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CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1942

POSTAGE PREPAID—SI .SO A YEAR'

Car Owners To

Register For

Gas Rationing TRENTON — Official instructions for the guidance of car owners in connection with the regis--tration for permanent gasoline rationing were issued here today in a special bulletin by James Kerney, Jr., state director of the Office of Price Administration. Gasoline ration registration will take place throughout the 17 rationed eastern states today, tomorrow and Saturday, between'}the hours of 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. According to Kerney’s bulletin, all owners of passenger cars with a few exceptions will register for __ the basic “A” gasoline ration book 'at public schools on July 9, 10 and 11; and all owners of trucks, busses, taxis, boats and other vehicles included in a "serv category will register at local tioning boards on the same dates and after. The permanent rationing system fs scheduled to go

into effect on July 22. ALL GET "A'’ BOOKS

Registrants will receive basic “A” ration books, regardless of whether the car is used for business or to drive to work, and regardless of what type of ration card they now possess under the emergency gasoline rationing fc This includes doctors, mins and others who use passenger cars in their business or-pro-

fession.

“Each car owner will be required to show his motor vehicle registration certificate, and will be asked to fill out a brief application form,” Kerney explained. "The following must register at local rationing boards: All owners of, busses, trucks, jitneys, taxis, livery vehicles or vehicles available for public rental, ambulances and hearses, vehicles, pa (Continued on Page Four;

Ration Boards Are Consolidated Effective today, there will be only five central rationing boards in Cape May County instead of the 18 which have been functioning in individual communities for the last six months. Robert K. Bell, county rationing administrator and Ocean City attorney, announced Saturday the plans for consolidating functions of the boards in this county under a statewide reorganization program. The board in Cape May will handle rationing problems of this city. West Cape May, Cape May Point, South Cape May, North Caiie May and Lower Township. At Court House, the board will control Middle Township, Avalon and Stone Harbor. The Wildwood board will take over North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest and West Wildwood. The Woodbine board will cover that community as well as Dennis Township, and the Ocean City board will also handle Sea Isle City and Upper Township rationing problems. Members of the boards now functioning, all volunteers, will be retained to serve in the consolidated boards so that each community will continue to be represented under present plans. Under the merger, the five boards will all have paid employees and offices open throughout each day to take care of the constantly increasing functions passed along to them. Rationing boards already handle tires amV'tubes, sugar and gasoline rationing, as well sa typewriters and bicycles, with strong probability of more come shortly. The consolidated boards will go into full operation today in time to handle the registration of "service” vehicles for gasoline rationing. Bishop Gardner Will Be Here On Sunday The Right Rev. Wallace J. Gardner, D.D., Bishop of New Jersey, will make his visitation, at the Episcopal Churches of the Advent and St. John's Sunday. He will be the celebrant at the Holy Eucharist at 8 a.m. in the Church of the Advent, assisted by Father Wilbur E. Hogg, Jr., and the service will be followed by a parish breakfast in the parish house on Franklin street, at which time the Bishop will have an opportunity to meet and address the parish. At the service at 10:30 a. m. in St. John s Church, Bishop Gardner will be the preacher. - -The Bishop, an inspiring preacher. has a keen grasp of world affairs and of the just and righteous new world order that is hope<l for at the close of the war. Bishop Gardner is well known in Cape May as a summer resident of two seasons ago, and his visit will be an opportunity for many of his Cape May friends to renew their acquaintance with

Participants In July 4th Exercises

Leading participants in the colorful patriotic ceremony which was held Saturday at the summer home of Col J. Clifton Buck, 1120 New Jersey avenue, as the climax of the Fourth of July parade, wer6 (left to right) Mayor T. Millet Hand, of Cape May; P. J. Kammerer, Newvjlle, Pa., as Abraham Lincoln; Mra Charfes Essig as Mrs. Todd Lincoln; Mrs. Rich ard Essig as her sister; C. H. Streaker, as General Grant; and Acting Governor I. Grant Scott, of Cape May. —Photo by Atlantic Studios

tfamembsA Jh&M J’tvdtA GbouJL 'CjaA (Hcdtlon tRjujisiMdwtL Important things for motorists to remember about the registration for permanenTgiasolinc rationing, starring today and continuing through Saturday, follow: ^ . . . - IB Cape May, registration will take place on the first floor of the high school building. Volunteer registrars will officiate. Hours are from 1 p. m. to 8 p. m. Automobile owners may register at any rime. In surrounding communities, where there are no high schools, registration will be conducted at elementary schools between 6 p. m. and 9

p. m. during the three-day period.

