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CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1942

FIVE CENTS

Dim-Out Order To Have Little Effect Here Complying with orders from the New Jersey Civilian Defense Council requiring a ‘‘dim-out’’ of lights along the entire New Jersey seacoast. Cape May city workmen began late last week painting portions of boardwalk lights facing the ocean. In a report to the city commission Friday, Commissioner George P. Wentzell, director of public works, said that the "dimout” painting would be confined to an area of one-third of the globes on boardwalk lights so that reflection of the lights would not be cast seaward, but would be ample to light the boardwalk and beachfront. Announcing a policy of all-out cooperation with the State Defense Counucil, the Commissioners reported that they had contacted the Cape May office of the Atlantic City Electric Co., instructing the utility company to take necessary measures to dimout street lights along the beachfront and on streets leading to

the beach.

See Little Effect Here

The commissioners pointed out that the dim-out order would have very little effect on Cape May either now or when the sum-

mer vacation season starts.

“The order from the State Defense Council is not designed to

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WILLIAM H. SMATHERS

ELMER H. WENt

U. S. Senator and Representative from this district who last week pledged cooperation in Cape May’s attempt to have this community declared a defense area in order to permit continuation of home construction to meet the growing demand for homes for service men and their families.

Scott Explains

State Fight

County Vote Board Reorganized Friday

H. M. McPherson, of Cape May

Declaring he has been "kicked Court House, veteran chairman around” for two years, Senator 1. 1 of the Cape May County Board of

Outlines Draft Board Set-Up A comprehensive outline of the Selective Sen-ice System set-up and method of operation was given Tuesday night T. Millet Hand, of Cape May, chairman of Cape May County’s Local Board No. 2, in an address before the Wild-

wood Kiwanis Club.

Hand outlined, step by step, the procedure followed by local Selective Service boards, tracing the operations from registration of men through final iriHuction into

the armed forces.

He stresed particularly

work of board members in examining registrants' questionnaires, hearing testimony upon which to base draft classifications, making judgments on registrants' classifications and the procedure followed in giving careful physical examinations to. men considered

for Immediate sen-ice.

The board chairman discussed particularly the difficulty of deciding the proper classification of some registrants due to their employment in work necessary to the national war effort or because of their claims for deferment due

to dependency.

‘‘We have heard criticisms resulting from some of these decisions,” Hand said, "and I want to take this opportunity to clarify the situation by indicating the (Continued on Page Four)

Grant Scott on Monday described his relationship with Governor Edison as regards appointments. Scott disparaged reports declaring no highway commission bill would receive Senate support until there was virtual assurance of sufficient Republican votes in the

House for approval.

He declared he pocketing Governor Edison's appointment of a highway commissioner in the hope of making a deal on some South Jersey appointments. Scott denied that he and Mayor Hague had made a deal by which the Republicans would retain control of the highway department and Hague would keep three im-

portant state jobholders.

.“I have no vain hopes or desires." he retorted when asked whether he was a candidate for E. Donald Sterner's job as stafe ,k« highway commissioner or a post on a three-man board. “But that doesn't necessarily mean that 1 would refuse a preferment if it

were sincere."

Asked why he had pocketed the nomination of Spencer Miller, Jr.. Essex Republican, as highway commissioner. Scott said: I've got a little housekeeping to do myself. I've been kicked around for two years. There is no secret about my relationships

Fishing Trains Tn Run, Present Plan Following a conference with railroad officials on Tuesday, Mayhr T. Millet Hand announced that if restrictions on party fishing boats remain lifted, the railroad plans to operate a fishing excursion to Capo May during the coming season. Unless new restrictions arc posed on local fishing boats, the railroad plans to schedule the fishermen's excursion and to advertise it extensively as has been done in 'the past. Railroad officials said they will keep their plans flexible and as long as the fishing boats are permitted to operate they will run the trains to the local wharves. Previously it had been announced that the fishermen's excursion train would be cancelled because of restrictions which threatened to curtail sharply all fishing boat operations here. At present there are few restrictions on fishing, provided boat owners comply with licensing regulations. Draft Class Appeal Rejected By Board An appeal for a revised draft classification, filed several weeks ago by Louis Edward Jackson of Wildwood, was rejected late last week by.the New Jersey Appeal Board at Camden, which hears appeals from all parts of South Jayson had contended that the 1-A classification in which he was placed by Local Board- No. 2 was incorrect, claiming that he had a dependent and was therefore entitled to a deferred classifica-

tion.

