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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1940.
MG HOROSCOPE
WT HAVE AVERTED
jORLESON SLAYING
...logical Forecast Found in
cu5«l Woman’s Belongings
Warned Her of Domestic
Rubles Until March 8, Day
of Killing.
admits SHOOTING^
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COLUMBIA, S. C., March 11.
Mrs. May (Masie)
0m Burleson had heeded
Dinings of her horoscope she
not now be held on the
m of slaying her ex-hus
,„d’s second wife.
ger March horoscope, clipped
rom a magazine, was found
fflong her baggage and said:
“Domestic and family mat
ers are stressed. Problems con
iected with relatives will make
jfficulties and misunderstand
ngs until after the 8th as you
Kline to be somewhat touchy.”
March 8 was the date she walk
j into the Jefferson Hotel
kfeteria and fired a bullet into
k back of the woman she
lamed for “wrecking” her life).
A few sentences farther down
a the horoscope was found the
aming: “Be extremely cau
ious about sudden and specta
olar ideas and distrust things'
hat arise unexpectedly.”
Coroner Sargeant will hold an
iquiry Thursday night.
The tall, matronly Mrs. Bur
son, 51 years old, was report
1 in a highly nervous condi
on and a nurse was kept con
tantly with her. Police Chief
lawlinson said a physician
fould be called if her condition
ecame worse.
The prisoner confessed the
hooting yesterday. Police quoted
er as saying:
“When that woman passed
le as I was sitting in. the ho
el the vision of my mother
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WHAT TO DO AND SEE
na tonight. Bridge luncheon
t Country Club today.
Keno and dance at The Caro
AT THE THEATRES
• Pinehurst -
Tomorrow night at 8:30, mat
;ee at 3:00, “Isle of Destiny,”
;lth June Lang and William
,ai'gan.
Southern Pines -
20day at 3:00 and 8:15,
Largo,” with Clark
e and Joan Crawford.
■ Aberdeen -
Today at 7:15 and 9:15, “I
a^e This W
er Xr
oman,” with Spen
a°y and Hedy Lamarr.
Walter j. travis
25 YEARS AGO
Sv°“ ?aturdav, in the Bell
• dicate cartoon release
l\\£- 1
entj-five years ago to
ter l\ " as noted that Wal
RftK fravis defeated I. S.
in theVf R°chester> N. Y.
Eth i nng tournament
ing J t< Jackson was appear
lytii A TJair of Sixes” an*
ant Cf had an import
in “Birth of a Na
Gets Appointment r
LOU KOCH
LOU KOCH APPOINTED
TO PUBLICITY POST
AT BAR HARBOR, ML
Assistant, Director of Pinehurst
Press Bureau and Associate
Editor of The Outlook
Awarded Summer Contract.
Lou Koch, assistant to Robert
E. Harlow, Pinehurst publicity
director and associate editor of
the Pinehurst Outlook has re
ceived word of his appointment
as publicity representative of the
town of Bar Harbor, Maine,
noted summer resort of society.
A publicity proposal, outlined to
open this coming summer, and
submitted to town officials of
the town of Bar Harbor by
Mr. Koch was approved, and
passed with an aye vote at the
annual town meeting of the
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LLOYD MANGRWS
RECORD SCORE WINS
THOMASVILLE OPEN
THOMASVILLE, Ga., March
11.—Lloyd Mangrunv won the
Thomasville open with one of
the season’s most brilliant scor
ing records, a closing round of
67 for a total of 203, for the
54 holes*.
The score was a new Thomas
ville record.
Other scores:
Nnlson .-.205
Harrison —-. 211
Runyan ...- 214
Wood . 214
Horne .. 215
Serafin —.—. 215
Snead . 216
McHale . 216
GRATEFUL FOR DONATIONS
F. T. Keating, who lends a
helping hand to every worth
while enterprise in the village
and is as expert as a success
ful college president when it
comes to collecting money for
these things, reports that all
connected with the Pinehurst
High School girl’s basketball
team are very grateful for the
donations- which made it possible
for the young ladies to com
pete in the Eastern state cham
pionship at Wake Forest.
SEABISCUIT RETIRED
LOS ANGELES, March 11.—
Seabiscuit, greatest money win
ner of the American turf, went
on the retirement list today.
Owner Charles Howard an
nounced that the famous horse
will go to the stud in Northern
California this spring.
