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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942

(Capp Mag &tar anil Wave Pu»lishcd Evert Thursday at the Star and Wave Buildins

SI RERRT STREET. CARE MAT. N. J.

THE ALBERT HAND COMPANY. Incorporated. P. MERVYN KENT. Editor PAUL SNYDER. Manager

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Have you (Dorn yoWi ftani? With a large pile of scrap materials for Cape May’s salvage drive already collected, members of the local committee are planning and even more intensive effort to conclude this community’s campaign. From now until Saturday night, when the local drive is scheduled to end, it is hoped that a large amount of scrap will be added to the pile. Cape May has made a good showing with the amount of scrap collected to date, but there are still hundreds of pounds of scrap metals in countless, different forms in the community. . fflffl If the local committee, which deserves great praise for the work it has done in organizing and carrying out this campaign, is to meet the quota that has been set for Cape May and this entire locality, it is incumbent upon every house-, holders, every business institution and every family to contribute something to the salvage drive. A great deal has been done, but there is much more to be done before the drive can be successfully concluded. Remember, Mr. and Mrs. Average Citizen, this is your war. It is being fought for you. It must be won for you. The boys on the fighting fronts of.the world are doing their part. They are not fighting half-heartedly for you. They are sacrificing and risking everything for you. Have you done your part in the war effort? Have you contributed any scrap material to your local salvage pile? Have you thrown .any discarded metal articles on the community scrap heap to provide eventually bullets and guns and the tools of war for these fighting men of ours? Between now and Saturday night, take another look around your home ... in the basement... the attic ... the garage . . . You’re sure to find something for which you have no future need and which will add to’your community’s pile of scrap to beat the Jap. It's a crying shame that America should have such a shortage of scrap metals. It is particularly ironic that the cause of the present shortage is the huge scrap shipments this country made to Japan prior to the breaking of friendly relations, and that our scrap is now coming back to us in the form of bullets and bombs. There’s no use crying over spilt milk. The past is past. Now we must all put our shoulders to the wheel to overcome the mistakes that have been made. ^oohinq. Jo Jhs JuiuM Introduction of four new courses to the extra-curricular program of Cape May High School this year holds promise of great opportunities for local students. Courses in marine navigation, pre-flight navigation, radio communication and model airplane building are being offered as efctra-curricular activities, replacing many of the clubs whicWformeriy were active in the school. Switching from the so-called “social clubs" in which students were taught dancing and other social arts and graces, the school this year is offering activities which correspond to regular subjects and which are designed to prepare students for important places in the nation’s war effort. Innovation of the new courses is the result of the changing emphasis of education to impress students with the growing importance of aviation in both peace and war and to equip them with several of the fundmentals so that upon graduation they might take their places in this increasingly important field more readily than if they had not had such preliminary training. The idea is in line with the popular school of thought which advocates the teaching of more practical subjects with less emphasis on the impractical and theoretical subjects that formerly were considered essential. The courses are patterned after those being given in Army and Navy camps and stations, and are designed to give students a working knowledge of the fundamentals upon which to build later if the necessity, desire or opportunity presents itself. Cape May students and their parents should be grateful for the foresight of school officials in providing these oppor-' tunities.

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' tin Ounce 0$ (phstosmlion. Announcing that a strict enforcement campaign will b^ carried out in Cape May to make pedestrains observe the rules of safety, city police last week sharply criticised the growing practice of pedestrains walking in streets, where sidewalks are available. Since early summer, which brought with it the dim-out regulations for the entire coastal area, the practice has been growing. What quirk of mass psychology makes large numbers of pedestrians take to the streets, where they are in constant danger after dark because drivers can scarcely see them in time to avoid striking them, no one knows. Whether it is a fear that someone will accost them in the darkness or what the reason no one seems to know' . . . not even those who walk in the streets rather than on sidewalks. At any rate it is a highly dangerous practice, and one which must be brought u> an end before someone is killed or badly injured. Dim-out driving at best is exceedingly hazardous. For automobile drivers it means that the utmost caution must be used at all times, and even then the risk of accident is tremen4 dous. Pedestrians in the interest of their own safety should observe all traffic rules conscientiously. They should cross streets only at intersections, and should walk in streets only where there are no sidewalks .. . and then walk facing traffic and either wear light clothing or carry a white handkerchief or some other white object to make them more visible. Ample safety laws and rules have been promulgated fpr the protection of motorists and pedestrians. Strict compliance with them would eliminate virtually all accidents, which in most cases are not accidents but sheer carelessness. Failure to comply with them subjects violators to two penalties . . . one imposed by law, the other imposed by nature in terms of untold suffering, remorse and even death. For your ow»protection and that of others, use the utmost care and caution while walking of driving.