The appeal board's ruling, ceived by local draft officials this week, sustained the board's position and ordered that Jackson remain in the 1-A classification.

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Map Plans For Blood

Donor Campaign A meeting of the Cape May

committee which will be in charge of Red Cross blood donations in this community was field Tuesday night at which time plans were made for the drive which will

start shortly to obtain donors. Those desiring to volunteer

blood donors may apply at the

Elections, was renamed Friday night at the annual organization meeting of the board at its office Cape May Court House. He is

Republican.

Mrs. Marie V. Walters, of Wildood, a Democratic member of the board, was renamed secretary for the current year. She has served in that capacity for a

number of years.

Two other nfTmbers of the board were formally inducted ior new terms, following their n-cent re-appointment by Gover-

nor Charles Edison.

They are John T. Braca, of M-a Isle City, a Democrat, and Joseph A. Cianciarulo, a Rcpubli,n. of Wildwood Crest. The county board will meet on March 31 to appoint district elecan board members for the cur-

nt year.

Smathers, Wene

Aid Cape May

House Problem Assurances of cooperation to assist Cape May in obtaining a defense area status were given Senator I. Grant Scott last week by U. S. Senator William H. Smathers and Congressman Elmer H. Wene, representatives of

this district in Congress.

Senator Scott conferred with the two Congressmen in Washington in an attempt to enlist their aid in haring the federal government take steps to avert an acute housing shortage for | service men and their families

i stationed in this community.

| Request Justified

In a report to the city commission Friday, Scott said both officials had pledged their cooperation and indicated that they felt the request was justified in view of local conditions. Both expressed the belief that the defense area status could be obtain-

ed shortly, Scott said.

The city commission has been waging a campaign for several months in an effort to have such

declaration made for this ... order to permit continued

struction of homes in Cape May.

Would Continue Building

It has been pointed out that rirtually all home-building in this area will be brought to a halt by inability to obtain materials and FHA commitments as a re-

sult of the war^Tnergency.

With the area officially desigito^ as a defense area, present restrictions on private building will be lifted in order to provide living accommodations for service

and their families.

Honored By Navy

Sugar Rationing Off ’Til April

Registration for sugar rationing which was expected to be operative this week, probably will not be fully under way until some time in April, according to the State Rationing Administra-

tion in Trenton.

The OPA at Washington has advised state authorities that definite registration dates will _ be announced as soon as possible. Meanwhile, millions of copies of the documents and forms required for the civilian registration and the sugar rationing program arc arriving in New Jersey. These include more than 5,000,000 copies of War Ration Book One, v each containing 28 ration stamps and similar- numbers of consumer application forms and

instruction sheets.

Representatives of virtually all

uiuim uuuvia uiuv appiy ai. , , . . , , • r* local office of the Atlantic City | l ‘>< aI ratmnmg boards in Cape Electric Company or at the Cape May County — - r

Recreation Center.

Pupils Building Models Of Planes

. met at Cape May

Court House Friday evening to receive instructions from officials of the state rationing authority. Plans for the registration of county residents by school teachers during a four-day period prior to the effective date of sugar rationing were outlined by tht state officials and board members I received instructions concerning

application of

63 At Air Raid Warden Meeting Sixty-three volunteer air raid ■ardens attended an organization meeting at Cape May High School last Thursday evening and received preliminary instructions from Police Chief John J. Spencer, Jr., chairman of the Local Defense Council, and Chief Warden Steven J. Steger. At Thursday's meeting duties and .requirements of air raid wardens were outlined by those in charge of th» session, and plans were launched for the citywide organization of the group who have volunteered their ser-

vices.

