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Price 3 Cents THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1939
fhe WORLD of TODAY
01 NATIONAL DEATH TOIL OVER HOLIDAYS
By the Associated Press
Violent deaths struck down at least 690 persons in the United
States during the three-day Christmas holidays. As usual, traffic
ccidents killed the largest number, 438 having perished in highway
[nd street accidents. Burns accounted for 51 deatfis, and 52 died of
nnshot wounds, stabbings, and other forms of violence.
* Every state and the District of Columbia shared in the Christ
as record of deaths. Illinois led the list with 64 dead; California j
reported 58, New York 42, Michigan and Pennsylvania 40 each, North
Carolina 34 and South Carolina 22.
HENRY L. DOHERTY, OIL MAGNATE, DIES
Friends of Henry L. Doherty were informed last night of his
Jeath at the Temple University hospital, Philadelphia. Doherty, 69,
was president of Cities Service Oil Co. He had been ill of arthritis
since 1927. Despite the ill health which so long haj| dogged him, Do
herty’s last two or three years of life have been among the most
fruitful of his career, particularly in various researches which he
had carried on.
STALIN MASSES URGE FORCE FOR THRUST
Joseph Stalin has massed three hundred thousand of his best
soldiers on the eastern and northern fronts under command of some
of his personal friends, it was reported from Finnish northern army
lieads early today. This action cante after reverses which have forced
a Red army retreat of 50 miles in some places. ,
The Finns estimated the Red army losses at 4,000 men in the
extreme north alone in the last three days.
Citizens of Finland’s second city, Viipuri; were leaving their
homes after intermittent long distance shelling of the port city by
Russian artillery. Only about 6,000 regular residents of the city’s
10,000 remained. The city is near the Karelian isthmus front.
AUSTRALIAN AIRFORCE LANDS IN ENGLAND
Australia’s contribution to the British empire’s war efforts took
i tangible form in England yesterday with the landing of a trained
dr squadron somewhere in the mother country.
jOOEF GARGIS’ DEATH
jTHLS YULE GAIETY
IT SOUTHERN PINES
II The holiday gaiety of Southern
■ines was hushed Christmas af
lernoon when it became' known
Police Chief J. A. Gargis
Bad suddenly succumbed to a
leart attack at his office a short
l>me after making an arrest.
I Chief Gargis, who was 53, and
F10 had formerly served on the
■Sleigh police force before com
lnS to Southern Pines a decade
k°> had received word that an
■ccuPant of a bus was causing a
j^ipus on Highway No. 1, and
■pon going to the scene discover
r that the driver of the bus, El
|er Tilton of Bristol, N. Y. had
■one berserk and was stopping
lraffic on the highway. The effort
P duing Tilton is believed to
Ba'e brought on the heart at
lack.
8^' ^ borrow of East Bloom
®V ^ ^ ’ W^° sbarbed out with
J1 on on a trip to Florida, had
»°ne with Officer Irvin Morrison
I hief Gargis’ office to get a
81 cT°thes they had taken
■ ni the bus. The chief, meet
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!JJUr Go^F clubs
0 FORM league
epresentatives of four g(
J* ia the Sandhills w
lh n-0mght at 5:30 P- M.
disc„PlnehurSt Country Club'
ProfpSS •PlanS f°r an amateu
l^-al league, or co,
L, |°n’ to be contested di
lr Janaary. Pinehurst Cou
kedi Southern Pines, Pi
rejf and Mid Pines will
1 esented at the meeting.
BERSERK MOTORIST
CAUSES BIG STIR;
POLICE SUBDUE HIM
Elmer Tilton) 44-year-old for
mer school bus driver of Bristol,
N. Y., cause of more excitement
in Southern Pines than the town
has experienced on many a
Christmas day, had already been
warned by police officers ip Wash
ington “to get a room and stay
there,” W. J. Morrow of East
Bloomfield, N. Y., stated yester
day afternoon.
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WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Thirty - seventh annual Mid
winter golf tournament at Pine
hurst Country Club begins to
day.
Weekly Bridge Party at the
Carolina this morning beginning
at 10:15.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
Today at 3:00 and 8:30, “Re
no,” with Allan Jones and Mary
Martin.
. - Southern Pines -
Today and tomorrow at 8:15,
matinee tomorrow at 3:00, “Mi
kado,” with Kenny Baker and
Doyle Carte Chorus.
