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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17

"Your signal" Judy said gently,
as a bugle sounded.
I'm off," she answered. Head
first, feet after, on her back. The
wind tore her breath from her. She
hadn't realized such current was
in the air today. No wonder the
men had needed more gas. Well.
she must pull the rip cord.
But her hand didn't want to
work. It felt curiously numb. That
was odd. All of her life it had
worked-playing the piano, grad
ing papers, wiping dishes. And they
weren't at al. important. But this
was. This was life, or maybe death.
The world below was jumping
up to meet her. She was hurtling
through space and her hand
wouldn't work!
Then the cloudy wisps Of MEM
ory cleared away and the merciless,
stark truth stared her in the face.
She was going to crash If that
parasol on he4 Chute didn't blossom
out instantly. She put both hands
on it and pulled. The numbless
broke. The great balloon began to
open. ..-..4,.s ..a...~. -.
She was supported by the drift
Of the wind. She glanced down and
shuddered at the nearness Of the
earth. In one second more, or at the
most five. it might have been too
late. 4 "a
She was still and frightened, yet
the danger die not seem to be q
visible thing. She had come
through. New horizons
She wasn't quite conscious when
she reached the ground. She knew
that people were removing her par
achute and she heard the anr1ou1c-
er's voice explaining the impor-
tance Of her jump as though she
had waited SO long on purpose.
She came back to reality. Oh,
that was good! Bob would never
know what had happened to her.
He would think that she had tried
a daredevil stunt. Il,
When Jack and Bob reached her,
she was standing erect, her face a
I.little white, but perfectly con-
|'trolled. She smiled at them.
Hello" Bob said briefly.
"Hello. I didn't expect such a
famous audience"
7 "Why did you take such a
chance? 2" Jack asked. Don't you
know better than that 2" He began
to lecture.
Bob hadn't spoken after that first
! greeting. It was Jack who was in
terested in her danger. Not-not
Bob. . -.
But suddenly Bob's voice spoke
with such swiftness it was almost
harsh. ... Ii. a.
"Chance? Good grief. man, didn't
so see what happened? She had
jumpers paralysis for a moment.
She couldn't open the blamed
thing"
She hadn't meant to admit #, but
her eyes were filed with surprise at
his understanding as she looked ct
him.. - .argss 80. Il H..
Suddenly Bob seized her by the
shoulders and began to shake her,
(To be Continuedl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
BLUE SOX TAKE
SOFTBALL CONTEST

The Henderson Blue Sox, a Negro
team, whipped the Henderson White
Sox Saturday afternoon at Hender-
son Institute Field Is to 7.
The Blue Sox will play Raleigh
team here Wednesday at 5 o'clock
on the Institute fell, Willie Clay,
manager of the team said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
Cotton Trend
Still Lower

New York, July 17.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened one to five points
lower on Bombay selling of October
positions and general commission
house liquidation. Prices declined
four to eight points in the first hour.
October was off eight at 8.71, and
March was six lower at 8.31.
Prices recovered a few points, and
around midday the market was un-
changed to five points lower. Oc-
tober was off five at 074.
Futures closed unchanged to seven
pointc lower. midd1ing SDOt 958
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
Rockies Win
Over Pilot

Greystone Rockies whipped Pilot
Saturday 8 to O., and then came
back Sunday to score a 9 to 6 victory
over the same nine in Tri-County
league contests before large crowds.
Byrd was in rare form IN the Sat
urday contest, allowing just three
safeties. He walked two men.
3 Fiemster pitched the Sunday VIC
tory, giving up eight hits. His mates
committed five errors.
Paris hit a home run Tor Pilot IN
Sundays contest.
The boxes:
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

CHAPTER. THIRTY-NINE
so THE AUTUMN flights be-
gan. And in the excitement Of the
transforming, Sarah Anne forgot
the moment that school opened the
second week in September.
It was brought to her attention
forcibly. Judy was waving a news
paper as she came into the Victoria
hotel the leading hostelry Of a
small county seat.
watch the crowds pour in to-
day." Judy said cheerfully. "Look!"
Sarah Anne accepted the paper,
thinking that the fair press agent
had thought of a clever peg on
which to hang new story. Then
her eyes widened.
She didn't see her face or Judy's
or an airplane. She saw a row Of
little children, carrying placards,
marching. There was Bobbie Miller.
And Betty Jane Fuller and Ethel
Newton and Her eyes were dewy
and star-bright when she finished
the story. The children, promoted
to third grade at her old building,
had asked for her as their teacher,
and gone on strike with placards
written in their childish scrawl.
I'VE won't go to school until
Miss Melton comes back. We want
Miss Melton"
The letters struggled. The SPELL
ing wasn't right. But the children
loved her. They hadn't forgotten
that story telling hour around the
fireplace in the church reading
room, or the pageants in which she
had coached them. Suddenly she
was homesick. She wanted to enter
q classroom, close a brown door.
and open green doors and red doors
and yellow doors Of magic to a
room Of children. Only she couldn't.
Never again.
But the picture in the paper went
with her to the assembly ground
that afternoon. It stayed in the
back Of her mind as she put on her
own white flying suit and attended
to her parachutes.
She felt tired. She wondered II
she had been straining herself too
much lately. But that was foolish.
Anyone could slide out Of a ship.
There was nothing to it. Once she
had skinned her knee, but that
might have happened by humping
into a chair in the dark or slipping
on a banana peel.
She wished there was someone
to whom she could talk. Someone
besides Judy. Judy was intuitive.
She had been attempting to shorten
the: schedule. And Judy wasn't
happy. She had a habit Of ssan.
ming every field as though she
might catch sight Of tanned face
and sum burned hair. But Jack did
not come. nor did he write.
It was unusually warm and the
band was playing unusually loud.
The, smell Of buttered popcorn was
filling the air and the sun was
sending its beams straight down.
She would be glad when this jump
was over. ag....s ..
The ship took off. Judy hau re-
moved the cabin door in order to
facilitate that escape into space.
The announcer was busy with his
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Stocks Bound
Up Rapidly

New York, July 17.-(AP)-En-
couraged by revival of business op-
timism and lessening of foreign wor-
ries,, buyers swept into the stock
market today and bid up leaders one
to more than seven points, number
of new highs for the year. Dealings
moved up with prices, transfers for
the five hours approximating l,7OO,-
600 shares, one of the largest volumes
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
u. S. to Beat Germany
At South Pole
lContintIed From Hage Onel

dense population, but it even has
some cities, like Archangel and
Haparanda, huddled as close to Bor-
can pole as there's any terra firma'
to build them on.
But the South Pole is in the mid
die Of regular continent-big, too.
And they say it has valuable min
eral resources.
That's why Germany is planning
to send q bunch Of colonists down
to occupy some of it in the name of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
Grand Jury Gets
Harlan Coal Cases
fContinued From Page One3

court Willie Fee, one of those. who
signed warrants against the 260 de-
PENDANTS. He was arrested later in
the fatal shooting of a union miner.
Carter said Fee, non-union
miner, had been beaten in Jail and
would attempt to identify his at
tackers.
Meanwhile, the miners awaited
eagerly the result of peace confer
ence at Knoxville, Tenn, between re-
presentatives of the Harlan Coal Op-
orators Association and the United
Mine Workers, a CIO union.
And a vacationist is a fellow who
takes snapshots to prove he had the
good time he wishes he, had had.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
Is
Golfers Foe

West End Country Club will play
Louisburg at Louisburg "Wednesday
afternoon in an inter-city match.
Henderson nipped Louisburg here
in a previous meeting, and will at
tempt to make it two in a row when
they visit Green Hill course.
AS many local golfers as possible
have been urged to attend the meet
ing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17

Summary: Runs batted in: Fiem-
ster 2; Winstead 4; Peoples 2; Terrell
Two base hits: Winstead, Morris
Fiemster. Three base hits: Poole
Haywood. Home run: Paris. Double
plays. Greystone 3; Pilot /. Base on
balls: off Fiemster l; Benton 3; Alb
bott 3. Hit by pitcher: by Abbott (3).
Losing pitcher Abbott. Time of
game 1:55. Umpires: Ross and Mat
theWs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
NATInNAL LEAGUE

st. Louis 8; New York l..
Philadelphia 3-3; Pittsburgh IT.
J Boston 3-4; Cincinnati O-3:
Chicago 90; Brooklyn 2-4.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati at Boston.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at New York
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
Atmosphere Is
Cleared by Premier

