pap •*. ' tm - •■ ••* -,.• ■ .:•■- ■ * +WEATHER+ NORTH CAROLINA Fair and not much temperature change to day and tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer. Low tempera (♦ turn tonight H to U degrees. 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. F't&.f' 3 ) ; HHpipia | W-7/ B sjk |K ■ I 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 (Cert'nned an page seven) • I • fr«?y g I 'mm ■MI f I TELEPHONES: 311? • 3118 - 3119 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 (fContinaed On Page Two) (Ekv 3 ailij ~s\ttxxvfr Enormous Profits In Surplus Revealed m wM r 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 ' (Continued on Pan Two) ♦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 hiTm!"" w! - *■ a/cvvcYipc, 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 gooy 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 Vimed On Page Two) 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 p —-111- JM ~ LONDON (VI Bv direction of Queen Elisabeth 11. Dublic tnAMi’tiiiiy for hfr fithrr. Kjwg Gcotm Vs nppd I t . nniitW nn « A are ezoeptiong even to that. r 4.J i i nii , 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 (Continued on pace twa> 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. FIVE CENTS PER COPY m wrm wr-ww’.-v.■ --- • « -- • jr~— ■ 1 i—i — f. !9£r • I w> r 4/f mm xWf t ''i 1 '" 'i'll ii 11, *£. * "kp i.