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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1939. 15 LAST HEU SERVE Nebraska Independent Has Had Colorful Career in Congress Now Aged 78 Mother Admits Killing Son Washington, Dec. 27. VP) Senator George W. Norris (Ind.- Neb.) said today that he would never seek public office again when his present term expires in 1943. The white-haired senator, af ter 37 years in congress, said in an interview: "My work is done. My friends understand, and they won't ask me to run again." Norris has said in previous years he would not run for re election, but he has been re elected anyway. Asked whether he would yield to such urging again, he replied with an em photic "no." Colorful Career He has made or.e of the most colorful careers in congress, and has been the target of vituper ation ns well as high honors and wide commendation. Back in 1917, he was one of little band of senators woo filibustered to death President Wilson's "armed neutrality" bill He voted against Amtrican's en try into the World war and he was denounced, even in Nebras ka, hs a traitor. Norris, now 78, never has had much use for party labels. He was a leader in the house fight which stripped away the broad parliamentary powers of Speak er "Uncle Joe" Cannon He has been in the forefront of con gressional forces demanding new social legislation, and he sponsored the constitutional amendment eliminating "lame duck" congressional sessions. Favors Third Term He has been one of the lead ing advocates of a third term for Fresident Roosevelt and he has received many letters from dem ocrats telling him that, as an independent, he has no business meddling in party affairs. Norris has been known as the fathci of the Tennessee Valley Authority. He supported Mr. Roosevelt's controversial bill to reorganize the supreme court and fought for many other new deal measures. I k5 1 DRIVER FINED $10 FOR FAILURE TO GIVE RIGHT OF WAY Delbert A. Coffin, 40, of 213 Portland avenue was fined $10 by Judge Allen D. Curry in city court this morning for failure to yield the right of way at an in tersection. He pleaded guilty when arraigned yesterday but Judge Curry continued the case so that he might hear more evi dence. ' Coffin was driver of the car that collided with the one oper ated by William Reinhart, 68, of 203 Elm street about 1 a.m. Sun day at West Main and Fir streets. Reinhart was thrown from his car but, aside from be ing stunned, was not injured the police report said. Coffin's car, after striking Reinhart's ma chine, jumped the curb and ran into a supporting post of the standard Oil station at the northeast corner of the intersec tion. Coffin was taken to Com munity hospital where a fore head gash was stitched. Katherine H. Suter of 408 North Ivy street, lost control of the car she was operating early yesterday morning and it ran into a light pole on North Riv erside avenue, according to a report on file today. Cars operated by Anna H. Muchmore of 940 North Central avenue and Mildred M. Herney of Central Point collided yester day morning in the intersection at North Central avenue and ! Fifth street, a report on file to day stated. Patches Rib Becauu her 20-monlhj-old son interfered with her work as a governess and kept her from parties, Mrs. Tillie Irelan (cen ter), 35, smothered him to death and then dismembered his body, according to Police Captain James Ryan of Philadelph ia. At top, police search for parts of the child's body In a ceme tery. Lower photo shows the saw with which Ryan said Mrs. Irelan confessed the dismemberment. Athlete Killed Port Angeles, Wash., Dec. 27. (fl5) Douglas Smith, 20, state high school discus cham pion last year and member of the University of Washington freshman football squad this season, was fatally injured yes terday when his motorcycle col lided with an automobile near Olympia, s 26 OVER C. P. Gold Hills, Dec. 27. (Spl.) Gold Hill basketball team de feated the Central Point Mer chants here last night, 48 to 26. The game was rough through out, 32 personal fouls being called. Wilson of Gold Hill led his team in scoring with 15. Webster was high with 7 for the Merchants. The line-ups were: " Gold Hill Gardner and Du senberry, forwards: Walker and Coss, guards, and Wilson, center. Central Point Webster and Pinkham, forwards; Babb and Copinger, guards, and Scott, center. (ft i" Hr rii E "Chief" Harry Couitlngo (above), part Sioux Indian of Oxford, Ohio, screwed a ma hogany block to a fractured rib and breastplate rather than sub mit to proferred surgical aid. The wooden block is plainly vis ible. TO MAKE LONG TRIP Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Carpenter, owners of the Band Box, plan to leave this evening by train for an extended business and pleas ure trip east. Enroute to Chicago where they will attend a shoe conven tion and visit millinery and ready-to-wear markets, they will stop in Havre, Montana and North Fork, N. D. to visit rela tives. They expect to return to Medford via Fort Worth, Texas and Los Angeles where they will attend clothes markets, buy ing new spring merchandise for their store here. The trip will take about five weeks. Grants Pass, Ore., Dec. 27. (ip) William Crockett, about 36, of Wilderville, plunged a dozen feet head-first yesterday into a churning rock crusher but was rescued without a fracture. Ver non Fleming grabbed him by the legs and pulled him to safety before he was caught among the marble blocks which were be ing ground from the size of ice boxes into the size of ice cubes. The accident occurred at the Marble Mountain quarry of the Beaver Portland Cement com pany southwest of here. Crock ett's boots slipped as he un loaded the marble blocks into the crusher. Fleming, a fore man, was standing on a lower level at the edge of the revolv ing mass and seized the dazed and frightened man almost at the impact. . ... J ..tHnant .Blllirt, nftPT neajui ucpo. ....l... . -----a survey that approximately one-ienui ui an granted to couples married four years. Towers 6 Feet ft Mobile, Ala. (U.R) Mobile is holnino onlnrcre the U. S. army. The Mobile recruiting office has just enlisted William F. Green, 6 feet 5 inches in stocKing ieei and who weighs 222 pounds, the largest applicant ever ac cepted here. Not Serious Akron. O. (U.R) It takes' more than burying alive to keep Har lan Santee, 28, from his job on an excavation here. Santee was buried for 15 minutes. Firemen freed him and he soon was working again at his old job. NEALIE WARNOGK TAKEN BY DEATH Nealie Warnock, 73, a resi dent of Medford for the past 15 years, passed away at her home at 1502 Prune Street following a prolonged illness. The de ceased came to this city from Big Springs, Texas and engaged in the restaurant business with her husband who passed away seven years ago. Surviving are two sisters re siding in Oklahoma and Arkan sas and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clyde Warnock, a resident of Alameda, Calif. Funeral services will be held from the Chapel of the Perl Funeral home Friday at 11 a.m., with interment in the family plot of the Medford I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends are respect fully invited to attend. Collection to Museum Toronto, Ont. (U.R) The Roy al Ontario museum of Archae ology has received from the es tate of the late W. T. Walters of Baltimore, the finest example of bookbinding and color photo graphy in the world according to Dr. C. T. Currelly, director of the museum. Trips Marriage Montgomery, Ala. (U.R) The fourth year of marriage in Ala bama is the hardest. The state Gifted Feline Clarendon, Tex. (P) Arlie Wood says he has a torn cat that will out-do any hunting dog jn the business. "The cat points quail, stalks them if they run and retrieves dead and wounded birds as fast as you can shoot them," avers Sportsman Wood. Child'! Nam Pondarad Montgomery, Ala. (U.R) .Tin Alabama state health depjn. ment reports that one out of every five new mothers am fathers take five days to name their child, according to a tur. vey of birth certificates. Use Mall Tribune want idj Does Your Nose Clog, Spoil Sleep . . and make you snort? HERE'S MIGHTY 000D NEWS... If ym, nose "closes up" at night and mW breathing difficult, put a few drops 3 Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nostril, RESUfTS ARE SO GOOD because Vlda Va-tro-nol is expressly designed f the nose and upper throat, when transient congestion often hinder, breathing. 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