2Ut births, 110 Deaths j' In City for Year 1939 ! h 14 Traffic Accident Fatalities; 75 Were ! v hits, 35 Colored; Heart Ailmenis Far { I X iead in Causes. • o year 1939 there were - .::'d 1!0 deaths in the city ,:i according to Fred ,.. a." 11 vita! statistics for These figures do not tillbirths. which are en •; c;- births nor deaths, a d today. •r;.: ::o accident deaths aai'd. on'y .-ix ot' which. „ • u..! ly occurred with in ts. the other eight re crashes outside the city v. :i outside the county, i . the total deaths : >• ;i."> colored persons. • v tot;.: were under 12 • ( heart !ed all causes ■ bennjj 22. with pneu . •r.d. at It!. Four deaths were attributed to cancer, three each to homicide and t>» burn:. and only ' two to uibereu'.u: Is. a ct•:a*.e which once led in the cause o: deaths. There was one s.:'cicv. one fatal ' grade crossing accident. and one J death attributed to ar abortion. All|; other cause.* f,!' •; ;'d !'! ct-v-'hs in the city during the year. 1 Statistics were not available for Henderson township outside Hender son. an area which includes about as i many pen pie as the city on>por. Nor' were tin statistic-; obtainable as yet' tor the eight rural Iowumi.;» of the I county outside Henderson Xo ligurcs wvre avn:lab!_• for com parison. with I93w or any • »?!'< ;- year, and whether tJ'.«• births or deaths were more or ic^s in 1M9 could not1 be ascertained. h *1 Stars Point To tvn ami V f T,x ( HARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist .'.v n. Jan. 2.—We have po who reason, as a .:u' «'bserva:ion. with e\tV:\itKV as us l:;>is. lisiit SUdl . * l*such cu ud i * o.avs v.- i I i win elections. 'AY h a v e straw pi • engineers >■: whLh draw ths r t n elusions popular ques aires what j; electoral . i.s ills are likely to •v. Now we have A'ljy to ci > cur i- '.icm* ..i . t reckoning Kjo-evclt ;'ur .»?. Astrology Mag* . y v-. o is out with a :> recast. _y , ught ti> :)e the "dead . .dual guessers often I:: U'lT. guessers. on one • ■ther. are bound to be <..y They're int'u • >■ respective wishfulness. have been misleading. . >! I: they say that a par is due to triumph in v.; .ipaign. how can he ima beatenV It would knock • -vilar system into a cock- | >». Editor Paul G. Clan-I ■ American Astrology Mag- j :->ue> that the heavens are, or cent dependable. They; thai so-and-so is probable, ] u«.»r.'t bet on it. • -.rv altogether agree with i • : c prognosticators. •i'joscvolt or Wheeler? -ays Editor Clancy. a!:y f a v o r President third term. But sup the stars, refusing ..vat'onV That would be :.4 : r he stars. Still, they • a choice—Senator Bur This would be punk! Garner. but that isn't nstellations are anti Xr .eratic vice presidency • gambling on Attorney : y Murphy has said he -:i::'phy to buck the stars' V.,:»tlenberg and Dewey. publican ticket the stars Arthur H. Vandenberg E. Dewey. Straw polls aci ■■! Vandenberg, but '. p., of Jupiter. Saturn b-erves Editor Clancy, Yandenberg i?s the man the New Deal might death blow, or at least a ■ -a!.* ■' . even farther than that American Astrology's • * that President Roose " r.sn for a third term, we ^hall expect a Republican victory, with the ptobabiy winning candi dates Yanderoerg and Dewty.' Too Much Michigan. Now. Republican politicians don't anticipate .1 Vandt-nberg and IVwev i ticket. | Vandenberg is a Michigatidt/. ! Dewey, by present residence, is a ; New Yorker, bat he's a native of Michigan. This. ; xpe. ls calculate is | too much Wolverine. They'd be fa vorable to Vandenbeig and Repre sentative Martin o: New Kngland. for instance, or to Senator Taft of Ohio and Dewey, as his running mate, but they don't want too much of a geo graphical concentration. ri: . is politicians' dope. The stars are left entirt ly out ot consid eration. Astrology points to: Republicanly: \"andenberg and Dewey. Democratically: Roosevelt or Wheeler—and some body. Who'd be the secondary Demo »iv;tic candidate would be is a pro . . Certainly not John X. Garner. I'.'a a problem for the stars. W. C. BALL IS GIVEN LOCK-JAW TREATMENT W. C. Ball, about 28. Vance coun ty farmer, is receiving treatment at Granville Hospital, Oxford for lock jaw which lesulted from an injured thumb. Mr. Ball entered the hospital last Wednesday and has since been given tetanus treatment, his physician, Dr. W. N. Thomas said. Dr. Thomas said he understood Mr. Ball struck his thumb with a hammer about 20 days ago. Tetanus developed following a hunting trip by Mr. Ball. Leaves for Wofford. Hugh Reavir. son of Rev. and Mrs. B. C. Reavis. left yesterei: y for Spar tanburg. S. C'.. wheiv lu i.