CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. THURSDAY. APRIL 30. 1942

88th YEAR, No. 18

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Register 2,500 Men For Draft In This Area Exceeding estimates by nearly 1,000, the fourth registration of men under the Selective Service law in the southern section of Cape May County this week resulted in a total registration of 2,499, officials of Local Board Mo. 2 announced Tuesday after figures had been completed. Previously it had been estimated that 1,600 men would register. Draft board headquarters in Cape May registered a total of 752 men during the three-day period from Saturday through Monday. At Wildwood, 1,196 men were registered and at Cape May Court House 660 men registered. SUPPLIES EXHAUSTED The surplus excess of men in the 46 - 65 age group over Selective Service estimates left registrars in a muddle twice during the registration period. Registrars ran out of supplies Sunday afternoon in all three headquarters and again Monday afternoon. New supplies were rushed to the various centers 'by state police from the. Hammonton barracks. Cause of much of the confusion was the registration of a large number of 46 - 65 year old men not permanent residents of this area but here temporarily for cm- { ■loyment on various local proects. Many of the registrants were fishermen of the mackerel fleet; others are employed at the Magnesite Chemical plant at Cape May Point; others are working on the airport construction in .Lower Township and many are employed by contractors working on government projects at the Naval base and at Brandywine Light. GOES TO BRANDYWINE Breaking precedent, Mrs. Millard F. Ware, a volunteer registrar, traveled to Brandywine Light by. boat Saturday afternoon to register workmen employed on a government project there. At all three registration centers Monday was the heaviest day for registrars.

Naval Base Worker Dies In Car Plunge The body of Thomas Fiocco. 43, of Wildwood, was recovered irom Grassy Sound Monday morning when the automobile he bed been driving was raised from 30 feet of water. The car had plunged through a drawbridge railing Sunday night, and rescue efforts instituted shortly after the crash, were unavailing. Fiocco, a World War veteran, was driving a car borrowed from his brother, Louis, a Wildwood policeman. The victim was employed at the Cape May Naval base ns a chief engineer. Ho was a widower, his wife having died less than a year ago. He is survived by several young children. ■ After the accident, Frank Mickshun, veteran linesman for, the Philadelphpia Electric Co., who was visiting near the scene, plunged into the water in an attempt to reach the - car, but was unable to do so. Coast Guards started grappling and a huge crane of the Atlantic City Electric Co. was brought up and early Monday succeeded in lifting the car to the surface. The body of Fiocco was partly out of the window of the car door, indicating a desperate effort to escape. A1 Craig, of Philadelphia, told State Police Detective Harry Cox he had beer, following the car for half a mile on the boulevard ] and that it was zig-zagging. He' said the car first hit the railing, veered ten feet across and then struck the railing again and plunged through.

Urges Revision Of N. J. Budget Law Revision of New Jersey's budget law to facilitate tax collecti6ns was urged Friday by Mayor T- Millet Hand, of Cape May, when he declared that delays in striking official tax rates until after May 1 resulted in undue delays in tax coUection efforts.' Cape May County tax rates will "not be officially struck until Tuesday when the County Board of Taxation will act upon the tentative rates already established. ‘T favor a revision of the budget system to compel preparation and passage of municipal budgets prior to January 1 so that we can know what our official tax rate is and go ahead with efforts to collect current taxes earlier in the year,” the Mayor declared.

AT INTERCLUB MEET A large number of Cape May Kiwanians participated in an interclub meeting at Wildwood Tuesday evening, at which time they met with Kiwanians from Ocean -City and Wildwood. District Governor A die Shultz utd Lieutenant Governor Larry Winchell were present

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EVERETT J. JERRELL

Re-elected for the 24th consecutive year as president of the Cape May County Association of Boards of Education at its annual meeting in Cape May Court House last Thursday. Local Men Renamed To Group Offices Two local men were re-elected as officers of the Cape May County Association of Boards of Education at the organization’s annual meeting in Cape May Court House last Thursday evening. Everett J. Jerrell, of Cape May, was renamed as president of the association for the 24th consecutive year. Mr. Jerrell is secretary of the local school board. Clement H. Newkirk, of West Cape May. was re-elected secre-1 tary-treasurer of the county as- : sociation for the 28th consecutive year at the meeting. The other officer elected is Gustav A. Miller, of Stone Harbor, re-elected vice president. Thursday’s dinner meeting in the social hall of the Cape May Court House Methodist Church was attended by 250 school board members, their wives and * husbands. It was one of the largest meetings the association has ever had. Dinner was served by the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Court House church. The county attendance at the meeting was 100 per cent. Fifteen from Cape May attended the meeting. The group heard an enlightening address by Frederic Snyder, noted journalist, commentator and world traveler, who spoke on “The Lash in a News Flash”. - So popular was the speaker, members of the association have requested that he address next year’s annual meeting.

