56 Men Leaving For Army Duty On Saturday Fifty-«ix southern Cape May County men wfl] leave lor final examination and possible induction into the Army on Saturday, June 27, the largest group ever to be called from this area in the Selective Service conscription of manpower. The list of names of those scheduled to leave Saturday was released Thursday morning. Local board clerks and ofliccrs did not complete final action on the list of selectees until late Wednesday night The local selectees will be given a send-off at the railroad station when they leave Saturday morning at 6:55. The Cape May High School band, the city fire department and a throng of friends and relatives are expected to be present for the send-off

Defense Council Clarifies New Dim-Out Regulations

Those who will leave Saturday morning are: CAPE MAY: John Bennett Entriken, Gordon Louis Whitehead, Carlton Hildreth Hand, Albert Day, Clito Louis Cannone, Lardner Smith, LeRoy Church, Jr., Thomas Reilly, Irvin Blevin. Donald COLD SPRING: George SmeltVILLAS: Clarence Belt*, Jr. R{0 GRANDE: Evans Sayre, Frank Marger, Monroe Tomlin. DIAS CREEK: Thomas Kruger Dunn, Earl Sockriter, Charles McCollum. GOSHEN: Robert Hassiepen, William Hearon, Dennis Moore. WILDWOOD CREST: Carroll Wilbur Pierrot, Harold Roy Barber, Jr. WILDWOOD: Edward Culver, Joseph Patrick Farrell, Otto Schramm, Frank Joseph Scully, William Lorten Callahan, James Galbraith Looney, Charles Loscalzo, Charles Norburt Zaberer, James Heston, Angelo - Franco, George McFarland, George Davis, John Croker, Edward Nestor,, Samuel Wolfson, Jack Hulbirt, Frank Calogero, Herbert Harry Coltun, Albert Davies. NORTH WILDWOOD: Edward Learning Waddy, Richard Lewis Bishop, Louis Edward Jackson, William Beck, Robert Allen, Reginald Hoffman, Nicholas Stella, Glenwood Countiss. COURT HOUSE: Charles Howard Johnson, Sherman Dumont, James Muncey, Howard Soutter, Anthony Valeri, Harry Steel. Culver was held over from the last draft call, when he was deferred temporarily due to an administrative error. Dumont volunteered for service, and Cannone was transferred to the local board for induction. Charles Rogers, of North Wildwood, was scheduled to leave with the group, but enlisted in the Navy and began active duty yesterday.

Affecting virtually everyone in Cape May in some form, latest dim-out regulations promulgated recently by Major. General T. A. Terry, commanding officer of the Second Corps Area, were condensed and interpreted by the local defense council at a meeting regulations and requesting public cooperation in complying with them, the defense council issued the following condensed rules: Automobiles: Where visible from the sea all bright lights must be extinguished. Only parking lights may be used. The local defense council has added to this a request that when operating under such conditions cars should not exceed 16 miles per hour. On streets where cars are not visible from the sea, normal operating regulations will pre-

vail.

Householders: All lights normally visible from the sea shall be dimmed or shaded in such a manner that they will not be visible under any conditions at a distance of more than one mile from shore.

Ask Public To Water Trees Near Homes An appeal for Cape May residents to water trees in front of their properties during the present dry spell was sounded this week by the local Shade Tree Commission. ‘If residents will cooperate by putting at least a bucket of water a day around the trees in front of their properties, it will probably result in saving many of the trees which otherwise probably will be lost due to the continued drought,” said D. C. Appelgatc, a member of the commission. Lack of rain has left soil in this area dry and hard so that normal moisture is unable to reach tree roots, he explained.

City “Over Top” In War Bond Campaign Cape May has gone "over the top” in its war bond campaign, according to reports made by the local committee in charge of the drive. Chairman Stuart R. Trottman reported Tuesday afternoon that total bond sales at the Cape May postoffice and the Merchants National Bank since January 1 mounted to $61,080. Cape' Lay’s quota, according to Ckafrman Trottman, has been set ab $57,000 by the county comm It tee, which is cooperating in the statewide war bond and stamp campaign. The $61,000 figure represents total sales of Series E, F and G government bonds, Trottman said. Series E bonds alone amounted to $41,080 in the period. Trottman said the total figures show Cape May residents have done a great deal toward the ultimate goal through the purchase of war bonds and stamps. He expressed his appreciation for the cooperation of locai citizens and expressed the hope that the heavy purchases of bonds will continue.