Continued From Page One)
Minister Hachiro Arita and British
Ambassador Sir Robert Leslie Graf
gle, scheduled for today, was post
poned to allow for London's reply
to Craigie's report on the opening
session Saturday
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PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Charlotte 5; Durham 2.
Asheville IL; Winston-Salem U.
Norfolk IL; Portsmouth 3.
Rocky Mount 4; Richmond l.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17

Four-H Club camps will be be-
tween now and September, as
thousands Of farm boys and girls
throng these places for week of
education and recreation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
TodqI!BGd1:1IlI'es
CITY LEAGUE.


CITY LEAGUE.
PurOl VS. Rose.
Gro-SWift VS., KiWanis.
(TomOrrOW.)
PurOl VS. Bankers.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Charlotte at Portsmouth.
Norfolk at Durham
Asheville at Rocky Mount
Winston-Salem at Richmond.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington at Chicago.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
Boston at Detroit.
New York at Cleveland.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston 9-3; Detroit 20
New York 5-8; Cleveland 2-3
Chicago 3-6; washington 2-7s .
ST. Louis 1875; Phiiladelphll!a ~?
Second game called 18th, darkness
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into the vestry with the clergyman
and gives him the envelope con-
tanning the fee, which the bride
groom has previously given him.
Meanwhile the others are walking
out of the church.
6. Is it necessary for the bride
and groom to exchange gifts?
Answer: 1t is expected that the
bridegroom give the bride the
loveliest present he can possibly
afford. But IL he can't afford it,
it is not necessity. 1t is never
necessary that she give him one,
but she may, of course, IL she can
and wants to.
7. Is 1t necessary to write thank
you notes to members of our fam
lily for wedding gifts, or is just
thanking them personally suffi-
cient?
Answer: 1t Is not necessary to
write notes to those you have seen
alone and have thanked at length.
But to say thank you hurriedly
first to one and then to another
in a general group is not suffi-
cient. To these last you should
write notes, too. and also to those
to whom YOU have said thank YOU
at the reception.
Mote: This QUESTIONABLE will
be concluded in tomorrow's COL
umn.)
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Good Taste Today

ally help. For example, the list is
divided and each takes a portion
of the alphabet. The invitations
are posted three weeks before
large wedding and about two
weeks before a small one.
3. When do the bride and groom
give their attendants their gifts?
Answer: The bridegroom gives
his best man and ushers their pres
ents at the bachelor dinner. Other
wise, he gives them after the
rehearsal. The bride gives her
bridesmaids their presents after
the rehearsal, or whenever she
happens to see them day or so
before the yedding. In addition to
his goodbye gifts, the groom also
gives the men their ties and gloves,
too, IL they are to be worn.
4. II our mothers wear long, but
not extremely formal dresses, do
they have to wear gloves?
Answer: Yes-whether dresses
are long or short.
5. When are the minister and
the organist paid for their serv-
ices?
Answer: You pay the organist
afterwards. The best man fees the
clergyman Immediately after the
service. The best man goes back
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With Short Hair And A Good Permanent
ANY Woman Can Be Her Own Hairdresser
BY ALICIA HART
NEA Service staff Writer

