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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
THURSDAY, MARCH, 14, 1940.
Aiken Arrives Tonight
For Polo Here on Friday
Nationally Noted Stars of Game Will
Bring 18 Ponies for Skirmish
With Pinehurst
Anonymous Guests at Carolina
Donate Trophies for Members
0f Winning Outfit; High Goal
players to be Distributed.
CAR SPACE AMPLE '
The Aiken polo team, com
posed of George H. Bostwick,
Dunbar Bostwick, Louis Stod
dard Jr. and William Post, is
ejected to arrive tonight for
^ polo game at the newly re
vamped Pinehurst field, sched
uled to be held tomorrow after
noon. With them the Aiken
team will bring their 18 ponies
for the skirmish, which will be
one of the top events of the
season’s sport calendar.
Adding to the color of the
game, several guests at the
Carolina Hotel, who asked to
lave their names withheld, have
donated trophies for the win
ning four players in the fray be
tween the Yellow Jackets and
the Red Jackets, as the teams
will be designated.
Considering the fact that the
polo event comes one day be
fore the Sandhill steeplechase
meet, which is expected to draw
a crowd of about 15,000 persons,
a large attendance is expected
to border the polo field. Ar
rangements have been made to
accommodate a big gallery. Fa
cilities for parking cars have
teen arranged, and officials .of
the Pinehurst Polo Club state
that there is plenty of room.
Merrill Fink, five goals, and
Jack Fink, four goals, will be
two of the Pinehurst men who
wll join up in the game, along
with Floyd Carlisle Jr. and R.
Green. Thus, the game will
tring together two sets of broth
Jrs> the Bostwicks and the
finks, one of each playing on
opposite teams.
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WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today '
Presentation of Sue Hastings
Marionettes of Radio City fame
Holly Inn tonight, beginning
8:00 o’clock. Cottagers, ho
^ guests invited.
Huffet supper at Pinehurst
°untry Club followed by For
uni event.
Silver Foils Championship for
Te E. c. Bliss Memorial
lroPhy today.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
I °m°now night at 8:30, mat
nee at 3:00, also Saturday even
8:30, “Young Tom Edi
Mickey Rooney. Als<
arch of Time Magazine, “Can
ada at War.”
‘ Southern Pines - ’
at S:15, matinee at
ent' M°0t^ Tarkington’s “Sev
j9 ?en’ with Betty Field and
ackl* Cooper.
^ . ■ Aberdeen -
^ht and tomorrow nigh
at 7:15
and 9:15, “Little 01
andW Jork>” starring Alice Fay
MacMurray.
HUGE CROWD EXPECTED
TO SEE TIMBER-TOPPER
STARS VIE IN RACES
Colorful Steeplechase Meeting
of Sandhill Association Satur
day Ushers in Hunt Racing
Season; High Society to be on
Parade.
By Howard Burns
All the magic appeal of
blooded horses * vying in thrill
ing races over timber and brush,
or dashing pell mell along the
flat — magnificent steeds that
revel in the sport—will attract
multitudes of humans, in flash
ing automobiles or afoot, to the
Sandhill Steeplechase races at
the association’s track in Mid
land Road Saturday afternoon.
All the color and glamour that
goes with an assemblage of high
society out for enjoyment of
the sport of kings will make
this, the inaugural hunt racing
meeting of the 1940 season, a
memorable occasion for sport
lovers. Great names in Amer
ica’s sport history are listed
among officials and competing
owners, such as Richard K. Mel
lon arid Paul Mellon of Pitts
burgh; Mrs. George Watts Hill
of Durham; S. A. W. Baltazzi
of Aiken ancT Westbury, L. I.;
John Hay Whitney of New
York; Mrs. Marion DuPont
Scott of Montpelier, Va.; George
H. (Pete) Bostwick of Aiken;
Mrs. Louis E. Stoddard Jr. of
New York and Aiken; F. Am
brose Clark of Westbury; James
E. Ryan and L. W. Robinson
Jr. of Camden, S. C.
Mr. Clark, probably the dean
of hunt racing in the United
States, who has his crack jump
er, La Touche, entered in the
handicap steeplechase, arrived at
the Pine Needles Inn last night.
He is an internationally known
figure in steeplechase racing,
having raced horses in the
Grand National steeplechase at
Aintree, England, and in other
foreign classics.
In true hunt fashion, the meet
will be opened spectacularly with
the blowing of a bugler’s horn
at 3 o’clock, the call for entries
in the first event to line up
for the start of the race.
The beautiful course will be
buzzing with excitement from
then on. Animation will but
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Glenna 6 and 5 Winner
Over Naomi Copic
BELLAIK, Fla., March 13.—
Naomi Copic bowed out of the
women’s tournament today be
fore superior play by Mrs.
