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(pAatpudtA ipJiogJuiM, Freeholder Ralph T. Stevens, of Cape May, newly appointed member of the South Jersey Port Commission, struck an encouraging note last week, shortly after his appointment, when he issued a statement in which he said his efforts as a member of the commission would be devoted toward development of the Delaware Bayshore. Said Freeholder Stevens: “There is a real necessity for the development of our Delaware Bayshore. Industries should be encouraged to establish plants and warehouses, and shipyards be developed and operated profitably in our county. There is no good reason why our bayshore properties cannot be even more va\uable and revenue producing than our summer resorts on the ocean, and it would cer tainly solve bur 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 bayshore.” There, in a nutshell, is the general platform upon which Mr. Stevens will stand as a member of the Port Commission. Already an excellent start has been made in the form of the Northwest Magnesite Company’s million-dollar chemical plant now under construction in Lower Township, along the shore of Delaware Bay. This plant, which promises to be one of the largest individual industries in the county, is expected to be in operation this summer. It is particularly adapted to the area because of its very nature, extracting valuable material from the vast amount of sea water in the bay. There are many other important industries which could profitably take advantage of the enormous amount of land available, the comparatively low taxes and the generally wholesome conditions offered by the bayshore area. Shipbuilding, manufacturing plants, other plants for the extraction of valuable chemicals and materials from the sea water The list runs on and on. For centuries the bayshore has lain more or les^ formant for want of poper promotion. If the story 01 the bayshore could be placed in the hands of those who are forever seeking new manufacturing sites, new locations to escape high taxes and large industrial concentrations, there is no doubt that Cape May County’s major problem would be solved. At one time we would bring new industry to our county and provide a source of steady year-around income. Freeholder Stevens’ appointment to the South Jer sey Port Commission places him in an excellent position to do a great deal for the development of t^g bayshon

EDITOR'S NOTE:

One of the moet striking demands for facts to come out of

far was the widely

published advertisement of the Keystone Automobile Chib carried last week by a number of metropolitan newspapers. So timely and so much a reflection of public sentiment was the advertisement, that we are poblish-

g excerpts from it.

If ever America needed unity of purpose it needs it now. The American motorist has been confused and confounded,

. ind rubber one day and thing else the next day. And he is still waiting to bear all the facts—the whole truth. Has gasoline rationing along the Eastern seaboard been made necessary by lack of transportation facilities? Or is gasoline being rationed because rubber must be saved? What is Government doing and how far will Government go to ease the transporation situation ? What is Government doing and how far will Government go to lick the rubber short-

age?

These are some of the questions the motorist is asking. No one can reasonably deny his right to fair and honest answers to

these questions. And yet, np until,to go a ^ und ;.

now no reasonable Government es the story that Uie rubber we ve official has seen fit to give an got .s all the rubber wre going honest, clear-cut. straightforward to get for the duration and d^sanswer to any of these questions, tic gas rationing is the best way Conflicting statements and cor- to enforce nibW conservation reeled statements and retracted Before nightfall, the wires tap statements about gasoline and out the news that the whole narubber have bewildered and be-|tion is going on gas rationing, fuddled the motorist. His confi-jWhy? To szve rubbe^ o' course dence has been shaken. His mor- And yet, simultaneously comes ale has been disrupted. the story that motorists in or The President of the United I near oil producing areas will not States has freely admitted that. be rationed. ,. •hese things are so. He has de- How come? Isnt their rubber ire ca ted the conflicting and con-'just as valuable as the next fei-

'■using statements. He has deplor- low’s, ed the shaken confidence and the 1 4 "' 1

disrupted morale.

