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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
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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,
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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