the Other
local contests all coming tomorrow.
The Prince Georges County mum.
cipalities holding elections are Noun
Rainier. Bladensburg, Hyattsville, Ed.
mondston. Cheverly. Seat Pleasant
Capitol Heights, Riverdale and Cot.
tage City. Citizens of District Heights
are voting in a referendum to decide
whether that community will be in.
corporated.
In Mount Rainier the only confess
Is that in the third ward, where Coun.
Gilman John R. Parsell is being op.
posed for reelection by former coun.
Gilman Floyd B. Matthias. Councilman
John T. Duever, the only other coun.
Gilman up for reelection this year, Il
unopposed.
One in Hyattsville.
Hyattsville also has but one contest
and that between Franklin J. Robin.
son and Maurice P. McGrath, who are
seeking the seat of Councilman
Tanrooe z E,iy,a of the eanoy,d xr,o rd
who is retiring. Town Treasurer Will
liam A. Shepherd is slated to return
to Office for the twenty eighth con.
secutive year. Unopposed candidates
are Councilman Thomas E. Arnold
Arthur C. Moon, Robert T. Pitt
Mayor H. r Willis term does not
expire until next year, when the terms
OF Councilmen Arnon L. Mehring, T.
D. FARRELL. E. Murray Cover and
Robert C. Meredith also expire.
Edmondston faces a dull election in
that there is no opposition to Council
men Clyde Veach and George Fen
wick, and George Page. who is a
candidate to fill the unexpired term
Of Treasurer Henry A. Everle, resigned
Mayor William e. Lusby has another
year TO serve, as have Councilmen
Charles Devilbiss and Kinjiro Matsu-
deira.
In Cheverly, John N. Ogel and Will
liam A. Link are to be reelected to
the council without any opposition.
Mayor Fred w. Cast and Councilmen
r. H. Wentworth and Alfred J. Owens
have another year to serve.
Will Get New Mayor.
Riverdale will have a new mayor
In the person Of William c. Wedding,
who is unopposed in his aspiration to
step up from his present post as
councilman. He will succeed William
Carson, who is retiring. H. c. Weeks
will be reelected treasurer, as will
Councilman Theodore w. Venemann.
Nathan G. McKnew will succeed
Councilman c. R. Embrey and Edward
3. Dunford will take Weddings place
on the council. None has opposition.
In Cottage City no one filed against
The three town commissioners, D. L.
Grantham, v. A. Simmel and George
A. z. Rheinbold, who will receive new
terms
District Heights, should its citizens
vote to incorporate the community,
will be under the administration of
Guerney I. Hightower, Thaddeus c.
Berry and Newton 3. Mantz as COM
n1issioners Their names were in
cluded in the bill authorizing the
referendum.
Seat Pleasant Quiet.
Seat Pleasant will continue under
its present administration, no opposi-
tion having filed against Mayor James
Arnold. Treasurer Irwin I. Main and
Councilmen William F. Miller, Glenn
ents Pinkert, Van Moreland, Reginald
Moran and Clarence M. Mace
In Bladensburg eight candidates
are seeking the five places on the
Board of Town Commissioners. They
are w. r. Beattie, Samuel Mostow,
Vincent A. Osterman and George H.
6chwab, incumbents, and J. M. Cobb,
Andrew F. Gasch, Gustave A. Koenig
and Henry Sachs. Commissioner Ar
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