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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10. 1940
passenger liner
m 195 SAVED
in thrilling rescue
Castle, British Ship,
Cks in Two After Expl0S'
• . Three of Crew Missfng;
ion, *nic
Danish Vessel Sunk
The British passenger steamer
Dunbar Castle, out of London for
Cape Town, was blown up by a
mine last night as it was proceed
ing down the East Coast of Eng
land. The 10,000 - ton vessel
cracked in two. Superb rescue
work saved 48 passengers, and'
all but three of the crew of 150. j
The Dunbar Castle was largest,
of 11 ships attacked by German
bombing planes in an invasion of
British coastal waters in which
at least three ships were sunk,
and two others put of commis
sion.
Passengers on the Dunbar Cas
tle arrived in London last night,
and gave vivid word pictures of
the terrific explosion which
plunged the ship into darkness
and of the difficulty in getting
life boats clear because of the
suction through the holes torn in
the sides of the ship.
The Dunbar Castle cracked in
half, and sank shortly after the
passengers and crew were in. the
life boats.
The master and two members
of the crew were killed.'
One Danish ship sank with a
loss of ten members of the crew,
and the fate of another Danish
vessel was unknown last night.
The Admiralty reported that
all of the ships attacked were
unescorted.
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Bridge party at The Carolina
this morning beginning’ at 10:15.
Buffet supper at Pinehurst
Country Club tonight.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
Today, at 3:00 and 8:30, “Char
lie McCarthy, Detective.”
* Southern Pines -
Today and tomorrow at 8:15,
Jatinee tomorrow at 3:00, Judge.
Jardy and Son,” with Mickey
Rooney and Lewis Stone.
* Aberdeen Theatre -
Tonight at 7:15 and 9:00,
Rnde of the Blue Grass.” Cash
Award Night.
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COLLEGE POLO player
N Sa^E)HILLS squad
Henry Gibson Bannard Jr.,
w',at th« University of
win h Carol,na’ Chapel Hill,
Join the Pinehurst polo
Rext Sunday, when the
game of the season will
(*ldPlayed on the number two
Mr- Bannard will be here
jv ,FS ay practice with
T, bJaw and Merrill Fink.
Plav*SandhiiIs Polo Club will
Lhe Bloe Hills Fa™ciub
"Jay »t 2:30 p. m.
Salem H>’ E"ar Jr" Winston
groun ^ expected to join the
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DINEHURST SCOREBOARD
* by ROBERT E. HARLOW
We have with us* in Pinehurst, Mahlon N. Haines, otherwise
known as Haines, The Shoe Wizard, and a “merry soul is he.”
He explained yesterday how he happened to use the name, “shoe
wizard,” and it was this way:
When he started out to establish a chain of shoe stores he
remembered that Burbank was known as the plant wizard; Edison
as the light wizard; Harriman as the railroad wizard; so he decided
the retail shoe business needed a shoe wizard.
Being a son of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Haines, who ran a large
store in Washington, D. C. employing 185 people, Mr. Haines realized
he was the child of a great merchant, and with this sort of a start
he could not fail.
He also remembered that his ancestors were hardy Norsemen,
daring Englishmen, canny Scotchmen and wild Irishmen.
So, Haines, the Shoe Wizard, got busy and proved that he was
entitled to be included among the list of those big enough in their
line to be called wizard. Mr. Haines made himself a fortune and
today owns what might be designated as a small Haines Empire in
York, Pa.# There is the Haines Shoe company, Haines Hotel, Haines
Park, Haines Land company, Wizard Ranch, Haines building, and
Haines Acres, the homestead. He also owns BUTTON-WOOD Farm.