FACTION FIGHTER
TO TRY FOR THIRD
CUP WIN OF OWNER
Brown Horse of Paul Mellon
Has Chance to Retire Chal
lenge Trophy in 3 Mile Steeple
chase Race Saturday.
CARD WELL FILLED
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SOUTHERN PINES, March
11. — Faction Fighter, sturdy
brown gelding will make a val
iant try to give his owner, Paul
Mellon of Pittsburgh, Pa., per
manent possession of the Sand
hills Challenge Cup Saturday af
ternoon at the Sixth Annual
Steeplechase Meeting on the
Barber Estate Course, between
Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
This handsome trophy, offered
for the three-mile timber race,
must be won by the same own
er three times before he can
call it his own, and Mr. Mel
lon’s entries have captured the
event the past two years. Fac
tion Fighter won in 1939 and
Corn Dodger in 1938.
On Saturday Faction Fighter
will have some stiff competi
tion. Mrs. Stewart Spillman’s
Postman Home, which Trainer
William B. Street is bringing
here from Warrenton, Va., is
reported in perfect condition and
this son of Bon Hamme and
Postmaid is one of the top tim
ber horses in the country.
Mrs. J. C. Clark of Mt. Kisco,
N. Y., has entered Home Sweet
Home, another top-notcher over
post and rail, and Carleton H.
Palmer of New York has nom
inated htfe Gil Bias and Any
Play, now working out well at
Camden, S. C. Trainer Street
is running a horse of his own
in the event, Catray, and Paul
G. Daly of New York has en
tered his Mansfield Park, a
horse which has been schooling
here all winter and is going
well. There’s a purse of $300
for this event, as well as the
Challenge Cup and a trophy for
the winning rider, presented by
Verner Z. Reed Jr. of Newport;
R. I., in memory of the late
Noel Laing, noted rider and
trainer.
The other four races on Sat
urday’s card here are well filled,
and there’s plenty of excite
ment in store for the expected
crowd. Purses of $1,000 each
are offered in the two brush
races, $300 each in the hurdle
and flat races.
THREE CLASS A PAIRS
TIED IN TIN WHISTLE
MIXED FOURSOMES
There will be an interesting
replay today for the major prizes
in the class A division of the
annual Tin Whistle Club’s ladies
and gentlemen’s foursomes.
'’Mrs. Donald Parson and A. E.
Jones, Miss Jeanne Cline and W.
E. Batterson and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard S. Tufts, tied for first
in Class A, with net scpres of
74.
They will play off this after
noon, starting at 1:30 p. m.
Miss Katherine Coe and R. S.
McClellan won in Class B with
90-17-73 and Mrs. W. V. Slocock
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Outlook Engraving
Shooting is becoming increasingly popular among the ladies,
as demonstrated by this camera shot a,t the Pinehurst Gun Club.
Aiken Polo Stars To Play In
Pinehurst On Friday
l
The effort being made by Earl
Shaw and Merrill Fink to estab
lish polo in the Sandhills will
be given a splendid boost on
Friday afternoon when four of
the nation’s experts will come
from Aiken, S. C., and join with
the Pinehurst Club members in
putting on an exhibition game.
The polo match Friday at 3
p. m. will precede the sixth
running of the Sandhills Steeple
chase on the Barber course, Sat
urday afternoon.
The Aiken players, who will
be here are William Post 2nd.
and G. H. (Pete) Bostwick,
rated at seven goals, Dunbar
Bostwick, five goals and Louis
E. Stoddard Jr., three goals.
These Aiken polo experts will
join with members of the Pine
hurst squad and two teams will
be selected, one to play as the
Yellow Jackets, and the other as
the Red and Blues. The play
ers will be placed so as to equal
DR. K0CH‘PI0NEER
Of NEW SCHOOL OF %
DRAMA IN AMERICA
Dr. Frederick H. Koch, foun
der and director of the Caro
lina Playmakers, who will ad
dress the Pinehurst Forum this
Thursday evening, is a native
of Kentucky. He attended Ohio
Wesleyan University and after
his graduation made a “grand
tour,” including in his itinerary
points in North Africa, Europe
and the Near East which could
offer the most in art and ar
chitecture,
Following the tour he ^turn
ed to the United States to as
sume the duties of instructor
in English at the University of
North Dakota. From instruc
tor, he worked his way through
assistant and associate profes
sorships to a full professorship
of dramatic literature.
