Evening star., 1951-08-09
Byrd Men Win
Most Contests
In Primary Race
Virginia Organization
Remains Entrenched
Despite z Key Losses
BY the kssociaied Press

ginia's dominant Democratic or.
ganization, though it suffered twt
major setbacks, emerged from
Tuesdays primary almost al
strong as ever
The conservative faction, headet
by Senator Byrd. lost two impor'
tant Senate races in areas where
1t had expected touch-and-gt
battles. But it assuaged it's dis.
appointment by scoring nearly 6
clean sweep in other contests IL
the light off-year voting.
In seething Princess Anne
County, a Peoples Ticket" bit
terly challenged the organization
at every turn-for local Offices a.
well as State legislative seats
But in the Princess Anne show
down. the Byrd faction won-but
not easily.
Control of the State Legislature
never was at stake. Only IA oi
40 Senate seats were contested ir
the primary, and only 81 of the
100 seats in the House of Dele
gates.
MAssenburg Defeated.
Attorney Victor c. Wilson turned
back Byfd-faction stalwart G. AL
win Massenburg, former Speaker of
the House of Delegates, in the
Newport News area election after
see-saw struggle. Mr.. Wilson
got 1918 votes and Mr.. Massen-
burg 1881. In the Fairfax-Alex-
antdria district, near Washington,
Senator Andrew w. Clarke was
unseated by John A. K. Donovan,
Falls Church attorney. by a slim
101 votes. The vote was 7,468 to
1869.
In the Charlottesville lle-Albemarle
Senate district, Senator E. o. Nc
Cut. who charged Gov. Battle with
attempting to purge" him, beat
back Joseph T Henley 1921 votes
to 1856
The organization. significantly,
ran up some of its biggest plurali-
ties in areas where it was opposed
by candidates who fought it in the
last guhernatorial primary.
In the Staunton- Augusta Way
nesboro district, the Byrd faction
held both House seats in the face
of opposition from Louis Spilman
Waynesboro publisher who man
aged Francis Pickens Miller's pri-
mary campaign against Gov. Bat
tie in 1949
Complete unofficial returns put
organization incumbents George
Cochrane and Felix Edmunds well
ahead of Mr.. Spilman. Mr.. Co
chrane polled 3.8o3, Mr.. Edmunds
3,275. and Mr.. Spilman, 2.730.
Princess Anne Returns.
Final unofficial returns from
Princess Anne's IA precincts gave
incumbent Delegate Harry B. Davis
1909 to 4,338 for Morris Abernathy
in the House race.
The organization candidate for
the Senate. v. Alfred Etheridge,
won out also over w. Russell
Hatchett.
A f1ve-way Senate race for the
seat vacated by I. Paul Wales of
Amherst finally was decided in
favor of Attorney R. Boiling Lam
beth of Bedford who ran ahead of
Walter H. Carter. 3.027 to 2,667,
with 68 of the districts 50 pre-
cincts reporting.
Others in the race and their
votes were Jack v. Howell, 2,025;
Donald H. Selvage. 855. and A. E.
Strobe. 800.
York County Bids Crockett.
An important House race un-
decided until the early hours of
Wednesday was the contest be-
tween Paul Crockett OF Yorktown
and Attorney Russell M. Carneal
of Williamsburg. Mr.. Crockett,
after trailing, finally came through
on heavy returns from his home
county of York.
Delegate w. r. Broaddus, jr., of
the MartinSville- Henry district,
was successful in a comparatively
easy fight against Nick Prillaman,
former candidate for lieutenant
governor
The organization got a lift
from the victory of Fred L. Ho-
back, Roanoke County attorney,
over John B. Spiers. Radford
attorney and a potent "independ-
ent" leader. Organization forces
turned on the power in Franklin
and Roanoke Counties to bring
Mr.. Hoback out ahead 6,007 to
5,423 with all precincts reporting
OF the districts 70.
With only two of the 40 pre-
cincts unreported, State Senator
M. M. Hillard Of Portsmouth was
assured of denomination over
Earle A. Cadmus. Mr.. Hillard had
6,695 and Mr.. Cadmus 5,586.
Roundup of Returns.
me outcome Of the primary elsewhere
Iwehth-Mosby G. Perrow. jr.. over
. Twentieth-J. C. Carpenter over Eldon
X. Crowder
- rty-foyrth-Lloyd C. Bird over C.
Thirty tifth-Frank s. Richeson. G. Ed
Charles W. Crowder, James E. Gardner
Alvin V. Leake and Beacher z. Stallard
Thirty-sixth--Earl A. Fitzpatrick over
Arnold Schlossberg.
House Of DeleEates.
H.. Aleghany and Clifton ForEe-Hale Col
Long.
Bedford-Duval Radford over e. L.
campbell-william H. Irvine over
Bertram F. Dodson.
Carolins, Essex and Kins and Queen
Chesterfield, Powhatan and Colonial
HeightS--Edward M. Hudgins over Z.
psnyliIs~Landon R, Wyatt over Tom
Elizsbeth City and Hampton-E. Ralph
= F1Tanqklin-J. B. Altman over Hugh
Halifax-Roy B. Davis and John Pat
tsrson over James B. Wilborn, ST.
- King George.. Northumberland and
Westmoreland-Charles F. Unruh over
Mseklssn5ursIc. ". cleston over W.
Norfolk city-Delamater Davis, James
". Roberts. Waiter A. Page, Louis Lee
Guy and Mrs. Meeta B. Myers over