Evening star., 1950-11-08

delegation In the House and a
conservative Democrat, appeared
an easy winner over his oppo-
nents. Tyrrell Krum. Fairfax
County Republican. and Clark T.
Robb, Social Democrat, of Hern-
don, also in Fairfax County.
Smith Polls 21,647 Votes.
With 1913 of the 9th districts
241 precincts reporting. Mr.. Smith
led Mr.. Krum, 21,647 to 1913.
Mr. Robb trailed far behind with
IT'S votes.
Alexandria, Mr.. Smiths home
town, gave him a 213-vote ma
jority over Mr.. Krum, and gave
Mr.. Robb 165 votes. Neighboring
Arlington County, however, gave
Mr.. Krum a 698-vote majority
over the incumbent.
In other nearby counties, Mr..
Smith held comfortable majorities.
In Fairfax County, Mr.. Smiths
vote was 4,423 to 4,181 for Mr..
Krum and 278 for Mr.. Robb, while
in the counties more distant from
Washington, Mr.. Smiths lead in
creased.
Loudoun County, where a pro-
posal to change the form of gov
ernment was voted down by an
overwhelming majority, gave Mr..
Smith 1851 votes to only 491 for
Mr.. Krum and 81 for Mr.. Robb.
In Fauquier County, Mr.. Smith
received 1.780 votes to 391 for Mr..
Krum and eight for Mr.. Robb.
In Virginia's S 9Th District in the
States southwestern section, where
a contest between Representative
Fugate and George c. Sutherland,
Republican, had created consider
able interest, Mr.. Fugate led U.s.
676 to 1925. The district nor
mally is one of the few Republican
strongholds in the State.
Harrison Easy Winner.
Representative Harrison of Win
chester also appeared an easy
winner over Jacob A. CARRIER, Har-
risonburg Republican, in an elec-
ton which saw Shenandoah Coun-
ty swing into the Democratic COL
umn for the first time in many
years. During the campaign, w.
r. Shaffer, the county's Republican
Committee chairman, resigned and
announced his support of Mr.,
Harrison.
Mr.. CARRIER, a former Republican
member of the House, defeated Mr..
Harrison's father for his House
seat % years ago. He also is a
former State Senator.
In other district contests early
returns indicated these results:
In the 1st District, Representa-
tive Robson, Newport News, who
was seeking his first full term in
the House, led Nile Straughan,
Fredericksburg Republican, and
Stanley Garner, Newport News In
dependent and former member of
the State Legislature.
In the Sd District, Representa-
tive Gary, Richmond, had little
difficulty with his two women op-
ponents, Mrs. Kathryn Bernstein,
Richmond Social Democrat, and
Mrs. Phronia Mcneil, Richmond
Progressive.
Two Amendments Voted.
Elected without opposition we're
Representatives Hardy, I'd Dis
trict: Abbitt. 4th District; STAN
ley, 5th District, and Burton, 9Th
District.
In the only Statewide issue,
Virginians approved two constitu-
tional amendments-one to allow
the General Assembly to determine
the number of judges for courts in
cities of 10000 population or
more, and another to allow the
consolidation of school systems.
The approximately 10000 votes
on the amendments was seen as
the nearest approach to popu-
lar vote total in the State on a
basis of incomplete returns. It
was expected that complete re-
turns would increase this total
to 100000.
Harrisonburg voters decided
to replace their present setup of
a Mayor and nine councilmen with
the city manager type of govern
ment. A council of five members
will name the manager. The vote
was 1899 for the change and 431