Aug 1945 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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A NEW SUBfAL
mUK* taWftU>OM YOURMtffNO MOM TAUMI*
Youths Cavort
In Nude; Fned
$15 Each
Polke Judge Ted
Up' Over PMM
DUturben
Declaring himself to be "a!
I up" with the carryings on in a
I young men's rooming house at 1038
Asbury av,. Police Judge Howard
Warren Saturday Imposed fines of
window shade*.
NKtOHBO^S COMTUUtfKD
Chief or Police Robert J. Lackey
testified that them hud been many
complaints from neighbors about
the hoiue. 8gt. Ed Rotan and De-
tective Samuel Pi-Ice testified they
had stood across the street and
seen one boy come to the open
front door In the nude, carrying
a towel In hie hand, and close the
door, Price said he had gathered
evidence that the boys often wlilo
tied out the windows at passing
all fed I > 1 *'' 8 ""* women, .
I ln panini sentence. Judge Wnr-
ren declared he la determined to
b fea * UP '•» constant annwance.
"' MW thik b
Levies Fine, But
May Refund It
Police Judge
Leave* Loophole
Police Judge Howard Waqren on
Monday fined a defendant »1O. but
My »
offered to refund the money If It
could M proved that evidence In
the case was Incorrect,
Robert I, Hawkins, IB. of Bala
Oynwyd, n arraigned on • dis.
orderly conduct charge growing out
f th lld thri f ilk
The «iurt« »I«n imnnuH an «.ul
U*sentfK O>?fR? HYS* l
carried out In the event of any ***' "If rtTih
future trouble putting up with such
think boys of your of tht* allefM throwing of milk
US each on five youths arrested! *( s would hav? some sense of de-MLotties from his automobile into
In a raid on the place' Friday«noy." he said. -I am jure you Hie itreet,
night, . I wouldn't acrlike this in your ownl Police testimony was that a wo-
' home towns, Such actions must be mnn resident on Corinthian av.,
Up. in fairness to the re- caught the license number of the
.1 ear from which she saw bottles
to I thrown, and turned over the num-
ber to the department. Hawkins'
••COMB m THREE BAYS | ADMITS HE WAS NUDI
' "*—- T the boys denied
practice of nudlfm,
admitted he was in his
ult when the
alike"
i
going to
the court
OPEN FRIDAY and aATDRDA'? EVENINGS
. case was the second
I Involving the same house within
I three days, as two other eeeupanti
were fined iJO each at Thursday's
court session on disorderly conduct
|eharges.
Those fined Saturday ranged
tge from IS to le years. All w
from Philadelphia and Haddon. I nav(! rooved out,"
I "- In the hearing
Police visited the house on com-1 other boy« were fined
I plaint of neighbors that loud noise I plaint
emanated froJn the bulldini at all "
hours, and that the youthful oecu.
treat
ruled
, youthful o«u
pants made a practice of cavorting
around in the nude without tak-
Ing the trouble to pull down the
two
» d tioH com!
of another resident of the
house. Hurry Cook.
cook made the complaint be-
Moyer Co.
Needs Men!
cause he said he couldn't get his
rest while the pair ktpt up a com.
motion at all hours of the night
Held for Grand Jury
On Morals Charge
A man and weman found vaea-
car was apetted and he was ar-
rested about a wiek afterward.
The defendant denied that he
trew any bottles, and mid he
. knew positively that two other
ar "' boys in the ear with hun had not
done so,
how do you explain the
fact that your license number was
ed to us?" JtidKr Warren
''The woman who observed
your car must have had her at-
tention attracted by It. and she
didn't pull your license
number out of the air,
judps concluded, "but If you can
come tacit and prove to M th
you are Innocent of this charje
July Weather: Clip This To Show
To Your Grandchildren
Vacationists who want to be
able to tell their grandchildren
how miserable the weather was
the seashore |n July, IMS, may ell]
thl* item for future reference.
