N.J. Stat. § 35:1-2.4

If any person heretofore and subsequent to December seventh, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, entered, or hereafter, in time of war, shall enter the active military or naval service of the United States, or the active service of the United States Merchant Marine, and such person at the time of such entry was or is the owner of a legal newspaper meeting and satisfying all the qualifications for the publication of official advertisements, and such newspaper was or is obliged to suspend publication because of such entry of such person, such newspaper upon resumption of publication within six months after the time of such person's discharge from such service, or within six months after the time of such person's death while in service, shall be deemed to have met and satisfied all the qualifications of a legal newspaper for the publication of official advertisements during the whole of such period of suspension. L.1943, c. 105, p. 337, s. 1, eff. April 7, 1943.