The Oldest Sandhills Publication*
0y Except Monday — Member of Associated Press
NUMBER 35
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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1939
The WORLD of TODAY
70 DEAD IN GERMAN TRAIN COLLISION
By the Associated Press
In the collision of two express trains early. yesterday at Gen
,jn Germany — the worst of a series yof eight German railroad
Jecks since the outbreak of the war — 70 dead are reported, and
100 injured. The probable number of dead would increase, it was
believed, as many of the injured were in a critical condition. The
exact cause was not determined. Genthin is 50 miles southwest of
Berlin. ^
REPORT soviet military head retired
In Moscow, Soviet Russia admitted yesterday most serious
difficulties are being encountered in Finland by natural and artificial
fortifications, but denying that the Finnish invasion is not progress
ing according to schedule. Meanwhile, the sensational report cir
culated in Moscow that Gen. K. A. Meretskoff, chief of staff of the
Leningrad military, district, who has been in charge of the Finnish
campaign, had been retired from his post.
AMERICAN PASSENGER LINER FIGHTS BLAZE
The American passenger liner Windrush arrived at Cristobal
yesterday with her crew battling a blaze in the No. 3 hold which
broke out Thursday 150 miles at sea* Firemen immediately boarded
the vessel and began removing cargo.
URUGUAY TO INTERN SUPPLY SHIP
The Uruguayan government is reported to have decided to intern
the German merchant ship Tacoma, the supply ship for the German
pocket battleship Graf Spee.
Dr. Sheldon Tells
IK Royalty Payments
NEW YORK, December 22
Gross et & Dunlap, Inc., New
York publishers, sent to a writer
a letter from Dr. Charles M.
Sheldon of Topeka, Kan., author
of “In His Steps,” in which Dr.
Sheldon says: “Your publishing
firm is the only one out of more
than fifty that have published
my book that has ever offered to
make any payment on sales, ag
gregating more than 20,000,00
copies in this country and* on the
continent.” The letter was writ
ten in acknowledgment of the
Payment of royalties by the
above firm.
On December 2 this writer no
ted, erroneously, that, because of
1 copyright error, Dr. Sheldon i
lad “never received a cent of
oyalties.” Grosset & Dunlap
'ave made the payments of roy
alties voluntarily and without le
?al obligation, which Dr. Sheldon
gratefully acknowledges in the
otter.
Smoke from Heater .
Causes Fire Alarm
Southern Pines Fire De
partment responded to an alarm
1 re ^ported to be in the Pine
Reedies vicinity late last night,
'remen found smoke coming‘out
the basement windows of
Weet Gum, the former Van
eUren House which is now being
cupied by o. H. Stutts, Pine
th^t-i Usiness man- It was only
il °; heater> which Mr. Stutts
trm^° * tuni before leaving
l*” fw the weekend. No dam
PaRcel delivery at
P°ST OFFICE SUNDAY
(J"<thurst P°st office will b«
^ for delivery of Christ
t»l2P3oCelS fr°m 11:00 «• m
bet p‘ ra' Sunday, Decern
»oonees ‘maSter Cnrrie an
Shoot for Gobblers
is Set for Today
Even though Pinehurst cele
brated a double date Thanksgiv
ing this year there are still
plenty of gobblers left for
Christmas dinners and anyone
interested in trying his luck to
win one of the birds may parti
cipate in the turkey shoot at the
Pinehurst Gun Club today.
Glenn Davis, who is in charge
of the affair, guarantees to have
enough turkeys on hand to take
care of as many contestants as
care to compete. Prizes for top
scores in each division of ten
shooters will ,b^ awarded.
Mr. Davis hopes that enough
of Pinehurst’s feminine element
will turn out to hold a ladies'
competition, and that all and
sundry have done thfeir Christ
mas shopping early and can come
out to join in the fun, whether
as a spectator or participant.
The shoot will begin at 8:30
a. m. and last until 4 o’clock in
the afternoon.
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Tea dance at Pinehurst Coun
try Club this afternoon.
Tin Whistles tournament to
day. Christmas dance at The
Carolina tonight.
Keno at The Carolina tonight.
Ladies putting contest at Pine
hurst Country Club this after
noon.
AT THE THEATRES
- Southern Pines -
Tonight at 8:15, . matinee at
3:00, “Barricade/’ with Alice
Faye and Warner Baxter.
