North Carolina Newspapers

I Since 1896 The Oldest Sandhills Publication my Except Monday During the Winter Season number 100. Price 5 cents THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C. SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1940. Burleson 1 Don’t Remember,” Woman Slayer Says to Police admits IDENTITY COLUMBIA, S. C., March 9. jjP)—Mrs. May (Masie) Walk er Burleson, 51-year-old artist and former suffragette leader, admitted her identity today as police continued questioning her i„ the fatal shooting yesterday of Mrs. Richard S. Burleson, w, the second wife of her di vorced husband, a U. S. army colonel. Chief of Police W. H. Raw linson said the woman identi fied herself but continued to an swer all questions about the shooting with “I don’t remem ber.” She smoked cigarettes in lain fashion. Shown the small black silk jag through which the fatal hots were fired, Mrs. Burleson told Rawlinson. “That’s mama’s.” Of the rusty .32 caliber pis ol which was fired through the tag, she said: "I think it was father’s.”. In divorce litigation in the 'exas courts, the first Mrs. iurleson named the woman she ater killed as co-respondent, le second wife was formerly liss Isabel Reece of Boston. Wood and Burke Win Coral Gables Fourball CORAL GABLES, Fla., March 9-Craig Wood and Billy Burke, gave par a 38 stroke drub bing through 134 holes, won the fourball match today with a 3 and 2 victory over Dick Metz and Ky Laffoon. Wood and Burke were quoted at 20 to 1 at the start. They won $1,000 each. ^0°(1 dropped a 20 foot putt on the fourth hole to put his team in the lead, which they bold throughout the match. Wood and Burke led by two holes at tbo end of the morning round. WATTO do and see Today P°l° at No. 2 field this after !°on‘ Durham vs. Pinehurst. hublic invited. Buffet supper at Holly Inn AT THE THEATRES - Pinehurst - 0n'ght and Monday night at 5:30 uaatinee "Bluebird Shil% Tempi m Monday at technicolor, 3:00, with e. Southern Pines - g^ay and Tuesday night ’ maDnee Tuesday at 3 Gabian§e Car^° ” with Cl e aud Joan Crawford. To Aberdeen - m°irow and Tuesday fit ailu luesaay Hu,l„an.. “Castle on **Pat Pinehurst Coach DOROTHY EHRHARDT PINEHURST GIRLS LOSE EAST CHAMPIONSHIP TO GREEN HOPE TEAM Forced to Play Six Games in Week, Strain Was Too Great, and Valiant Stand Proves in Vain. WAKE FOREST, N. C., March 9.—Green Hope High School won the Eastern high school basketball championship for girls when they defeated Pine hurst 27 to 18 in the final round here tonight. It was Pine hurst’s first defeat this season. The Pinehurst girls won 16 games on the schedule, three games in winning the Moore County championship and three games in the /Eastern champion ship before losing tonight. The Pinehurst girls were groggy at the finish. They had played games in the Moore County championship on Monday and Tuesday nights, two games in the Eastern championship on Thursday, one game Friday and then the final last night. Their last night’s opponents drew a bye in the Eastern and had played but two games to reach the finals, and no games early in the week. At half time last night Pine hurst was trailing 16 to 5. The local girls came back, but could not make it. Miss Dorothy Ehjhardt, Pine hurst coach, had a great sea son with her girls, with 22 wins and one defeat. Boxwood Court Sale Privately Expected Stephen A. McDonald, Vice president and sales manager for Joseph P. Day, Inc., said that re gardless of the fact that no one had made a bid on the Boxwood Estate at yesterday’s auction, immediately after the sale he received three different offeis for the property, subject to the restrictions. Mr.. McDonald will leave for New York tonight but may be contacted atN his New York of ice, Joseph P. Day, Inc., Chry sler Balding, New York. I HORSES WORK OUT Jumpers and flat runners entered in the steeplechase were worked out yesterday on the Barber Course. J. H. Laing took Mansfield Park, owned by Paul G. Daly, over sdme of the jumps and then worked Lancashire, owned by A. J. Sackett, on the flat course. N. T. Mayo, the art ist, worked Eveready, Mrs. Mayo’s flat runner, and num erous stables boys were out with entries, ineluding Sir Kositer, owned by Mrs. George Watts Hill, Durham. STEEPLECHASE MEET HERE NEXT SATURDAY STARTS HUNT RACING Sandhills Again to Present Col orful Card of Events With Notable Sports Folks Taking Active Part in Program. SOUTHERN PINES, March 9.—The blowing of bugler’s horn at promptly 3:00 o’clock next Saturday afternoon, March 16th, will call to the starter’s line some dozen horses, their riders wearing the colorful silks of some of the best known names in America’s sports cir cles—the opening of the 1940 hunt racing season in the coun try. The North Carolina Sand hills has the distinction of launching a season which con continued on page 2) WHEELER REPEATS AS PING-PONG CHAMPION; HELEN WARING WINS Men’s Division Winner Breezes Home by Downing Haines Stockton in Semi-Final, Peter Courson in Final. Ralph Wheeler of the Berkr shire Hotel, 1939 champion, breezed through the third an nual Holly Inn ping pong tour nament to take home the 1940 championship and a handsome silver tray trophy last night. Wheeler defeated Haines Stock ton, the “tuxedo kid,” in the semi-finals, and then really turned on the steam in the fi nal by blitzkreiging Peter Cour son of 'Short Hills, N. J. Courson, a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Jones, Pine hurst cottagers, was former Eng lish Public School titleholder, having acquired this title when he was a student at Welling ton College, Berkshire, England. The Wheeler-Stockton score was 21-13, 21-16, the Wheeler Courson result 21-14, 21-18, 21 14, a three out of five go. In