Sugar Ration Period Is Extended Month TRENTON—James Kerney, Jr., state director of the Office of Price Administration, today sent all local rationing boards a mem-' orandum outlining the provisions of Amendment 8 to the Sugar Rationing Regulations, which sets the ration period and weight value for sugar ration stamps number 5 and 6. Under the amendment, sugar ratkm stamp 5 can be used to purchase 2 pounds of sugar between June 28 and July 25, and stamp number 6 can be used to purchase the same quantity of sugar between July 26 and. Aug-

Beachfront home owners are advised that heavy shades or draperies which eliminate all glare will be satisfactory except during an actual blackout. In no case, however, should the direct rays of any light fall on the shades or draperies. The primary purpose of such regulations is to prevent any possible glare from lighting the skyline. Hotels and boarding houses: All windows, openings, and skylights that open either on the street, roof, or courtyard must be screened and protected from the direct rays of light in the same manner as for private homes. All exterior advertising signs illuminated by floodlights, incandescent bulbs, neon, or other lighting must be extinguished. This ruling applies to apartment and room vacancy signs also. Open areas: Parking lots, playgrounds, open-air gardens, sidewalk cafes, etc. must be so shaded as to prevent their lights from shining at an angle above the (Continued on Page Four)

2 Die, 4 Hurt As Bridge Collapses OCEAN CITY—Two men were killed and four were injured Monday afternoon when a bridge at Ocean City collapsed. The dead are Winfield Dougherty, 61, Ocean City superintendent of public works; and Henry Campbell, 41, a Negro laborer. Both were killed almost instantly when the concrete archway of the bridge at 17th street and the Bay in Ocean City’s residential section collapsed. Four other Negro laborers were, injured and removed to the Shore Memorial Hospital at Somers Point. They are John Motley, 30, seme shock and multiple bruises and lacerations; Albert Henry, 44, broken ribs and possibly broker. shoulder; Howard Davis, 47, and Fred Waters, 52, cuts and bruises of the body and shock. All are Ocean City residents. According to Dr. Warren D. Robbins, of Cape May, county C hysician, Dougherty and Campell died from fractured skulls, broken necks and crushed chests, sustained when part of the concrete bridge archway collapsed and buried them.

Borough Planning Bus Line To City CAPE MAY POINT—This resort's borough commission will act tomorrow night on proposals: received Monday for the purchase of a station wagon or the renting of a vehicle for a period of one year to provide public transportation facilities connecting the borough with Cape May City. Action on the bids was delayed Monday pending a decision of the Cape May Point Board of Education on the commission's appliation for permission to use the chool bus to carry passengers be:ween the two communities. Citing the need for a bus line between Cape May and Cape May Point, Mayor Rutherford and Commissioner Hughes said they hoped it would be possible to use the school bus for the purpose in order to eliminate the necessity of purchasing an additional vehicle. The Board, of Education, it is understood, has been opposed to granting permission to use the school bus. If the commission’s application rejected by the board, it is expected that a contract will be awarded for the purchase of a station wagon to be used in carrying passengers.

Red Cross Appeals For More Clothing Equipment is urgently needed for the Red Cross ( emergency closet at Cape May, it was announced this week. The supply of clothing and other articles formerly in the closet has been depleted. Men’s suits, shoes, socks, shirts; new underwear and other items of clothing are among the things urgently needed. Contributions should be sent to the Cape May Branch, American Red Cross, Cape May. The emergency closet is maintained by the Red Cross to keep supplies of clothing on hand ready for any eventuality. Officers Promoted Five oifieers of the Cape May Naval Air Station were promoted to higher ranks late last week. Chaplain Cyril E. Bentley was appointed to the rank of- lieutenant commander; Lieutenant (jg) W. C. Binkley was promoted to

Maisel to lieutenant;

(Jg) William D. Bohn to lieuten : ■nt; and Ensign M. R. Brownell, Jr. to lieutenant (jg). The officers 1 ~ : ' m the U. S.

hie

Naval Reserve.

Seek Permit For Wharf Building PHILADELPHIA—U. S. Army Engineers tomorrow will consider an application for a permit to. construct a wharf and pier and to dredge in Cape Island Creek about 500 feet upstream from the drawbridge. Colonel H. B. Vaughan, Jr., district Army engineer, announced today. The application for a permit as filed recently by the Land Title Bank and Trust Co. and Joseph C. Hyle. Plans for the work provide for timber wharf in front of the applicants' property extending 227 feet upstream from a point 500 feet above the drawbridge. The lower portion of the wharf to be 12 feet wide and the upper portion is to be 18 feet wide. A return pier six feet wide is to be erected between the shore and the downstream end of the wharf. The outer limit of the proposed structures will extend along the existing westerly mean low water line. An area 250 feet long and feet wide is to be dredged to depth of six feet below mean low water in front of the wharf. The dredged material is to be placed on the applicants’ property. “The decision as to whether not a permit will be issued the plans submitted must rest primarily upon the effect of the proposed work on navigation,” Colonel Vaughan said.

