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VOLUME
NUMBER 68
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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C. "
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1940
IflORED SLEDGES
10 BY RED ARMY
I SURPRISE THRUST
„rm »f 130 Battle Planes Sup
wrtNe" Offensive Against
finns Aimed at Viipuri; Attack
Made at Summa
ASSAULT withstood
HELSINKI, Feb. 2—W—'The
lussian army struck with sur
ltise force at the Mannerheim
ine last night, employing a new
iffensive technique, with armor
id sledges supported by a swarm
,f 130 battle planes, even as Fin
n’s white haired president was'
ssuing a plea for an honorable
peace.
The Red army, which has been
inactive on the Karelian Isthmus
since mid-January,' while fierce
battles were waged along the'
Arctic circle and north of Lake
Lagoda, suddenly came to life
with a violent attack aimed
straight at Viipuri, Fmland*s
second largest city.
The attack was made at Sum
ma, 20 miles inland from the
coastal fortress of Koivisto, which
has withstood nine weeks of
hammering from land, naval ar
tillery and air bombardments.
Advices from observers with
the Finnish Karelian army said
the attack had been met by en
trenched men holding doggedly
to their positions.
MET AMBASSADOR
WESTS REMARKS
I JOHNSON SPEECH
Oumansky Complains to Hull in
Interview at State Department
of Speech by Assistant Secre
tary of War
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—(A5)
"Constantine Oumansky, Rus*
Slan ambassador, complained to
Secretary Hull today because of
a speech made by Louis Johnson,
assistant secretary of war, in
ffh'ch the American declared
that “the world beholds the truth
°fthe age old axiom that a free
111311 ls worth at least a dozen
serfs.”
Russian ambassador also
s^ted that his government ob
to Mr. Johnson’s remarks
1 fat ^and was fighting against
,0rc)es °C bigotry and oppres
,, —leiauuns were
fussed today by Secretary
and Oumansky during a 35
ute conference at the state
sion,”
^ Valentine’s Event
Postponed to Feb. 7
|%’‘h|rty;fifth annual St. VU
TEST 400 M. P. H. PLANE
WASHINGTON, feb. 1—
(jp)—One of the army’s new
est and fastest pursuit air
plaines — a 400-mile-an-hour,
cannon-carrying speedster —
went through preliminary
paces today at Bolling field.
With Captain George E.
Price, army 'test pilot from
Wright field, Dayton, Ohio, at
the controls, the “Airacobra”
exhibited a fraction of its pos
sibilities before a group of
army air corps officers.
PARKING SPACES FOR
POLO GAMES OFFERED
AT SEASON PRICES
Campaign Started to Push Sale
of Reservations Already Show
ing Signs of Being Very Suc
cessful; Map at Carolina
The Sandhill Polo Club is pro
moting a campaign for the sale
of parking spaces to residents
and visitors of this section. John
R. (Jock) Bowker has been
named .executive-secretary of the
drive, which has already shown
a promising outcome, with many
of the 180 reserved spaces al
ready applied for. There are 120
season spaces selling at $25 and
60 at $15, They can be pro
cured by writing or calling the
Sandhill Polo Club, Tel. Pine
hurst 3862. Sam Lacks, Carolina
hotel doorman, has an outlined
map of the field and its* parking
facilities, and arrangements are
being made for Southern Pines
residents to order conveniently j
through the Hayes’ Sandhill
Book Shop.
Honorary boxes have already
been assigned for the Governor
of North Carolina and ^ for Gen
eral Bryden, commanding officer
of Fort Bragg.
In addition to season space suu
scriptions, daily reservations
may be made, either at the gate
or through members of the sales
committee for ‘ the price of $2
each car, regardless of the num
ber of passengers.
All those interested in procur
ing spaces are urged to apply
for them as early as possible,
because the best will go first, as^
usual. The polo matches prom
ise to be a thrilling and well
supported fixture on the sports
calendar for the 'remainder of the
season.
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Bridge luncheon at The Berk
shire today.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst
Today at 3:00 and 8:30, ‘Slight
ly Honorable,’ with Pat O’Brien
and Edward Arnold.
- Southern Pines -
Today and tomorrow at 8:15,
matinee tomorrow at 3:00, Con
go Maisie,” with Ann Sothern.
Special March of Time Maga
zine, “The Finnish Republic.”
- Aberdeen Theatre - ,
Today at 7:15 and 9:15, Four
i j Wives,” with Claude Rains, John
! Garfield, May Robson and Jeffrey
Lynn.
GIRL SCOUTS AND LEADERS FETED
Outlook Engraving
Mrs. W. H. Parkinson (on the left) was a recent luncheon hostess at
the Manor to Girl Scouts andthiembers of the scout committee. The
others in the group above are Mrs. J. W. Harbison, Mrs. True Cheney,
Mrs. B. U, Richardson, Dr. Alice Presbrey and Mrs. Donald Sherrerd
(Outlook Engraving)
. A GROUP OF PINEHURST GIRL SCOUTS
PINEHURST SCOREBOARD
■ by ROBERT E. HARLOW
Tuned in just in time to hear a sports commentator interviewing
(Happy) O’Brien, who claims to be the world’s/greatest caddie.
This brought up the subject of caddies. Here in Pinehurst during
the past few days a good job of work has been done in feeding the
colored boys and men and their families, who earn their living in
winter, carrying clubs on Pinehurst courses. v
A committee of caddies asked the Outlook last night to express
the gratitude of themselves and families ,for the food provided by
members of the Tin Whistle Club and Pinehurst Country Club mem
bers and staff, during the days when old man winter took 6 way their
employment.