Glenna Collett Vare, 6 and 5.
Dorothy Kirby won 6 and 4 over,
Mrs. Tom Williams; Mrs. Phil
lip Barnett lost to Jane Cothran
7 and 5; Betty Jameson shot
i championship golf to beat Lad
die Irwin, 4 and 3.
WEATHER HAN WIRES OUTLOOK;
“MOSTLY FAIR” FOR WEEK END
Believe it or not, fair weather is unofficially reported on its
way to Pinehurst, by the Federal Weather Bureau in Raleigh.
The Pinehurst Outlook, realizing that many readers are eager
to know something about the prospects for this week end, re
quested the Weather Bureau to telegraph such information as it
might have concerning the prospects #for this Friday and Saturday.
The following telegram arrived yesterday afternoon:
“Pinehurst Outlook:
“Cloudy threatening weather with rain through Thursday.
Unofficially, should be mostly fair Friday and Saturday; moder
ately cold Friday morning, rising temperature thereafter.
Weather Bureau—Raleigh.”
That’s the story, and The Outlook will stick to it,' rain or
shine. This rare telegram is on exhibit at Jhe Outlook office for
doubters. This newspaper has published each morning the weather
report, just exactly as it has come over the Associated Press wire
at 11:30 P. M. each night. And the forecast has been right with
such a vengeance that we certainly are going to back the report
now.
It will be mostly fair Friday and Saturday for polo, racing
and golf.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
LARGE TICKET SALE
FOR HOSPITAL BALL
Chances in Automobile and Other
Valuable Prizes Also in Great
Demand; Fox Furs Included
in Premiums.
Folks in the Sandhills are
demonstrating their willingness
to take a chance, by the large
demand for tickets in the auto
mobile raffle which will be held
as a feature of the Hospital
Auxiliary Ball at the Country
Club Friday evening.
Mrs. Frank McCluer, chair
man of the ticket sales, reports
that at least three persons have
purchased a hundred dollars
worth of tickets each. But
whether you want a hundred
tickets or only one, every pur
chase is appreciated, and there
are plenty of tickets still to be
had.
Mrs. McCluer is , being assist
ed in the sale by Mrs. Richard
Tufts in Pinehurst, Mrs. Henry
Page Jr. in Aberdeen, Miss
Mary Gilbert Cole in Carthage,
and Mrs. George London in
Southern Pines.
In addition to the car, tickets
are being sold for chances on a
double silver fox scarf. Mrs.
Burt Hunt, chairman of the ball
committee, wishes to make it
clear to the public that anyone
who buys a chance on the fur,
also has a chance at five other
items on the ticket, including a
Rogers silver service from the
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Pendergast Aid Held
Guilty of Tax Evasion
KANSAS CITY, March 13.—
(ff)—Matthew S. Murray, until
recently one of Missouri’s most
powerful figures — both state
WPA administrator and Boss
Tom Pendergast’s city public
works director—was adjudged
guilty today of Federal income
tax evasion. ^
Judge Albert L. Reeves, who
heard the case* after Murray
waived jury trial, ruled that he
had failed to pay $6,577.28 in
back taxes on $69,691. The gov
ernment contended Murray got
the money from Boss Pender
gast and John J. Pryor, the ma
chine’s favored general contrac
tor, for favors he extended.
AMATEUR-PRO GOLF
TOURNEY CHANGED
TO HANDICAP EVENT
Opening Contest of North and
South Schedule Will be Played
Sunday on Pinehurst No. 2
Course.
The opening event of the
North and South tournament
schedule, the amateur - profes
sional has been changed from
a scratch to a handicap compe
tition. It will be played Sun
day on the long course at the
Pinehurst Country Club.
After Donald J. Ross, who
has been confined to his home
with a slight cold, read over the
names of talented amateurs ex
pected to enter in the scratch
competition, as published in
Wednesday’s Outlook, it is ru
mored that he decided some of
these would be slightly over
matched in a scratch event.
The plan adopted will permit
handicaps up to 22 gross. For
this event amateurs will be per
mitted 5-8th of their club or as
sociation handicap. There will
be a $5.00 entry fee for each
team, and 80 percent of the en
try money will be divided among
professionals on the winning
| teams. Twenty percent will go
I to the professional returning
the lowest score. The Pinehurst
j Country Club will provide the
prizes for the amateurs.
Pairs may start any time on
Sunday.
Plane Sale to Mies
To be Investigated
WASHINGTON, March 13.—
(/P)—A house military sub-com
mittee voted today to investi
gate the administration’s policy
of supplying war planes to the
allies, and a growing contro
versy over that policy produced
these other developments:
1. France and Britain were
said to need American ships
urgently because of reports that
their combined output currently
is less than half that of Ger
many.
