Evening star., 1947-05-04
L Elections Set
In Montgomery Y,
Prince Georges
Municipal Officers
VIII Be Chosen in
Voting Tomorrow
By chorIes A. McAIeer

By Charles A. McAleer
Residents of 10 towns in Prince
Georges County and two in Mont
gomery will elect municipal officers
tomorrow. In three communities
Cheverly, District Heights and Cot
tage City referenda ISSUES also will
be on the ballots.
Contests are scheduled for Somer-
set, Hyattsville, Riyerdale, College
Park, Cheverly, Fairmont Heights
and Mount Rainier, with candidates
facing no opposition in North Brent
wood, Edmonston, District Heights,
Cottage City, and Glen Echo.
The largest number of votes is
expected to be cast at Hyattsville
where there are contests for mayor
and three council seats.
= Candidates for mayor are City
Councilman Caesar L. Aiello, at
torney, and Paxton M. Holden, War
Department employe and son of a
former mayor. The winner will
succeed Mayor Robert T. Pitt, who
was elected by the council to serve
after the death last month of E.
Murray Cover.
Mr.. Pitt, councilman from the Sd
Ward until chosen mayor, will seek
reelection to the council. Ell will
be opposed by Hiram L. johnson.
Other contests are slated for the
1st Ward where Thomas e. Arnold,
incumbent, will face Howard M.
Smith, and in the 2nd Ward where
Frederick NJ. Coxen, incumbent, and
r. Edward Miller are seeking a
4-year term and Henry Hellnaan
and Jack M. Pearce, a 2-year term.
The lone candidate unopposed is
Councilman H. Wilson Spicknall,
seeking reelection in the I'd Ward.
Five Seek Sommerset Seats.
Five candidates are in the race
for two seats on the Somerset town
council. They are Everett C. AL
britton, w. w. Barrow, Frank r..
Garfield, Edgar burlington and
August Werner, the latter an in
cumbent. Councilman A. E. Henze,
the other incumbent whose term
expires this year, is not candidate
for reelection.
In Riverdale, the fight will be
between Mayor Harry A. l.. Barker,
who has served since 1943, and
Councilman Arthur w. Brunei of
the 9Th Ward.
Unopposed are Harry G. Showers,
who will succeed Councilman A. G..
McKnew in the Sd Ward; Incum-
bent Hanson D. Powers, for the
5th Ward, and Stafford M. Howard,
who will replace Mr.. Brunei in the
9Th Ward.
3 Contests in College Park.
Three contests are listed for Col
lege Park, including ones in District
l where Marion w. Parker, in
cumbent, will face william j. NAL
Ter, jr., and another in District 2
where the incumbent, DR.. Charles
r. Davis, will be opposed by Herbert
H. Bedford. In the race for coun-
cilman-at-large, H. Lee Noble is
seeking one of the posts now oc-
cupied by Herbert w. Wells and
Emanuel F. Zalesak, both incum-
bents.
Unopposed are Councilmen j.
Chesley Mack, District 8; John w.
Mckay, District 4, and G. Stuart
Parker, District 5. All are incum-
bents. William A. Duvall, sr. and
Treasurer Stewart B. Shaw also are
unopposed.
In Mount Rainier, the race be-
tween Leo r.. Mcmahon. incumbent,
and Fred Richardson, for council
man from the 1st ward is the only
contest. Without opposition are
Mayor Floyd B. Matthias, Council
man Warren w. James, I'd ward;
Robert Nelson, Sd ward. and Charles
Xander, incumbent, 4th ward.
Cheverly to Elect Three.
Voters in Cheverly will elect
mayor and two councilmen and will
vote on two referenda. One will
determine whether the town will
have a paid supervisor with no in
crease in taxes and the other
whether the present area of the
community will be enlarged.
Lone candidate for mayor to sue
ceed James E. Conover, who is not
running again, is Edward A. Sal
loom, councilman from the I'd Ward.
Lester L. Whitehead. incumbent, is
unopposed for the Sd Ward coun-
Gil post. Reuben j. Gordon and
James C. Stanier are candidates for
Mr.. Saloons place in the I'd Ward.
Only candidates in Edmonston
are Mayor Harold r. Manning, run
ming for his third term Mrs. Maude
l.. Powell, treasurer, and Council
men Leonard Kagey of Ward l
and Clarence Powell of Ward 2.
r. K, Small has no opponent as
a candidate for the remainder of
the. term of Francis r. james, re-
signed.
Tax Vote in District Heights.
District Heights residents, beside
voting for incumbent Walter Bald
win, jr., lone candidate for town
commissioner, also will decide
whether to increase the town tax
rate from 80 to rs cents per Sl00
assessed valuation for street main
tenance and lights.
In Cottage City, T. w. Scott, jr.,
candidate for councilman at Large,
has no opposition. There are no
official candidates for the 1st Ward
post which is to be filled. Town off,
cials reported that unless write-ins
are submitted for this vacancy
Councilman D. G. Anderson will
remain in Office.
The community also will decide
whether it should raise its tax rate
from Is to IS cents for general op-
Grating expenses.
Campbell and Dorsey in Race.
At Glen Echo William Bill" Her
son and Hubert T. Woltz are un-
opposed for the town council.
In Fairmont Heights, a contest is
slated between Mayor James A.
Campbell and James Dorsey. Five
candidates-Mrs. Blanche T. Busch,
Andrew j. Harrison and Leslie r.