His broad knowledge of its possibilities and it> advantages makes him eminently fitted for the position. Cape May stands to gain a great deal trom Mr. Stevens’ appointment to the commission. Shoukhd diapp&n disJisL New Jersey’s seashore resorts have been loud in their protests following the OP A check made on shore bound motorists during the first week of gasoline rationing. Officials of many resorts have issued statements criticising the OPA for overstepping its bounds in this action. Atlantic City has sent a delegation of business men to the nation’s capital to lodge its protest in person Business people in all the resorts along the coast have seethed for several days over the incident. Now, with the statement of Mr. Henderson, OPA chief, that all motorists, regardless of what kind of gasoline ration card they hold, are entitled to use some of their gasoline for'pleasure, it appears that someone in the OPA made a very grave slip and was a bit over

zealous. '

After all, the average patriotic American will forego a great deal voluntarily. He will walk to work, will do without sugar in his coffee, will stretch a point to buy war bonds and stamps,“wilPresign himself to the fact that he won’t he able to buy tires for his car until the end of the war and will do all these things rather cheerfully, for he knows that this war is his war .and that he most do every thing possible to help wiu it. But, that same fellow, who is cheerfully doing his part, will kick up his heels and get as stubborn as the proverbial ipule when some government agency gets a little too ambitious and attempts to coerce citizens. It isn’t that hfe loves his country less and it isn’t that he’s not still all-out for the war effort, but it’s the principle of the thing. The incident brought forth protests from the resorts who suffered from discrimination and from motorists involved and their friends because they felt someone was overstepping his authority and infringing on personal liberties. <* That’s the kind <rf thing Americans are fighting in this war. It shouldn’t happen here!

■And still the motorist is mit- them the next. Vest expansion of ing to hear all the facts—the, synthetic rubber plant facilities whole truth. |one day and hopeless resignation And if ever he needed e friend <? the. theney of no me«n eM»n

he needs one now! The 36-year-old battle-cry of the Keystone Automobile Club has been “A Square Deal for the

Motorist!”

That’s still the battle-cry of the Keystone Automobile Club today, and will be tomorrow. It was in fulfillment of that battle-cry that Keystone, on the eve of the gasoline rationini

_ te gasol

scared* and shocked.* ffis gasoline' program, stood m> on its hind has been rationed. His. motives leg* ™ o L, the f J n0to J , ? t have been publicly questioned. He “d demanded kn ? w the whole

-' one thing about gasoline truth about the gaso me situation.

It thought the motorist had right to the facts. It still thinks

motorists along the Eastern seaboard aren’t nincompoops and nitwits. We think they can be trusted with the truth. And we thirtk that if they're honestly convinced—on the basis of a frank and comprehensive statement of facts —that their gas and rubber are absolutely needed by Uncle Sam's armed forces for the war effort they'll give up driving overnight. The fact remains, however, that they’re still in the dark. One day headlines the news that there just isn’t enough gas in the East

Memorial Day Bv the Rev. Charles W. Fraser, castor

By the Rev. Charles W.

of the Rio Grande Methodist Church

tires for years to come the next. It it any wonder that the morist is punch-drunk at this

stage of the game?

Keystone asks Government to ..ate in unequivocal language why Eastern motorists have been put on such a severe gas ration-

ing program.

Is it honestly because not enough gas can be transported into the affected area? And if that is the reason, what’s being done and what’s going to be done to improve necessary facilities? Or is it because the rubber shortage is so desperate that tire use must be drastically reduced? And if that is the real reason, what’s being done and what’s going to be done to produce | enough synthetic rubber to keep

America rolling?

And if lack of rubber is at the crux of the situation, why should the motorists of 32 states go unrestricted at the expense of mo-

torists in 16 eastern states?

We don’t give a hoot about who's to blame for this, that or the failure to provide enough gas or rubber lor millions of citizens in the vital Eastern area! That’s water over the dam. We want a square deal for the mo-

torist from now on out! We want the truth—because

think the motorist has a right to the truth. And if the truth means that, despite this nation’s vast resources of brainpower, dollars and production genius, Americans cannot give 10 million Eastern motorists enough gas and rubber to keep rolling and at the same time carry the Stars and Stripes through to victory, then—by all that’s American — well sacrifice to the ultimate limit and count it a sacred privilege to help pre-

serve our birthright!

, But the motorist wants

And so it goes. New pipelines | truth—and if he’a given a square

ie day and not enough steel for deal he’ll get it!