Resort visitors .may register at tRs local registration centers. Those requiring more than the four-gallon weekly allotment should obUin application blanks at the registration centers, fill them out and mail them to local rationing boards, which will decide upon the merits of the applications. , . ' Basic “A” r*ion books contain 48 stamps, each page of eight being good for a two-nfbnth period. . ■ , , Gasoline users in the “service” classification, including trucks, busses, boats, farmers, etc. must register with their local ration boards during the three-day period or after.

County Road Work Program Approved TRENTON — State Highway Commissioner Spencer Miller, Jr., today approved the schedule of the Cape May County Freeholders for using $25,000 in state aid, representing 90 per cent of a total program of $27,777, for general maintenance on township and borough roads throughout the county. The improvements will extend over a total of 54 miles, with patching, grading, shoulder and gutter work, etc.

Flags Dedicated At St. Peter's Church At last Sunday morning’s service at St. Peter’s-by-the-Sea, Capo May Point, two flags were presented as memorials. An American flag was given memory of 'Brigadier General John ,v Mather, who served during tlk -Spanish-American wat and later ,n the New Jersey National Guard. An Episcopal Church flag was given in memory of Captain Leonard W. Stoinmetz, who served in the Civil War. Roth .flags, which will be carried in the procession every Sunday morning, were dedicated ‘

Stevens Boosts Cape Harbor Facilities Possibility that Cape May harbor facilities might be expanded and . improved as a result of wrangle between the cities Trenton and Camden, was indicated Tuesday by Freeholder Ralph Stevens, of Cape May, county presenljative on the South Jersey Port Commission. Stevens on Tuesday pledged his support to “carry out the wishes of the Legislature” and make the $100,000 appropriation available to the city of Camden after Arthur W. Dover, Mercer County member, said he would seek $35,000 of the $100,000 for improvement of Trenton port facilities. Stevens said it is his intention to vote for use of the $100,000 as desired by the Legislature, adding: “If the Attorney General’ opinion is that this cannot b done under present law, I will wait until the Legislature is again in session to give them the opportunity to correct the law. “If they fail to make tl amendment, I will bring before the Commission the advantages of Cape May Harbor. Two days' time can be saved on every shipment, using Cape May's facilities, and in today’s great need of ships, this factor should be given wide publicity,” Mr. Stevens declared.

Cape May Prepares For Daylight Test Cape May’s civilian defense volunteers are preparing for the statewide daytime air raid alarm test which will be held sometime between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. before July 18. Announcing the test, state defense council officials said it would be held sometime tween July 5 and 18. Locally all defense workers are report to their respective emergency posts as quickly as possible after the alarm is sounded, and all vehicular traffic must pull to the side of roads a~ J streets and remain motionless u til the all-clear signal sounds. Only vehicles of defense council volunteers en route to their posts, U. S. mail trucks, doctors, nurses, ambulances, fire and police equipment, public utility repair crews and service men on duty will be permitted to travel during the alert, said Police Chief John J. Spencer, Jr., chairman of the local defense council. Pedestrians should seek shelter immediately upon the sounding of the alarm, and must stay off streets until the all-clear sounds. Persons in places of amusement must remain in their seats and indoors for the duration of the

test.

Orders of regular and auxiliary police, firemen and air raid wardens must be obeyed strictly during the test, Spencer said. Bathers on the beach or boardwalk at the time of the test must obey lifeguards’ instructions and take shelter under beach tents cr under the boardwalk, Spencer

said.

Many Visitors Watch Parade, Attend Rites Cape May had its first Fourth of July parade in years on Sat-

ities in observing- the 166th niversary of the Declaration of Independence under the clouds of

war..