- Aberdeen Theatre -
Tonight at 3:00, 7:15 and 9:00,
“Roll, Wagons, Roll.”
(Continued on page two)
WEATHER
Increasing cloudiness, followed
by rain Saturday night and Sun
day. Slightly warmer Sunday.
EXPECTED TO REVISIT SANDHILLS
A recent winged visitor at the Knollwood Airport, the all-metal
Lockheed 12 owned by the Reiss Premier Corporation, which brought
from New York Mr. Walter Baumhogger of New York, president of
the United Cigar Stores Co., who came to North Carolina with
several friends to shoot geese in'the Elizabeth City vicinity. Shown
in the photo are the two pilots, Karl Kalberer and Herbert Kuntz.
The group is expected to return shortly.
DlNEHURST SCOREBOARD
■ by THE STAFF
Walter Lippm&nn, well known newspaper columnist and com
mentator is spending the Christmas holidays in Pinehurst, accom
panied by Mrs. Lippmann. Mr. and Mrs. Lippmann, who are guests
at The Manor, arrived from Washington yesterday.
Mr. Lippmann and his wife plan a very quiet celebration of
,the Christmas season, having come here, according to Mr. Lippmann,
to “play golf and sleep.” He does not plan to do any writing while
here, having completed enough of his columns before leaving Wash
ington, to enable him to relax from the newspaper grind for a day
or two.
When asked about his golf game Mr. Lippmann’s reply was that
he “wasn’t keeping'track of his scores, just playing for the exer
cise.” This is the Lippmanns’ first visit to Pinehurst, and he ex
pressed himself as very pleased with the courses here, particularly
the number 3 course, which he played yesterday.
Mr. Lippman spent several weeks abroad last summer, and
when asked about the present European developments, particularly
the Russian aggression against Finland, said that he was not in the
least surprised by the Russian attack, inasmuch as he had felt that
such a move wobld be forthcoming on the part of the Soviet nation,
though he could not have predicted just which country would be the
target of such aggression,
Mr. and Mrs. Lippmann proved themselves adaptable to the
Pinehurst village atmosphere by taking in the usual Friday evening
movie last night. They will remain here until Tuesday.
Johnny Bulla, son of a High Point clergyman, the youthful golf
ing professional who came close to winning the British open golf
championship last summer, is after a pilot’s license, and this has
caused speculation among the touring golfers as to whether Johnny
and Sam Snead are going to buy an airplane, and use it in traveling
to golf tournaments.
Bulla is an ambitious young man, and his pal among the profes
sional-golf ers is Sam Snead. They travel together on tour.# They
started out on the tournament trail together on a budget which re
quired that they win money or quit. They won enough to keep go
ing,' and Snead has become the outstanding player of his class*
If Bulla and Snead are planning to make the tournament hops
via plane they will be the first young men to take advantage of this
means of transport regularly in a business which calls for about
50,000 miles of travel, winter and summer, if a man* makes the
entire circuit.
Traveling by air would not only reduce the time spent in getting
around, but would rate the fliers added publicity every time they
landed in a community in which a tournament was scheduled.
‘CHRISTIAN SCIENCE*
IS TOPIC OF SERMON
“Christian Science” is the sub
ject of the lesson-sermon at the
Christian Science Church, South
ern Pines, Sunday morning at
11 o’clock. Sunday School con
venes at the same time. The
Wednesday evening meeting is
on the first* and third Wednes
days of the month at 8 o’clock.
The Reading Room, ‘ which is lo
cated in the church, is open Wed
nesday afternoons from 3 to 5
o’clock. /
FIRST TEA DANCE AT
COUNTRY CLUB TODAY
j The first of the tea dances at
the Pinehurst Country Club will
be held this afternoon from 4:30
until 5:30.
Music will be by the Keynot
ers, the Carolina Hotel orches
tra.
The Country Club has been
decorated for the Christmas sea
son, and presents a holiday ap
pearance and atmosphere.
