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f!J»ue there it» * tendency to con*
done i t
T h at has not happened
notioobly about liquor and with
careful adm inistration would not
happen about »am bling, but it U
a valid . argum ent against
the
amendments—and the only one.
poor should cornétto the Palazzo di
prom generals." Captaih Purvis ha< r4M*OINT DAIRY PROGRAM
Citta, and that their request should , been
commissioned just aigh JSBCOMM ENDED FOR OREGON
be granted.**
"Especially." shouted the loud on*
. named Afronti. "especially without
a wait at twq to three weeks.**.
" It was not necessary to write
you a letter." Basile shouted.
*’
“The police did not even examine
us," roared Afronti.
The slow one named Erba finally
got out a sentence. It was. one of
the few beautiful sentences he ever
managed to say, and one of the
longest. He said: "When the people
come and take w a te r from my. cart
to drink for .their thirst, I shall say !
to them: Thank the Mister M ajor,
my friends/ •"
i
M ajo r Joppolo said: ’Get out of
herq,
You are wasting my timp
and the time of all the people who
are waiting outside that door.** And
he gestured itppatiently at the mgn.
The cartmen went out, shouting
and congratulating America.
The command post of the M .P /a
was housed in the Fascio, the one?
story building w’ leb had, been the
headnuartorx ««f tl e'*>Faw‘b t Party.
It.w as sirupl* a string nJ nx»uig iac-
' Ing on the Via b * g a r n ju t off the
sr«a a. life
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CDnORIAL_
USOCMTION
A BELL
fo r A D A N O
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
" SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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by John Hersey
ONE YEjARî ;. ^ r ......~ ....... 7- *2
SYNOPSIS
FEBRUARY 21. 1>45
1930. Pictures in the form o f snap-
shots or postcard«
fc
are especially Major V ic to r Joppolo. the Am got officer
*■ charge Sergeant Leonard Borth. aa s
’ MP. waa to be In charge of s S c u rlti. ”
•■■«mi«
Anyone who has information or*1**
M a jo r act out im m ediately to win
j __ ______? the friendship of the citizens, and to lm»
» L i.
pictures o f tills kind, esn (io a ‘JOT* prove th e ir living conditions
vice to the country/by contacting
IT R
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n rt
8. Army a t P. 0 . Box J 5 1 ,
Portland. Oregon.' ’
t n w , . S h A r t.o .
tm
sr menage
,
D u rin g
,
last
_
.
summer’s
,
C H A P T E R □ : The first duties of Ml
Jor Joppolo. a fte r potting the c iv il I
structlon#. was to find out wlxst the efi
t e n s needed the most.
He soon deto
mined to replace their bell, which tl
G erm ans had taken. The bell, he fours
WM the
,
gymbo, of
Piazza.
uf#
F a th e r Penaovecchlo. the town’s leading
Reaaott for the extra nigrt life men to do the work o f a p a ir o f
in Amsrica can be directly traced horses "
to w a rtim e spire*. People worry
rbout fee War, their sons, their
economic bondition and seek re-
k ^ a a ^ o m such worry by gebtg
odt *|a*meke wfcoop-pee that, whil*
not a lasting surcease from worry,
give« aom i ( temporary relief to
war torn» Mkraa. * Perhaps they
Kelly’s Column
»ell to the public 1,900
*.n cent» anieee. The
called In M ercurlo Salvatore, the tov i
crje r. and instructed him to announce
thc new regulations.
C H A P T E R IV : The M a jo r, during the
rush of his work, forgot he had prom ised
the priest that he would attend mass.
The late ringing of the bell rem inded
him . and he ran off to the services
A fte r services, the town c rie r told thdbe
watting In the bakery line that the M a jo r
id told him he m ight listen to the
adlo Rom a tf desired.
e
C H A P T E R V : G argano, chief of the
C ara b in ie ri, shoved his w ay to the front
of the b akery line
C a rm flih a , wife of
the lazy T atta. objected, and the Chief
m arched her off to the M a jo r. A fter ex-
plaining the trouble to tb f M a jo r, the
lif e r a f t i at Chief was told that all wtre equal and
w e a a .1 1 . ,?_uglJ \ ke. thelr.
*» • «
C arm e-
C H A PTER V n
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, would understand. "That is the fault
’ 2 * r t y « - » the h tU o n d -^
.u th o ritie.. I Old no« wlrt. to
rr.lsa paactice ww being followed, post M many proclamations. That
" " * *
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LOYIWRY AMENDMENT ‘
herwioe loos fro m the »ale of is not my fault. I am sorry. The
The propooml
a » - B1Any thomand>
«em s number does not m atter. E rba.”
