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Evening star., 1947-08-07
DemocratsPick
g Nominees for
Virginia Senate
Only Three Districts
Still Are Lacking
Party Candidates
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Aug. Virginia
Democrats today had lined up 80
candidates for the State Senate with
only one district-the strong Repub-
lican 14th, comprising Carroll, Floyd
and Grayson Counties-lacking a
nominee from the States dominant
party.
With Tuesdays Democratic pri.
mary out of the way, two House
districts still were without nominees
Bland and Giles and Carroll and
Floyd-both like the Senate's 14th
IN Southwest Virginia and covering
some of the same area.
Tuesdays vote, however, filled out
the gaps in the Democratic list by
the choice of Is Senate and 43 House
nominees. 1t brought defeat to one
Senate and six House incumbents
and one charge of crooked" elec-
tion. 1t brought, also, a promise
that a recount would be demanded
in at least one instance.
Crookedness Charged.
Stanley S. Garner, member of the
House, who was running for the
Senate against Incumbent L. U.
Casey holland in the Newport
News Hampton Elizabeth City War
wick district and was defeated when
Senator holland polled 5,461 to his
5.067 votes, made the charge of a
crooked" election. He said further
he expected to prove it before a
grand jury investigation"
In Fairfax just two votes margin
gave incumbent Edwin Lynch victory
over Robert j. McCandlish in un-
official returns and Mr.. McCandlish
said he would demand recount.
A second particularly close contest
saw G. w. Cleaton receive 1,947
votes to E. C.. Bedringer's 1,94l.
Here returns were confirmed by
N. G. Hutcheson, county clerk.
Fuller Is Defeated.
Incumbents who met defeat in
cluded 78-year-old E. R. Fuller, a
member of the Senate since 1928
and before that in the House. In
six-way race for Richmond City's
three seats, Senator Fuller came in
fourth. The six incumbents losing
in their race for denomination in
the House of Delegates were Dele
gate Willis E. Cohoon of Nanse-
mond and Suffolk, who was beaten
by Mills E. Goodwin, jr.; Delegate
James A. Bear, who was seeking
one of two spots on the Roanoke
City ticket which went to E. Griffith
Dodson, jr., and Julian H. Ruther-
ford; Delegate M. Hill Abernathy,
defeated by j. w. Bland in Bruins.
wick; Delegate E. T. Ferguson, Bed
ford, loser to Duval Radford; Dele
gate Furman WhitescarVer, who
trailed Ernest Robertson in Roanoke
County and Delegate Grover Out
land who failed to gain one of five
Norfolk City seats.
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Stroy Weather Balloon
Seen Over Montgomery

What was believed to have been a
stray weather balloon-about IL feet
in diameter-was spotted yesterday
drifting" over Montgomery County.
Two Montgomery County police
men, Corpl. George Windham and
Pvt. Harold Treadwell, reported they
saw the ballon drifting in the direc-
ton of the Potomac River, while
cruising in the Norbeck area.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Maryland Girl, 9, Bitten
By Snake, Given Serum
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 7.-Barbara
Lerch, q, Of Knoxville, Md, was pro-
nounced in satisfactory" condition
today at University Hospital after
receiving anti-venom serum for q
'copperhead snake bite.
Barbara said she was playing
with her sister, Judy, S, near her
home In Frederick County yesterday
when snake "crawled out of some
bushes and bit me on the left
ankle"
State police said the snake was q
copperhead. Barbara was brough!
here. nearest point at which The
special serum was available.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Summer Session to End
At w. and M. Auo. n
speeioI pI,poteh to The s,or

Special Dispatch TO The Stor
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Aug. t.
The summer session of William and
Mary College, which has had a rec
ord enrolment Of 975 persons, will
end here August %.
Approximately half of the enroll
ees at the session are women.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Choral Services Planned

