Except Monday — Member of Associated Press
VOLUME
NUMBER 41
Price 3 Cents THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
Sunday; December 31,1939
[he WORLD of TODAY
By the Associated Press
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Foreign
asks TIME FOR AJAX
Great Britain has asked Uru
fliay to permit * the cruiser Ajax
J enter Montevideo harbor . to
Jake repairs of damages result
ing from the battle with the Graf
Spee. A naval commission will
2CPt ’ The Graf Spee was given
j2 hours for a similar purpose.
British Admiralty reported
since start of war 279 ships had
keen sunk with a tonnage of
1(003,798 and the loss of 2,727
jives.
big fight looms
First major battle of the Fin
nish-Russian war was in pros
pect us veteran Red troops re
placed callow conscripts under
heavy artillery bombardment of
Finland’s Karelian Isthmus de
fenses. There was belief that
Russia was preparing for a ma
jor offensive. Viipuri continued
under artillery fire. Russian
planes carried out bombing raids
above several cities, including
Tampere and Hanko.
LARGE LINER AFIRE
The Spanish steamer Cabo San
Antonio was reported on fire in
tie Atlantic with an unknown
number of passengers. The'ship
is 12,585 tons and sailed frpm
the Argentine for Cadiz, Spain.
A Spanish cruiser has been sent
as rescue ship. The cause of the
fire has not been reported.'
WILL WIN’—HITLER
Hitler expressed his conviction
yesterday that Germany would
"in the war in 1940 and said'that
tie Reich was fighting for “con
struction. of a new Europe.” He
Mamed England, as usual, for
Europe’s troubles.
POLO GAME TODAY
FIRST IN SERIES.
UN LOCAL FIELDS
The first polo match in Pine
urst *n a number of years will
e held at the Pinehurst race
®ack field beginning at 10:00 o’
Cock this morning as the initial
e'ent on a proposed calendar to
!!|1Ve ^e equestrian sport here.
^ ls morning’s competition will
e a practice match, but still
"’H F*e a polo game.
Tim two teams will be com
°sed of R. b. Green and B. R.
°".n the Durham polo team
0 1 ':i'k and William Baker
1 } !/ilst four> and Eliot Barta
aw> Tree! Wilmshurst an<
* ' ^locock on the second
11 and Barta will play firs
Sttorifb eLBr°Wn and Wilmshur£
Bat- ’ aaw an(^ Fink? third an
7 and Slocock fourth.
Anyone
the
is
invited to atten
ad,i!;ellminai'y Same', with i
^ "1Qn being charged. (
Serfn^r and Mr’ Fink’ ™
of thp ahtieS in the P°l0
ofHcial C0Un*ry» who are; in tl
of tbe Capaeity of being booste:
to ,p0JP°rt ln Pinehurst,. will *
Play i las’s this afternoon ■
&is at o aiatch there, which b
at 2;30 o’clock. .
United States
EDISON SECRETARY
Charles Edison has ,, been ap
pointed secretary o'f the navy.
Edison has^ been serving as act
ing secretary since the death of
Claude Swanson, several months
ago.
SNOW IN NORTH EAST
Three inches of snow fell in
New York and four and one-half
inches in Boston yesterday.
FISK SELLS OUT
The Fisk Rubber. Corporation
obtained stockholders’ approval
to sell out to U. S. Rubber. U. S.
officials said that such a deal
might violate Federal anti-trust
laws.
FATHER AND SON GOLF
TOURNEY EXPECTED
TO DRAW FINE FIELD
The Father and Son tourna
ment will be played tomorrow,
January 1, having been moved
forward from January 2, the ori
ginal date. A field of more than
a dozen pairs is expected to com
pete over the number one course.
J. K. Love and his son Jennings
won the event last year with 90
25—71, and in 1937 Mr. Love and
his son J. E. were the winners.
Tomorrow Mr. Love will play
with J. E. again.
Newcomers to this competi
tion will be Richard S. Tufts and
his son Peter, Herbert D. Vail
and his son Duncan and Robert
Slager McClellan and his son
Robert Sibley McClellan.
P. W. and Eric Thomson, A. E.
and A. D. Jones, J. C. Prizer and
junior, Bryson Biggs and son
Jack, J. T. arid, Bing Hunter,
Eric and Donald Nelson, George
T. Dunlap and his son George T.
Jr., the former national amateur
champion, will play.
Other entries are expected be
fore .post time. 1
NEW TURKEY QUAKES
New tremors impeded rescue
work in the quake stricken dis
tricts of northeastern Turkey.
Rescue trains brought wounded
to Ankara, while planes dropped
bundles ojf food and clothing to
survivors yvho huddled half-naked
in snow covered fields, in the Er
zincan region.
BYRON NELSON WINS
HARRY YARDON AWARD
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30,—(ff)
—Byron Nelson, national open
golf champion, won the Harry
Vardon Memoorial trophy for
1939, with 473 points. Henry
Picard was second with 461.
40 DIE IN TRAIN WRECK'
At least 40 persons were killed
and 150 injured when an express^
train crashed into the rear end
of a troop train at the Toore An
| nunziata station, 18 miles south
of Naples, in Italy.
WEATHER
Partly cloudy.' Possible snow
flurries or light rain in ~ north
portion and in mountains Sunday,
followed by clearing and colder
Sunday afternoon and night.