The Atlantic City office of thl
U, a. Weather Bureau, In Ii
monthly meteorological summary
reported thin we# that July had
only two days out of the 31 which
were recorded as clear. The Bunai
record goes down for posterity
with 20 fully cloudy days and nine
others which were partly cloudy.
Other meteorological data the re
port gives:
There were 13 days with rain
fail of one-hundredth of an inch
er more; there were seven days
with M of an Inch, .
Thunderstorms were recorded (in
Atlantic City) on the and, lath,
16th, 17th, 18th. list, 22nd. 33rd
2ith, 27th and 1 »th.
LIMITED TIMIi
'^ value for
A man and woman found vaca-
tioning together at a resort room-
ing house were held for action of
the fraud jury, by Police Court
Judge Howard Warren, Saturday,
They were James Payne, 31, of
8036 westisood Lane, Pennsauken
N.J., and Mrs, Clara Janet Warner.
J8, of 39 W Colllngswood av, Ool-
lingswood. They waived a hearing
on morals charges ln the local
court and their bail of iaoo was
continued to await grand jury con-
•ideration of the caw in Beptem
ber.
The couple was taken Into cus-
tody by i CoIlinESWood congtable
on complaint of Mrs, Warner's
husband. Morris R Warner Mrs
Warner, it was disclosed, is the
mother of a 4.year.old child
Payne Is the father of four.
County's Liquor
Fees $59,468,9!
y s f
I'll be glad to refund your f:
flnp,"
N. J. Realty Tax««
Again Cut, 4th Yea
l d
g ,
Totnl taxes levied against real
estate have been reduced in New
jersey fof the fourth successiv
year, according to a study of 1»4£
property tax levies released Tues
any by the New Jersey Btate
Chamber of Cemmeree,
Heal estate taxes Imposed for al
purposes throughout the state this
year amount to M1«.»7O,2T3, which
Is $987,853 less than the 1844 total
levy, and *] 2,155,030 leu th«n in
1941. four years ago.
Taxes on personal property,
however, have continued their up-
ward climb, reaching an all-time
high this year of •4Q,83S,3Si, an in-
crpase of iaj05,470 over 1944, per.
sonal property ta« levies in Mew
Jersey have nearly doubled I'l to.
ml amount since 1934,
Liquor licenses in Cape May
County yielded iS9.4«.JJl In feei
to issuing authorities during the
fiscal year ending lust June 30.
Erwln B, Hock, deputy commis-
sioner of the Oenartment of Alco-
holic Beverage Control, disclosed.
The county had 134 plenary re-
tail consumption licenses, fees for
which amounted to 155,336.06
There also were n plenary retail
distribution licenses fpackBRe
stores) yielding n.0MM, and 12
club licenses with fees total'^ur ti
Firemen Called to
Bail Out Inn Cellar
The atrathmere fire department
received a call Saturday morning,
not to extinguish a fire but to
bail out the cellar of Deauvllle
Inn. which was flooded from the
terrific downpour there Priday
evening,
Tiie firemen pumped out more
than 8.000 gallons of water. Dam.
age was not serious.
Total rainfall was 10.21 Inches,
compared with normal for the
month of 3-93 Inches, or an excess
of 6.28 Inches.
The 23rd wa i the wettest day Of
all, measuring 3.33 Inches In the
24-hours; it I-.IMJ had the langest
amount in one hour. 2,M inches
Average temperature for jU|y'
above tin"
Ihe ri
an
'"* l»th; t
was 13 1
July.
"(her prl
or snow.
Al o
month gethic
I
tm, with Prim Shampoo, ihU .tunning
mntr MO be you — ifas gorgeou.
hav of MBM who go to Primrone
RaOH, famoni New York beauty ..Ion.
for thtir .h.mpoo.. Try prim Sh.nipoo
•nd M* what •lluring .been and luster
and soft liighlinhu it leads to hair. _
'pen Friday -p)«tftirm body truck. It would
be of gnat benefit ln suppressing
flights of pests that Invade beaches
ana other parts of seashore towns,
the Commission believes.
