Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-04
beaII Defeats
Il. Brooke Lee
In Upset
Democratic Chieftuin
Loses Montgomery
In House Roce

ClnOeQ TO come In from MarylanoS
9Th district, j. Glenn Beall, Frost
burg Republican, clinched his vic
tory in one of the States most lively
contest for seat in the House.
His defeat of 1t. Col. E. Brooke
Lee of Silver Spring in the latter's
own political back yard of Mont
gomery County, was the most un-
usual upset of yesterdays election in
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
= Unofficial precinct reports from
Montgomery County's so precincts
gave Mr.. Beall II ,668 votes to 10,2O6
for Col. Lee. While Col. Lees pre-
election chances were never re-
garded by competent observers as
certainty, he was credited with his
own county's vote.
His chances of election, however,
depended on piling up substantial
majority in Montgomery County to
counterfeit opposition in the western
section of the district from Repub-
lican and Democratic friends of
Representative Katharine E. Byron,
whom the Lee forces sidetracked
for a second term.
With 203 of 281 polling places
complete, the vote was Lee, 22,959;
Beall, 32,169.
Others Win Contests.
Unofficial returns disclose that,
on the whole, candidates who were
staunch members of Col. Lees Dem
ocratic organization, won their own
contests.
One exception was the reelection
OF Walter johnson, Republican,
former star pitcher for the WASH
ington Senators, to the Board of
County Commissioners Mr.. john
son, who polled 1884 votes, de-
feated w. Lawson King, Democrat,
who received 10,062.
Elsewhere in Virginia and Mary
land, the congressional contests
went off without a noticeable de-
parture from anticipated results.
Representative Sasscer, Demo-
crat, walked away from his Repub-
lican opponent, Mayor John N.
Torvestad of Colmar Manor. His
vote was 1892 to 1862, with l01 out
Of 179 precincts reported.
All of the Democratic candidates
in Prince Georges County were
elected on the basis of unofficial re-
turns with the possible exception of
William E. Clifton, who holds a
slim majority over William T. Davis,
Republican incumbent, in the race
for register of wills.
With results in from 20 out of Il
precincts, Mr.. Clifton had 5,646 votes
to 4,796 for Mr.. Davis.
Representative Smith and Sena-
tor Glass, both Democrats, of Vir-
ginia, had nothing to fear as cleo
ton officials counted the tally at
the end of the day.
Conlin Threat Fades.
The only possibility at any time
for serious opposition developing
for the Alexandria member of the
House, was when Harrie Byrd Con-
lin of Arlington County won the
Republican nomination for the 9th
district in August. It soon devel-
oped, however, that Mr.. Conlin wa.
not making Roadway.
A third entry in the race wa!
Clarke T. Robb, Socialist, of Hern.
don, Fairfax County, but unoffleia
returns in Mr.. Robb's home precinc
credited him with only 10 votes tt
100 for Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Conlin go
but II ballots there.
The total Fairfax County vote, un
officially, gave Senator Glass, 1924
Mrs. Alice Burke, Communist, As
and Lawrence S. Wilkes, Socialist
1913 in the Senate Race. In tn,
House race Mr.. Smith polled 1,74A
Mr.. Conlin, 1888, and Mr.. Robb, 10.
The Alexandria vote gave Senate
Glass, 1866; Mr.. Wilkes, 217; Mrs
Burke, A. Mr. Smith, 1874; MI
Conlin, 322, and Mr.. Robb, SO.
Arlington County polled 3,287 TO,
Senator Glass; 440 for Mr.. Wilkes
80 for Mrs. Burke; 1904 for MI
Smith; 610 for Mr.. Conlin, and IL
for Mr.. Robb.
Chairman Edmund D. Campbell o
the Arlington County Board, recivet
the Democratic nomination and wa
without opposition. He received
complimentary vote of 3,481 ballots
Shifts in Montgomery.
Although many of the Montgomer,
County Democratio organization
candidates have been kept in Office
number of them will occupy diff
ferent posts when their new term
begin because of shifts made in thei
nominations.
Chairman Thomas E. Hampton o
the Board of County Commissioners
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