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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVI. Number 103. SCOTT SUMMERS: YOUR CAPITAL REPORTER The story of Walter Anderson’s firing of Joe Crawford as warden at Central Prison has been told and retold. You know by now that Crawford complained about Anderson’s mov ing Assistant Warden Bruce Poole from the prison to a temporary job as superintendent of mainte nance and construction for all pris on camps. Then Anderson said he tried to get in touch with Joe to let him know about it but couldn’t find Joe. Joe said he wasn’t in the habit of reporting his every action. One word led to another, and at a conference sev eral days later, Crawford report edly in the heat of anger told Anderson that it didn’t seem like they could work together. An derson agreed and Joe was fired. Jordan is the Boss That was greeted with wide ac claim that Anderson had showed everybody that he was running the prison system. Even put one over on Crawford’s friends, Governor Scott and Highway Chairman Hen ry Jordan, some of the anti-Scott boys chortled. Some things haven’t been said though. Both Jordan and Scott told An derson the prisons were his wor ry. There was no reason for An derson to consult Scott. The only reason to have consulted Jordan would have been common courte sy to let the boss know what he was doing. Because, after all, Jor dan is Anderson’s immediate su perior. Poole’s Transfer Nobody has explained why it was so important to transfer Bruce Poole on Tuesday, even if Crawford couldn’t be reached. Crawford was in Raleigh on the Monday before and on the Wed nesday after. What was the ex treme urgency for speed that An derson couldn’t wait until the next day and at least tell Crawford a bout the switch? Then there was criticism of the fact that Crawford was given a new job by the administration be cause he ran Kerr Scott’s cam paign in Forsyth county. What of it? The question is, did Crawford do a good job after he was ap pointed warden? Despite a prison expert’s saying Joe wasn’t quali fied for the job, every reporter in Raleigh is convinced Crawford did do a good job as warden. What fault can you find with his auctions concerning the run in with Anderson? Only that he lost his temper. His only state ment was that that was what had happened, and that he was sorry that he had become angry. Joe Stays Quiet What has Joe said since? Only that he is going to try his best to do a good job in his new post as director of safety for the High way Commission. Seems to me that Joe Crawford has conducted himself well under the circumstances. And, if he has done a good job once why shouldn’t he be given another chance? The anti-Scott folks have hol lered loud and long about some of (Continued on Page 4) Legion Show Here The Bailey Brothers will present their musical show at Wakelon School at 8 o’clock Wednesday night, Septembei 12, under auspices of the A merican Legion. THE SENATE CRIME COMMITTEE Members of the Senate Crime Committee which disclosed the vast tie-up in America between crime and politics are shown in a final handclasp. Left to right they are Senators Lester Hunt, Herbert R. O’Conor, Estes Kefauver, Alexander Wiley, and Charles W. Tobey. Senator Estes Kefauver Declares Wire Service Rules U. S. Rackets In this third article by Senator Kefauver he continues his dis cussion of the Mafia, Sicilian crime club, and describes the wire service as “public enemy number one.” “In 1942, Follmer went on, ‘it was determined that one of the sources of supply for the Kansas City broup was a Mafia organiza tion in Tampa, Fla., which in turn received smuggled drugs from Marseilles, France, via Ha vana, Cuba. It was also indicated that Sebastino Nani, one-time Brooklyn Mafia hoodlum, now es tablished in California, had fur nished several large shipments of drugs to the Kansas City syndi cate from New York.” When the committee said that Lucky Luciano, now in exile in Italy after his deportation from the United States, was operating as the international arbiter of crime, an associate of Luciano’s in Italy protested that once again pool Mr. Luciano was being maligned. We do not think so. There was too much solid evidence showing that Luciano, though exiled, still main tained his contacts with overiords of U. S. crime. Lucky Luciano Luciano born Salvatore Lu cania was a fabulous gang fig ure of the lurid 1920’s and early 1930’5. He lived in kingly fashion in one of New York’s finest hotels and he traveled constantly to A merica’s finest resorts, accompan- Junior Club Meeting • A special business meeting for the Junior Woman’s Club has been called for Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. All mem bers are urged to attend. UNCLE SAM S HAYSEED The roads are taking a tremen dous toll of lives and maiming and incapacitating thousands of oth ers. All the past efforts have failed to reduce these road casual ties or to even check them There seems to be far too many people on the roads who seem to have more money and gasoline than they have sense. « There is a lawless element who use the highways who have no common sense and will not listen to persuasion. There is but one thing that will take any effect on them and that is force. Recently we heard two young men talking of racing on the highways at more than one hundred miles per hour. Both men approved of the sale of liquor, wine and beer. It is hard to Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1951 ied by ornamentaly women. His illegal activities allegedly includ ed prostitution, alcohol, narcotics, bookmaking and even a hand in the infamous Murder, Inc. Then Dewey sent him to jail. Public inemy No. 1 During World War 11, there was a lot of hocus-pocus about sup posedly valuable services that Lu ciano, then a convict, was sup posed to have furnished the mili tary authorities in connection with plans for the invasion of his na tive Sicily. We dug into this and obtained a nnmber of conflicting