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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, August 2, 1945 ,A Bell Jbr Adano]? J o h n H e r s e q «- T H E (T O R Y T H U » F A B : The Amert- can troop* arrived la Adaao, with M ajor Joppolo, the Am«ot offleer la charge. Bergeaat Borth was I b charge o( w e a ri ly . The M ajor was determlaed Io hold the coofldeBce ol the people and to re place their bell stolen by the N ails. De s p ite order* Issued by General M arvta, harrlag cart* Irom the city. Joppolo re called the order, to perm it food aod w a ter to eater the city. Lord Rune In, high British oOlrlal on the Amgot, called upon M ajor Joppolo, and after receiving re port* on the work done at Adano, ex pressed himself as well satisfied with the progress made. The M ajor was naturally pleased, lo r d Runcin told the M ajor how he might get a hell. wt N. u. r i * T u « i » CLASSIFIED SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLECRAFT Curly-Headed Doll in a Pinafore DEPARTM ENT This cuts 15-Inch rag doll has ambroid- »red features, yarn curls. Easy to make. Pattern 7077 has pattern, dtrectluna I doll, clothes. "lend your order to: RTTCffc;' -- these men who committed the crime are sorry for what they did, now that they realize how cruel they were to you. I wish to tell you, Quattrocchi, that I feel less proud of being an American than I did yesterday. These men w ill to pun ished justly and severely for what they have done. I want you to file a claim for payment for what was de stroyed, and I wouldn't blame you for doubling the prices. That's all I can say, Quattrocchi.” Quattrocchi said: " I don't know about most Americans, but I know I can always get justice from you. M ister M a jo r.” The M ajo r said: “Good day. Quat trocchi. From now on your house w ill be kept nicely, I can promise you th at.” Quattrocchi left. The M ajor turned to the three boys. He said: “ I don’t know whether you realize yet what you've done to this Italian. I t ’s as if you had cut his arm off. He loved those things you busted up. Now I just told him that you three would be punished severely— ps severely as you have hurt h im ." The three boys stiffened up a lit tle. The M ajor said: " I ’m going to m ake this your punishment: to have this man’s unhappiness on your con science, and from now on to keep his house as clean as if everything in it belonged to your own mother. That's all. You're dismissed." Chuck said: “ Yes sir, thank you, sir.” Polack said: “ Thank you, s ir.” B ill said: “Thank you, sir. We’ll take care of the house.” Polack said: “ Yes sir, we sure w ill.” As soon as they were outside. States. Here are four examples that Ma Sewlns 1'lrrle Needlerraft Dept. j ^ Joppolo dug up. which show ex Box 7717 Ban Francisco *. Calli. actly how the black m arket and in Enclose III centa for Pattern flation grew up: No________________ He traced the black m arket In wine to the house of Carm elina, N a m e ___ wife of the lazy Fatta. The very A dd ress- first person who bought wine from Carm elina, on the very first night of the invasion, was Corporal Chuck Schultz. Carmelina's story to the M ajor was that the Corporal had just handed her a dollar and walked away. Schultz's story was that the Italian lady had haggled and shout ed and threatened to call the p » lice. In any case, Schultz paid a A t horn« — Any Aovo« - D *li<iout — Smooth CHAPTER X V I — N o »<• « rv ito lt —No coo MH q — No «•• dollar. The regular price for that w h ipp ing —N o »co»th«d flavor — lo * » — grade of wine before the invasion In« a ptrnti v« — 20 r«<ip«« in oo<h 15« pfcg I found that your barbarians had Pl«o»« tend (hit od lor <«•• f u ll- t il« te m had been twenty lira, or twenty smashed my terra cotta head, it pi« ofl«r. o» buy from your grocer. cents. was done by the Florentine Cam il- Four soldiers sauntered into a liani in the sixteenth century. What barber shop one morning, and made value can you place on that? They Brond Hom«mod« lc« O « o m motions with their fingers around tore my Ver.us: it was by Giorgione. their skulls that indicated they What is the price of that? They wanted haircuts. None of them smashed the glasses in which my ISNNMOIS«« IJ3M0WAA0 lANIKA’iCUCOI CUM could speak Italian, so they