Complete Plans For Elaborate July 4 Program Arrangements were completed this week for a Fourth of July celebration which promises to be one of the outstanding holiday activities in South Jersey seashore resorts. The celebration will be highlighted by a parade and a field day, in which local residents, visitors, citizens of surrounding communities and local service men will participate. The parade will be climaxed by a patriotic ceremony at the summer home of Col. J. Clifton Buck, 1120 New Jersey avenue, where brief addresses will be given as part of the celebration. PLANNING FIELD DAY In the afternoon, a field day featuring a wide variety of athletic contests and competitions will be held at Sea view Park, recreation center of Cape May, under the auspices of the local Recreation Commission. With an estimated crowd of 700 the line of march, the parade will form at 9:15 at Columbia and Madison avenues, and .will start promptly at 10 a.m. moving down Columbia avenue to Jefferson street, thence to Washington street, down Washington to Perry, from fh«re to Congress Place and CongiSs street, up Beach Drive to Reading avenue, from Reading to New Jersey avenue and thence to Seaview, Colonel Buck’s summer home, where the' parade will disband following life ceremony. MANY TO TAKE'! Participating . be units of the ReffhCtoss Volunteer Special Servicafc Under the direction.of -xL Mecleary, Mrs. Samuel Sej^Hpagrty-andM rs. William C. Memjepa c/lor guard composed _oJL_KJ**«wenfatives ot all arm enforces stationed in this vicinity/^ the Cape May High School hand; the Boy Scout band; the West Cape May String Band; the Cape May Court House Jun(Continued on Page Four; Board Prepares For Draft Registration Preparations for the fifth national Selective Sen-ice registration which will take place June 30 are being speeded by officials of Local Board No. 2, in chaise of administering the Selective Service law in the southern section of Cape May County. Youths between the ages of 18 and 20 will register for possible military service next Tuesday at board headquarters in Cape May High School, at Wildwood High School and at the old court building, Cape May Court House. As yet no estimate of the posrible number to be registered has been received from state draft headquarters. Volunteer registrars will sen-e with board clerks at the three registration centers in the southern section of the county, and the registration will be conducted from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. The registration will include all males born between June 30, 1922 and June 30, 1924, all others above those ages and up to the age of 65 having been registered previously.

Ask Extension For Bridge Construction Because of a war-time shortage of construction materials, the New Jersey State Highway Department this week applied for a year's extension of a permit covering construction of a drawbridge at Hie entrance to Wildwood. The permit for the project was granted last year, and Junfc 27 was fixed as the last date for starting work under the original permit. Colonel. H. B. Vaughan, Jr., district Army engineer, said anyone desiring to voice an expression on the extension proposal should contact his office not later than Friday. The proposed new bridge would replace the existing drawbridge on Rk> Grande Boulevard.

Convention Hall Opens Saturday For "42 Season Cap^ May’s 1942 vacation season wiB officially open on Saturday with the beginning of free evening dapees and other free entertainment activities at Convention Hall, center of most munici-pally-sponsored entertainment Music for the evening dances and concerts will be provided by Charlie Kerr and his orchestra, under a contract awarded recently by the City Commission. Kerr was named music director of Cape May, a position he has held for seasons from 1932 to 1938. red W. England, of Cape May and Millville, was renamed manager of Convention Hall for the 1942 season at Fridays commission meeting. This will be Mr. England’s fifth year as pier manager. He will be assisted by-his wife as in the past HAS NEW LIGHTS Convention Hall will present a novel and attractive ap] this season with blue flo lights inside and blue lights the exterior to comply with coastal dim-out regulations recently announced by the commanding officer of the Second Corps Area. Visitors who have witnessed the new lighting effect at the ArmyNavy ball held Memorial Day and at the Cape May High School commencement exercises have acclaimed the new lights, declaring that they enhance, rather than detract from the beauty of the Accordutg to present tentative plans the entertainment schedule at Convention Hall will follow closely the pattern of recent years, with dancing five evenings a week, highlighted by a series of special entertainment features including talent contests, kiddies' revues, quiz nights and other similar activities, and two concerts a week composed of classical, semi-classical and popular The first Sunday evening concert is scheduled for July 5. The orchestra will be augmented for concert nights, and a number of ranking musical artists are scheduled to appear on the concert programs.