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Boats and horses have been the favorite recreations of the wiz
ard, who today has 15 trotters and pacers in the Pinehurst Race
Track barns for the winter season. A busy man, Mr. Haines will
find time to make frequent visits to Pinehurst to enjoy his horses. -
When Mr. Haines decided to buy a yacht to cruise in Chesapeake
Bay, he wanted to name it after a lady who had been a wonderful
sailor. Reading deep into the history of the sea he discovered that
Mohammed had 50 wives and two daughters; one daughter was a
beauteous blond and the other dark of hair and eyes. The brunette
was named Seniah and /she sailed a sailboat on the waters of the
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Pinehurst Girls Win Fifth Straight
Pinehurst high' school girls’
basketball team won their fifth
straight victory last night in the
local court when they defeated:
Cameron, 1939 county champions,
24 to 23.
It was a thrilling contest, and
Pinehurst played through the
game without making a substi
tution. Each player contributed
to the victory. Miss Bertie Black
of Pinehurst played with the in
spiration of having been present
ed early in the day with a new
brother.
The Pinehurst forwards were:
Evelyn Martin, Clarise Richard
son and Sarah McKenzie, and the
guards, Bertie Black, Margaret
McKenzie and Allie Lee Garri
son.
- The mere men of the Pinehurst
high lost to Cameron 20 to 14.
Next Tuesday the big game of
the season will be played in Pine
hurst, "when the West End girls
meet the Pinehurst undefeated
team.
DATE FOR DOG SHOW
WILL BE FIXED AT
MEETING TONIGHT
All Interested in Proposal to
Stage Exhibition Are Invited
to Session in Carolina; Elec
tion Slated
Tonight’s the night for the
meeting of all those interested
in the establishment of the Sand
hills dog show. The time is 8:30,
the place the Carolina Hotel.
At the meeting held last Wed
nesday night enthusiasm in the
dog show organization ran high.
Harry W. Norris was elected
temporary chairman, Dr. L. J.
Pegram, secretary, and the fol
lowing named as a membership
committee: Samuel G. Allen, Em
mett E. Boone, Dr. Francis L.
Owens, Mrs. Owens, Elmer Simp
kins, David Coffey, Glenn Da
vis, Col. George P. Hawes, Dr.
J. I. Neal, Mrs. Norris, Mrs. John
J. Fitzgerald, W M. Herndon,
Dr. Alice Presbrey, Curtis Wigg,
S. D. Fobes and Mrs. Marion
Phillips. ,•
All those interested are cor
dially invited to attend tonight’s
meeting, at which it is expected
permanent officers will be elected,
and a definite date set for the dog
show, along with other policies to
be discussed. Everyone is wel
come.
Yesterday
(By the Associated Press)
New ministers are expected to
be appointed by Italy to Bulgaria
and Yugoslavia to further Mus.
solini’s policy of warding off war
in the Balkans.
Russian newspaper Godak says
Armstrong (British) and Dupont
(American) have organized mu
nitions factories in Finland in*
excess of needs, and that three
Imperialist countries (United
States, Britain and France) have
erected fortifications in Finland
in recent years against the Sov
iets.
Admiral Stark told Congress
the navy needed $4,000,000 to
carry out improvements at the
Pacific island of Guam. Stark
reported that the navy will build
battleships of 50,000 to 52,000
tons.
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Prime Minister Chamberlain
in his address to the British em
pire declared Britain’s aid to Fin
land would be “no mere formal
ity,” and said that events in the
war with Germany thus far were
“mere preliminary” to the strug
gle to come. He added that only
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DIONNE QUINTUPLETS
SOUGHT FOR FAIR
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If officials of the New York
World's Fair are able to bring
the Dionne quintuplets in as
number one exhibit when the
big show opens next year,
Grover Whalen hopes that the
“quints*' will bring the exhibi
tion out of the “red.'* If a
contract is signed a home will
be built for the famous five on
a location occupied by the Rus
sian building.
Brings Horses Here
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MAHLON N. HAINES
(For Story Read Scoreboard)
SUPPORT URGED FOR
CHAMBER BANQUET
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
President Edwin S. Blodgett,
presiding at yesterday’s meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce
in the Community Church build
ing urged that Pinehurst sup
port with a full attendance the
annual banquet of the various
Chambers of Commerce in Moore
County, to be held Friday night
at The Carolina Hotel.
