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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINE&URST, N. C.
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940
RUSSIANS RAIN BOMBS
OH FINNISH CITIES IN
DOZENS OF RAIDS
Almost Every Town in Country
Visited by Warplanes of Red
Army, Some Five Times.
foe nears viipuri
Many civilians were killed,
{ires started which raged far
into the night, and much dam
age was done by Russian bomb
ing raids yesterday. Observers
said it appeared nearly every
town in Finland had been
bombed. The island town of
Savonlinna, 80 miles north of
the Viipuri base, where the
planes loosed their bombs in fre
quent attacks all through the
day was devastated by dozens
of raids.
Riihimaaki, forty miles north
of Helsinki, was bombed five
times, and although details
were not available, it was re
ported that fires were raging
there. Kouvala was bombed
time after time by as many as
50 to 80 planes. Details of cas
ualties not known.
The Russian army reported
early today that its forces had
driven to within slightly more
than a mile of Viipuri. The
communique reported that 270
more Finnish fortifications had
been taken, including 66 , iron
and concrete forts. The Red
army claimed that 36 Finnish
airplanes had been destroyed in
hangars and air combat.
A communique from the Len
ingrad military headquarters
said the Red army was driving
on Viipuri from the east and
south in a developing offensive,
and had reached Ylasainio, just
south of the city on Viipuri' bay.
The force approaching from the
east was said to have cap
tured three railway . stations
five miles away from ( Viipuri
on the Valjarvi line.
Forced back once more on the
Western edge of the Karelian
>sthmus, Finnish forces yester
day braced themselves in what
they said were stronger posi
tions. They massed artillery
an(t mined the ice of Viipuri
% in a determined effort to
Prevent encirclement of Viipuri,
objective of Soviet invaders.
SOCIALITE SUICIDE
NEW YORK, Feb. 29.—W—
^ilton Lloyd Smith, 45, a so
Clal]y prominent lawyer and
^bnian, was found shot to
eadl today in his penthouse
fitment, and the police term
'b a suicide.
what to do and see
Today
Bi idg>e luncheon a£ ^he gerk_
shll’e today.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
(1 oday at 3:00 and 8:30,
oI?ng’e Carg°>” with Clark
e and Joan Crawford.
T a * ^0u^ern Pines -
p ° aN and tomorrow at 8:15
«<g !’’ niatinee tomorrow at 3:00,
an 'nS FamilN Robinson,” with
a 'Star cast.
m ' Aberdeen -
Deep5" at 7:15 and 9:15» “Swa
and A1Ver’ wRh Don Ameche
and Andrea Leeds.
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FORESEES BRITONS RAISE
OWN TOBACCO, COTTON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—
<A*) —Senator Reynolds (D
NC) expressed belief in the
senate today Great Britain
had permanently left the
American market for tobacco
and cotton.
Recalling that England had
stopped buying these com
modities in this country be
cause of the war, Reynolds
said he believed Britain
would strive to become self
sufficient b y encouraging
production of tobacco and
cotton in her colonies.
HOUSE VOTES TO AID
FINLAND WITH LOAN
OF $20,000,000
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—m
—The House voted to help Fin
land to the extent of a $20,000,
000 loan for non-military pur
chases in the United States
Wednesday, but shied away, em
phatically, from taking a record
vote on the question.
Although overwhelmingly in
favor of helping the .Finns, many
members feared that European
events might take such a turn
that a vote for the loan could
bring them election time difficul
ties. So by a general but tacit
agreement, passage came on a
rising ballot. It showed 168 for
the bill and 51 against, the total
a bare quorum of the House.
The measure would add $100,
000,000 to the lending funds of
the Export-Import bank, with
the understanding that $20,000,
000 of that amount would go to
Finland, and a like sum to
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POLISH RELIEF GRANT
ASKED BY HOOVER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—(JP)
—Former President Hoover rec
ommended today that congress
appropriate $10,000,000 to $20,
000,000 now for Polish relief.
“The whole of Europe will
be a spot of starvation when
the war is over,” he told the
house foreign affairs commit
tee, in declaring that the hard
est hit of all today is dismem
bered Poland.
It was Hoover's first appear
ance before a congressional
committee since he was secre
tary of commerce. He has been
active lately in helping raise
funds for Finland.