based m other drank her bridal toasts in their payment on what they had last T 'H E lucky little "m other” of Venice. How many lira do you paid for haircuts in the States. Ench * this curly-headed rag doll will think they were worth to me?” plunked down a fifty cent piece and be the envjP of her playm ates. Quattrocchi began to cry, and be said: “ Keep the change, Joe.” The Dolly’s plump arm s and legs are came incoherent. SNAPPY FACTS regular price for haircuts had been movable. M a jo r Joppolo was furious. He three lira, or three cents. Shaves called up Captain Purvis and said: had cost two lira. Here in one ‘ ‘Purvis, w hat’s the m atter with morning’s work, the barber had your men? Did you know they’d made two hundred lira. He retired RUBBER I - been behaving like a bunch of wild to a life of leisure, and refused to men in their billet? This fellow cut any hair for three weeks, till was good enough to let them use his his money gave out. house and some of the stuff in it, To stop, or at least to curb, the Tires which were Introduced to the why the hell did they have to abuse black m arket. M a jo r Joppolo did It’s very restful to your feet if, public eighteen month* before Pearl it? I want you to find out who bust three things: he put the town out of when ironing, you will stand on a Harbor, to waken the nation to the ed up the stuff down at your billet bounds to American soldiers, who large piece of corrugated paper or necessity o f mats production o f and have them in your office in from then on could enter only on a heavy rug. synthetic rubber, were created after fifteen minutes." And he hung up business: he had the Carabinieri fourteen years o f Intensive research without waiting for the astonished stop all foodstuffs from leaving the In synthetic rubber by R. P. Goodrich. To lengthen the life of baby’s Captain to take a deep breath. town; and he fined anyone caught rubber panties wash them in M a jo r Joppolo walked around to selling over-price or under-measure The Japs a re re p o rte d to t , ,, thick, mild suds, rinse well and the other side of his desk and pat three thousand l i r a - , lifetim e , dust them w jth ta )c u m pow der h ave reversed the process fa r m a k in g ru b ber out a f oil an ted the sobbing Quattrocchi on the savings for a poor Italian peasant This should be done each time a re m akin g gasoline and shoulder. He said: “Come, Quat Sergeant Trapani's having ad they are taken off. out a f n a tu ra l ru b ber. trocchi, let’s go down to your house dressed the purple slip reporting the and see exactly what they did.” countermand order on the carts to Add horseradish to taste to hot One o f the largest tire repair shop* So the two men walked down the the wrong person did not help much. buttered beets. Gives them a tang. overseas, operated b y the O rd street to the beautiful house. Quat As soon as the wrong person openetj To sweeten, m elt one or two table nance Tire Repair Company In trocchi led the M ajo r through the up the envelope and read the slipr spoons of brown sugar over all. Italy, turns out 534 repaired and rooms on the second floor and he forwarded it to the right person. — •— recapped tires p e t day. showed him the broken things. The right person was Lieut. Col* Boiling in soda will remove W. W. Norris. G-One Officer of thé grease and dirt from agate ware. M a jo r Joppolo was terrib ly de — •— pressed by what he saw. "There is 49th Division. The wrong person no excuse for it,” he said softly to put the purple slip on his desk. Col. For the best possible fit in m ak Quattrocchi, who was beyond fury. Norris, who was burdened down ing slipcovers, cut each section of M a jo r Joppolo took Quattrocchi with much too much paper work, the cover on the grain of the m a up to the M .P . headquarters. Cap did not even read It all the w ay terial. — •— tain Purvis had Chuck, B ill and Po- through. He just read the first part, lack there. As soon as the M ajor about General M arvin ’s issuing the When washing small statues and came in, the three boys stood at order that carts should be stopped1 decorated china, if a shaving attention. on the outskirts of Adano. brush is used it will be found to “ A t ease,” M ajo r Joppolo said, Then he wrote in pencil on the be