stories. This is one of the points about which the committee would have questioned Governor Dewey, who commuted Luciano’s sentence, if the governor had not declined our invitation to come to New York City to testify. Naval Intelligence One story which we heard from Attorney Moses Palakoff was that naval intelligence had sought out Luciano’s aid and had asked Pol akoff to be the intermediary. Pola koff, who had represented Lucia no, said. “The theory behind it was that the government had the Germans pretty well spotted, but they were afraid that if any sabo tage might be done it would be done through Italians, who weren’t well spotted.” He was referring to sabotage along the New York wa terfront. From a retired naval commander, who had a hand in the affair, we received inconclusive (Continued on Page 2) conceive of sane and sober men driving on the public highways at such a reckless speed. A speed indicator could be plac ed on cars and sealed that would record any excessive speed. It could be made a misdemeanor for any one but the law to tamper with the seals on these indicators. The law is allowed to do maily things more unreasonable than this. The elimination of excessive speed on the highways will not stop all accidents but it will de crease the number. If every speed er knew he would have to pay for every time he exceeded the speed limit it would make many more careful. This could be done by a legal speed indicator. Charlie Harrell, Harold Denton Get Another Softball Title for Pilot; C. C. Mangum Team Wins Second Charlie Harre 1 and Willie Mangum, two of the best young pitchers in softball, tied up in a tight pitching duel here Saturday night, with Charlie Harrell edging Mangum as his Pilot teammates won the second annual Lions Club Invitational Softball Tournament SEEN & HEARD: WHITLEY LIKES OUR FOLDER! Our good friend and fellow cit izen, Yv hitley Chamblee, was in the shop last week and paid his 10 our new Baum fold er. In case anybody wants to get his name in the paper, that’s a good way to do it just admire the folder! Be that as it may, Whitley de livered himself of an opinion aijd a joke, both of which we respect (the opinion for its merit, the joke for its age). It is Whitley’s belief that women pay entirely too much attention to weight: They are always trying to put it on, take it off, or re arrange it. And then Whitley told of the man who stopped his neighbor on the sidewalk and remonstrated with him thus: “I say, old man, you ought to pull down your shades at night. Last night I was passing your house and saw you kissing your wife.” “Ha, ha! The joke’s on you,” came the reply. “I wasn’t home last night!” • You get all sorts of requests a round a newspaper office. Yester day we had requests for, among other items, (1) the correct spelling of that worm everybody likes to fish with, (2) the name of the local Catholic priest, and (3) the American name of sauerkraut in World War I. Sometimes, as yesterday, we have the right answers. The an swers to the three questions above, in case you don’t know, are Catal pa worms, Father Frederick Koch, and liberty cabbage. IT'S A LIVING! This picture proves to us that people will do anything for money. This fellow dresses himself up like a Virginia cavalier, and goes about the countryside advertising Cava lier cigarettes. But he’s been doing it for several years; so it must sell cigarettes. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers by a 4-1 score over C. C. Mangum j Construction Company of Raleigh. Harrell helped his cause along by striking out 12 Mangum players, I while his mound opponent struck out five. Harold Denton hit a home run for the winners with one man on base to clinch the win, while pitcher Mangum got a 3-base hit for his team, scoring their lone run on a wild pitch. Ingold Wins Game In the consolation game prior to the championship match Clayton pitched Ingold Tire Company of Durham to a 4-0 victory over Pit cher Red Tilley and the North Car olina Equipment Company of Ral eigh. Tilley allowed 7 hits; Clayton gave up two. Wednesday night Rouse pitched N. C. Equipment Co to a 5-1 vic tory over Harold Greene and the Wakefield team and Mangum de feated Pearces, 7-0. Thursday night Ingold defeated the Zebulon Lions Club, 11-3, and Pilot beat Dur ham Sandwich Shop by a 10-7 score. Pilot Wins Friday In the semi-finals Friday night Pilot defeated N. C. Equipment Company in a loosely played ball | game, 6-3, with each team mak : ing 4 errors. Pilot got 6 hits to N. C. Equipment Company’s three. Mangum and Arnaiz pitched an other tight ball game in the night cap Friday, with Mangum edging Ingold Tire Company, 4-3. Each team got 4 hits. Trophies Presented Trophies were given the mana gers of the winning teams Satur day night after the tuorney end ed, with Mayor Worth Hinton mak ing the presentation. Members of the Lions Club Tournament Committee were M. L. Hagwood, chairman, Frank Wall, Gilbert Beck, and Pete Bry ant. Last Rites Are Held For H. E. Richardson Funeral services were held at 3:30 p. m. Friday at Tabernacle Baptist Church for H. E. (Ed) Richardson, 79, of Wendell, Route 1, who died suddenly Thursday morning at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. F. W. Hocutt. The pas tor, Rev. Sherrill Stevens, con ducted the services. Burial was in the Corinth Methodist Church Cemetery. He is survived by two sons, Oris Richardson of Wendell, Route 2, and Graham Richardson of Knightdale; four daughters, Mrs. Hocutt of Wendell, Route 1; Mrs. Dock Willoughby of Zebulon. Route 1; Mrs. Dillard Tippett of Wendell, Route 1; and Mrs. Ayden Rhodes of Sanford; one brother, Sid Rich ardson of ,Wendell; and fifteen grandchildren. Rotarians Fete Wires Zebulon Rotarians enter tained their wives at a barbe cue supper last Friday night at the home of C. V. Whitley, with the supper served picnic style in the yard. Rotarians El lington and Hopkins prepared the meal.
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