Spencer and Steger this week are completing a file index of all volunteer wardens and assigning them to duty in the localities nearest their homes in the event of emergency. The volunteers will receive detailed instructions concerning their duties and will be trained to assume their duties immediately upon notification that an emergency is imminent. As air raid wardens, the volunteers will be in charge of issuing orders and enforcing rules and regulations prescribed by the Local Defense Council. The Defense Council this week announced that two motion pictures showing methods of fighting incendiary bomb fires have been promised for the council's use and the pictures will be displayed for the public at a date to be announced shortly.

EDWIN J. HILL

President Roosevelt has awarded the nation’s highest Naval honor, posthumously, to Chief Boatswain Edwin J. Hill. Mr. Hill was among 14 Naval heroes of Pearl Harbor and Wake Island to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. The others are Rear Admiral Isaac S. Kidd, Captain Franklin Van Valkenburg, Captin Mervyn S. Bennion, Commander Cassin Young, Lieutenant Commander S. G. Fuqua, Lieut. George H. Cannon, Ensign Francis C. Flaherty, Ensign Herbert C. Jones, Machinist Donald K. Ross, Chief Radioman Thomas J. Reeves, Machinist's Mate Robert R. Scott, Chief Water Tender Peter Tomich and James R. Ward seaman. Only three of the 14 are living. Mr. Hill was a brother of Mrs. Charles A. Furey, of the Windsor Hotel, Cape May, and of William A. H. Hill and John J. Hill, both of whom own summer homes here. Two other brothers and two sisters live in Philadelphia. Mr. Hill spent many summers here with his wife and three children who now live in Long Beach, California.

Draft Order Numbers To Be Assigned Next Week By Local Board Nine hup.dred and sixty-three men living in the southern ' section of Cape May County received Selective Service order number yesterday, following completion of the third national draft lottery at. Washington, although the order numbers will not be officially assigned by Local Board No. 2, which is in charge of Selective Service in this area, until next week. Officials of the Local Board said today that they must await receipt, of official order numbers from state Selective Service headquarters before they may finally assign order numbers to local registrants under their jurisdiction, despite

the fart that most of the registrants have been unofficially informed of their order numbers through the metropolitan press and radio broadcasts which covered the draft

lottery.

Charles Hand Nickerson, of Wildwood Great, who held number 441 following the assignment of serial numbers by the local board, will receive order number 1, according to the results of the

lottery.

Other Cape May County men who will hold the firet five orfs assigned by the lo- __ are Lardner Blackman. Cape May, serial number ier number 2; Henry Land ... Wildwood, serial number order number 3; Oscar LesRpbinson, West Cape May, serial number 359, order number 4; and Francis Anthony Wizet, Wildwood, serial number 129, order number 6. A complete list of order numbers will be published in The Star and Wave after they have been officially assigned by the (Continued on Page Four)

Cape May County schools have started a program of model air-.

plane construction to provide 300 i enforcement and miniature scale models of various the rules governing the rationing types of aircraft which will be of sugar and other products.

used by members of the nation' armed forces in obsenation train-

ing.

The models will be built by manual training students in Cape May, Wildwood, Ocean City, Middle^—Township, Woodbine and

North Wildwood schools.

The latest article added list of rationed commodities

used typewriters. Provisional regulations governing used typewriters have been put into operation pending the completion of

final rationing regulations which tacted by telephom will go into effect on April 181 Keystone 3831.

Seek Blood Donors In West Cape May The West Cape May branch of the American Red Cross has issued an appeal for volunteer

blood donors.

All persons interested in donating blood to the blood bank are asked to contact Cecil F. McCullough, Sr., 128 Second avenue, West Cape May, who has charge of the drive for the West Cape

May area.