Lafferty said that farmers, poul-
trynen and dairymen also have re-
(Vags I, neaie)
War Fund Tag
Day On Saturday
Hou«e Canvas* Al-
most Completed
The National War Fund drive
ln Ocean City is scheduled to come
to its climax tomorrow (Saturday)
with a Tag Day sale to augment
funds already received tnrougtt
other methods in the past two
weeks,
A group of about 34 young wo-
men will have the pasteboard tags
on sale along the boardwalk and
ln the, shopping district tomorrow
War Industries
May Swing I
Peace Work
Building Industry Revh
porarily Hampered by i
tefial; Transition to be ,
like the rest of the nation, Ocean Cttf'cm
have a. slow transition from war to pmcB, ~ '
months to a year, or perhaps lonser.
That was the concensus of opinion am
and city officials thja week, aa they aba
there probably will be no sudden "aln-
here such as will affect war indtaatrial
• * * *
Moyer Payroll
$748,068 In
4 Years of War
Mack Bis Contribu-
tion to Ocean
City's Prosperity
The Moyer Company,
Citys largest war Industry, has dla-
toursed (TIMNJO through local
channels, in payroll atone, ahet It
Dfigan working oft Its fm£ war
contract In September. «K1, three
months before Pearl Harbor. Th*
payroll total 1* as of August t.
In that time, it* workers and
fficers MM bought War Bonda,
mostly ."Fa, totaling- M?JN, ma-
teurlty vaJue. IU quota in the
Seventh War Man was as.300. tut
.actual purchases wen men than
UMM.
•ante,;
. company Tuesday.
as the world awaitad Japaji'a de-
clslon, and as the future status
of the Ueyer Company's present
^= ^ — m ^=" _ _ SF -- ^ ^
contract with th* War
dent became douWful
The payroll figures apply only
from 9 a.m. to S pjn ,
from 1 to 9 p.m.
and again
There is no fixed price on the
tags, which may be purchased for
any amount contributors care to
give,
OANVASS ALMOST COMPLETED
Meantime, a larger group, of vol-
unteer solicitors, mostly women, la
nearlng the end of a house~to-
house canvass which began August
0 and will contact every family
group so far as possible.
Mrs. Andrew R Maxwell, chair-
man of this phase of the cam-
paign, reported that the solicita-
tion will be pretty well completed
by tomorrow, although a tew dis-
tricts may still have solicitors
working next week.
Mayor Clyde W. StrttMe as-
pressed optunism Wednesday that
the drim will attain Its KM
quota in the resort, and he de-
clared that the «id oT the war
Is no reason for the effort to faffl.
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company.
not include officers'
les The payroll was disbursed lar-
jely to Ocean City men, the rest
men residing within a radius
of 10 mites of Ocean City. A lanje
portion of it was spent ln Ocean
City stores, and thus contributed
materially to Ocean City's wartime
prosperity. The payroll was in ad-
dition to a large amount of ma-
rlal purchased through local
[ealers.
HELPED To OVEBSEU. QUOTAS
Its war bonds were purchased
through The National Bank of
Ocean City, and went a long way
toward helping Ocean City to over-
(UbsLrlbe Its quota In each of the
seven War Loan drives. They were
purchased under a mandatory 10
per cent payroll deduction
applying both to workers
fleers, plus voluntary Increased
(Fan t, fleasc)
in plan,
and of-
New Tenor 'Find'
At Music Pier
Audiences at the resort Music
Pier took to a new favorite this
week In the person of David Po-
lari. tenor soloist.
Mr. Polart, who was vacationing
here, was given a try-out with J
Fred Marine's concert orchestra
last Saturday night. His splendid
voice was so well received that
Mr. Manne engaged him to sing
nightly for at least the balance
of this week.
