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VOLUME 43 NUMBER 3 Price 3 Cents THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C. IT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1939 _£i•! . . -. -t_^ The WORLD of TODAY By the Associated Press With war news quiet tonight an oil fire in Laguinillas, Venez uela, in which from 500 to 800 persons lost their lives occupied the front positions of the nation’s press. Flames spread quickly over oil film on Lake Mafacarbo where hundreds of derricks are located, and destroyed more than 2000 wooden shacks built over the water as homes for oil workers in the lake field. One report to the government stated the fire started after an explosion in a warehouse located on the edge of the lake, but some survivors stated that the blaze was caused by a lamp in a saloon. From Berlin Adolf Hitler let the world know that he considers the possibility of peace at this time non-existent since the British and French governments failed to accept the offer of November 7 of the rulers of Belgium and the Netherlands to mediate. From London the Admiralty reported the loss of a British de stroyer after striking a German mine as sea warfare spurted into more intensive action. The fifth warship of -her class was reported lost along with the sinking of three British merchantmen and one Norwegian ship. The location or vessels were not identified. The seismograph in the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia recorded an earthquake of considerable intensity tonight, the dis turbance centered close to Philadelphia. Tremors lasted for ten sec onds. The quake was felt in at least four states, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. Newspaper offices were flooded with questions. Tremors were felt in Philadelphia, Wilmington and various communities in Mary land and Southern New Jersey. United States CHICAGO, Nov. 14— (AP)— A1 Capone was reported today to have responded so well to treat* m«vt for physical and mental ills'* that he will be freed completely from government supervision next Sunday. These reports were that the former gang chief had been "re habilitated” — a prerequisite to his release from federal custody. Capone had been scheduled to regain his liberty next Sunday if granted full time off for good behavior. He has served seven and a half years of an 11 year sentence imposed for income tax evasion. WASHINGTON — The Mari time commission refused today to permit the transfer to Pana manian registry of four steam screw vessels owned by the Pa cific Steamship Corp. NEW YORK — Louis S. Levy, Prominent attorney, was dis barred from federal court prac (Continued on page three) me McGuire may become COMPROMISE' CANDIDATE OF PGA ^ Dudley and Walsh Muster Equal Strength Texas Pro's Name will be Offered to Dele gates, it is Reported | CHICAGO, Nov. 14 — Persis tent rumors that Willie McGuire, Houston, Tex., Country Club Professional would be nominated as a compromise candidate for President were heard tonight as delegates to the 23rd annual Meeting of the Professional Gol fers Association gathered before tomorrow’s election of national officers. Until tonight Ed Dudley of hjladelphia and Tom Walsh of Chicago were the only men men tioned as candidates, but it was rePorted that if these candidates postered equal strength Mc uire’s name would be presented 0 the delegates. That a new President will be voted into office ^as made certain when George &cobus announced he would not e a candidate for re-election. Europe MOSCOW, Nov. 14 — Soviet Russia, hpping the economic strain o f counter-mobilization -still may bring Finland to terms, probably will continue massing troops along the Finnish border, diplomatic observers said today. (Finland Jias been preparing for five weeks against a show down with Russia, and approxi mately one-tenth of the 3,067, 000 population has been mobil ized for defense service.) There appeared to be a general belief here that the Finnish dip lomatic mission, which departed for Helsinki last night after steadfastly resisting Soviet de mands for certain territorial con cessions, would not retu?