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VOLUME 44, NUMBER 131. Price
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THE PINEHUKST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C. ,
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TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1940.
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Big Field of Pro Stars
Don Budge, Outstanding Net Artist, Heads
Group of North-South Tourney
Competitors
Bruce Barnes of White Plains,
Winner of Singles Champion
ship Last Year, is Here to
Defend Title; Draw Made at
10 O’clock Today.
PLAY BEGINS AT 2:30
Play in the third annual
North and South professional
tennis tournament will start at
2:30 o’clock this afternoon on
the Pinehurst Country Club
courts, with a large and repre
sentative field entered in the
doubles and singles events.
The draw will be made at ten!
o’clock this morning.*
The entries include Don Budge,!
magic name of tennis, of Oak-j
land, Calif., Ed Stillman of New
York, Ed. Kenney of Newport,
Pinehurst and Palm Beach,
Frank Voight of Newport, James
Kenney of Long Island,» Frank
Rericha of Stamford, Conn.,
Otto Bemardin of Durham,
Bruce Barnes of White Plains,
Dick Skeen and Leon Thomas of
Los Angeles, California, Charles
Eckel of Montauk Point, N. Y.,
Johnny Faunce of Los Angeles,
John Nogrady and Jim McDoug
all of Long Island, Bernard
Coughlan and Bill Weissbruck
of Los Angeles, Lloyd Budge of
Chicago, John Hendrix of Lake
land, Fla., Kenneth Napier of
Phoenix, Teddy Rericha of
New York and Pinehurst, and
Herbert Stead of Providence.
Bruce Barnes is the singles’
defending champion. Joe Whalen
and Karel Kozeluh won the 1939
doubles.
EXPERT BOWLER ROLLS
Lou Stouce of Bridgeport,
Conn., was a visitor at the
Amusement Center last night.
Mr. Stouce is an expert bowler,
and rolled five strings, his to
tal scores being 115, 120, 118,
134 and 142. The Center man
agement has made arrangements
with Mr. Stouce to stage a bowl
ing exhibition on his visit next
season. * - 1
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Third annual North and South
Professional tennis tournament
°pens today at Pinehurst Coun
try Club.
Bridge luncheon at Pinehurst]
Country Club today.
Keno and dance at The Caro
lina tonight. ' ~
AT THE THEATRES *
- Pinehurst -
Tomorrow at 3:00 and 8:30,
All Came True;” with Ann
Sheridan and Jeffry Lynn. Add
e(l attraction, “Court Favorites,”
Bathe Sportscope tennis feature.
- Southern Pines -
Today at 3:00 and 8:15, '‘Re
becca.” - -
Aberdeen
(< Tonight at 7:30 and 9:15,
“Shooting High,” with Gene Au
^y> Jane Withers, Marjorie
Weaver and Jack Carson.
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COTTAGE COLONY TO
SUPPLY ACTORS FOR
FILM OF PINEHURST
Pathe Sportscope staff Here
to Make Golf Sh<frt; Horton
Smith Will Play Lead in Pic
ture Title of Which Has Not
Been Chosen.
Four members of the R. K. 0.
Pathe Sportscope staff of New
York, who have previously made
two Pinehurst pictures, are here
to film the only golf short this
company will make in 1940. The
title has not been determined.
Members of the staff are well
known here, and include Joseph
Walsh, sports editor, Harry
Smith, ace cameraman, Clarence
Ellis, sound engineer and Rich
ard Hertel, assistant camera
man.
-. The -first picture made here
by R. K. O. Pathe was entitled
“Pinehurst,” and it was exhib
ited in more than 4,000 theaters.
The second picture, “Bowstring”
was filmed with Russ Hooger
hyde and Jeanne Tenney, the
national archery champions.
For, the 1940 golf short, Pathe
will use Horton Smith as the j
lead and will need about fifteen j
others from among the Pine
hurst colony for minor parts, j
This picture will be in the
nature of an instructional film,
with Horton playing a Pine
hurst course and pausing on his
journey to give aid to players
he will find in difficulties.
The Pathe crew here is
among the best known in this
country in the field of making
sports pictures, and during the
past few years have covered a
vast field of activities.
Mr. Walsh came here from
Sun Valley, Idaho, where with
other members of the Pathe
R. K. O. staff he made a ski
short.
| Among the sportscopes which
these experts have made are
“Pennant Chasers,” on big
league baseball, taken in Chi
cago, Pittsburgh, Boston and
New York; “Aquapoise,” taken
at Miami Beach, covering aqua
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College Musicians in
Mid Pines Concert Today
This afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
the Civic Club of Southern Pines
will present heads of the Music
department of Flora Macdonald
College in a musical program
in the Mid Pines Club.
Dean Eberly will appear as
pianist* Miss Estelle Cooney, so
prano, will sing and Mrs.
ram Robeson will play the violin.