The Northwest Crusaders Male
Quartet of the Northwest Christian
College, Eugene, Greg, will be the
guest choral group at the II am.
and 8 pm. services Sunday at the
Wilson. Boulevard Christian Church,
Arlington, Va.
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Evening star., 1947-03-05
New Snow Disrupts
Britain S Transport
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. 5.-Icy roads and
new snowfall left Britain's trans
port system in chaos today as the
nation struggled for normalcy after
a three-Week fuel crisis.
An 18-hour storm spread up to
Is inches of snow in Southern Eng
land and the Midlands. Hundreds
of trains were slowed or stopped.
Hundreds of trucks and automobiles
were abandoned in snow drifts or
on ice-covered highways too treach-
erous for travel. Vital coal and pro-
duce shipments were held up.
Meanwhile, so men, digging
through drifts, reached one Mid
lands village that had been isolated
more than a month by previous
billiards..
OTTAWA, Ontario, Mar. (P).-
Food shortage threatened hundreds
Of isolated communities today as
snowdrifts throttled the rural econ
orny in the southern part of Ontario
province.
Whole counties were cut off from
normal commerce by trail and road
Yesterday. Drifts ranging up to 81
feet closed schools, stopped milk
and food deliveries, and left hun
dreds of travellers stranded.
The weatherman said the storm,
which swept from Lake Superior
eastward to the Atlantic, had lost
its intensity and that drifting had
ceased over most of Ontario. How
ever, he predicted further snow
f1urries in the southern section.
Evening star., 1947-03-05
S54, ,1OinPo|io Funds u. 5. Major in France
Spent on D. {. Victims Joins Foreiqn Leuion

The District Chapter of the Ma
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Inc, spent s54,106 during
1s46 in providing care and treat
ment for local polio victims.
This was revealed yesterday in the
organizations annual report. At
the same time, it was announced
that Judge Fay L. Bentley of Juve-
nile Court has been reelected to
her seventh term as chairman.
One hundred and thirty-two per-
sons received chapter assistance,
the report said, in addition to many
who received the benefits of the
group nursing and physical therapy
programs.
Other officers reelected included
Ford E. Young, vice chairman;
Robert v. Fleming. treasurer; l. j.
Roberts, assistant treasurer, and
A. w. Crossley, secretary. Miss
Sarah E. Wilson was reappointed
executive secretary.
Carter T. Barron, Gertrude H.
Bowling, Augustus E. Giegengack,
DR.. Phillip T. johnson and DR..
Edward Yarkin were appointed by
Judge Bentley to the Executive
Committee. DR.. Larkin also was
named chairman of the Medical
Advisory Committee.
Evening star., 1947-03-05
Restored Dnepr Dam
Delivers First Power
By the Associofed Press

MOSCOW, Mar. 5.-Russian news.
papers said today that the Dnepl
River dam at zaporozhe produced
the first electric power Monday since
Its virtual destruction during the
war. The first power went to in
dustry in the Ukraine.
The great dam, one of the larg-
est in the world, was smashed by
the Russians during their retreat
in 1941 and again by the Germans
when the Red Army came back in
1943.
One hydroelectric plant with a
capacity of $4,000 kilowatt hours
was reported in operation now
When completely reconstructed, Of
ficials said, the dam will supply g.
600, 900, 900 kilowatt hours annually.
Industrial centers supplied with
the first power from the dam, which
cost about $110,0O0,O00 originally,
were those at zaporozhe, Krivoi
Rog and Dneprodzerzhinsk, all vital
units in Soviet industrial plans.
Prime Minister Stain hailed the
news in a statement congratulating
the workers and engineers who
placed the first unit in operation.
THE successful restoration of the
Dnepr dam shows that the Soviet
people are full of determination to
patch up the wounds inflicted by
war and to provide further success
for our country" the Prime Minis
ter said.
Evening star., 1947-03-05

BADEN BADEN, French Zone,
Mar. S (NANA).-Maj. Philip st.
George Cooke, former aid to Brig.
Gen. Theodore Roosevelt in the
Mediterranean campaign and now
a liason officer at Gen. Pierre Koe-
nig's headquarters here, has been
granted a permanent commission
in the French Foreign Legion with
the rank of captain.
Though many Americans served in
the Legion from the first World
war onward, it is understood that
this is the first time an American
has been directly commissined a
captain and the second time an
American has ever been commits
stoned at all in the Legion.
Maj. Cooke, whose sister lives in
Warrenton, Va, will join the Legion
cavalry, now mechanical.
He made the Oran landing with
the American 1st Armored Division,
fought with the French Armored
Division, where he became so popu-
lar that the French invited him to
join their army.
Before joining the American Army
in Ireland in 1912, he was an Ameri-
can volunteer in British regiment
of HuSsarS.
Evening star., 1947-03-05
Reno Divorce Is Granted
To Col. Clarence Adcock

Col. Clarence L. Adcock, former
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
for the District, has been granted
a divorce on grounds of cruelty
from Mrs. Olive G. Adcock, Wal
than, Mass, it was reported from
Reno today.
Col. Adcock held the District post
in 1889. He was assistant deputy
military governor for operations and
deputy to the commanding general
of the Office of Military Govern
ment for Germany in 1945 and part
Of 1916.
He was appointed to the tenn
porary rank of major general in
l945 and was retired from the Army
as a colonel last January, accord
ing to the War Department.
The dispatch from Reno said Col
Adcock gave Massachusetts, ad-
dress. He and Mrs. Adcock were
married in Washington in 1918.
They have two sons, Charles War
rem and Robert L. Adcock.
Evening star., 1947-03-05
Towns in Two States
Cut Off by Shows
BY the Associofed Press