P LAY I NG WITH FIRE

By the Rev. Samuel Blair, Pastor, First Methodist Church, Cape May

Wars and rumors of wars

but the end is not yet (Matt 24:6) :1 ‘ Wherefore, gird up the loins . . .

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(pahaqJiafikiu Of The Past

Taken from files of The Star id Wave for the years 1937, 1932 and 1922. Five Years Ago Despite his defeat in northern sections of New Jersey. Senator :’lifford__J{. Powell, of Burlington "ounty, aspirant for the Republican nomination for governor, rc•eived a 3.000 majority in the primary election in Cape May Coun-

Four passengers and three crewembers aboard the schooner cer Gym. of Atlantic City, were ■scuod near Cape May late Monday afternoon as the craft burst flames and burned to the •ater’s edge. Coast Guards from

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rounding communities work frantically in a futile effort to stop the rapidly spreading blaze, the Lower Township Consolidated School was gutted to the bare outside walls late last night and

early this -morning.

Two salvage boats belonging to the Baltimore Derrick, ami Salvage Corporation leave Baltimore Monday for tty Delaware Capes..-where, under the direction of Charles T. Jackson, deep sea diver, the search for the Debraak, started in July, will W continued. The prize is $10,000,000 for which

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from the blazing schooner. Caught in debris as three partitions at Villa Maria, the Cape May Point convent now being razed, crashed to the ground, three colored laborers were injured Saturday afternoon. They Russell Stanford, West Cape May. Hokey Bruton, Whitesboro, and Charles Mann, Whitesboro. Ten Years Ago Wildwood Kiwanis Club will be guests at the local club at the regular Wednesday evening dinler next week, and Millville Club vill visit here at some near fuure time, it was learned at the dinner Wednesday evening. While hundreds of people stood helplessly by and watched chcmical engine crews from all sur-

Twcnty Years Ago The first two of the beach front jetties have been completed and work on the third is progressing, according to the report of the City Engineer at the last meeting of the Commission. Three jetties are built in order to form certain tides, the action of which causes deposits of sand and builds up and protect parts of the Shipping men and financiers in Philadelphia are watching with interest progress being made in the development of the Cape MayHarbor, by the dredges nowworking there. In fact, ever since appropriations were made for the improvement of the harbor, totaling $130,000, interest of Philadelphia and New York, as well as local business men, have been focused on the spacious land locked bay.

THE POCKETBOOK <?/KNOWLEDGE ^

TtiOUSH AN ALFALFA PLANT MAT bc onlv two or thcfe feet high the roots AU»y extend to a DEPTH Of WlORE THAN 50 FEET /

One MANUFACTURER SENDS A WORKER A LITTLE RED FEATHER TO WEAR IN HIS HAT EVERY THAE HE SUBMITS AN IDEA. ALREADY SOME

THE COFTINEMTAL DIVIDE FLOWS 1H orposne DIRECTIONS ' -THE STREAM STANDS MOTIONLESS ON LEVEL 6R0UN5 •THEN FLOWS DOWNHILL ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE •DIVIDE \ FAST TO THE or, *•—' To THE PACIFIC

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5i6e QTARBOARD O WATQH By C. Worthy ECHO OF SUMMER The first of the USO dances to be held every Saturday evening until cold weather at Convention Hall was quite a success with an estimated crowd . of 400 enjoying the event. Seemed - like the good old and late-lamented summer time again to see the boys and girls swinging the light fantastic. Congratulations to fhe USO Council for the idea. It'll help a lot to provide entertainment for the service boys as well as for the general public. VALUABLE TRAINING And another mighty fine thing inaugurated in Cape May this fall is the extra-curricular program at Cape May High’ School in which - students are given the groundwork of navigation, radio and model airplane construction in courses patterned after those given by Uncle Sam in his Navy and Army schools. As long as it appears likely that future graduates of our schools will be called for sen-ice in the armed forces, these new courses are valuable to give them a foundation in these technical subjects. TOUGH FIGHT. MOM! Congratulations to Sergeant Hank Quaglieri and his Coast Artillery softball team for having won the local league championship. The league competition has provided a lot of fun for the boys participating and has given spectators a great deal of enjoyment during the summer. Let's hope such league competition will be continued for other more seasonable sports. ARMY RECRUITER Our pal Shike Levin, former associate editor of the Cape MayCounty Gazette returned to his old stamping grounds last week after several months in the Army. Although he's in the air corps. Shike's opinions about Army life make him : art of an unofficial re. cruiting officer while he's on