New Regulation For Auto Use Tax Stamps TRENTON — Motor Vehicle Commissioner Arthur W. Magee today announced the promulgation of a regulation concerning the display of the new federal use tax stamps which myst be attached to ali vehicles with motive power in use after July 1. T^ie regulation permits the, display of the new stamp on windshields provided it is ^affixed to the inside at or near the middle of the upper margin of the windshield. On most vehicles, that

FRED W. ENGLAND Well known manager of Convention Hall who was renamed for his fifth consecutive season by the City Commission .on Friday. As in the past. Mr. England will be assisted by his wife, Madelyn Love England.

Schools Aiding In Locating Workers To assist in lessening the labor shortage in Cape May, Dr. Edward E. Pickard, local school superintendent, announced this week that his office will be open to the public as a free public employment bureau during the summer season. Dr. Piekard said he has received large numbers of requests for various types of seasonal help to operate local enterprises, and that the demand for such help is apparently in excess of the supply. According to his plan, persons desiring work may register at his office in the high school, and their names and addresses will be referred to employers desiring help.

ManfExpected At Galilean Service A large number of Cape May County residents and visitors are expected to attend the fifth annual Galilean Service at Lake Lily, Cape May Point, on Sunday evening. June 28, at 6 o’clock. An amplifying system will be used so that all may hear the address and special musical selecTh'e Rev. Willard Pullen will be principal speaker at the service; Adjutant Theodore F. Thompson, director of the Cape May USO Club, will sing, and four members of the Cape May High School band will play scln^oqs as part of the service. With the participants .. boats near the shore of LakeTjjy and the congregation 'lining

More Women Complete Staff Assistance Training Course

Fifty-five more Cape May County women have completed training in Staff Assitance, carried out by the Cape May County Chapter, American Red Cross. This is the second group of county women to complete the course. Chapter headquarters for Volunteer Special - Services are at 323 Decatur street, and Mrs. H. B. Mecleary, of Cape May, is chair-

man.

Training has been suspended for the summer months. Enrollments will be taken during the summer for groups to be trained after October 1. Those completing the training

are:

CAPE MAY: Elizabeth Corson Luker, Marie Rita PRti, Dorothy Decker Schellenger, Hazel

Littlefield Steger, Rosalie Grubb Haynes, Katherine Sanford Deutsch, Adalene Cougle ■fiptt, and Esther Mildred Humphrey. CAPE MAY “COURT HOUSE: Dorothy Elizabeth Camp, Martha Rice Errickson, Helena Way Fitzpatrick and Marion Kin back

Smith.

WILDWOOD: Marian Dilks Bright, Mary Williams Bright, Margaret Blake Christman, Shiela RossKam Furstenberg, e Hilda F.mma Harger, Gertrude Haase Hilton, Mae Allen Kirby, Bess S. Mitchell, Natalie Mayer Senekoff, Ruth Elfrida Sollenberger, Velma Pearson Stine, Emily Farrell

Trecn.

NORTH WILDWOOD: M. Mar-

Curbs On Travel Are Eased For Seashore, Henderson Discloses there will be no more drastic curtailment of train and bus service between metropolitan areas and South Jersey seashore resorts and that the permanent gasoline rationing program, effective in July, will permit greater use of automobiles for pleasure travel, were given last Thursday by Leon Henderson, director of the Office of Price Administration, at a conference in Washington. Representatives of a number of South Jersey resorts conferred with Henderson, appealing for special consideration for resorts on the ground that transportation ' iz their life blood and that they t tv j are playing an important part in IS Ke^appointed ^ war effort by providing rejuc vena ting vacations. Although be could £ive no assurance of special dispensations for seashore areas, Henderson made several statements indicating that much of the transportation problem aa it affects resorts would be overcome this season. BOOST IN GAS Gasoline rationing, when it becomdb permanent, will allow a basic ration of 8.7 gallons per week for all motorists having “A” ration books, and the books will cover a three-month period. Henderson said motorists -desiring tc do so would be allowed to use up to two-thirds of their total gas ration card for vacation trips immediately after the cards were

issued.

The basic gasoline ration unit may be used entirely for pleasure driving, Henderson explained, pointing out that drivers must establish proof of need to obtain supplemental gas rationing cards entitling them to more

units.