Towns in Pennsylvania and up
State New York were isolated and
many rural schools closed by a
three-day siege of snowstorms that
swept the Northeast and appeared
today to be moving into the North
Atlantic.
AS much as 40 inches of snow fell
in some areas during the storms,
which were blamed for II deaths
eight in. New York State, six in
Pennsylvania and three in New
England.
The freighter Novadoc, last heard
from three days ago when she
messaged that gale off the New
England coast had ripped away a
cargo hatch, was possible storm
victim. She carried a crew Of
about Is.
Eight Buffalo skiers, marooned
near Honeoye Falls, N. Y, received
food supplies by parachute.
A day and half late, a Pullman
carrying 154 passengers from New
York City finally reached Water
town, N. Y, last night behind three
locomotives and a rotary ploW.
The tie-up of transportation in
upstate New York had cut off milk
deliveries for many communities,
and curtailment of the New York
City supply was threatened.
Farmers in Cortland County, N. Y,
unable to make deliveries, were
dumping milk, as many had nc
prospect of being reached by snow
plows before the end of the week.
Four Western Maryland counties
still were digging out Of 10 to &c
foot drifts and Garrett County last
night had additional inches OF
snow, bringing the two-week total
to As inches.
The first Maryland death attrib-
uted to the storm occurred when q
doctor lost a race with the stork in
a ride 6 miles on horseback and
miles in a sled to an isolated farm
home southwest Of Hagerstown. The
baby died.
Evening star., 1947-03-05

said the policeman. IT told him
that was against the law, too. Then
he got belligerent, threatening to
tear up the ticket"
Pvt. Mode said Smith, who lives
in the 800 block Of Adams street
NE, refused to follow him to the
precinct station and when he was
led to the police call box he yelled,
I'm an American citizen. I want to
call attention to my plight"
I'm a businessman" Smith in
formed Judge Thomas D. Grim,
LAS I see it the District Is making
money out of parking meter. !
look on myself as a customer of the
District and the meter system, and
I regard the officer as an attendant
who was discourteous to me as a
customer"
"Well, we have court of appeals, i"
said Judge Quinn, as Smith was led
off.
Evening star., 1947-03-05
Motorist Rejects $6 Fine, Goes
To Jail for Parking Riqhts

Certain that his civil rights are
at issue, Joel Smith, 50-year-old
salesman today is serving q three
day Jail sentence, growing out of his
protests when a policeman gave him
a parking ticket.
He was committed to Jail late
yesterday after steadfastly refusing
to pay $6 in fines for Illegal parking
and disorderly conduct. But not
until after he had had his say in
Traffic Court.
Police Pvt. A. F. Mode Of No. /
Precinct had testified he was plac-
ing ticket on Smiths car for over
time parking in a meter zone in the
1900 block of Pennsylvania avenue
NV, when the motorist approached
him.
HE rushed up and shouted he had
already put two nickels in the meter
and was about to insert a third"
Evening star., 1947-03-05
Hackers Hopes
For Inspection
'Quickies' Dashed

Taxicab drivers who may have
been counting slyly on slipping their
vehicles through inspection stations
just before the deadline, when the
inspectors will be tired and lenient
are in for a disappointment.
Charles w. Reed, supervising in
spector of the Department Of We
hicles and Traffic, said he has heard
rumors that some cab drivers are
deliberately putting off the inspec-
ton but tilat it will do them no
good.
Mr.. Reed said he has issued orders
to the stations not to ease up toward
the end of the inspection period on
March 81.
There will be no quickies," he
warned.
Taxicab awners are not cooper
ating with the department on the
inspections, Mr.. Reed charged. OF
the 10000 cabs now licensed here,
he said, only 2,469 have been in
spected so far. Cabs not inspected
by the end of the month will not
be able to get new licenses to oper-
ate, he pointed out.
Evening star., 1947-03-05
Dutch Accused Of VIOLATING
Law in U. 5. Ship Seizure
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BATAVIA, Mar. 5.-James w.
Ryan, attorney for the American
Isbrandsten shipping line, today
accused the Netherlands Indies
government of gross and serious
violation of international law" in
seizing the American Liberty ship
Martin Behrman.
Mr.. Ryan, former special as
sistant United States attorney, said
the State Department was being re-
quested to file formal protest.