THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1942

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Cttapp flag &tar anil Uau* Published Every Thursday ay the Star and Wave Buildinb SI PERRY STREET. CAPE MAY. N. J. THE ALBERT HAND COMPANY. Incorporated. P. MERVYN KENT. Editor PAUL SNYDER. Manager

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ym, QiA (Been (Di^sJmd... Within a week, the vacation season of 1942 will be relegated to the limbo of memory. Labor Day will have passed. With it will have gone a large percentage of the seashore resort.visitors, most of the peak season activities, the gayety, the rush, the helter-skelter life of the seashore in mid-summer. And the answer to that' all-important question, ■“What kind .of a season will 1942 be?” will have been written in the annals of time. ' True to predictions made early last spring, the 1942 vacation season has been “different” as a result of wartime conditions. Business has pot been “as usual”. Some businesses have suffered. Others have gained. It’s all a part of this topsy-turvy war-time world of ours. All businesses have been affected in some degree by the war. Rome hove had their stocks drastically curtailed. But by and large Cape May business this summer has been considerably better than the average observer predicted before it started. $ire and gasoline rationing had some bad effect, to be sure, but increase in train and bus trdvel offset most of the losses. Cottage rentals were definitely “off” tins season, but hotel business made a good showing compared with normal years. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker all se.em to have come through with summer business surprisingly near normal in' spite of current conditions. And of all the resorts on the Jersey coast. Cape May has been probably the most fortunate. Others have been hard hit. Certainly the amount of Navy and Army activity here has been responsible for a large measure of our success. Undoubtedly the season would have been mighty flat without it. But for Cape May, that is as much a part of the war as tire and gas rationing. It’s here; it’s helping. It has meant the difference *in many, many cases between profit and loss. Taken as a whole, the summer of 1942 has been a surprisingly good one for Cape May, we believe. In view of all the problems and obstacles in the way of resorts this vear, any success is a major achievement. And like all dyed-in-the-wool optimists we look forward to Ihe possibility that maybe by the beginning of next seasin the war and all its attendant problems will be over. Maybe then we can have a really normal season

d (phobl&m 0$ Jhe CbJiaft Re-classification of all 3-A Selective Service registrants has been started in Cape May County as depletion of 1-A men draws closer to reality. Draft officials have for some time seen their reserves of unmarried, physical-ly-fit registrants dwindling under heavy draft calls, until now the number is so small that formerly deferred groups'must be taken for Army service. Some time ago we pointed out editorially that the existing Selective Service system was unfair to men living in smaller commujiities, because the heavy calls would deplete 1-A groups much more quickly than in large, thickly populated areas. Apparently that belief has found support among some of our national officials, who have brought about a system of pooling all 1-A men in different states, to assure that they will be called before those with dependents. An order was issued late last week by New Jersey Selective Sendee authorities instructing local draft boards to pool their 1-A men with those of other boards y. 'in order to ipeet-quotas in the immediate future, and to allow time enough for proper preparation before men with dependents are called. One of the inequalities of the Selective Service system in the Cape May area is in the matter of receiving credit for volunteers. This area, naturally, has produced a great many volunteers who have joined the Nan’, the Coast Guard and the Marine Corps in preference to the Army because of their familiarity with marine life. JBut still Cape May County’s Army draft quotas come through, in numbers which compare xtdth those of other sections, where the number of volunteers in other branches is proportionately smaller. Under the Selective Service system, local boards arc supposed to be given credit for men who enlist in any branch of the armed forces, but local board officials are unable to determine what sort of credit this area is given for its large number of volunteers. / Some provision should be made to give this district full credit for all the man power it has furuished through voluntary enlistments in all branches of thfe-eeivice before men with dependents are called for army service en

High federal officials have repeatedly stated their desire to preserve as long as possible the structure of family life, not taking heads ofjfc'amilies until it is absolutely necessary for the.best interests of the nation’s war effort. Selective Service officials should exhaust all other possible sources of manpower before delving into the vast numbers of men with families, for in the preservation of family life lies America’s greatest forte.

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APPRECIATION To the Editor: As the season draws to a dose in Cape May, we wish to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to all those who have cooperated with us to make this a successful season at Convention Hall. It has been a real pleasure to work in Cape May again this season, and our contacts with the residents and visitors of Cape May have been truly enjoyable. It is with regret that we approach the time to say au revoir to our many summer friends, and as we do it, we again express our heartfelt appreciation to all who have cooperated with us and who have helped us during the season. Sincerely, MADELYN and FRED ENGLAND

Lifeguards Lauded At Dinner Meet The annual Beach Patrol dinner for members of the Cape May Beach Patrol was held Monday evening at Sunset Beach. Mayor T.-Millet Hand and Commissioner I. Grant Scott, head of the city’s department of public safety, attended the event, and spoke briefly, commending the lifeguards for their excellent record during the current season in protecting bathers ,and congratulating the patrol on winning the Atlantic Coast championship in the 200-yard free-style swimming meet at Ocean City several weeks ago.

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