Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07
Voting lsLight
In All Nearby
Virginia Areas
Alexandra Precinct
Gets Only 20 Ballots
In First Four Hours

A light vote was being cast by
Democrats in the Northern Virginia
area today to nominate a Governor.
Lieutenant Governor and local rep-
resentatives in the General AS.
sembly.
BY 10 o'clock, only 20 voters had
balloted at one Alexandria precinct.
while election officials in Arlington
and Fairfax Counties also reported
light voting.
At Ballston Fire House, one of
Arlhgton's larger precincts, only
IS votes had been cast by 10 o'clock.
This precinct counted more than
1000 votes in the last presidential
election.
Home Precinct Light.
At the home precinct of Charles
r. Fenwick, candidate for the NOM
nation as Lieutenant Governor,
East Falls Church, only 48 votes had
been recorded by 10 o'clock, while
in Fairfax 48 ballots had been cast.
In the gubernatorial race political
observers predicted an easy victory
for William M. Tuck, State organi.
zation candidate, over Moss A.
Plunkett, Roanoke attorney. A close
vote was expected in the three
cornered race for Lieutenant Gov
ernor among Mr.. Fenwick, L. Pres
ton Collins, Marion, and Leonard
Muse, Roanoke.
Edmund D. Campbell, Arlington
campaign manager for Mr.. Fenwick,
said the Northern Virginia vote
would decide the outcome of the
Lieutenant Governor contest, and
urged voters to support the home
candidate"
Fenwick Visiting Arlington.
Mr.. Fenwick, who made a last
minute radio appeal last night at
Richmond, was spending the day
in Arlington and planned to visit all
precincts during the day. Mr.. Fem
wick said he would return to Richs
mond tonight to await the election
returns.
Meanwhile, Arlington County
Democratic headquarters announced
that those desiring transportation
should call headquarters at Oxford
1892.
A sidelight on the Alexandria
election was the announcement by
officials that it had been difficult to
obtain precinct judges and clerks
for $40 and SO, respectively. ON
cials said many "standbys" had
declined to serve this year because
OF higher paid work elsewhere. All
posts were filled, however, by the
time the polls opened.
Close Count Seen.
Only two local contests added in.
terest to the voting in Northern
Virginia. 1t. Robert ]. McCandhsh,
IT., q. S. N. R., incumbent Fairfax
County member of the House of
Delegates, is being opposed by Edwin
Lynch, and in Loudoun County Mrs.
Nellie Q. Fletcher is opposing Stilson
II. Hall for the House seat.
While neither of the contests was
expected to bring out a heavy vote,
Fairfax observers predicted a close
count In that contest. Early TODAY
the odds were in favor of a victory
by Mr.. Lynch, and it was under
stood that some supporters of 1t.
McCandlish, now serving overseas,
conceded defeat of their candidate.
With no opposition to w. Selden
Washington, Alexandria House
member, voters in that city were
concerned principally with the out
come of the vote on an appointive
or elective. Judge of the Juvenile
Court. The Alexandria Juvenile
Welfare Association has undertaken
last-minute drive to secure votes
for an appointive judge, a drive
backed by the mayor and other
prominent residents. -
In Arlington j. Maynard Ma.
gruder, incumbent. and George
Damn, seeking the nomination to
succeed Mr.. Fenwick in the House,
are unopposed for the county's two
seats. Basil M. De Lashmutt, Demo-
cratic incumbent, also is unopposed
for the board nomination