Evening star., 1944-05-02
NearbyCounties
Give Sasscer,
Tydings Edge
Montgomery COP
Picks Pro-Dewey
Convention Slate

Senator Tydings and Representa-
tive Sasscer today appeared the
overwhelming choice of nearby
Maryland Democrats on the basis of
nearly complete returns in yester-
days States primary elections.
With 80 of the Al Prince Georges
County precincts reporting, Mr..
Sasscer was given 5,212 votes
for denomination to Congress from
the 5th Maryland district, to $50
for his opponent, Edwin A. Glenn,
Morningside Village.
Challenged. by four opponents for
the senatorial nomination, Senator
Tydings led his nearest rival by 10
to l in Montgomery County, and
by at least Is to / in Prince
Georges The veteran Senator, now
serving his 17th year, received 5,052
votes in Montgomery County, with
Prince Georges County voters giving
him 5,087 ballots.
Dewey Slate Triumph.
In the Montgomery County race
between two States of delegates to
the Republican State Convention.
the group headed by Commissioner
Walter johnson and pledged to sup
port the presidential candidacy of
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York
appeared the easy winners.
In the Prince Georges County Re-
publican House contest, Mayor John
N. Torvestad of Colmar Manor, led
his two opponents by fine ma
jority, with Is of the Al precincts
reporting. Mr.. Torvestad was run
ming 1913 votes to 158 for Mark j..
Hammett and "a for C. Maurice
Weidemeyer.
Conceded to be Senator Tydings'
closest rival, Willis r. Jones, Balti-
more, former deputy attorney gen.
eral and chairman of the State Cor
rection board, received only All
votes in Montgomery County and
324 in Prince Georges. Mr.. Jones
had based his campaign on Senator
Tydings' difficulties with the New
Deal.
The other aspirants for the Dem
ocratic senatorial nomination, with
their vote in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties. are
Charles Baden, Anne Arundel Coun-
ty, 96 and i54; Vincent F. Long,
Baltimore, 80 and A., and Stephen
B. Peddicord, Baltimore, 20 and go.
Lightest Vote Reported.
While voters in the two nearby
areas gave Senator Iydings an over
majority, political OBJ
servers reported one of the lightest
votes on record 1t was estimated
that only from 13 to IA per cent of
the qualified vote turned out.
Headed by Mr.. Johnson, who
polled total of 1872 votes with so
Of the 81 Montgomery County pre-;
cincts repQrting, other members AZ
TIN - delegation to the
State convtntion and their votes are:
ClAude NJ C,06k. 1,252:: George Cs|
1,153; Francis w. HILL
jr., 1,247; Katherine F. Reutemanf1,
,081; Ira G. Whitacre, 1912, and De
Witt w. Zook, 1,141.
Opposing them were John w.
Coffman, 971; Romeo w. Horad,
1853; Claude " Hyson, 1876; Willard
A. King, 800; L. S. Ray. 1877; Peter
F. Snyder, 864, and Charles H.
Squire, 70l.
Prince Georges Contest.
In the Prince Georges contest for
seven delegates to the State Repub-
lican Convention, the slate ap-
will include Mrs. Ethel
Babcock, 297; George T. Burroughs,
318; George B. Merrick, 299; A. Les
ter Bate, 295; Charles w. Hawkins
245; Edgar F. Czarra and H. Wilson
Spicknall each 241. Mrs. Cora Pink
ney, the eighth candidate, received
227 votes.
In the two nearby counties Wen
dell L. Willkie, whose withdrawal
came too late for his name to be
taken from the ballot, received 95
votes from the 16 Prince Georges
County precincts and 211 votes from
Montgomery County Republicans.
The uninstructed delegation polled
l 1853 Montgomery County votes and
225 votes in Prince Georges.
In the Republican senatorial con-
test Blanchard Randall, jr., Balti-
more, polled 1903 votes in Mont
gomery County and 141 in Prince
Georges, compared to 326 and 1856
for Rives Matthews, Princess Anne
newspaper publisher, and 1872 and 10
for Paul Robertson, Baltimore.