MN -fTNtef staff WHIT
IF HER hair !. short enough and
her new permanent wave good
enough, there's no reason why any
woman-except one whose hands
are "all thumbs" cannot rear
range her couture between visits
to the hsirdresser. or, for that
matter. wash and set II herself
occasionally when she's far from a
beauty shop. or even when the idea
OF sitting under a drier on a hot
day Is Just too much to consider.
GOOD RESULTS
COME WITH PRACTICE
NATURALLY, she can't expect
to create a new hair-do for
herself or, after a home set and
shampoo. have her curls and waves
~ handsome as they become at
the hands OF an experienced oper-
stor. But, with n few little curriers',
= comb with a tail on one end of
1t, and q good hairnet, she can do
pretty well at that. Especially in
\ season when It's smart to look
comfortably and casually turned
out.
For the not-too-large girl whose
features are not heavy. a baby"
colffure cannot be beat. And It's
an easy. one to do at home. The
hair II cut until II il about two
inches long all over the head, then
4 Extraordinarily permanent is
given. Afterward, tiny ringlets are
arranged. When dry, these are
brushed upward. then cosxed back
into loose curls by brushing over
the finger.
For a CASUAL but slightly more
dlgnified hair-do, looser perms-
nent Is advised. The top Of the
hair Is left flat and unwaved. The
ends are finished In soft curls.
YOUR HAIRDRESSER
WILL HELP YOU
THE thing to do. of course, Is
to be quite frank with the
man who cuts your hair and gives
you a permanent. Tell him that
you intend to set your own hair
now and then during the summer
months. Tell him just how good
you are at pushing waves into
place, winding up struggling ends,
or just how awkward. Ask him
to spend ten minutes showing and
teaching you how to find where
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BY Emily Post
A WEDDING QUESTIONABLE

A WEDDING QUESTIONNARE
Dear Mrs. Post: Will you please
answer the following wedding
questions which l have listed brief
ly for your convenience, and for
the sake of others who may want
to know about the same thing.
/. ta) Do 1 have to wear gloves
to be correct? tb) II so. do the
bridesmaids and maid of honor
have to wear them also?
Answer: ta) No. Especially IL
you are carrying flowers. (b)
Same answer.
2. How soon before the wedding
do we send the invitations Who
addresses them?
Answer: Those who can easily
afford 1t send the complete list to
a professional social secretary who
has the envelopes addressed,
stamped and mailed. This Is espe-
cially necessary II the wedding is
to include many hundreds of
guests. When the wedding is very
small, members OF the brides fam
lily can easily manage this prepa-
ration themselves. But IL the we'd
ding list is long and the budget
limited. friends Of the family usu-
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MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of correct
pocial image by snswering the
Following questions. then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
!. II q girl Introduces you to a
man she has talked about 4 great
deal. should you say. I've heard
- much about you!
:. n you return to . store to
buy an article previously shown
you there, should you try to find
tia sAles person who waited ON
you originally,
:. What should you do IL you
arrive At = reception and find you
Do not know the person At the
lead Of the receiving linef
=. II you are riding in friends
ear and you think he il driving
too fast. should you protest.
5. Should = man tell = girl he
knows well that her slip IL show
ing.
What would you do IT,
Someone leaves Z telephone
number for you to call. but neg
Iscts to leave the name. Would
you
I'd Call the number. give your
name and ask II anyone left q
message for you TO call!
tb) Call the number and when
the telephone II answered say.
who u this ?"
(c) Call the number and when
the telephone 10 answered say
WHO wanted to speak to Bill
Drown?"
ANSWERS
/. No.
I. Yes. II II b anything at all
oxpensive.
3. Introduce yourself.
I. Not unless he IL deliberately
showing off.
8. Yes.
Best ~what Would You Do" %
lution-ta).
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The oldest girl Ii strong. large. full
Of life and very pretty. she thinks
at Is she IL old enough to 90 out
some.
We have TO watch her all the
time for fear of her running away
from home to be with some boys.
She Ia forbidden to leave the house
or let boys come In the yard.
Either her father or have to stay
at home all the time to watch her.
She Ia very resentful and makes
II very hard for U.s. She says she
IN nothing but 4 prisoner in solitary
confinement. She does not like the
farm. but likes her school and has
very good grades. How do you adj
wise handling this girly will APP
preciate your advice very much.
sTEP-MOTHER.
Change your attitude toward
your daughter and her boy
friends and ! think your prob
lem will largely solve itself.
Let the bars down 4 little. let
her invite in both boys and girls
her age. Make your home .
popular gathering place for thess
young folks. Better that they
be there than some place OF
which you disapprove.
think you are making 4 big
mistake In forbidding the boys
TO come near. She should be
allowed to have company occa-
sionslly. To deny her boy friends
and good times Ia sure way to
drive her away from home.
Don't watch her like q hawk.
Have confidence in her and let
her know that you trust her. 1t
will do more than being unreal
sonably strict.
You say that she Ia vivacious
and studious. Perhaps II she
were encouraged to follow a
hobby or interested in the work
she plans to take up after she
finished college. she would not
have 20 much time to think
about the boys.
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The parent who gives In to the
child is well on the way to estab-
fishing the belief in the growing
individual that 1t can get what it
wants in life by being disagreeable
enough.
The parent who strikes the child
or stops the tantrum by forceful
means may develop hysteria and
other emotional complications in
the child. The parent who ignores
the tantrum long enough to estab-
lish its complete unimportance,
then later explains to the child
that tantrums are ineffective, has
taken an intelligent and important
step In effective child training.
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skirt gives slim up-and-down lines.
There's fullness below the front
yoke for the bodice softness you
need. You may want to make
sleeves with "air-coolcd"
slashes. or have straight sleeves
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white or bright color to match the
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of tiny buttons down the waist
viii break up that width across.
Order this pattern today, buy some
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The suggestion and training OF
the parents formulates the early
habits that grow into personality.
The study OF children has revealed
that these habits are formed at
very early age, and that II be-
comes increasingly difficult to
change them as the individual ma
lures along certain set patterns.
The wise parent studies the
elements OF child psychology as a
necessary preparation for parent
hood.
One Of the first truths apparent
to the student of psychology is
that the emotional habits of the
child can be directed into healthy
channels from the start. Failure
to so direct them is as serious as
failure to properly safeguard the
health of the child.
The emotional immaturity that
handicsps the individual in making
adjustments toward happy mar
riage can be blamed on poor start
in life. poor early start. The in
dividual Is largely the product OF
early training.
The child's first demand of the
parent brings the first crisis. The
shape OF the individuals life largely
follows the pattern established ut
this and subsequent crises.
II the child makes an unresson-
able demand and goes into a tan
trum on refusal. the parent has its
first opportunity to contribute
either for good or evil-to the emo
tional development of the individual
entrusted to her care.
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Dear Miss Grey: I zee In your
column the questions and answers
concerning some very hard prob
lens. ]. too. would like your adj
vice.
am the stsp-mother OF a large
family I came into the family
several years ago a. a housekeeper
and for several years ruled over the
children and the household in gen.
eral.
Then their father and I married.
some Of the children are up in their
teens and want young company.
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cHAPTER THTRTY-oNE