- attending school at Wofford colk-go. He is a member of the sopho.i/.» f •- XII breaks precedent of 70 years standing by calling on King Emmanuel of Italy in Rome to ask his cooperation in seeking : iif) peace. Here Crown Princess Marie Jose kneels to ki:;s the * r"ig. Queen Helena and Crown Prince Umberto stand near her, while the king is at right. Photo cabled from Rome. ^ress Photograph Group Plans State Grid Dinner Feb. 4 Raleigh. Jan. 2.—Governor Hoey ias a date to have his ears whacked, le plans to be one of the prominent juests at the first annual North Carolina Gridiron Party which the rarolinus Press Photographers' As ociation is cooking up for February rth in Raleigh. The dinner is to be ollowed by a program of lampoon ng skits in which, the press photog raphers say. the current political situation in North Carolina will be reated in a "light-hearted" manner, inside dope is that Governor Hoey. is impersonated by some anonymous jerformcr. will be the star of the how. The state-wide gridiron party is i new departure for North Carolina. The affair will be a subscription din ner. hut tickets are lor sale only ic a selected list oi 200 persons most , frequently in the newsman's lens. The Carolines Press Photograph ers' Association is an organization oj about 35 cameramen who make pic tures for publication. Jake Houston of Charlotte, is the president. The gridiron dinner is in charge of i committee composed of Hill Shr.rpe ; chairman, Buddy Mears, Fred C'ohn all of Raleigh, and Don Becker, o I Durham. U. S. Objects To Seizures of Its Mai (Continued From Poee One) be a clear violation of the immunit; provided by The Hague cenvcntior "The United States governmen , feels compel!''.'] to .• :••'!:«• vigorou protest against the i • outline above, and to ex pic.. the hope thr it will receive r.-'i ly ,i urancos tha they are being discontinued." I he Real Dangers of Thumb-Sucking By MHiAM CLt.MJKNING, M. D. Are there any real dangers from thumb-sacking in chil dren? Yes. Orthodontists learned by ex perience that living bone must be looked on as soft and the bones of the jaw, especially in children, are no exception to this. Not only thumb-sucking, but a great many other apparently innocent habits may cause deformity of the jaw and and teeth. I have seen a case of a child who slept with the thumb pressed against the upper jaw inside the mouth, with the result that the up Dr. Clendening will answer questions of general interest only, and then only through his column. per front teeth were pulled forward and the lower front teeth were pushed backward—a bad case of malocclusion. Sleeping habits may change the contour of the jaw in childhood. Habitually sleeping on the stomach, or worse, with the hand, fist, wrist or arm under the jaw, is enough to produce a dental or facial deformity. In later life not only the teeth but the wide, stubby thumb, totally unlike its mate, may betray the former thumb-sucker. The habit should certainly be broken, although exactly how depends on the child's disposition and other factors. Each case is individual. Why Prunes Are Sc Popular What are the nutritional ad vantages of primes and whit makes them so popular? This question would indicate that we have passed Christmas and New Year's—that we are beyond the holiday period of luxurious eating and are preparing to return to nor malcy. Prunes may not be univer sally popular, but they are valuable -Hetary items. i)~23d fruits are preserved fruits that have lully ripened on trie tree or vine; only the water is removed in drying and their food value is concentrated in proportion to the moisture evaporated. A pound of dried fruits equals several pounds of fresh fruit, both in bulk and I food value. Prunes, therefore, have I good roughage value. They contain . vitamins A, B and G. They also have essential minerals, such as calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, copper and sul phur. They have, of course, nutri tional value. Two prunes and two tablespoonfuls of juice constitute 100 calories. All these qualities suffice to ex plain why they are popular with the housewife. Besides which they are among the most economical of all breakfast fruits. Hazards of Low Blooa Pressure IF." at are the dangers of ten* blood pressure