The parade and brief patriotic exercises held at the summer home of Col. J. Clifton Buck, 1120 New Jersey avenue, highlighted this resort’s celebration, which was witnessed by throngs of visitors and vacationists who enjoyed the holiday weekend here. ORGANIZATIONS -MARCH In the line of march of the parade were the Cape May High School band, a contingent of sailors from the Naval base, Boy Scouts, J3cout drum corps, Girl Scouts, impersonators of President Lincoln and General Grant riding in ah old fashioned barouche, a large number of local children carrying flags, and uniformed uqita of the Red Cross volunteer special services. Alex C. Lyle was parade marshal, ,and the parade was under the chairmanship of Allan Robson. An alert which kept Army and Marine personnel on duty during the holiday, prevented their participating in the parade and in the track and field meet which was held during the afternoon. EXERCISES HELD The parade, which made a circuit of the city, was climaxed by patriotic exercises at Colonel (Continued on Page Five)

Many Friends Conference Si To Discuss Problems Meeting 1 under the dark clouds of all-out global war, the Friends’ General Conference, a religious organization noted for its pacific views and opposition to combat, this week is considering problems which will face the world at the end of the present conflict. The bi-annual conference session opened at Cape May’s Convention Hall Monday night, with a keynote address stressing the necessity of planning and preparation for a lasting peace.

Advocating establishment

July Tire Quota-Is Issued By Kerney

mssenger vehicles, trucks inses was announced late last week by James Kerney, Jr, state director of the Office of Price Administration. During the month, Cape May County ration boards will be able to release three grade two tires, 23 tires, 404 retreads and 311 tubes for passenger vehicles, tires, 106 retreads and 108 tubes for trucks and buses, Kerney nounced.

Visitors Throng To Resorts For Holiday; Set New High

With what is believed to have been a record crowd of visitors this resort for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Cape May and other resorts in this county played host to many thousands of guests from all parts of the metropolitan east. A survey of weekend business conditions in Cape May this week revealed that the vast majority of local merchants and business people were highly pleased with the holiday period, some declaring that the weekend established new cll-time highs for their individual

enterprises.

Most hotels and rooming and boarding houses were well filled with visitors, and the bathing beaches, boardwalk and beachfront were literally packed with vacationists enjoying the holiday

at the seashore.

City officials this week said they were gratified at the success of the holiday, and pointed out that it is a good indication of business conditions for the rest of the resort season. • Police Chief John J. Spencer,

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Navy Asks Permit For Discharge Pipe U. S. War Department engineers of the Philadelphia district will take, action tomorrow on an application for a permit to construct a discharge pipe in Cape May Harbor, approximately 2,500 feet east of State Highway Route 4, it was announced this week. The application was made by the U. S. Navy Department. Plans of the project provide for on eight-inch discharge pipe supported on pile bents extending to a point 40 feet channelward from tho southern mean low water line. The piles of the bents are to extend above the plane of

mean high water.

The City Commission on Friday decided to file formal protests with the engineers, on the irround that the plans provide for the pipe to be exposed above the high

Cape Man Enters Congress Race Lewis T. Stevens, Cape May attorney, late last week announced that he is seeking the Republican nomination as the second district's Congressional candidate. A IKe-long Republican, Mr. Stevens served one term in the state senate, has served in Cape May’s city council, as president of the Cape May Board of Education and is now solicitor foi various county municipalities besides being president of the Cape May County Historical Society. Mr. Stevens was a candidate for the Republican Congressional nomination in 1938, but withdrew in favor of Walter S. Jeffries, of Atlantic City, who defeated Congresman Elmer H. Wene, Democrat, for the post. For the last 68 years, Cape May County has always given a Republican majority to the Congressional candidate with the exception of 1912, the Bull Moose year. The Cape May County majority was the deciding factor in the election of former ..Congressman Isaac Bacharach in 1934 when his last term began, as it has been on other occasions. Petitions of candidacy for Mr. Stevens are. in circulation at ent, he said.

holiday was equal

excess of that of last July 4, despite gasoline and tire rationing which was expected to curb sharply the number of automo-

biles coming here.

