May 1946 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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OCEAN ClTY SENTINEL-LEDGER H
Telephone 0304 or 0808
ble Files Protest
Congress On Cut
Coast Guard Force
Alarmed Over Prospect that Summer
Boating Will be Unprotected; Resort
Station on Caretaker Basis
Mayor Clyde W. Struble registered strong proteita to
Parents May
Be Held For
Youths' Deeds
New Law Takes All
Under 18 Out of
Local Police Court
OCEAM CITY, N. j,, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1946
Star in School Play
if ^ 1 * (cJ*7 i. Wout.1
Judge Jolts
2 Molesters
Of Women
Sends Pair to
County Jail for
364 Days Each
publlutloa Ottlc*
otfn.l Letter Bullaim. sth rt. «nu 1MM »T.
Governor. Freeholder
Spotlight Primary For
Lear-Pfeffer
Feud Enlivens
Election
. Jeney's CenfrtMionai representatives Tuesday as ho
^gi with alarm that the Ocean City station of the U, 8,
Ifl-ut Ouafd, W well as 10 others along the coast, have
10 rtdueed in 'peraonnel^ as to be unable to protect
boatmen this iummpr.
Pointing to the tremendous in
crease in boating activity antici-
Season pated this year, Mayor struble said
he Is "greatly, alarmed" over the
prospect that pleasure and com
with TTiree menial craft will be virtually un
protected if they get into trouble in
local waters
iches Protected He. uld he warn advtaed that the
Ocean City IMInt Matim on
60 Former Guard. the bun, which had tout operlUy
by a crew of 10
f or Place*
reduced Toeatey to a
Matna, with, only two
men on duty there. ThU ataUan
_ OUTs summer bathing tad a wnl complement of 11
• wu leheduied to open of f I to 15 men before the war.
MB Memorial Dv, with life Caretaker status also was order-
l«o *rty at three protected ed for the stations at Longport, Cor-
I, Beach Patrol Captain son
i Williams announced Wed
ffiihh Williams planned to have
ffM* on duty, two euh at 1st
. ijth tt and 14th at. These
Minis are now open perm*
If, he nld, and others will be
J on following week ends In
i until the peak is retched on
OPENS
main headquarters Of
jft atao is to open MemoritB
far the season, while the lit
In beadquarters will open a
I kta. MIM Ann Thompson has
to handle lint aid and of
10th It
the bathing season got
Ibi'gosd start last week end,
I hundreds of people wen on
' l md enjoying the eorf at
temperature of 04
i TESTS
I Wllllami announced that
1 will not ham ita ustutt,
; test for new candldMM
lufiif then already mrt
Bttan tnough experienced
MB the »ppik»tion list for
|«ld thmt about M former
I late applied to return to
i to the beach. Including •
at war veteran*. Their
1 tf former service date back as
• •IMS. M«t of them were
ll between 1MB and 1M3, Sev-
• Mthi veterans want to serve
H teach during summer vaca-
• BtB O, 1, college course*.
f * tin Mrs, William w, Adams
their summer home this
t it 610 Atlantic av.
i Hits House;
river Pined $50
W00 Damage in
F
k Accident
• of an automobile that
UJM and earned about $900
damage early Sunday
«» fined 150 and costs In
Monday, on a charge
|ni Ox was Imposed by Judge
arren upon William Itf.
of 15 8. Evenrreen av.,
who admitted he was
car but denied he was
~—jHe s«ld he lost control
••werMns; to amid another ma-
1 accident occurred on
near llth it., when
ow Jumped the curb cu on the
J. knocked knk down a mall box
«"d proceeded fart
a front porch at
Anderson. The
imbedded In the
Pfelffer and Pa-
•aid' that lnvutlthe
ear went «S feet
the curb, with no
that brake* had
t"*«UO« TO HOUSE
about tMO
w» home, In addition dditi to t
"•» and damage to the
58. of MN.Wood
son of the own
tvrtliiv
Amartoan Lafion
to annual Rpgr
Ot the
m
1 Volume of business in the Ocean
City police court Is expected to be
reduced at least So per cent under
the new Juvenile Practices Act
passed by the state legislature and
signed into law by Governor Edge
The act raises the age of juveniles
from 18 years to la years, and
prescribes that the judge 01 the
county juvenile Court shall have
exclusive jurisdiction over children
up to ii who commit crimes of any
nature,
Thl. remove* [ran Judge Howard
Warren's local police court
a large number of dhnrderly eon.
duel, motor vehicle, and other
type, of caMf which involve de
fendanti under IS, Lul summer
at least half of all police court
Mslnesi wu with offenders from
is M is.