and what shvuld be done about it? Low blood pressure is not nearly so serious as high blood pressure. Insurance statistics indicate that low blood pressure adds materially to one's expectation of life after the age of 25, but it is likely to take a good deal of the joy out -of life, the ! most prominent symptom being weakness. A period of low blood pressure frequently follows after an infectious disease-. After the in fluenza epidemic o£ IfilS insurance examiners found an increasing num ber of applicants with low blood pressure. The best treatment is to increase the weight and general nutrition. EDITOR'S NOTE: Dr. Clendening has seven pamphlets which can be obtained by readers. Each pamphlet sells i'or 10 cents. For any one pamphlet desired, send 10 cents in coin, and a self-addressed envelope stamped with a three-cent stamp, to Dr. Logan Clendening, in care of this paper. The pamphlets are: "Three We^kc' 9•dur ing Diet", "Indigestion andCw.." "Reducing and Gaining", Vii\ '.•eeci ing", "Instruction-, fir t> • -.nt of Diabetes", "Feminine Hlfc1:. r.U "The Cere of the Hair and Sfc'n". Seeing Their Miracle Baby JJri k^r/'nf" Alitharn Ricka,,d, Of North Scituate, R. I., see their baby fvio'ti-oc rri >ecem')er 9» for the first time. A six-month, 33-ounce infant, • 0 2ne 9^ance ln fifty of surviving and has been kept # or in Providence Homeopathic Hospital since birth. She subsists on coat's milk and brandy. (Central Press) Aoah Numskuu, PE-AR NOAHaSHOULD A MAN use. a safety /VSATCH to look, in mis GAS TANK AT NIGHT "7 a E »UXNAW SHEuV, N O DEAR NOAM-IN COLD weatmer., Do the: Cliff DWELLERS HOVER. AROUND THE MOUNTAIN PANSE3 AMIS- C..C. BAuaA* — NOAM" IIS G«iRf. 'THIS PAPE«. WRITTEN KOK AM' CENTUM, I SifJfarie ah CHAPTER FORTY THERE HAD BEEN' a note from Ellen on Fabienne's dressing table when she came in with Christine Parsons. I "A meeting will keep me at the I house until seven, so I'll have a bite to eat down there and see you be fore the play," Elien had written. j When Chris finished her recital with the dramatic announcement * of her intention to kidnap her own s child, Fabienne said, "You need a 1 rest, Chris. There won't be anyone t in the apartment until much later t tonight. Let me put you to sleep in my room. I'll give you some "tea and you can sleep. In the morning, we'll see what plans we can make." "I have them all made," Chris said in that quiet tone of finality she had used a moment, before. "Your being a nurse at the hospital makes the plan perfect." "I'm not a nurse, Chris," Fa bienne said gently. "I'm only a vol unteer social worker." "But they know you and trust you," Chris persisted. "Oh, Chris, don't you see that this is madness?" "Madness for a mother to want her child?" No, that was not madness. It would be mad for the mother of a blue-eyed angel like little .Sonny Parsons NOT to want him. But everything else the driven girl before her said was madness. There was madness ir the dilated pupils of her eyes, in the taut, drawn expression that whitened the corners of her nose. Her voice was suddenly tender. "He's so little," she said. "And so like Larry! I've dreamed about him every night for all these two years. I taught him to say ma-ma when he was only a year old. When I went into the hospital *.o see him, he looked at me and I know he knew me. I stayed at the hospital one night and then I had to go be cause I didn't want Mr. Parsons to know I was there. I was auaid he'd take him away at once." Fabienne said, "Come, Chris, you can have a nice cup of tea and you'll rest better." The little Persian kitten climbed into Chris' lap. She petted it, with out being aware of what she was doing, and went on talking in a far away voice. "Larry will come back. I cabled him. But he can't get here before his father has got the baby on a boat and far away where I can never get him again." "He'll come back," Fabienne said soothingly. "And then you'll fix things up." "I'm going to fix things up my self. At midnight," she said stolidly, but she got up, urged by the gentle pressure of Fabienne's hands be neath her el hows. She went into the bedroom and allowed Fabienne to take o;'f her hat and her shoes, but she wouldn't let her remove her dress until Fa j. bienne said it would be too mussed to appear in. At last she permitted its removal, but she would not al low her to take it from her sight. She said, "Fab, remember when we were kids and we used to talk