*n. The Finns themselves, silent and serious as they boarded a train, indicated that resumption of the negotiations was up to their government. The delega tion is due in Helsinki tomorrow. Russia’s principal demands on Finland, as disclosed by Premier Foreign Commissar Vyacheslaff Molotoff, have been for a naval base on the northern coast of the Gult of Finland, concessions on Finland’s Arctic coast, and a strip of Finnish territory north of Leningrad. In returp, Russia offered Fin continued on page three) BAD NEWS FOR BETTORS CHICAGO, Nov. 14—Horse players in every state in the union and in Canada and Cu ba will be unable to stand by in thousands of bookie estab lishments after Thursday and listen to the loud speaker an nounce the position of the horse carrying their money, as the bangtails prance around American tracks. Moe (M. L.) Annenberg, proprietor of the gigantic continental race news service which fed results and odds to betting rooms, announced to day that he had decided to quit the business. r A United, States District Attorney said that Annenberg’s attorneys had advised him that their client would dissolve his busi ess not later than Thursday. PETUNIA, TAME QUAIL, IS HOUSEHOLD PET Mrs. Rassie Wicker Holding Pet Quail Bird Owned by Rassie Wicker Believed To be Only Domesticated One of its Species in Country Something rare in the way of household pets is Rassie Wick er’s tame quail, Petunia, who is partial to a diet of cooked lima beans and jelly and is better known by the nickname Precious. Seeing is believing so if you don’t believe it go take a look at Mr. Wicker’s home on the ^Car thage road and you’ll find not one but eight tame quail, Petu nia and her seven offspring. The mother bird has been with the Wickers for over a year and is so tame that she recogizes mem bers of the family, follows them around and will “talk” to them in a chirping noise when she is spoken to. Mr. Wicker found a nest\ of young quail in his back yard a year ago last August, and as the mother bird had evidently been killed he adopted the orphaned birds and placed them in a box in his yard. Unfortunately cats devoured all except two of the birds and1 several days later one of the remaining two was acci dentally killed. Petunia, how ever, survived to become, the family pet. She sleeps indoors at night and has free run of the house and yard during the day but has never tried to escape. Her food consists of table scraps and chicken feed, though she will eat practically anything, she seems to prefer lima beans and jelly. Petunia met with an accident! not long after she was found when her leg was caught in a door and broken. Mr. Wicker set the leg with splints made of (Continued on page four) DlNEHURST SCOREBOARD • by ROBERT E. HARLOW Babe Didrikson made a tremendous hit in Australia. and during her visit there appears to -have realized some of the great things which were predicted of her game, when she flashed at times, bril liant golf in her limited tours and tournament play in America. Babe and her husband, George Zaharias, the wrestler, will soon return to America, and according to stories from reliable writers in Melbourne, will be well worth watching. Two years ago Tommy Armour predicted that La Didrikson would be the first woman to win prize money in an open competition for men players. Jack Dillo, leading Australian golf writer, had the following comments concerning Babe’s golf in Melbourne: “The golf of Miss Didrikson has made a very great impression on Victorian golfers. Upon her arrival I advised her that her ad vance publicity had been of a silly ballyhoo variety usually associ ated with wrestling and that the intelligent people who supported golf were skeptical about the tales of her long drives. “This really delightful girl accepted the challenge squarely. The following day at Victoria in a private exhibition for a handful of writers, what this magnificent specimen of athletic womanhood . ,i showed us certainly was impressive. “The plain fact is that Miss Didrikson is a vastly better golfer than Miss Hicks,: Miss Pam Barton or any other woman we have seen. She can hit a ball farther than all except very few men. At Victoria the day was bitterly cold, turf was thick and dead, and generally it was a perfect day for a test for anyone to endure. Here are some of the genuine and checked figures, with turf not helping the least and over level ground. She hit drives of 230, 245 and 250 yards in the first three holes. She hit her first mashie 170 yards and another 180 yards. In bunkers her class was that of Sarazen. Her approach work from 140-30 yards from the green was not completely finished and she was good but not over impress-1 ive on the greens. “If Miss Didrikson tightens up her short game, she may get a place among the best men professionals in golf. Neither by man nor woman, Australian or American, have I seen performed a golf feat which I rate as equal to that shown by Miss Didrikson, when at Yarra Yarra she was around in par 72 in a match with C. Con ners. The course was extremely wet after long and heavy rains and . (Continued on page two) 1 Parson and Phill Are Medalists in ■ Starting Times F^rst Division 12:30 H. G. Phillips, F. Long acre. 12:35 W. D. Hyatt, M. L. Fearey. 12:40 H. J. Hewat, C. D. Brooks! 12:45 Donald Parson, F. C. Robertson. * Second Division? 12:50 E. C. Keatipg, K. Trousdell. f ? 12:55 W. H. B. Ward,|C. H. Bowden. ; 1:00 C. D. Cliff, W. T. Mc Cullough. 1:05 W. A. Rupp, C. B. Van Dusen. * Third Division 1:10 H. F. Lesh, R. S. Farr. 1:15 Fred Wardwell, D. H. Taylor. 1:20 F. Kilmer, A. H. Camp bell. - 1:25 C. C. Chesney/C. Cod ington. Winner Class A W. H. B. Ward, C, D. Cliff— Tie at $9V. Winner Class B E. *C. Keating — 88. Winner Class C ' F. Longacre, M. L. Fearey— Tie at 8IL Winner Class D H. G. Phillips, Donald Parson —Tie at 80. These two players also tied for the Medal. PINE DODGERS PLAY Combining a knack of picking out the lucky number and the ability to round out a well played 18 holes of golf over the difficult Southern Pines number one course, enabled Mrs. John K. Weeks to finish a winner out of a field of 20 playing in the Pine Dodger Blind Bogey tournament yesterday afternoon. ips, Tied at §0, Senior Tourney Hyatt Finishes in Third Place? With Round of 82, Notwith standing Sartorial Mishapr Low Scores Mark Opening Play 86's IN FIRST FLIGHT Ronald Parson and Howard Phillips, two old timers on Pine hurst courses, tied today for the, low medal score in the twentieth, annual Seniors’ championship played on the number three course at the Country Club. Par son was 39-41—80 and Phillips, 38-42—80. ' Mr. Phillips played well on the out nine, being but three oveit; par. His best hole was the ninth: where he obtained a birdie three; with a good drive, spoon shot ta» the green, arid a putt- His; worst, holes were the 12th and 18th where bunkers cost him .a six and a five, two above par at each. Mr. Phillips’ can Out 445 553 In 446 445 555—42—80 Mr. Parson, winner of s many Pinehurst tournaments, had ’ to negotiate a difficult three at the home hob? to play into S tie? Ms drive was not quite on the green* > but he chipped well for onO ^dtt and a par. He had considerable difficulty at the fourth, when af ter a good drive, his second^fgiph caught a bunker and ke plipsd three shots before getting oil® finishing with a seven £ this hole. . 4,. Mr. Parson was trying to “drag” the clubhead and get ? a proper flick into the swing and this caused a number of shots to fly off the line. He feels he is hitting the ball as far antH&a well as ever and this means fhe* will be .amorig the favorites At >'/' match play. Mr. Parson’s card: ’ \ ", Out \\ ■ 424 753 533—39' In 545 554 463—41—80* (Continued on page th^ee) y SUMMARY:— FIRST FLIGHT Donald Parson, Pinehurst 4 Howard G. Phillips, Pinehurst Walter D. Hyatt, Toledo H. J. Hewat, North Adams F. C. Robertson, Pinehurst Fred Longacre, Yonkers M. L. Fearey, Garden City i Dr. C, D. Brooks,' Detroit SECOND FLIGHT E. C. Keating, Bridgeport^ W. A. Rupp, Buffalo W. H. B. Ward, Congress Lake, Ohio V. D. Cliff, Detroit C. B. Van Dusen, Detroit William T. McCullough, Pittsburgh Kenneth TrousdUl, Prouts Neck, Me. THIRD FLIGHT H. F. Lesh, Boston Fred Wardwell, Detroit C. C. Chestney, Pittsfield i Frank Kilmer, Grafton, Mass. Clarence Coddington, New York D. H. Taylor, Montreal ( Raymond S. Farr, Boston' A. H. Campbell, Montreal FAILED TO QUALIFY W. M. Thomas, U. S. Naval Academy W. H. Watt, Pinehurst Clifford Sloan, Knollwood J. J. Ramsey, Detroit T. ,H. McGraw, Jr., Pittsburgh and C. 'J Pinehurst — No Card > - . i ; i 39- 41—m> 38-42—80* 40- 42—82; 37-40—8& 43-42—85> 43- 42—-SB 42-43—85 41- 45—80 45-48—88 44- 44—m 45- 44—89) 46- 48—89^ 45-45—90^ 47- 44—9H 4^*46—91 42*450—92 ^^44—92 ^48—92 4?-45—9£ -i . 5dl44—94 44-50—94 46-48—94 ^9-47—96 ■ . ■ - . v- f.i 50*48—98 i46-52—98 51.48—99 49-?51—100 S. Waterhouse,
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