Representatives of the Pcnn'-sylvania-Reading Seashore Lines and the Public Service Transportation Company, which operate trains and buses between metropolitan areas and this resort, reported sharp increases in the number of visitors brought to the seashore compared with last

Fourth of July.

Bus company representatives said the weekend’s traffic set a new record for that form of transportation to the seashore, and railroad representatives declared rail travel reached its highest peak in many years as visitors switched from private automobiles to public carriers for

their holiday trips.

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times would be objectionable, and pointed out that a submerged discharge line would be little more

trouble to install.

Cape May “OyerTop” In USD Fund Drive Cape May has gone “over the top” in its campaign to raise funds for the USO, and the $1,200 goal set for this community by national USO headquarters has been exceeded considerably despite the fact that complete returns are not yet available. Officers of the campaign committee today estimated that the fund locally might reach $1,300 by the time all receipts are collected. Although the drive has officially ended, donations are still being received, i The committee this week expressed its appreciation to all who have donated to the fund, and to- all who have worked in the campaign. Donald W. Lear was local chair..ian of the'USO fund committee. Other members were Mrs. James C. Hand, Lieutenant M. R. Brownell, Jr., Mm' Steven W. Callaway, Mrs. Leslie R. Cresse. Collectors-were Mrs. Ralph T. Stevens, Mrs. Frank R. Hughes, Mrs. M. C. Frymire, Mrs. Allen Willson, Mrs. Edward Hallman, Mrs. Edith Huber, Mrs. Vera Whitehead, Mrs. F. Mulford Stevens, Mrs. P. G. Fox and many other volunteers.

world government to maintain in^ ternational order, Robert Lea Humber, of Greenville, N. C., one of the leading proponents of the movement, Tuesday night urged members of the Friend** General Conference to support the movement actively in their home

communities.

brought about

rapid changes in recent years until we are suddenly aware that we are entering a realm of-ex-istence once contemplated only aa a dream—a world community,"

Humber told hia audience. “As in any community, the first

fundamental precept must be to maintain order, and the only way we can do that is by establishing-

world government, similar to ■ structure of local, state »nit

federal governments as we know them, to make and enforce law* governing the conduct of all tho component parts of the commun-

ity," he declared.

He outlined a suggested pro-

cedure for setting up the proposed world government, and traced the history of the movement which now has an authorizing resolution pending in Congress

' memorializing resolutions and pending in many state

legislatures.

Accepted Selectees Leave Saturday A group of selectees who passed final physical examinations at Fort Dix on June 27 and were inducted into the enlisted reserve corps of the Army will report ' at Fort Dix for active duty on Saturday, draft board officials here announced today. The group of, selectees, headed by Arising Corporal James H.Heston.’Nvill report at board head(Oiarters at Cape May High School Saturday morning at 7 o’clock, and will leave by bus at 7:45 a.m. for Fort Dix. They are scheduled to arrive there at 1:05 p.m. % The selectees in the June call are the first to be placed in the enlisted reserve corps under a new Selective Service system. Present regulations provide for men passing their final examinations to be inducted into the reserve corps, subject to active duty within a shore time after their induction.

Farmers’ Picnic Will Be Held Saturday COURT HOUSE—Sponsored by the Granges of Cape May County, an old fashioned picnic will be held at the county park here on Saturday, July 11, from 2 to 5 p.m. The public is invited. A full program of games and sports has been arranged. Prizes will be awarded to winners of the various contests and competitions. The program will include races of all kinds, rolling pin throw, slipper kick, pie-eating contest, horse shoe and quoit pitching and other similar activity.

Many County Men Are Called For Army Tests Next Monday

A large number of men from the southern section of Cape May County will leave on Monday for Fort Dix where they will undergo final physical examinations which will determine whether or not they will be immediately infxlucted into the U. S. Army, it was announced this week at headquarters of Local Board No. 2 at Cape May High School. The men called in the July 13 draft call will meet at board headquarters on Saturday where they will be given final instructions. They will depart at 6:55 Monday morning and those passing the tests will be placed in the enlisted reserve corps subject to call to active sendee within

a short time.