Wildwood Loses Round In Fight Supreme Court Justice Frederic R. Colie this week issued an order vacating a previous temporary order which granted a writ of certiorari to the City of Wildwood in its dispute with Lower Township over the boundary line, between the two communities, it was learned here yesterday. Justice* Colic’s order dismissed Wildwood's temporary writ of certiorari issued ' recently to review the right of the township to issue a liquor license to James L. Mackell, proprietor of Ship Ahoy Cafe on Rio Grande avenue, over which .the boundary fight flared last summer. The new order brings to an end one phase of the long-stand-ing court fitrht between Wildwood and Lower Township. A hearing on a certiorari writ obtained by the township at the time Wildwood’s writ was issued, asking a review of Acting Common Pleas Judge Thomas G. Siddnll's decision in the case, will be heard by the Supreme Ccurt some time next week.

Sewer Project Given Approval Of WPA Application for a new WPA project to construct a sewage pumping station and complete the sewer system which was started five years ago in West Cape May has been approved by the state WPA headquarters and has been forwarded to Washington where it is awaiting presidential approval, Robert W. Allan, New Jersey WPA Administrator, informed borough commissioners this week. The new project provides for construction of a pumping station, connection with Cape May outfall drain line and completion of pipe installation.

Blackout Test Nearly 100% Rfcrfect Here The almost perfect cooperation of the residents of Cape May and the efforts of volunteer groups in carrying out their assigned duties Tuesday night during the practice blackout resulted in a most satisfactory snowing far beyond what had' been expected by the Defense Council for the first test. Regular police and firemen, along with the reserve units of both agencies, and air raid wardens and members of the communication group were at their posts during the test, enforcing the blackout regulations. OFFICIALS PLEASED Commenting on Tuesday’s blackout test, Mayor T. Millet Hand said: “The test was extremely satisfactory in our ank and the 100 per cent goal was marred by only one or two instances where lights were not extinguished promptly. I was greatly impressea by the alertness of the volunteers who supervised the blackout enforcement. In one of the_ few cases where a light was burning two or three minutes after the signal, an air raid warden was already notifying the householder when the civilian defense officials stopped in their inspection tour.” The Mayor-, Dr. A. C. Moon, chairman -of the local medical unit of the defense council, and Chairman Spencer made a citywide tour of inspection during the blackout. West Cape May, Lower Township and other surrounding communities reported similar high percentages of perfection during the blackout. - FEW INFRACTIONS One night-light left on in a local store marred the otherwise perfect report of Cape May, according to Police Chief John J. Spencer, Jr., chairman of the local defense council. Arrangements have been made to prevent a repetition in future tests. Twenty more air raid wardens (Continued on Page Eight)

Motor Corps Members Will Collect Paper The Cape May Red Cross branch's mbtor corps unit this week began an intensive city-wide campaign to collect waste paper, discarded newspapers and magazines as part of the national paper salvage drive to raise funds with which to purchase a motor corps truck. Waste paper collected in the drive will be sold by the motor corps unit, and funds obtained from its sale will be applied to the purchase of a truck for the unit. The motor corps is taking over the paper collection campaign started several months ago by the local Boy .Scouts who recently reached their quota of $100 from the sale of waste paper. , Mrs. Steven W. Callaway is captain of the motor corps and is _ in charge of the collection drive. Nine members of the corps will act as collectors, each covering her own district. Collections will be med^ weekly. In addition to the collection of waste paper, the corps plans to hold dances, cake sales and other activities to raise funds. The group this week received uniforms for corps members and is the first uniformed motor corps in Cape May County. Local corps members arc Mrs. Callaway, Mrs. Steven J. Steger, Miss Ruth Hines, Mrs. Inez Scarlett, Miss Kathryn Stevens, Mrs. Julia McNulta, Miss Emily Cookman, Mrs. Ann Norris and Mrs. Glenita Hand.