Under the new law, ail such cases
must be referred to County Judge
A j, cafiera, who is expected to be
swamped as the normal summer
volume of arrests hits its stride. The
law forbids local police confining
boys and girls under 11 in the city
! Inlet, Townsend s inlet, atone jail, taking their ftngerpints, or put-
Harbor and Cape May point. This ting their names on the public po-
leaves the Hereford Inlet station at lice docket.
North Wildwood the only active unit MAY PROSECUTE PARENTS
for protection of navigation in Cape Police Chief Robert J, Lackey dd-
May County, it was said,
clared, however, that he sees no
PERSONNEL DRASTICALLY CUT reason why, in many cases, parents
Drastic reductions of personnel cannot be held responsible for the
along the entire coast were order* acts of their children and prose'
ed, leaving the only other active cuted locally even though the juve-
stations at Atlantic city and Barnnile cannot be tried here.
egat, the mayor said.
The Attorney oenerars office held
He declared that the local station, st week that the judge of the
with only two men, would be un- county Juvenile Court does not havi
able to operate rescue boats eilee- to impose a mandatory penalty un-
Uvely or provide any lookout for der the Motor Vehicle Act, Fish and
trouble from the watch tower on Oame Act. Forestry Act, or other
the beachfront.
penalty statutes, but may Impose
The latest reduction order was penalties prescribed by the Juvenile
the culmination of a afrM of cur- Act, awn u probation Instead of the
tailments of Coast Ouard iervlce in
mandatory penalty of (200 for
Mew Jersey, starting aeveral months
drunken driving.
age, when the Fourth Naval Dis-
DESIGNED TO AID WAYWARD
trict office nald the number of men Baiting the aft limit for juvenile
available was Inadequate because offenders was described In the new
of rapid demoblllmauon and the law as being to assist wayward chn
fact that many are tttll MM duty. dren to become goad elMnns by
AFFIAU TO CONpMMM £N not placing on tptm thf onus at
Mayor BEraattt m'A' '^H^ tt«t *aav\ppun in a it^mina'j^vrt, ,
he planned to &»I
.^2^ ,
ttW T. Millet Hand* oY _«ape ltay,
and Rep, James AueJUncfeas, of Ocean
County, to enlist their support
in a drive to i«taifl at least some
measure of Coast ouard protection
in this area.
The mayor a vice president of the
New Jersey Resort Association, said
he expected that group also would
"go to bat" on the issue,
O0AST LEFT UNPROTECTED
Under the new curtaibnent, long
sections of the coastline, including
major inlets, would be so tar dtetint
from Coast Ouard rescue units
thai the chances for the safety of
boatmen would be greatly reduced
if an emergency should arise.
Mean City, for instance, is guarded
by Atlantic City as the nearest
active station to the north, and Hereford
Inlet to die south, The next
closest station is at Lewes, Del,
TEMPORARY—HE HOPES
At Philadelphia. Commodore Milton
B. Daniels, commander of the
(page], neawi
Rotanans Set
For Conclave
Reaorter* To Be
Greeten, Sunday-
Members of the Ocean City Rotary
Club and their wives will be
strongly represented at the annual
convention of Rotary international,
which will get under way Sunday
night in the Atlantic City Convention
Hall and continue through next
Thursday.
Laurence P. Lunny. chairman of
the local club's partldpatloni announced
that there were 39 members
and wives registered up to
Wednesday, as weU u one Junior
member.
TO GREET DELEGATES
A committee of the Ocean City
dub will assist the Atlantic City Rotarians
by taking charge of official
greeting duties on Sunday at
the President Hotel, from 10 a, m.
to • p. m. That will be the time
when delegate* wMl begin arriving
from all over the United States and
the rest of the world. /
, Tl» munmoth convention—one of
the largest that Atlantis City has
«W entertalned-*ill he*r such
outrtMdir^ pwnagg a. Captain
! Declaring that "you are not fit to
mingle with respectable people," Police
Judge Howard Warren on Monday
committed two men to the
county Jail for 314-day terms.
Both men had been arrested on
Sunday on charges of molesting
women and children, in separate instances.
The sentences, maximum allowed
JON BALSLBV
in the local court, were meted out
to Charles E. Warrington, as, of
MacArthur blvd., Bomers point, and
School to Stage Andrew B, Kolodiing, SO, of Hartford,
Conn,
ACCOSTED HBll, WOMAN SATS
Famous Play
ALFRED •, DBISCO1X
WnrrlnKtOfi was arrested on com- HAROLD o, BOrrMAN Becular ••»•
plaint of Mrs. Mary Cunningham,
To be Seen Monday
Independent Kepabllean mil
507 Kith st., who testified he had date for lorcmur.
«ujd Tuesday
accosted and frightened her on the
The Ocean City High school Dra boardwalk twice last week. On the
matic society will seen in its first occasion, she said, he attempt-
major public performance of the ed to bar her way, but she escaped
year next Monday and Tuesday eve after shouting to occupants of an
nlng in the school auditorium. automobile nearby.
At that Unu a cast of IS student Patrolman Matt pangbum told
thespians will stage the celebrated the court that Warrington had been
play, "Death Takes a Holiday," warned to stay out of Ocean City
written by Albert Oaasella and two years ago after he allegedly an-
translated from the Italian original noyed womer^nt the canteen on the
by Walter Ferris,
Music Pier. The officer said the de-
Ralph D, Jnrvis. member of. the fendant began returning here last
faculty, will direct the play, which fail.
Is scheduled for an I ;80 p.m. curtain
both nights,
ANNOYED SMALL GIRL, <
TO PlAY FABT OF PRINCE CHARGE
The role of His Highness, Prince
Kolodzini was arraigned on com-
Slrki of Vitalba Alexahdri. or Death,
plaint of Edward need, 116 Atlantic
will be played by Jon Balsley, Oth-
av., who told of his small daughter
ers in the cast are;
returninf from the beach after the
man had annoyed her and tried to
Fldcle, John Oliver.
tear her clothing,
Cora, Barbara Sehuff,
Duke liunbert, Joseph Thompson.
Mr. Beed said he promptly Went
Madam Alda. Kathryn Bchmitt,
to the beach and scuffled with Kolodzint'.
While he was trying to find
Stephanie. Edith' Chamberlain, a policeman, he said, the man dis-
Princess Ban Luca, Doris LeStourappeared but was picked up later
geon.
while trying to board a trolley for AMOS L. PFEFFEB, A,
LAWRENCE M. LEAB
Oorrado, Paul Beeotte.
Atlantic city.
Independent -tandklate for free-
M, Daryll DeMaxls.
Speaking to both defendants,
holder
fat re-etectlon
Iheda, Charlotte Clark, Judge Warren told them that "we
•aron Cesarea, Edward strange. do hot want characters like you in
Major Whitread, Allan Peterson.
t
Ocean City," .
jtrta, Jdtairw mmi
Congressman Has Close Call
Juv«n«r Osiurt jualBsr *)v*n
authority, In «ya of murder or
.rape, to turn • defendant under II Y. Paving Two ArrestetT^ tHere"Xs Explosion Rips Boat
over to the prosecutor for trial under
the criminal statutes,
HEADACHE FOB COUNTY Decision Soon For Collisions
Wolfenden, Three Other*, Bumed u Flames Sweep
Cruber at Dock on B«y; Few Leap Overboard
Local police pointed out this week
that while this law will lighten the Comments Decline Charged With Fan- = Confressman James Welfenden,
burden of the court here, it prob. A» Deadline News ing Stop Streets of Upper Darby, Pa,, Ocean City
ably will prove to be a headache
summer resident at 2U2 Centra! av,,
for county authorities when they While torrential rains made West Two motorists were arrested for is reeuperatini this week at a nurs-
feel the full impact of the num- av, a Quagmire once again this stop street violations as a result of inp home in Hammonton from
ber of eases sure to be referred. week, city officials reported two of the three accidents on Ocean
Last Summer it was hot unusual slackening of letters or personal City streets Monday.
to find 20 or 30 youths under II comments on the subject of pavini' The first occurred at s p.m. at
arrested over one week end for traf- the street into a main boulevard. llth st, and Wesley av. and brought
fic violations, vandalism, public dis. Late last week the city clerk's of the arrest of John Frieano, 25. of
turbanees and other causes. Wild, flee mailed almost 380 printed co- 410 Wood st., Vineland, His car col-
wood and other resorts are said to pies of the paving authprjsation or. lided with another driven by Cor-
have had a gtnilar situation. dlnance to owners of west av, prop, nell J, Pearl, local school teacher, of
erty, but only a relatively few of the 837 Park pi.
recipients voluntarily, sent replies At 8:45 p. m. there was a crash
on the matter.
at' 8th st and Wesley av., involving
Buses Start
RESIDENTS FAVOR IT
cars driven by Wallace Kennedy, 38,
Mayor .Clyde W, Struble said that of 3318 Morris St., Philadelphia, and
Local Service as far as he has been able to de. Louis wiegand, 41, of Frankford, Pa,
termine, the west av. residents are Kennedy was arrested for allegedly
practically 100 per cent in favor of passing a stop sign,
Hourly Schedule paving,, even though the proposal A third accident was reported
contemplates a direct assessment about B p.tn. at 9th it, and Asbury
Now in Effect
against them for half the cost. av,, but no arrests were made. Driv-
Bus service from Butters rd, to Opinion in the rest of the comers involved were Sidney Saul, 34
69th st. was started Monday for
munity, he said, still seems to be N, Maryland av., Atlantic City, and
as sharply divided as It was at last Edward H, Weiss, Jr., of aerman-
the season, it 'was announced by week's public hearing which caused town, Pa, •
John M, Campbell, vice president passage of the ordinance to be post- No one was injured in the three
of the Atlantic City Transportation poned two weeks. It will be up forcollisions.
final decision next Wednesday af-
Co,
ternoon,
Some buses on the local route COMMENT DECLINES Academy To Back
this year are new vehicles with one- Mayor Struble said that although Sea Scout Ship .
third larger passenger capacity. The he received a flood of letters and "Bie Ocean City Aeadany is going
balance will be Improved equipment other calls several weeks ago, the ahead with plans to sponsor a Sea
over last year, he said.
outpouring of opinion had decreas- Scout ship, it waf announced this
The company's full summer scheed to a trickle this week.
week by Captain Jack O, Jemee,
dule will go into effect June 24. in- Meantime, motorists and pedes- He said the Scout organiiation,
cluding hourly service through to trians were subjected to the cus- to be operated in conjunction with
Atlantic City.
tomary "juicy", poekinarked con. regular Academy training, will be
for ail boys over 18 years of age.
The present hourly schedule of
Those interested may report any
local service provides an early ping traffic is heaviest, TWO scrap- time at the Academy, 38th at. arid
morning bus from the Ith st. and
boardwalk terminal at 7;B0 a, m,,
era were endeavoring Wednesday to Central av., for additional informa-
with the tint bus frpm flattersea rd,
bring some semblance of smoothness tion.
and Wesley av, at 9:15 a. m. Depar-
to the gravel surface.
ture times from the terminal run
$9,088 Resort's
until II;M p, m.
To Collect Trash Rail Tax Share
The first bus leaving 60th st, Is
at 7:45 a. m,, and the last depar- Thrice Weekly
Ocean City has been allotted It,ture
tram that pfint Is 11:41 p. m. Collection of bash is scheduled 008.03 as its share of a «63.089 Cape
•uses leave 68th st, at IB minutes to go on summer schedule of three May County apportionment of rail-
before each hour, requiring 15 min- times weekly, beginning June 1, the road taws released by the state reute*
to reach the Ith st, terminal department of public wojks ancently, it was announced at Court
and 20 minutes to Battnwa rd. nounced this week,
House,
Buses all depart from Bsttersea rd. Collections are scheduled for The money U part of tH,TS7,S4e
at M minutes after each hour, tak- north of Ith it on Mondays, Wed- distributed by Tax Commissioner
Ing five minutes to the terminal nesdays and Fridays, and iouth of Homer O, Zink. The largest ap-
and arriving at iWh st at M ruin, Ith st. on Tuesday*, Thursdays and portionment in this county was »;utes
after the hour.
Saturdays,
8M to KUdwood,
Who Wants a Piano, to Find It
Big Airliner Finds Airport Is Frem ofCkargm?
U 22-Page
Adequate For Regular Service
Want a piano?
itinel-Ledger
There's a piano at the home AI*in HoM RemoaellBi—Section
In Mi' effort to try Jhe Ocean City satUfled that the airport was ade- of Mrs. P. J. Evans, 430 Wesley S, pace* t. 3 and 4.
lunlcipal " " " alrpi airport rt •on on for tla*,' , - quate to serve Ocean City with an av.i which she wUl glv« free to Amnonenta—Section I, page I:
alant Lockheed Lodestar airliner of airmail, freight, and passenger ser- anyone who will haul It away. aeelkn S. page
tb. .Atlantic Central Alljv me.
