Evening star., 1942-09-11
Ward Leads Roe
By Votes;
120 Still Out
Absentee Ballots
Will Be Counted
Next Friday

With approximately 100 mail bal
lots yet to be opened, Representa-
tive Ward today held a 75-vote lead
for the Democratic congressional
nomination over State Senator
Dudley G. Roe of Queen Annes
County on the basis of official re-
turns in the 1st Maryland district.
The official counts of votes cast
Tuesday in the Democratic and Re-
publican primaries in Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties showed
no change in the outcome of the
voting as shown in the unofficial
returns.
Mr.. Wards official tally gave him
75-vote lead. He is credited with
12,472 votes to 1887 for Senator
Roe
Mr.. Roe, however, will not concede
defeat until the absentee ballots,
mostly from servicemen, are opened
at noon next Friday. He said there
had been too many conflicting an
nouncements of Official" figures,
the Associated Press reported. Mr..
Ward is confident he will receive at
least so per cent of the unopened
votes.
The winner will be opposed in the
November election by the Republi-
can candidate, William H Lloyd of
Dorchester County.
Cook Gets 1893.
Gov. O'Conor led the Democratic
tickets in both Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties, according
to the official count.
In Montgomery County, Gov.
OConor received 1888 votes, while
In Prince Georges County he re-
ceived 5,127 votes.
The Montgomery totals for the
three other Democratic guberna-
torial candidates were: Thomas E.
Cook of Frederick, 1898; John M.
Kennedy of Baltimore, 225, and
Stephen Peddicord, also of Balti-
more, rs.
MIR. Cook received 145 votes in
Prince Georges County, while MIR.
Kennedy and Mr.. Peddicord re-
ceived 116 and SO votes respectively.
Theodore r. McKeldin was an easy
winner over w. Pinkney West, jr.,
in the Republican gubernatorial
contest In Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties. In Montgomery,
Mr.. McKeldin received 976 votes to
MIR. Vests 1856, while in Prince
Georges, the Baltimore attorney got
&65 votes, against 149 for Mr.. West.
Sasscer Gets 4,946.
Final results in the three-way
contest in Prince Georges County
for the Democratic congressional
nomination from the, 5th district
were: Representative Sasscer, 4,946;
Edward j. (Ned) Waters of Berwyn,
&25, and DR.. John William Klemm
Of Mount Rainier, 127.
OficiaF returns in the race of
seven Democratic candidates for the
six vacancies in the House of Dele
gates from Prince Georges were:
Samuel H. Harvey, Berwyn, 1926;
Noah Joffe, Bowie, AIT; Ewen H.
Mohler of Tuxedo, 1852; Leroy
Humphrey, Meadows, 4,786; DR.. N.
B. Steward, Laurel, 4,5T5; John S.
White, incumbent, Colmar Manor,
1888, and Perry o. Wilkinson,
Hyattsville, 4,430.
Results in the contest for the
Democratic State Central Commit
tee were:
Mrs. Mary w. Browning, River
dale, 1850; Henry w. Cord, Ard
more, 4,642; Charles S. Early,
Brandywine, 4,732; Edward A. Fuller,
Hyattsville, 1858 Erwin I. Main,
Seat Pleasant, 1888; Frank B.
Smith, Mount Rainier, 4,543, and
Mrs. William P. Starr, Hyattsville.
1852. The first six were elected.
Omcial returns in Montgomery
County in the five-way race for
the Democratic nomination as asso-
ciate judge of the Sixth Judicial
Circuit showed.
Robert E. Clapp, jr., 1888; Sher-
man P. Bowers, 1861; Leslie N.
Coblentz, 814; H. Kieffer De Lauter,
1922, and Manuel M. Weinberg, 753.
Returns on Two COP Races.
Totals announced in the race by
four Democratic candidates for the
three vacancies on the Montgomery
Orphans Court gave Judges Lewis
F. Hobbs and Carey E. Quinn, in
cumbents, 6,385 and 5,863 votes re-
spectively, while Einar B. Christen-
sen, the third successful candidate,
received 5,683 votes. Judge Wash
ington Waters, who was seeking re-
nomination, received 3,086 votes.
In one of the two Republican con-
tests in the county, J. Glenn Beall
of Frolsburg, who contended with
Henry c. Triesler, Hagerstown, for
congressional nomination from the
sixth district, received 972 votes to
Mr.. Triesler's lis.
Complete returns in the second
Republican race-the contest be-
tween 10 candidates for seven
vacancies on the State Central Com
mittee-were announced as follows:
walter w. Dawson, 1854; Nathan
Duvall, 843; George c. Esworthy
79l; Arthur j. Hilland, S85: John r.
Reeves, 300; Ira H. Whitacre, 808:
De Witt w. Zook, 750; James M
Mount, 4ol; Charles S. Moore, 486,
and Mrs. Doris Seebold. GAL. The
first seven named were elected
The official tally sheets in both
counties were not signed, however.
pending receipt of 43 absentee ballots
IN Montgomery and six in Prince
Georges. They must come in by
Thursday.