CEILINGS ON

Meat, Cheese Rationing To Begin Monday NEWARK—With me*U, I»ti in

nlcd for rationinr next week, rationing officials pointed oat that the majority of the foods included in the program will be under pr" ceilings. At present, butter under a specific dollars-and-centa eeiUng which pegs the price of 93aeore print butter at 67 cents a

pound.

Cheese, lard, shortening

cooking and salad oils are" all tinder a fixed mark-up ceiling- which

permits the retailer a ..fixed .

* eentage of profit over net cost, while margarine is price-frozen at the maximum price charged by

each retailer in March, 942. While all neats are controlled by

the General -Maximum Price Regulation with prices pegged at March 1942 levels, pork will be placed under specific dollars and cents ceilings effective Aprril 1 with beef and other meaU to follow soon after. Under the specific schednle some of the more popular pork cuts will be priced as follows: , ,,

Sliced bacon (de-rined. smoked)

Grade A (not store sliced), 47 cents a pound; skinned, smoked ham, center slices, 61 cents a C nd; skinned, smoked whole

4 41 cents a pound; center

C rk chops (fresh or frozen pork

ns), 44 cents a pound; salt pork

(dry salt bellies, fresh, cured or

frozen), 27 cents a pound. Under the meat-fat-cheese ra-

tioning and price regulations each retailer is required to post both an official list of point values per pound, and of prices per pound. Dealers will be able to get the official point charts at postoffices, and the price lists at rationing

boards this week.

To prepare housewives for the new meat-fat-cheese rationing program which get* undo" way next Monday state OPA Director Kemey’s office issued the follow-

ing list of pointers:

1. Beginning March 29 consumers will use the red stamps in War Ration Book Two to purchase meat, fats including butter,’and

cheese.

2. Each consumer will points a week to purchase any of the rationed neat*, fate, and cheeses. During the first week the red “A” stamps may be used (beginning March 29). On April 4 the rad ‘‘B” stamps become valid; on April 11, the red “C" stamps become valid; on April 18 the red "D" stamps can be used. AQ expire on April SO. On April 26 the rad “E” stamps can be used, and the expiration date for these will be announced later. The reason for this arrangement is to limit consumption to 16 points a week per consumer, to keep pace with the rate of distribution of these perishable foods. 8. Dealers "are permitted . make change in the red stamp*. Only one-point red stamps can be used to make change. For example: if your meat purchase comes to 17 points, and your available stamps total 18 points, the daaler must give you a one-point stamp in change. If your stamps total £0 points, he must give you three one-point stamps in change. This is one of the ways in which the meat-fat-cheese rationing program differs from the processed food program. Dealers are not permitted to make change in blue stamps in purchase of canned and processed foods.

Pension Funds Are Branded As Unsound Cape May's police and firemen's pension funds are prime examples of unsound financing, Mayor, T. Millet Hand, director of revenue and finance, declared on Friday at s meeting of the city commission. The Mayor's comment followed a discussion of the movement now afoot in the Legislature to establish a statewide pension system for municipal, county and state employees. Endorsing such a system. Mayor Hand cited the two local pension funds and explained that they are actuarially unsound be-, cause they are financed to a large extent from current municipal budgets. “At present,'' he pointed out, “the two local pension funds require about $7,000 a year from the city budget plus contributions of police and firemen in order to keep them operative. They have never had an opportunity to build up a reserve large enough to make them financially/sound. “Knowing intimately 'of the conditions which face small penn funds, I favor the movement place all such funds either under state control or state supervision,” the Mayor continued. Senator I. Grant Scott, Cape May’s commissioner of public safety, pointed out that the principal difficulty in the path of a statewide pension system is obtaining new funds. "I don’t see how the state can organize such a system without new revenues, and new revenues, of course, mean new taxes,” he explained. He agreed that local tension, funds throughout New ersey are in a condition similar o that of Cape May’s two pension funds.

Weddings. Levin—kruck COURT HOUSE — Announcement was made last Thursday of

Sergeant Samuel Levin, both of Woodbine. The ceremony was performed by Judge Robert P. Clark in the Juneau County court house. Mansion, Wis., when Miss Kruck went to Wisconsin to visit Serg Levin. He was stationed at ' rensburg, Mo. at the time. They spent a two weeks’ honeymoon at nearby Tomah. The bride, who for the last four years has been employed as secretary and investigator by the County Health Department, left Thursday to visit her husband in Texas. Hg- is in the Army Air Forces, stationed at Del Valle Field. Sergeant Levin was employed in the editorial and advertising departments of the Cape May County Gazette here until he enlisted in April, 1942. He served one term as a member of Woodbine's borough council and was re-elected in November 1941. Since entering the Army he has established three camp newspapers and is now editor of the News at Del Valle Field.

Obituary

Room For Rent? City Wants Information With inquiries being received from prospective summer vacationists, Cape May's city publicity department this week began its annual program of providing information to potential Cape May visitors. Opening gun in the campaign was an appeal, issued yesterday to all operators of hotels, boarding and rooming houses that have operated in recent years asking when they, plan to open for the 1943 season, the number of rooms available, the type of accomodations, whether or not meals will be served, and similar pertinent

data.

Letters to all proprietors

such establishments will be sent

shortly, seeking the information. Simultaneously, the publicity

department made a similar appeal through the press, asking those with accommodations available for the coming season to send or take their names, addresses and information to city hall where the data will be filed and used as reference in replying to in-

quiries about accommodations. Cape May’s advertising and

publicity campaigns will start shortly, urging people in nearby metropolitan centers to make Cape May their vacation head-

quarters during the 1943 season.

