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CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1943

DCUVBRBD BY MAH. IN THE UMJL POSTAGE PREPAID—*2.00 A YEAR

FIVE CENTS

City Sells Land To Coast Guard For Large Base Sale of 17V* acre* of land to be used for the establishment of a Coast Guard servicing base on the shore of Cape May Harbor was approved by the city commission on Friday after nearly two years of negotiations with the'U. S. Treasury Department. Located between Devil’s Reach and Delaware avenue, the tract will be the site of an extensive servicing base, composed of machine shops and other plant for the servicing of Coast Guard boats and equipment. The commission on Friday approved by resolution the terms and agreement of sale, which had been approved recently by high Coast Guard authorities in Washington. Under the agreement, the land will be sold to the U. S. Government for 1990. The agreement v, and deed provide that title to the Mnd and improvements shall revert to the city if at any time the Coast Guard abandons the servicing base. It further provides that unless construction is begun within one year, the land will revert to the city. Although details of the proposed base were not disclosed at this time, when the base was first discussed it was estimated that it would ^ost approximately »175.000. When negotiations between the Treasury Department and the city were started in 1941, the construction of s wharf and other * buildings for attending aids to navigation, lightbouaes, lightships and other Coast Guard equipment was contemplated. While refusing to divulge detailed information concerning the proposed base, officials indicated that the base would be of a permanent nature and would not b^ hinged upon the war program. It was reported that an appropriation of $176,000 had been allotted for the base establishment, and it was indicated that the base would bring from 60 to 80 families to Cape May as permanent residents. Terms of the sale were approved recently by Rear Admiral R. R. Waeacfae, commandant of the Coast Guard.

Fishing Interests Fight Restrictions Petitions were placed In circulation this week by commercial fishermen of Cape May County, protesting proposed plans of rationing fish and placing ceiling price* on the food. Jesse Laudeman. of Cape May. associated with one of the largest commercial fishing firms in Cape Mav County, said the petitions will be submitted to New Jersey representatives in Washington, asking that they follow through with OPA officials, in attempting to halt the rationing of fish. Laudeman said s busy mackerel season is anticipated, but with the fixing of prices and rationing of fish many serious problems would arise, i Relaxation of some of the present restrictions on commercial fishing will also be discussed with officials in Washington. Laude-

Borough Will Help Victory Gardeners WEST CAPE MAY — The bor- . ough commissioners this week officially endorsed the Victory Garden movement which is starting on a nation-wide basis, and adopted a policy of granting permission to use borough-owned land, not needed for other' purposes. for such gardens during the coming season. Discussing the Victory Garden movement at their meeting Tuesday night, the commissioners * ^pointed out that in addition to a large number of privately bwned vacaht lota, there are many bor-ough-owned lota which might be used for'•Victory Gardens. *' Mayor Frank L. Bennett, speaking for the Commission, said that anyone desirthg to start a .Victory Garden dp do rough -owned property should >pply to any of the commissioners, for permission, wbyrh would be I granted if *"' other use of the land was • UkspUted The borough oWns several U tracts of land which may be _ vided iato^ingjifidual garden plots. Dimut Area Signs To Be Reasved COURT HOUSE — Highway

rwmovod from Cape May County highways under an' order received yesterday by the Board of Free holders from the Sti ~

ConfirmedMonday

JOHN E. BOSWELL Cape May County Assemblyman whose appointment as a member of the State Board of Public Utilities Commissioners wag confirmed on Monday by the New Jersey Senate, several weeks after the nomination was made by Governor Edison. Boswell will succeed Thomas L. Hanson, Perth Amboy Republican, as a member of the board for a six year term at a salary of $12,000 annually. The term will begin in May.

Woman Burned, Home Gutted By Blaze A woman was severely burned and her home on Yacht avenue was gutted by fire Mondsy afternoon after an oil stove had exploded. Miss Irene Hartley was badly burned about the face and head as she tried to save some of her possessions from the Mating house. Quick work by Coast Guards who were working in the vicinity and volunteer firemen who responded quickly to the alarm saved the house from total destruction. Starting in the kitchen at the rear of the house, the flames quickly spread through the interior, gutting both first and second . floors and charring all furnishings. Only a few personal belongings were removed from the burning house. Miss Hartley was taken to the home of neighbors, where she was treated for her bums by Dr. A. C. Moon. Fire Chief Sol Needles said the Mate started when a pot of sourkraut boiled over on an oil stove in the kitchen.

