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DEATH iCAR FOR THREE Shown is the wreckage of the 1949 Ford in which Mr. and Mrs. Ray
-10 mond Randaii Johnson and W. A. PuiYear met their death at the Intersection of Highway 421 and
Highway 219 near Islington early Saturday morning. Driver of the pickup which struck their car,
Alonsa Junior McNeill is held in the county Jail under SIO,OOO bond. Two children of the Johnson
couple, Marie and Raymond Randaii, Jr., were serius’y injured. Absence of seats in the car shows the
terrific force of the impact. Inset shows Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. (Daily Record photo by Louis
Dearborn).
Three Killed In Wreck
Schnozzola
THE STORY OF JIMMY DURANTE
-u*. BY GENE t FQWLER
(to* Dumb** leoym not America
in SMi»neor»a|»3fo? Sdt on thair Hands
Whan thfy Hoard the times Square Gags
- ’ and Jinmiy Savs it was a Valuable
Lesson
Editors Note: The sWth installment of the lify of one of the conn
try’s great entertainers. Gene Fowler, the author, is the noted blograoh
er. These chapters are from the book, SCHNOZZOLA, recently pub
lished by The Viking Press.
"“When I was petting forty a week I could have ate
fieast-iron sausages. Now I’m drawin’ down two thousand
and it looks like healthy people shouldn’t get in the
money.”—Mr. James Durante’s comment on his digestive
disorders caused by high living.
CHAPTER SIX
IT WAS CHILLY IN MINNEAPOLIS
Jimmy Durante. Lou Clavton and Eddie Jackson said
goDdbve to New York nieht clubs on Memorial Dav. 1928.
, They olaved vaudeville engagements aat the Palace,
and theh thev signed with Keith-Albee for a mid
west tour, the first appearaance of the trio outside New
York.
Jackson roomed with Durante on
the tour. One nteht. in the Bis
marck hotel in Chicago Durante
called out, "Eddie I"
Eddie turned on the lights. Jim
was sitting up in bed. "Yes, Jim,
what is it?"
"Eddie, you know somethin’?
We’re gettln’ fifiv-five hundred a
Geek here. A king’s tren«om. Do
you think we’re worth that kind
of money?”
“I guess ae are or they wouldn’t
pay it. Jimmy."
“That’s a lotta money Edd'e.
Where do wf ro""e off »*Htn’ •<?
I Ji'st don’t think no*wi v *j really
worth that kinda dough "
“Weii. .I'm” sold Eddie, “we
pack the theaters ”
“I Still can’t bel'eve it. Eddie.
Me and you. wordin' hook in the
At days, were Just • v '»‘ - 'n’ a living.
And now look. Headlinin’ .theaters!
New York and Chicago talkin’ a
bout us! I don’t understand that
much (poriey "
INVITED TO MINNEAPOLIS
Cast Os Carbines
Movie Is Announced
The final cast of the much-pub- 1
UcWed MOM film “Carbine Wil
liams" was released by the studio 1
today. With James Stewart in the
title role of the Cumberland oounty.
produced by Armand
Deutech and directed by Richard
Thorpe, win pay special -tribute in
Wison authorities who co-operated
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Ts .Timmy wondered If the set
was worth fifty-five hundred dol
lars a week, he would soon find
out. At the end of their successful
1 Milwaukee engagement the trio re
ceived a telegram from an old
friend. Ben Piaasa. then a vaude
ville booking agent and later a
casting director In Hollywood. He
asked them to do him a great fa
vor and play a week In Minneapo
lis.
Jim asked Tils nartners what, kind
of show town “Minneanapolis” was.
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LMlinoton 4-H
Gi'ls To Model
UH'prdnn 4-H Club girls will serve
a< nux)»'» when a countv w'de
■wiring fashion show Is ore sensed
Thnrsdav at 2:lotn the LUlington
High School auditorium.
The teen age mode's will show
a spring wardrobe which is a loan
from the Simplicity Pattern Com
pany.. ' 4 ;
| Benton Reid as Claude Williams;
Paul Stewart, as “Dutch” Kruger;
•otto Hulett as Mo*>ley: Rhys
Williams a, Redwiric J&reon; Hw-
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DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON,' FEBRUARY 25, 1952
Three persons were killed and
two children orphaned and serious
ly injured by an alleged drunken
driven in an accident early Satur
day morning at an intersection two
miles north of Lillington. The ac
cident brought, to six the number
killed on Harnett Highways this
year.
Victims of the accident were Ray
mond Randall Johnson. <4B. Route 1
Spring Lake, his wife, Matt^BAH^
year died at
urday. The accident occurred qt
12:10 a.m.
Johnson, a brother of Dunn pol
iceman Aaron Johnson and Pur
year had bean in Smlthfield, where
both had been competing at check
ers and were on their way home In
a 1949 Ford. They were proceeding
south toward Lillington on High
way 210.
When their car came abreast of
the Intersection at highway 421. a
pickup, driven by Alonsa Junior
McLean, 22-year-old Negro of LU
lington Route 3, puUed past the
stop sign and crashed into the side
of their automobile.
CAR DEMOLISHED
The impact demolished the John
son car and scattered its five pas
sengers along the highway. In ad
dition to those klUed, Marie John
son, 13, suffered a broken jaw, all
of her teeth knocked out, severe
lacerations and possible head In
juries and her brother. Raymond
Randall, Jr., suffered a broken right
arm and shoulder, possible broken
neck and internal injuries.
McLean was treated by Dr. A. W.
Peede for cuts, bruises and possible
broken ribs and jailed. His com
panion. NeUl McKoy, was admitted
to the Dunn Hospital with head in-
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Autopsy Set In
Death OfWoman
DURHAM —OPI— An autopsy will
be held here to determine if there
was foul p’ay in the death of a
half-clad missing murder t-ial wit
ness found in woods near here.
A coroner's iurv foond “suspi
cions, of foul play*’ in the death of
attractive Marion Womack Adams.
28-ye«r-old divorcee. Mrs. Adams
had been missing from Butner
State' Mental Hospital since Jan.
14, l
i ONLY HALF CLAD
Her body, clad only tn brassiere,
panties, a slip and thin yellow
sweater, was found Saturday 300
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♦MARKETS*
" BOOS Aim POULTRY
RALEIGH —HE Today’s egg
and live ooultrv markets;
Central North Carolina Uve ooul
tryi Fryers and broilers steady to
mottey |one^sant^w»ter^^ppltei>
ers 309 heavy bens 25-34.
■m »t—Ay. supplies tatty so-
HST Says No Commitments
Taft Claiming I
Support Os I
Gen. McArthur
WASHINGTON (IP) Gen.
Douglas McArthur has per
sonally assured Sen. Robert
A. Taft that he favors him
for president, friends of the
senator said today.
They said Taft nas accepted
MacArthur’s assurances at face
value, and therefore is riot con
cerned about the growing specula
tion thnt the General might become
a candidate for the Republican
presidential' nomination in his own
right.
GEN. NOT A CANDIDATE
While Taft has been camaigning
intensively for the nomination,
MacArthur has publicly dis
couraged moves to make him a
candidate. According to reports
here, he has privately endorsed
Taft to many callers, although he
has made no clear-cut public en
dorsement .
Among most Republicans here.
MacArthur is viewed as a serious
possibility for the nomination pri
marily in case of a deadlock be
tween Taft and Eisenhower at the
nominating convention next July.
Strategists in Taft campaign
headquarters already have added
up delegates to show how the Ohio
senator might win the nomination
on the first ballot. This analysis Is
admittedly based on speculation
rather than claimed strength be
cause few delegates have been
chosen yet.
The appraisal shows Taft with
640 votes—well over the 603 needed
to win the nomination. The totta
includes 40 from among the TO
delegates from the uncertain stale
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Gets 90 Days -
Willie Baker, convicted in Dunn
Recorder’s Court on bootlegging
charge, elected to serve the 90 day
road sentence imposed by Judge
'H. Paul Strickland, rather than
comply with the terms of its sus
pension.
Baker was found guilty of poss
ession for sale and given the 90
days, suspended 2 years on payment
of $75 and costs, on condition that
he remain on good bheavior and
permit search of his premises, with
or without a search warrant
The charges this morning resulted
from the seizure of a quantity of
non tax-paid whiskey found as the
Tesult of. a search under search,
■CenUnned on Pago Two)
West,Mcßae Named
To Elections Board
At a special meeting of the Har
nett County Democratic Executive
Committee, held in the courthouse
at LUlington Saturday, Dougald
Mcßae, Route 3 Lillington and J.
Thomas West, Erwin, were elected
to the Harnett County Board of
Elections. County chairman Bill
Johnson presided over the meeting.
Everett Jordan. State Democratic
Chairman, had requested that the
Harnett body select three names
and forward them to the state body,
something that had never been done
before.
County Commissioner Herman
BULLETINS
KHARTOUM, Sudan (W Awed natives beat drums
and sUt the throats of balls as sacrifices today while scien
tists from 10 countries {Autographed a total eclipse of the
sun which spread a belt of darkness across Africa, the
Middle East and Siberia. For three minutes. 9* seconds
the moon obscured the flaming sun in the path 9,000 miles
long and 35 miles wide.
I French Foreign Legion. ’ ’ “q
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PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC HELD AT ERWIN Pictured here was the scene this morning as 87 of next
y«Fs students attended a pre-school clinic held at Erwin. First-grade students acted as hosts to the
rutare pupils. After the physical exams, the pre-school children were shown movies, served refresh
e“tertalned with games. They were a’so given an opportunity to actually learn about child
ren. This unique program was Installed this year by Miss Bessie Massengitl. elementary supervisor. A
•jjt* ladles shown In the picture are Mrs. Hardy Johnson, Mrs. E. G. Purcell, Mrs. Mavis Byrd
and Miss Lillie Mae Taylor. Some of the first-graders were dressed as clowns to entertain the pre
school clinic. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart).
Chamber Signs 44 New Members
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With only about half of the can
vass completed, the membership
W the membership list of the jpunn
business organization.
Chamber of Commerce Manager
,Notionn Suttles this morning expres
sed satisfaction with the results of
Tim drive so far. He said thy gd
dition of these new members is an
indication of the interest in the
progress of the community, and con
gratulated the new members for
their willingness to share in the
program.
“The progress of the Chamber or
Commerce projects for the benefit
of the community is In direct ra
tion to the interest of the mem
bers," Suttles pointed out, “and
with more members sharing the
work greater progress can be made.”
NEW MEMBERS
New members reported as of this
morning are as follows;
Strickland Esso Service. Paul
Hester, Alphin Bros. Store, Thurs
ton Motor Lines, Dawson Motor
i Court, Thurman Ennis, Tart’s Gin,
1 (Continued On Page Tile)
Holloway, a member of the Har
nett committee, however, moved
that the usual procedure be follow
ed and that only two names be
submitted. This motion was adopt
ed.
One of the two member* will be
elected chairman to replace Henry
C. Strickland who resigned as chair
man at the first meeting of the
Harnett County Board of Elections.
Franklin T. DuPree Sr., of An
gler has been recommended for re
appointment as the Republican
member.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
ohitb \Addresses
Virginia Democrats
RICHMOND.—Senator Willis Smith (D-NC) Saturday
night launched a new frontal assault on the spending
policies of the Truman administration and challenged
Southern Democrats “to say that we will no longer follow
blindly the lead of those who have ohanged the historical
traditions of the Democratic Party.”