Draft Board Seeking Volunteer Clerks A call for volunteers to help issue occupational questionnaires to the nearly 1,000 Cape May County men in the 35 - 46 age group under Selective Service registration was sounded today by officials of Local Board No. 2. During the next week, the occupational questionnaires will be sent to all men who registered in the third Selective Service registration in mid-February. With 200 fully addressed and ready for mailing, board clerks are faced with the task of completing more than 700 additional questionnaires by the end of the week. Volunteers are needed to meet the deadline. In asking for volunteer clerical workers, draft officials pointed out that volunteers would not be asked to type, but would be required to address questionnaires in longhand with pen. and ink. Anyone desiring to volunteer his services should contact the local board headquarters at Cape May High School. Men desiring assistance in replying to the questionnaires should contact the U. S. Employment Service office at. Wildwood.

Cape Highway Construction Fund Approved Appropriation of $48,290 from automobilists’ license fees and gasoline taxes this year for the payment of county road and bridge bonds and interest by the Cape May County Freeholders, was approved Friday by State Highway Commissioner E. Donald Sterner. Cape May County will have a total of $215,718 in state aid for the Freeholders’ work program. This total comprises $179,040 as Cape May County's share of the $6,000,000 granted to the counties at the direction of the legislature upon the ratio of area, road mileage and population; $33,000 granted to each county regardless of size, and $1,678 in balances due the county. In addition to the bonds and interest payment, the Freeholders propose to allocate the funds as follows: MOST TOR REPAIRS Maintenance and extraordinary repair of roads, $100,438; operation of bridges, $26,000; construction or reconstruction of roads $10,000; maintenance and repair of bridges and culverts, $14,590 and administration and engineering, $21,400. Commissioner Stern er also authorized the award of contracts to the low bidders for three township and borough aid projects in Cape May County. The improvements will provide bituminous surfacing on existing gravel base at a paved width of 20 feet.'' With a low bid of $21,990, the Bituminous Contracting Corporation, of Trenton, was awarded the paving on New Jersey, Philadelphia, Reading and Trenton avenues, Cape May. Charles A. Barrett, of North Wildwood, will do the paving on Central avenue, Sea 'Isle City, for $5,508, and on 1st, 11th, 13th, and 18th streets and Simpson avenue, Ocean City, for $19,371.

Sugar Rationing Registration Arrangements-Are Completed Plans for the registration of every resident of Cape May and this area prepara- - tory to the rationing of sugar for family consumption were completed in Cape May County this week as teachers apd school officials finished preliminary arrangements for the_registration. Sugar rationing cards for each member of a family must be obtained Hit local elementary schools during the four-day registration peripd from Monday through Thursday. Any member of a family group, over the age of 18, may register for the entire family, but officials request that not more than one member register

for each family. Under the law of :

Sugar Registration Schedule Announced To simplify registration of Cape May residents for sugar rationing from May 4 to 7, a staggered system of registration has been prepared by Mrs. Clara Bohm, principal of ''the 'Lafayette street school, site administrator in charge of registration there. Persons whose last names) begin with the letters A, B, C and D will register on Monday; those starting with E, F, G, H and I will register Tuesday; those starting with K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R will register on Wednesday and those starting with S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z will register the final day. Below is a chart showing where the various groups will register, the day they should register and the names of re; '

trars.

Farmer Groups Are Opposed To Union Strongly opposing the attempt to unionize farmers, the New Jersey Farm Bureau and the State Grange are taking active part in the organization of Free Farmers, Inc. which has been formed to combat John L. Lewis’ Mine Workers Union’s move to bring farmers into their union. FYee Farmers, Inc., it is reported, promises to aid fellow members when threatened and to pay them damages incurred in strikes or riots up to $10,000. Herbert W. Voorhccs, newly elected president of the New Jersey Farm Bureau, is president of Free Farmers, which has the support of powerful farm groups in New York and Pennsylvania as well as New Jersey. At its April meeting, the Cape May County Pomona ^Grange pledged itself to—support any move by the State Grange or Farm Bureau to combat United Mine Workers’ move into the agricultural field.

