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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, 0.
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1940.
ARMADA OF 125 NAZI
0 IS REPORTED
REARING NORWAY
Mission of German Fieet Be
lieved to be to Strike Back at
British Fleet for Sinking
Reich Troopship.
300 SOLDIERS DROWN
(By the Associated Press)
Alarming reports were re
ceived in Oslo early today that
a German armada of 125 armed
ships including a pocket battle
ship and several heavy cruis
ers, was approaching Norwegian
shores, perhaps to strike back,
at the British fleet which Mon
day mined Norwegian waters
and sank a German troop trans
port with 300 of the 500 sol
diers aboard.
The Norwegian admiralty or
dered every lighthouse on the
coast blacked out, and Nor-j
wegian radio stations from thej
Swedish coast to Bergen on the:
North sea were shut down.
Perhaps more mystifying even
than the advance of the German i
warships on their undisclosed
mission was the sinking yester
day by a British sub of a Ger
man troop ship only four miles
off Norway’s southern coast.
Five hundred German soldiers
were aboard, and 300 of them
were killed or drowned.
In Stockholm high authorita
tive quarters early today con
firmed reports that four for
eign warships had attempted to
force an entrance into Oslo
Fjord, water gateway to the
Norwegian capital. The invaders
were reported repulsed by shore
batteries. ' '
LONDON, April 8.—A Reut
er’s dispatch from- Oslo tonight
said possibly 200 men were lost
from an unidentified ship which
sank after a violent explosion
about noon today off Norway’s
southern coast. The agency said
88 men were saved.
WHAT TTDO AND SEE
Today
Bridge luncheon at Pinehurst
Country Club today. x
Annual North and South ama
teur tennis tournament begins
at Pinehurst Country Club to
day.
Keno and dance at the Caro
lina tonight.
AT THE THEATRES ,
- Pinehurst -
Tomorrow at 3:00 and* 8:30,
It's a Date,” starring Deanna
Durbin.
- Southern Pines -
Today at 3:00 and 8:15, “Star
Dust,” with Linda Darnell, Rol
and Young and Charlotte Green
wood.
Aberdeen
Tonight at 7:30 and 9:20, A.
• Cronin’s “Vigil in the Night,”
Carole Lombard, Brian
Ancrne, Anne Shirley and -Bren
da Forbes. Story by the author
of the Citadel.
WEATHER
tartly cloudy and slightly
c°oler, preceded by showers hi
I'ortheast and extreme east por
ions Tuesday. Wednesday, fair,
^ghtly warmer in west por
tions.
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Tennis Is Now In The Pinehurst Spotlight
MISS PAOLA DE JANZE
AND THREE TATES WIN
IN CAPE FEAR SHOW
Pinehurst Riders Score Victories
Over Large Fields in Wilming
ton Equestrian Tests; 100
Horses Entered.
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Miss Paola De Janze, who has
been a‘winter resident in Pine
hurst this season, carried off
first place in the ladies jump
ing class in the recent Cape
Fear Horse Show in Wilming
ton, N. C. Miss De Janze was
the only young lady from Pine
hurst to enter the show, which
was held last Friday and Sat
urday at the j Legion Park in
Wilmington. Miss De Janze
won the ladies jumping class,
the only one in which she en
tered, riding Virginia Girl from
the Pinehurst Livery Stable.
Billy and June Bug Tate, two
of Pinehurst^ most accomplish
ed young riders, who have been
making quite a name for them
selves in horse show circles
throughout the Midsoifth, bucked
a large and first class field to
place in several events. An
other first for Pinehurst en
tries was won by June Bug' rid
ing Virginia Girl in the Knock
Down and Out class.
June Bug and Billy riding
Virginia Girl and Timber Rider
took 2nd and 4th place respect
ively in the Stake class. Billy
came off 3rd in the Open Jump
ing, and June Bug 3rd in the
Corinthian. The well known
father and son team, L. M. Tate
and the two boys finished sec
ond in the Hunt Team class.
Billy, riding Crepe Suzette, took
fourth place in the Road Hack
event.
Over a hundred horses from
stables throughout the eastern
seaboard and a field of top
flight riders were entered in
the Cape Fear show.whieh was
the 3rd annual holding
event.
“POPEY” SERVES COFFEE
TO 700 ARMY MEN
“Popey,” manager of the
Pilot restaurant in Aberdeen,
has turned canteen worker in a
big way. Yesterday he brewed
and served coffee to some 700
odd army Wn., The soldier
boys, en route by train from
Fort Bragg to Fort Benning,
Ga% fox' spring maneuvers num
bered approximately 700 enlist
ed men and 60 officers.
