Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, May 24, 1945
A Bell for Adano2
J o h n H e r s e tj
TH K STORY T H I S FA R : T b * Amsrl-
ra a troop* srrlveff at Adaao, a seaport
In Italy, with M ajor Victor Joppolo. tho
Amcot officer In chars*. Sergeant Barth,
an M .P., was In charge ol secnrlty. The
M ajor set out at once to win the con*
dence ol the cittern* and promised to
replace the town hell which (he G er­
man* had taken. General M arvla, chlel
ol American force* In that section, was
delayed at the outskirts ol Adano. by a
cart driven by E rra n te liactano. The
General ordered the cart thrown off the
road and the mnle shot. He then ordered
M ajor Joppolo Io see that all e a rt* were
kept out ol the city la the luture. The
orders were Issued against the wishes
and belter judgment ol the Major.
CHAPTER VII
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water there isn’t any running wa­
ter here, you know that. The peo­
ple can't go out into the fields to
work in the morning. Taking carts
away 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 w ill die
I'm not here to k ill people."
Captain Purvis evidently put up
an argument.
Finally the Major said: “ Purvis,
I order you. on my authority, to
star* letting carts back into the
town, beginning now. I take abso­
lute and complete responsibility for
countermanding General Marvin's
order. . . .
“ Listen friend, if we never took
chances around here, this place
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 faces
they seemed to think that Major
Joppolo was devising some punish­
ment for them. They had the habit
of fear, and they thought that this
man of authority would of course
be exactly like the men of authority
they had known for so long.
Major Joppolo hung up. He 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.
“ We thank you, we thank you and
we kiss your hand," they roared.
“ Oh, Mister Major, there has nev­
er been a thing like this," the fat
one named Basile shouted, "that the
Erba, like the town, had run dry.
He turned to his friends. One of
them said: “ Erba, the proclama­
tion, the m atter of being clean.”
Erba said: “ Oh yes, the procla­
mation. In one proclamation. Mis­
ter Major, I forget the number of
the proclamation, there are so
many, does the number matter. Mis­
ter Major?’
"No. Erba. I am sorry, there are
too many proclamations.” And the
Major turned to Erba's friends, who
were a little more intelligent and
would understand. “ That is the fault
of the authorities. I did not wish to
post so many proclamations. That
is not my fault. I am sorry. The
number does not matter, Erba.”
Erba said: “ The number does not
matter. The proclamation says it is
necessary to be clean. It says the
people must be clean with water,
and even the streets must be clean.
Our streets, which have been the
same since the tim e of—who was it
the time of, Afronti?”
Afronti roared: “ Since the time of
Pietro of Aragona and of Roberto
King of Naples."
Erba said: "The streets have been
the same. Now the proclamation
speaks of being clean with water.
There is much sameness which has
accumulated on the streets since
the time of those men of whom
Afronti speaks. This being clean
takes much water. My cart is on
the other side of the bridge. Mister
M ajor.”
Major Joppolo said: “ The cleanli­
ness is very important. Erba. Let
us make Adano the cleanest town
in the whole province of Vicina-
mare.”
Erba caught the challenge. His
eye brightened. “ We w ill do this
thing, even if the sameness has piled
up since the time of Jesus, Mister
M ajor.” Then his eye went dull
again. “ But my cart is on the other
side of the bridge. You have said
it may not pass.”
The M ajor said: “ Let the next
one speak. You. Your name.” And
he pointed at the third man with his
pen.
Erba said: “ Thank you. Mister
M ajor.”
The third man jumped up. He
was quite fat but comparatively
handsome. His hair was plastered
down with something off the axle of
his cart, and his black coat was
the newest looking of the four. “ Ba­
sile Giovanni, Mister Major,” he
said.
“ You wish?”
"Their bellies are big ones with
Basile spoke gravely and slowly. the gas of hunger.”
“ Mister M ajor,” he said, "the worst
of all the things about the carts is poor should come to the Palazzo di
the food. You can see, Mister Ma­ Citta, and that their request should
jo r” —and he ran his hands down be granted.”
over the size of his belly—"that I
“ Especially,” shouted the loud one
am a man who can speak of food named Afronti, "especially without
with understanding. This matter of a wait of two to three weeks.”
the carts does not hurt me. I am
" I t was not necessary to write
like a man with money in the bank, you a letter,” Basile shouted.
I have something to draw on in
“ The police did not even examine
hard times. But there are others in us,” roared Afronti.
