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NUMBER 104.
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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1940.
SOVIET REPUBLIC IN
00 FINNISH AREA
FORECAST IN MOSCOW
Russian Parliament Called for
Session March 29; Interven
tion Fear Restrained Scandi
navian Aid to Allied Offer.
REFUSED REQUESTS
MOSCOW - (Friday) — The
Soviet parliament was convoked
today for March 29, and many
observers predicted one of the
important items on its docket
would be formation of Sovfet re
public in the recently ceded Fin
land territory.
FEARED NAZI MOVE
OSLO—Foreign Minister Koht
declared in a broadcast last
night that Norway and Sweden
had refused a last minute re
quest of Britain and France to
send troops through Scandina
via to Finland's aid because it
was learned that Germany would
intervene.
The foreign minister said Brit
ain and France issued feelers
on March 2, but made no re
quest until March 12, ’ a few
hours before Finland announced
she had signed peace.
Norway and Sweden refused
the first request on March 2,
because of fear that Germany
would object. He said 100,000
French and British troops would
lave been necessary to give
inland help, but would have
taken so long to transport with
their supplies that their efforts
would have been of no avail.
RELIEF TO GO ON
RALEIGH, N. C., March 14.
-W—Former Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus, North Carolina
chairman for the Finnish relief
fed, said today “the peace im
posed upon Finland does not
feig an end to the Finnish re
lief emergency but that the work
must go on.
“Surely the hearts of liberty
feing Americans will respond
generously to these cries of dis
fress, and North Carolina will
wish to be in the vanguard of
helpers.”
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Aiken - Pinehurst polo match,
p ^°- 2 held this afternoon,
feic invited. Tickets obtain
a'e at gate, or telephone 2671
r 3694 for reserved parking
spaces.
hospital Ball at Country Club
anight.
Twelfth annual Barber trophy
^le(lal play TinWhistles event
today.
Silver Foils
the E. c
Tr°Phy today.
Championship for
Bliss Memorial
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
3-00°night at 8:30, matinee at
’ (^So Saturday evening at
Mi li ^°Ul1^ Tom Edison,” with
c.ey Rooney. Also March of
1]me m
^ ,, a S a z i n e, “Canada at
Ton'" ^°u^ern Pines -
an(^ Tomorrow night
Rtvr V? matinee at 3:00, “Dr.
lh,llch’^ Magic Bullet.”
T ■ Aberdeen
«p.°night at 7:00
l011e« Days.”
and 9:00,
Continued on page two)
LUSTROUS STARS OF POLO IN ACTION HERE TODAY
HEAVYWEIGHT SCRAP
ON SATURDAY NIGHT
SHOUU) RE BUNGER
Horace Jones, Who Minced up
Ham Braboy Recently, Will
Tangle With Mat France of
Aberdeen; Four Preliminaries.
That Jones boy, Horace, by
name, the State Sanatorium
porter who made mincemeat out
of Ham Braboy at the last box
ing exhibition at the Amusement
Center, will meet Mat France,
colored boy of Aberdeen tomor
row night at the Amusement
Center.
As it may be recalled, Horace,
at 175 lbs., came out in the
fourth round of the ten-round
go and put across four shots
of lightning voltage—a right to
the chin, a left, to the chin, one
to tb® eyes and the finishing
touch to the ribs—to make Bra
boy flop to the canvas, where
he rolled his eyes like Eddie
Cantor in Whoopee, to the
knockout count, and then some.
The Braboy pounding made
Jones the Moore County heavy
weight champion. He’ll be in
that ring Saturday night, ten
rounds of leather pushing, un
less one of the boys stops the
other before that time,
Promoter Myron Barrett
promfses plenty of action at
the Saturday night fisticuff
session. Four good preliminary
bouts will precede the feature
melee.
WEATHER
Partly cloudy, slightly colder
on the coast Friday. Saturday
fair, slowly rising temperature.
Aiken-Pinehurst Polo Game
Here at 3.00 P.M. Today
Hundreds of equine enthusiasts now gathered in the Sandhills
are expected to attend the Pinehurst vs. Aiken polo game which
will be held on the No. 2 field this afternoon.
The 18 ponies of the Aiken team arrived by special van yes
terday.
The game with the socialite-sportsmen of the Aiken team,
George H. Bostwick, Dunbar Bostwick, Louis Stoddard and Billy
Post, expected in Pinehurst this morning, will draw a large Sand
hill gallery, in addition to .the many out of town residents here
for tomorrow's steeplechase meet. Play starts at 3:00 o’clock.
The public is invited to attend. General admission, tickets
may be obtained at the gate. Pinehurst, Polo Club officials urge
that all those who have not reserved spaces arrive as early as
possible to secure accommodations. There are a limited number
of reserved sections left for this game.
These may be procured before the game by telephoning the
polo club, 2671 or 3694.
The two high-goal foursomes will be playing under the name
of Red Jackets and Yellow Jackets.
The line-up:
Yellow Jackets Red Jackets
R. B. Green Floyd Carlisle Jr.
Merrill Fink Louis Stoddard Jr.
Dunbar Bostwick Pete Bostwick
William Post Jack Fink
Referees: Col. George P. Hawes Jr. and W. V. Slocock. Time
keeper, W. E. Baker. Elliot Barta, announcer,
GUARDSMEN OFFICERS
ON DUTY AT DAMSITE
DISNEY, Okla., March 14.—
(A*)—Fifty-seven Oklahoma Na
tional Guardsmen reached the
'Grand River damsite today, then
turned around and went back
to their mobilization point at
Wagoner, leaving a handful, of
officers to carry on Gov. Leon
C. Phillips’ “state’s rights war.”
After a conference with I. N.
Towne, constructipn superintend
ent! Adjutant General Louis A.
:tter said it would not be
necessary for the troops to re
main at the damsite because
“we are 'getting splendid co
operation from a 11 official^
here.”
I. C. C. REFUSES TO
REOPEN RATE CASE
WASHINGTON, March 14.—
(A*)—The Interstate Commerce
commission refused today to re
open for reargument its deci
sion in the long-fought South
to-North rate case, in which the
South won an important vic
tory.
The commission also today or
dered reductions put into effect
June 1.
As in the original decision,
fhe commission voted 5 to 4
against granting petitions filed
by the northern railroads and
northern intervenors for reargu
ment and rehearing.
KIRBY-COTHRAN FINAL
BELLEAIR, Fla., March 14.
—A double upset sent Mrs.
Glenna Collett Vare and Betty
Jameson, national title hold
er, tumbling from the an
nual Belleair women’s golf
tournament today. The up
seters were Dorothy Kirby
and Jane Cothran, who play
tomorrow in the finals. Miss
Kirby clinched victory by a
score of 5 and 3. Miss Coth
ran eliminated Miss Jameson
by 4 and 2.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
BALL TONIGHT WILL
BE SOCIAL HIGHLIGHT
Singing of Yale Glee Club to be
Feature of Annual ' Benefit
Dancing Get-Together at Coun
try Club.
The Country Club will be
; alive tonight with lights and
music and dancers when resi
dents of the Sandhills turn out
in full array for one of the
biggest social events of the sea
son, the Hospital Auxiliary ball.
[ Feature entertainment on. the
evening’s program will be a
concert given by the Yale Glee
Club, which is being brought
here through the efforts of Mrs.
James Boyd.
The forty-eight glee club
members are en route to Char
j leston as the second stop on
[their annual spring tour through
the south. They presented their
first concert of the tour earlier
this week in Baltimore. Direc
tor Marshall Bartholomew has
generously consented to bring
his group here for a benefit
performance as a special favor
to the Hospital Auxiliary and
Mrs.’ Boyd.
COCKER SPANIELS
LEAD KENNEL SHOW
As has been the case in most
dog shows during the past year
Cocker Spaniels with 23 entries
are well ahead of any other
breed at the Sandhill Kennel
Club show. In order follow fox
terriers 12, Pekingese 10, Set
ters 9, and Boston Terriers 9.
Many of the other breeds are
well represented, and the total
number of dogs for the entire
show totals 116.
Two of the most popular
events with the public will be
the children’s handling classes
judged by Mrs. W. S. Corsbie,
Greensboro, N. C., and Dr. J. ~L.
Von Glahn, Raleigh, N. C. The
other class is the ladies hand
ling class, to be judged by Dr.
0. B. Kirby, Charlotte, N. C.
These classes are open only to
people living in Moore County.
Officials at the show are as
follows: Mr. Beverly Walter
and Mrs. C. A. Abom will act
as stewards in ring No. 1; Mr.
and Mrs. Louis J. Pegram Jr.
of Baltimore, Md., in ring No.
2. Mr. Bill Dunlap in charge
of gate and parking. Mr. Wm.
Herndon in charge of seating.
Woman’s Auxiliary of Aberdeen
will take charge pf programs
and also will serve delicious
sandwiches, etc., throughout the
day.
/
ATTENDANCE RECORD
FOR STEEPLECHASE
REGARDED AS LIKHY
Horses Have -Final Workouts
and Appear in First-Class
Shape; National Hunt Offi
cials Arriving, Track Pre
pared;
WALLACH OPTIMISTIC
Put through their final work
outs yesterday morning, the
classy hunters and fl&t racers
entered in - the Sandhill steeple
chase races here \ Saturday ap
peared to be in grand fettle for
a grand occasion. t
The big meet will undoubt
edly set an attendance mark if
it gets anything like a break
from the weather man, and this
is likely, judging by a special
forecast wired to the Outlook
from the state climatic dispen
sary.
The beautiful track on < Mid
land Road has been put into
superfine shape, and the racing
should be fast and exciting.
Some of * the National Steeple
chase association ' officials al
ready have ' arrived, and others
are due today and tomorrow.
Racing Secretary Richard Wal
lach Jr. of Warrenton, Va., is
optimistic over the -prospects
for a record meet in every re
spect.
STEEPLECHASE DATA
1st Race—3:00 p. m.—The Ca
tawba, about one mile and one
half over hurdles for purse of
$300. Ten entries.
2nd Race—The Croatan Stee
plechase for non-winners. Two
miles over brush for purse of
$1,000. 12 entries.
3rd Race—The Sandhills Chal
lenge Cup. Three miles over
timber for purse of $300 and
thp challenge trophy to be won
three times by same owner for
permanent possession. Noel
Laing Memorial trophy to win
ning rider. Seven entries.
4th Race—The Yadkin Steeple
chase. Handicap. Two miles over »
brush for purse of. $4,000 and
trophy presented by Mrs. Almet
Jenks. Eight entires.
5th Race—The Midland. About
one mile on' the flat for purse
of $300. Ten entries. .
Admission Information
General Admission—$1.00 per
car, 50 cents per person.
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23 FRUIT PICKERS DIE
AS TRAIN HITS TRUCK
M’ALLEN, Tex., March 14.—
(&)—Twenty-three fruit pickers,
mostly of ^ Mexican extraction,
were killed today in their orcji
ard-bound truck which was
struck squarely in the center at
a grade crossing by a Missouri
Pacific passenger' train. Seven- • /
teen other pickers were injured.
It was the most disastrous
wreck in Texas history. *.
The train crashed into the
truck at 8:06 a. m., at a cross
ing six miles east of this lower ;'/**
Rio Grande Valley town. It
carried the vehicle on ifs cow
catcher for about 600 yards.
Bodies were scattered along the
tracks. < .