McCullough may be con- • • ’ * by calling

VYlany CUdsund Open dtouMe (pAjotpuam Oi C a P iL USO Sunday; Bhoadacud <Biq JeahVisL

County residents visited _ _ , May USO Club Sunday afternoon for the Orch House Day which was part of a nationwide observance sponsored by the United Service Organizations. Visitors began filing through the club immediately after church services Sunday noon, and the group continued until evening. A broadcast of the special program presented during the afteri*x>n was carried by radio station WFPG, Atlantic City, from 4 until 4:30. Mrs. James C. Hand, chairman of the USO Council, spoke on the work being done by the. club and described the facilities offered *t the local service club. Others who took part Donald Lear, program oh . of the Council, Private Charles

Reading, master of ceremonies, Private Paul Ingeneri, Miss Helen Porter, Yeoman Browning Graham, Private Arnold Shenski, Lieutenant John J. McMulta, Private John Barnes, and Adjutant Theodore F. Thompson, director of the club. The program consisted of vocal and instrumental solos by service men, and brief addresses in which the work of the USO Club described. The broadcast emanated from the Masonic Hall above the club rooms and was attended by large audience. Vesper services were held after the broadcast Those who participated in the sendee were the Rev. Benjamin B. Brown, rector of the Church of the Advent, Mrs. Theodore Thompson, Private

Ingeneri and Chaplain Cyril

Bentley, U.S.N.

The nationwide Open House program held simultaneously in all USO Clubs was the opening gun in an intensive drive to obtain contributions to assist financing operation of the various clubs which have been t&blished for service ' men near rirtually all military posts. Party nights are being held ery Wednesday and Saturday evening at the club. Adjutant Thompson said this week, and the Defense Service Council is furnishing a WPA orchestra to play for the Saturday night dances in the

Masonic Hall.

New gymnasium equipment has been secured for the club and will be installed as soon as en-

30 Men Will Be Inducted Soon Thirty men from the southern section of Cape May County will leave Cape May April 3 and will be inducted into the U. S. Army at Fort Dix on that date. Announcement of the date for duction was made this week bj „iss Margaret McCullough, clerl. of Local Board No. 2 which has charge of conscription in this area, after she had received an, induction schedule from Selective Service headi Those who will leave duction are Marshall E. Behr, Edward S. Dunlap, Richard B. Fitzpatrick, and Walter F. Isberg, all of Wildwood; Thomas H. Lavery, Cape May; Carl W. Walter. Wildwood Crest; Eddie J. Cochrane, Wildwood; Guy B. Hunt, Wildwood; Willard C. Hand, Court House; Elvin Mitchell and Raymond Ward, Wildwood; Elton T. Crandal, Goshen; William Harry Reeves, Cape May; Harry Keating, Jr., Wildwood; Gustav ' Bowman, Wildwood; Edmund Learning, Cape May; Anthony Fulginiti, Jr., Harry C. Fisher and Nicholas J. Ricco, Wildwood; Nicholas Nelson, Cape May; Louis J. Mattera, North Wildwood; Howard Matthews, Cape May; Sylvester A. Grande, Wildwood; William G. Bright, North Wildwood; Frank Franco, Wildwood; Virgil Snyder, Cape May; Edmund Stanton and Dominic Versaggi, both of Wildwood. Will Take Bids For City Ads March 27 Bids for Cape May’s 1942 advertising contract will be taken by the city commission on Friday, March 27, the commission announced at its meeting Friday. Although no specifications were given, the commissioners indicated that bidders should submit flexible schedule suggestions not to exceed in cost 54,000 for the entire campaign. Cape May’s first resort advertisements will probably appear in metropolitan newspapers on Palm Sunday, at which time the curfent year's ad campaign will get

under way.

Theme of the early advertisements will be: “Come to Cape May and see for yourself that we have no beachfront barricades, no evacuation of citizens and no disruption of normal vacation business due to the war."

To Distribute New Raid Rules New Jersey’s revised air raid and blackout warning regulations will be distributed in printed form to every household in the state with a request that the placards be prominently displayed at all times, Leonard Drcyfuss, rccent- ' o in ted State Defense Coun- ... _ airman, announced this week in letters to Cape May officials. In a letter to the city commission, Drcyfuss said a large quantity of the placards have been printed and are now ready for distribution to every New Jersey

community.

' ; is expected that tha? regulations will be deli’ to every home in the state di the latter part of March

April.

Among the changes incorpor ated in the new set -of rules t< be invoked in time of emergen cy, Drcyfuss said, is a statewide system of air raid warnini alarms, to avoid confusion among citizens of various communities. The new statewide air raic alarm will be a shrill, warbling whistle blowing for a two-minute period. The new all-clear signal will be a shrill, constant blast

' one minute’s duration.