There will also ’ be exhibitions
of the Highland Fling dances
and other solo numbers. ,
; The Civic Club members cor
dially invite cottagers and ho
tel guests to attend this un
usual musical. Admission is 50
cents, -
IMPROVEMENTS TO
POLO FIEDS RErI
PLANNED BY HEADS
Donald J. Ross , and Frank
Maples Confer, With Merrill
Fink and Earl Shaw; Present
Field t# be Moved and Made
over.
Donalfl J. Ross and Frank
Maples, who know as much as
any two men in the South about
making playing fields for. out
door sports, . spent yesterday
morning with Earl Shaw and
Merrill T^ink inj a preliminary
survey for the purpose of im
proving the, Pinehurst polo
fields.
Great interest has been cre
ated in polo in Pinehurst this
season, and Mr. Shaw and Mr.
Fink were pleased that Mr.
Ross had volunteered the serv
ice of his, department in the
necessary work of reconstruct
ing the fields so that next year
players and spectators and
ponies will obtain added enjoy
ment from the thrilling sport.
After meeting at the Coun
try Club, Mr. Ross, Mr. Maples,
Mr.. Shaw and Mr. Fink visited
the fields and discussed means j
of making improvements. ,
The field upon which the
games are now being _ played
does not present a level sur
face. There is a rise in the
southeastern corner and the goal
posts at the east end are lo
cated on a low spot which de
tracts from a proper view of ac
tion in this portion of the field.
It is likely that the field will
be moved north forty yards, and
by cutting down the surface in
the southeastern section and
filling the south center portion
that a level field of full size
will be produced. A firmer foot
ing for the ponies will be ac
complished by seeding.
Mr. Ross and Richard S.
Tufts, president of Pinehurst
Inc., have both expressed a de
sire to follow suggestions of
Mr. Shaw and Mr. Fink for the
improvement of the fields, and
it appears likely that an appro
priation for this work will be
made.
PINEHURST POLOISTS
WIN GAME WITH N.Y AC.
BEFORE GREAT THRONG
Pinehurst’s crack polo team
accomplished three noteworthy
objects Sunday afternoon on the
No. 2 polo field: Defeated the
high-powered New York Ath
letic Club polo team for their
eleventh straight victory of the
season, established the fact that
polo really belongs on the Sand
hill sport- calendar and brought
over 300 automobiles through
the gate for a record crowd of
fans e^er witnessing polo in
this part of Dixieland.
The quality of Sunday’s game
was tops and the enthusiasm
registered by the crowd of 1000
or more struck a nervous pitch
note when the first ball went
into play, and maintained that
pace straight through to the
end of the game, when the
time-keeper’s bell rang out
“finis” as the announcer said,
“And Pinehurst wins witha
score of 8 goals to 5.” A num
ber. of persons at the game/
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S. Y. RAMAGE
NORWEGIANS REPORT
RECAPTURE OF NARVIK,
LANDING OF BRITISH
; f ' v , » r :
German Radio Broadcasts Warn
ing That Lighthouses and
Signal Fires Along South
.Coast of Sweden Extinguished;
Rumania Bars Exports of
Wheat,
STOCKHOLM, April 15.—4P>:
—Norwegian military headquar-|
ters tonight announced the re
capture of Narvik, Arctic ore
port, with the aid of British
naval units, . and said British
marines and soldiers had landed
at ! several Norwegian coastal
por$s with new artillery! and
complete equipment.
These units had been joined
by the Norwegians, the an
nouncement said, and a great
number i of Norwegian pilots,
grounded because of lack of war
planes, havev b^en attached to
the British naval forces.
(A British broadcast, heard in
New York yesterday, quoted
Swedish sources as saying that
the Germans at Nhrvik had
fallen into the hands of the
Norwegian army, and some Ger-'
mans fled as far as the Swedish
border, where they were dis
armed and interned. The Ger
man radio last night broadcast
a warning to navigators that all
lighthouses and signal fires
along the southern coast of
Sweden had been extinguished, j
No immediate explanation was
available as to why a neutral
state should darken its coast).
QUISLING RESIGNS
OSLO, April 15.—(ff)—The
German controlled Oslo broad
casting station tonight reported
that Major Vidkun Quisling had
resigned as prime minister of
the puppet government and had
been replaced by Province Gov
ernor Ingolf JSlster Christensen.
Quisling was made chief of mo
bilization.
BANS WHEAT EXPORTS
BUCHAREST, April 15.—(iP)
—Rumania tonight banned tern-1
porarily all exports of whe&t to j
Germany and other foreign buy
ers, saying that the year’s wheat
crop was insufficient to meet
even Rumania’s needs.