- Aberdeen Theatre -
Tonight at 7:15 and 9:00,
“Smashing the Money Ring,”
with Ronald Reagan. Cash award
night.
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THE WEATHER
Rain Wednesday, Thursday
partly cloudy, colder on coast.
HER LADYSHIP AMD A FAIR LADY
Her Ladyship, world’s champion pacing mare of all time, one of the
“notables” in the stables of Mrs. L. B. Smith at the Pinehurst Race
Track. Holding the reins like an expert is Miss Mary Webber of
Detroit, a recent guest at The Carolina.
PINEHURST SCOREBOARD
1 by ROBERT E. HARLOW
Mr. Suzuki of Tokyo roams the earth looking for good stories
for the readers of The Morning Sun, which has a combined circula
tion of more than 6,000,000 daily, in four cities.
In the JHolly Inn, Mr. Suzuki expressed interest in the visit of a
team of six Japanese golfers to the United States during the sum
mer of 1935. Reaching into the records it was discovered that the
Japanese team played 42 matches, 41 against American R G. A.
sectional teams, and one against leading Chicago amateurs.
The Japanese won 25 matches, lost 13 and tied 4. They were in
America for three months, starting in Portland, Oregon, and play
ing in practically all important golfing centers in this country. From
St. Louis, east and south, the tour was made in a bus.
These Japanese professionals were Miyamoto, Asami, Yusada,
Chin, Nakamura and Toda. Toda, the youngest, w&s the real artist
of the group. In Hollywood, Florida, playing against a field which
included every American star, Toda finished second.
This is all history, but suffice it to report that in 1935 the Jap
anese indicated that within a few years they would be able to present
a golf te^m which would add much to strengthen the importance of,
and interest in international golf.
But Japan is at war, just as England is at war, and if these wars
are of long duration, there will be no competition for America in
international golf. The last war set British golf so far back it had
not completely recovered before the new war started. American
supremacy in international professional golf during the twenties was
aided by the World War.
Mr. Suzuki reported in Pinehurst that Prince Konoye, scratch
amateur, former Princeton golf team captain, had gone to the wars
as a private soldier. He had no report concerning the professionals,
but it is a safe guess that they have not escaped the national call,
any more than the British professionals did in 1914, or are doing
today.
^Vonder how Toda feels today, shivering on the Sino-Japanese
front, when he recalls that in the winter of 1935-36, he made the
American professional golf circuit, and lived for a time at The Caro
lina Hotel in Pinehurst?
Some American professionals objected, in a mild manner, to
the 1935 tour of the Japanese professionals. They did not know that
the thought behind that move was to introduce into competitive
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Rackham Memorial
Work to be Started
Detroit, Defc. 17—'Work on the
Horace H. Rackham Education
Memorial will start here early in
the new year and is expected to
be ready for occupancy in the
spring of 1940.
The building will be erected at
a cost of $1,500,000/in the Wood
ward Avenue Art Center district.
The building is to be known as
the Horace H. Rackham Edu
cational Memorial, and will be oc
cupied jointly by the Engineer
ing Society of Detroit and the
University of Michigan Exten
sion Service;
It will occupy the full block
from Woodward evenue to John
R. street, fronting on Farnsworth
avenue, the street south of the
'Detroit Institute of Art.
Midwinter Horse
Show Plans Complete
I Everything is in the best of
| order for the annual Midwinter
I Pinehurst-Sandhills Horse ’Show,
which win be held Friday at the
Pin eh urst , race track show
grounds.
[ - .
I Eleven clasess are listed for
the sporty event, five in horse
manship, three for hunters and
three for jumpers.
In order thatthe show may
end before it begins to get dark,
.
| the starting time has been moved
up an hour this season, and the
action scheduled to open up at
1:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
Everyone is invited to the show
for which there will be no admis
sion charge.
37th Midwinter Golf
Tourney Starts Today
Mi ■ .
Jajmes T/Hiinter of North Adams Among
Favorites to Win Annual Links
Classic of Pinehurst
‘—lit-----t-+
t
Midwinter Pairing^
12:30—G. W. Mansfield and C.
I. Williams.
12:35—E. S. Blodgett and Chal
mers Clifton.