Drcyfuss said he will request all New Jersey hqjjseholders to display the placards 1 prominently, in their homes and suggested t' they be placed on a wall eh in the,kitchen, dining room Oi the vicinity of the two rowns, that they will be easily aetessible to all members of tbe-family.

County Girls ‘eted Today

Three Cape May County high school girls, representing Cape May, Wildwood and Middle Townehip, will be among the large group of Good Citizenship Pilgrims sponsored by various New Jersey Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution ‘

Trenton today.

The girls representing southern section of this county are Willmira Cresse, of Cold Spring, representing Cape May High School; Veau Holmes, Wildwood, and Flora Sutton, of Eldora, representing Middle Town-

ship High School.

The three girls were selected

by their fellow-students and the faculties of their respective schools as possessing the qualifications required for selection as D.A.R.

Good Citizenship Pilgrims. At Trenton today, along with

representatives of other sections of the state, the county girls will be feted at a luncheon given by the New Jersey Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, and will be guests on a tour of

the state capital.

The three girls representing the southern section of Cape May County are sponsored by the Cape May Patriots Chapter, D.

A. R.

o County Men Are'Elected ipe May County men elected to office Thursday night at the annual three-day convention of the New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association, which closed- Friday in Atlantic City. Richard E. Reeves, of Cold Spring, was chosen ; first rice president of tbe' / association. George Soeder, of Sea Isle City, was re-elected to the executive committee as representative from this county. A report submitted at Thursday’s convention session showed that pest control work is materially aiding members of the armed forces stationed in malarious sections of the country. A “satisfactory” low level of 1.7 malaria cases for each 1000 soldiers is being maintained in continental United States, it was said. Mr. Reeves served last year as second rice president of the state association. He has been active in mosquito control work in Cape May County as a member of the County Mosquito Extermination Commission for several years.

SEEK WOMEN TO SEW

FOR RED CfOSS

A second appeal for Cape May women to volunteer to sew for the American Red Cross was issued this week by officers of the local Red Cross branch.

Gas Stations Adopt New War Schedule Gasoline stations in the southern section of Cape May County will be open only between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 pjn. and for only six days a week. The decision was made Tuesday night at a meeting in Cape May Court House, attended by 18 gasoline dealers in this section. The group decided to alternate days individual stations will be closed, with each station, being closed one day weekly. Change in the system of operating gasoline stations was brought about by the government’s demand for sharply curtailed gasoline sales and use.

LEGION BIRTHDAY TO BE MARKED TONIGHT

Harry Snyder Post, 193, and its Auxiliary unit will observe the 23d anniversary of the organization of the American Legion at the annual Legion birthday party

The local branch is making pa- in the post rooms at Convention

jamas and towels for use at the Hall tonight.

_ j Cae May Naval base. The branch A large nu

largement of the present club fa-‘sewing rooms on Decatur street both organizations are expected

cilitiea has been completed. are open daily. *" -**—*

Reception For New Minister Tonight reception in honor of the Rev. and Mrs. Albert W. Lenz will be held in the social room of the First Presbyterian Church here tonight. The reception will be attended by members and friends of the church. Mr. Lenz, who arrived in Cape May last week to begin his duties as pastor of the church, preached his first sermon here Sunday morning before a large congregation. Formerly pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Mansfield, Pa., Mr. Lenz succeeds the Rev. Dr. Floris L. Ferwerda, who resigned the local pastorate several months ago to pursue young people's religious work in Philadelphia. Canvass To Register Dogs Completed The Cape May dog registration canvass has been completed, Harry F. Greaves, special agent in charge of licensing and registering dogs in this city, announced today. Greaves said he has just completed a city-wide canvass conducted to register dogs and that, with the exception of a few dog owners who were not at home when he called, every dog owner should by this time have his pet registered according to the new state law. A considerable number of dogs In this community have not yet been licensed, Greaves explained, but the licensing drive is expected to be completed shortly. Greaves’ canvass to register