Adano who are not so lucky. Gali-
The slow one named Erba finally
oto Bartolomeo is so thin that you got out a sentence. It was one of
can count the several teeth of his the few beautiful sentences he ever
mouth even when his lips are closed. managed to say, and one of the
The nine children of Raffaela who is longest. He said: “ When the people
the wife of Manetto have big bellies, come and take water from my cart
but their bellies are big only with to drink for their thirst, I shall say
the gas of hunger. Shall I name to them: ’Thank the Mister Major,
others who are very thin?”
my friends.’ ”
The M ajor said: “ No, go on.”
M ajor Joppolo said: "Get out of
Basile said: " I am the one to here. You are wasting my time
tell you about the food and the «J and the time of all the people who
carts. You have not seen my cart, are waiting outside that door.” And
have you. Mister Major?’
he gestured impatiently at the men.
“ I may have. I have seen many
The cartmen went out, shouting
of them.”
and congratulating America.
And then, with great craft. Basile
The command post of the M.P.’ s
said: “ There is nothing in all the was housed in the Fascio, the one-
proclamations, even though it takes story building which had been the
you a week to read them, which headquarters of the Fascist Party.
says that the Americans came to It was simply a string of rooms fac­
Adano in order to make people die ing on the Via Dogana, just off the
of hunger. And there is nothing in Piazza. The walls of the rooms
all the proclamations which refers were covered with pictures of vari­
to such things as the dead mule of ous Fascist heroisms. Each room
Errante Gaetano. Why then do we had a couple of desks, a filing cabi­
have this thing of the carts?”
net, three or four uncomfortable
The M ajor reached for the field chairs, and that was all. The build­
telephone, cranked the handle and ing made a very convenient head­
said: “ Give me Rowboat Blue For­ quarters for both the M.P.'s and
ward.”
especially for Sergeant Borth’s se­
While he waited for an answer, curity detail, because the filing cabi­
the M ajor said to Basile gruffly: nets contained complete records on
“ Sit down.
practically everyone in town, both
“ Hello. This Rowboat Blue For­ party members and anti-Fascists.
ward? Captain Purvis, please. . . .
On the morning when M ajor Jop­
“ Purvis? Joppolo. Listen. . . .
polo called about the carts, there
"No, now this is serious, Purvis. were three men In the main office
This thing about the carts. I ’ve of the M.P.’s. Besides Captain Pur­
made up my mind. By one sentence vis. there were Technical Sergeant
General Marvin destroyed the work Frank Trapani, who kept Captain
of nine days in this town. I know it Purvis's records and was more or
may mean a court m artial, but I've less his secretary, and Corporal
decided to countermand his order. Chuck Schultz, who was the M P.
What? . . .
on guard.
“ I know I ’m taking a chance, but
Captain Purvis put down the tele­
,’ve got to do it. We can’t let phone and said: “ That Joppolo, 1
these people starve. . . .
think he’s nuts.”
" I have to do it, Purvis. This
Sergeant Trapani said: “ What’s
town is dying. No food can get into he done now. sir?”
the town if the carts don’t come.
“ Oh,” the Captain said, “ he's al­
The town depends on the carts for ways talking about democracy like
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going to get us all in trouble.”
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Sergeant Trapani said: “ What's
he done, sir?”
C E V E R A L types of smoke houses
An Italian stuck his head in the
are proving satisfactory
The
door just out of curiosity.
kind of house to be selected w ill de­
“ Get out of here, Trapani, tell pend largely upon the volume of
that wop to get out of here and stay meat to be smoked, ns well as off­
RaRavmf I n S inlriatas or rfawtoto aioaay back
Whsns■ csss stomach » d d r t u * « painful suffusst-
out.” Captain Purvis did not speak season use that may be made of
Ihrf If as, sour stomach and hsartbur*. doctor a usually
a word of Italian, and it made him the house.
prwrrilM» Ih * fa«t»«t actin« m olldns* known for
fVinptoaiaUs rv lls f- atstllciiMMlIk» Ihoev In Msll ana
feci frustrated. Trapani told the , Where an " A ” shaped smoke
luhlcta No leiatlvv Mali ana brlnga com fort In a
jiffy or doable your monay back « • rvturn uf bottle
house is used, the wall or sides
curious one to move along.
to us. Ito at all drugiflste.
"The carts." Captain Purvis said. should he made of boards about 0
"Joppolo has the nerve to tell Gen­ feet long, in order to keep the meat
eral Marvin he knows where he can about 5 feet away from the fire
stick the carts, he wants them to The sloping walls should be spread
come back into town."
1 feet at the bottom. The house ft
Sergeant Trapani said: " I t wasn't feet long is large enough for the :
a very wise order in the first place, smoking of a large number o( hogs.
I think m-ybe the M ajor’s right.”
usually the Canadian bacons, :
"R ight?” Captain Purvis put his boneless butts and the bacons w ill i
F A Z O IN t U I I S I
palm against his cheek in a gesture come out of the cure three or foul ■
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to
of amazement. "Why, man, Gen- .weeks before the hams are ready to j 1 make
s im p le I’ lle * . h ave f«»OO»l
nt least one heirloom
relief w ith FAZO (Mntmcftl Hen ■
eral Marvin'U shoot him and us too. (smoke.
w h y F ir s t. I'A Z O o littm e n t »«»olhra
cloth.
T
his
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is
ideal—
Many use the barrel for smokinR
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What do you think this man's army
suitable
for
either
large
o
r
sm
all
It
c h in g
S econd. F A Z O o in t m e n t
would be like if everybody just did meat. The smoke should enter the pieces.
lu b r íc e te » h a rd e n e d , d rie d p a rts —
help s p re v e n t c ra c k in g e n d sore-
what he wanted and went around barrel through a tunnel from a fire
neaa T h ir d , F A Z O o in t m e n t tends
countermanding orders every day? as much as S or 6 feet from the
tu re d u c e s w e llin g a n d c h r* k m in o r
The pinwheel m edallion is qu ick­
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barrel.
b
lee d in g F o u r t h . I t ’s easy to use.
We got little enough discipline in
ly
m
em
orized;
inexpensive
in
F A Z O o i n t m e n t 's p e r f o r a t e d F ile
For the other type of house illus-
our army anyhow without going
F in e m a k e s a p p l ic a t i o n s lr .tp le ,
s trin g ; joins b e a u tifu lly fo r over­
th o ro u g h
Y o u r d u c to r c a n te ll
around ignoring orders, especially tra,cd. almost any material may
a ll effect. P attern 7003 hus d ire c ­
yo u a b o u t F A Z O o in t m e n t .
be
used
for
the
walls.
There
should
from generals." Captain Purvis had
tions; stitches.
S U R F O S I TOR U S T O O I
been
commissioned
just
eight be some small openings or cracks
S o m e persona, e n d m a n y dec to re ,
at
the
top
of
the
house.
The
house
p
re fe r Io use s u p p o s ito rie s , so F A Z O
months. He was very m ilitary.
com ee In h a n d y s u p p o s ito rie s also
wails should be at least 7 feet high
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"Yes. sir." Sergeant Trapani said.
F A Z O a lw ays gives.
He knew what to say when his Cap­
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"W ell. I got my orders." the Cap­
Regain it by being relieved
ol Hemorrhoid» (Piles). Fla-
tain said. " I got to go out and take
aure. Fistula, Hernia (Rup­
the guards off the road by the
ture). Our method ol treat­
ment without hospital op­
bridge and the sulphur works. But
eration successfully used
listen, I ’m not going to burn for this
lor 33 years. Liberal credit
terms. Call lor »«amination
guy Joppolo. He's all right, but he's
er send lor FREE booklet.
just too serious. I'd sure like to
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see him high just once.”
Corporal Schultz said: “ Last night,
Dr. C. J. DEAN CLINIC
oh. I ’ll never drink that stuff again.”
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"Listen,” the Captain said. “ I
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don't want to get in trouble and you
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don’t either. We got to carry cut
W ith W a r Bonds a n d S crap
this order and let the carts back in.
but if General M arvin should drive
back through this town, we’d all get
• J FOR Q U IC K RELIEF FROM
hung for it. Just to cover our
selves, we'll make out a report say­
ing just what happened, that Gen
eral Marvin ordered us to keep the Smoke Houses for Every Purpose.
carts out. that Major Joppolo coun
termanded the order. You make it The floor dimensions may be as
out, Trapani, and send it to G-one little as 4 by 6 feet.
Small one or two car garages have 1
of the division.”
been used satisfactorily for smoke '
"Yes, sir.” Captain Purvis left.
Sergeant Trapani said to Schultz: houses. The storm cellar or storage I
“ That’ s a fine note. General Mar- cellar may also be utilized.
It takes about 30 hours of cuntinu-
I vin’s liable never to come back
here, and if he did he'd probably ous smoking to finish the job on (
never notice the carts. But once hams. A small fire can be started
you get the thing on paper, it’s just every morning and allowed to die
a sure way to ruin the Major. And down during the afternoon, or the
hFs so right about these carts any­ smoking can be done continuously
way."
Corporal Schultz said: “ Don’t King Tut Contributes
bother me, I got a headache of my
Pest Resistant Pea
own this morning."
Sergeant Trapani rolled a slip of
purple paper, off a Fascist pad, into
his typewriter. He wrote:
“ For Lieutenant Colonel W. W Nor­
ris. G-l, 4Sth Division.
