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VOLUME 44,
NUMBER 67
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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940
)|ay Take Bermuda Off
Ocean Clipper Route
American Officials Are Considering Substi
tution of Puerto Rico as
Stopping Place
British Censorship of Mails is
Cause of Contemplated Change,
Which Would Add Hundreds of
Wiles of Flying
CONTRABAND hunted
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—(£>)
—American officials aie seiious
ly considering the substitution of
Puerto Rico for Bermuda as a
stopping place for trans-atlantic
clippers if British censorship of
American air mails at Bermuda
continues.
The substitution would add
hundreds of miles of flying dis
tance.
The British seek to prevent
sending of contraband to Ger
many by airmail, and the post
office department already has is
sued an order refusing to accept
parcel post for trans-atlantic
service.
The British took air mail from
a dipper two weeks ago. Amer
pn authorities protested, and
reserved rights to future dam
ages.
TOOK QUINTET
NQUERS ATHLETIC
FIVE, 25 TO 22
■obertson Garners 17 Points to
Star for Winners; Katchowski,
Rangy Forward, Also Shines
SOUTHERN PINES, Jan. 31
-The snappy Pinehurst Outlook
Quintet outshot the Southern
Unes A. C. five again tonight at
the losers’ gym, 25-22."
it was the second meeting of
these scrappy teams this month,
and as before the game featured
the sharpshooting of agile Fred
Robertson, who garnered 17
P°ints for the Outlook five, and
tlle ball handling of “Red” Ka
ttbowski, the rangy forward.
(Continued on page three) ■'
^TtODOAND SEE
Today
uffet supper at Pinehi
l0^ntry Club tonight to be
J >’ Presentation of Pi
st Forum event, “Washi
- Inside and Out,” an addi
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ASSUMES SHIPBUILDING
LONDON, Jan. 31— <£>) —
Prime Minister.. Chamberlain
announced in the House of
Commons today that the ad
miralty will become responsi
ble for all Britain’s merchant
shipbuilding and repairs effec
tive tomorrow.
In announcing an arrange
ment similar to the one adopt
ed in the later stages of the
World war, Chamberlain said
Sir James Lithgow would be
controller of merchant ship
building and Sir Amos Ayres
director of merchant shipping.
TIN WHISTLES LIST
PAR-BOGEY TOURNEY
FOR NEXT SATURDAY
Event Scheduled for Last Week
Canceled, A Rare Happening;
Players Should Re-Enter for
Coming Competition
The Tin Whistles will resume
their usual occupation of play
ing golf on Saturday if the melt
ing business proceeds with alac
rity.
The tournament scheduled for
last Saturday has been written
off the books, the first time in at
least ten years that it has been
thought wise to eliminate com
pletely a Tin Whistle event.
The regular February 3rd
event, a par-bogey for bestball
of pair, will be played if condi
tions permit. This is that in
teresting form of competition in
which points are given for every
thing from a bogey to an ele
phant.
Eric Nelson, tournament man
ager of the club, announced yes
terday that players should re
enter for the February third
event.
FLORIDA BRACES FOR
ANOTHER VISITATION
OF FROSTY WEATHER
By Associated Press
Most sections of the south look
ed forward last night to warmer
weather, while Floridians braceu
themselves for another coating
of frost expected to penetrate
deep into the southern commun
ities of their, state.
Even as Florida's fruit and
vegetable growers were warned
of temperatures below 30 reach
ing far into the south, the weath
er* bureau at Washington in the
first authoritative estimate by
the recent cold wave reported the
loss to Florida’s truck crops alone
would reach $25,000,000.
. A seven day embargo on mar
keting oranges, grapefruit and
tangerines was ordered by the
Florida Citrus Commission to go
into effect Thursday.
CHECKER TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD
Plans are being made for the annual Pinehurst Checker tournament
which will be held soon. All checker players are invited to partici
pate. Entries are being received at Dupont’s News store in the
center of the village. The scene above shows “action” during the
1939 matches, held at the Community House.