EM” Lake 13:1* This earning Saturday to a hal-' h wad day in the miada and hearts of many American psswto This yaar, perhaps, more thaa any yaar sine* the first M<

Day, f

Issue moved atoac the iy of social relation Ha men how to Baa with each He taught the meaning af

their

eh upon the hard oarfaee of earth something will laat They desire to do for mankind, for their brethren and in so doing they make an indelible mark on the pages of history. A

mark. Men in all walks of life make their marks. I call to my

Master Teacher

Day”, an "Indea. Joans had not ir

nor of blaoaed are the

(pcUvcuqhapJribu Of The Past

Taken from flies of The Star and Wave for the years 1937, 1932 and,/1922. Five Years Ago Lightning which struck the Presbyterian Church and stunned at least three persons during an electrical storm here Sunday night narrowly missed striking one man and thirty young people who were attending a young people’s union service in the church. With hundreds of anglers fishing nightly in the waters of lower Delaware Bay, many drum fish have been caught this week as the drum season opened early in the week. Largest caught so far tipped the scales at 69%

pounds.

To keep pace with Cape May's advancement, the Harry Snyder American Legion post . will replace its present ambulance soon, it was announced Monday by Commander Harry C. Hess. Purchase of a new ambulance has been authorized by Legionnaires of the local post. Ten Years Ago Maintaining their pledge to make a clean sweep of city hall elected the new Wildwood Commissioners, Mayor W. H. Bright and commissioners McMurray and Kirby last Tuesday replaced many city employees who had opposed their ticket and cut all salaries sharply.

At the short regular meeting of City Council Tuesday Collec-

tor Hughes reported that collec tions to date are only S70.120 for 1932, which is about $30,000 less than had been collected at the same time last year. On Thursday evening. June 9, ..,e 38th annual High School Commencement will be held Convention Hall. The program this year will be unique in that the pupils of the graduating class will he the main participants. The key note of the program will be George Washington. Two of the graduates will present essays on Washington’s life. Twenty Years Ago Success has finally crowned the efforts of the Seniors. They will leave Wednesday morning. May 31, 1922, for their greatly desired trip to the Capitol city. There are nineteen in the party, with Mr. Mrs. John T. Hewitt as chaperons. The trip has been elaborately arranged for by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company The transportation committee of Progressive League and Board of Trade, together with the City Commissioners, will ask the officials of the Reading railway to build a new stone depot in tnij city on the style of the stations at Wyncote and Elkins Park on the New York division of th& Reading. - Naval officers and men stand at attention facing ship or person saluted during the firing of *

salute.

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S TARBOARD WATCH By C. Worthy SUMMER’S ARRIVING It must be summer. With T. U pham’s Cape Theatre open for the season now (incidentally with a very clover opening show) and with Convention Hall to be open Saturday night for the Army and Navy ball, it’ll certainly look like old times again. The beachfront is starting to take on its summer appearance, with more and more shops and stores and eateries opening and more people on beach these nice spring days. IMPROVEMENT . . . AND HOW Biggest story of the current season as far as the beachfront is concerned is the improvement made at the comer of Beach Drive and Ocean street, where the old Stockton baths have been removed and changed around to make room for improvements to the Colonial Hotel and a nice lawn plot on the comer. Congratulations are in order for those responsible.

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marks - that He made although unknown, remain, yes. until this day and praises be to God they

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Late one afternoon Jesus gathered with His Disciples in the room After breaking bread _ _ ... “■•■ -r'' * few words. Words that burned ,, was necessary t — themselves into the pages of ttaa. someone *sd blood for tkto i enant to be of value and tho only blood worth while waa Je-

sus’. For you.

Remember His passion, in a garden praying ’till He sweat blood, going into the judgment hall to be buffeted, into the hall of condemnation, into the streets of rejection, these things He boro and opened not His month. I say it again, dear reader, for you. Remember His death, out of the city bearing a heavy cross, up a hillside beside Simeon bearing it for Him now, O, I would that I were there and could have borne it for Him, the cross is on the ground, He is upon it, the nails are started, pain, agonizing pain. Now the cross is lifted, . . . Thud, it drops into a hole in the earth, the tearing and rend-

privileged, now it is the common ^ day ]et ug think of H j m neonle. Mark writes that the w [ th the heroeg of 191g and

‘ ieroes of Bataan and Wake

Just a short statement, isn’t it? But my, how it has lasted. Remember me. You know Jesus was about to leave, about to be Crucified, about to suffer and like all men whose thoughts are for others, He wanted something for coming generations to have as His, personally His and He gave this as a Memorial to Him. As a Memorial of His teachings, of His life and love and of His

death and passion.