It was during these years that
he founded the Sock and Buskin
Society of which Maxwell An
derson was an original member.
Here, also, he established the
Dakota ^Playmakers, an organi
zation consisting of amateurs
devoted to the establishment of
a native theatre, and the pro
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ize the strength of the two sides
and thus assure a dole and
thrilling contest.
The Pinehurst club, which has
won four consecutive games,
would have played against Aiken
but for the unfortunate accident
which has taken one of its star
players, Earl Shaw, out of the
game temporarily.
Merrill .Fink, five goals and
Jack Fink, four goals, will be
two of the Pinehurst men who
will join the Aiken players,. The
other Pinehurst men will be
Floyd Carlisle Jr., and R. B.
Green. Floyd and Green, up to
this time, have not been given
handicaps by the United States
Polo Association. Henry Gibson
Barnard Jr., University of North
Carolina player, will be here as
a substitute.
With players having a total
national goal rating of 31, some
high class polo will result.
(Continued on page two)
RUSSIAN-FINNISH
PEACE TALKS STAND
AT CRITICAL STAGE
(By the Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM — (Tuesday)—
Informed Scandinavian opinion
rated Russian-Finnish peace ne
gotiations at a critical stage to
day, as hour after hour passed
with no word as to a decision
which will bring about peace or
continue war, with its threat to
involve the entire North of Eu
rope.
The Finnish delegates were
believed here to be in Moscow
still, with negotiations continu
ing over -new disputed points
which had arisen in the confer
ences.
ENTER VIIPURI
MOSCOW —(Tuesday)—Soviet
troops closed the ring around
j Viipuri by occupying the East
ern and North parts of the city,
Red army ' headquarters an
nounced today. Russian troops
are still advancing along the
Western shore of Viipuri bay.
WEATHER
Rain Tuesday and Wednes
day. Slightly colder Tuesday.
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PINEHURST COUNTRY
CLUB ABOUT TO ENTER
BUSY GOLFING PERIOD
Replay of Tin Whistles Tie
Scheduled Today; Foils Event
Wednesday and Thursday De
cides Championship.
PROFESSIONALS ARRIVE
From now on for a number •
of weeks the Pinehurst Country
Clpb will be the most active
golfing organization in the
world. There are events of all
kinds to suit competitor and
spectator.
There will be an interesting /
re-play today for the Tin
Whistle mixed foursome cham
pionship, in which six competi
tors will play three balls in al
ternate strokes.
, On Wednesday and Thursday
the annual Silver Foils cham
pionship will be placed, with
Miss Helen Waring defending
her title of 1939 which she won
with a total of 168 for the two
rounds of medal play. ,
Miss Deborah Verry of Wor
cester, winner of this title for
four consecutive years r from
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BIG FIELD OF STELLAR
WOMEN GOLFERS ENTER
MID-SOUTH TOURNEY
Patty Berg, Last Year’s Cham
pion, Will Defend Her Title
in Southern Pines Classic
Next Week.
The Twelfth Annual Women’s
Mid-South 54-hole Medal Golf
Championship, to be played at
the Southern Pines Country
Club ivfarch 18, 19 and 20, will
see assembled as many leading
lady golfers as ever gathered
for such an event outside the
national championship, with Miss
Patty Berg, defending cham
pion, leading the" field of sev
enty7 odd golfers.
Listed among the contenders
are Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page,
former national champion and
winner of the event in 1937;
Deborah Verry of Worcester,
Mass., holder of many titles in
1935 through 1938, is in Pine
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BATTERSON WINS FOR
U. S. AGAINST CANADA
James Batterson, son of Mr.
and Mrfe. William E. Batterson,
guests at the Carolina Hotel,
was one of the five American
players to win his match in the
International squash racquets
between Canada and the United
States, played recently in Hart
ford, Conn. Mr. Batterson de
feated Sid Hetherington of To
ronto. Canada won 10 to 5.
BOBBY JONES TO
ARRIVE MARCH 16 .
Bobby Jones, Atlanta, and
other officials x of A. G.
Spalding & Bros, arrive in
Pinehurst March 16th, for a
business session and to watch
the North and South Open.
For a number of years this
firm has started its spring
sales campaign in Pinehurst.
Mr. Jones has a reservation
at the Holly Inn. f