The new singer had the honor
of opening the victory program at
the pier Tuesday night with a
rendition of the sacred number
"The Lord's Prayer." Most of the
d t d t titi
concert
melodies.
y
devoted to patriotic
Here*s Why Ocean City Telephone
Service Is Slow At Times
An appeal to telephone u*sr» In
the Ocean City ana to avoid un-
neoessary telephone calls and tetp
conversations' reasonably short, a*
a means of relieving the current
overload on the local swUttcboaxd,
was made this week by C. J. un-
derwood, manager for the New
Jersey Bell Telephone Company.
"Telephone users no doubt have
noticed that service is alow at
times", underwood said, "with de-
lays ln reaching the operator and
In getting calls through. The rear
son is the heavy increase In use
of the telephone, partlcularty dur-
ing ttie summer season, at a Una
when we are unable to get equip-
ment to enlarge our facilities.
"The central office here Is work-
ing at capacity most of the time,
with all switchboard position, to
use from early morning until Jfcte
In the eyfhlng. Too many calla
are being made for the equipment
and the operators to handle with-
out delays.. 1
"Ordinarily we would meet the
situation by enlarging the «witeh-
tward, but while our plant are
ready for additional equipment,
just what we can do, and when,
depends entirely on oondlUoua.
"Telaphone users can be of IT
help In the present situation
calling only when necessary, i .
keeping conversation* abort. They
are their own judge*, of oor "
as to when calls art Batmmtrt.
how long to talk. But Just one
less can a day from eaon tefcV
phone, and one iolnute out fmn
oonvenatlon, win 'be
to
df real _
until the tuinuMr naion
alaok* ofl, and until w» an
to Co ahead wttb OUM ' *
U» Quean Oily
Already, it was
cal tabor maitos *j
maktog it easier to
than at any tin* In
due to tlw lot* of
areas and tb* toon
of men leaving the
The antlobrtad I
In private houctnc
not oeonr in
are that Uie city i
will Ude it. time
Into any of the pbat-war i
already laid out for «Mo 1
incut.
The ocean Olty Tent
oootnotc
rtl, 1S49. reported ttd*,w**aV
it has good prospect* «M- —
factoring oanvaa
This flan, alttaougb tta'llit j
Aabury a
personnel from 1* to
or 36 wotnen and glrlg.
sor. Wfipticli eaplained flila
that the war Has retardad r -
trrtty bettattw of tbe dBtfc
volved ^ontog tw«H
and matedal. both of which
now become iiinaiimlniff *
plentiful. The plant could tarn
10 times It* present thennon . ,
production wrttiout war OttM *
lions, be said.- It has proapsxfi 'rf^
much greater buatoea*. -JnfaiC.-
thermometer* for peace-time ad+v.
vertlstns purpoH*. *'
The future a«atua of the aC
Company, largMt reaort «w
duatry, i* undttermlned. a»'.«
plained elsewhere In ttal* lam*.
LABOK BBGOMINO
MOBK rtMtmrw
That more labor Is
ready was reported this k fi.
both private and public toiadtt
City Commlasloner ' |MMi J
Bowker. director of the pi
work* department, aald that im
had more applications lor JoM
the past two week* than m.
previous six month*. The
City Electric Co, another
er with a substantial payroll'
also reported more anpUoant*
Jobs recently. The
confirmed by several ottaSr
employeis.
Hie fact that nMItfy war 1
and shipyard* already lia*e
laying off thousand* of '
was* cited as a principal
for the more fro* labor
here, at former naldents
back home ln search of ]
positions.
DBFCNDg UPON
Exactly what tbe olty
men* will do nganUoa; ; '
pnjvements wHSch will a
I* dependant cnttfety vm
ment action aitar V-J
oordlnr Ko Olty
H. Oo&laaan, jr.
He ported o« thM !
tnod
do
Timm,
Place It Ohf Curb.
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