First shall we remember His teachings. You remember the Master teacher that Jesus was, His teachings were plain and simple. His teachings were filled with the pure Gospel, as pure as

people. Mark writes that common people heard Him gladly." That takes in you and me, dear friend, and I’m glad that Jesus made no intellectual boundaries in His teaching program. There were no scholastic qualifications necessary, the only requirement was a ready mind and a believing heart and a will to

do His will.

How simple were those teachings, "and He took a child". “Except ye become as little children”, so plain in their truth that a child can know, but the intellectuals strained at them. The Bible is as plain and sure. I’m thankful that Jesus taught so that we common people could understand and know. Have you remembered His words, do you seek to know and understand His

teachings

HELPING UNCLE SAM Hardly a day goes by without news of someone around town either joining the nation’s armed forces or getting ready to join. Arid most of the volunteers, believe it or not, are the older fellows who, - nine chances out of ten, would never be called in the draft, but who feel that their Uncle Sam needs their talents and could use them to -good advantage now that he’s in a tight spot. That’s the spirit that has made America the great nation

"SWiY. David ore you trying to soy you wont me to be co-nwuM wi yoiii 3ft* jenona* Bondi fampflyi ooi’L^

and other world-wide battle fronts. He said, "This do in remembrance of me. As oft as ye gather together.” ENLISTS IN MARINES Theodore Edmunds, ticket agent at the Cape May office of the Pennsylvania - Reading Seashore Lines for many years, left Cape May on Monday to enlist in the U. S. Marine Corps. Mr. Edmunds was sent immediately to Parris Island, the largest Atlantic coast Marine train-

ing station.

The Navy will not be shorted vitamins thft yea?; its fresh

Second, shall we remember His fruit order rails for 91,500,000

Life and Love. What a full life pounds of fruit. ~ vith ac- 1 ■ — —a

BIG DOIN’S SATURDAY Don’t forget the Army and Navy ball at Convention Hall Saturday p. m. The affair, for a worthy cause, promises to be one of the most colorful and enjoyable dances of its kind, and the committee in charge promises everyone a swell time. Good orchestra. Pleasant surroundings. Nice people. The perfect set-up for a swcllegant evening! We’ll see ya

there!

Signs of summer: Work being rushed on most of the resort’s hotels, getting ready for the coming season . . . The ardent fishermen who did the best they could Sunday and used as much of the fishing pier (now being rebuilt) as they could get out on . . . The drum fishermen telling the world about the big ones they might have caught if the line hadn’t broken or if somebody hadn’t scared the fish • • • BUT irs FUN ... Bicycling bids fair to be the leading summer sport in Cape May, according to advance indications, People who hadn’t ridden for 20 years or more are getting back into the stride, and are really enjoying what they thought was a lost art. And we hear there have been the usual number of morning-after aches and pains. Pass the liniment, please . . .

Jesus lived. Crammed with activity through all three years of His ministry. I must work while

it is today.

That was the motive that spurred Him on. The fact that He had not long. Night was drawing on and fast it was coming, night when He would stop His work,;

His earthly Ministry.

Follow Jesus as He walks the highways of His life. He made it a regular thing, a rule, to arise before daybreak and have prayer, n time of communion. He realized that He could not start a day without the Father’s presence. Then as He journeyed forth He would heal and bless at every movement- The Christ Life was a life of blessing, a ministry of healing, a constant look of compassion. As Jesus moved among suffering mankind He looked for one to help, and He looked, with compassion. He restored men and women to their place in society, to their fullest* enjoyment of life. As he moved along a power went from Him to those who would have it. It was the influence of a clean, pure, rich life that was felt on Humanity. Jesus said remember my life and He meant it. There are certain things which we enjoy in life today just be-

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