“ From Captain N. Purvis. 123rd M.
P. Company, Adano.
“ Subject: Mule Carts, town of Ada­
no.
“ 1. On July 19, orders were re­
ceived from General Marvin, 49th
Division, to keep all mule carts out
of the town of Adano. Guards were
posted at bridge over Rosso River
and at Cacopardo Sulphur Refinery.
Order carried out.
"2. On July 20. guards were re­
moved on order of Major Victor J
Joppolo, Civil Affairs Officer, town i
of Adano, because carts were essen- '
tial to town and town was in bad
shape without same.”
Sergeant Trapani read over what
he had written.
Then he said: "Schultz, listen to
this, do you think this'll get the Ma­
jor in trouble?” And he read the re- ! At the A ir Forces Tactical center,
port out loud. “ I thought that part , Orlando. Fla., may be seen growing
about the town needing the carts a new specie of pea, “ King Tut.”
f7 understand back home they’re saying
might make it okay for the M ajor.”
The original seeds from which
“ What's this M ajor to you?” these vines sprang were placed by
the war is over, ”
Schultz said. " I f he can't have Egyptian priests in the tomb of
King Tutankhamen. 3,300 years agf
any fun, what's he to you?”
"Speak louder— I can’t hear yu h .”
Sergeant Trapani said: “ Oh. noth­ When Howard Carter found the peSs
ing, I just hate to see a guy get in in the royal tomb of King Tutank
S u re, B ill—apeak lo u d er. C elebrate lo u d e r, A m erica!
trouble when he's trying to do hamen in 1922, he sent them to Eng­
land. A few later found their way
right.”
You’ll have to, to he heard above the bloody gurgles of
Schultz said: “ Well, then, why to America, finally coming into
the
men who are dying at this very moment of our
don’t you let the order get lost in production at the AFTC in Florida
day of “Victory’’. . . the ghostly whispers, mighty in
Captain Purvis’s papers? Don't both-' The department of agriculture
pronounces them as a specie pre­
er me, I feel awful.”
volume, of the men who died not to kill one nation but
Sergeant Trapani looked hard at viously unknown in this country, or
to kill all tyranny.
Corporal Schultz. Then he stood up any place else so far as could be de­
Today
our great fight is but half won.
and went over to Captain Purvis’s termined.
Japan, our final and most dangerous enemy, still lives.
The remarkable thing about these
desk and put the purple slip in the
Japan still boasts an army of 4,000,000 funatieal, last-
middle of a disorderly pile of pa plants, whereas the usual worms
pers which Captain Purvis touched ^ ce and beetles continued to chew
ditch fighters, with half again that many in reserve,
only in adding to it.
UP surrounding vegetation, they
Japan's
huge, ill-gotten wealth of Empire is still essen­
spurned completely the Egyptian in
"Good idea,” Trapani said.
truders.
If
further
experimental
tially
intact.
• “ You're Eyetalian,” Schultz said,
“ what do these Eyetalians put in work bears out present ideas, the
Japan still hates our guts.
King Tut peas promise to become a
their booze?”
Today
we can, if we choose, start breaking faith with
Early the next week, Giuseppe the wonder crop in the United States,
those
who
died. We can go on a fool’s orgy, get drunk
interpreter came to Major Joppolo
in some embarrassment.
on our success so fur.
Arranging Ideal Barn
" I ’m a sorry, boss,” he said.
Or we can, if we choose, pray for our dead, and for the
The ideal barn w ill be arranged
“ About what?” the Major said.
lives of those who have so far been spared. We can stay
"Boss, you say you want a go out ^or "circu la r travel” to eliminate
with a blonde a Tina. I'm a sorry, dead-end trips and backtracking,
on the job, buy another War Bond, give a pint of blood.
boss.”
¡The doors and gates w ill be located
We can choke back our cheers . , . and save our wind for
“ I never said any such thing, Glu- ^or convenience, not from habit,
the mighty task that lies ahead.
seppe. What’s got into you?”
¡Hay chutes will be provided so thai
Today is but the symbol of the many days to come.
"Boss, you tell a me other day hay need not, bc ca rr>cd more
you want a see Tina's old a man.” ,ban 15
Easy access to milk
What are you going to do with these days?
"Yes, I do want to see him.”
|»ouse w ill be provided. Work room
Prepared by the War A dvertisini Council
“ I'm a sorry, boss.”
| or ad tools and equipment w ill
“ Well, what s that got to do with JC Provided Proper and adequate
going out with tie blonde?”
(lights w ill be provided in stable and
(TO BE CONTINUED,
jOarn. Have bedding handy.
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