»n r
AH COUNTj
fiUea U French
MORO. OREGON
the person doing the «judging. ....
Now at the beginning o f another
year cuetom says is a good time
FiUajr at
tc bring our habits up to-d ate,
__ revise our thinking about our-
But so many o f us can’t
E d ita r ®elv
ch“ r * our habits, because our
Âët habits won’t let us
ÉDITORIAL?:
SSOCIATION
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FRIDAY, JANUARY
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12, 194Î
Kelly's Column
C H U R C H E S
*,VASCO METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School ‘ a t 10:00 A. M.
(Continued from Page One'
Preaching a t Grass Valley 3 p. m.
to hold prices down to a sound ba- “A New Year’s Sermon”
sis is to continue operating the
F- L. Cannell. pastor.
governm ent plants. Under the
surplus property disposal law the - ° ro Community
nitrogen-fixing plant» are among Preshyterinn Church
others reserved for special consid Eible School 10 a. m.
Morning Worship at 11 a. m.
eration by congress, so th a t any
Sermon “Jesus Game Preaching”
action the board m ay ta k e w ill b*
C
E. at 7:30 p.m.
subject to 'review on the floors of
James D. Moberg, pastor.
congress and must receive the ap-
p r o « ' o f the farm bloc. Actually, • hr Milan Science Society
what congress will be called upon
Sunday morning service? at
to decide is whether these govern- 11 a. m. Subject ‘‘Sacrament”
W ednesday night service at 8
m ent planta shall be »old or closed
down, or whether they shall con includes testim onials of healing.
The reading room in the rea*
tinue in competition with private
o
f
the building is open. All au
industry.
thorized Christian Science liters
There is possibility o f som e re- ture can be bought or borrowed
lief in the textile situation through
.
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the use o f French mill», but there
will be no immediate increase <n
*■
domestic supply because o f man-
Ü" ° ‘T r W : J“
,2 -. 1,06
The post office departm ent htu
served notice on the railroad that
in the future all mail trains on
b itn ch roads which are also late
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
will cause a fine to be imposed by
subscription rates
the government.
Ed Smith took a band o f 20
Payable to Advance
ONE YEAR \__ ......................*. f2-?0 head o f horses to Tilbcnook last
week, driving to T^e D alles via
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Rohr Villa, thence by boat to
JANUARY IX. 1M9
P °rttond, thence via North Yam-
hill.
power shortage. The army has al
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE
A number o f Moro ladies met ready placed orders in France for
about the a t Mrs H adleys Tuesday, and or- 2,500,000 uniform s and it is hoped
A wave a f
qufiHty o f Governor Snell’s m es gznised an Afternoon Tea Club, that French m ills may (produce
sage to the kgishrtpre w as engen to m eet a t . homes o f members cotton ducking fo r tents and car
dered by a a editortal that appear teeekly. Once a month tihe gen tle go covering for the army. If this
ed in a Salam afternoon * paper men are to be invited for an even out put can be brought up to 5.-
th a t w a s distributed to members ing-OOL,.-,..__ _____ ,__V_________ -__ 000,000 yards a month the strain
Robert Urquhent has ju st added on American m ills will be eased
shortly a fter th e speech ended.
H l te n s e f the editorial w as b it three fresh cows to the Moro City and there is a possibility that
dairy. We have long hoped to sc? this will perm it them to increa>?
terly critical. ”
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A part o f the membership o f milk served in metropolitan style prodirtion for domestic M H„ .
and house were iuefined to hi this city.
ever, three expectation), are only
i, b ut probably not tihe major From the Observer Jsn. 14, 1916 tentative.
ity. '
( J
•,
John DeMosa and E. A. Cusn-
The governor weakened h is mes- man have each added a phone to
The editor o f the Ontario Ob
sage by indecisive statem ents and their farm conveniences th is week,
server has this editorial comment
b y. "working both aides o f the using the Moro central,
to make about the cigarette sit-
street” in argum ents. He praised
Tuesday night was the cold’xt
uatio:
c
the record the |a st two years n o f th ig winter season; rt w as re-
SORRY— NO CIGARETTES
taxation. sayin g the per capita ported 7 below a t Shaniko, 6 be-
When your merchant «ays the
debt was'down, that the state had 1°Y * t Grass Valley and 1 below
above phrase, he would like to
become bettor in line with neign- a t Moro.
take tim e to explain all the reason?