PINEHURST SCOREBOARD
1 by ROBERT E. HARLOW
THE MIAMI COPS “WALKED” BANKS
En route, Rockingham to Aberdeen, January 31: Who should
be standing on the roadside two miles east of Rockingham with a
black bag in his hand and an overcoat tied up around his neck,
hitch-hiking his way north, but Jack Banks, one of the few Hebrew
boys who ever did much in organized baseball.
Jack left Miami Sunday morning at 11 a. m. He was one of a
dozen young men who were guilty of the crime of being caught
“broke” by the Metropolitan golf playing Miami police force. Jack,
who brought many a Southern league grandstand to its feet when he
batted out home runs for Knoxville, said the coppers gave him just
time enough to grab his tooth brush and his extra shirt before ord
ering him out of the city.
DUMPED BACK INTO AMERICA
Two cruisers carried the load of young destitute American citi
zens to the Dade county line, where they were dumped back into the
United States, with instructions that if they returned to beautiful
Miami, they would face 60 days in the local stir, and northern gentry
who have been checked into the Miami stir say the accommodations
are “lousy.”
' On the ride from Rockingham to Aberdeen, Jack spoke a piece
about Miami and the treatment of winter guests there. He said the
Miami Metropolitan police were as adept at evacuating Dade county
as the German Gestapo. (
“I arrived in Miami,” said Jack, “in style, via bus, and had a
grub stake with me. I tried to find a job, but had no luck, and finally
got myself broke. I was sitting on a bench In the park, damn near
freezing to death, when a copper comes along and asks me what I
was doing. I know that when a northern guy gets the least bit
fresh with a southern copper he gets the worst of-it, so I told this
one as polite as possible that I was resting, in between looking for a
job. He picks me up as a vagrant, and I get the bum’s rush out of
town.
(Continued on page three)
:
Merrill Fink to Play
In New York Polo Game
Merrill Fink, star of the Sand
hill Polo Club team is leaving
for New York by plane today.
He will play in the indoor match
between the Pegasus - Four and
The Rovers, to substitute for
his brother, Jack Fink, who is
ill. The game will be held at
Squadron A Armory in New
York Friday night. The Pine
hurst player will return Satur
day, in plenty of time for the
game which is scheduled to be
held in-Camden Sunday.
HEMMER ENDS VISIT
John Hemmer, Pinehurst ace
photographer, left, for New, York
last night after* spending sev
1 eral days here. He is planning
i to return to Pinehurst in the
i New York Daily News plane
Sunday.
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Mrs. Howard Speaks
At Forum Tonight
Forum patrons are looking for
ward to an ^evening of intellectual
enjoyment tonight when Mrs.
Georgette Ross Howard, world
traveled writer and lecturer, will
talk on “Washington, Inside and
Out.”
Mrs. Howard will deal with
topics the public wants to know
all about in the present upset
state of the world. She is a bril
liant speaker, and is exceedingly
competent to treat of happenings
in the national capitals, for she
has made a study of current ev
ents and their bearing on the fu
ture.
f WEATHER
Partly > cloudy and warmer
i Thursday. Friday mostly clou
' dy, with rain or snow and colder
in north and west portions.
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Jameson, .Berg, Miley,
Johnson Semi-finalists
Patty Meets Marion and Betty Faces Win
netka Girl in Miami-Biltmore *
-Golf Today
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HARMONY MISSING
NEW YORK, Jan. 31-^P)
—Tha Andrews trio has been
cut down to a solo—at least
for the time being—because
of lack of harmony in their
home.
A representative of the ra
dio sieging sisters, Maxene,
Patty and La Verne, said to
day that their father objected
to romances between Maxene
and Lou Levy, the trio's man
ager, and between Patty and
Vic Schoen, their arranger.
Maxene and Patty, being over
21, decided to leave home. La
Verne decided to stay.
AMATEUR-PRO GOLF
LEAGUE SCHEDULES
EVENT FOR MONDAY
Second Tournament, Postponed
on Account of Weather, Will
Take Place at Mid Pines
Course; Full Field Expected to
Play
The Sandhills amateur-profes
sional golf league, vihich has been
waiting for a favorable oppor:
tunity to resume competition, is
hoping to stage the second tour
nament in the series at the Mid
JPines club on Monday, February
5.