Draft Examination Set For Friday

'ill be held tomorrow night at. the Margaret Mace Hospital, North Wildwood, for a large group of prospective selectees t mm the southern section of Cspe May County. Announcing the tests, officials of Selective Service Board No. 2 for Cape May County declined to divulge the sire of the April call, which the men will fill, but indicated that it will be approximately double the- sire of the comparatively small March call. Men passing the screening examination tomorrow will compose the list of men who will' report for final Army examinations at the Camden induction center on April 10. Under the schedule which has been in effect for several months, men accepted after their final examinations will be immodiately inducted into the armed forces, and will-Ae. given a week’s furlough in order'io arrange their personal affairs before they begin active duty in either the Army or the Navy. .

Small Group Of Men Leaves For Camp Tomorrow One of the smallest contingents of southern Cape May County men entering the armed forces will begin service tomorrow morning. The men passed their final physical examinations at Camden last Friday and were immediately inducted. They were given a week furlough before starting active duty. Two of the men were inducted into the Navy under the new combination Selective Service call system. the rest have been assigned to the Army. Of the total, more than half are volunteers. A listW the men leaving tomorrow morning follows: CAPE MAY: Kenneth Charles Alsteen. Ernest A. Green. / WEST CAPE MAY: Jesse Boatright. ERMA: William Main Tobin, GREEN CREEK: Hiram Leroy Thompson. MAYVILLE: Milton Arlington Ryder. COURT HOUSE: Herbert Leon Chandler. John Williams Wright. I WILDWOOD: Albert Andrew 1 Anderson, Melvin Amos Bailey. 1 Norman Alvin Baker, Willard Gordon Bennett, Charles Thomas Bradley, Jr., Pasquale Rocco Caloeero, Charles R. Getsinger, Jr., Milton Warner Heston, Oswaldo A. Melchiorre. NORTH WILDWOOD: JosephEdward Smart. Volunteers were Bailey. Baker, Boatright, Bradley, .Calogero, Chandler. Melchiorre, Ryder, Smart and Thompson. Thomnson and Boatright were assigned -to the Navy. War-Time Business Topic Of Meeting A representative group of business men from Cape May and its surrounding communities met last night in Cape May High School to hear representatives of the New Jersey Office of Price Administration headquarters outline the "Retailers’ Victory Plan”, which is being inaugurated on a nationwide basis. Led by the Cape May Kiwanis Club, the business men heard I suggestions for war-time business ] practices made by the OPA rep- ! resentatives, and witnessed a mo- | lion picture illustrating various | phases of the Victory Plan. j The meeting was arranged by ) Dr. L. C. Asnburn, chairman of the local War Price and Rationing Board, and Police Chief John J. Spencer, Jr., president of the | Kiwanis Club, who conferred last I week with representatives of the jOPA. I Reduction of operating expenses and elimination of non-essen-j tial services for the duration ! were among the principal topics [ discussed at the meeting. The • group also discussed price ceili ings and other new business problems which confront the average merchant at present. Last night’s meeting was one of a series of business clinics being held throughout the nation under the auspices of the OPA to assist merchants in meeting wartime conditions. A suggestion that a war-time organization of local business men be formed to coordinate local economy practices was delayed pending further study. - The Kiwanis Committee on business standards will make a study of the program and make recommendations.

Cape Farmers Face Big Labor Problem COURT HOUSE—Althouugh handicapped by labor shortages. Cape May County farmers are planning to produce as much as possible during the coming planting season, Henry H. White, county agricultural agent,

said following a countywide

of the 1943 farm situation. “Results of a farm-to-f arm survey to find out what Cape May County farmers plan to grow in 1943 'have not yet been completely summarized, but enough is completed to indicate that there will be retrenchment on many farms which lack family labor and are obliged to hire help,” White said. “Leading farmers say they cannot pay the necessary wages to compete with the airport and other defense or industrial jobs except during short periods of harvest. "They face increased costs for fertilizer, seed and supplies. They plan to plant what they and their families can tend to and harvest. Then, if prices are low, they will not lose heavily,” White explain-

ed.

