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The Ventnor News Hag More PAID Annual SUBSCRIPTIONS Than Any Morning, Evening, Sunday, or Weekly Newspaper Published In Atlantic County
Cofykiqht, 1924—An Rlfhti Beacrred
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VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1924 Three Cents pee Copy Vol. 18 No. 28
Bacharach To Aid
In Landing Wilson
Congressman is Honored by
Appointment on Committee
to Praise War President's
Memory
By a Close Observer
Time heals all wounds, obliter
ates all bitterness, reveals those
who have gone to the Great Be
yond in their true light, and soft
ens the judgement of those of
us who are left behind. Next
Monday in Washington there is
■ scheduled a joint session of the
Senate and House of Represen
ts tatives to commemorate the life,
character and public service of
Woodrow Wilson, twice president
of the United States.
Republican lawmakers who bit
terly fought at every step of his
public career the man who emerg
ed from a cloistered life as presi
dent of Princeton University to
become Governor of New Jersey,
and received later the highest
»£»; gift within the power of the na
, tion to bestow, will vie with the
^Democrats who supported him at
itsf every turn in tributes to his
sterling worth, his brilliant mind,
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. Autoists Are Facing
Worst License Crash
Extension of Time Fails to
Remedy Situation; Dill Is
Discouraged And Disap
pointed
Three weeks after the opening
date on which auto registration
cards and plates and driving
licenses may be obtained for
1925, Motor Vehicle Commission
er Dill is discouraged and disap
pointed with the lack of response
shown to the extended period by
motorists of New Jersey.
“Within the next three weeks,”
he declares, “our forces in various
sections of the State will have to
handle business totaling $4,000,
000, if the proportions of other
- years are to be_jnaintained. Many
motorists will be caught in the
congestion of the last few days.
We have done all we could to
avert this crush, but it looks now
as if our efforts were unavailing.
* “I want to make it clear again
that our offices will be kept open
until 6 o’clock up to the night of
.. December 24 and until 6 o’clock
from the morning of December
26 to the night of December 31.
There will be no evening hours.
Those who do not obtain their
registrations and driving licenses
during those hours will be dis
• tinctly out of luck if they attempt
to operate their vehicles on Jan
uary 1 with 1924 licenses. No
excuse will be taken and the use
of all cars found running that
way will instantly become lost to
their owners until the new plates
and cards are obtained, and there
will be a penalty besides.”
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THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER
OF THE VENTNOR NEWS
IS DUE DECEMBER 17
The next issue of the VENT
NOR NEWS, on Wednesday,
December 17, will be the
Christmas Number. It will
consist of 56 pages, the Iarg
eTer published in the re
sort, and will be replete with
Yule tide features.
Prominent Citizens Urge New Street
Near Pier/But Council Defers Action
Former Judge Thompson, William S. Emley and Others Warn
Councilmen to Profit by the Experience of Atlantic City
and Provide a Remedy for Traffic Congestion
Although several prominent
citizens spoke in its favor and not
one opponent of the plan to open
a fifty-feet wide street parallel
with-the Boardwalk in the Mu
nicipal Pier block appeared at
the public hearing on Monday
night, the members of Council,
without dissenting vote, deferred
action on the measure until the
next regular meeting on Decem
ber 22.
When President Bartlett called
upon the public for expressions
of opinion on' the new street,
former Judge Joseph Thompson,
one of the pioneers of Ventnor,
earnestly advocated the improve
ment,surging Council to profit by
the experiences in Atlantic City,
where failures to take up matters
not unlike the pending question,
had necessitated large expendi
tures of money. He referred to
Ventnor as the “garden .spot of
Absecon Island,” and predicted
the Ventnor Pier would become
the centre of the civic and social
life of the resort.
Expressing a willingness co
share the cost of building a street
from Cornwall to Cambridge ave
nue as an expedient to relieve
congestion naturally resulting in
the vicinity of the Pier, William
A. Faunce, well-known insurance
broker, cited as a potent reason
for making the improvement con- j
ditions now prevailing on St.
Charles Place in Atlantic City,
where, for a quarter century, he
had made his home.
“The Pier has come to be a
vital necessity,” said William S.
Emley, “with nothing in the same
class in Atlantic City. The pub
lic is entitled to relief from a
condition which can only become
worse unless some steps are taken
to provide an outlet.” Mr. Em
ley, who resides, on Cornwall ave
nue, painted a word picture of a
(Continued on Page 35)
Wingate Seeking Post
Held By Chief Frings
Councilman Will Oppose Police
Head for Presidency of Fire
Company No. 1
For the third consecutive year,
Harry H. Frings, Chief of Police
in Ventnor, will run for the office
of president of the Ventnor Vol
unteer Fire Company Number 1.
This time the candidate opposing
him is George Wingate, member
of Council and chairman of the
Street Committee.