J ’ IL n T z t
rap-
lesentattvaa at Ralam, baa many
propoaanU from Uo»e who bafe
ho «0UMcti«B Witt «wablla* «ad
who k f a found «afarwm m t at
the law
be lax, if not impoeaibU.
The proposal came because the
legislature aaa passed laws a<ai*fft
d o t amebtoea and pin ball ma-
Chines^ the supreme court has ruled
- j T o f a m - « d th . P « .
rx n n e M , nov
un the houa« aa
« * y reach an taapreasive figure.
Erb> “ id;
number doeg not
matter. The proclamation gays it is
In carrying out ite program fo r necessary to be clean. It says the
support o f p a rity price» on apcci- people must be clean with water,
fUd ^ ricok u m l product. Com#- «"d even ih. .Irm u mu.1 b , ele.n
dRy CmdR Corp, now h u In v n U Ou' • * " ’* .« ’ * . * * / ’
,*.
ed $2,0OO/>OO/M)O and has asked fo r the time of. Afronti?”
V.
»ufeoriaatien to u»e
another Afronti roared: “Since th< time of
$2,000,000,000 in the coming fiscal Pietro, of Aragons and of Roberto
To maintain parity prices the Kln<
Naples.’*
corporation buys wool and a loot? thf r^ * * ld:
*7*,!^*"
« ffa rm .M drnry p ^
„
pie bays voted them ou t , and stipulated price and re s e lls
i othing has been done. They will market values, the difference,
a t There Is much sameness which has
i f accumulated on the streets since
rooms
party members a»d anti-Fascists.
have you. Mister M ajor?’
On the morning when M ajor Jop­
" • 1 may have. I have seen many
polo ra ile d -a b o y l the tasta, there
of them."
Basile said. ’*t think you would weie three men la the main office
rem em ber my cart. Yoa know bow of the M P. a... Resides Captain Pur­
all the carts have picture* painted vis. there ward Technical Sergeant
on the panels of the sides? Scenes > Frank Trapani, who kept Captain
of the Saints, scenes of the history Purvis’s records and waa more or
less , his secretary, and Corporal
of Adano, scenes of the fine acci­
dents we have had in the province Chuck Schultz, who was the M.P.
on guard.
of Vicinamare—"
Captain Purvis put down the tele­
The M ajor said: " I tell you it is
phone and said: T h a t Joppclo, I
not necessary to describe these
think he's nuts.'*
carts. I have seen many of them.
Sergeant T rap ani said: "W h a t’s
I am getting sick of the carts."
he done now,’ s ir? "
The M a jo r said: ’ ’This is a waste
•Oh." the Captain said, "he s al­
o f*tim e .’ ’ But B&sile could see. and
ways talking about democracy like
the o th y two could see. that the
it was his mother. He ought to re­
M a jo r was nearly persuaded by this
lax and have a littie fun
Bet he’s
tim e wasting talk.
never been drunk In his life."
Basile pressed on: "How can 1
d rive my cart noi)v, even in the
c o u n try ' How can 1 -put my fat
horse, whose nafhe is G eneral Eis­
enhower in hnn-»r of our deliverer,
between the s I m **I s . and put my fat
self on the seat and d rive an'iiiid
w ith my pictures of fat a n d ’ to»H-
people— when th^ people of Adano
are starving. M ltte r M ajor? This
fills me with shams, even though I
cannot bring the-wart into town "
Corporal Schultz said: "H e cai
have this Dago wine." He put his
hands over his belly and made a
fA e
-7,-t
The Captain said: "Beside*, he's
going Jo get uansll in trouble."
Sergi ant T ra p a n i
he done, sir?"
said:
"W h at’ s
An Italian stuck his head hi the
door just out of curiosity. « ’
“Get odt of here, "TrapSnh- tell
that wop-to get out of here and stay
out." Captain Purvis did not speak
a word of Italian, and It made him
feel frustrated. * Trapani told the
curious one to move along
•T h e cauta.** Captain Purvis said.
Of hunger. And there is nothing in
•11 the proclamations whtch refers "Joppolo has the nerve to tell Gen­
to such thing» as the dead mule of eral M arvin he knows where be can
Errante Gaetano. Why then do we stick the carts, he wants them to
*,
have thia thing of the carts?”
. t come back into town."