much safer and often more “ but listen." upper left hand com er of the slip: thorough than an ordinary brush, The three boys stood a^ease> “ Usual copies for Division files. One which is apt to chip pieces off. extra copy to be sent to Colonel China th at is not in regular use is “You fellows ought to be sent Middleton marked ‘F o r General almost sure to have accum ulated home to the States,” he said. “ What M a rv in ’s Inform ation.' ” And ther^ a certain amount of dust. It is kind of an example do you think you he tossed the slip in his outgoing much better to wipe off the surplus men are for the people here? How , basket. dust with a soft brush before at do you think we’ll ever persuade I A couple of hours later a Techni tem pting to wash it. them that we’re decent people if j cal Sergeant emptied Col. Norris's you behave like we all live in the | outgoing basket, and in tim e got) woods and have shaggy fur?” around to making three copies of the Polack said: “ We didn’t mean no purple slip for the files of the 49th hurt. M a jo r.” Division, where they would be bur 15 miles up the Kalama river from the Pacific Highway in U’e The M ajo r said: “ Your intentions very heart of the evergreen playgrounds of the vacation wondni ied, never- to be seen again. One don’t make the slightest bit of dif land in the foothills of Mt. Si. Helens. Beautiful landscaped copy went under M .P .’s, one copy ference. I t ’s the result that m a t grounds with banks of native shrubs and rodadendrons, 2 rock- into the Personnel file, and the third ters.” framed fish ponds, massive stone fire place and artistic bridge. into the Intelligence files under Oc Polack said: “ We was doin’ it for The main lodge solidly and artistically built in Western atmos cupied Territory, Disciplinary Meas you. M a jo r.” M a jo r Jopollo was terribly de phere, living room 40x32 with huge stone fireplace, wagon wheel ures. The Technical Sergeant re “ What do you mean, doing it for pressed by what he saw. light fixtures, dining room with ox yoke fixtures, kitchen with copied the purple slip, so that he me? How could you think I would electric dishwasher, 3 baths, steam heat, 2 guest houses with living could m ake a clean top copy for Chuck said: “ W hat’d I tell you want you to do anything like that?” room, kitchen and 2 bed rooms each. Power house and other Colonel Middleton and the General about that guy?” buildings. These buildings cost $65,000 to construct 5 years ago Polack said: “ We was lookin' for Polack said: "T h a t’s the best guy He wanted to get ahead. He didn't and the price now is $40,000. See any broker or a present for you, sir.” Polack want to do anything sloppy. He I ever seen in this A rm y .” thought that if the M ajo r stacked B ill said: “The thing that got me was so careful in his typing that he up to all the boasting Chuck Schultz down was what he said about my didn’t even notice what the purple had done about him the night be T itle & T ru s t B ldg. P o rtlan d , Oregon mother. Mom was always so proud slip said. fore, he ought to be able to talk The Technical Sergeant put the I SPECIALIZE IN MOTELS AND RESORTS of her glass. Cut glass it was. I their way out of this fix. four copies and the original purple feel like I busted it last night.” The M a jo r said: “ Why would you Having weathered eighty-two win slip into Col. Norris's incoming bas want to get me a present? I ’ve ters, Cacopardo was not the least ket. never seen you before.” It happens that Col. Norris had cooled in his desire to help the Polack said: "W e’re just enlisted Americans by General M a rv in ’s be an assistant, one Lieutenant But ters, who was very inquisitive. He men. We seen you before.” havior. M a jo r Joppolo said: “ I still want E very two or three days he would annoyed the Colonel often by read to know how you thought you were send a note to M a jo r Joppolo. Many ing over his shoulder. He always getting me a present, and why you were silly suggestions. M any were wanted to know what the Battle O r were.” about things M ajo r Joppolo had al der was the moment It was drawn Polack said: “ It was goin* to be ready done. But one day he sent a up, before It even went to regimen a goin’-away present.” note which caught M ajo r Joppolo's