Monday, generally fair, continued
cool.
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PRIZE WINNERS IN PINEHURST TOURNEY
James T. Hunter, (left), winner of the Midwinter tournament is con
gratulated by Hub Covington, runner-up*—Photo by Hemmer.
J. E. Love, (left), winner of the Second Flight with Chester I Wil
liams, runner-up.—Photo by Hemmer. ,
J. C. Prizer Jr., (right), winner of the Third Flight with C
runner-up.—Photo by Hemmer.
PINEHURST OUTLOOK ENGRAVINGS
'. Clifton,
Hunter Routs Covington
To Win Midwinter Golf
North Adams Star Shoots Par Golf for 13
Holes to Score 6 and 5 Triumph
Over Virginian
Basketball Feature
Of Today’s Gymkhana
A basketball game between the
horsemen of Pineh^irst and
Southern Pines, and a pig race
will feature the gymkhana in the
ring of The Carolina Hotel, start
ing at three p. m. this afternoon.
There will' also be a potato race,
musical stalls, overall race, two
open jumping events and a
knockdown and out contest. Ev
evrybody is invited to enjoy the
sport. Odds on the basketball
game are even.
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HOVER RETURNS LOW
NET SCORE IN TILT
OF TIN WHISTLES
Frank G. Hover, playing in
Class C, returned the lowest net
score yesterday in the best select
ed 12 holes, six in each nine, held
for members of the Tin Whistle
Club. Mr. Hover scored 19-19—
38 over numbet three course,
winning the. major prize in his
division.
L. B. Smith was a major prize
winner in Class B with 20-20—
40, and in Class A Harlow Pear
son and J. P. Stockton tied with
identical scores for each six
holes of 20-21—41.
- Dr. J. A. Ruggles had a splen
did opportunity to win a major
prize when he reached the ninth
with a low score of 18, but he
required 24 for the second half,
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MUSICAL PUBLIC
AWAITING RECITAL
OF JOHN E. TOMS
Great interest is being mani
fested in the coming recital of
John E. Toms, tenor, and Her
bert Livingston, pianist at the
next Forum of Pinehurst, on
Jan. 4.
Mr. Toms, regarded by many
as! one of the outstanding tenors
of the country today, has already
been heard by music-loving Pine
hutst folks as the tenor soloist in
Bath’s Christmas Oratorio, when
presented in Raleigh. v
MRS. McKELWAY HOSTESS
Mrs. A. J. McKelway was host
ess at a buffet supper last even-,
ing at the Manse to a number of
the college set who are spending
the holidays at home. Those en
’joying the supper party were
Misses Eloise Wicker, Katherine
Sledge, Olive and Carroll Hen
nessee of Woman,s College of the
University, Nancy Richardson of
Greensboro College, and Thomas
Ragsdale of Campbell College, El
lis Fields and Donald Currie of
Carolina, James Wicker of State
College, Desmond Farrell of Cas
tle Heights Academy, Lebanon,
Tenn., and James Carter of Caro
lina.
J. E. Love of Chicago Takes Sec
ond Flight Honors with One
Up Win Over C. I. Williams
in Final
PRIZER OVER CLIFTON
James T. Hunter, North Ad
ams, Mass, came upon his lost
golf game yesterday and was so
happy to have it back that he
played 13 holes in par and there
by won the Midwinter tourna
ment at the Pinehurst Country
Club, defeating Hub Covington,
Woodberry Forest athletic coach,
6 and 5.
The tournament indicated that
what Mr. Hunter needs to pro- /
duce his golf game is tournament
competition. The Massachusetts
star has been playing golf in
Pinehurst for many season^ and
this is not the first time he has
won here. In 1937 he captured
the Spring tournament. In 1938
he was runner-up in the North
and South championship.1
Last summer at Manchester,
Vt., Mr. Hunter tied with Rich
ard Chapman for the medal in
the qualifying round of the Sil
ver Anniversary tournament.
They had rounds of 70.
The Hunter-Covington inatch
"was between an experienced vet
eran and an athletic director and
coach, who has recently taken
golf seriously; so seriously that
last summer he scored a 65 at
Linville, N. C., where in summer
he is an instructor in a boys’
camp. \
Mrl Hunter got off to a par
ticularly entertaining and effec
tive start. Hooking his tee shot
into the first available bunker,
he played safely to the fairway,
used a three iron to reach the
back of the green in three and
holed a 30 foot putt for a par
four. This, won the hole, as Cov
ington took a five.
Out in 36, Mr. Hunter was two
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WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Gymkhana this afternoon at
Carolina Riding Ring. . -f - '.4'. ‘
Putting tournament at Pine
Needles, this afternoon.
AT THE THEATRES
\« Pinehurst - \
Tonight and tomorrow night at
8:30, matinee tomorrow at 3:00,
“Judge Hardy and Son,” with
Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone.
- Southern Pines -
Tomorrow and Tuesday night
at 8:15, matinee Tuesday at 3:00,
“The Great Victor Herbert,”
with Allan Jones, Mary Martin '
and Walter Connolly.
: Aberdeen Theatre -
"Tomorrow and Tuesday at 7:15
and 9:15, “Ninotchka,” Greta
Garbo and Melvyn Douglas.
NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
The Pinehurst Outlook will not
be published on Tuesday, Jan. 2,<
enabling the staff to enjoy the
New Year^ holiday. «