The Major reached for the field
Sergeant Trapani said: " It wasn't
telephone, cranked the handle and a very wise order in the first place.
said: "Give me Rowboat Blue For­ I think maybe the M ajo r’s right."
ward "
"Right?" Captain Purvis put his
While he waited for an answer,
palm against his cheek in a gesture
the Majot s a d to Bcsile gruffly:
of amazement. "Why, man. Gen­
"Sit down
eral M arvin’ll shoot him and us too.
"Hello
Tht>- nowbo<k Blue For­ What do you think this man's army
ward0 Captain Purvis, j. ease. . .
would by like if everybody just did
"Purvis'* Joppo'o l . i i t o * i . . ,
what he wanted and want around
"No. now this is ser:ous. Purvis.
countermanding ordem every day?
This th:r»y abotik the carts.
I ’ve
We got little enough discipline in
made up n.y mind By one sentence
our army anyhow without going
General M»u vin destroyed the work
around Iv’-fcrUi«
«woods Uy
of nine days in this town. 1 know it
may no an a court m a rtia l, but I ’ve
these people starve. , \
5. Produce milk and cream of
the highest quality.
, s,
6. Adopt labor serving methods.
7. Take care of your land. —
8- Develop a sound breeding pro.
It may be possible to convert
coal into "hosiery, perfume and, at­
tractive dresses, but it seemabet-
kar to be content now with convert­
ing the limited coal supply Into
heat. —Indianapolis New»
S VALLEY
" I. Cto July It, orders were -lw
c e iv e+ fe o m General M arvin. *»th!
Division, to keep all fnule carta out
of the town of Adano. Guards were
posted at bridge over Rosso Rivet
and at Cacopardo Sulphur Refinery
Order carried out.
"2- On July >0. guards were re
moved’ on order of M ajor Victoi
Joppolo. C K il Affairs Officer, town
of Adano, because carts were essen-l
tial to town and town was In badl
shape without sam e."'
,
Sergeant Trapani read over whatj
he bad written..
.Then he said: "Schultz, listen toj
this, do you think this’ll get the Ma I
jo r in trouble?" And ha read the re-|
port out loud. " I thought that parti
about the town needing the carlsl
might make it okay for the M ajo r. "I
• "W hat’s this M ajor to you?"|
Schultz said.
" If he can t have!
any fun, what’s he to you?"
Sergeant Trapani said: "Oh. noth-l
ing. I jhst hate to see a guy get in]
trouble* when he’s trying to d«|
right."
1
fehllfe said:
Well. tt>cn. why!
don't you let the order get lost tai
Captain Purvis’s papers? Don’t b o th !
er me, I feel aw ful/*
1
Sergeant Trapani looked h a rd 'g tl
Corporal Schultz. Then he stood u J
and went over to Captain Purvis's!
desk and put the purple slip In the!
middle x,f a disorderly pile of pa l
pers w ljch Captain Purvis touched]
only in adding to it.
-
, f
"Good 'idea." Trapani said.
I
"You’re EyetaUan/* Schultz raid. I
“ what d6 these Eyetalians put in i
their boose?’’
g
Early the next week, Giuseppe the!
interpreter came to M ajor Joppolol
in some embarrassment.
1
" I'm a sorry, boss,” he said.
1
"A b o u tw h a t? ” the M alor said. I
Continued on Pa<e T h r e «
f
PRE-WAR
,
**I have to do it, Purvis. - This
town is dyfng. No food can get into
the town if the carts don’t come.
The town depends on the carts for
water: there isn’t any running wa­
ter here, you know that. The peo­
ple can’t go out into the AeJda to
work in the morning. Taking carts
awav from this town is like taking
automobiles away from a country
town in the States. You just can’t
do it all at once. People will die.
Tm not here to k ill1 people/*
O U illT T
CORBY'S
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I It
Z
Z
NEXT WEEK
86 Proof
68.4% Groin
Nautroi
Spirits
• I f you are looking Ib r a
lig h t, sociable b le n d , try
Corby’» -fe e whiskey with a
Captain Purvis evidently put up
an argument.
V- - '
Grand OMkCAnadUn Nansel
Tucs.-Wcd.-Thur.
F eb. 2 7 - 2 8
Men*. 1
If yon donh know tbis pre-
Finally the M ajor said: "Purvis,
I order you, on my authority, to
start letting carts back Into the
town, beginning now. I take abso­
lute and complete responsibility fog
countermanding General M arvin’s
order. . . .
"Listen friend, if we never took <
chances around here, this placé
would go right on being a Fascism.