tal commanders. The only advantage of Lieutenant The M a jo r said: “ Who’s going in terest away?” The thing which interested M ajor Butters’ curiosity was that he usu Polack said: “ Well, Corporal Joppolo in this note was the fact ally read Colonel N orris’s m ail more Schultz here said—" that old Cacopardo blamed the black carefully than either Colonel Norris | - T h . Grain« An Gnat Foods” — Chuck Schultz said: "You let me m arket on Fascist graft. Now M a or his Technical Sergeant. handle this. Polack.” The morning after the Technical jor Joppolo was acutely aware of M a jo r Joppolo turned on Corporal the black m arket. He had intended Sergeant put the purple slip and the Kellogg’« Rice Krisples equal the wholfe ripe grain in nearly all the protective food ele- Schultz: “ Say, what is this all about for some tim e to investigate it. Now four copies into the Colonel’s Incom ^^m ents declared essential to human nutrition. anyway?” he did, and what he found was dis ing basket, Lieutenant Butters got up bright and early, dressed, shaved Chuck Schultz saw that there was turbing. no way out. He said: “There wasn’t The black m arket was not the out of his helmet, and before break no excuse for what we done, M ajor. fault of corrupt Fascists. It was fast went to Colonel Norris’s desk We was very drunk. I think Polack not even the fault of the merchants and went through his incoming bas here’s still a little drunk.” who jacked their prices out of a t ket. Polack raised a threatening fist and bounds. I t was the fault of the in When he came to the purple slip said: “ Why you . . . ” vaders. Demonstrably, it was tjje and the four copies, he took the pa pers out of the pile, read until he M a jo r Joppolo said: “ W hat’s all fault of the Americans. this about a present?” There were two reasons why the had finished, put the pile back into Chuck said: “ Sir, we just got some Americans gave Adano its black the incoming basket, and then kind of a drunk idea that you was market, and the inflation which in tucked the purple slip and the four about the best officer we ever seen, evitably went with it. One reason copies into a portfolio on his own and we figured we wanted to give was American generosity. Appar desk. Later in the day, when the Colo you a present. We thought maybe ently the Italians thought the A m er we could find a present for you in icans were coming to their soil nel was out to a conference, Lieu the house. We knew you was Ita l armed m ainly with cigarettes and tenant Butters took out the purple ian, m ore or less, and we thought candies, for every grown person slip and the four copies. He called you’d like something Italian from asked for cigarettes and every child the Technical Sergeant over to his the house. T h a t’s all there was to shouted in the streets for candies. desk. "W e give Ihit aeol Io no one— the product hat Io earn il,’* "D id you see these?” the Lieu it .” And the Americans gave what was says Good Housekeeping M ag azin e regarding thia M a jo r Joppolo said, and his voice begged. They also gave C Rations, tenant asked. The Technical Sergeant, who was was much softer: “ I ’m not Italian, both cans which they had opened famous seal. Look for 1» on every Clabber Girl package. boys. I ’m Am erican, and some and had been unable to finish, and afraid he had made a mistake in tim es I'm not as proud of it as I ’d unopened cans. When they bought typing, said merely: "Yes, sir.’ “ Well, that M ajor was right,” the \ like to be.” anything, they figured the price by Then the M a jo r turned to Quat their heart. And the second thing Lieutenant said. The Technical Sergeant, who ! trocchi, and he said in Ita lia n : “ I was that when they bought anything, hardly know what to tell you. and could not find an Italian-speak hadn't the faintest idea what the zS? y * ZD I know that no apologies and no ing pal to dicker for them, they purple slip was about, said: “He payment can ever return what you just paid what they figured they was?” (T O B E C O N T IN U E D » have lost. I wish to tell you that would have paid in the United MAKE ICE CREAM LonDOiwewj STABILIZER ’J, I k peaœ REGoodrich | first in rubber Lodge - Resort * Summer Home H. E. 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