Evening star., 1946-06-23
10000 Are Expected
To Vote Tomorrow in
Montgomery Primary
BY J. B. Zotmon

cry County residents are expected
to 60 to the polls tomorrow to selec
party nominees for county, State
and National Offices in one of the
most bitterly contested primaries ir
recent years.
/ A total of 81 balloting places viii
be open from am. to 7 pm. Pc.
litical workers of both major par.
ties predicted a turnout of between
40 and so per cent of the $4,000
registered county voters.
| Democratic contests are in pros.
pect for 10 county Offices and Re.
+ publican contests are in view fol
four Offices. There are no Repub.
lican candidates for Circuit Cour-
clerk, treasurer, sheriff and county
surveyor
! Candidates Unopposed.
The names of two Democratic
candidates for county commissions
from the End and 3rd commissions
districts are not on the ballot be.
cause they have no opposition il
the primary. They are Charles H
Jamison. End district, and Harve,
H. White, 3rd district incumbent.
On the Republican side, the ballo
does not list the candidates fol
State Senator, county commissions,
from the 1st, End. 3rd and 4th dis
tricts; States attorney, register O
wills and judges of the Orphans
Court. All are unopposed in tn.
primary. They are:
Roy Tasco Davis. State Senator
Brooke Johns, commissioner from
the 1st district; Walter P. Johnson
I'd district; George c. Esworthy
Sd district, and Wesley I. Sauter
9TH district: Walter w. Dawson
States attorney; Walter C. Clarke
register of wills, and Charles H
Squire, Millward c. Taft and viii.
liam T. Page, jr., Orphans Court
Anti organization Slate.
! A feature of the primary is the
appearance of an anti-organizatior
slate of Democratic candidates
headed by Edward S. Northrop, who
is seeking the State Senate nomin-
alton. The regular county Demo-
cratic ticket is led by Joseph A.
Cantrel, also a candidate for the
State Senate. while Mrs Alice w
Hostetler, a former member of the
Charter Committee, is third
Democratic candidate for State
Senator.
Last night Mr.. Northrop called on
voters to cast their ballots against
the Democratic organization slate in
tomorrow's' primary and dispose
one of the most complete boss rules
in the United States
The appeals were made in q
, broadcast over Station WMAL.
Northrop Outlines Platform.
Mr.. Northrop said his platform
also included establishment of a
separate park and planning COM
mission for Montgomery County
elimination of the commission
present bi-county functions and the
placing of the refuse collection sys-
tenn under the county commission
ers instead of the Washington Sub
urban Sanitary Commission, as at
present.
Other Democratic candidates for
nominations to county posts are:
For six seats in the House of
Delegates-Mrs. Genevieve Wells
Rayol Carlock and Ulysses Griffith
w, incumbents; Clitus Bordeaux
jr.: 1t. Warren Browning, Ralph
G. Shure, John Sumner Wood
James Miller, Richard C. Shreve
and Francis Maloy.
For county ommissioners-1st
district, Richard H. Lansdale, in.
cumbent, and Edward H. Cashell;
4th district, Samuel E. Bogley anc
Robert p Dunlop, and 5th district
Calvin w. JSchaeffer and julius P
Stadler, incumbents.
For States attorney-Robert w
Beall, Einar B. Christensen anc
Charles w. Prettyman.
For register of wills-Edward L
Hahn and Odorion w. Roby, in.
cumbent.
For the three seats on the Or.
phan's Court-Lewis F.. Hobbs anc
Eugene E. Rupert, incumbents; H
King Mularky and Horace E. Alex.
ander.
For seven places on the Demo.
cratic State Central Committee
Lacy Shaw, Roger Shaw, Mrs. Edith
F. Allnutt, A. A. Moxley and Sfreo
D. Noyes, incumbents; Albert E
Brault, Ward w. Caddington, Eliza
beth P. Assay, Edward L. Hahn
Christopher D. Bartelmes, jr.; Leroy
A. Halbert and Truman ]. Keesey.
Delegates to the Democratic State
Convention (seven places)-F. Byrne
Austin, Eldred L. Gray, Hubert A
Schneider. Joseph D. Buscher, Leroy
A. Halbert, Joseph B. Simpson, jr.;
James w. Gill, Mr.. Keesey and Al
bert w. Walker.
Other COP Candidates.
Other Republican candidates are
House of Delegates-R. Duncan
Clark, Anders R. Lofstrand, jr.; John
R. Reeves, De Witt S. Hyde, F. Regis
Noel, Mrs. Leona M. Rush, Julian P
King and Mrs. Alma T. Opal.
County commissioner from the
5th district-F'rank R. Long, M
Kenneth Macknet and Oliver w
Youngblood.
For seven seats on the Republican
State Central Committee-Lesie G
Arries, Herman w. jackson, Mr.
Reeves, Walter w. Dawson, Willard
F. Kruhm, Mrs. Kathryn F. Reute-
mann, Mr.. Esworthy, Willard c.
Kynett, Wilton H. Wallace, Adolph
E. Guide, L. S. Ray and De Witt w
Zook.
Delegates to the Republican State
Convention (seven places)-William
H. Fulks, w. Leroy Miles, Mildred
B. Smith, Howard P. Bailey, Richard
B. Parker, Louis A. Gravelle, Charles
M. Murray, Louis E. Sweadner, Paul
M. Coughlan, George w. johnson
Thomas r. Peddicord, Finnel F.
Estes. Frank H. Karn and Thomas
E. Robertson.