n g f r m i l COUNTY JOURNAL
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
;
CDnORIAL_
USOCMTION
A BELL
fo r A D A N O
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
" SUBSCRIPTION RATES
|
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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T r.
I
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¿7?
, 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
i \
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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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/-¿ k a
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.
A