Evening star., 1942-09-06
Mary|anders
Go 10 Primary,
Polls tuesday
Susscer-Wuters
Fight Is High Light
In Prince Georges

With six primary contests in pros
pect In Prince Georges and Mont
gomery, voters in both counties will
60 to the polls Tuesday to select
nominees for county, State and ma
tional offices.
The polls in Prince Georges Coun-
ty will be open from 7 am. to pm.
while Montgomery County polls will
be open from am. to pm.
Principal interest in the Prince
Georges contests centers around the
fight between Representative Sas-
seer, Edward j. (Ned) Waters of
Berwyn and DR.. John William
Klemm of Mount Rainier for nomi-
nation from the 5th Maryland con-
gressional district.
Only issue raised thus far has
been a charge by Mr. Waters that
Mr.. Sasscer is anti-labor A veteran
of Is years in the State Senate and
two terms in the House of Repre-
sentatives, Mr.. Sasscer has been too
busy as a member of the House
Naval Affairs Committee to con-
duct an active campaign for re-
nomination.
Contest for Delegate Seats.
DR.. Klemm is a perennial candi-
date for Congress. This is his 10th
attempt to obtain the Democratic
nomination.
A second contest is in view in
Prince Georges for the six seats in
the House of Delegates with seven
Democratic candidates on the ballot.
The six candidates Endorsed by
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee are John S. White, incum-
bent, Colmar Manor; Perry o. Will
kinson, Hyattsville; DR.. N. B. Stew
ard, Laurel; Leroy Pumphrey, Mea-
dows: Noah Joffe, Bowie, and Sam
uel H. Harvey, Berwyn.
The contest was precipitated by
the entrance in the race of Ewen H.
Mohler of Tuxedo, a former justice
of the peace.
A similar situation exists in the
fight for the six vacancies on the
Democratic State Central Commit
tee, with seven candidates filing.
Four Seek Three Court Posts.
Mrs. William P. Starr of Hyatts-
vile is the seventh candidate. She
has not been indorsed by the COM
mittee.
The six incumbents, who bear the
Endorsement of the committee in
their race for denomination, are
Edward A. Fuller, Hyattsville; Henry
w. Cord, Ardmore; Frank B. Smith,
Mount Rainier; Mrs. Mary w.
Browning, Riverdale: Irwin I. Main,
Seat Pleasant, and Charles S. Early.
Democratic voters throughout the
State also will participate in the
gubelnatorial contest between Gov.
OConor, Thomas E. Cook, John
Kennedy and Stephen B. Peddicord.
Outstanding among contests in
Montgomery County is the battle
between four Democratic candidates
for the three judgeships on the
county Orphans Court.
Judge Washington Waters, who
has not received the Endorsement of
the County Congress of United
Democratic Organizations, is seek
ing denomination. He has been on
the court since 1884.
The two other incumbents, Carey
E. Quinn and Lewis F. Hobbs, have
been Endorsed by the county con-
gress, along with Einar B. Christen-
sen, who is seeking the nomination
for the first time.
COP Committee Fight.
A Republican contest is in pros
pect, with 10 persons seeking NOM
ination tosthe seven vacancies on
the State Central Committee.
The candidates are Ira H. Whit
acre, Dewitt w. Zook, John R.
Reeves, Arthur J. Hilland, Charles
S. Moore, George c. Esworthy, Ma
than Duvall, James M Mount, Mrs.
Doris Seebold and Walter w. Daw-
son.
Although Mr.. Dawson has been
inducted in the Army, he has not
withdrawn his name from the race.
The third Montgomery contest is
that between j. Glenn Beall, Frost
burg, and Henry c. Triesler, Hagers-
town, for the Republican nomina-
ton from the 9Th Maryland con-
gressional district, which includes
Montgomery County.
Party Backs Bean.
In a statement issued yesterday
Mr.. Hilland, secretary ry-treasurer oi
the Republican State Central Com
mittee for the county. pointed out
that the Republican party is sup
porting Mr.. Beall for nomination tt
Congress and Theodore r. Nickel
din of Baltimore for gubernatoria
nomination. w. Pinkney West il
opposing Mr.. McKeldin.
Democratic voters in the county
also will participate in the f1ve-way
race for nomination as associate
circuit court judge OF the Sixth
Circuit, which takes in Montgomery
County.
The candidates are Robert E
Clapp, jr, Manuel M. Weinberg
Sherman p. Bowers, Leslie N. Cob
lentz and H. Kieffer De Lauter.
Latest registration figures show ,
total of 40,354 voters in Primo,
Georges County and 40,186 in Mont
gomery. Of the registered voter
in Prince Georges County, 1885,
are Democrats and 13,486 are Re
publicans. In Montgomery County
29,751 registered Democrats are ol
the books with 9,231 Republicans.