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VOLUME n
Schnozzola
# THE STORY OF JIMMY DURANTE
BY GENE FOWLER
Half Hooligan and Half Saint, the Son of an Immigrant
Barber Razmatazxed His Way From the Honky
tonks to a Half Million Dollar Annual Income-
How He Turned An Pversized Nose Into
• • • . An Asset
KIHTOK’S NOTE: This is the saga of the Schnozz’, the penetrating
gife storv of one of America’s top entertainers. Gene Fowler, the
author, is the biographer of John Barrymore, Juumy Walker and others.
) These" installments ere from the best seller book, SCHNOZZOLA,
recently pubUshed by The Viking Press.
■j “I don’t want nobody to put me on a pedasilV’
From the Sayings of Mr. James Durante.
CHAPTER ONE
PREVIEW OF A NOSE
In the days of the Great Sleigh Ride, the hurly-burly
a little man with a big nose became the clown lau
reate of Broadway. His name was Jimmy Durante.
Half hooligan and half saint, his knockabout ways and
razzmataz songs exactly suited the age that gave him his
early fame. There was a peculiar shine to this man, a
grotesque tenderness that reached into the hearts of
everyone, and the love of him has lasted through the
years.
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Pretty Model,
Call Girl In
Dope Roundup
NEW YORK W Detectives
smashed today a ring that sold up
to $2,800 worth of narcotics dally
to beautiful models and costly call
• r J? In the heart of Times Square.
The narcotics squad said the
ring was broken up with the ar
rest in- a 42nd Street subway sta
tion of Barbara Lane. 22, a blonde
dancer-model, and Edward Schon
baum. 46, a former counterfeiter.
Detective Jerry Valente said
Schonbaum attempted to push him
Into the path of an oncoming sub
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The world of the theatre is a
fickle one: our stage favorites fall
almost as regularly as do the pre
miers of France. But minstrels of
the first rank seem comparatively
Immune to age and circumstance.
When a clown excels In his pro
fession, and his private life stnvs
beyond blame, he engages public
affection that outlasts applause.
Such a man is James Francis Du
rante, the Schnozzola. son of
smiling old Bartolomeo Durante, the
j barber of Salerno.
1 At fifty-eight Durante has enter
! ed upon his most promising role.
■ that of a television star. No en
tertainer of our time has surpassed
his record in so many branches of
I showmanship. During the past
Itheirty-elght years Durante suc
cessively has been a nightclub en
tertainer; vaudeville headliner, mu
! sical-stage principal, motion-picture
I actor, and radio comedian.
EXPLOSION TO TV
He. now has come explosively to
(f»e television -screens,
a* During years
without seeming to
what she is or is not. 8o nalwpig
he, so lacking In self-esteem, that
were he a failure, the curators of ;
the Inferiority Complex might dis
play the Schnozzola as their classic
specimen.
"Sometimes,” says this word-man
gler, “I rake my brains to find
out why people pay me all that
money.”
An essential goodness underlies
both the weakness and the strength
of the Durante character. When vic
timized by plain-as-day parasites of
Broadway and Hollywood—and this
happens with amazing frequency—
the Schnozzola not only fails to
confess his errors of judgment but
becomes angry if someone puts In a
word against the offenders.
“There are more good people than
bad ones In the world,” the Schnoe
sola says. “I don’t mind if a geni
tleman scratches a match on the
furniture, so long as he is careful
to go with the grain.”
Lately the Schnozzola has been
wearing hom-rlmmed spectacles,
but he says". “I think I’ll quit putt
ing on my glasses, because every
body looks so beautiful the other
way”
His generosity, together with his
huge income tax, means that Du
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Enormous Profits In Surplus Revealed
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Mrs. McLamb Still
Spry At Age Os 87
Mrs. Florence Howard McLamb, one of the grand
“young” ladies of this section, pulled another leaf off her
calendar today and observed that, ‘,‘Birthdays seem to roll
around mighty fast.” \ , ] » -
Pick Up Wallet j
Judge Declare, I
Judge H. Paul Strickland upheld <
the contention of defense attorney i
D. C. Wilson that picking up a i
pocketbook that an absent-minded ]
customer leaves- on a counter does
not constitute larceny, in Dunn •
City Court this morning. -
Viola McKoy, colored, charged -
with larceny and receiving for i
taking the wallet of Mrs. Claude ]
Cheek from, a counter In Belks, ]
pleaded guilty to trespass. ]
Mrs. Cheek told the court that
she missed the wallet when she ]
went from Belks to the Colonial <
Store. She returned to Belks, she :
stated, and then reported her loss :
to the police. The officers recovered i
the wallet and part of the con
tents from the defendant.
Judge Strickland sentenced the
Negro girl to 30 days, suspended 1
12 months on payment of $lO and) -
costs, on condition she replace the -
sum of $3.50 which she had spent I
from the wallet. I
CHASED HIM OUT
According to Carson Lde, his 1
roomate, Willie Hall came into )
his room, told him to get up and '
get out. and usurped his bed. The
case was non-suited and charges of
drunkenness and trespass dropped '
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♦MARKETS*
EGGS AND POULTRY
RALEIGH W Today’s egg
and dve poultry markets:
Central North Carolina live poul
try: Fryers and broilers about
steady. Supplies adequate to plen
tiful. Heavy hens about steady.