S. Z. SAKAll. d » m m wJOaMd BuMer
boring states, aad then wound up
An interesting debate was held
that he cannot procure cigarettes
big ♦’elk on ta x es b y rScomSnending between the sophomore and fresh
to supply his custom ers, but the
a—
« -» » « / « a y k-~
- - r U w U a JI
o
^sy
en interim committee to work with man classes on the question: “Re-
reasons are many and involved and
an outside group to study the en solved. That in the story of Ivan the merchant’s time is limited,
STAMPS HvnCBBEarXi
tire ta r problem. “I f our tax sit hoe, Scott make« Rebecca more
W e ’herewith respectfully aubmiCa
uation . i s good.” say members, attractive than Rowena.” The a f
few of the reasons that there are
“w hy hire some one to repair it? ” firmative side own.
no cigarett«:
Taken suddenly ill Monday while
H is proposal about auditing the
1. The CCC— 'Ahe Commodity Cre
liquor commission»’ book» also met * g u est a t the home A if Billing?r,
dit Corporation restrict« tobacco
with general disapproval. N o one to The Dalles, O. C. Eakin, aged
production to a fixed quota for
thinks there is any need for such 60. a Sherman county pioneer far
each farm and periodically w ith
an audit. Objection to the commit- mer, died at seven o’clock that
draws tobacco from the market
GRASS VALLEY THEATRE
cion’s action to beeauee o f the night.
to sustain a “floor” price. Plan3
V ILL 3H O W EACH WEEK, FR I
size o f the cemmiaoion said to From the Observer, Jsn 15, 1926
to withdraw four hundred million
DAY, SATURDAY A SUNDA Y
have been p aid , to the man who
A new arrival (to reported a t the
pounds from the 1045 crop.
WITH FIRST RUN PICTURES
made the deal for the purchase VenGilder home in Wasco, Monday
2. The W FA—The War Food Ad-
o f the eastern distillery, not be- January 11th.
mmastration allocate« w hat is left NOTICE TO CREDITORS
cause of the condition o f the books.
A »mall son arrived a t the home
The undersigned having been
o f the crop to the various tobacco
On the other hand the governor of Mr and Mrg Frank Haynes processors and m anufacturers
appointed by the Count Court p i
was .»or** specific than w as ex« Friday noon. Frank to having a
3. The W PB—The War Produe- the (State of Oregon, for She.nian
peeked of him. He asked for things ■I*’1 made to put a t hi» place of
tion Qoard restricts the •m ount County, the Executrix of the Ea
definitely aad o f ton more concisely business which w ill read “Hayn?s
of machinery the processors and tate o f Carl Victor Anderson, de-
than u su a l W hat the legislature
Son G arage.”
manufaturer» can buy.
ceased, and having qualified, xotic3
win da about thia second Snail
An extra craw o f about ton mer
4. The WMC—The Manpower Com ie hereby given to the creditors
is not known, h u t few were working on the telephone
mission has placed employment of, and all person» having claims
Ik convinced th a t matter« lines betw een Moro and southern
‘ terling” on all cigarette factories, against said deceased, to present
any more deairsbe Sherman county pointe Wednesday,
5
The WLB— The War Labo • them, verified as required by law,
enunciated by the chief
Mam street in Moro, also the
Board restrict» the a
iiiii we within six months after the first
route of the »Shernten highway
Board fixe« the w ages of tobacco publication of this notice to said
T he speech was well delivered through town, is being given a
processors n relation to all com- Executrix, c-o Mrs. Hildred Zell.
although th e crowd th at came to top dressing o f crushed rock this
peting industries in all controlled Wasco, Oregon.
