Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
Virginia Primary
VoteExpectedto
Be Very Light
One Senote, a House
Nominations Will Be
At Stoke Tuesday
By Robert c. RoIIinqs

primary in the Eighth District. D.
Balloting in the Eighth Distiic;
will be marked by these three de-
partures from procedure followed
elsewhere:
l. Voters will have to ask for q
Republican or a Democratic ballot
because the COP is holding con-
pressional primary for the first time
in Virginia.
2. Voters in the daylight-saving-
time areas of Arlington, Alexandra
and Fairfax will ballot from 7:3O
am. to $3.50 pm. because State law
prescribes that polls be open from
$50 am. to 7:30 pm, eastern
standard time.
"a New Precincts.
3. In Arlington, voters have been
segregated into "a new election pre-
cincts which replaced the II older
areas.
> Other than in national legislative
contests, principal interest in the
nearby areas centers on three-Way
race for the Democratic nomination
for the one available seat on the
Arlington County Board.
q In Arlington, as elsewhere, voting
isSexpected to be extremely light.
With about $4,000 voters registered
the turnout Tuesday is not expected
to reach 5000.
! Candidates for the board are
Alfred E. Frisbie. incumbent:
Harold L. Schilz and William c,
Nemeth. The Republicans have
not nominated a candidate. Francis
j. Clair had filed for a COP pri-
mary but no one else filed and the
party committee has failed to in
dorse him.
Others May File Candidacy.
In addition to Mr. Clair, the win
ner of Tuesdays primary also will
have to face at least one more
candidate, Lee Potter, who has filed
as an independent Others may file
before the November election and
gain the Endorsement of the Re-
publicans or the independent Or
carnations.
All the County Board candidates
will be running in their first con-
tests. Mr.. Frisbie was appointed
last year to fill the uneXpired term
of the late Leo Lloyd.
Mr.. Frisbie, 81. has lived in
Arlington for II years and is a
broker with Washington firm. He
was educated in New York schools,
is married and has two children.
He is a trustee of the Mount Vernon
Baptist Church and, Superintendent
d. the junior department offs
Sunday School. Mr.. Frisbie, vet
eran of World War. II, also iss a
member Of the Jefferson Civic Lea
que. and the Nellie Gusts and
Dolly Madison Parent-Teacher
Associations. He lives at 636 South
Twenty-fifth street.
Member of Bar Groups.
Mr.. Schilz, resident of the
county since 1910, is AZ years old,
the father of two children and lives
at 1904 South Pollard street. In
1888, Mr.. Schilz. who was educated
at George Washington and National
Universities was appointed spe-
ciai assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral. Since 1915 he has been in
private practice and is a member
of the District, Virginia and Fed
eral bar associations.
A member of the Arlington Pres
byterian Church and the Masons,
Mr.. Schilz has been active in the
New Arlington Citizens Association,
the Arlington Civic Federation and
the Peyton Randolph Parent
Teacher Association.
Mr.. Nemeth, 81, an insurance
claims adjuster and former Federal
Government personnel official, is a
native of Hyattsville, Md. He has
lived in Virginia for IA years and
In Arlington for almost 6 years.
He studied at George Washington
and American Universities and the
Washington College of Law.
! A former member of the Marine
Corps Reserve and the District
National Guard. Mr.. Nemeth is
seteran of World War II and a
member of General Billy Mitchell
Post American Legion. He holds
memberships in the Arlington Jun
Tor Chamber of Commerce. the Arl-
Hgtpn Democratic Club. the Wash
inpten Board of Trade. the Society
for the Advancement of Manage
naent and the Society for Personnel
Administration. He is Methodist.
The States first Republican pri-
mary presents a contest between
Charles Orlando Pratt of Arlington,
and Tyrrell Krum of Fairfax. Com
peting for the Democratic nomina-
ton for the House seat now held
BY Representative Smith, will be
Mr.. Smith and Arthur Fuller Sou
ther. an outspoken foe of the pres
ent State party organization.
Mt Pratt, 43. is an attorney and
graduate of Mt. Harmon Prepara-
tory School in Massachusetts,, Col
gate University and Georgetown
University. A former government
employee. Mr.. Pratt is engaged in
law practice in the District and
in Virginia. where he has been ad-
n1ittedr to local and Federal courts,
Mr. Pratt attends the Methodist
Church. He is married and has one
son.
Writes Veterans Column.
Mr.. Krum, who lives on small
farm near Vienna, is Veterans Edi-
tor of the Washington Times
Herald and chairman of the Fair
fax County Republican Committee.
A former Chicago newspaper man,
Mr.. Krum is veteran of both
world wars and retired after the
last war as lieutenant commander
in the Naval Reserve. He attended
Northwestern University and was
graduated from the Chicago Law
School: d He is member of the bar
Z Representative Smith, a native of
Virginia, has been a member of the
House since 1881. Before that he
was judge of the 18th Virginia judi
cial circuit. He had also served as
Judge of the Alexandria Corpora
tionsGogut and as Alexandria Com
n1Onweafth attorney. From 1904 to
1e22aaAfr. Smith was practicing