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CtnAwsDi J'tfi (DictaioU Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini have their answer. The triumvirate of international trouble-makers has been anxiously awaiting the outcome of the United States’ Second War Loan drive, hoping against hope that Americans would fail to reach the 13-billion-dol-lar quota which made the campaign the largest financial undertaking of its kind the world has ever

known.

Americans did not fall short of the quota. Instead they oversubscribed. Because of the tremendous proportions of the drive, no definite figures are yet available, but it is certain that the quota has been passed by a sizeable margin. Little Cape May County, like thousands of other small communities of America, gave them its answer. Figures as of Sunday showed that Cape May County Is nearly half a million dollars over its $1,319,000 quota. The $693,000 quota for individual investors and organizations other than banks, which three weeks ago seemed to some observers almost impossible of attainment. has been oversubscribed by at least $60,000. Its citizens have dug deeply into their pockets and their savings to put their money into the greatest investment in the world ... America’s future. No isolated case is Cape May County’s experience. The same thing has happened over the length and breadth of the land. The success of the Second War Loan campaign . . . the all-out war-time cooperation it has engendered . . . should'be a conclusive answer to Hitler, Hirohito and company. Herr Goebbels, whose filthy propaganda machine must have been eagerly waiting to sneer at the failure the dictators hoped for, is probably trying to find the answer to such success. The answer is simple. It is a 1 Wetter word . . . Americanism. ' But that’s something Herr Goebbels and his cohorts know little about

... yet

The campaign proved several other things, too. It proved that Americans, whether they’re on Wall Street or Main Street or on the farms or at shore, are fully conscious of the stakes involved in this war, are behind their fighting men 100 per cent, are awake to the necessity of winning the war as quickly as possible. That’s something for our own Administration to think about . . . Those in Washington who have mistakenly held that America is not yet awake to the fuli import of the war, those who have insisted that Americans be treated like children in the matter of knowing

the fads about the war.

Yes, we Americans have shown them ... all of them . . . that we are awake to the importance of the War. So much so that we have dumped billions of

dojlara into it as our contribution.

(pahcupiaphA, Out Of The Past

Taker, from files of The Star aod Wave for the years 1938,

1933 and 1923.

Five Years Ago

May starting with May 1, it waa announced this week by the Jersey Centra] Power and Light Company. The schedule SG-2 now effective is for seasonal and optional all-year-round service. It replaces schedule SG-3 in Ocean City and SG-4 in Wildwood and

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CTARBOARD *3 WATCH

By C Worthy

the ages ]

1. How about Socrates’ Hs cared little for the conventionalities of his day. His flesh scarcely enjoyed well-chosen diet. He

had no fun. He chose to sacrifice

"Psuche’ is the feeling, tasting, carnal ^ife. But in the schoolhearing^ or emotional self of a room Socrates lives on in, aad

with, each rising generation. At the bar, this man lives on and on I 2. Moses chose the afflictions of his own people rather thaw the pride and pomp of Pharoah’s court. Not only will he live as long as a Jew is on earth, but in his heavenly abode from whence he came to meet Jesus on Mount Hermon (Lk. 9:30-81). 3. The writer of Hebrews names his cloud of witnesses. Hs said ‘They wandered about in caves and dens of the earth". They were clad in “sheep-skins, and goat-skins, destitute, tormented!” fHeb. 11:87) “Therefore,” said he, “God is not ashamed to be caUed their God, /or He has prepared for them a dty” (Heb. 11:16). These live on and on through eternity because they sacrificed, they denied, they WaH carnal life in this present world. Here, then, is the winning hater. Which one are you? The losing lover or the winning hater?

I- If a man yields his affections and responses to his feeling, tasting, hearing self, without regard for his existing self, his existing self will suffer, pine away and become lost to the world of normally existing human beings. Beyond doubt, this

is the losing lover!