Scott, Boswell Laud Priority Spending -- Commendation of the "practical aspects” of Priorities on PubSpending legislation was givby Senate President I. Grant Scott, of Cape May, late last week while the necessity for ‘strict war-time control of state spending’’ was emphasized by Assembly Speaker John E. Boswell, of Ocean City. "The idea of Priorities on Pub-, lie Spending has very practical aspects,” Senator Scott commented. "Spending during the emergency should be carefully checked. That which does not fall into the category of war emergency should be curtailed if not eliminated entirely.” "Strict war-time control of the state government spending is vitally necessary now,” observed Boswell. "Priorities on Public Spending are a possible solution and will be given the careful consideration of the House,” he assured.

Motar Boats Must Have New Numbers ice Admiral R. R. Waesche, commandant of the Coast Guard, announced Friday that for the duration of the war every undocumented motor vessel must have large identification numbers painted upon it. ' ~ Boats under 20 feet must carry numbers between six and eight inches high; boats between 20 and 40 feet, 10 inches high; 40 to 60 feet, 18 inches; and vessels over 60 feet, 24 inches. ♦The announcement said identification is "necessary if boats are to avoid the possibility of being mistaken for suspicious -craft by air and surface patrols”.

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League Suspends Sessions For Duration At Annual Meeting Fifty members and quests of the Cape May County League of Municipalities attended the league’s annual dinner meeting at Cape May Court House Friday evening. Following the dinner, the group heard John C. Hazen, executive secretary of the New Jersey Defense Council, explain the functions and purposes of the

ate defense program.

Mr. Hazer stressed the necessity for local defense councils and explained briefly the various changes which had been made in the activities of the state coun-

cil.

as emphatic in calling upon everyone to be fully alert the possibilities of enemy action in this country. Following his remarks the meeting was thrown open for general questions from the floor and for more than 45 minutes, the speaker answered questions from representatives of the 18 municipalities and townships present In view of the tire shortage and the desire to aid in gasoline conservation, the League unanimously voted to dispense with its regular monthly business sessions for the duration of the war, and placed the direction of its affairs in the hands of an executive committee composed of present officers who are: Dr. Joseph Levenson, Woodbine, president; Francis Douglass,. Middle Township, first vice president; Stanley C. Schellenger, Cape May, second vice president; apd John G. Bucher, Stone Harbor, secretary. It was voted that these officers are to serve for the duration of the war and that in the event of special necessity a general ting of the League should be

iHed.

14 Women Complete Home Service Study A group of 14 Cape May County women have completed a course of instruction in, home service aid under the auspices of the American Red Cross, it was announced last week by officers of the Cape May County chapter.

Those completing the course Mrs. Lena B. Hughes, county vice chairman, Mrs. Ruth T. Moon, Miss Mary Moon, Mrs. Helen Y. Shields, Mrs. Estelle Kaighn and Miss Katheryn Hyncman, all of Cape May; Mrs. Helen D. Todd, Mrs. Marjorie L. VanSickle, and Mrs. Louise E. Wier, all of Wildwood; Mrs. Erma F. Laughton, Sea Isle City; Mrs. Clara L. Feldman, Woodbine; Mrs. Mathilda B. Townsend, county chairman, Mrs. Mary F. Oachlschlager, and Mrs. Loretta S. Sander, all of Ocean City.

as worked out by the 1 mentary schools, registration will begin at 2 pjn. and run continuously until 8 pan. during the four-day period. The actual registration will be handled by members of elementary school faculties, assisted by a number of local residents who have volunteer-

ed their services.

Residents of Cape May may register in either the Lafayette street school or the Franklin

street school.

Cape May Point residents will register at the fire house where Mrs. Leah Hughes and another teacher will have charge of regisr

tration.