12:40—Bing Hunter and Ted
Scofield.
12:45—H. M. Herron and Clif
ford Sloan.
12:50—H. S. Covington and A.
E. fJones.
12:55—J. T. Hunter and Tom
Rudel.
1:00—Don Parson and Fv C.
Robertson.
1:05—H. S. Pearson and John
Weeks.
; 1:10—J. E. Love and H. F.
Seawell Jr.
1:15—E. M. Townsend and A.
T. I Safford.
1:20—W, C. Bolte.
POLO GAME LISTED
FOR RACETRACK HELD
ON SUNDAY, JAN. 7TH
First Contest of the Pinehurst
Season to be Between Sand
hills Club and Blind Brook
Team; Fort Bragg Tilt Later
First polo game of the Pine
hurst season will be played at the
Pinehurst Race track field on
Sunday afternoon, January 7th,
starting at 2:30 P. M., when the
Sandhills Polo Club will oppose
Thie Blind Brook team.
Earl Shaw and Merrill Fink,
who are in Pinehurst with their
popies to arrange for activities
this season have talked with
Camp Bragg officers, and later
will visit 'Camden and Aiken for
the purpose of building an inter
esting spring schedule. >
It was hoped that Camp Bragg
would furnish the first opposition,
but the army unit which provide
the polo squad has been ordered
to Columbia until February 7th,
so it will not be until later that
a Sandhills-Fort Bragg game
will be played.
Line-ups for the opening game
will be announced later.
GLEE CLUB SINGER
FOR PINEHURST FORUM
The third Forum of the Series,
and its first contribution to
music-lovers, will be presented
on Thursday, January 4th at 9
p. m. at , the Country Club.'
Mr. John Toms, a concert te
nor cf note and director of the
Glee Club of the University of
North Carolina, will offer a pro
gram equally pleasing to those
interested in classical music and
to those who “love to hear an old
song.” Later in the season, the
Forum hopes to be able to bring
the Glee Club for a concert, and
possibly to present their master
ful production of Gilbert and
Sullivan’s “H. M. S. Pinafore.”
Eighteen Hole Qualifying Round
Will be Played, Winner to Re
ceive Trophy; Divisions of
Eight Enter Match Contests
MAPLES NOT DEFENDING
The thirty-seventh annual Mid- _
Winter tournament of The Pine
hurst Country Club will start to
j day with an 18 hole qualifying
round. Players will qualify in
divisions of eight for match play*.
James T. Hunter, North Adams,,
is among the favorites to win
this annual Holiday event, which
last year was taken by Henson
Maples, who will not compete
this season. f
Hub Covington, athletic coach
at Woodberry Forest, Virginia,
A. E. Jones, New York, Ted
Scofield, Yale , Bing Hunter,
North Adams and H. J. Blue,
Aberdeen, are among the low
handicap golfers entered.
There will be a trophy for the -
lowest qualifying score returned
and for winner and runner-up in
each flight.
McCLUER AND RIIDEL
TEAM CAPTURES TIN
WHISTLES TOURNEY
Winners Return Card of 85-21—
64 in Medal Play Selective
Drive Foursome; Ross-Watt
Pair Tied for Second with
Hotchkiss and Robinson
.F. W. McCluer, Aberdeen and
W. E. Rudel, Montreal, .won the
medal play foursome, selective
drive -competition of the Tin
Whistle Club, which was com
pleted yesterday, after having
been postponed from last Sun
day.
Mr. McCluer and Mr. Rudel re
turned a card of 85-21—64. Tied
for second were Donald J. Ross
and W. H. Watt, 79-10—69 and
J. P. Hotchkiss and F. C. Robert
son 75-6—69. -
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CADDIES EAT AGAIN
Mrs. John L. Given provided
dinner for 277 Pinehurst Country
Club caddies on Christmas Day.
At Thanksgiving, Mr. Given
was host to the caddies, when
just over 300 gathered for the
feast. Pinehurst caddies believe
in Santa Claus, but they know
who is behind the disguise.
ISHAM JONES TO PLAY
GOLF ON COURSES HERE
Isham Jones, the noted or
chestra leader, who will per
sonally conduct his band at the
buffet supper-dance at the
Pinehurst Country Club to
morrow night is a good golfer
and is expected to play the
game during his stay in Pine
hurst.
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