George Dunlap Jr. and Ted
Turner of Pine Needles are lead
ing the league with a fine net
score of 65, set up by this com
bination in the first tournament,
played at Pine Needles last fall.
Ten professionals attached to
Sandhills golf clubs, and 30 am
ateurs are expected to take part
when play is resumed at Mid
Pines.
SANDHILL POLO TEAM
WILL PLAY SUNDAY
ON CAMDEN FIELD
The Camden polo squad has in
vited the Sandhill Polo Club team
to a match for this coming Sun
day. In view of the prevailing
weather here and weather-man
promises at the South Carolina
resort for good weather this Sun
day, the Sandhill team will jour
ney there for,the game.
The three - game series of
matches, scheduled to open here
Sunday, will open the following
Sunday, Feb. 11 against the
Blind Brook contingent. The
other two matches in the. series
are scheduled for Monday, Feb.
12 and Thursday, J’eb. 15.
The Sandhill squad also con
siders their shift to the Camden
field Sunday a wise move since
it will make a return game be
tween Camden and Sandhill more
of a “sure thing” on the home
field. ,
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Grace Amory, Medalist in Tour- I
nament, Eliminated by Illinois
Contender, 4, and 2 in Surprise
Victory - if!
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KIRBY LOSES, ONE DOWN I
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CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. |
31—(A*)—Three of the Nation’s |
top ranking women golfers and
a comely outsider1, Shirley Ann |
Johnson of Winnetka, 111., sur
vived two rounds of play today |
to reach the semi finals of. the an- k
nual Miami - Biltmore women’s
"championship. . |
Patty Berg, seeking her fifth |
straight victory in. the local clas
sic, Betty Jameson of San An- I
tonio, national champion, and §
Marion Miley of Lexington, Ky., |
Curtis cup star and former |
southern champion, joined the \:-f
Illinois Miss in the round of four. , |
Tomorrow’s 18 hole matches J
will pit Berg against Miley and |
Jameson against Johnson, with ■ |
the odds favoring a final between j
Jameson and Berg.
Shirley Ann supplied the sur
prise of the tournament with sue- J
cessive victories over Neoma Cu
pie of Toledo, 4 and 2, and Grace
Amory of Palm Beach, tourna- j!
ment medalist, 2 and 1. Shirley
Ann’s scoring was not on the
spectacular side, but it sufficed. J
Patty, "playing in competition |
for the first time since her oper- ;
ation, beat iittle Louise Suggs of
Atlanta, 4 and 3, with a magni- * j
ficent burst of golf in the morn
ing round. Then she recovered ,
from a shaky start in the after
noon to oust Clara Callender 2 jj
And 1. ]
Miss Jameson shot only fair j
golf in beating Mrs. Leon Solo
mon 4 and 3, and had the bat
tle of her life before she finally
put the convincer on Dorothy
Kirby of Atlanta 1 up. -
Miss Miley beat Jane Cothran
of Greenville, S. C. 2 and 1, and
Mrs. William Hockenjos 3 and 2
to gain her place in the semi-fin
als. ’
Grand Central Blast . -
Fails To Happen <
NEW YORK, Jan. 31— m —
The police bomb and alien, squads
hurried to the Grand Central ter
minal today when the woman sec
retary of an art school situated
in the big railroad building re
ported receipt of an anonymous
telephone call from an unidenti
fied man who said dynamite was
stored' in the station and would
be exploded.
Last Sept. 30 a similar warn
ing was telephoned anonymously >:
to police, who sent* out hundreds
of guards, but nothing happened.
PINEHURST GIRLS TRIM
ABERDEEN; BOYS LOSE
On Tuesday night in the Pine- ;
hurst high school gym the girls' .
basketball team continued its un
broken string of victories by de- O
feating the Aberdeen girls 31 to ." ;
5. This made eight straight for : g
the girls. Meantime the Pine- * ;
hurst boys were defeated 34 to :
13 by the Aberdeen boys. r