Though the election for the
office is not until December 19,
speculation among the volunteers
is rife as to the outcome of the
contest. Chief Frings has been
president of the company for the
last two years. Mr. Wingate, a
few years ago, was the vice-presi
dent of the organization. Both
men have been actively connected
with volunteer fire work for more
than ten years.
According to statements made
by some of the volunteers, Chief
Frings should be willing to step
aside and let another man have
a chance at the office. Others
contend that he has had experi
ence in this position and is, there
fore, more capable of carrying on
the work than Mr. Wingate.
JOSEPH THOMPSON
Former Jurist, who is a strong advo
cate of proposed street near
Ventnor Pier
Action on Memorial
Urged By Veterans
Men Who Saw Service Chafe at
Delay in Project Conceived
Two Year* Ago
By Carl M. Voelker
Six years have passed since the
cessation of hostilities. Five years
have passed since the last of
Ventnor’s soldiers returned from
France. Two years have passed
since the governing body by ap
propriate legislation empowered
a commission to erect a memorial
building in memory of those who
rendered sacrificial service to
make the world safe for demo
cracy.
Six years ago the enthusiasm
on the part of the populace was
at its highest pitch. The boys who
had taken part in the defeat of
the Kaiser were then deemed 10
be the greatest heroes of all
time.
Five years ago or thereabouts
as the ex-service men resumed
their pre-war pursuits in civil life
there were still many who felt
kindly toward them and made
public expression of their ap
preciation, numerous instances
being recorded of tangible re
(Continued on page 2)
Shore Taxicab Rates
Reach New Low Level
Shore taxicab rates are going
down. Following the arrival of a
new fleet of cabs, all of which are
metered, the Packard Taxi
Service, inaugurated in Atlantic
City four years ago, has estab
lished a new rate of 20 cents for
the first third of a mile, with ten
cents for each additional third of
a mile. This is ten cents lower
than the rate now prevailing for
the first third of a mile, and is
similar in that respect to the
rates now prevailing in New York.
VENTNOR TRUST COMPANY
4% On Tima Deposit*
Safe Deposit Boxes —Air.
New Radio Station
Is Causing Concern
Expert* Declare WPG Will Shot
Off AH Bat Expensive Sets
From Outside Programs
Ordinary receiving sets operat
ed by shore radio fans will be
greatly crippled and in many
instances rendered entirely use
less for tuning in on programs
outside the resort when the muni
cipally owned Station WPG be
gins operation, in the opinion of
Atlantic City radio experts.
Mediocre sets, they declare, are
already experiencing great dif
ficulty in tuning out Station
WHAR at the Seaside Hotel,
when efforts are made to reach
out-of-town stations.
Station WHAR is operated
under a power Sf 100 watts.
When to WHAR there is added
Station WPG, operated under a
power of 500 watts, it is said that
only the high powered, expensive
^ets will be able to successfully
cope with the situation so far as
outside stations are concerned.
“What will happen to the
smaller, cheaper sets when the
two stations are in operation is
more than I can figure,” said an
amateur radio enthusiast yester
day at a local dealer’s,, where he
traded in his set for a high power
receiving apparatus. And the
dealer quickly confirmed his fears,
That shore radio dealers wil
reap a harvest after the muni
cipal station begins operations is
the general consensus of opinion.
They are already contemplating
a campaign to acquaint radio de
votees with the desirability of the
better grade of sets if they wish
to tune in on out-of-town pro
grams. This situation was fore
seen when the project of a muni
cipal station was originally
broached, but it was decided that
the advantages gained by adver
tising the resort through its
own radio station were sufficient
to counteract all objections.
Tony Grant, Terror to
Antoists, Now Sheriff
Picturesque Character, Once In
spector at Shore, was Sole
Democrat Elected in Ocean
County, November 4
A terror to automobile speed
fiends while stationed here some
years ago as inspector for the
State Motor Vehicle Department,
“Tony” Grant dropped out of the
ken of shore residents and noth
ing much had been heard of him
until the day after election, No
vember 5, when H was learned he
had succeeded in electing himseli
Sheriff of Ocean County. And
that “Tony” is as popular is
Ocean County as he was here is
evidenced by the fact that he was
the only Democrat who survived
the debacle.
Among the motorists nabbed by
“Tony” during his regime at the
shore was the late Mayor John
Purroy Mitchel of New York City.
Magistrate Sontheimer was on the
bench as Mitchel, with a score of
others, was led in for -the im
position of a penalty. When Grant
introduced him as the mayor of
New York, the magistrate thought
“Tony” was up to one of his tricks.