how nice it would bo to have a mother like Wicky?" Mrs. Wickford was the house j mother at Miss Maidstone's school for Little Girls, where Chris and j Fabienne. long-legged sprites of seven and eight, had first met. Mrs. Wickford was broad-bosomed and had a touch that soothed the pains of the young, both mental and phy sical. "Then we used to say how pretty our mothers were, as if their being pretty made up for all the things we didn't have." How well Fabienne remembered the fierce loyalty that covered hurts that were never healed. They Christina Ii:mJ tied. wore children of divorce, she and Chris. It had been tli -ir fir.st bond. "My little boy is not going to, wish no had a mother like ;i house' mother in school. I'm going to be his mother! He's mine and Larry's, j He needs us both." Fabicnne went info the bathroom, looked in the medicine closet and I found some sleeping tablets. Bill I had given them to her when she ] was ill and overwrought. He said they were harmless and guaranteed to put a patient to sleep for ten or twelve hours. She dissolved one in half a glass of water and brought it back to Chris. • "Drink it," she said. Chris drank it obediently and j leaned back against the pillows. | Fabicnne drew a blanket over her. Chris caught at her hand. "Later; you'll help me, Fabienne?" Fabienne said, "Try to fall asleep now, Chris." Later she meant to bring Bill back after the Hay and have him look at Chris. "There's one thing more. You mustn't think badlv of Liny." "I wouldn't dream of it," Fabj said dryly, wishing she cor!! r. ' her h°ii::s on Larry Parson?, who had let his wife i* f« r all the rigony of 11;e last few years. "Larry's weak. He's poetic, he isn't bad. You do :'t know how strong-willed bbl lull1 :■ is. I could always do nyti.ing I v.intod wiili i him until v got !ii■ 11 avay until thev—" she dropped suddenly Into sleep. She was safe until ' he dawn. I anyway, Febicnne hoped. "lancing at the clock. She'd ty'.ivly luive 1 time for a r,uicl: I. =.lh, .1 bite !o it, anil she'd have to dress !vrr; "i'y. The play was opening at r i -'it-fif-1 tccn and Camilla Morse. .••< w< 11 as sevcnJ others she had invited,! were coming down to see it. Chris and her troubles led frotr. Fobicnne's mind mor.-.fPtar'ly wh :i .she arrived at tl*-c rt•« ny-nt hou.™? ! and went directly *0 M10 '!)'1 floor.: For this was the ni°!it '• first presentation of th? V.'i'longhby! House P'tyers. a pr> -e? that was j one day to give many ::v• -.i:: n great charactcr actor and a star to Broadway. Backstage, and in tne little; dressing rooms at »•• rr. the hall, Fa ll. : ■ ' • •; I vi: .1 • -a.-ii of her oa;i, I • ■! 1 i: v; I i. fi |;,,w proud she was a: eio. Fabienne is out. to got all si r- ran for her the •••'< r and her v: rious projects. She i.:l me i;i> ! i. i . ■■••k for a bunch of hoys' Jwvjks." Fabii '" .--n'c'-nly remembered Chris, f'. ■ fit id. "Excuse me, I want to loo!: •'<;>• j ir. Mallory." Fill v.a - •at the play; he had an omorgiv.ey opcratirn to per form. An-: .- > .•■lie:: s!ie got home a ' i i 11 o bciore midnight and opened hrr 1 • lroom a.or to find the room cm;*:y she «ii !'t 1:now what to do. Christine had fled! Ellen had ••'.no with Ken and Nicky t<*. tt. ■ :;•!( }• - apartment and !: • sai ! sh" wauld join them there; wanted to lfck in at her own • iaco for a mmvi' it and would drive over in her own ear Her car still wai at the door. Has ily, she pulled off her eve >'y xs and kicked off her san put on a warm woolen ":t, a polo coat and stout shoes. She few downstairs to her car, pravir.g that she would find Chris ."re lie thought rhe was. (To Continued) Red Bomber Down Behind Finnish Lines A Soviet bombing plane, identified by red star, is pictured after it was forced down behind the nnnisn lines in the vicinity of Viborg, key city to Finland. The Finns, with high grade anti-aircraft equipment and a small but crack air force, have downed scores of Russian planes. Wife Preservers RUBBER PAD 8 It is best to put a rubber Dumper w uic kitchen faucet and rubber pad on the drain board to avoid chipping your best china or glass when you are washing it.. Wife Preservers To keep fine lae?s and embroidery from becominig yellow, wrap in rather dark blue tissue paper. Wrap all in a large piece of blue tissue a:xUie_up bo that no light penetrates.;'" Wife Preservers A pas'o o? non juke and sal' or whit n anf) |f-.p i■ ■ <*» will clean ivory knife handles R ;1»: