88th YEAR, No. 21

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CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MAY ( 21, 1942

Veterans Plan Memgrial Day Services Here Memorial Day services will be conducted by the Harry Snyder Poet, 198, American Legion, on Saturday, May 80, at which time a delegation of Legionnaires will make their annual pilgrimage to nearby cemeteries to hold i ' at thej graves of veterans. Representatives of all veteran and patriotic organizations of the community are expected to join the Legionnaires in the annual observance of Memorial Day. The annua] memorial service will be held at the Cape Island Baptist Church on Sunday at 10:30 am. at which time Legionnaires and other veteran groups wifl dttfend. The group will assemble at the Pennsylvania-Read-ing Seashore Lines station, Washington and Ocean streets, at 10:15 and wiU march to the

church.

Itinerary for the Memorial Day pilgrimage to all nearby cemeteries foUows: Services at Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Cape Mav, Cold Spring Cemetery, 9:1 Tabernacle Cemetery, Erma, 10 am.: old Colored Cemetery, Cold Spring, 10:15 am.; Catholic Cemetery, Cold Spring, 10:46 a. m.; new Colored Cemetery, Cold Spring, 11 am. Legionnaires making the pilgrimage will decorate graves of all veterans in the various cemeteries. A Marine firing squad from the Cape May Naval baawill accompany the group and participate in the services. The Rev. Wilbur E. Hogg, new rector of the Church of the Advent, wil! act as chaplain during the services.

Army-Navy Ball Will Be Holiday Feature , One of Cape May County’s outstanding Memorial Day events will be the Army and Navy Ball which will be held at Cape May’s Convention Hall on Saturday evening, May 30. The ball will be a benefit for the U. S. O. fund which is now being raised in a nationwide drive to provide fund$ for operation and expansion of serv- " —

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Contractor Killed On Airport Job Harrison R. Tyler, 62, of Ross street, Philadelphia, died late Saturday night at the Atlantic City Hospital after he had failed to regain consciousness after being struck on the head by a large stump which was being dynamited at the half-million dollar airport project in Lower Township. Tyler was a sub-contractor on the project, and with his son and five other helpers, was engaged in clearing the site of stumps by the use of dynamite. According to police, Tyler himself set off the charge to dislodge the large stump, "which, after blowing up, fell and struck his

head.

Tha, injured man was picked up unconscious and with considerable difficulty was removed from the swamp where the accident occurred and taken to Dr. Mace's Hospital, North Wildwood, where he was given emergency treat-

ment.

Instruction Ca Being Distribute

Official air raid instruction placards issued by the New Jersey State Defense Council are being distributed to all Cape May homes this week by local air raid wardens. Distribution of the placards, which must be posted in every home in the state, will be completed this week. Wardens are distributing the 1,400 instruction placards to all homes in their individual districts, requiring that each householder " sign a receipt for the cards, showing that they have been de-

livered.

The instruction placards must be hung in a prominent place on the kitchen or dining room wall of each home and must remain there for the duration, according to. Defense Council rulings. Anyone- who has not received a **wt after the distribution is Completed rfiould contact Police ™ ■ - *-•— ’ “—ncer, Jr., chairdefense council.

ice men’s recreation centers A throng of Cape May residents and visitors is expected to attend the military ball which promises to be one of the highlights of the pre-season activity

program in this resort.

Service men representing all branches of the nation’s armed forces will be in attendance, and their uniforms will add greatly

to the color of the event.

Convention Hall itself will present a colorful setting for th» Army and Navy Ball. As an experiment in dim-out lighting, the city commission is planning to use blue lights both inside and outside the Convention Hall_ ballroom, and the color scheme is expected to be immensely popular

and attractive.

The ball will be under the sponsorship of the_ Cape May Recreation Commission and the Community Service Council, local organizations which sponsored the first annual military ball here last Memorial Day, the success of which was responsible for part of the funds used in establishment of the USO Club in Cape

May.

The committee in charge of arrangements for the affair promises an even more elaborate and successful ball than the initial

event last year.

In addition to local residents and visitors, residents of all other Cape May communities are expected to attend the event in large numbers, as the ball will be one of- the maior attractions of the holiday weekend in this

county.

Colonel Curtis On List Of Missing Colonel Donald M. Curtis, U. S. M. C., son of Mrs. Electa Curtis, 315 Franklin street, Cape May, has been listed as missing in action by the Marine Corps, it was learned here on Friday. _ The announcement was first received by his wife, who resides at Coronada, Cal., and was transmitted to his family here. Lieutenant General T. Holcomb, commandant of the Marine Corps, in a telegram, said that Colonel Curtis was performing his duty in the service of his country S the Manila Bay area when at station capitulated. “He will be carried on the records of the Marine Corps as missing pending further information,” General Holcomb said. "No report of his death has been received and he -may be a prisoner of war. It may be several months before definite information can be expected concerning his status.” Colonel Curtis was promoted from the rank of lieutenantcolonel in January. *

RALPH T. STEVENS

Prominent Cape May business man . and finance director of the Board of Freeholders who was appointed to the South Jersey Port Commission on -Monday by

the New Jersey Legislature.

Reeves Is Named

Acting Clerk

Reuben B. Reevee, of Went Cape May, waa appointed acting borough clerk by the West Cape May commiaeion Tuesday night, following the resignation of Everett V. Edaall, who has been acting clerk, as well as collector and treasurer of the borough, for

Edison Nominates Tax Board Members Nominations to fill the three vacancies on the Cape May County Board of Taxation were sent to the Senate on Monday for confirmation after they had been made by Governor Charles Edison. The Governor this week named Benamin A. Tomes, of Wildwood, and Luther C. Ogden, of Cape May, to succeed themselves as members of the board. *'He also, nominated Roland P. Mason, of Belleplain, to succeed Howard S.

Townsend, of Eldora.

Ogden, Tomes and Mason have ben serving for some time awaiting the appointment of successors. Ogden's term expired May 1; that of Tomes expired last year; and Townsend’s term —

pired t,wo years ago.

Bayshore Progress Goal Of Official Development of Cape May County’s bayshore is the goal of Freeholder Ralph T. Stevens, of Cape May, who this week was appointed as a member of the South Jersey Port Authority. In a statement today, Freeholder Stevens said: “The membership of this commission is a iron-salaried position but I believe it* can be of great importance to Cape May County. “There is a real necessity for the development of our Delaware Bay shore. Industries should be encouraged to establish plants and warehouses, and shipyards can be developed and operated profitably in our county. “There is no good reason why ir bayshore properties cannot be _ en more valuable and revenue producing than our summer resorts on the ocean, and it would certainly solve our economic problems in Cape May County. We would have the best summer resorts on the Atlantic coast, the best farms inland to feed the resorts and industries on the bay-

shore.

'We have all the natural sources and it is up to us to sell our bill of goods, which can be done as we have hiany advantages which cannot be met elsewhere in the United States,” the Freeholder concluded.

Resorts Object To 0PA Check On Motorists Resort interests along Uew Jersey’s coast this week protested ■loudly the action of the Office of Price Administration in assigning agents at bridges on highways leading from Philadelphia to the fhore during last weekend to check on motorists’ gasoline rationing cards and questioning drivers’ use of gas for seashore

trips.

Officials of several Cape May County resorts added their protests to those of other resort areas of the state, and Mayor George D. Richards, of Ocean City, issued a statement in which he criticised the action. Urging a concerted protest by all Cape May County residents, Freeholder Director Percy H. Jackson yesterday said that officials alone could not force a shift in the policy. He emphasized that it is extremely important to this county that too stringent restrictions on travel be avoided if possible without hampering the nation’s war eftort. NEED ASSISTANCE “Apparently we are going to be sharply curtailed on the use of gasoline this summer,” Jackson said. “We should do our utmost to convince federal officials that we should be allowed more train and bus service to offset the loss of automobile traffic in order that the seashore resorts may sur-

vive.”

As protests from resort interests grew 1 louder. Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced at Washington that holders of “B” gasoline rationing cards who manage to save some gasoline from their business needs may use the rest for pleasure t' “or any purpose they desire".

of Theodore W. Reevee, veteran borough clerk. Borough commissioners this week gave their approval to pli for conducting a scrap salvi _ drive in West Cape May as part of the war effort. The salvage drive will be carried on by the salvage committee of the West Cape May Defense Council, undo- the chairmanship of C. C. Sayre. A borough truck will be used to rn*ke collections the first and third Thuraday of every month, collection will begin today.

CLEAR MISUNDERSTANDING The statement, an apparent rebuff to some rationing officials who contended -that any pleasure ise of rationed gasoline by “B" afd holders was illegal, was d£jigned to “clear up any misunderstandings which have arisen over this point,” Henderson said. “If it should become necessary to check the use to which ‘X’ (unrestricted) card holders make of their cars by spot inspectors along the highways, such checking will be done by inspectors from OPA regional and state offices," the Office of Price Admin-

istration added.

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Scraps For Axis Meeting Friday All farmers, landownert, tenants, citizens and officials of Cape May County this week were urged to attend a “Scrap for the Axis” meeting at the old court building. Cape May Court House, tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock to discuss collection of scrap metals and materials as part of the War Production Board drive to conserve and salvage scraps. Tomorrow's meeting will be under the sponsorship of the War Production Board and the International Harvester Co., of Chi-

cago.

Free weighing service will be provided for those desiring to sell scrap* material at current prices, and nearby 'delivery centers will be established in this county

Woman Injured In Freak Accident A Long Island woman was injured slightly Saturday morning when the automobile- in which she was riding crashed into a freight train at Burleigh. Myrtle Smith, of Northport, L. I., sustained a thumb injury and split tooth in the accident. She was a passenger in the car owned and driven by Albert H. Morton, of Green. Lawn, N. Y. The Morton car was traveling south on Route 4 when it struck the train which had stopped across the highway preparing to switch cars to another track. Shortly after the accident and while workmen were trying to remove the Morton car, a car driven by Job Corry, of Cape May "— 1 House, traveling north on 4, crashed into the. other side of the train. No arrests were made by state police, who investigated the freak

accident. -

Odd Fellows To Mark Opening Of Duilding To mark the formal opening of its new lodge building, Mayflower Lodge No. 268, I.O.O.F. will have a dinner Friday evening with the membership of the local organization and the Holly Beach Lodge No. 120, of Wildwood, in attendance. Forrest C. Marter, grand master of the Odd Fellows Lodge in New Jersey, is scheduled to be the principal speaker of the evening. The group will gather at the _ lodge building, 33 Perry street, and will go to Keenan’s Restaurant on Washington street, where dinner will be served. Officers installed last Friday night were Francis St. John, noble grand; John Kadel, vice grand; Augustus Wulff, warden; Frank Bacon, chaplain; Fred England, past noble grand; Thomas Keenan and Walter McDuell, right and left supporters of noble grand; George Klizah and Albert Sharretta, right and left supporters of vice grand; William Mousley, outside guardian; Adam Sudak, inside guardian. District Deputy Grand Master Louis A. Kraus and his staff, of Wildwood, offi-

ciated.

Ration Boards May Withdraw High Gas Cards James Kerney, Jr, editor of the Trenton Times Newspapers, and Deputy State Rationing Administrator for the past two months, has been appointed State Director of the Office of Price Administration, in charge of rationing, price control and other OPA functions. This week, as an aftermath of the gasoline rationing registration, Kerney advised the more than 500 local rationing boards throughout the state that they “have the authority to withdraw any unlimited ‘X’ cards for gasoline rationing which have been issued in your vicinity if, in your opinion, the issuance of that card was unwarranted. You may substitute the appropriate ‘A’ or ‘B* card in such cases.” Officials of OPA headquarters in Trenton announced that all applications for ‘B’ and ‘X’ cards are now in the hands of local rationing boards where they are being tabulated and studied. Ques-! tionable applications will be weeded out for prompt review by local boards, or for action by the enforcement division of the OPA, if necessary. When the study of applications is completed local boards will be prepared to revoke ‘X’ cards, accept appeals from ration card holders dissatisfied with their ratings, and to hear applications for supplemental ration cards by those who consider their gasoline allotments inadeqi sential driving. Auto Traffic Slumps Under Gas Rationing Automobile traffic in Cape May and other county resorts nosedived , to a new low for a midMay weekend last Saturday and Sunday-Vthe first weekend under gasoline i^tioning. Police Cliief John J. Spencer, Jr. reported Umt automobile traffic Was approximately 60/pcr cent below that of thqjisvjous weekend in Cape May. .' State police at the/ Cape May Court House barracks made a similar estimater^basing their figures on a countywide survey. While automobile travel dropped to a new level, train and bus traffic in Cape May and other resorts of the county rose sharp-

ly-

The Cape May office

Pennsylvania - Reading Seashore Lines reported that train traffic

was up approximately cent for the weekend,

Public Service Transpoi Company reported more thair double tho number of passengers coming to this resort by bus dur-

ing the weekend.