He did not know the mayor and
was misled by his youthful ap
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Call BURKHARD COAL CO
-Marine 7900 --Adv
Cross Word Puzzles
Demoralize Athletes
“Cross word puzzles are making
athletes* muscles soft and taking
time away from training,** remarked
Charles D. Lynch, of Detroit, presi
dent of the Michigan Association of |
the Amateur Athletic Union at the j
Ambassador Hotel a few days ago. j
“Swimmers put on their bathing
suits, and then stay in the lockers j
asking each other for a word of
three letters meaning work, instead
of putting aside this recently
acquired temptation and getting to
work. Their muscles are getting
flabby, and 1 hope they will come to
their senses in time to realize that
there are no gold medals or trips
to the Olympic games as the reward
of cross word puzzles.**
Oriental Art Sale
To Set New Record
Pittinos - Brand Syndicate Will
Offer Collection Valued at
More Than $1,500,000 Dar
ing Week of January 5
An exhibition of Oriental art
on a far more stupendous scale
than has ever before been at
tempted in this or any other
country is scheduled for the
Boardwalk, in the building now
occupied by the Woolworth Com
pany, beginning January 1.
Sponsoring this display, which
will include fabrics of the finest
texture and the rarest workman
ship of the Far Fast, will be the
Pittinos-Brand syndicate, made
up of James Pittinos and Harold
A. Brand, who have been known
for a quarter of a century as th«
Boardwalk’s most representative
I and most reliable auctioneers.
The rugs and carpets which are
to be placed on display for a
period of four days, and which
will be sold at public auction dur
ing the week beginning January
5, represent a total valuation of
considerably more than $1,500,000.
For weeks the Pittinos-Brand syn
dicate has drawn upon all its re
sources, all its well established
connections with the rug and car
pet trade in the United States and
the countries of the Old World, to
assemble the greatest collection
of Oriental art treasures ever be
for shown under one roof, and
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Longpori Nimrod Snoots
At Flock of Deaf Docks
John C. Frye, assistant engineer
of the Longport -water and elec
tric plant, set out a few days ago
on a duck hunting expedition, and
while rowing through Scull’s Bay
he espied of what he believed to
be black ducks near a small
island. Mr. Frye is a wily hunter,
and in order to keep the ducks
from getting his scent he maneu
vered into a good position before
he risked a shot.
Then he blazed away into the
flock, and to his amazement not a
duck stirred. He continued pump
ing away until his gun barrels
were hot, and then decided that
some practical joker had removed
the shot from his shells and that
the ducks had entirely lost their
hearing. Throwing aside all pre
tense he rowed towards the ducks,
which continued to bob serenely
on the ripples of the bay. They
turned out to be wooden decoys,
apparently lost by some gunner
who had preceded him.
Deliveries at any time desired
daily and this insures Ventnoi
householders the best service foi
all kinds of sea foods, if orders
are given to the CHELSEA FISE
MARKET, 2707 Atlantic Avenue
Phones, Bell—Marine 2180 ant
2181.—Adv.
Police and Firemen
May Get Pay Raised
Ventnor Bluecoats Say Their Effi
ciency Suffers Because of Low
Wages Received
That the policeman and firemen
of Ventnor are likely to receive
an increase in their salaries
within the next few months was
indicated a few days ago in a
statement made by Councilman
William Bach, chairman of the
Fire and Police Committee.
When interviewed concerning
an increase in wages-for members
of the public safety department,
Mr. Bach stated: “I can not say
anything definite at the present
time, but I will probably have
something to say concerning the
subject in a few weeks. To say
too much now might spoil a good
movement.”
It is believed that when the new
appropriations are made in Jan- >
uary an increase in salary will be
given to both the firemen and the
policeman of Ventnor.
For some weeks past there has
been much agitation among the
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Brisk Trade Reported
By Shore Merchants
Volume of Christmas Par chases
Reaches Large Volume at This '
Early Date
Atlantic City merchants re
port extraordinarily large sales
to Christmas shoppers at this
early date. The purchasing pub
lic appears to have more money
this year than last, as is indi
cated by the bank statements and
the million dollars or more now
being distributed by shore finan
cial institutions to members of
their Christmas clubs. This
money represents the savings of
thrifty, well paid, intelligent
workers of the class from which
the most desirable patronage of
business men is recruited.
And they are spending it at
home, where they earned it,
which is as it should be. Obliga
tions exist between a city and its
residents, as well as between the
individual members of society.
Were those who live at the shore
compelled to go elsewhere for
quality, good values and variety
in merchandising, no fault could
justly be found with them. But
when they spend their money
elsewhere to no better advantage
than it could be expended here,
they are not giving fair treat
ment to their city and their city’s
business interests. Happily for
this resort the number of people
who go elsewhere to make their
purchases are few and far be
tween, and their ranks are con
stantly decreasing.
Reyal Mounted Seeks
Yentnor Policeman
That the fame of Officer James
Joseph Cremins, member of the
Ventnor City police force, is far
reaching was evidenced the other
day when he was offered a posi
tion on the Great Northern
Mounted Police of Canada. Des
pite the romantic appeal of the
Royal Mounted, as this force is
popularly known in fiction,
Cremins will continue his police
duty in Ventnor as a motorcycle
cop, he declared yesterday.
I YELLOW CAB Company. Mar.
6000. Quick, Safa Service—Adv.