TRADE REGISTRATION OVER With Cape May’s retailers, institutions and commercial establishments succesfully registered for rationing on Tuesday and Wednesday, attention of rationing administrators was turned today to final preparations for civilian registration. Persons who wish to obtain » War Ration Book which will enable them to purchase sugar must register at the nearest public elementary school. Rationing regulations permit one member of the family, 18 years old or older, to register for the entire famfly. The entire rationing registration personnel now has on hand all official instruction booklets and forms and has been carefully drilled in all phases of registration procedure. War Ration Books, application forms and consumer instruction (Continued on Page Eight)

Club Officers To Be Installed Newly-elected officers of ths Cape May Women's Community Club will be installed for new t^rms at the May meeting of the club which will be held on Thursday, May 7, at the parish house on Franklin street. The meeting will start at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. James C. Hand will be installed for her second consecutive term as president of the club. Other officers to be installed are Mrs. Allen Wilson, first vice president; Mrs. Harry H. Needles, second vice president; Mrs. I. Grant Scott, corresponding secretary; Mrs. F. Mulford Stevens, recording secretary; Mrs. William C. Mecray, treasurer; Mrs. Bessie T. Hazlett, federation secretary; and Mrs. Frank R. Hughes, trustee for three years. A new scholarship committee was named at the last club meeting, consisting of Mrs. Luther C. Ogden, Mrs. William Stevens and Mrs. Mark C. Frymire.

CONTRIBUTE TO HOME The Cape May County Chapter

of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation this week contributed $300 to the Betty Bacharach Home at Longport for the purchase of additional stretchers, Prosecutor French B. Loveland, county chairman, announced yes-

terday.

Organizing War Bond Sale In County; Will Meet Today

Efforts to enlist the aid of all patriotic and religious organizations in Cape May County communities were continued this week under the countywide campaign to spur interest in the purchase of U. S. war bonds and

stamps.

Mayors and officials of all county municipalities this week pushed plans to carry on much of the bond and stamp sale work through various organizations in their communities. A second meeting of municipal officials will be held at Cape May Court House this afternoon, at which time officials will report to the county committee on the success and progress of their local campaigns, Senator I. Grant Scott, of Cape May, honorary county chairman, announced Friday. The bond and stamp campaign was launched at a luncheon meeting at the county scat two weeks ago when John E. Manning, collector of internal revenue for the Newark district, administrator of the New Jersey sale, inaugurated the drive for this county. With him was Marshall Bainbridge, Jr., of Wildwood, deputy administrator in charge of

the South Jersey area.

Plans are under way to maug?. urate the payroll savings pi&n of bond and stamp purchases in all businesses of the county as part of the campaign and to establish booths for the sale of bonds and stamps on boardwalks of all county resorts during the vacation

season. Senator Scott said.

An attempt to have all Cape May city employees enlist in the voluntary 10 per cept payroll allotment bond purchase plan was started last Friday. City employees will be asked to signify their sentiment on the proposal. Sales of war bonds and stamps' in the eight South Jersey counties must be stepped up to meet the quotas announced today by

Manning.

Each of the counties is faced with a quota considerably in excess of the average sales made there from July, 1941, to January, 1942, inclusive, the total increase for the eight divisions be-

Cape May County has been assigned a May total of $119,800 in sales, compared with the current average of $85,788.

10 Selectees Are Rejected. Thurs.

Ten of 17 Selective Service registrants who left for induction into the Army at Fort Dix on Thursday were rejected for physical defects, it was* learned after they had undergone final examinations at the induction center. Those rejected are George E. Cadwallader, Francis J. Dwyer, Fred A. Piacentine and Everett L. Kimsey, all of Cape May; Charles V. Cosgrove, Walter S. Todd, Jr., Rasmus M. Hansen and Carl S. Roberg, all of Wildwood; Frank Hallman, Rio Grande; and William B. Eckhardt, Jr., Cape May'Court House. Those inducted are Frank C. Beck, Cape May, James D. Rice, Howard Shaw, William C. Bannon and William J. Gerace, all of Wildwood; William K. Mathis, Cape May Court House; and George Reenstra, Green Creek.

John Paul Jones,

Sailor, In Dutch

John Paul Jones, namesake but no relation of the Revolutionary War naval hero, a bluejacket stationed at the Cape May Naval base, was arrested earlv Friday morning by Officers Wallace and Cunningham on a charge of driving an automobile which bore no

registration plates. >

The police officers made the arrest when they found Jones and another companion riding in Jones' car without license tags. Upon investigation, they found that Jones possessed no driver’s license. At A hearing Sunday noon, Jones was fined $7.60 and ’

turned over to his co officer for disciplinary i