II. Some men love their feelso well they sit or lounge on t seats and die for the lack oi sheer exercise. Others love their appetities so well they eat and drink up their real existence. Lethargy and gullibility, in their many forms, do not exhaust the fields of human sensuality. Greed and graft in the economic sphere are calculated to -take their toll of men who love the flesh more than God. Still another class loves hearing so well they neglect their living to hear some new stories, strange music, new doc-

Straight From The Shoulder

By The Observer

One of the greatest crises in America’s war effort was circumvented Sunday night when John

ready to sing "I’m Dreaming**of it, head of the United a Whit* Motb.r'. IW’ Kapi/ma- Mine Workers, called

The boys and girls in the front ' will please tune up and get

To rid city streets of refuse, a clean-up campaign was launched by the city commission Friday with special attention directed to the Washington street busineas section. City officials ordered a study of all existing ordinances pertaining to the col-

i — — —■—— lection and disposal of waste preHowever, staggering as the IS-billion-doDar figure para to ry to a general clean-up

ans, it will pay our -war bills for only two months, «»nipaign. according to Treasury Department officials.

That means that Mr. and Mrs. America ... and the T r * , V? er £ 100 N,T y «dn>l»ne8 kiddies, toe . . must keep on buying war bonds and “otfoU? vfhEr/YarTto Twenty Years Ago Btamps. to the very limit of their ability, in order to Msy for summerlraTning ^ilfb£ The quarterly meeting of

’ ' come effective next Thursday. The Naval air souadrons are scheduled to arrive here for tem-

porary duty.

The Borough of West Cape May last week decided to no longer accept scrip for the payment of taxes. That is, the scrip which was previously issued will be accepted, but the new issue* will bear a notice that the new issue cannot be used for taxes.

s oar answer to Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini

really conclusive. We have answered them once . . . loudlv and well . . . We must keep on answering them

until they can no longer hear our replies.

5W Asafid So Jeui

Cape May’s city commissioners officially welcomed Captain George O. Van Orden and his Marine Corps unit to Cape May on Saturday when they made a return visit to the Marine officer.

quarterly meeting of Cape

May County Pomona Grange No.X

14 was held in the Rio Grande

Grange Hall on Saturday, April 28th, afternoon and evening. Worthy Master S. B. Taylor pre-

sided over the business session.

a White Mother's Day”. Seriously, May did come in like a bon, hut there’s hope that the weather man will get himself straightened out before so very long. In spite of itself, the temperature has hit some fairiy high spota recently. Perhaps by the time for us to start griping about the second quarterly installment on income taxes the weather will be good enough so we can stop griping about that. Or maybe by that time we’ll be so busy griping about John L. Lewis and his - coal miners that we won’t gripe so much about either the weather or the taxes. Never a dull mo-

resolution the Chamber

of Commerce on Monday evening asked the city to take over the Cape May Golf Club with the intention of buying the property and assuring the resort visitors

of a course on which to play.

Gas rates are lowered in Cape

Cape M*y County finished the first quarter of 1943

■without a single highway traffic death, a report from

Motor Vehicle Commissioner Arthur W. Magee at _ Trenton Indicated last week. Shortly after the report Ten Years Ago

had been received, the county’s first fatal automobile

accident of the year occurred in Wildwood. Compared with quarterly figures for the last

several years. Cape May County’s 1943 record to date ia encouraging. It indicates a trend toward fewer •erious accidents and gives hope that we might be-able to attain the extremely favorable record we enjoyed five or six years ago when there were only two accident

deaths for an entire year.

Curtailed motoring due to the rationing program U no doubt largely responsible for the decrease. Slower war speeds also contribute. But eyen with those same conditions, other counties of the state have had considerably more seri oux-.accidents during the name period than Cape May County has had. On a statewide basis, pedestrian deaths showed an alarming increase. • Here is a problem which rests on the shoulders of the enforcement agencies. There are laws governing pedestrians just as there are to guide Biotorists. They, too, must be enforced if the safety Standards that are desirable are ever to be attained. True, it is probably more difficult to enforce pe trian rules, but it can be done. It must be done.

Some of Cape May’s Armchair generals have some pretty definite notions about how to - fix Mr. Lewis’ striking personality, but that’s as far as it’ll go. They’ve

Ray L. Fite, director of physi- been trimming the dickens cal education in the Cape May out of Rommel and To jo and City schools, has accepted the have been solving the income tax position of assistant football and problem almost daily for sever-

basketiall coach and instructor in physical education at BoR>doin

College.

George Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer, of West Cape May, who is a student of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Ps.. ran in a two mile race against Muhlenberg on Friday last. Meyer came in first in 11 minutes and 3/5 seconds.

si months, but apparently folks in Washington and on the battlefields haven’t heard about these latest war-time tactics. Anyway, the war and everything else is proceeding as usual.

PRACTICAL HEALTH HINTS

Good Health on Rationed Foods

-By Dr. Jennas A Tobey—

FOOD rationing in this country *• is mild compared to the drastic rattoELing in England since the outbreak of the war. And yet the

■ health of the British actually

JAe fad £aoa& 9n Cbdtion *h* public of Cape May County last week waa given $ brief picture of Red Cross activities in press releases from Chester L. Larkins, Red Cross field representative at the Cape May Naval Base. In his report. Mr. jLarkins cited numerous instances where the Bed Cross had materially aided military personnel staCape May County has ala ways gone over the top forL_ti*r / Hed Cross. In every fund-raising campaign, this county has done its part. Its people have contributed much.and willingly to help finance the worthwhile work done by the Red Cross. Now. through its activities with military personnel Is our own area, we can get some insight into how our OOWtributions help. What is done in Cape May Countar Is only a small percentage of the total work done by Bm Bod Croaa. We pray that its full humanitarian Mmram may never have to be demonstrated here, for ■•Bod Cross reaches its peak in the wake of catasWKh that personal knowledge, we should be even ■Mrs willing to help support the work of this great MgMbatfcm when the call cornea.

eggs, citrus fruits and potatoes as

formerly.

According to s recent government report, civilians must get alcuf this year on 21 per cent less butter; 11 per cent less meat and cheese; from 3 to 25 per cent fewer fresh vegetables of various kinds; from 15 to 50 per cent less ctoned foods such as milk fruits and vegetables; and much leas sugar, coffee, tea and cocoa. All right, we can do it and still ” per cent of our

The Victory Gardeners are in the height of their glory, agony, misery or what-have-you this week. Those that planted their crops early are in the throes of pulling weeds, and those who have held off planting are struggling with that part of the job. Anyway you take it, there’s more to this Victory Gardening than meets the eye . . . as some of the local farmers and farmerettes

have found out.

Some of these days the seashore resorts which depend on vacationists for their bread and butter ought to get right angry with some of the crackpots who

official?

—. - 16-day

truce in the coal miners' strike. Probably within that time some agreement will be reached to permit operation of the nation’s coal mines. Without the uninterrupted production of coal, America’s war effort would soon bog down. Manufacturing, transportation, generation of electricity and gas . . . virtually everything depends on

coal to-some extent.

Some very clear pictures were brought into focus by the miners’ strike, which lasted from midnight Friday until Monday morn-

ing.

One is that some union heads are willing to seize any opportunity .. . even at the terrific expense to their own country . . . to attain their objectives. The cause of the trouble is far transcended by the related effects. Perhaps the miners are justified in their demands for more money. Who in any kind of profitable enterprise today isn’t? With costs soaring, wages must also be in5 re * 8e d. Perhaps the government is wrong in setting certain standards and then trying to make every situation fit them or else . . . Perhaps the NLRB and the WLB are stacked against the miners

Granting that the miners are justified in their demands and that their charges of prejudice are true, it is inconceivable that they would endanger the welfare of their country ... the country that has adopted most of them and given them a chance in a free country ... in view of the fact that it was labor union leaders who were largely responsible for the election of the present Administration. Disregarding the reasons for the strike and the other related details of the present emergency, the picture resolves itself to this: It is a battle between John L. Lewis and President Roosevelt. It