2. Senator LaFollette (Prog
Wis) introduced a resolution
for a senate investigation to
determine whether foreign pur
chases have impeded delivery of
armaments and aircraft to the
United States armed forces.
Mourning Finland, Sees
Hope For Independence
Prospects of Defensive Pacts With Sweden
and Norway Are Visioned
by Leaders
RUSSIANS REGARD
VICTORY OVER FINNS
AS BLOW TO BRITAIN
Worst Defeat of England in
Century, is View of Kremlin;
Security of Leningrad Ac
complished.
MOSCOW, March 13.—(&)—
Soviet Russia gained broad ter
ritorial, economic and military
footholds in Finland today with
a treaty ending her costly 105
day war in a fashion which the
Kremlin regards as the great
est defeat of the British in a
century.
The undeclared war’s conclu
sion was looked upon at the So
viet seat of government as a
“splendid contribution to world
peace.”
(Britain and France, at war
with Germany, Russia’s friend,
offered yesterday to send an
army to aid Finland, but the
Finns acceded to Russia’s terms
last night and said they had
lost faith in foreign promises).
The. treaty’s terms indicated
that Russia has achieved her
long-sought security for Lenin
grad from assault by any pow
er by land or sea over Finnish
soil or, waters.
Viipuri, the Finnish city which
goes to Russia under the treaty,
has been called the key to Len
ingrad’s defense since Peter the
Great founded Leningrad as St.
Petersburg.
The price paid by the Rus
sians in three an4 one-half
months of fighting undoubtedly
was a heavy one, but it was
pointed out that the Soviet
Union was a rich country, able
and willing to pay well for its
gains.
PINEHURST FORUM
WILL HEAR DR. KOCH
READ PLAY TONIGHT
This evening’s Forum, which
will present Dr. Frederick H.
Koch, head of the department
of Dramatic Literature at the
University of North Carolina,
will give as his “piece de resist
ance” a play by Paul Green en
titled “Fixins.”
Mr. Green, a poet-dramatist
is best known for his work “The
Lost Colony.”
The rest of the program will
be devoted to Dr. Koch’s story
of the founding of the Carolina
Playmakers at Chapel Hill, the
most ambitious, group of under
graduate author-producer groups
in the country. This group, by
itself gathers material in North
Carolina upon which to base
its original plays. Having
written the plays, it turns
them over to the producers and
directors, who proceed with the
creation of the folk play, until
at last, likely as not, it finally
hits Broadway.
People Exhorted by Government
to “Rise From Mutilation by
Unity;” Nation Too Small,
Says Tanner, Foreign Min
ister.
ASK CONTINUED AID
Finland mourning its peace
with grief of the vanquished
was given hope last night of
saving its ‘ independence and
protecting its borders through
prospects of a defensive pact
with Sweden and Norway, and
its people were exhorted by its
government to “rise from mutU
lation through unity.”
In New York Herbert Hoover
received a cable from President
Kyosti Kallio of Finland asking
that American aid be continued.
The cable pointed out that the
population of the ceded areas
would be moving into the terri
tory of the Republic.
At a late hour last night no
word had been given the press
as to the disposition * of mohey
raised by the independent group
which has been collecting for
the “Fighting Funds for Fin
land” campaign.
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HIGH BRITISH OFFICIAL
KILLED, 3 WOUNDED
BY INDIAN GUNMAN
LONDON, March 13.-W—
An Indian gunman shot and
killed • Sir Michael O’Dyer,
long a key figure in the Brit
ish administration of India, and
wounded a cabinet minister and
two others tonight in an attack
which broke up a meeting of
the East Indian Association at
iCaxton Hall, near Westminister
| Abbey.
Lord Zetland, secretary of
state for India, grazed by a bul
let, was the injured cabinet min
ister. Sir Louis Dane and Lord
Lamington, both former British
administrators of-^ Indian Prov
inces, were wounded in the arm.
Just as the meeting closed
there were four shots fired in
rapid succession.
J3ir Michael, who was 75, fell
bleeding from a wound in the
chest. Lord Zetland, president
of the asspciation, fell by his
chair.
The Indian gunman shouted,
“make way” and dashed down
the crowded aisle toward the
door. He was seized and taken
away.
There was a stampede in the
crowd for a moment, then two
men jumped on the Indian.
No one of the audience of
150 was allowed to leave for
two and a half hours. Police
surrounded the building.
WEATHER
Cfoudy with rain, warmer in
east and central portions Thurs
day. Friday partly cloudy, cold- -
er in eastern portion.
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