First come, tint served. Chanhea—SeeU t, page 4.
madeTjtMt lUfnt l»t* lart Thu Thum- At preaent many local visitors are
Adv Advwrttj rttatouj—Section
being flown Into Atlantic City,
pafs T. (TOD late lt to
EJUSAltCB JUWa^lP^V^Fl^lflE'
".... the poMibillty In fttnd when they are met by cabs from
—SectMt 1. aatv *)..
Mhrlnt tbU nwrt direct eir i MTVU*
Frank O. England, local manager ttdUortal Page—Sectkm Page S, page 1.
to HewYort and Pldlaaelphia, the Aboard the airliner were Bow- of Wll»n'« Dairy Company, la slow, I
at OWn man Otto, Bpeatdent of the Atlan- ly but definitely topHrting. This IndHtrr—New d N w ooDCRte mlxltuj
t («r Ocean CUj. •Story
ta Oentral Airline: June. Eben. week he walked about his room at JBlaot («r O
pMana, Seetlon 1. page 1.
Arthur WatWna, Ma home, MS Weeley av.. fdr the •ad pMana, tottal * *
JUehanl Mayer, of flrtt tlm« Unoe he became UI pfcMtot
Ottf and
In -*
mm. W. AlMnndar
1 Although the«e
Republican cont«ats
«i the inteiwt of *
publiic,
there.
mm
week In
to take ptace n«rt
June 4.
Polls will be open w$:
m CHy
tal, where he was treated for first
and second degree bums of the
face, arms and hands, as weU as
for a scalp cut from flying debris.
pain- Later in the day he was transferful
burns received in a boat explosred by ambulance to the private
ion and fire here last Thursday af- hospital operated by relatives in
temoon,
Hammonton.
Mr. Wolfenden was the most ser- TREATED BY PHYSICIAN
iously burned of the Jour men bum- Mr, Drewes was treated by fireed
by fire which almost completely men at the wharf for bumed hands,
destroyed the 28-foot cabin cruiser, and Jlad additional treatment later
"Bam", at the end of Lemont's By Dr. Tingling. Mr, Houseman
public wharf, 301 Bay BV. received minor burns on the hands
The boat, valued at W.SOO, was and knees, and Mr, Miller on the
left as a charred hull with all its left arm and shoulder.
Interior gutted ont, includiing total After the^ fire was extinguished,
loss of equipment and supplies, the Coast Guards towed the disab-
FIVE MEN ABOARD
led hull to a repair yard in Somers
Others injured were Charles H, Point, It had been in the water
Drewes, of iaarby and I82S Pleas- only two weeks.
ure av., this city, owner of the Petty Officer Merrill, of the la-
cruiser: Clarence Houseman, of Dargoon station, said the exact cause
by, and Carl Miller, of 2SSJ Central of the explosion was not known, but
av,, this city, A fifth man aboard the most probable theory was that
the craft, Harry Barsley, of Upper gasoline fumes In the bilge were ig-
Darby, was not injured,
nited when the engine backfired.
Bpeedy arrival of the Ocean City
fire department, police and Coast
Ouards of the resort lifeboat station
provided prompt medical attention
for the victims and resulted
in the fire's being extinguished
within IB minutes.
The fire originated from an explosion
as the boatmen started their
engine after having taken on 70
gallons of gasoline at the wharf.
Witnesses said the motor coughed
several times, and that this was followed
by a blast that shot flames
and debris from stem to stem.
FOUR DOVE OVERBOARD
Congressman Wolfenden and three
others in the cockpit immediately
leaped overboard. Mr. Drewes, at
the bow, preparing to cast off a
line, was untouched by the blast,
but wag burned as he scrambled
back alongside the cabin to leap to
safety onto the wharf.
One of the two gasoline tanks exploded
a few minutes later, and the
second tank went up while firemen
were fighting the blaze, •
Persons on and near the wharf
helped the four men from the water,
and wolfenden, Houseman and
Miller were rushed to the office of
Dr. Paul U Tingling In a police radio
ear, pr, Titfgllng sent the Congressman
to Shore Memorial Hospi-
1 ! eight ,'f
from 8 1Mb to 9 p.m.,
light Saving Time.