He Jfc ♦ •
This (Happy) O’Brien has been touring about getting himself
on radio broadcasts. The commentators at this season are looking
for somebody in sports to interview and (Happy) walks in with a
scrapbook -filled with clippings and has little trpuble in getting on.
0. B, Keeler interviewed O’Brien in Atlanta recently. They were
good enough to say some nice things about Pinehurst.
* * * *
'But when caddies are mentioned I think first of Joe Horgan.
Joe is America’s number one caddie and has been for 40 years. The
incident that marked Joe as number one caddie transpired in 1929,
when a well known figure in golf lost his roll, not just the crust of
it, but the filling and the bottom. Joe knew this person well, and he
heard that he had been cleaned out. Joe went to the man’s office
and said:
-I haven’t got much, but I have %ot $100 I could
let youfclave.”
/
, * * *
\ Walter Hagen was the only golfer who ever took a caddie to
V . , .
(Continued on page four)
PLAN ANNUAL DINNER
OF UNIVERSITY ALUMNI
AT CAROLINA FEB. 16
Plans for Get-Together Well Un
derway; Dean House and Other
Members of Faculty Will Be
Present
Sepecial to the Pinehurst Outlook
SOUTHERN PINES, Feb. 1—
Plans are getting well under way
for the Moore County Alumni of
the University of North Caro
lina dinner to be held at the Caro
lina Hotel on Friday , evening,
February 16. J. Talbot Johnson,
chairman of the alumni commit
tee, has plans under way for a
most interesting program.
Myron Sanders, secretary of
the alumni association, has an
nounced that he is bringing along
Dean House and several mem
bers of the faculty. It is his
plan to line them up along the
wall and put them through a
quiz. This feature of the pro
gram, which has not - yet been
fully completed, promises to be
most interesting.
In addition, Coach Wolf, who
piloted one of the most success
ful teams this past season, is ex
pected to be on hand to show a
picture of the Tulane and the
Pennsylvania games, These
were two of the outstanding
games played by the University
of North Carolina during the
past fall.
RESPONSIVE AUDIENCE
HEARS MRS. HOWARD
IN FORUM ADDRESS
Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard’s
talk on “Washington, Inside and
Out,” was enthusiastically re
ceived by a large and responsive
Forum audience at the Country
Club la^t evening. The question
period, which seems to gain im
petus with each speaker, is now
a well-established part of the
program, and one of its most
interesting features.
Mrs. Howard, who kept hex
audience enthralled with just the
correct amount of whimsical sea
soning in dealing with the affairs
of State, gave a touching eulogs
to the late Senator Borah, the
man who was nick-named by Wil]
Rogers, “the American Prime
Minister.”
Touching upon the Finnish sit
uation, the national debt, the
terrific expense of war, Mrs
Howard cited H. R. Knicker
bocker’s recent Washington ad
(Continued on page three)
WEATHER
Partly cloudy Friday. Warme:
Friday. Rain or snow Saturday
Slightly colder in west portion.
WALLACH DUE TOOAY
TO PREPARE PLANS
FOR STEEPLECHASE
Officer of Racing Association
Will Set up Office’on Barber
Estate to Carry on Business of
Meeting
EVENT MARCH 16
Richard Wallach Jr. is 'expected
today to set up an office on the
Barber estate course to carry on
the business of the sixth annual
Sandhills* Steeplechase and Rac
ing Association meet to be run
on Saturday, March 16.
Invitations to become subscrib
ers for parking spaces in the
clubhouse enclosure will be mail
ed shortly, and spaces near the
finish line will be given out in
accordance with the order in
which they are received.
The card will be similar to oth
er years, with five races sched
uled, as follows:
The Catawba, one and one-half
miles over hurdles.
The Croatan, two mites over
brush for non-winners over a
brush course.
The Sandhills Challenge Cup,
three miles over timber.
The Yadkin, handicap, two
miles over brush. &■
The Midland, one mile over
flat.
Parking space stickers, badges
and guest badges will be mailed
subscribers on/ or before March
11.
The officers of the Sandhills
Steeplechase and Racing Associ
ation are: James Boyd, chair
man, L. L. Biddle II, Col. George
P. Hawes, George Watts Hill,
Nelson C. Hyde, Almet Jenks,
Ve^ner Z. Reed Jr. and Richard
Wallach Jr. •
GERMAN SHIP, WITH .
GRAF SPEE IN RAIDS,
REACHES NAZI PORT
_J_
Sources at Buenos Aires Say the
Altmark had Penetrated Brit
ish Blockade and was at Brem
erhaven
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 1—4#)
—German sources said today that
they had learned the Gennan es
cort ship Altmark, which accom
panied the pocket battleship Ad
miral Graf Spee, had penetrated
the British blockade and reached,
Germany with 300 British Sea- ;
men.
The Altmark reached the Ger
man port of Bremerhaven on
Jan. 25, these sources said.
The British seamen were crew
members of ships sunk by the
Admiral Graf Spee before she
was driven into Montevideo har
bor Dec. 13 in a running battle
with three British cruisers.
CALLING ALL BOXERS
Young men who can box
are wanted at the Amusement
Center over the Pinehurst
Printing company, at 7 o’clock
tonight to report to Myron
Barrett, who will take charge
of training.
The boys who show up the
best'will be used later in box
ing contests held at the bowl
ing alleys. .