The North Carolina senator spoke i
before the annual gathering of Vir- •
ginia Democrats at their Jefferson- 1
Jackson Day dinner in the John I
Marshall Hotel.
Smith praised the fundamentals ■
of the Democratic Party as defined
by. Jeffersop and Jackson. But, he
said, “the people of the south do
not wish to sit in At the liquidation
of the Democratic Party, nor do
they wish to see their state organ
izations demoralized.”
“If we must have a fight," Sen
ator Smith said, “then let us have
It!”
The senator commented that
President Truman, in less than
eight years, will have spent more
money than all previous U. S. pres
idents, including Roosevelt, com
bined.
“Our only hope for eoohomy Is
to have at the head of our gov
ernment someone who really be
lieves in economy. Let us have
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. economy,” he said, “and have a
! beginning now.”
1 RESENTS TRUMAN SLUR
I Senator Smith expressed resent
| mer,t to President Truman’s atti
tude towards the South. He recalled
that Mr Truman. shorUy after the
1948 election, had been. quoted as
Saying at a press conference that
he neither ’sought or desired’ the
votes of southern presidential elec
tors who ran on a pledge to sup
port the Southern Democrats.”
“In recent months,” Smith add
ed, “I have heard statements made
that the Democratic Party doesn't
need the South. A rather arrogant
and reckless statement indeed from
ruling Democrats who have been
the beneficiaries of our loyalty and
support through the years.”
Senator Smith charged all Dem
ocrats with the responsibility “to
determine, If need be. that we will
place the welfare of our country
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President In
Meeting With
Key Lawmakers
WASHINGTON (IP) -S
enate Democratic Leader jgr
nest W. McFarland saidAo
day that President Trufi&tn
has granted no authority to
send a U S. Marine division
to Europe.
The Arizona Democrat J
statement after meeting at --•the
.White House with Mr. Trujnaimnd 3
congressional leaders.
McFarland said the President
had made clear at the conference
that there has been no commilhvpnt
on sending a Marine Division to
defend Western Europe. ■. %
Reports from Lisbon at the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Coun
cil meeting, said that a Marine
division would be assigned to Adm.
Lynde D. McCormick’s Atlantic
command as a part of the Western %
European defense program. 'a
PAPER TRANSFER • •
Military officials earlier hadAfrid >j
that the Second Marine Divi
sion could be assigned to the NWth
Atlantic Pact de.'ense setup in &
purely paper transfer. It would not 5
involve sending a single Leather- ■
neck overseas.
Officials in close touch with the 3
strategic planners noted that the
Lisbon reports said the U. S. Ma- .
rine Division would be assigned to A
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LITTLE NOTES: Little Miss
Ann Henry had to break her record
of nearly three years of perfect
Sunday School attendance Sun
day She’s a patient at High- Wm
smith Hospital in Fayettevflte ....
Her father, Graham Henry, has
given her two blood transfusions
Her condition today wae ,re
oorted as satisfactory One of '
Dunn’s oldest business firms has
lost its lease and is now trying to
decide whether to go out of bus
iness or find a new place .7:. Louis
Baer’s Department Store Witt be
■virconditiqnert this summer . '-'IS
Mrs. Edgar Black’s singing matte a
big hit at the Information Clinic
on Thursday night Tommy
Co-e and Dr. W. B. Hunter celebra
ted birthdavs on George Waah- - M
lngton’s birthday Friday "And
Ottis Warren had a birthday on «
Lincoln’s birthday .... Mrs. Roy
■Rrown had to work Sunday at the ,
Post Office, but she hooked In her
radio so she could hear the eer- *
vices from her church ..<• Boh g
Leak report* a funny experience
bv his good neighbors, Mr. end
Mrs. Locke Campbell. Jr. B g
s“ems thet the Camobetts had a
fine cat which gave birth to kittens
Thev were oarticularly tend.'
of one of the little Tom case-and
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