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WASHINGTON —Men between a£cs of 38 and 45 lost

their special draft classification Sunday when Selective Service officials ordered local draft boards to put no more men in Class 4-H and to transfer men now in that classification into the regular classes (such as 1-A, 8-R, 4-F, etc.)—but not actually to draft them. Several million men will be affected by the order, a spokesman for Selective Service said. The action has the effect of ^establishing an order in which men over 38 would he inducted “if and when the armed forces determine they can be used in /the military establishment," the War Manpower Commission ex-

plained.

“The ‘‘H" designation denotes merely a subdivision of the particular draft class. Thus a man classified 1-A (H) actually would be in Class 1-A alOmugh he would not be liable to immediate induction like another man in that class lacking the additional

rating.

There was no indication from Selective Service or from War or Navy Departments as to whether this actually foreshadows a call to the colors for mer over 38, who are technically eligible for military service to the age of 46. Senator Wheeler (D., Mont.), and some other members of Congress have urged that single men over 38 be drafted ahead of younger fathers but the Army opposes this. A chief aim of the new order is to induce men over 38 to go into farming. The order provides that any man over 38 who farms — Continued On Pace Foup —

Cape Man Drowned In Harbor Friday Night The body of Robert G. McDuell, 26, son of Mrs. Alice McDuell, of 1136 Lafayette street. Cape May, was found in Cape May Harbor Saturday afternoon, 1C hours after he is believed to have fallen from a wharf and droWned. The body was found by Police Chief John J. Spencer, Jr., who with State Police Detective James J. Molnar and Coast Guards under Lieutenant Walsh, was dragging for the body near the wharves. Coast Guards on duty at the harbor reported they had hear.! a loud splash and a cry for help about 11:45 Friday evening. Searching the area from where the cry came, they were unable to find anything. A preliminary investigation of the area did not disclose any missing With McDuell reported missing from his home, police checked on his activities. When last seen'he w-as at a restaurant at the wharf late Friday night. Police said they believe he accidentally walked off the dock. Coroner Herbert R. Hansman, of Villas, issued a certificate attributing death to accidental drawing. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Hollingscad Funeral Home with the Rev. Samuel Blair, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating Interment was made in Cold Spring Cemetery. McDuell is survived by his mother, four brothers and two

Youth Fellowship Officers Named Officers of the Methodist Youth Fellowship were elected for the current year at a meeting held in the Methodist parsonage. 313 Franklin street, recently. Miss Lorraine Hamperian was elected president for the year. Other officers named at the meeting are Miss Marjorie Oliver, first vice president in charge of devotions; Miss Shirley Blattner, third vice president, in charge of missions and social service; Miss Mary' Baldwin, fourth vice president, in charge of recreation; Miss Frances Krula. assistant, in charge of hospitality; Miss Mary Evans, chairman and accompanist; Miss Marjorie Oliver, treasurer; and Miss’ Helen Hickman, secretary. The Rev. Samuel Blair presided at the meeting. Committee Favors Boswell For PUC TRENTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee- on Monday reported favorably or. the nomination of Assemblyman John E. Boswell, of Ocean City, to be public utility commissioner at 312.000 a year for six years. The approval of Boswell's non*

USO Lecturer

GEORGE H. STREAKER Descendant of a long line of American shipbuilders and a frequent Cape May visitor, who will give an illustrated lecture at the Cape May USO Club Monday evening.

Ships Subject Of Lecture At Club George H. Streaker, a well known Cape May summer visitor, will lecture at the Cape May USO Club Monday evening on the subject of “The Romance of the Sea”. An authority on maritime history. Captain Streaker is a descendant of a long line of American shipbuilders and has himself inspected the shipyards of many nations. The illustrated lecture, tracing the history and development of marine transportation, will begin at 8 p.m. Captain Streaker, who has sailed the seas extensively, is a well known lecturer. He spends part of each summer in Cape May as the guest of Colonel J. Clifton Buck tit “St View", hfs New Jersey aveni cottage. Colonel Buck and Captai Streaker have been life-long friends. The lecture traces the development of shipping from the primitive man ' on a log to the latest monarchs of the deep, and covers every aspect of the subject—the technical. historical, political, Naval, commercial and ^romantic with a present-day application. All service men and their families iti this area are invited ■ tu-nd the lecture.

Rural Salvage Drive Opens Next Monday Farmers of Cape May County are in the front lines of the nationwide drive for iron, steel and other metals now being held. Grangers and other farmers throughout the county are showing a keen interest in the Scrap Harvest to be held in all mainland sections next week. The campaign will open Monday morning and will close Saturdav night. Local salvage committees and Grange scrap committees plan to see that every farm and every nonfarm home in Middle, JDennis, Upper and Lower townships and Woodbine is canvassed during the

week.