HENDERSON SYMPATHETIC Henderson, according to resort representatives who attended th» hour conference on Thursday, la sympathetic toward resorts’ problems arising from gasoline and tire rationing. Mr. Henderson explained that ration cards will be for three months. Drivers cannot exhaust all their units at once, but can use two of the three months* supply within a short period. The cards will not compel use of the units within specified periods at l Con tinned on Page Four)

Gas Ration Registry Delayed To July 9 Motorists of Cape May County as well as others in the 17 eastern states where gasoline ^rationing is in effect will register\for their permanent ration books on, July 9, 10 and 11* instead of July 1 to 3, rationing officials at Washington announced this week. The week’s delay in registration was attributed to a need for more time in preparing to carry out the task. Daniel J. Ricker, of Cape May, county school superintendent, has been appointed county rationing administrator to work with Robert K. Bell, county quota authority, in handling the gasoline rationing registration which will take place at all local school

houses.

Volunteer registrars will again do the work of issuing nktion books, all of which will be books, entitling their holders to 3.7 gaHons of gasoline weekly. Supplemental allotments must be obtained through local ration

boards.

Ricker attended a conference in Newark yesterday, at which time the July 9-11 registration was discussed by James J. Kerney, Jr., of Trenton, state OPA di-

rector.

USO Fund Drive Hits Half-Way Mark Here With an additional $200 turned in by the local campaign comn.ittee, Cape May’s USO fund drive reached its half-way mark this week. Cape May’s quota for the campaign, which closes July 5, fa $1,200. “Soldiers, sailors and marines from every walk of life are all united during houfs of leisure in USO Clubs scattered throughout the country and on foreign soil. These boys consider USO headquarters the nearest thing to home,” members of the local comlittee said this week. ‘The fund raising campaign M is now in progress is for the purpose of organizlhg a greater number of these clubs and to provide every possible convenience and pleasure for these boys while in the armed forces.

Kiwanians Donate To USO Fund Campaign All branches of the federal military service were represented last night at the weekly meeting of the Cape May Kiwanis Club when a special program boosting the local USO fund raising campaign was presented. Members of the club made contributions to the USO fund for themselves and their families at

the meeting.

Next week's meeting will be based on the theme, “Kiwanis War Support Week”, and a special speaker will address the dub.

1 Drowned, 1 Hurt In Auto Plunge One man was drowsed and one injured in an accident at DelHaven early Tuesday morning, when the car in which they were riding struck a bulkhead at the foot of the Norbury’e Landing road and catapulted 75 feet inte the bay. Both men were sail ora stationed at the Naval Air Sta-

tion, Cape May.

Robert Bruce Calder, Jr., 20, a Navy radioman, was drowned when he was trapped in the car. Hw body was recovered shortly after 4 a.m. Tuesday after the car was righted by rescuers. Harry T. Fleet, Jr., also of the Naval Air Station, owner and driver of the car, escaped through the rear window of the submerged vehicle and swam ashore where he summoned aid. He was placed in the hospital at the Naval base for treatment of his injuries. The two sailors were riding ia Fleet’s Ford coupe when the accident occurred between 3 and

4 a.m. Tuesday.

Calder Was pronounced dead snd death was attributed te drowning by Dr. Warren D. Robbins, county physician, and Lieutenant R. Tomec, U.S.N. Medical Corps. A death certificate was filed by Lieutenant Commander Segal, U.S.N. Medical Corps. ( The body was removed to tha Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, from where burial will be made. State police, who are investigating the accident, said the crash occurred sometime between three nnd four o'clock Tuesday morning.

'Kiwanis War Support Week”

will be observed throughout North . wiui, mm wnen ueir lanmy n

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Wildwood Youth Is Prisoner Of War WILDWOOD — Official notice from the Navy Department waa received here late last week indicating that Aviation Radio Mas Jack Learning, son of Mrs. Ida Learning, 124 East Andrew avenue, has been reported as a pris-

oner of war.

Young Learning has been reported as missing since early ia March, when his mother received notice from the Navy Department. In May, friends of tho Learning family in California informed Mrs. Learning that they had heard a Japanese broadcast, stating that Learning was a pris-

oner of war.

Learning who is 22, was bora in Philadelphia. He was graduated from Wildwood High Scho<* in 1937 and enlisted in the Navy

shortly thereafter.

He was last home on Thanks-

giving Day, 1939.

His brother Harry, a machinist mate second class, was ssrving with him when their family ~