is a personal battle, which started in 1937. It is a result of mixing politics with enterprise. The Administration has consistently pampered labor unions. In return, the unions have supported the Administration. In neither was the welfare of the general public or the nation a prime consideration. It was a case of horse-trading for selfish motives. As soon as one or the other began being honest with the nation a dash was inevitable. The war forced the Administration to serve the nation first, the unions second. The clash came and friction has been apparent ever since. We have no argument with unions as such. They are a fine thing and fill an important place in the scheme of things. Without them, labor would have none of its present advantages. But there are good unions and bad uniona. Those which are formed purely to assure labor of a fair «<««) and conduct themselves lawfully and in accord with the welfare of society as a whole are an asset to the nation. Those like Mr. Lewis’ union and ®°™ e the other organizations, which are operated on the principle of “the public be damned", are a distinct liability to this or any other nation. Except for the democratic principles they consistently violate, they could not exist. Except for the democracy they try to undermine, they would be crumbled by an outraged public. The situation is unhealthy when any one group has the nation at its mercy. Such a situation could not have occurred if public welfare had not be sacrified for political gain. We deplore the miners' lack of patriotism in the present strike, but they are no more guilty than the Administration which permitted such"a situation at the expense of the national welfare. We all have the right to complain, and . lawful adjustmenta must be retroactive. But strikes in war industries should be treaa-

th* war England had to impart about two-thirds of her food-

Here Is the situation. In 1*43

last year, but civilians will have aomewhat lass. One reason to because millions of

protective foods as enriched white bread and cereals, we can easily obtain tbs remaining $0 per cent from other valuable foods. Indude In your daily fare e pint psetourired milk. Get plenty of fruirtomatoeelnd^Sow'to' w*- Have a daily serving of eefs. Oee meats, poultry and Ash. re-

vafstables. In T—land people have only matotoi nd Sarnia have half

periodically spout off

Time after time the alleged "gov- Sunday School Has ernment officials” come out with CnnakiMl Dwmm-vmm hints and re-hashes of regulations wPBCIffl i fOgidll)

to discourage vacationist* when as a matter of fact the situation hasn't really changed since war began. If the resort representatives would jump on a couple of these gloom spreaders maybe there would be better than a SOSO chance of having almost a normal season without harming

any way.

under the direction of Mrs. Aliea

the war effort i

Cape May got its first taste of real big-time war activity when the first harbor tug was launched at the yards of the Cape May Shipbuilders, Inc. on Thursday. All the formality of a regular launching was in evidence. Personally we like the oldtime kind where they use a couple of barrels of beer instead of a

champagne.

Remember the pre-war days when May was the month to shake out the termites and get ready for a b'tsy, dizzy summer season? Now with off-season business at its highest i level May only means that we*ve got to gat ready for a little spurt to aal (?) ~

COLD SPRING — An interesting Easter program was presented by the Cold Spring Presbyterian Sunday School at the chapel on Easter Sunday. The program opened with remarks by Richard E. Reeves, superintendent; a rendition of "Home Sweet Home” by Mrs. Daniel Taylor; a poem “Our Wanderings” written by Mrs. Nellie Hoffman and read by Mrs. Florence Thompson, a song,

“Home Again”, and

poem by Mrs. William Also included was an instrumental number by Mias Dorothy Thompson, “There Is A Green Hill” by the Sunday School, a story by Misses Mary Lodwfck and Joyce Ewing, “Easter Morning Excerpts” by Mrs. Needles'

Following remarks by Mrs. Williams. $25 was presented to the Board of Trustees for the BiUa School carpet fund. The RevA’Wfiliam Bullock, pastor-of the' Cold Spring Church, closed the program with a story.

CanhouseToHtoesTs Be Grown Is County COURT HOUSE - More than

, a song, 100 acres of Cape May County prayer cropland will bi planted to can-

hon» thi. Hmrr H. White, county agricultural

agent, announced today.

Among the new growers of canhou** tomatoes are Carl An-

Alfred Tozour and RichHand, of Goshen; Charles

MUl P°5 othT of iSSSra 1 ®!!;

upmi; a tribute to boys to ' DeSantis and LevrfaTdiinAf WffltoS?" T M * rrTOriU Woodbme; “fohn ^r^o' 3

Belleplato; Joseph Ca«t*r". of

The Raw. Albert W. Lens, pas- Tockahoe; Alvin Bnekhttskr and torrf the Cape May Ifreabyterian William Peterson, of Qdora; Qnrcfe. was principal speaker. David Andrews and W L Hi* •ddress was followed bP» at Smith Seariller»d Joto W

song by th* Primary Department of Whitesboro.

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