Fear it w as sm aller than two years week.
labor areas.
Dorothy Miller
ago
tha inaugural m essage
C. The FE A — The Foreign Econ
Executrix of the E state si
w a s given. Tkie d o es not todies!? BOND SALE RECORD HIGH
omic Administration is using to-
Carl Victor Anderson, deceased
lack o f interest, but lack of gas-
hecco
for
“lend-tlea«e,”
Shipped
23
D
tted
December 29, 1944
8-12
Addition of $4,842 to the Sher
oltoa and tha natural laasanfog of
man county total of E bonds was Bullion pounds in the first nine
o f a mid-term speech.
made from allocations from the n in th s of this year— exclusive of NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All person« having claim s a-
Army and Navy at the compie- shipm ents to ourr armed force«,
gninst
the estate «f 0 . P. King,
habit
; i !
, r — r ; tion o f the drive. This brought the 7. The OPA—The Office of Price
total o f E bond sale» to $225,100 Administration fixe« the price o f deceased, are hereby notified to
This b a new year. Custom re for thia county. No change was
cigarette, cigar, and pipe to- present them, with the proper
quire« that that portion e f the made in totals of other serie» and
all the w ay from the manu vouchers and duly verified, to the
people who feel th at their conduct tha final total for the county was <«cturer to the smoker.
undersigned t > - 4 u l y Appointed,
than perfect make 8S41300 according to Anal figures
products are as qualified a sd ^ c tin g admdnutratrix
to .g M g effect, ...
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.
t *
,„„.,1
received
this week.
'we^ “eontrollecl”
“controlled” a«
os ciarettes
ciarettes wo of the E state o f O. P. King, de-
Perhaps th is to too inclusive. Pro • The overall quota w as $150,000 P ™ 1* * that there won’t be any ceased, at the office o f T. Lester
bably no one conaktors bim salf, or and the percentage o f quota was
Johnson, attorney at law, 4n Moro
them either.
h erself < p erfect. U s neighbors
Oregon, within six months from
tore who are going to
wwildn’t Hk» it i f one did perm it 227.5 which gives the county a
the date of the first publication of
m
tln<
r
f
third
in
the
(
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to.
u
k
e
the
194i
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Agricul- this notice, to-wit: December 15,
eoch ee lf laudation
In E bond nnlen th . p erw n U # -
be trained for
N ererthsleae it to. the less se lf
1944.
ir
22£
u
the
quota^-w».
(100.000
'R.
L.
Ackerman.
Supervisor for
aattoAad who make the resolutions
Frances King
The custom eeema to be fa llin g in In peroapita sale of E bonds the District 3. and E. M. Igl, A ssist-
Administratrix
e n t Supervisor. Ackerman and Igl Date of first publication Dec. 15,
to disuse ue evidenced b y th e few ccunty esteblished a state high.
L atest O PA estim ates on popu will hold the first classes in Lake
er nutober o f grim faced persons
lation
indicate percapita sale of and Klamath counties and work 1944.
w ho haunt th e ir 7 old etetoping
Date o f last publication Jan. 12,
grounds with tfto taartyr look on P. bends o f $132.35. A verage for north until they have trained men *p4g
their unhappy facea. W e have gen the la st four drives h as been end women in all ten c o u n t i e 3 . ______
erally come to th e realisation th at tl(>6 39
They will be in Moro January n o t i c e OF FINAL ACCOUNT
ea r hnfalto are controlling to each
25, 26 and 27. ‘______________ Notice
is herby given th a t the
A boy of 19 und a g irl o f 17,
Bethlehem Chapter No. 78. O.E.S. \undersigned ha« filed in the County
both from Lewiston, Idaho, were
Meets Every Second and r;ourt of the State o f Oregon for
ahteps
Fourth Thursdav« *n es:
ok_____
s»
nre . good, all are picked up by Sheriff Wilson this
Month. V isiting Members Sherman Couffty his Final Ac
week
a
s
ruaways.