THE WEEKLY SERMON CORNER:

This War And Us

JOLT 'EM WITH JI NK Cape May came through with flying colors for the junk rally that will continue until Saturday. With a large corps of volunteer collectors on duty last Saturday land with plenty of cooperation from the public at large, this community produced a surprisingly large pile of scrap to help heat the Jap. We hope the pile will continue to grow for the rest of The campaign, and that'after that there will be contributions of salvage material as long as Unde,

Sam needs it.

WE DOST LIKE 'EM

When jfou stop to think of little Cape May's contribution to the war so far. it gives you a rough idea of this community's opinion of the three international stooges —Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito. With a large number of local boys in the armed services, a surprisingly large amount of local moneyin war -bonds, all-out support of Red Cross projects and Civilian Defense preparedness plus real

Petek; 1:18)

Quit you like men, be strong . . .

(I Cor. 16:18)

Now that America has drawn the sword in self-defense it is time for all of us to look deep into our hearts and appraise very seriously what we are bring to the struggle. So far as the Church is concerned, the present world catastrophe presents new opportunities for service, it must do its utmost to help mold that unity of purpose so vitally necessary to our ultimate victory and to the anniliation of those forces of oppression now trying to dominate the world. But as individuals, many of us don’t realize the gravity of the situationain which we are involved or the hectic ordeal with which we are now confronted. This is evident in numerous ways, indicta live of which is the incident related by A. J. Cronin (author of ‘‘The Keys of the Kingdom”). Speaking of a neighbor of his, he states that shortly after the infamous epic of treachery perpetrated on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) by the Japanese, at a time when Nippon’s envoys were talking peace in Washington, the neighbor in question told him with a grin how he had beat the rubber shortage by buying in a stock of eight dozen golf balls. On the very day when Colin P. Kelly gave up his life to avenge the honor of his country, here was this man using his utmost endeavor—not to give up his game

of golf.

The rosy and luxnriant -world we knew so well is rocking on its very foundations today. The band writing on the wall is obvious to all who take the time to read. We shall not, we cannot win this war without a maximum of sacrifice. This fact is just beginning to be borne in upon our consciousness in no unmistakable fashion. Our lavish use of sugar is sharply

curtailed.

We must ration out the remaining miles in our tires in small capsules of transportation, to be taken only as absolutely needed. And gasoline rationing is maintained in earnest. A real test for American civilians. A real inconvenience, in many instances too. These curtailments and restrictions are evoking some nasty reactions. There's a lot of squawking and “sounding off.” That is exasperating and disheartening to say the least. After all, these are petty sacrifices in contrast to what multitudes across the sea are enduring; their- liberty gone, their homes smoking debris, their lives in chains and daily jeopardy. Skies dark, hopes darker. Ah yes, dear friends, ours are relatively small sacrifices when we think of others. Our boys in khaki and in blue, are risking their lives every day on a hundred fronts—on land, in the air. on the ocean and under the seas. They are enduring dangers and discomforts, they are undergoing rigid restrictions and stern discipline every day of their lives. They are carrying out orders gallantly without stabbing their superior officers in the back. “O God. to us may grace

lie given

To follow in their train"

And heaven grant that they may never hear of those back home who grumble like spoiled children over a few inconveniences thev have been asked to take—to help effect their own safety and the safety of

America.

It was philosophicallv-minded Beniamin Franklin. I believe, who. ns far bark as 1776 said “Present inconveniences are. therefore, to be borne with fortitude and better times expected.” There is a world of meaning in his words that make them timely and applicable to the contemporary scene. . . The words of an English clergyman are worth pondering: Said he: We have been a pleasure-lov-ing people. We have preferred :-ntor travel to Church-going. Now (here is a shortage of gasoline. We have ignored the ringing of ‘he Church bolls calling us to worship; now the bells cannot

taught us to l , aged in us the spirit of the sleek, purrir- *-— w - — ** * * side a

glowing hearth.

But now in face of “trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored” we must shake off the selfish habits of the past We must again embrace, gladly, the bare simplicities of life, practice self-discipline and measured economy after the fashion of the Pilgrim Fathers who knew none of the opulence to which we hftve tycn accustomed, but who in the midst of the austerity and frugality of their day found, what multitudes now have lost, freedom to worship their Creator. God, harden me against

. myself

This coward with pathetic

voice,

Who craves for ease and rest and joys. Lord, carry me. Nay: but I grant thee strength To walk and work thy way to heaven at length.” They called him a fool— He would nqf sell his dreams for silken sofas. Nor his deeds for bread But ever followed those illuminating gleams Shot from his own deep soul to peaks ahead. Make no mistake. The most severe sacrifices we have to make pale into insignificance in contrast to that made by Him who “was rich, yet for our sakes became

poor.”

While 1 sit here at my typewriter preparing the copy for the message you are now reading, reverberating peals of thunder greet my ears. Ominous clouds are gathering in the sky. Rain is lashing against my study windows vigorously. It rushes down the street in torrents. None of this worries me very , much for I know it will soon be ( over and the sun will shine again. In this connection I am reminded of the answer a certain New Englander gave in response to the question: Do-you think it will stop raining? Looking up at the sky, and shifting his cud of tobacco to his other cheek, he answered philosophically, “T always has” Every storm is bound to end sooner or later—and be assured, that goes for this war storm too. So, don't run the white flag up and surrender. “This day the noise of battle, the next the victor’s song." -The skies may be black now, but tomorrow it will be rlear again. The thing for us to do is put up our umbrellas of faith, keen going, and “trace the rainbow through

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Do you fear the force of the wind The splash of the rain ? Go face them, and fight Again and again. The palm of your hands will thicken The skin of your cheeks

will tan

You may be drenched and

weary.

But you’ll walk like a man.

empty when they should have been filled'with worshippers, now they are in ruins. We would not listen to the wav of peace; now we are forced to listen to the way of war. The money we would not give to the Lord's work is now taken from us in taxes anil higher prices. The food for which we forgot to give thanks is now unobtainable. The service we refused to give God now is conscripted for the country. Lives we refused to live under God's control, now are under the nations control. Nights we would not spend in watching unto prayer, now are spent in anxious air-raid precautions. Be not deceived for whatsoever a man (or nation) soweth. that .shall he also reap." Although for the nonce “we see as through a glass darkly” yet by keen serntiny we may discern in this cataclysmic upheaval which now shakes our world upon its foundations, some stern and masterful purpose for the better-

ment of all humanity.

Indulged bv years of soft living, dazzled by the false illusions of

. , • , , material securitv. Living in a

cooperation in the junk rally and motoriEcd upolstered. warmed, other similar salvage drives. Cape existence, what wonder May is showing in a mighty im- that we qn , n at the prospect „f « pressive way that jve re ag-m die-I , n ^en storm. Our soft self-in-Utors and all they stand for. dulged age has unconsciously

What if the storm is bad. Others have braved the

stress

Even if it be to sink. Give me no less, no less. If God be for us, who can be against us? Let us, with thanks in our hearts to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ, march forward in

unison

“With the Cross of Jesus

Going on before”.

F. W. Boreham tells of an aviator who shortly after the take-off heard a grating noise in the plane which sounded like the gnawing of an animal. It was very disturbing to the man. Remembering that lower animals cannot live in a high altitude. the aviator headed the nose of his plane upward into the high, pure air. Presentlv the gnawing ceased. Later when the pilot landed he found lying in the tyttom of the plane a huge rat. It eould not live

in the high altitude. \

Could it he that we as a nation have been flying too low? If so,

?ept to warn of invasion. ' (j, 0 pest of selfishness, ease, lux— • have left the Churches half- j ury indifference and carelessness

' i,n ' cannot live in the high atomsphore.

climb to high altitude. Lot’s seek ceiling. “They that wait upon the Lord shall mount up with _ wings as eagles.” “Long may our land be bright With freedoms holy light Protect us by thv might Great God. our King. America! America! God mend thine every

flaw

And crown thy good with brotherhood Thv liberty is law.”

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