The rate of maternal mortality the U. S. has been cut ' '

since 1917.

MRS. MARY R. DOUGLASS Mrs. Mary R. Douglass, of 126 Third avenue, West Cape May, died Thursday, March 18th, at the home of her daughter, T" Norman Taylor, Town Bank R Cold Spring. She was 78 years of age. Mrs. Taylor was the widow of Shamgar Hand and is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Taylor and Miss Olive Douglass. Funeral services were held Sunday" afternoon at her West Cape May residence with the Rev. S. F. Sliker, of the Tabernacle Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Jacob Townsend, of Atlantic City. Interment under the direction of Earl L. Hollingsead, mortician, was made in the Cold Spring Cemetery.

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Towns, Counties May Be Changed — Continued From Page One — “This ia to be assessed in six

the 1942 bills can be paid

reserves are set up to take care of contracted or outstanding 1942 bills. Please cheek your depart-

ment on this matter prior to

Freeholder i

equal quarters, so it will not increase the tax rate, but I think when the counties and municipalities are compelled to anticipate the needs for 18 to 24 months in advance, there will be a tendency to add to each propriation an amount for safe sake for things that might _ needed, and then again, they may

ed and assessed,” the Freehi pointed out. “Senator Scott spoke on his Water Policy Bills, Senate Bill No. Ill and 114 inclusive. These developed Considerable opposition and the association requested that he hold a public hearing which he was not inclined to grant. If there is anything good in the bills, this hearing would give the opportunity to those favoring them to be heard,” Stevens said. "During yesterday’s meeting it was all one-sided against the bills with the exception of Senator Scott’s remarks. “I am requesting the Clerk to call a special meeting of the j Board on Wednesday, March 81, at 3 p.m. This is the last day 1

The

OPA LIFTS BAN

ON MUTING

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the rest of the oountr value of each individual

coupon is unchanged—that is, it remains at three gallons — but the doubling of tee period of —'Hity has the same

in the coupon v one-half gallons.

The curtailment of the basic ration will retain the savings effected by the pleasure driving ban, OPA said, by limiting motorists who have no occupational use for their cars to 90 miles a

month.

VISITING IN CAPE MAY Mr. and Mrs. Harry and Mrs. Charles A. Johnson, of Philadelphia, are spending two weeks in Cape May at the Johnson cottage "Windy Corners” on Beach Drive.

The United Nations have cornered the world's diamond production —just about every diamond recovered from the earth now finds its way to American, British, or Russian purchasers.

Stamp* for April, rhlch will not tw Shop Early-Saoe

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ODT HEAD OKAYS VACATION TRIPS Continued From Page One — this year,” Director Eastman declared, as he. smilingly announced that he hoped to take one him-

self.

He recommended, however, that employers spread vacations over several months so too many people will not be traveling at* once, and he said no particular resort area could expect a

special privileges.

“We’re trying our best to ke

away from rationing of tra* and I hope that unnecessary travel will be curtailed voluntarily to help us avoid sucji a move,” he said, adding that some form of priority system would other-

wise have to be invoked.

“We have been fairiy success_jl iu. discouraging people from traveling great distances to conventirms and ^venta"

I Where Everyone Meets ... CbwnldA Cape Club Maxine York at the piano— your favorite songs by re-

quest.

Steak Platters :: Lobsters Steamed Soft Clams Oysters all styles COuwldii Beach Drive at JacksonSt.

f Fresh Perch Fillets • 39c Fresh Sliced Codfish*29c Whole Mackerel*—^ Swift 1 * Piamlnm or Wilson* usnu CORNED BEEF ' Folia’s or WUmlaa SCRAPPLE Liver Pudding Crab Cakes Fish Cakes 2 New Victory Pormuia (6 Points) (tSCD Ixtra Str*a«ffc Ce*d**s*d TOMATO *1c soup M

r-y Big Valst !■ Potat BoHoeed Foodt s Grapefruit Jaic* S'lSSS . 2i Rob-Ford Poaches H zZc e Ritter’* Veg. Soup £5. “Sr is* 1* Red Ripe Tomatoes ’£.■ is* 16 Farmdale Tomatoes SSS x "i.‘ **« 13 Green Giant Peas 14c 12 Large Prunes £. 17* 4 Fancy Soup Beans a t. 17* 7 ideal Speghettl Dinner ’** *9*

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Tuesday* ead Friday*

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ventions and athletic eventa,’ Eastman continued. “I think fully two-thirds of the country’s conventions have been cancelled or . skeletonized this year. And the half sports people have been very co-

imperative.”

Glenwood Apple Batter Z ■£? Z7c SSCO Peanut Butter £ Z9c Sylvan Seal Cream Cheese tS 9c Hcm-de-Lite Mayonnaise £’ a7* Bn Iter Stretcher °K“ °£S£* V£6c Evaporated Milk 6 57c 10 Great Cook Books ~*ljc

‘Random Harvest’ To Open Here April 1

the work of James | novelist, work on a Hilton story together for the first time in •Random Harvest,” Hilton's haunting romance of a lost memory, which opens at Hunt’s Shore Theatre. Wildwood, and City Pier Theatre. Cange May, on April l*t for a four-day showing. They are Ronald Colman. wbo^kianed in . “Lost Horizon,*' and Grehr Gar•or. of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips." "Random. Harvest” sees Colman as an Englishman who loses all ■httnory of his past during the first World War. He is befriended by a young actress, played by Mb* Garson, and inspired to become a writer of ability. They