Farmers and other residents are asked by the county salvage committee to thoroughly inspect their premises for iron, steel and other metals of all kinds, rubber, burlap bags and iron. They arc asked to start the material on its way to war production plants by: (1) delivering it to one of the officially designated salvage depots near their home; (2) getting it ready to be hauled away in a municipal road truck, as (3) selling to to a junk dealer and reporting the weight to local salvage chairman.

CAPE MAY/NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943

POSTAGE PREPAID—BSLOO A YEAR

Ocean City Leading County In Red Cross War Fund Campaign Cape May County’s 1943 Red Cross War Relief Fund campaign swung into its second week on Monday with first-week contributions totaling 37,835, According to reports submitted to Daniel J. Ricker, county school superintendent who heads the campaign in this county. Of the total, Ocean City’s war fund committee was responsible *— —■**-— * J nnn ~ «—* of most

mpaign. le first

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$488,000 Allotted For Cape May Base WASHINGTON — Appropriations totalling 3488,000 for Naval construction projects in and near Cape May have oeen approved' by the Navy’s Bureau of Yards and Docks, Congressman Elmer H. Wene, representative of the Second New Jersey Congressional District, disclosed last Thursday. An appropriation of $384,000 was made for the auxiliary airfield at Rio Grande, which is

nearing completion.

The other appropriations eluded $65,000 for completion a temporary hangar at the Cape May Naval Air Station, and $38,500 for completion of an underground electrical system

local Naval base.

Work on the three projects for which the additional funds were allotted is being rushed by large

Grangers will make the canvass I crews of workmen as expansion i some places while in other areas of local Naval facilities in this

Ministers’ Group In Session On Monday ie monthly meeting of th Cape May Ministers' Association was held Monday at the local USO Club, with ministers and '.' cir wives the guests of Adjutant and Mrs. Theodoore F. Thomp The Rev. Wilbur E. Hogg, Jr.. of the Church of the Advent, presided. The Rev. William Bullock, of tiic Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, had charge of the devotions. The Lenten theme was emphasized in the program. A paper on “The Captivating Christ” was presented by the Rev. Samuel Blair, pastor of the First Methodist Church. At the business session, the association expressed appreciation to The Star and Wave for providing space for “The Sermon Comer", ami its desire to cooperate further in this feature. Those present were the Rev. and Mrs. F. Paul Langhome, and Mrs. Bullock, the Rev. and Mrs. Albert W. Lenz, Mr. and Mrs. Blair, the Rev. Augustus Chancy. Rev. J. I. Peaco, Rev. A. E.' Martin. Mr. Hogg, Miss Selzer and Adjutant and Mrs. Thompson.

be enlisted. 4-H Club girls also will aid. Arrangements for school pupils help have been made by the Cold Spring, Dias Creek and Tuckahoc Granges. ' South Scaville Grange planned to complete its program at a meeting held Tuesday night. Henry H-. White, county agricultural agent and member of the county salvage committee in charge of farm scrap, this week addressed a letter to all farmers urging their full cooperation, asked farmers to haul their scrap to the nearest salvage depot if it is not called for and to telephone him if they are unable to haul it to a depot (Bell, 5-3111; Keystone, 411). Clinton M. White, executive retary for New Jersey of the General Salvage Division, War Production Board, this week emphasized the importance of covering every farm in the county so that no niece of scrap iron or steel will be left. “I am sure,” White said, “that every farmer in the state is aware of the importance of supplying every piece of usable heavy scrap iron and steel. By putting this collection into immediate operation. he can do his part in making this very necessary drive a great success. Let's do it during the Scrap Harvest, before it is too late. Our steel mills are begging for heavy scrap, and in our field of the salvage effort, this type of scrap must come principally from the farms." In Lower Township, John Kaighn is salvage chairman, telephones are Keystone 803-111 and '808-12. Salvage depots are located at the Lower Township Consolidated School and the Villas Cafe.

Civilian Jobs Open At Base, Airport number of scnographic and clerical positions, .with salaries ranging from $1,260 to $1,620 per year, are open at the Cape May Naval Base and the Navy’s outlying airfield at Rio Grande, it was announced this week. Qualified persons desiring to apply for the positions should contact E. J. Shanley in Building 22. The positions are under the war service branch of the Civil Service Commission. Among positions to be filled are clerks, clerk-typists, clerk-steno-graphers, stenographers, bookkeepers and storekeepers.

Official Endorses Proposed Revision Of Budget Laws

Endorsing a contemplated change in New Jersey's local budget laws. Mayor T. Millet Hand, of Cape May, declared Friday that the change from a calendar year basis to a fiscal year would benefit Cape May. and other re-

sorts.

Under a plan being considered by the State Department of Local Government, local governments would be put on a fiscal year basis, starting July 1 and ending June SO each year. Municipal budgets, therefore, would be adopted at the beginning of the fiscal year, at a time when resort officials could more closely estimatc necessary operating ex-

ly. before the commencement of the fiscal year, the collection of current taxes would be improved considerably," Hand continued, pointing out that under the present system budgets are not finally adopted until the first three months of the tax year have elapsed, and final tax rates arc not available until the first half

of the year is gone.

“That condition makes it impossible for local governing bodies to push actively fhr current tax payments, because no one knows exactly what the actual tax rat* will be until the year is half over," he explained. An advocate of revision of the state's taxing methods. Mayor Hand has long suggested changes to facilitate current tax collec-

“The proposal would change the basis of municipal financing to conform with state and federal budgets and would eliminate much of the uncertainty which now results from the difference in the

dates," the Mayor said. municipal expenditures hinge

“If the revision ia adopted, and seasonal conditions, it was point-

if the Local Government Board : ed out that the suggested c" P°»*>hle to have final | to a fiscal year would be a

tax rates ascertained immediate- boon.

In the case of seashore resorts, where a large proportion of

t great

Business Clinic To Be Held Wednesday An Eiconomy-for-Victory Clime for all Cape May business men will be held in the auditorium of Cape May High School next Wednesday evening, March 17, at 7:30 o’clock under the sponsorahip of the Cape May Kiwanis Club. The clinic will follow the regular club meeting. Representatives of the Office of Price Administration will address the meeting and will discuss with business men of the community the ‘‘Reltailcrs’ Victory Plan”. A motion picture illustrating the operation of the Retailers' Victory Plan and the manner in which it benefits most retailers will be shown as part of the clinic session. The OPA representatives will outline the Economy for Victory Plan and explain how each merchant may adopt it to his own particular problems. Many ways for reducing operating costs will be outlined and suggestions made about elimination of services nonessential during war time. The meeting will be open for questions, which will give every merchant a chance to bring up specific problems arising in his

Pre-Easter Sermon Series Scheduled A scries of sermons on “The Manifestations of Divine Love" will be given each Sunday morning until Easter at the Cape Island Baptist Church by the Rev. F. Paul Langhorne, pastor, it was

announced this week.

Starting Sunday. March 14, with a sermon entitled "Boundless Love”, the series will include the

following sermons:

March 21, “Bethlehem—Love in the Cradle”, March 28, “Nazareth -Love in the Workshop”, April ''Capernaum—Love in the Hospital". April 11, “Galilee—Love in the School”, April 18, “Jerusalem —l/ove in the Temple". "Calvary —Love in Agony”, April 24, “Joseph's Garden—Love Bursting the Tomb”, “Emmaus—Love in Burn-

ng Hearts '.

Cape May’s total for the

week was only $300.

The county quota this year is $28,600, of which Cape May’s

share is $3,100.

Chairman Ricker explained yesterday that the average cost of providing Red Cross service for one year for each man in the armed forces is $12.50. Basing his calculations on approximately 250 Cape May boys already in the service, Ricker said Cape May's quota yrilL finapee Red Cross activities for local men. A special meeting of all C May lied Cross drive workers be held at the Cape May High School auditorium Monday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock, at which time reports on progress of the local- war fund drive will be given and plans for the balance of the campaign will be discussed. Dr. Edward E. Pickard, campaign chairman, will preside at

the meeting.

Chester L. Larkins, Red Cross representative at the Cape May Naval Base, will speak briefly on the war activities of the AmerRed Cross, outlining some of the activities for which the war fund money is .spent. "We need help and we need cooperation," Dr. Pickard said in a letter to all campaign workers yesterday. "Victory is not achieved without that extra something which overcomes opposition. Will you, therefore, make a special effort to be present at the meeting and to help Cape May keep faith with those who are facing ■hardships which are quite different from the petty annoyances which confront us in our daily lives. We cannot—we must not fail,” he concluded.