Parents
came
bud. B ut they sim plify Mfe remark
count and Report as the Adm inis
Invited;— Moro, Oregon
ably. If possible It would be bet- for them and returned them to
trator of the Estate o f N o n
Alice
Ornduff,
W.
M.
_____ _
_
.4 __their
» Us homes. They were accom-
Marie Hoskinsojy, Secretary_ Smith, deceased, and th at Wed
wrtheut pstof p r e ju d ic in '
b y a boy o f 1« wbo was Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116 nesday, th e 7th day of February
c f doing «»mrthing beeauee J»raU ted to go on to Bend.«
M eets 2nd and 4th
1945. at the hour o f 10:00 o’clock
af a
pettoni formed years
«®cers o f the Odd-Fellowi Tuesdays of each
A. M., of said day; a t the court
before.
h * , *
.
and Bebekah lodges will be in-. month. V isit ng mem
room o f said court, in ibe court
- Hhbit patterns o ft tim e» wear «tolled a t a joint m eeting he-«» bers welcome. '
house
in Moro, Sherman County,
ont In l m
than • HfeUm. and « « to n la y n i« h t Clara Houston A1 ce McKee N.G.
Oregon,
have been fixed by • th«
Johnston. S«1
Wave ousTs eeodurt o u t o f tone
become noble grand o f th? Florence
l ureka Lodge No. 121 A .F .A A.M. Court as the tim e and place foi
w to i th a t o f aeueetotea. The pro- Rebekahs and Roy K eseinger of
Meets on the 1st * d *»©»ring of objection« to aaid Final
cum o f grow ing old— outside o f the Odd-Fdiowg
3rd Thursday evenings Account and Report and for the
ito phyecal m anifestations—4s to e * It to reported that Charles Free-
o f each month. Visiting settlem ent of said E state.
members are cordially
e f oue’u KaUta becom ing uian, who wug auditor for * the
*
Arthur J. Smith
invited to meet with us
To rsm siii young bi State Industrial Accident Commis
Administrator
R. P. Brisbine W. M
hto lmbito Mou fo r several years in this ares,
’ R. V. Lockhart, secretary
T. Lester Johnson
and w ell known to m ost of the em-
Lodge No. 113, L O O F . Attorney at law. Wasco Oregon
Meets 1st and 3rd 1st publication Jan. 5, 1945
ta haM t patterns and botoni« el- Veteran's boepitel in' Portland
Tuesdays in I.O.O.F. Last publication Jan. 26, 1945
to the result of recetely after suffering a h ea rt'
¡hall. Transient and
th e habit e f not »K eegteg habits, attack w tile working in Tillamook.
B i politto» B to called ounetuvattom,
Bern: To Mr and Mrs Eugene f
Grass Valley Theatre
Straæ-j
<W”
¡W O T
MWS
Friday - Saturday - Sunday
12
13
14
Adm. Adults 3 5 Chldn. 19
A
nud to r s s p ir tr i er net, January 3rd, in The Dalles hoapi-
FO R EW O R D
Major Victor Joppolo, V* S. A., mkm
a good men. Yon w ilt see that. It is tha
whole r ecu on why I wunt you to know
hie etory. *
U a was tha Amgot afficet o /.a smaU
Italian town called Adana, Ha was
more or less the American mayor after
our tostokM.
Amgot, as you know, stood for AUiad
M ilitary Covemmaut Occupied Terri*
tory. The authorities decided, shortly
after the happenings of this story, that
the word Amgot had an ugly Garasenic
sound, and they heard that the two sylla
bles of the word, when tehee separately.