Open War Bond In Cape May With City-wide Canvass

An intensive city-wide campaign to promote the systematic purchase of U. S. War Bonds and stamps was launched in Cape May this week as the local committee charged with ~ obtaining bond purchase pledges swung into action. A house-to-house canvass of the community will begin today with committee members and a corps of volunteer assistants making personal appeals to all Cape May citizens to partici-

pate in the war bond saving

Heads Campaign

—iment Cape May business who is chairman of the local

committee in charge of the sale

of war bonds and stamps.

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Naval Man Is Here Froa Pearl Harter ' Nelson Grow, machinist mate 1c, of the air corps, who is stationed at Pearl Harbor, is spending a 10-day furlough at Cold Spring with his wife and family. The Grow family was at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed by the Japanese at the outset of the war in the Pacific. Mrs. Grow and their children arrived at Cold Spring-some time ago after hav-

ing been evacuated.

Mr. Grow has been sUtioned at Pearl Harbor for the last

Low Crime Record Lauded By Judge Cape May County law enforcement officers were praised yesterday for their diligence in controlling crime after Judge Robert L. War% of Atlantic County, acting common pleas judge in this county, had completed a fiveminute court (session, in which only two cases were considered. Judge Warke said the lack of criminal cases and the low number of criminal complaints in this county attests the efficiency of ■the county authorities. Sheriff F. Mulford Stevens, of Cape May, added to the record by announcing that only two persons are in T the county jail

at present.

court yesterday. Judge Warke imposed a six-months’ suspended sentence on James L. McGill, of Cape May, who last week plead guilty to a charge of larceny. McGill was placed on probation for six months. The only other case in court yesterday waa a juvenile matter.

Schools Planning Year-End Events With Cape May public schools scheduled to close for the summer vacation oh June 12, the program of year-end activities was announced today by Dr. Edward E. Pickard, city school superintendent. Senior class commencement exercises will be held at Convention Hall on Thursday, June 11, at 8:15 p.m. The baccalaureate service will be held June 7 in the First Methodist Church with the Rev. Samuel Blair in charge. During the final week of class- , school will close at 1 p.m. The annual school fashion show and exhibit will be held June 8 and senior class day exercises will be held June 12, at 2:45 p.m. The Junior-Senior prom will be held tomorrow evening in the gymnasium with music being furnished by A1 Allen and his orchestra, of Atlantic City. A school ‘ field day was held yesterday afternoon at Sea view

Park.

Test Blackout To Be Held Early In June __ practice blackout, covering the entire state of New Jersey, will be staged sometime during the week of May 31-June 6. Notices were sent to each of the chairmen of the 563 local defense councils today to make preparations for the practice blackout “to test the efficient of protective forces without giving previous definite time warning.” Virtually the same rules and regulations will apply during the all-state blackout as prevailed during the sectional blackouts several weeks ago. All traffic will be halted with the exception of doctors, nurses on calls, mail and postal inspectors, fire and police public utility repair crews, .men traveling to give spiraid and units of the Army,

Navy and Marines.

The test will be longer than the 15-minute- duration of pre-

Kiwanis Club Host To Navy Men At Meeting The Cape May Kiwanis Club observed Navy Night at its regular meeting last night, when several enlisted, men were guests of the club and Chaplain Cyril E. Bentley was principal speaker at

the meeting.

The club dinner was served the social room of the First Methodist Church by the Canteen Group of the American Red Cross. The Canteen Group is composed of women interested in nutrition who will undertake group feeding in times of disaster or national emergency, who have completed the _ Red Cross

program. Following organization of the local committee last Wednesday afternoon, at which time Stuart R. Trottman waa named chairman, the group met on Tuesday to map plans for toe campaign. Each committee member wiU be zone chairman in his voting precinct, dividing the city into four wards. In addition, Chairman Trottman will serve as commit-teeman-at-large, and Mrs. Walter Bennett, Jr., who is in charge of school sales, will cover all local business houses, asking their cooperation in selling war saving stamps. Committee members and the districts they will cover, are: First ward: F. Mervyn Kent. Second ward: Mrs. Luther C.