An appropriation now for
Polish relief, Hoover testified,
would help greatly in expedit
ing the work of succor, since
the relief agency details could
best be worked out with knowl
edge of what money Was m
sight. , .
He told the committee the
chief problem involved was the
erection of a relief “trustee
ship” which would 'be accept
able to all sides.
In response to questions, he
said much the same system as
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WEATHER
Fair and warmer in east and
central portions Friday. Satur
day increasing cloudiness, occa
sional light rain in west por
tion. N
BOBBY DtMELBERGER “IN HIS CUPS”
BOBBY DUNKELBERGER
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went to France in the summer of 1938, won the French amateur
golf championship. Last summer, Bobby, a High Point boy, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dunkelberger, stayed in the United
States and won the Southern and the Carolinas amateur golf titles,
and with “Skip” Alexander of Durham, he won the Bobby Jones
trophy of the Southern Golf Association in which fourteen states
enter teams which compete in fourball matches.
The large cup is the George W. Adair trophy, presented by
golfers of the city of Atlanta and awarded each year to the win
ner of the Southern Golf Association championship. The smaller
cup is the Championship of the Carolinas trophy. The shield is
the Bob Jones trophy. The four cups on the shield are reproduc
tions of the trophies won by Jones in 1930, when Jones made the
“Grand Slam,” winning the United States open and amateur and
the British open and amateur championships.
These cups are on exhibition in the Pinehurst Country Club,
through the kindness of Bobby, who is also a former North and
South amateur champion, and was runner-up last year. Mr.
Dunkelberger will play in the 40th renewal of the North and
South, in April.
PlNEHURST SCOREBOARD
Joe Williams, 0. B. Keeler, Herb Graffis, and Scoreboard were
among the four golf writers in this country that never joined the
Grantland Rice chorus in praise of Montague or Morrison, and
asked to be shown. In today’s Scoreboard, Mr. Williams of The
New York World Telegram discusses a recent article in which
Tommy Armour, a Pinehurst favorite, discusses Alex Morrison.
By Joe Williams
TOMMY ARMOUR TAKES A RAP AT THE GREAT MORRISON
Speaking of Alex Morrison, the golf genius, Mr. Tommy
Armour says, in effect, ‘“It’s spinach and to hell with it.”
This, we hope, is the beginning of a beautiful enmity. Mor
rison and Armour are headline figures in golf, nationally known
and conspicuously successful. Both are teachers. In a loose sense
they are scientists of the sport. Their purpose is to prescribe a
swing that will simplify the business of nudging the little white
ball from tee to green in the fewest number of strokes.
The claim has been made for IVJorrison that he is the man
who taught a million golfers. Mr. Armour openly scoffs at this
in a blistering diatribe in the current Esquire. Indeed he does
everything but call Morrison a quack, a charlatan and a fraud.
It is the hottest piece of ridicule and mockery that one head
liner has directed at another headliner in our time. Mr. Armour
cranks up his indignant soupbone and lets Morrison have it right
in the kisser. It is one of those blasts that demands a comeback
—and it had better be good.
* * *
A MENTAL FEVER BLISTER
The claim that Morrison has taught a million persons how to
play golf is the first item that annoys Mr. Armour. He seems to
think this is a slight exaggeration, since “by the reckoning of
competent authorities, it’s half the golfers in the United States;
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BETSEY ROOSEVELT
ARRIVES AT RENO
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29.—
(A*)—Betsey Cushing Roose
velt arrived in Los Angeles
today from the east to com
plete proceedings to divorce
James Roosevelt, eldest son
of the President.
Her attorney, Basil O’Con
nor, issued the briefest of
statements:
‘‘Mrs. Roosevelt will have
nothing to say. Neither
will I.”
DEMARET WITH 211
WINS ST. PETERSBURG
OPEN GOLF TOURNEY
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb.
29.—(JP)—Jimmy Demaret, Hous
ton, Texas, professional and
golf’s leading money winner of
1940, won the St. Petersburg
open golf today for his fifth
victory of the winter campaign.
Adding two par rounds of 71
to his opening 69 he won the
54 hole tournament with 211.
Byron Nelson, national open
champion, was nosed, out by one
stroke.
First prize money was $700,
and increased Demaret’s earn
ings for the year to more than
$6,000.
Leading scores:
Demaret 69-71-71-211, $700.
Nelson 71-72-69—212, $450.
Horne 73-70-70-213, $350.
J. Turnesa 75-73-66-214, $210.
Hogan 72-73-69-214, $210,
Harrison £8-72-74-214, $210.
Snead 70-73-71-214, $210.
Revolta 72-72-71-215, $140.
Heafner 71-70-75-216, $120.
Burke 71-77-69-217, $100.
Picard Withdraws from
Coral Gables Tourney
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Feb.
29. —(TP) — Henry Picard o f
Hershey, Pa., national P. G. A.
champion, withdrew today from
the $5,000 international four
ball golf tournament which
starts here Sunday.
Marvin Stahl of Lansing,
Mich., was invited to 'replace
Picard as a partner for Johnny
Revolta of Chicago.
Picard gave no reason for his
withdrawal. He and Revolta
won the match play tournament
three consecutive years, 1935
through 1937.
BOYS’ TEAM LOST
The Pinehurst Outlook sure
did the Pinehurst Girls’ bas
ketball team an injustice on
Thursday morning when it
published the fact that it was%
defeated - by Elise in a first
round match in the Moore
County Championship. It was
the Pinehurst boys’ team that
lost to Elise.
Pinehurst girls’ have been
through the season undefeat
ed and will play their first
game in the county champion
ship in Aberdeen gymnasium
tonight at 8 p. m. against the
winner of the Farm Life -
Southern Pines game.
“KEEP OUR BOYS AT
HOME,” IS ADVICE OF
ELLIS A GIMBEL
Noted Philadelphia Merchant at
Carolina Hotel for His 25th
Season; Says Conditions Bet
ter.
VISIONS U. S. BOOM
Ellis A. Gimbel of Philadel
phia, chairman of the board of
Gimbel Brothers and Sak’s Fifth
Avenue, America’s ranking re
tail merchant, has returned to
the Carolina Hotel for his 25th
season, bringing with him two
messages of importance.
“Keep our Boys at Home.”
“Conditions in the United
States are considerably better
than they were one year ago
when I was in Pinehurst and
with the full return of confi
dence by the American .people
we will go forward by leaps
and bounds.”
Mr. Gimbel added to, the en
jjoyment arid the competition of
the Ken6 game at the . Carolina
Hotel last night, where for 25
years he has been an annual
guest when he presented to the
winner of the last game a copy
of one of the special editions
of “Gone with the Wind,” pub
lished for the world’s premiere
of the picture in Atlanta. It
was won by Mrs. Borden of
New York.
One hundred years ago Ellis
Gimbel’s father established a re
tail store in Vincennes, Indiana.
There were seven sons, and to
day that business is represented
by eight stores of Gimbel
Brothers and Sak’s Fifth Ave
nue, in seven cities. The latest
store added to the chain is a
Sak’s in Beverly Hills, Cali
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Free for All Will
Highlight Ring Boots
A free for all will probably
be the feature go at the Amuse
ment Center boxing show on
Saturday night, as with five
colored boys in the ring, each
striving to be the lone survivor,
it will be essential for some
blows to be struck. ■
Up until now the Amusement
Center boxing ring has estab
lished quite a reputation for
pacifism. But Saturday, Man
ager Johnson says, it will be dif
ferent.
In the main bout Ham Bra-_
boy, who in last Saturday’s fi
nal was unable to catch up with
his fast running away oppon
ent, will find in Marvin. Jones,
who yesterday signed the pledge
and agreed to stand up and"
fight, a boy who will mix it up.
Red Houghton, who lost a
close decision to Ellis McKen
zie last Saturday will face a
boxer from Sanford Saturday.
Mr. Johnson, match maker,
has done his best to arrange »a
program of fights, but failing"
in this venture, he positively
guarantees that the card will
furnish many a laugh, and in
this prediction The Outlook’s,
boxing expert agrees.
Reserved seats are selling for
$2, which is very reasonable for
a good laugh 'these days. Unre
served seats, among what Mah
lon Haines, the Shoe Wizard,
calls the "cowboys,” are one
buck each. t