“During the last week, several dozen farmers who have been earning at the wage rate of $26 to $40 per week returned to their farms where their net earnings are apt to be not over half that amount. “They are returning because they believe it is their duty to produce food. They would hate to see their best fields stand idle when the country needs farm products. “Truly,” White continue#, “town-folk should be thankful that farmers have engrained producing habits, which prod tnem to grow and harvest for low returns for the hours spent. “Farmers have had little encouragement. There is no ‘cost-plus-ten’ for them. Their labor has been hired away. They can’t buy new machines. Ceilings are placed on products on which they could expect to make profits to offset the crops produced at loss. “In their opinion the government has ‘given labor all the breaks’. If there is a forgotten man, they say, it is the farmer. But they are used to being forgotten and they will do the best they can. as ever,” the County Agent added. “The outlook is that any townfolk in Cape May County who want to buy to store or can will be able to purchase all they want on our local farms during the coming season,” White concluded.

ENTERS MARINE SERVICE Fred Stiefel, Jr. left on Thursday for entry in the service of the Merchant Marine and will be stationed at Sheepshead Bay. Brooklyn- N. Y.

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COURT HOUSE - Volunteer Red Cross workers in this county made enough surgical dressings in February to treat the number of wounded men who would occupy a hospital - ward extending from Cape May to Atlantic City. Mrs. H.- B. Mecleary. chairman of Volunteer Special Services, at the monthly, meeting of the Cape May County Red Cross Chapter in the freeholders’ room on Sunday afternoon released a report by - Mrs. Grace Taylor, surgical dressings chairman, showing that 60,090 dressings were made during the month. In the six-month period. September through February. 148,030 dressings were made with 3.174 workers reported making 22.889H

At Ocean City, for instance, the number of dressings increased from 600 in September to 11,084 in February; at Cape May. from

February; at Stone Harbor, from 360 to 8410. W’hile North Wildwood’s branch is . the only one which has reached its monthly quotas, several now are nearing their’ goals. North Wildwood, with a quota of 5000 per month, made S580 dressings January and 6179 in February. Avalon, Lower Township and West Cape May branches' reports were not included in the figures submitted. All now have organized surgical dressings units, however, and will report next month. The following table shows the six months' totals for each branch, and the monthly quotas: Total Quota Cape May 24,871 17,000 Dennis Twp. .. .. 17.100 * 5.000 Middle Twp 11,736 8,600 North Wildwood . 14,117 5,000 Ocean City 28,634 17,000 Sea Isle City .... 2,704 2,500 Stone Harbor .... 8X10 6.000 Strathmere • 2X25 2X00 Upper Twin 2X» Wildwood 22X62 17X00 7X51 5X00

Furnishings Needed For Recreation Room An appeal for discarded furnishings and equipment which can be used ti> furnish recreation rooms toi Army personnel at Cape May Point was sounded this week by Steven J. 'Steger, Cape May Red Cross branch representative on the South Jersey Camp Council. Urging Cape May residents who have chairs, lamps, tables, smoking stands, bookcases, book!, magazines and games that are not being used to contribute them for use at the recreation rooms, Steger said he was confident that more than enough furnishings and equipment are now lying idle in attics and storage rooms in Cape

May.

Anyone having furnishings which would be suitable for the recreation rooms should contact Steger at his home 708 Benton avenue (Keystone phone 3283) and arrangements will be made to collect the donations. “The South Jersey Camp Council, a committee functioning through the local Red Cross Chapter, is making this appeal to all residents in the Cape May dis r trict," Steger said. “We need nicker chairs, hardwood chairs, rockers, smoking stands, writing tables, writing desks, table and floor lamps to equip day rooms and recreation rooms at the various service camps. Thia material should not be beyond a state of repair.” -

Surveys Situation

HENRY H. WHITE County farm agent, whose survey shows county farmers are planning crops in -proportion to amount of labor available.

Cape May Pilgrims At Trenton Today Three high school senior girls from Cape May County are in ■Trenton today to be presented at the Spring Conference of the New Jersey State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. The girls, sponsored by Cape May Patriots Chapter, D.A.R., and chosen by their respective high school classes and faculty members'as best typifying the ideals of a good citizen in their schools and communities are Betty Lou Hughes, Cape May, Elizabeth Neill Harrison, of Wildwood, and Evelyn A. Cherry, of Avakm, from Middle Township High School. They will meet with the other 55 girls chosen from New Jersey high schools and, following their presentation at" the conference where they will receive their Good Citizenship Pilgrim pins, they will be entertained at luncheon and will organize the 1943 New Jersey Pilgrims Club. From the 58 girls chosen throughout the state, a D.A.R. committee has picked Miss Marie E. Elberson, of Mt. Holly, as the New Jersey Society’s ‘ Good Citizenship Pilgrim. Since the National D.A.R.-Con-gress is being held in Cincinnati next month instead of in Washington, the state Pilgrims will not make their usual pilgrimage to Washington but will receive war bonds in lieu of the

Millington Leases Fish Pier Again Cape May’s municipal fishing pier will be operated by John EMillington, of 513 Hughes street, again this season, it was disclosed Friday after the city commission had renewed Millington's lease for

another year.