Naval Officers Here Receive Promotions Promotions of a number of officers stationed at the Cape May Naval Air Station and the Cape May Naval Base were announced late last week. The following Naval Air Station officers were recently ad■anced in rank: Lieutenant (jg) Jesse. Lyons, ChC, to full lieutenant;' Lieutenant (jg) M. R. Brownell, Jr., lieutenant; • Lieutenant (jg) C. DiTullio, lieutenant; EnL. V. L. Brow " (jg); and Ensign G. to lieutenant (jg). Base officers advanced in rank include: From ensign to lieutenant junior grade: H. W. Borer, T. G. Jannett, E. G. Parker, R. F. Hobson, I. -L. Trittipo, D. Kay, T. Casper, A. H. Holste, H. Parker, R. Allen, W. Jeffries, E. York, W. Morgan. From lieutenant (jg) to full lieutenant: R. Campion, E. Hosteller, H. Lcffler. F. Lees, C. Haber, W. Sheppard, J. Mattox, M. Smith, Fletcher, J. Dunton and W. Briton.

Wins Promotion

EDWARD R. SMARKOL

Son of Mrs. Mildred Smarkol, of Cape May, who was recently promoted to the rating of cox-

the U. S. Coast Guard

sff*' , . ... alter being cited for heroism in uiding of troops In North

Blackout Test Failure; Army Mix-Up Blamed Cape May, along with the rest of New Jersey, had a delayed action practice blackout Tuesday night which brought a charge from State Civilian Defense Director Leonard Dreyfuss that “the Army forgot to send out the sig-

nal”.

•Dreyfuss said the Second Service Command in New York had assumed jurisdiction over the series of siren signals, but that none were received at New Jersey Civilian Defense Command posts

at the designated times.

After more than an hour had passed without the signals anywhere in New Jersey, the State Defense Council ordered a practice air raid alert at 10:23 pjn.

on its own responsibility.

In Cape May, Police Chief John J. Spencer, Jr., chairman of the local defense council, said that despite the bungling of the sig-

ide basis, the

Schools Active In War-Time Program

COURT HOUSE — Cape May County school pupils have purchased a total of $31,126.45 in war bonds and stamps since last September, Daniel J. Ricker, county school superintendent, re-

ported yesterday.

The schools of the county have

ill -li.!*. if ■ ■ participating in the nationWoodbine Youth Wins *! ' s r h ~ 1 ! ,; n . pw™

since last fall, with students taking part in salvage drives, making scrapbooks on war activities, which were displayed this week at the War Memorial Building in

Trenton.

Oratorical Contest COURT HOUSE—Sixteen-year-old Joseph Pelloni, a senior at Woodbine High School, won the second annual Cape May County American Legion oratorical contest on Friday. He competed against three other Cape May County high school students. Pelloni. who lives on a farm at Woodbine, spoke on “Prelude to Victory". His brother, Sullizio, is in the Army. The county winner will compete in a South Jersey contest at a date to be announced. The South Jersey winner will compete in a statewide con-

test on March 24.

Arthur V. Sutton, of North lit

Cape May Youth Is Lauded For Service WASHINGTON — A Cape May Coast Guard has been advanced in rating and cited for meritorious service during the landing of troops and supplies in North Africa, the Navy Department an-

nounced Sunday.

Edward Ralph Smarkol, 20, of !8 Washington street, Cape May, was advanced to the rank of coxswain. The recommendation on which the advancement of Smarkol and four other men was bas-

ed read:

"Recommended for advancement to' next higher rating for exemplary courage and disregard of his personal safety, while under enemy gunfire and strafing attacks successfully operated ship's landing boats and discharged troops and equipment in French Morocco, Africa, during November, 1942.”

of Woodlynne, was advanced to seaman, first class, and was praised for his service in the

same operation.

Smarkol was graduated from Cape May High School in June, 1940, and entered the printing trade as an apprentice. He is the son of Mrs. Mildred Smarkol, a Cape May telephone operator, who also won a citation for serseveral years ago for her service in an -emergency. Young Smarkol enlisted in the Coast Guard on January 2, 1941 after having been employed for some time by the Curtis PublishCompany in Philadelphia. House Damaged By Fire On Friday Cape May firemen worked for more than an hour before they subdued a stubborn blaze in the third story and roof of a boarding house on Decatur street Fri-

day morning.

The house, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Glaubit and their family, was badly damaged. Flames which apparently started around the. chimney in the third story quickly spread through the upper portion of the house and

the roof.

A strong wind threatened sweep the blaze to neighboring houses until firemen brought the

fire under control.