Many of the cottage colony will
hold parties. * ~
Horseback Basketball
To Feature Gymkhana
Pinehurst Tossers Will be Matched Against
Southern Pines in Carolina Riding
Ring Specialty
SPILLS THRILL CROWD
AT DEDICATION OF
HORSE SHOW RING
Charles Everest on Fox Glove
Wins Open Hunters Event at
Southern Pines; Tate Juveniles
Do Well
Thrills and spills christened
the new horse show ring at the
Southern Pines Country Club
yesterday afternoon before a fine
crowd when Charles Everest Jr.
captured the open hunters event
over the outside course. Riding
Fox Glove, beautiful bay mare
from the W. 0. Moss, Mile-A
Way stables, he topped a field of
15 entries after Miss Nancy
Wrenn, up on Sailor, had startled
the onlookers by itaking a nasty
tumble on the last jump when
the big bay gelding hit the top
rail and stumbled. .Fortunately,
Nancy sustained nothing more
than a severe shaking up.
This fevent, in which several
other minor spills occurred, was
hotly contested, with Billy Tate,
riding the big four year old geld
ing, Timber Rider, from the Pine
hurst Livery stables, taking sec
ond place and the red ribbon,
and Nancy Johnson, riding her
own entry, High and Mighty,
finishing third.
Miss Shirley Burke, up on Pep
permint, and Miss Joan Burke,
riding Black Bottom, won first
and second places in the Chil
(Continued on page three)
Mahoney Appointed
To Try 11 Police
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia of
New York in a surprise move has
appointed Jeremiah T. Mahoney
his Democratic opponent in the
last Mayorality election in 1937,
as temporary Sixth Deputy Po
lice Commissioner to preside over
the departmental trials of eleven
police officers accused by an ex
traordinary Kings CoUnty Grand
Jury of complicity in the Brook- j
lyn bail bond racket. j
Mr. Mahoney, a former justice j
of the Supreme Court, and who
is Tammany leader of the 15th
Assembly District, was sworn in j
for his new position by Police i
Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine j
just four hours after the Mayor
had announced his appointment.
John H. Morris resigned “for:
the time being” as Sixth Deputy
Police Commissioner to make
Way for Air. Mahoney.
Mayor LaGuardia, in announc
ing his appointment of Mr. Ma
honey, said that the move was a
result of his desire to have the j
accused men “get a fair trial.”
Mr. Mahoney is a frequent
Pinehurst visitor. He is an en
thusiastic golfer, and on a recent
visit played the number three
course, in company with Paul
Runyan, in 82 strokes. This was
his lowest score here.
h
Christmas Equestrian Program
Sunday also Includes Pig-Driv- ,
| ing by Ladies, Musical Stalls
and Other Novelties
STARTS AT 2:30 P. M.
—
Southern Pines vs Pinehurst on
horseback.
Here is a competition that will
pack the spectators in at the
Carolina Hotel riding ring oil
Sunday afternoon.
At 3:30 p. m. the mounted bas
ketball sides of Southern Pines:
and Pinehurst will don their- '
boots and straddle their saddles
and collide in the first game of '
the season.
This basketball game on horse
back will feature an entertaining
program at the Christmas Gym
khana. Lloyd M. Tate, ring mas
ter, has provided an entertaining
program of events, which will in
j elude musical stalls, , a potato
race, overall race, knockdown and
out, two open jumping events
and a pig race.
The pig race will provide many
hilarious moments, as young la- .
dies attempt to steer the porkers
over the proper courses and back
into their pens.
The shpw will start at about
2:30 p. m.
Spirited competition developed
last season in the basketball con
tests when Pinehurst won two
games and Southern Pines one.
William Gale will captain Pine
hurst dnd Wilbur Scheipers,
Southern Pines. ‘ The line-ups.
have not been made public, but.
Captain Scheipers reports he will*
bring over a strong, well-mounted!
side.
Deer Seen Cavorting
Around Golf Course
Anyone interested in a game*
of golf with a little deer hunt
ing on the side, or vice versa,
might try playing around the
No. Three course at the Country
Club. Thursday ' morning about
8:30 a magnificent buck was
sighted running across the field
at the racetrack. He jumped the
fence and took off across the No.
Three course near the seventh
hole, headed toward the Pine
hursa dairy.
The deer was seen by Glenn
Davis and Herman Grimm in his
flight ' across the course. Mr..
Davis said that to his knowledge
the buck was the first one seen,
in these parts this season.
WHITE CHRISTMAS NOT
PROMISED BY BUREAU
Show fell yesterday on both
Atlantic and Pacific coasts
and across the country inter
vening — 3,00ft miles of an
irregular layer of white. But
Washington weather bureau
declined to guarantee any sec
tion a white Christmas, the
Associated Press says. *'