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44, NUMBER 32
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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1939
Briton Here Aided U. S.
Citizens’ Return Home
Clarence Graff of London Served'as Amer
ican Committee Chairman Before
Present War Was Declared
Noted Englishman and Wife
Guests at Carolina with Sir
Cusroco and Lady Wadia
HOOVER AIDE IN 1914
Two noted Englishmen arrived
at the Carolina Hotel last night.
They are Sir Cusroco Wadia
and Clarence Graff of London.
These gentlemen are accompanied
by their wives, Lady Wadia and
Mrs. Graff. They arrived at the
Carolina yesterday from White
Sulphur Springs. ' '
Mr. Graff served as chairman
of the American committee in
London during the period before
war was declared, and until pro
vision had been completed to re
turn about 4,000 citizens of the
United States to this country.
He served as treasurer of the
American committee in 1914,
when Herbert Hoover was the
chairman, and he stated last
night that it seemed a bit .strange
that in 1939, 25 years later, he
should be back on a similar task,
this time as chairman.
He stated Americans behaved
very well during the process of
being shipped back to their own
country, and told of an incident
in which the committee loaned
money to a group of students
which enabled them to sail first
class on the Manhattan. Other
wise they would have been third
class passengers on the Athenia,
first passenger ship sunk after
the declaration of war.
United States Ambassador
Joseph Kennedy - was honorary
^airman of the American com
mittee in London.
In order * to encourage outside
decorating which adds so much
® Cfeating a proper holiday at
mosphere in the village, the
Chamber of Commerce will give
a nuniber of awards for the best
decorations which are' displayed
from Christmas until the New
Year.
President E. S. Blodgett of
^e Chamber has appointed Har
rY B- Emery, chairman of the
committee of judges, eftid he will
:ave as associates Rev. T. A.
Cheatham and Rev. A. J. McKel
Way.
In. order to make the work of
e judges easier, persons having
°ntside decorations are request
t° notify a member of the
committee, which will view all
lsplays sometime between
ristnias and New Year. The
iJ^er b°pes that decorations
Period6 ^ p^ace durinS this
dumber does not contem
e giving valuable prizes, but
tohen of $5.00 for first, $3j
lor
awards.
second and possibly oth
THE weather
and TmS foilowed by cleari
5 a0lder Wednesday. Thu
S>emu"e0t mUCh Change
GLEE CLUB GIVES
FINE RENDITION OF
CANTATA ‘CHRISTMAS’
Vested Choir of 60 High School
Boys and Girls Perform Far
Beyond Expectations; Miss
Choate Congratulated
The Pinehurst High School
Glee Club in their initial public
appearance last night gave a
performance far beyond the gen
eral expectation, to the great de
light of the audience which had
gathered to hear the singing of
the cantata ^Christmas,” by Ira
B. Wilson.
The vested choir of 60 high
school boys and girls, perfectly
disciplined, made a fine appear
ance, occupying the entire stage,
four rows deep.
The singers were under the
perfect control of Miss Marie
Choate throughout the perform-,
ance. Two beautiful solos were
sung by Miss Louise' McVicker,
contralto, and Miss Helen Fields,
soprano. Miss Helen Ruth Cole
accompanied the cantata, giving
a perfectly balanced and modula
lated foundation for the music
of the voices.
The whole performance was re
ceived with enthusiasm by all
who heard it, and Miss Choate,
music teacher of the Pinehurst
Schools, was swamped with con
gratulations on the splendid pro
gress of the students under her
diirgctiop.
America’s West Wall •
Feature of Newsreel
Walls being about the most
prized possessions of rfiany na
tions these times, Charles Pic
quet has scored another news
reel beat and will show what'is
known as America’s West Wall,
in the latest March of Time to
be shown Friday matinee and
night at the Carolina Theatre,
Pinehurst. The Sonja Henie
picture, “Everything Happens at
Night,” headlines the bill.