Chief Sol Needles, of the Cape May fire department, attributed the fire to a defective chimney. He expressed the appreciation' of local firemen for the assistance given by many persons who aided, in handling hoses and

the blaze.

nals on a statewii , __ local test, with a few exceptions, was satisfactory, although there was still much confusion among volunteer defense workers as to when the all-clear signal was received. Wardens and other volunteers on duty were not notified

« of the all-clear except by house-

holders who heard the all-clear broadcast on their radios. In Lower Township, a mix-up was caused when local defenso council volunteers ordered • blackout shortly after nine o'clock in some areas, although no signals had been given by the stata area defense authorities. In at — Continued On Page Five —

High School Band Uniforms Distributed To Members

Wildwood, manual training teach-

Middle Township High was chairman of the coun-

ty contest.

Other contestants were Eleanor Conway. Cape May; Marlyn Langford. Wildwood; and Ruth Weber. Stone Harbor. Pelloni ’ is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Pelloni.

RETURNS TO CLEVELAND Mrs. J. Allen Wales, of Cleveland, Ohio, who has been visiting Mrs. Albert R. Hand at 1020 Stockton avenue for the last two months, has returned to her home. Mrs. Wales is well known in Cape May. having lived here nany years.

Another milestone in the development of Cape May High School's band was marked late last week witii the arrival of uniforms for band members. The band made its first public appearance in. uniform, on Thursday

high school assembly.

H Delayed for several weeks because of difficulty in obtaining trimmings, the uniforms arrived last Wednesday and were immediately distributed to members of

the band.

The next public appearance of

the uniformed musical organization will be Monday evening, when the band will play at the local USO Club as part of the special program which will feature a lecture by Captain George H.

Streaker, of Philadelphia. The new uniforms, consisting

of blue and gold caps and capes for the 30 members of the band, and different styles for the five drum majorettes and the drum

m ^ r ' ... . give a public concert that evening The band members uniforms in the high vh~d auditorium.

are blue with gold trimmings, the caps carrying jaunty gold pompoms. The majorettes’ uniforms are blue trimmed with gold and with white belts. The drum major’s uniform is white trimmed in

gold.

Designed by Mrs. Stanley Schellenger, high school art teacher, the uniforms were made by a specialty manufacturer at an hp-

ptoximate cost of $700.

Plans ara jpnder way for a number _oi lund-raising activities to provide money for the purchase of white trousers and skirts

to complete the uniforms.

Funds for the uniforms purchased Decently included proceeds from the Hallowe'en dance last fall and donations by a number of public spirited citizens and

visitors.

The band will give a concert on the afternoon of March 29 at a high school assembly, and will

New City Budget Is Adopted By Board Cape May’s 1943 municipal budget was adopted without objection on Friday after it had been approved by Walter R. Darby, New Jersey local govemmen$ commissioner, at Trenton. . Under the new budget, the tax rate for local purposes remains the same as last year, although a 20-cent increase in county tax rate is reflected in the city's total rate. The 1943 rate is $5.9$ per $100 valuation. Marked reductions in local expenditures were responsible for offsetting losses in ratables and other factors which would tend to increase the local rate. Under the budget approved last week, the amount to be raised for local purposes this year total* $218,053.73 compared with approximately $235,000 last year, a reduction of $17,000 in local expenditures. Total of the new operating budget is $333,812.73 compared with $340,000 for last year. Reduced appropriations for most municipal departments offset a $125,000 loss in ratables, item* totaling $18,000 for emergency notes last year, and increases in appropriations for police and firemen's pension funds to meet larger demands.

Orders State Control For North Cape May The Borough of North Cape May was officially placed under supenision of the State Department of Local Government this week by Supreme Court Justice

Frederic R. Colic.

Borough Solicitor Samuel F. Eldredge, of Cape May, on Tuesday received an order from Justice Colie. placing the tiny municipality under state supervision. Under New Jersey municipal financing statutes, the state department has the pow,er to cancel all outstanding state and county ^ axes > thus reducing the amount

fighting] u, t,. bj , ESta. to . Itvcl

where the tax rate would not- be

prohibitive.

Faced with similar action, the Borough of South Cape May last week opposed a recommendation to go into municipal bankruptcy. Representatives of the borough appeared before the State Board of Local' Government in Trenton , to oppose the plan, explaining that the borough governing body feels it can put the financial affairs of the municipality in good condition if given another year.

Navy Seeking Permit For Paint Test Rack PHILADELPHIA — Army engineers yesterday considered an application by the Navy Department for permission to construct a paint testing rack in Cape May Inlet in front of the lower end of the Naval station at Cape May. No decision was announced until press time. COAST GUARD CHORUS TO SING HERE The Wildwood Barracks Coast Guard Chorus, composed of 86 service men, will sing at the First Methodist Church here Sox ’ evening, March 14, at 7:80 o’d