All right, it’s on my responsibility.***
The three . cartmen sat through ;
the telephone conversation not com­
prehending. To judge by their facet T
they seemed to think that M ajor
Joppolo was devising some punish- '
ment for them. They bad the habit
of fear, and tlnty thought that this ’
man of authority would of course
be exactly like the man of authority
ttyey had known for so long.
M ajor Joppolo hung up fte turned
to the three cartmen and said: "You
may bring your carts Into the town."
For a long moment they did not
understand. Then they stood up and
began shouting and waving their*
caps.
Jos. to rd n y R C o - Uaritod
Poorkt, iHinois,
L ucile B all
N ew s R éel
DOORS OPEN AT 7:1S p.
SHOW STARTS AT 8.-R0 P,
"We thank you, ws thank you and
we kiss your hand/* they roared.
"Oh, Mister Major, there has nev­
er been a thing like thia." the fat
one named Basile shouted, "that the
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ADMI88ION
ADULTS 40c.; C H iyjR B N
t
3 .. r •
I 4. Practice disease-control m eth­
od».
quarters for both the M P.'s and
•sp ecially (or Sergeant B orth’a se­
curity detail, becam e the fl’ing cabi­
nets
contained e«*» plete records on
tell xpu about the food and the
carl». You have not »cen my cart, ^■practically everyone in town. both
decided to countermand his order.
What?
" I know I ’m taking a chance, but
I ’ve got to do i t
We can’t let
ara* Tbentoto made In ex-
tSjOdfifMO from this source
dbianatan. IA paya for the
totmfan load. The state
b atoaefeinr o f a gambling
tkrongb fee deg and borea
fea ag b the lac tuns from
m e b slot ao greet.
■Hands ri fea t mtiarca from
[w ith regard to feed sttplies, labor
fgvaflefcle, end t&e longtime future
[o f the dairy enterprise ie the fib-
r jeotive o f the national eight-point
( dairy program now advocated
[throughout the United^tatea, says
| Harold Ewalt, aeaftatanv’Uairy ex-
t tension „specialist at OSC. ,
As in previous year», the eight
rpolnts are aimed toward bringing
[about maximum production for
[wartime demand, while recogniz-
fcng the need to i a good balance
I looking toward postwar conditions.
LThe eight points included to the
[program follows:
’
I U. Grow an abundance of high
[quality roughage.
I 2- Balance your herd with your
[feed supply. *
3. Keep production records on
each cow in your herd.
«jhairs, and that** a* qjl. l c build*
ing made a vtr> conyeu.eiu head­
n * a is tecauaa ww think R fffe- meni for $3.25 each and »old to a Erba said: “Oh yes. the procla-
AarwR w ife <mr natiaftal Wadtttou. ship nepah* firm w orking fo r the mation ln one proclamation. Mis-
~ H i “ r — - m in w stsasu « n r w uuw M far »11 «pleec.
t5r MaJor- 1 (or«<* th< nun'btr ot
1» h i.
U fa h M t
«11
m inor U v n ,. m > n r
u ,e number
M„ .
And then, dith groat^crafl. Basile
AMaaMW’far ofetoll tifefeT 3»M ^* act’on*
not
on congres- ^ j. M ajor?’
said: There Is nothing in all the
not «Meaarf ta tWououwtrB fifehti
approval, but it is the opwi- "No. Erba. 1 am aorry, there are proclamations, even though it takes
by law la 1» t i n t pfeoa. MbiMfel I®®
bouoe metnbers th a t some too many proclamations.** And the you a week to read them, which
CMO w w M ba o M a M # p abowtap
boataeaollke arrangement Ma>or turned to Erba’s friends, who says that tho Americans came to
«kt I o » W
oom«, from nl«ht «ho»W * • m o * far the diRxoal of we” * I*“ 1« n^ r' ^ ' t^ Uy ,t
Adano in order to make pet pie die
...
of th *
r >A well balanced dairy program
cusS Fascist heroisms. Eh» h room
had a couple of d< ‘cs. a f l « cabi­
net. three nr four « « « - fort able
labor w <i? APT KR U*:. ™ e M*?°r sent for
.
v a ils
He was very military.
were covered with pictures of «ari*
shortage an Eastern grocer insert- p rie s t He explained to the priest w hat
that thefr personal life is their own ed the follow ing advertisement in i * hoped * « « » rn p lls h for the people of
.
Adano. and secured the promise of the
and that they are not. children to
*0Cel paper:
priest to c a ll attention, at mass, to the
I ‘ 'W anted: Tw o boy« the size o f
c iv il instructions
M a jo r Joppolo
be t o il when to go to bed. ,
.
The
ninths.
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