The March of Time feature
shows Guam,* tiny United States
Island outpost in( the Pacific,
which has been prepared to play
an important part in America’s
Pacific defense plans. .
“Crisis in the Pacific” is the
title.
Helsinki Bombed
War in the skies raged over
Finland as Russian bombers flew
over Helsinki for the first time
in several weeks. At least-four
Russian planes were reported
downed in a day of bitter aerial
warfare, during which 32 bombs
were dropped in the Helsinki
area.
JOINS FRENCH AMBULANCE CORPS
Donald Parson has volunteered to serve in the French Ambu
lance Corps and will leave for the European war zone late in
January. Mr. Parson served in the war of 1914-1918 in the intelli
gence department of the United States Army.
The Pinehurst Outlook of January 8, 1938, published the
following sketch of Mr. Parson:
Donald Parson of Pinehurst, Youngstown, Brookline, Mass.,
and Miami . . . breaker of golf records, excellent tennis player,
master of fencing, ardent yachtsman . . . won a nation-wide contest
for bass fishing . . . could earn his living as a dancer . . . takes his
big car apart, scatters it about the lawn, and puts it together again
... the best cook in all the camps of Maine . . . one of the country’s
outstanding bridge players . . . speaks French and Italian fluently
. . . haunts the world’s great art galleries and buys himself worth
while pictures . . . scholar and bibliophile, specializing in old French
literature . . . has produced a volume of sonnets (Glass Flowers)
which critics rank with the works of Keats, Coleridge and Shelley
. . . Harvard, A. B., A. M.; Captain, Military Intelligence, attached
to the General Staff, during the World War.
DINEHURST SCOREBOARD
I L.. DADCDT C UADI OXY/
by ROBERT E. HARLOW
Details of the private golf tournament conducted at The Pine
Valley Country Club in’New Jersey, for which a Selected number of
big time pros were invited, is slowly getting around. The final sum
mary follows for the 54 hole event. Ted Turner, Pine Needles pro,
and Pine Valley pro, finishedf second.
Ghezzi
Turner
Thomson
Walsh
Dudley
Sarazen
Kirkwood
H. Smith
Byrd
Runyan
Wood
Burke
Diegel
Hines
Farrell
73
73
79
76
68
77.
74
80 •
79
82
76
74
82
’77
80
74
74
69
74
77
72
77
73
75
76
77
78:
78
71
77
79—226
81—228
81—229
79—229
85— 230
84— 233
83—234 •
86— 239 *
86—240
85— 243
On the first day weather conditions were perfect and the course
was in excellent shape. The low score for the first round was made
by Ed Dudley, with k 68, which is a new course record.. On the first
afternoon Jimmy Thomson had a 69 which was low.
On Sunday, unfortunately, weather conditions were almost im
possible for play. A cold wind and heavy rain made it inadvisable
to play two rounds, but at the request of the participants, one round
was played on Sunday morning.
Total strokes for the ^32 rounds on Saturday were 2418, which
gives an average round of 75.5. It is interesting to note that the
average score for the first nine holes on Saturday was 38.5 and for
the second nine holes 37. The field was somewhat stronger this year
than last and the scores in general were lower than last year.
Nazi Liner Columbus
Is Scuttled By Crew
U. S. Cruiser Tuscaloosa Picks Up from
Boats All Officers and Men of Huge
Luxury Ship; 579 Rescued
SUNK 400 MILES OFF CAPE HENRY
-1. .—
By the Associated Press
The German luxury liner Columbus/ third laVgest ship in the
Nazi merchant marine joined the Graf Spee yesterday, when her
crew scuttled her in the Atlantic, 400 miles east of C^pe Henry, t»
avoid attack by a British warship.
The entire crew of 579 from the Columbus were rescued by the
United States cruiser Tuscaloosa^ which picked up the officers and
men from small boats, at dusk, as the Columbus was aflame and$
sinking.