White registrants scheduled to go to Fort Dix next week are: Andrew Hamilton Sweeten,

when Japanese troops interned the staff of the American embassy at Peiping, China, where he had been stationed for two and

one-half year*.

Local Man Listed As Jap Prisoner WASHINGTON—Private Phil-

lip S. Chambers, U.S.M.C., son of William Chambers, 121 Pearl avenue, West Cape May, was officially listed by the War Department this week as one of the 99 U. S. soldiers, marines and sail-

ors captured by the Japanese. Private Chambers, according to

information received here by rel-

atives last December, was taken _

prisoner at the outset of the war, Wildwood, Paul Rogers Wcmin-

mg C .

shen, George Wayne Freas; West

ger, West Cape May, Carl Victor Widerstrom, North Wildwood, Monroe Warren Gas kill, Cape May Court House, John Joseph Gleason, Wildwood, John Eric Ol-

son, North Wildwood, Herbert ,Jones Sanders, Wildwood Crest, Francis Marion Jones, Rio Grande, Earl Winfield Hampton, Wildwood, Carl Harry Miller, North Wildwood. Edward Joseph Loomis, Court House, Charles William Peacock, Wildwood, John Joseph Jordon, Wildwood, John Kenneth Love, Cape May, William Nathan Davenport, Wildwood, Horace S. Miller,. Wildwood, Clarence Davies, Wildwood, Walter Allen Daebler, West Cape May, Frederick Robert Gramlick, Wildwood Crest, David Probinsky, Wildwood, George Hoffman, Villas, Joseph Richard Assan, Cape May, Thomas Hickman, Jr., Cape May. William Robert Gorman, Wildwood, Leonard Carmany Gilbert, Wildwood, Linwood Winfield Campbell, Jr., Wildwood Crest, Earl Norbury, Green Creek, Vincent Michael Mollo, Avalon, Edward Christian Wheeler, Cape May Court House, Thomas Franklin Rambo, Cape May, John Hen(Cohtintied on Page Eight)

Re

rti'n

_ experiences of

Friends’ Service Committee workers in war-tom France, John H. Wood, Jr., who spent a year in southern France as a relief worker, yesterday told members of the - Society of Friends that there are more opportunities for service to (Continued on Page Four) Red Cross Canteen Opens For Summer A Red Cross canteen will open Saturday afternoon at the Kiwanis clubhouse on Beach Drive and will be open every Saturday and Sunday afternoon for the remainder of the summer season .for the benefit of service men stationed

this vicinity.

The canteen will be open from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to 7 pjn. Sundays. Members of the Red Cross canteen service will serve refreshments to service men without charge. The refreshment menu includes sandwiches, iced tea, lemonade, coffee, cookies or cake and similar light refreshments. Mrs. Earl L. Hollingsead, head of the local branch’s canteen unit, said that a room on the second floor of the building will be available to service men who detire to change from uniforms to bathing suits for bathing during

weekends.

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English Soprano To Sing At Concert Featured as guest soloist at the

weekly Sunday evening concert at Convention Hall on July 12, Miss Irene Merrick, brilliant soprano, will sing several selections, Charlie Kerr, Cape May music direc-

tor, announced this week. Miss Merrick, a native of Eng-

land, began her career in that , country, later moving to Canada and then coming to the United States, where she has scored bril-

liant successes.

A soloist of radio, opera, concert, club and choir fame, Miss Merrick has recently appeared with the Haverford Civic Orcheatra, Wanamaker’s Grand Court, at the Masonic Home, North Broad street, Philadelphia, Matinee Musical Club, Ocean City Municipal Pier, and prcviouul|h4t Cape May’s Convention Hall. . Anthony Candelori, well known violinist, will conduct the Sunday

evening concert

Start Plans For Anniversary ERMA — Plans were started this week to observe the anniversary of the Tabernacle Methodist Church on Sunday, August 28. Guest preachers for the day will be the Rev. Dr. Charles D. Whitten, district superintendent of the Bridgeton District, who will preach at the morning service, and the Rev. Harry F. Garrison, former pastor of._ th* . -church, who will be in charge of the evening service. The Rev. Stephen F. SI Deer la pastor of the church.