People, Jul. 9, 1934

"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:

Driving with his wife through Muncy, Pa., on his way from Washington to his McCook, Neb. home, 73-year-old Senator George William Norris slowed down to 15 m.p.h. to look around for a tourist home. Suddenly a 9-year-old youngster darted in front of the machine. Senator Norris swerved, braked—but too late. The front wheel of the car passed over the boy's body, killed him. Senator & Mrs. Norris attended the funeral, were cleared by a coroner's jury, drove carefully on toward McCook.

To signalize the...

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