the ladies singles final, Miss Helen Waring retired the equally attractive ladies trophy by defeating Miss Olive Nace, another Berkshire Hotel entrant, 21-12, 21-17, 21-13. In the semi finals of the ladies competition, Miss Nace defeated Miss Elea nor Sanford 2f-8, 21-16 / and Miss Waring eliminated Miss Anne Hotchkiss 21-16, 21-15. In the other semi-final match, young Courson put out Lou (Continued on page 2) • L: ■ ' . ■ • TO JUMP AT TODAY’S POLO GAME Outlook Engraving Little Squire, famous champion jumper, owned by Mrs. William J. Kennedy of Dedham, Mass., who will give an exhibition of his jumping prowess at half time this afternoon, at the polo game between Pinehurst and Durham. DURHAM POLO GAME AT 3:00 P. M. TODAY Judging by the weather report of the Associated Press, spec ially dispatched to The Outlook last night, it looks like fair weather for the Durham-Pinehurst polo game today. The two teams are frimed for the match, which is expected to equal last Sunday's thriller in exciting moments. A large crowd is expected, composed of Sandhill residents, and many from other parts qf this state and nearby South Caro lina. An enthusiastic rooting contingent from Durham will liven up the game. As an added feature, Little Squire, the white wonder horse and. national jumping title winner, will give an exhibition between halves, ridden by his trainer, Mickey Walsh. The public is invited. The game starts at 3:00 o’clock and tickets may be obtained at the gate. CHAMPION WHIPPET WILL BE EXHIBITED AT LOCAL DOG SHOW As a highlight of the first annual dog show of the Sand hills Kennel Club, which will be held here on Monday, March 18, the Whippet Breeders Asso ciation of Maryland is sending down Champion Pegram’s Red Wagon, who as a show dog, proved to be one of the high est quality whippets. He fin ished his championship in the East and North against the very i best in America. At one time or other he has beaten almost every leading whippet in Amer ica. On his one visit to the South, which was at the last Pine hurst dog show, he was winner of the Hound group, and was just barely nosed out of the Best in Show. Arrangements for his trip to Pinehurst for the coming show .were made by Dr. L. J. Pegram, through his son, L. J. Pegram Jr., publicity agent and com missioner of the Whippet Breed ers Association of Maryland. WEATHER Fair and not quite so cold Sunday. Monday cloudy and warmer in east portion. AYRSHIRE CATTLE JUDGING FOR BOYS WILL START FRIDAY The first Ayrshire cattle judg ing contest for boys in the North Carolina vocational schools will be held on Friday, March 15 th at the Pinehurst Dairy under the direction of Leonard Tufts. Moore County vocational stu dents will be in Pinehurst to judge. The following week boys from Hoke will be invited to do the judging. Guests will be given an op portunity to judge from outside the ring, and those (if any) who succeed in picking the four cat tle shown, in the proper order, will be given a rosette as “a perfect Ayrshire Cow judge.” E. H. Garrison Jr. and teach ers in vocational work among boys of the state are pleased with the ppportunity thus af forded to gain real experience in judging in a ring good cat tle placed by experts. If the idea is successful the judging competitions will be expanded to create a greater interest in animal husbandry, which agricultural authorities agree is essential. / Peace? Russia - Finland Talks Are Proceeding Smoothly , GUNS STILL ROAR . (By the Associated Press) STOCKHOLM —(Sunday)—In formation reaching Sweden to day indicated that direct peace negotiations between Finland and Rjussia were proceeding smoothly. This work was wel comed in Sweden, but it -failed to relieve' signs of pessimism over the prospects of peace in Finland. Despite peace- negotiations that filled the Helsinki news papers, heavy fighting contin ued tgday on virtually all fronts, with the invading Red * army t gaining a “restricted” - foothold on the northwest shore of Vii puri Bay. Military observers said that this foothold, gained at tremen dous loss, undoubtedly would increase the threat to Viipuri, toward which the Russians have - been driving since Feb 1. Military observers considered the gains important* as it might make it possible for the Rus sians to encircle the city and outflank the western end of the Mannerheim line. ITALY GETS COAL LONDON, March 9.— (£>) — Great Britain tonight .traded 14 Italian colliers and their car goes of German coal for assur ance^ that Italian ships in. neu tral ports waiting to load Ger man coal would sail "for Italy with empty holds, and that in future Italian cargo steamers would not be sent to those ports to load. It was the final decision in a bitter dispute which started when Britain announced it in tended to ' extend its blockade in Italy’s direction. DR. FREDERICK KOCH WILL READ PAUL GREEN PLAY BEFORE FORUM The^ next meeting of the Pine hurst Forum will be held at the Pinehurst Country Club on Thursday evening, March 14th, with Dr. Frederick Koch of the dramatic department of the Uni versity of North Carolina as the speaker. Dr. Koch, who is the founder and director of ,the Carolina Playmakers, the most progres sive among under-graduate dra matic societies, will read a play of Paul Green’s entitled “Fix ins,” and also give a brief re sume of the high-spots in the Playmakers* history. The University of North Car-y olina Glee Club will appear at the Forum on April 4th, and not on the 14th, as was erron eously announced. Concerning Dr. Koch, much has been written. His accomp lishments in the field of drama and playwriting were recog nized long before he founded the Carolina Playmakers. 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