. Mr. Millington's new lease starts April 1 and continues til April 1, 1944 with an option

of renewal.

At Friday's meeting, the commission re-appointed Police Chief John J. Spencer. Jr. for another term as constable. The new term runs until March 12, 1946.

Reeves Elected President Of State Group Richard E. Reeves, of Cold Spring, was elected president of the New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association on Thursday to succeed' Captain John T. Morrison, of Mountain Lakes. The association held its annual com vention at the Sea view Country Club, Absecon, last week. William H. Dillistin, Paterson, and Dr. William L. Williamson, Bayonne, were elected first and second vice presidents, respectively. Lester W. Smith, Metnchen, was elected treasurer. Re-elected as secretary and assistant secretary were Dr. Thomas J. Headlee, Dayton, and Thomas D. Mulhem, Mill town. New members of the executive committee are retiring President Morrison and Edward Fansler, of Ventnor City. Ke-elected to the executive committee were Jalo W. Lehti, Lyndhurst; Dr. Henry P. Dengler, Springfield; Leon E. Todd, Medford Lakes; George Soeder, Sea Isle City; Dr. Joseph C. Lamb, Bridgeton; Dr. Frederick W. Becker, Newark; Dr. David — Continued On Page Foum —

City Moves To Raise Liquor Permit Fee An ordinance increasing the annual fee of plenary retail consumption liquor licenses from $350 to $600 was passed on first reading by the city commission yesterday afternoon. The ordinance will be considered for public hearing and final adoption on April 2 at 11:30 ajn. No change in the present fees of plenary retail distribution and club licenses is made by the ordinance. If the measure is finally adopted, it will add $4X50 to the city’s total revenue annually, providing there are the same number of licensees. The commission passed, by a two-to-one vote, a motion to grant a consumption license to Robert H. Chance for premises located at 316 Washington street, in place of the distribution license he now holds. The motion was introduced by Commissioner I. Grant Scott and seconded by Commissioner George P. Wentzell. Mayor Hand voted against its passage. The Chance application has been held in abeyance for several weeks, following the presentation of remonstrances by other licensees. At yesterday’s session, Clarence Schellenger was appointed as a general municipal inspector at a .salary of $125 a month. His duties include inspecting places selling liquor, water rents ini spector and general inspecting duties.

Avalon Bridge To Be Closed For Repairs COURT HOUSE — The Avalon drawbridge over Ingram's Thoroughfare will be closed for repairs for a few days in the near future, Freeholder Osman M. Corson, director of county highways, announced yesterday at a meeting of the Board of Freeholders. Corson said that dates for the repair work had hot yet been fixed, but pointed out that ample notice will be given at least three days before the bridge is to be closed. He explained that it would be difficult to maintain traffic while the repairs are being made, and that he and department officials felt the work would be expedited if the bridge were closed to traffic for a few days.

War Fund Total Reaches $2,232 In First Period Spurred by urgent war-time demands for funds, the Cape May Red Cross War Relief Fund committee this week reported total collections of $2,232 as the monthlong drive reached its half-way mark. Cape May’s quota under the current campaign is $3,100. The mid-point of the drive in Cape May waff marked by a meeting of ail local workers Monday afternoon, at which time report* on contributions were made. Chester L. Larkins, American Red Cross representative at the Cape May Naval Base, addressed Monday’s meeting, citing a number of instances to show the use to which the jnoney now being raised will be pot. Following Larkins', address, each worker reported on the afcount of money which had been raised to date. Of the tots] of $2X32 collected, $1,743 had been turned in to officers of the drive on Mondsy, and the remainder was still in the hands of the collectors. The figures cited show that Cape May has already passed the two-thirds mark in its efforts t* reach the city’s quota. Lest than $900 is needed to reach the quota, and drive officers this week expressed tho hope that this city will pass tho goal set for It by Daniel J. Ricker, county campaign chairman. The meeting was highlighted by a- report made by Charles B. Shields, a member of the Businessmen’s Committee, who turned in a total of $458 with more to come. “Practically every worker hag tripled the collections of the previous year and everyone is to bo congratulated on the excellent work,” Dr. Edward E. Pickard, city school superintendent who Is chairman of the local campaign, said following Monday’s session t County Collections Show Sharp Rite COURT HOUSE — With more than half of Cspe May County’s Red Cross War Fund quota collected in the first two weeks of the campaign, indications point to a highly successful conclusion of the drive. Most encouraging collection reports were submitted Monday by, local committee chairmen in the county resorts, while the rural sections were considerably behind in the collections to date, according to a report released yesterday by Daniel J. Ricker, county' school superintendent, who head* the county campaign. Ocean City has already reached its quota. A total of $15X33.07 was collected as of March 16, when tho campaign reached its half-way mark. A list of community collections, reported Monday, follows:

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Vote Registration Delay Bill Passed Possibility that the effective date of the permanent registration law will be postponed until September or November in Cape May and 15 other New Jersey counties where it 4s not now in. forge was indicated Monday when the New Jersey Senate passed a bill to allow voters to register permanently at either the primary or general election this year. The Senate passed and sent to the Assembly a. bill by Senator John M. Summerill, Jr.,' Salem Republican, a which would provide two additional days for the permanent registration of voters. Permanent registration is scheduled to go into riTect next July T, and the purpose of the ~ bin is

until

effectiveness u November in «

s not already

Large coUections of iron, steel, rubber and other scrap materials I are being made and pledged in the Farm Scrap Harvest which opened Monday and will close Saturday, the Cape # May County Salvage Committee announced

yesterday.

Members of the Cold Spring. South Seaville, Dias Creek and Tuckahoe 'Granges are making a farm-to-farm canvass and are being assisted in some inland parts of the county by school pupils and 4-H Club boys and girls. The drive is centered in Middle, LowUpper and Dennis Townships and Woodbine. A campaign designed to cover the resort areas is planned for next month. Local salvage chairmen in all the townships and Woodbine have made arrangements for municipal road tracks to pick up the scrap

on Monday.

Collections will be made from 1 officially-designated depots and from homes and farm' if the scrap is placed at the side of the road or street so that it can be plainly seen by the truck driver.

Those preferring to sell may contact either a junk dealer or their salvage chairman. If a salvage chairman is told that the scrap is to be sold he will arrange for one or more junk dealers to call, upon the seller. While this week's drive is officially designated as a Farm Scrap Harvest, it is the aim of the Grange scrap committees and local salvage committees to make 'scrape-np-the-scrap’’ appeal to every-'householder, farm and nonfarm, in the inland part of the county. Those not contacted are urged to communicate with their salvage chairman at once. Members of the Grange scrap committee are: Cold Spring, Samuel Sayre, Otway Brown and Edwin C. Miller; Dias Creek, Richard Lloyd, William Socriter and Andrew Dressel; South Seaville, Nelson Chester, Newton S. Townsend and Samuel Christian; Tockahoe, Bradford Shaw, Henry Konschak and William Burroughs;

Branch

Avalon Cape May Dennis Twp. .., Lower Twp Middle Twp. ... N. Wildwood ... Ocean City .... •Sea Isle City .. •Stone Harbor ... •Strathmere Upper Twp. .West Cape May Wildwood

Woodbine 2000

"Naval Base

Quota Mar. 15 $ 166X0

2282.00

8100 1600 1400 3400 2000 5500

. 1600 . 800 . 6600

Total

165.00 140.00 340.00 900.00

5500.00 1050.01

432.00 130.50 86.14 69X0

2550.00 1681.50

500.00

. .$28,600 $15,833.07

World War II Vet In Legion Post Harry J. Collins, of York avenue, West Cape May, was admit- - ted to membership in the Harry Snyder Post, 198, American Legion, here last night, the first veteran of World War II to become a member of the local port. Collins, who is 22, was recently given a' medical discharge after serving in the Army Tor 16 months. The American Legion at its national convention last September voted to admit veterans of World War II to membership upon presentation of their honorable discharge papers. However, the change required an act of Congress to ratify the Legion's decision, and the measure was just recently finally signed by President Roosevelt.

CITY PIER THEATRE TO OPEN APRIL 1 Hnnt's City Pier Theatre on the boardwalk at the foot of Howard street will reopen for the season on April 1, Halsey Love, local theatre manager, announced this week. First picture of the season at the beachfront theatre will be “Random Harvest", starring Greer Garson and Ronald Col man, which is billed for April 1, 2, t and 4.