An address by winter resident
Homer H. Johnson reported in
another column of today’s Out
look, was the special treat of the
meeting.
County Banquet
Charles Picquet, chairman of
the committee' for the county
banquet Friday night stated that
he was disappointed at the num
ber of tickets sold at the Carolina
pharmacy for this event. Up un
til yesterday only two had been
taken.
Mr. Picquet has arranged an
entertaining . program. He rec
ommended the speaker of the
evening, Walter D. Siler, as be
ing a humorist of great talents,
sure to provide his audience with
laughs and sound philosophy of
living. v
The Gibson-McKelway quar
tette, composed qf Rev. and Mrs.
A. J. McKelway and Rev. and
Mrs. Gibson from Sanford, will
sing. This quartette, according
to Mr. Picquet, a veteran show
man, is one of the finest enter
tainment features in the state.
The Sandhill’s sixteen' will
make a comeback at this ban
quet, and Miss Ja^e Gibbs will
present her Scotch dances. Mr.
Picquet stated that for a number
of years he had trjed to locate
artists able to sing Scotch songs
with a proper Scottish accent,
and he had succeeded in finding
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KIWA^NIS TO MEET;
MAXWELL TO SPEAK
The Kiwanis Club weekly
meeting’ will be held today at the
Southern Pines Country Club,
with luncheon . at 12:15. The
guest speaker will be. A. J. Max'
well, North Carolina Commis
sioner of Revenue, who is a can
didate for the state gubernatorial
seat.
*/ WEATHER
Partly cloudy Wednesday and
Thursday. Slowly rising tem
perature. .
VIRUS OF VIOLENCE
PERILS WORLD, SAYS j
HOMER & JOHNSON !
Cleveland Attorney Gives Talk
On Current National Philoso
phies Before Chamber of Com
merce
Homer H. Johnson, Cleveland
attorney and Pinehurst winter
resident, presented a rather dole
ful picture of world philosophy
at the start of the year 1940, in
a speech yesterday at the meet
ing of the Pinehurst Chamber
of Commerce. He stated that a
study of the influences which had
brought the world to its present
crisis would be interesting, if it
were hot so terribly serious.
“The virus of violence,” said
Mr. Johnson, Is “running like a fe
ver, and there is only a faint
hope that the world will be saved;-.
possibly by revolution in Ger-.
many, or the adoption by the
people in the corporate states of
a constitutional form of govern
ment which would exercise sobri
ety.”
Mr. Johnson stated that at no
time had men known less about
world philosophy than at pres
ent, except that the policy of
taking by force had probably
originated in the Orient, and
spread to the west. He suggest
ed that a period of world violence
followed the Russian revolution
when “hard” methods of the
purge, assassination and force
had been used.
“Japan, Italy and Germany,”
said Mr. Johnson, “all have adop
ted the policy of taking what
they desire by force.”
Mr. Johnson is of the opinion
that just prior to the present
outbreak of violence the world
was reaching a position where a
better era might have developed.
He bpsed this t on the fact that
the British Empire’s world dom
inion was not an Empire organ
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White Here to Ship
Horse To Race Meet
Frank White, noted horse
trainer, arrived in Pinehurst yes
terday for a short stay. He
came up to have Singing Steel,
his three year old runner, ship
ped to Miami, where he will
place him in the races. Singing
Steel has been quartered up to
the present time in the P. S. P.
Randolph Stable at the Race
Track, but due to Mr. Randolph’s
death, Mr. White decided to take
the horse south. He had been
trainer for Mr. Randolph up to
last year, for a. period of 17.
years.
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SANDY SOMERVILLE
SERVING WITH COLORS
C. Ross (Sandy) Somerville,
only Canadian * to win the
United States amateur golf
championship, and a frequent
Pinehurst Visitor, ' “is • front
lining it for the Canadian for
ces abroad," according to fid
dle Brietz in his Associated
Press column. Sandy was
called to the colors while
playing in the (1939 United
States amateur championship
in Chicago, and left immedi
ately after having ' “lost” a
match in this championship.