Supplies fully adequate. Prices
paid producers FOB farm: Fryers
and broilers 29-30 mostly SO, heavy
hens 25-28. mostly 20-28.
Eggs: One to two cents lower on
graded stock. Steady on current
collections. Supplies fully ample.
Demand fair. Prices paid produc
ers, and handlers FOB local grad
ing stations: A large 40, A medi
um 37. B lage 35, current collec
tions 85.
HOGS
RALXfOH (VI Hog markets:
was
rows and gilts at 17.75.
i Mt. Olive. Dunn, Benson. Tar
born Hamilton. Clinton: .lightly
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DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 18, 1952
loved residents, but doesn't look to
be anywhere near ner age.
Many people 15 Or 20 years
younger look cider than she does,
and the still enjoys a keen mind,
a good ,me. nory, is a delightful
conversationalist and enjoys fairly
goo<f health for one of her years.
McLamb is the mother of
I Yi Dunn’s most successful bus-
: i aT "men —all prominent business.
Xivic, and religious leaders —and
she also has a daughter who lives
with her and another son who
lives in Fayetteville.
The sons living here are: Bill,
Clarence and Mince, who operate
v b Machinery Company, the
w \rgest Farmall tractor
d M. O. and F. N. Mc-
L own and operate Mc-
L . iy Company and Mc-
L. Mill.
>y daughter, Miss Lena
Me. Ives with her and her
othc i:> D. Martin McLamb of
Faytv- awfle, prominent Cumber
land County business man and
oivic leader.
DIDN’T WANT (CELEBRATION
."here wasn’t any big birthday
ebration today, because Mrs.
f v 'Lamb Insists she doesn’t ’ like a
S’ of bother and fuss over her, but
birthday is always a* big event
1 ir children and grandchildren.
of them were on hand to
v her a happy birthday and
t more of them and there were
•< plentv of gifts for her.
' children are very devoted
Iways bringing her a gift
* ■ ,[ attention to her whether
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BIUXETIWS
CHICAGO (VI Authorities announced today they
had “smashed” a small-fry extortion racket hi which
three over-sized high school freshmen provided “pro
tection” for their smaller classmates «t a nickel a week.
WASHINGTON (V) Billy Gra)l|m said today that
“God answered our prayers” for a spiritual revival in
Washington. The youthful preacher %as just completed
five weeks here during which he spojjFe before audiences
totalling 307,500 persons.
EL PASO, Tex. (V) A vaung safety bride shot and
killed her Arniv lieutenant husband because he told her
to “go U hell” then stood vigil over Mb body for 10 hours,
police mid today. Mrs. Jean
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LONDON (VI Bv direction of Queen Elisabeth 11.
Dublic tnAMi’tiiiiy for hfr fithrr. Kjwg Gcotm Vs nppd
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are ezoeptiong even to that. r
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Senate Probing ;
War Surplus |
Contract Deals
WASHINGTON (IP) A
group headed b y former
Rep. Joseph E. Casey ID-
Mass.) made a $3,250,000
profit on a cash investment
Os only SIOI,OOO in surplus
tankers, Senate investigat- I
tors disclosed today I
l Chairman Clyde R. Hoey of the
Senate’s permanent investigating
Committee made the statement as
the committee began digging pub- j
Rely into the complex case involv- i
ing big names, big deals and big
profit » in surplus ships. The North
Carolina Democrat said the deal in
volved e ght surplus tankers.
Vice Adm. E. L. Cochrane, fed
eral maritime administrator, test
ified that the ships were sold to
the Casey group, American Over
seas Tanker Corp.. at prices rang
ing from $1,430,097 to $1,592,606.
They had an average construction
cost of about $3,010,703, Cochrane
said.
Cochrane produced figures to
shpw that the average sale price
of such tankers to American citi
zens was $1,604,971 and to foreign
citizens $1,706,898.
Hoey said five of the Casey ships
were transferred to Panamanian
registry and operated under char
ter to a subsidiary of Standard Oil
Co. of New Jersey.
The other three were chartered
to United Tanker Corp., a Chinese
financed organization whose attorney
was Houston Wasson, New York law
partner of Newbold Mqrrls, Presi
dent Truman’s corruption cleanup
chief.
: WASSON TO BE CALLED
Hoey said Wasson will be called
to testify. He said no final deqU-
Cakey’s outfit, later sold its stock
to United Tanker Crap., and to
Delaware Tanker Corp., which Hoey
said was “financed by a Greek na
tional." On the sale the Cafcey
stockholders realized $3,250,000, Hoey
said.
Hoey said the committee was de
termined to find out whether the
ship sales . were in line with the
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THE ROLE OF
THE CHAMBER
The Daily Record today Is pub
lishing the first la a series of
ruest editorials on the role which
the Chamber of Commerce plays
In the Town of Dunn.
Today's editorial Is by Clarence
E. McLamb, president of the
chamber. Other editorials will ap
pear later in the week bv various
other leaders of the city.
Home Destroyed
, By Blaze Here
l A home owned and occupied bv
IT. W Wilson at 802 E. Harnett
Street was completely destroyed by
fire last night.
Secretary-Treasurer Howard M.
Lee reported that Dunn firemen
answered the call at 7:45. but the
house was comoletelv enveloped by
flames when the firemen arrived
and tber» was no possible chance
of saving the structure.
The loos Was considerable.
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ONE KILLED, FIVE HURT IN THIS ACCIDENT - Pictured here Is the truck involved In the
accident which occurred Sunday morning at 3:15 at the intersection of Broad and EUls Avenue. In
which Howard Becker of New York was killed and five others were injured. This big truck was
loaded with canned tomatoes. It collided with the automobile in which Becker was riding. (Daily
Record photo by J. W. Temple, Jr.) B
Tourist Killed , Three Others ,
Are . Badly Injured. In Dunn ,
One person was killed, three
others were seriously injured and
two others received minor injuries
early Sunday morning in the city’s
worst traffic accident in five years.
The town went four years with
out a single highway or street
fatality but last week a city em
ployee died as the result of in
juries received when he stuck his
head out of a manhole a week
earlier.
Sunday’s accident marked the
second fatality in less than a week.
Killed in the accident Sunday
morning was Howard Becker of
2170 Preston Avenue. New York
53, New York, 26-year-old mechan
ical engineer who was returning to
his home after a vacation in Flor
ida. He died instantly when his
body was thrown out of the ve
hicle.
THOSE INJURED
Ihjured in the accident were:
Jonas Grannick, 31, of 2320 Hill
side Avenue, Queens. New York,
driver of the 1951 Dodge in which
they were riding.
Morton Vogelson, 24, of 573;
Pennsylvania Avenue. Brooklyn.
New York, and Bernard Saks, 28,
of 2718 Morris Avenue. Brooklyn,
55, New York, passengers in the
same car. ,
All three are in the Dunn Hos
pital badly injured and unable to
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Negro Masons
Plan Building
Dunn's Negro Masons are making
plans for the erection of a two-story
lodge hall on North Washington
Avenue.
City Manager Oliver O. Manning
announced this morning that a del
egation of the lodge members will
appear tonight before the city
council and request that the lo
cation and building be declared
commercial.
The lodge wants to erect a 60-40
fodt building on a 60-foot lot. Such
h building could be erected for
commercial purposes, but not in a
residential area.
. .Mr. Manning said the proposed
building is in a Negro business dis
trict and expressed belief that it
would meet requirements. Never
theless, he will ask the board to
rate on file matter.
' Scheduled to appear, before the
board on the matter are: O B
John
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Ives Says Ike Can
Win While At Post
WASHINGTON —(IPM- Sen. Irv-i
ing M. Ives R-NY said today that
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower can
win the Republican presidential
nomination without coming home
to campaign. But other Eisen
hower boosters were not so sure.
Some frankly admitted they are
worried about the recent indica
tions that the general means to
remain at his Paris military head- j
quarters until after the OOP nomi-1
Dunn Jaycees Ready
For Charter Night
Harry Stewart of Raleigh, State i
president of the Junior Chamber of j
Commerce, will address Dunn Jay
cees and their ladies at a “Char
ter Night” banquet to be held
Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at
Johnson’s Restaurant.
Program Chairman Bob Leak;
said this morning that all arrange-!
meats have been completed for j
the meeting, which will draw ma
ny visiting Jaycees from various
sections of the State. I
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If Truman Runs, He
Will Run On Recotdu i
t
Editor's note: This is the first l|
1 of four dispatches on the like-, I
Best candidates for the Demo- 11
i ' erotic presidential nomination, i]
Others wifi deal with Sen. Estes [1
Kefauver, Sen. Robert S. Kerr fl
and Gov. Adlai Stevenson. II
I By LYLE WILSON ll
; United Press Staff CzmepM£gjiH
WASHINGTON TO
’ Democratic nominee for 11
, President this year will stand i]
form and run onWareSSii
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JOIN THE
CHAMBER
Help Build Dunn
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nating convention in July. . .Jaß
I One top lea? .of the Eisenhower
organization said that the general’s
j adamant refusal to return to this
country for "non-political" speech
making has been "damaging” to
the campaign.
This Republican, who asked not
to be named, told a reporter that
all of the pro-Eisenhower leaders
“hope" for the general’s return be
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, BIGGS TO PRESIDE ‘ i
1 President Bill Biggs will preside
over the meeting. Vice President .
C. D. Hutaff will welcome the lad
ies, and Mayor Ralph E. Hanna
will extend a welcome to the out* v, :
of-tqwn guests. '-yj,
, City Manager Oliver O. Manning <" S
I will also speak briefly.
) The State Jaycees president wlßi .: I
deliver a short address on acttvitief 'Y,
and accomplishments of the Junior .
I (Continued On Page Six)