WEATHER
Partly cloudy, warmer on the
coast Tuesday. Wednesday most
ly cloudy,' probably showers in
west portion.
Death of Pennsylvanian Occurs in Duke
University Hospital; Heart
Attack Cause
MILLARD H. TURNER/
HOTEL OPERATOR, DIES
IN SOUTHERN PINES
Formerly Connected With the
Holly Inn, in 1912 Joined A. I.
Creamer in Management of
Highland Pines; Born at Broad
Cove, Me.
Millard Henry Turner, 58
years old, a prominent hotel op
erator in this section for many
years, died in his home on Wey
mouth Heights Sunday evening
at 7:30 after an illness of six
months^. ' He had been in de
clining health for the last sev
eral years.
Mr. Turner was bom at
Broad Cove, Me., in 1882, the
son of the late Frank and Laura
Turner, and moved to this sec
tion in 1903 when he. became
connected with the Holly Inn
iafp Pinehurst. In 1912 he join
lei with the iate Andrew I.
%reamer in the management of
the Highland Pines W, a con
nection he still held at the time
of his death..
In the earlier days of his ho
tel .career he was affiliated with
the St. James Hotel in Wash
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STATE INHERITANCE
TAX NOT TO BE LEVIED
ON RESORT RESIDENTS
Official of Department Writes
Reassuring Reply to Letter
From Richard S. Tufts, Fol
lowing Spreading of Rumors.
Officials of the inheritance
tax division of the state reve
nue department, Raleigh, have
notified Richard S.’ Tufts, presi
dent of Pinehurst Inc., that the
state of North Carolina, has “n0
greed for inheritance t^xes,”
and would make no claim if
there was substantial evidence
that at the time of death the
residence, was in some other
state.
Mr. Tufts communicated with
the Commissioner of Revenue
when it was brought to his at
tention that there were rumors
abroad that North Carolina
might endeavor to collect in
heritance taxes from residents
of mid-south resorts. The de
partment answer indicates that
this state wishes to encourage
winter residents, and has. no in
tention whatever to attempt to
impose inheritance taxes on per
. sons who claim other states as
| permanent residence.
, The letter to Mr. Tufts says:
“You are probably aware of
the fact that no set rule that;
can be applied in every case af
fecting residence, has been es
tablished by the courts of the
United States. I will say, how
ever, that the average person
claims only one place of .resi
dence, and in the past it has
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!
Oil City Magnate Developed His
Own Companies, Which Later
Were Sold to Rockefeller In
terests; Winter Resident Here:
28 Years.
TIN WHISTLE MEMBER
Samuel Young Ramage, who
would have been 87 years old j
on July 3, died at 7:40 5P. Mi
last night in the Duke Univer^ *
sity Hospital from a heart at
tack. 1
i s
Mr. Ramage had been the first 1
citizen of Oil City and of north-* |
western Pennsylvania for. half a: 1
century, and for more < than * ■ |
years had been a winter res!*- |
dent in Pinehurst, where he |
lived in his cottage* The Deodars*. I
Six weeks ago Mr. Ramage i
[entered the Duke Hospital, and
his daughter, Mrs. Charles Ham
ilton Maddox, who has been
resident in the family home here,
had expected that,; her. father
would be able to returp to Pine
hurst within a short time; ? He*
had rallied from the ailment'
which caused him to enter tha
hospital. • - . *
Mr. Ramage was born in 185$
in New Brighton, Pennsylvania,,
and from a* humble beginning in
the business world rose to be- /
come one of the great leaders
in the oil industry in the United
States, developing his own com
panies' in the Pennsylvania
fields, which he later' sold to
the Standard Oil Company. Ha
was one of the men who aided
in the development of Standard.
Oil to world power, ^
His intense activity in many*
business interests did not pre
vent Mr. Ramage from taking
an active part in the worth
while civic affairs of his city
and state and his friends in
Pinehurst declared that he had
“devoted his life to public serr
vice.” ‘ '
Mr. Ramage was an enthu
siastic sportsman, and fen joyed'
golf and hunting. He was also
an art collector, and as recently
as Washington’s birthday was
responsible for having a por
trait of George Washington,
from his collection^ exhibited at
the Carolina Hotel.
It was golf that first brought
Mr. Ramage to Pinehurst. He
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Blind Bogey Contest
Today at Country Club :J
A blind bogey competition for
ladies and men will be held at
^he Pinehurst Country Club to
day. Players may enter at the^
shop. A fee of fifty cents will
be charged, and any one of the
courses may be played.
Blind bogey at the Country-;
Club yesterday resulted in at
four way tie between P. W~
Thomson, George T. Dunlap Jr.**,
C. R. Scott and W. H. B. 'Ward,
with 66 net.
Second low net was B. L.
Tyrrel, 89-20—69. High net was
won by Geo. D. Murphy*, with;