North and South
Tennis Pairings
MEN’S SINGLES
Martin Buxby vs Bill Calhoun.
George Henadi vs Dqn Man
chester.
Martin Heller vs Kenneth Even
son.
Bob Durant vs Jack Markham.
Ham Anthony vs Lester Putzh.
Moyer Hendricks vs James Ross.
Hunt Hobbs vs Carltdh Booden.
Harold Cohen vs Don Buffing
ton.
Zan Carver vs P. A. Wilson.
Don Marks vs Josiah Bacon.
Robert Anthoni vs Haines Stock
ton.
C, A. Farrar vs Tom Wadden.
H. Gubner vs Morton Ulman.
Charles Hackney vs Ed King.
Irving Schlosser vs Bob White.
Fred Baggs vs Everett Burtis.
Paul Finch vs Jess Cole.
William Parsons vs Ed Wood
man.
Charles Rider vs J. K. Weeks.
Bill Rawlings vs Raymond Na
shek.
Henry Glenn vs Blair Rice.
Robert Wilson vs Jack Reiley.
Frank Robinson vs Ben Turner.
George Beaty vs Robert Walt
ers.
Nick Beadles vs Jonn Agar.
Ed Antoline vs Mel Jones.
Alex Guerry vs Armand Bru
neau. *
John Kenfield vis Sudie Warren.
Bill Lummis vs Will Grogg.
John Laurens vs Harris Everett.
Walter Meserole vs Vance Hobbs.
Frank Branson vs Henry Lau
rens.
Munsen Burke vs James Hart
ford. '
Larry Tomlison vs Melvin Jor
dan. ,
Chuck Hamden, vs Roy Gib
bons.
Don Neill vs Stephen Keister.
Armond Salzburg vs Leon Boss.
Archie Henderson vs John Bow
man.
WOMEN’S SINGLES
Barbara Neilds vs Mrs. Keller,
bye.
Hazel Kelley vs Mrs. Atwood.
Mrs. P. M. Miller vs Mary
Joyce.
Mrs. Armand Bruneau vs Mrs.
Louis M. Heflin.
Mrs. Joseph Becker vs Miss C.
Ruse.
Eleanor C. Stroud vs Alice F.
MacDonald, bye. ,
QUAKE IN CALIFORNIA
BISHOP, Calif., April 8.—(JP)
—A sharp earthquake was felt
here at 5:36 A. M. (8:36 A. M.
EST) today, lasting three to
four seconds. /
MATINEE RACING
EAGERLY AWAITED.
BY SPORTS VOTARIES
Trotters and Pacers to be Seen
in Action Saturday Afternoon
in Clinic Benefit Program.
A highly anticipated sports
event is the matinee racing which
will be held at the Pinehurst
Race Track Saturday afternoon
for the benefit of the free Pine
hurst Clinic.*
Residents of the Sandhills,
and the many others who will
•journey here from all parts of
the state, will have the oppor
tunity of seeing a representa
tive group of the finest trot
ters and pacers of the country
in action in the four races be
ing planned.
A. special feature of the pro
gram will be a para<fe of fa
mous harness horses, including
a group of two-minute perform
ers, the 1939 Hambletonian win
ner Peter Astra, Snow White,
reputed to be the only all-white
thoroughbred harness, horse, in
the world; Gentleman Jim, the
third choice for the 1940 Ham
bletonian. The two-minute horses
will include a group of pacers,
Her Ladyship, Chief Counsel,
Little Pat, Dazzle Direct, Single
Stine, Blackstone, Lee Hanover,
and also the two-minute trotter,
Clever Hanover.
COOK HEADS C. OF C.
Samuel H. Cook of Syracuse,
N. Y. and Pinehurst, was elect
ed president of the Syracuse
Chamber of Commerce last week,
according to an announcement
received by the Outlook yester
day. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are
occupying the H. Newton Mar
shall cottage in Pinehurst, which
they leased in February. They
have participated in Pinehurst
activities for a number of years.
Mr. Cook ^ is president of
WFBL, the Syracuse radio sta
tion, and is chairman of the ad
ministration j board of Syracuse;
University. In his new post he
succeeds A. B. Merrill, presi
dent of the Fhfst Trust.and De
posit Co.
JESSEL TO WED GIRL, 16
DETROIT, April 8. — <ff) —
George Jessel, 42-year-old stage
and radio comedian, said today
he and Lois Andrews, 16-year
old New York show girl, plan
ned to marry in Detroit this
week.
Record Field Is Paired
In North-South Tennis
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76 Players Entered in Men’s Division and!
12 in Ladies in Pinehurst
Tournament
PINEHURST POLOISTS
PREPARING FOR GAME
WITH NEW YORK A. C.
Locals Register 10th Consecutive
Win, Defeating Fort Bragg
5-3 Sunday; New Yorkers
Play Here Next Sunday.
Pinehurst Polo Club officials
are very busy making careful
preparations for the big game
of the spring polo calendar, the
contest between their team and
the high gear'team of the New
York Athletic Club, which will
be held Sunday afternoon on the
No. 2 field. The field is being
specially groomed so that it will
be in the best playing condition.
The attendance is expected to
be extremely, heavy, and ar
rangements for auto parking
around the field and seating in
the grandstand will be taxed to
capacity. The game will be wit
nessed by hundreds of sport
fans coming from all parts of
North and South Carolina, with
a large New York representa
tion also expected, in support of
their home team.
The game starts at three
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SERVANTS COTTAGE
ON CROCKER ESTATE
DESTROYED BY FIRE ,
A servant’s cottage on the
C. T. Crocker estate “Pinewild”
located near the Linden Road,
was completely destroyed by fire
Sunday evening. The fire, of
unknown origin, was out of con
trol before discovered and the
building had already fallen in
when the fire department reach
ed the scene.
A Stableman on tne estate,
who had gone out for a stroll
because static interference had
prevented him from listening to
his radio Sunday evening, dis
covered the blaze about 9:35
and turned in the alarm imme
diately. tfhe beaver board struc
ture, which was fortunately un
occupied, was burned to the
ground before the firemen ar
rived some five minutes after
the alarm was given.
According to the fire depart
ment’s report the building was
valued at $4,500, and wa^ cov
ered by $3,000 in insurance.
CONFESSES MURDER,
WHISTLES NONCHALANTLY
FORT WORTH, Tex., April 8.
—(JP)—Ernest Joe Butler, 15, "a
handsome farm boy, police said
today, related he tried to make
love to pretty Mrs. Clifton
Beck, 20, and then shot her to
death when she repulsed him
and threatened to tell her hus
band.
Nonchalantly, he whistled a
gay tune after telling police 'his
story.
Large' Entry and Postponement
of Start Yesterday Due to *
Rain Sets Problem for Offi
cials to Keep Within Schedule^
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I PLAY OPENS TODAY
Pinehurst tennis tournament
officials staging the twenty-sec
ond annual North and "South’
amateur championship have a
job on their hands. In the first
place, the entry list hit a record':
high, and second, the rain yes
terday morning caused post
ponement of the first rouncP
matches which were scheduled!
to be held yesterday.
Play is scheduled to open tqr
day., ■ :
These two _ conditions will
make it extremely difficult to .
run off all the matches and !
bring the finals up for Satur- 1
day, as scheduled. On top of
that, forty University of North
Carolina competitors are able to
play only at certain hours of
the day on a Chapel Hill-Pine-!,
hurst commuting transportation
basis. ■ •
There are 76 players entered
in the men’s division and 12 in
the ladies’, for an 88 total, the
largest number ever listed . ini
this event, which is in its twenty
second year on tl/e Pinehurst
spring sports calendar. '•
The eight seeded players in
clude Martin Buxby of Miami,
1; Arch Henderson, Davis Cup
star and University of North
Carolina’s first ranking player*
2; Charles Rider, defending the*
title, 3; Bill Rawlings, No. 8;
U. N. C. player, 4; Don Buf
fington of Duke, 5; Walter Mes—
serole, U. N. C., 6; Zan Carver*.
U. N. C. 7 and Harris Everett*
U. N. C. 8.
In order to run off all the'
matches, and get down to the
finals on Saturday, it will be
necessary to start the’ matches;
as early as possible each morn
ing and to run them as late as;
possible in the evening.
The women’s singles are also
scheduled to open 'today.
CENSUS OFFICIAL
BEGINS TASKS AMONG 15'
PINEHURST HOTELS
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The "man who comes around*
is here. Mayer Ginsberg, as
sistant census taker for the 8th -
district, arrived in Pinehurst V
yesterday. Mr. Ginsberg's first . ,
duties in town were to distrib- _
ute blanks for guests and em- vr
ployees of the Pinehurst hotels ;
and rooming houses.
In addition to the five ho-A.;"
tels, Mr. Ginsberg reports he*
visited 17 rooming houses yes- :
terday. , . %
Returns from the distributed^
blanks will be collected today,. :■
and a census of apartment
houses will be taken. The work r
of house to house canvassing
will get underway either Wed- A
nesday or Thursday, according •
to Mr. Ginsberg. • \ / ^ :