Ogden.

Third ward: Mrs. Stephen Do-

herty.

Fourth ward: Sheriff F. Mnlford Stevens. Each committee member will recruit a staff of five assistanta to cover the territory in a house-to-house campaign. MERCHANTS’ AID ASKED ' All local businesses will be requested to participate in the payroll allotment plan under which employees pledge to contribute 10 per cent of their earnings for the purchase of war bonds or stamps. Every resident of Cape May will be asked either to adopt the payroll savings plan or the bank account allotment plan_ under which authorization is given an individual’s bank to deduct a stipulated sum regularly from his account to be applied to the purchase of a war savings bond. In lieu of eitber plan, citizens will be asked to pledge themselves to make regular purchases of bonds or stamps. MAY BE CONVERTED The Series E war savings bonds are sold in denominations of $25, $50 and $100 for which the purchaser pays $18.75, $87.50 or $75, and which will mature >at face value in 10 years. Bonds may be converted into cash at any time after 60 days from date of purchase. The local committee was apK inted recently, by Mayor T. Mil- ; Hand. Senator I. Grant Scott, of Cape May, is county chairman of the bond eale campaign. He has named Jesse D. Ludlam, of Cape May Court House, and Henry Roeser, Jr., of Ocean City, district chairmen. Objective of the county campaign is to increase monthly bond purchases in Cape May County from an average -of $86,000 to $119,000, this county’s quota under toe statewide campaign.

tritiOn. . mu.ouuy u , v~. The Kiwanis Club has offered Edison at Trenton,

e use of the Boy Scout club I The two b „j B b Senate p^g. house on Beach Dnve to the,., . r t g., » c M

Red Cross for a canteen during ™ July and August for members of

armed forces stationed in

Cape May.

More Airport Work Sought For Area Pointing out the needs for additional improvements at airports in Cape May, Atlantic City and Millville, Congressman Elmer . Wcne, of this district, today urged speeding up of operations, pursuant to President Roosevelt's recent estimates of appropriations for the Civil Aeronautics Authority program. 'T feel that the need for complete air protection in South Jersey is imperative for the duration of the war,” Wene said. “Our proximity to the Atlantic seaboard places this area very much in a defense position and I mean to do everything in my power to make it safe. Then again it is essential that important nearby war production centers be given fullest protection. In other words, we want to be prepared to meet ■ny *Tn*rr»nriMt- n

Edison Signs Bills For Cape Canal

Bills appropriating $100,000 fqr acquisition of land for a canal across the tip of Cape May County between the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay, and directing the Department of Commerce and

in food .ml «U-

Thursday by Governor Charles

Grant Permit For Pole Installation Permission was granted yesterday to the Eastern Telephone and Telegraph Company to install 37 poles along Sunset Boulevard between Broadway, Cape May, and Delaware avenue, Cape

May Point.

The Cape May County Board of Freeholders acted upon the company’s application at its meeting at Cape May Court House yesterday afternoon and adopted a resolution grantiag permission to

proceed with the work.

The board * also authorized County Treasurer Winfield S. Hitchner, of Ocean City, to open a new bank account in the First National Bank of Cape May Court House iir which will be deposited

were among, 57 Senate measure*

approved by Edison.

Construction of the canal, to be financed by the federal government, will complete toe final link in an inland waterway system stretching from Florida to

the Manasquan River.

Another bill signed by the'Governor last week authorizes Capo May and Ocean Counties to spend up to $25,000 a year to protect county roads from tidal water erosion. The measure was introduced by Sent tor Mathis, of

Ocean.

Licensees Cooperate Cape May liquor licensees on Friday conferred with Commissioner I. Grant Scott at city hall following allegations that some service men, under the age of 21, had been served •'With intoxicating

beverages,

Calling , toe meeting to warn licensees that violation of the minimum age law would not be

war bond savings funds, deducted tolerated, Scott said those at the from salariea of coi ‘ ’ * ’ *

f county employees meeting had pledged their i

roll allotraent plan * ’ **— *

i put into effect.

raider the payroll allotraent plan plete cooperation in avoiding I