Ohftf totem* la the «
ters on the Mnttata for
natorU Ul n iti btt
W. DrlscoH and Harold O. the ] |
and between I*wren« M. L
Amos U Pfeffer, Jr, for
rreehoider.
NO DEMOCRATIC CONTOT*
The Democntlc prlmaiT
relatively peaceful, for thar*
no oontests and the Dpmocrala.I
no nominees on the ballot :
ther freeholder or coroner.
Local Republican laadei* j
M that Drtscoll, choloeof I
jfj ttl ta
County with IKM
5U|l|IUI : tiSi"S ©I
that the former _
been popular down Oil 1
may stage as upset.
In tl»e freeJiolder racm,
bks been wtwkltig hard and
«ularly appealing for the
*6te. whereas Freeholder "
eenslstont^ defused to i
reeoenlw that there tt mnir
•ltlon.
UUH BTAjrns OM
•b, Lear, in • .
la
•Him policy of de
reduced a» oouttty
SOO.000 In IMta
while g
he pointed out "At the
we are preptted to erect. In
near future a new 1 IMOMt'•_ _
tor the aged without the iuad. j
additional bended iBdebteteB
••The present freeholders *O11
tlnue to oppose diversion of
highway funds so the *
can enjoy the ma«linitin i
street paving work .eaeli year.
are preparing to have all
work taken over by the
Board so that the state will'']
a greater share of the cost,
HAVE AIDED VETERANS
"As far as veterans are •
ed, our board has consistently <
ferred with them and has a
them in many of their needs,
have approved a county e
service office In the event, the '
erans Administration does not ]
die that job directly.
"As director of courts, I _
actively to support our county ;
and prosecutor in any way pw_^
In then 1 effort to suppress crime wn
and to prevent it lncretudng as '
i *, Pteue)
Delay Leasing
City's Airport
Officials to Ask
Sbite Counsel
The city commissioners, it was
teamed this week, are delaying action
on entering into a long-term
lease on the city airport, to await a
consultation with the state director
of aviation,-
Bids on operation- of the field for
five years were received May IB,
but no award was made immediately
to the high bidder, the •eaeoast
Air Lines, Inc. which offered tlJM
annual rental.
City officials explained this week On moist Monday atone.
that before they definitely tie up Weather Bureau reported,
the field under lease they want to precipltstlon hen iH U
confer with an expert on the var- die* between 1:10 a. m. i
ious legal and. other problems in- 4:30 p, m. :•:'•£?&
volved, as found by experience, at May's rainfall to Tuesday ttabJ
other fields,
week measured almost am f
ches. or practically two
V, Emmett WMpatriek, of Phila- mere than normal,,
delphia, is now In the resort at KW Balnftll for this year. 1
4th it.
ever, has ben augbtw U
normal, eves though lAty '
lte best to mate up tt*e deth
ey. . . >^
Newspaper Strike Gives Resort
Dealers New Rationing Headache Time and Ttd*
Proprietors of resort stores and Sometimes this doesnt work, ei-
news stands have been coping in ther, for on several occasions cen-
the past two weeks with a problem tral-city stores had *o many buyers
equally as difficult as they had In on hand when'the papers arrived
the war-time cigarette shortage. that they grabbed up the whole
stock and left nothing for the pro-
Their newest headache Is the prietor to hold In reserve.
shortage of metropolitan newspapers,
brought about by the strike of
Most newspaper readers found It
union delivery drivers and affecting
hard to understand dining Ule putt
distribution of The Evening Bulle-
week why Hie Atlantic City FrMs,
tin. The Inquirer and The Record.
the Philadelphia Dally Nen or
iome of the New Tor* .or NewarkD
With none of those three big tell- dallies haven t «anttalixad on MM
ers coming Ui regularly, the news aituatkm and sent '
dealen have found tt neeeoary to
ration what few other paper* they The reason 1* that
*" « * *• cramped, on
Legion Decorates
Grave* of Veteran*
Oraves of war veterans In'the^
Seaside Cemetery, Palermo, and i
Methodist Cemetery, Marmot*. 1'
decorated for Memorial- 5 nay,
lowing an annual custom by
gan-Aanek Post, American L
The floral tributes were
by Bert Oostlgan, past comr
of the Post, who MM been a i
mlttee for this pibase of Item __
Day observance for a number oil
years, .
Mournful May
Mostly Moist
Be you think we've been tmifi\'.
Ing a lot of rain lately? •:
You^e rifht, brsther;