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GERMAN TANKER RUNS
FOR REFUGE INTO
HARBOR IN FLORIDA
Arauca, Chased by British Crais- j
er, Outruns Pursuer and Seeks
Haven in Fishing Port of Ever
glades
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.,|
Dec. 19—(A*)—War moved closer
to ‘ American shores yesterday
when a German tanker, the Ar
auca, outran a British cruiser,!
thought to be the Orion, off the
Florida coast, and sought haven
in the quiet pleasure fishing har
bor of Port Everglades. «
Defying a warning shot fired
across her bow, the German tank
er of about 5,000 tons, failed to
heed the orders of the British
captain to turn east, but turned
directly west and raced to Port
Everglades.
The Arauca was out of Tam
pico with a cargo believed to be
oil and was proceeding north
ward along the Gulf stream
when a warning shot crossed her
bow. '
As thfe German is not a com
bat vessel she may remain indef
initely in the United States port
without being interned.
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Weekly bridge , party at the
Carolina this morning.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
Tonight at 8:30, matinee at
3:00, “Mr. Smith Gbes to Wash
ington,” with Jean Arthur and
James Stewart.
- Southern Pines -
_ Tonight and tomorrow night
at 8:15, matinee tomorrow at
3:00, “Rulers of the Sea,” with
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
- Aberdeen Theatre -
Tonight at 7:15 and 9 >00, “Bad
Little Angel.” Cash Award
night. •
(Continued on page two)
Soviet Ship Sunk
The Russian battleship, Octo
ber Revolution, 22,256 tons, was
reported sunk by Finnish coastal
batteries, according to, a Reu
teur’s dispatch. (Reuter’s is the
British news agency.) *
The Columbus, 32,381 tons,,
was surpassed only by the Brem
en and the Europa in Germany’s;
merchant fleet. She sailed from;
Vera Cruz last Thursday in a.
desperate attempt to elude the
British and reach a home port.
The gamble-failed. She had been
at Vera Cruz since the start of
the war.
First news of the ' scuttling of
the Columbus came in terse mes
sages from Captain H. A. Badt
of the U. S. cruiser Tuscaloosa,
telling how every member of the
crew, including nine women stew
ardesses, had been rescued..,
! • i
A British cruiser was report
ed in the vicinity, but there were
no. signs of hostilities.
It was reported that before
abandoning the Columbus her sea
cocks had been opened so that
she would sink as rapidly as pos
sible. The sky was lit up by
flames when the Tuscaloosa
reached the vicinity. The U. S.
cruiser is^ headed for Ellis Island
with the crew of the Columbus,
who started on a Caribbean cruise
before the war, and sought shel
ter in Vera Cruz at the outbreak.
* of hostilities.
CREW IS INTERNET
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. ,19—
One thousand and thirty-nine
officers and men of the crev( of
the Graf Spee will be interned in
Argentina landlocked provinces,
far from the sea, according to
President Ortiz, who stated that.
Germany would pay the expenses
. Drive Slowly! Nab 2!
I The Pinehurst Police Depart
ment is promoting a campaign,
against speeding in the village
vicinity, ih the interests of safe
ty. ' •
Two persons were arrested
yesterday for driving at an ex
cessive rate of speed, by Police
Chief A. F. Dees.
Dan Gore, a driver- for the *
Gore Wholesale Co. of Rocking
ham was . arrested going 40 miles
an hour in the center of the vil
lage at 3:20 yesterday afternoon
Gore was tried before Justice of
the Peace W. I. Barbour a$d sen- ;j
tenced to 30 days, sentence sus- '
pended on payment of costs
Stacy Ritter of Eastwood was i
also arrested for speeding, in
Taylortown. ' Ritter was alleged- v
ly clocked going at 50 miles, pnd *
will be tried at six o’clock to
night before Justice of the Peace
Barbour. He Was released op
bond. 1 . •: