Evening star., 1946-08-13
LA Toilette sG0P Fiqhi
In Wisconsin Heads
Primaries in 4 States
~ ths Associated Press

A three-way gubernatorial con-
test and Senator La Follette's bic
for Republican nomination after Il
years as a Progressive marked Wis.
consin's primary election today.
With the La Toilette senatorial
scrap spilling over into the arena
of national politics. the Wisconsin
balloting outshone the selection oi
COP candidates for Governor and
Senator in Vermont, a free for al
for the Democratic nomination fol
Governor in South Carolina and the
last of Arkansas four Democratic
party primaries.
Both Senator La Toilette and the
83-year-old Republican Governor
Walter S. Goodland, were snubbed
when they sought the Endorsement
of the Wisconsin COP Convention
But they went after nomination In
the primary, anyway, against these
men backed by the party organiza
ton:
For the Senate, Circuit Judge
Joseph r. Mccarthy, former Marine
captain. for the rovernorship, In
vestment Banker Delbert J. Kenny
Attorney Also in Race.
Also in the. senatorial race is Perry
J, Stearns, Milwaukee attorney
Third man in the gubernatorial
field. with Senator La Follette's
blessing. is Ralph M Immel. veteran
of two wars and former State ad-
jutant general.
Competing in Vermont for the
Republican nomination to the Sen
ate are Sterry r. Waterman. attor-
ney and recently a member of the
State Unemployment Compensation
Commission. and Ralph E. Flanders
former head of the Boston Federal
Reserve Bank and OF the New Eng
land Council. Mr.. Flanders has CIC
support.
At stake is the seat vacated by
Senator Austin, appointed by Presi-
dent Truman as American repre-
sentative on the United Nations Sc
curity Council
Proctor Bucks Gibson.
Gov Mortimer R. Proctor, out for
the COP nomina ton for another
term. is bucking former Senator
Ernest w. Gibson.
In South Carolina, II Democrats
fought 1t out for the gubernatorial
nomination. The present Governor,
Ransome J. Williams, has cam
paigned on platform to replace
privately operated liquor stores with
State-operated ones. Legalized bars
and pari-mutuel betting were prin-
cipal plans of Del ONeal, former
night club operator and Hollywood
stunt man.
James M. Hinton. president of the
South Carolina Conference OF the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, said
he and four other Negroes were
politely" turned away today as
they sought to vote.
Mr.. Hinton said he and two Of
the others were among those who
had previously been permitted to
enroll but whose names later were
purged from enrolment lists.
In Arkansas balloting came in the
wake of political activity by wal
veterans which enlivened what po-
litical observers earlier had fore
cast as the "dullest campaign in
years"
Veterans Plan Action.
At Batesville last night the World
War III Veterans Better Government
Committee heard its leaders tell of
plans for obtaining warrants for an
unspecif1ed number of independence
County residents for alleged "elec-
ton return irregularities" in the
July 80 preferential voting.
Also on the eve OF the primary
nomnia ton at which is equivalent to
election
l. Four unsuccessful candidates
three of them former servicemen
filed suits at Hot Springs seeking to
have invalidated July 80 ballots in
three of the city's largest wards and
in the absentee box. The suits
charged that 1000 poll tax receipts
were issued illegally.
2. DR.. w. H. Abingdon of Beebe
State legislator continuously since
1922, resigned from a run loft race
against veteran for the House OF
representatives.
The State races are for attorney
general, associate justice of the