III ~ -
Gwen vas seated in Krenzs
plane. the motor idling.
Coming, Elem" she called.
'No-rm stsying-with Rick"
Gwen stared down at her and then
motioned for Leslie to come closer.
They talked for a short time in
low tones. and then Rick suddenly
mounted the step Of the plane and
kissed Gwen full on the lips.
He lesped down and pulled the
shocks from in front of the wheels
and the ship started to roll slowly.
Gwen advanced the throttle and
the motor roared. The ship gath
cred speed and soon was clear OF
the ground. Then 1t zoomed over
the edge Of the canyon wall and
disappeared from sight.
Ellen. leaning against a boul-
der, watched Rick whose eyes
were still on the spot where the
craft had vanished. Slowly, he
turned. his face grave and serious.
We'll, that's that" he COM
mented. II hope they both make
1t without any trouble"
Marvellous Flyer
"Gwen's a marvellous flyer" FL
len murmured. IT didn't have the
slightest fear flying down with
her. and I know it's a pretty trick
landing"
shes quite a girl"
"All OF that. I'm SURE N
sure you'll be very happy"
Leslie stared at her.
II don't quite understand-you
sound as though you were going
away some place"
Il am-when this is finished.
II think I'll 60 to San Fran
cisco to live"
But, why ," Rick was frankly
puzzled.
II couldn't stand it at the
plant. Seeing you every day
and knowing that you belonged to
someone else"
Interrupts Him
"Why-why-" he started, but
she rushed on, interrupting him.
Rick, I've got to tell you. ]
do love you'll guess must have
from the first. hate myself
for what did to you-I was
blind - foolish - silly. When !
found out that I loved you, it was
too late. I've sacrificed every
right to expect you to care for
me. I've made you hate me-"