Ware Turkish wordk unmentiitnable in
translation. St> they decided la cell it
AJH.G. end forget about <fce Occupiaj
Territory.
z
That was latar, though. IF hen I knew
him , Majpr Joppolo was Amgot aficer
of Adano, and he was good.
There were probuhly not any really
bad men is Amgot, but there Were some
stupid ones (end still ere, es en though
the Turkish embarrassment has been
taken cere o ff. You see, the theories
about administering occupied terrb
lories ell turned out to be just theai
ries, and in fact tbe thing which de
termined whether we Americans teauld
be successful in that toughest of a ll jobs
was nothing more or less than the qual
ity of the asen who did the administer-
7 Aar m sohy I think it is important
for you to know about M ajor Joppolo.
H e was • good asen, though toeak in
certain attractive, huasan ways, and
what he did and what he toes not able
to do th Adano represented in minia
ture what America can end cannot do
in Europe. Since I»« happened to be •
l man, his works represented the
of the possibilities.
America is the international country,
Mujor Toppolo was an Italian-American
going to work in Italy. Our army has
> ttgoslai s aad Frenchmen and Austri
ans und Cseeks and Norwegians in it,
and everywhere out army goes is
Europe, a maa ran turn to the private
beside him and say: “H ty , Mac, what’s
this furriner sa y in g ? How much does he
want for that bunch of grapes?” And
Mac w ill he able to translate.
soil. Torth said: “ You are too senti
m ental.“
The Major said: “Maybe.'but you
will be the same wheu you get to
Hungary.”
/ ‘Never, not m e.”
The Major looked toward the town
and «aid: "Do you think lt’a safe
now?”
,
*
Borth said: “Why not?”
"Then-how do we go?”
Borth unfolded a map case de
liberately. He put a freckled finger
on the celluloid cogcr and said:
“Here, by the Via Barrino as far aa
the Via of October Twenty-eight,
and the Piazsa la at the top of the
Via of October Twenty-eight.”
“October Twenty-eight,” the Ma
jor said, “what Is that. October
Twenty-eight?"
"That's the date of Mussolini's
march on Rome, ip 1922." Borth
said. /,It is the day when Musso
lini thinks he began to be a big
shot.” Borth was very good at mem
ory
They started walking
The Ma
jor said: "I have lost all count, so
what (s today?"
“July tenth."
"We will caD It the Via of July
Ten.0
“So you’re renaming the streets
already. Next you’ll be raising mon
uments. Major Joppolo. first to an
unknown soldier, then to yourself.
1 don’t trust you men who are so
C
C H A P TE R I
Invasion had come to tbe town of
Adano.
An American corporal ran tautly
along tbe dirty Via Favem i and at
the corner he threw himself down.
He made certain arrangements with
his light machine gun and then
turned and beckoned to his friends
to come forward
In the Via Calabria, in another
part of town, a party of three crepk
forward like cats. An explosion, poa-
s ib lyo f a m ortar shell, at some dis-*,
tance to the north but apparently-
inside the town, caused them to fall
flat with a splash of dust. They
waited on their bellies to see what
would happen.
An entire platoon ducked from
grave to grave in the Capucin Cenv
etery high on the hill overlooking
town. The entire platoon
w af
scared. They were out of touch with'
" I don’t treat
rest yes men who are
their unit. They did not know the
situation. They were near their ob so sentim ental
jective, which was the rocky crest
sentimental and have too damn
not far off, but they wanted to And
much conscience.’’
out what- was going on in the town
“Cut the kidding,“ the M ajor said.
before they moved on.
There was an echo in the way he
AU through the town of Adano,
said it, as ff he were a boy having
Americans were like this. They
been called wop by others In school.
were not getting much resistance,
In spite of the gold maple leaf of
but It was their first day of inva
rank on the collar, there was an
sion, and they were tight in their
echo.
muscles.
At the corner of the third aUey
But at one of the sulphur loading
running off the Via of October Twen
jetties at the port a M a jo f with a
ty-eight, the two men came on a
brief case under his arm stepped
dead Italian woman. She had been
from the sliding gangway of LCI
dressed in black. Her right leg was
No. 9488. and be seemed to be whol
blown off and the flies for some rea
ly calm.
son preferred the dark sticky pool of
“ Borth," he said to the sergeant blood and dust to her stump.
who followed him onto the jetty,
“ Awful,” the M ajor said, for al
“ this is like coming home, how often
though the blood was not yet dry,
I have dreamed this." And he bent nevertheless there was already a
over and touched the palm of his
beginning of a sweet but vomitous
hand to the jetty, then dusted his odor. " It ’s a hell of a note,” he
palm off on his woolen pants.
said, "that we had to do that to our
This man was M ajor Victor Jop-'
friends."
polo, who had been named senior
“Friends,” said Borth. "that’s a
civil affairs officer of the town of laugh.”
Adano, representing Amgot. Re was
“ It wasn’t them, not the ones like
a man of medium height, with the her." the M ajor said. “They weren’t
dark skin of his parents, who were our enemies. My mother’s mother
Italians from near Florence,
" e must have been like her. It wasn’t
had a mustache. His face 4was; the poor ones like her. it was the
round and his cheeks seemed cheer bunch up there where we’ce going,
ful but his eyes were intense and those crooks in the City H all."
serious. He was about thirty-five.
“ Be careful." Borth said, and his
The sergeant with him was Leon- = face showed that he was teasing the
afd Porth mi M ’P . who was to be M ajor again., "You’re going to have
In cha»re f ma:^pr» of security in . your office in the City Hall. ~ Be
Adi iv h* m hh to help weed out the careful you don’t gel to be a crook
l*afi li. I u and n ake use of the too.” •
>
gouj mt.«
1‘o iih had volunteered
"Lay off." the Major said.
•o he the ti -t to eo into the town * Borth said: “ I don’t trust your
th the Mati-r Tortti hHd no fear; •
conscience, sir. I ’m appointing my-,
. e ( l i ed h ( out noth.ng.
He was of ' self assistant conscience."
|aien
.
. tu «e . and _ he
. had » "Lay off." the M ajor said, and
<1
In Budapest.
ere he hvd taken pre-medical
t.iudies. in Rome, where he had
been . curreepondcnt lor P « t« r
Lloyd. In Vienna, where he had
worked In a travel «gency. In Mar-
aelUe. where (re had been aecretarp
to a rich exportar. In Boston where
he had been a reporter tor the Her-
aid. and tn San Francisco, where he
sold radios. Still he was less than
thirty» He was an American citisen
and an enlisted man by choice. To
him the whple war was a cynical
joke, and he considered his jeb in
the war to make people take them
selves less seriously.
When the Major touched Lalisr.
e « r e w . l Ih.t echo-
Borth said: “Maybe it was a
crook’s bouse, how can you tell?
to rf^
houw .nd' i ’onc'e™
yourM|, ^ith that.** He pointed Into
„ , u„ „ , ome , tr, w
meIon
t g<eq , anq 0|^ chicken (uta and (Ilea,
fAnd
, dded.
of
„ oo, <u„ „ u , , , . MlJor
Just something to get clean. You’ve
got some business in that alley, not
In that house there."
"I know my business. I know what
1 want to do, I know what It’s like
‘ to be poor. Borth "
» Borth was silent. He found the
seriousness of this Jdajor Joppolo
something hard to penetrate.
They came in time to the town's
main square, which, i9as called Pi
azza Progresso- And on that square
they saw the building they were
looking for.
:
There was a clock tower on the
left hand front corner. On top of
the tower there was a metal frame
which must have been designed to
hold a bell. It was baroque and
looked very old. But there was no
belL ,
On the side of the clock tower big
white letters said: ' l l Popolo Itali
ano ha creata col suo sangue l'Im
pero, lo feconderà col sua lavoro a
lo difenderà contra chiunque colle
sue armi-jF
.
,, Jj? , 1
The Major pointed and gaid:/*See,
Borth. even after our invasion it
says: T he Italian people built the
Empire w|th their blood, will make
It fruitful with their work and win
defend it against anyone with their
arm s.’ ”
Borth said: "I know you can read
Italian. So can 1. ' Don’t translate
for Borth."
The Major said: “1 know, but
think of how that sounds today “
Borth skid: T t sounds silly,
sure."
-
*
Tbe Major said: “If they had seen
any fruit of their work, they would
have fought with their arms I bet
pre could teach them UYwant |o de
fend what they have. 1 want to dd
so much h^re, Borth."
Borth said: “That sounds silly
too. Remember the alley, clean up
tha alleyway, sir. it is the alley thaf
you ought to concentrate on “
The Major walked across the Pi
azza up to the big black door of the
Palazzo, put his brief case down,
took a piece of chalk out of his
pocket, and wrote on a panel ot the
door:
"Victor Joppolo.
Major,
U.8.A., AMGOT. Town of Adano."
Then both men went inside and
up some marble stairs, looking all
around them as they climbed They
took a turn and went through a
door marked Podesta The office oo
the other side of that door took Vic
tor Joppolo’s breath away
In the first place, it was so very
It must have' been seventy
feet long and thirty feet wide. The
ceiling was high, and the floor was
big-
marble.
"Say.” said Major Joppolo. “thia
to okay.”
"Looks like that office of Musso
lini’s." Borth said. "Come to think
of it, you look quite a lot like Mus
solini, sir, dxcept the mustache. Will
It be okay with you to be a Musso
lini?”
“Cut tbe kidding,” the M ajor said.
“Let's look around.’*
They wenl out through the white
door at the end of the room and
walked through several offices, all
of which were crowded with desks
and files and bookcases. The files
had not been emptied or even dis
turbed. "Good,” said Borth. “lists
of names, every one registered and
all their records. It'll be easy for
us here.”
The Major said: “What a differ
ence between my office and these
others. It is shameful.”
All Borth said was: “Your of
fice?"
When the two went back into the
big office there was an Italian there.
He had evidently been hiding in the
building. He was a small man, with
a shiny linen office coat on. with his
collar buttoned but no tie.
The small Italian gave the Fascist
salute and with an eager face said
in Italian: "Welcome to the’’Ameri
cans I Live Roosevelt! How glad I
am that you have arrived. Fpr
many years I have hated the Faa-
cists."
The Major said in Italian: “Who
•re you?"
The little man said: "Zito Giu
seppe. I have been well known as
anti-Fascist."
Major Joppolo said: “What do
you do?"
Zito said: "1 greet the Ameri-
cans."
Borth said in an Italian which
was hertrily accented: "Idiot, what
was your Job before the disembarka
tion?"
,
Zito said: | "Zito Giovanni, usher
in the Palagio di Citte, native of ”
Adano.”
Major Joppolo said: "You were
the usher here?”
"Every day from eight to eight."
"Why did you work for the Fas
cists if you hated them?"
"I have hated them many years,
I affi well known as antl-FascisL
I have lived under a great suspl-
aloo.”
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*,*.
The Major skid: "Usher. I love
the truth, you will find that out. If
you lie to nqe, you will be In very
serious trouble. Do not lie to me.
If you were a Fascist, you were a
F a scist There is no need to lie.”
Zito said: “One had to e a t one
had to earn*a living. I have
children.”
!
Major Joppolo said: "So you were
a Fascist. Row you will bava to
learn to U ve.In a democracy. You *
will be my dsher.”
The little 2&to jves delighted.
The Major said: "Do not salute
roe that way:”
;.
Zito bowed and said: "Tha fascist
salute, ua air..”