April 30, 1945 (4 pages)

_ announced. the prices A MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1945 ———— ae NEW RATION STAMPS VALID ON MAY IST Five new blue stamps worth 10 points each—-a total of*50 points : and five new red stamps, 10 points each, for a aiso worth points, will be good for buying pro-. cessed foods and meats, fats, respeci-. ively, on Tuesday, May~—1,-the OPA announced today. The I ) Al five new blue stamp Bi and Cl. The five new red R2 S2 T2 and U2. Both red and blue stamps validated on Mav 1 will be good through Friday, August 31. Five red stamps Z2 bo stamus are Q T5 U5 V5 W5 and X5—validated on December 21) and five blue stamps— C2-D2 £2 F2: G2—validated on January 1 will not be good after Saturday, April 28, OPA said. The new sugar stamps, No. 36, also comes into use May. 1, with sugar stamp 35—-validated —February continuing good through June 2. After June 2, sugar stamps No. 35 will not be good but sugar stamp No. 36 will continue to be good through Fri-; day, August 31. CEILING PRICE OF STRAWBERRIES, 32 CENTS With the appearance strawberries on’ markets of local the in. effect the marketing season of 1935. Ceilings have been set on the retail price not to exceed thirty two cents for the 12 ounce pint box. The price of strawberries FOB farm are $2.40 for the crate of 12 pint boxés for weighing not less than 12 ounces to} the pint. The price on growers. delivered to retailer strawberries is pegged at $2.90 per crate. Camporee for Boy Scouts May 19 and 20 Harry Poole, Grass Valley district scout commissioner and camplree chief, has announced ments for direction and administration of the Tahoe Area Camporee which will take place May 19th and May 20th at Lake Olymbia. The council camping and activities committee consisting of L. H. Reynolds of Auburn, H. J. Nile of Grass Valley and Leland Smith of Nevada City, will be in general charge. Nile will head the committee on arrangements for wood, camping sites and other details. Gilbert Tennis and Clay Caldwell will check the boys as they come in. Lloyd Geist is in charge of camping activities and church services. Harlow Wood will be thief judge. Poole urges all Boy Scout committeemen of sponsoring organizations to attend a meeting this evening, where judges will be selected for the. various competitive events, . and final plans made for the camporee. The meeting will take place in the Henne&Ssy School in«Grass Valley. MARRIAGE LICENSES TINLOY-YUEN—iIn Nevada City, Nevada County, April 26, 1945, Edward A. Tinloy, 20, U. S. Marchant Marine, and Marion Yuen, 18, Oakland. : BIERIWIAGEN WALLACE — In Nevada City, Nevada County, April 26, 1945, Fred C. .Bierwagen, over 21, and Maude Wallace, over 21, both of Grass Valley. A BELL ro FOr total of — 50} PAST WAR NEED ie OPA: his appoint-! By John Hersey . eee Sinee the attack on Pearl Harbor. the energies of the American peopie, have properly. concentrated on . One objective: to win the war. been . This has meant that the nation's . manpower and materials have been . dedicated to war production, and that when the war ends there will . be many defictincies to be corrected; i many shortages of ‘tivilian goods tu be met. : Not least among our postwar ; problems will be’ that of restoring ‘and modernizing our state highway ‘system, which has deteriorated b2;cause of manpower ~ and material shortages. The postwar years will see more than a normal resumption of au‘omobile traffic, and in addition theve every indication’ that California an unprecedented influx of tourist travel. Studies have indicat.ed that our ‘highways are already inadequate to handle present traffic. In order to provide safe and ade;quate highway facilities needed to ‘meet future traffic demands, atten‘tion to highway modernization must ibe given a high priority in postwar planning. ( “Pending before the legislature is 1a comprehensive plan for moderni ‘izing the highway system of the istate, through construction of 2701) is will see imiles of limited access highways in {rural areas and 600 miles of urban :freeways. The limited access law of (1945,-Assembly’ Bill 1350, has recently ‘been amended so as to accord further recognition to the state highways needs of the rural counties, and as it now stands, the bill provides a . well rounded plan which gives full consideration to the highway needs: of all sections. It.deserves the sup-port of every motorist interested in safety, and comfort on the highways. : Arrangements Made for Coldier Fire Fighters ° Harlow Wood, adiministrative assistant, Gordon Vance, central fire dispatcher, and J. M. Shock, engineer fire control officer all of the Tahoe national forest, ‘have arranged with the provost marshals of Camp Kohler and McClelland Field to augment fire fighting crewssin the forest this summer if conditions should warrant. The State Division of Forestry and federal Yorest service officials are in joint << of training soldier crews for fighting forest fires. California has the widest range of climate and the most diversified topography of any state in the Union. Hotel Clunie IT’S FAMOUS COFFEE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT BAR ARE RENOWNED IN CALIFORNIA _ RATES FROM $1.50 UP Excellent Service—Best Food SHOP AND COCKTAIL 8TH AND K STREET, SAGR. NTO, CALIFORNIA so: TOY AND JACOBS. JACK BRUNO, Manager an er a eer One, Norway Street, Boston 15, Mass, STREET. we crecccccccceses CITY. .ccccccdcccecsoes STATE. ++ your community when you read The Christi eegularly. You will find fresh, new viewpoints, understanding of world affgirs . . truthful, accurate, "= mews. Write for sample copies today, or send for a one-month trial subscription to this international daily newspaper.ee eS SS OS SE SS SD SS SS ND ENS SS SS The Christian Science Publishing Society NAME. .ccccccccscccccsvccvecessssess a fuller, richer unbiased Please send sample copies . . of The Christian:Science . Monitor including copy of » Weekly Magazine Section. Please send a one-month trial subscription to The . Christian. Science Monitor, for which . enclose $..+ . eS ED GR Cane) Lae) GD Lo GS US SUN ED EE CEE ED SP EvAD.20 re en emma CHAPTER Ill Craxi said: ‘‘I needed no bell. I was on ‘the beach to welcome the . Americans. _My woman was with . me, the formidable Margherita, and . my-seven children. We were on the . beach in spite of the shooting, to4 greet the Americans. But what did . my children shout?, They . did not . Shout: ‘We miss the tinkling of the . bell.’ They shouted: ‘Caramelle! . Caramelie!’ They were hungry. . They wanted candy. I myself, who . had had enough to eat as it happens, . shouted for cigarettes, not for the . pealing of a bell.’ Borth and the usher Zito came back. Borth said: “It’s nifty, Ma. jor. All the records are intact. They . tell everything. ~ There are lists of . anti-Fascists:and lists of those who . were enthusiastic and the others . who were lukewarm. There’s a dossier-on. each important person. It’s . . j perfect. Who are-these guys?”’ Cacopardo said: ‘‘Cacopardo is . my name, at -your-service, sir. Cacopardo is sulphur and sulphur is . Cacopardo.” _ Borth said: ‘I remember that name. In the records it says Cacopardo’s crazy.” : Craxi said: ‘‘That is true. He thinks that bells are more important than food.’’ Borth turned on Craxi in mock anger. “‘And who is this?”’ Craxi was apologetic again: ‘I : am anti-Fascist. Craxi. I believe in food for the moment.’’ Major Joppolo said: ‘‘They are arguing which is-more important, food or restoring the bell. Since we obviously can’t do anything about the bell just now, food is our concerns” Craxi looked very proud of himself, but Cacopardo turned to Zito and said: ‘‘We will leave this matter to the son of Rosa who was the wife of Zito. What do you say, small Zito, do you consider the food or the bell more important?’’ Surprisingly Zito said: “I think the .bell.’’ Major Joppolo was interested by . this. He leaned forward and said: “Why, Zito?’’ Zito said: ‘“‘Because the tone of . the bell was so satisfactory.”’ . “No,’’ said Cacopardo, ‘‘it is because of the history of the bell. . When the bell spoke, our fathers and ; their fathers far back spoke to us.” . Even Craxi was swept into this . argument. ‘‘No,’’ he said, ‘it was . because the bell rang the times of day. It told us when to do things, such as eating. It. told us when to have the morning egg and when to have pasta and rabbit and when to drink wine in the evening.”’ Zito said: “‘I think it was the tone which mattered. It soothed all the people of this town. It chided those who were angry, it cheered the unhappy ones, it even laughed with those who were drunk. It was a tone for everybody.”’ Giuseppe came in bringing the priest. Father Pensovecchio was gray-haired and cheerful, and as he approached the group around the Major’s desk he made a motion with his right hand which might have been interpreted either as a blessing or as a-Fascist salute. After the introductions, Major Joppolo said to the priest: ‘‘Father, we are speaking of ‘the old bell which was taken away.”’ Father Pensovecchio said: ‘‘That is the disgrace of this town. I have in my church a bell which is just as loud as the one which was taken away, though not so sweet and much younger and altogether meaningless as a bell. Any other bell would have done as well in my belfry. I wanted to send my belt. But the Monsignor would not permit it. The Monsignor is the uncle of the Mayor. He has reasons for doing the things he does—’’ Father Pensovecchio crossed himself, indicating that the things which the Monsignor did were somewhat ugly; “‘—but in this case I believe he was wrong.’ Major Joppolo said: ‘“‘Why was this bell important, then?” The priest said: “This bell was the center of the town. All life revolved around it. The farmers in the country were wakened by it in the morning, the drivers of the carts knew when to start by it, the bakers baked by it, even we in the churches depended on that bell more than our own bells. At noon on the Sabbath, when all the bells in town rang at once, thi bell rose above all the . others and that was the one you listened to.” Cacopardo, who waseold enough not to have reverence for anything, said: ‘‘I think that even the Monsignor regrets the sending away of the bell, because he used to regulate himself by it.” Craxi said: ‘‘I am certain too that he regulated his eating by it, as everyone else did.” Major Joppolo said to Borth in English: “We'll have to try to do something about getting another bell.” Borth said: ‘‘It’s ridiculo are lots of things more than this bell. Get the and don’t forget that a Major Joppolo said: ‘‘‘All the same, the bell is important to them.’’ “And he said then in Italian: “Thank you for telling me about the bell. I promise you that I will do all I can to get~another bell which will have some meaning as a bell and will have a good tone and its history will be that it was given to you by the Americans to take the place of the one which was taken away by the Fascists to make gun barrels.’’ ; Cacopardo said:’‘‘You are -kind.’’ Craxi said: ‘‘I thank you, Mister Major, and I kiss your hand.’’ _ Major Joppolo said: ‘‘You what?” . There portant ome food way.” -> Father . fuse me if you wish. Cacopardo the historian said: ‘‘He . meant no offense. It is an old cus-* see how good you are as an interBee tom here. Once the important peo. ple make us kis’ their hands, and later when the actual kissing became too much of a bother, it became the habit» merely to: mention the ki as if it had been done ’ ; ‘I meant no offense, Mister Major. 1 am anti-Fascist.”’ Major Joppolo said: ‘It appears that everyone ig this town is antiFascist. Well, we ‘ill see about the bell. Now I wish té' speak alone with the priest: Zito, you may stay. You: are my@usher. Giuseppe, you may stay. You are my interpreter.’’ Craxi said: ‘‘Mister Major, the telegram.’’ Major Joppolo said: “I will try to send it.’’ Craxi mentioned _ the _ kissing again, and turned to go. When the others had gone, Major Joppolo said to Father Pensovecchio: “‘Father, I wish to tell you that . the Americans want to bring only . good to this town. As in every, na-! tion, there are son}. bad men in. America. It-is possfple that some . Americans who come here wil] do . bad things. If they do, I can assure you that most of the Americans will be just as ashamed of those things as you are annoyed by them.’’ : Pensovecchio said: . “I think we will understand weakness in your men just:as we try to understand it in our own.” Major Joppolo said: ‘‘Thank’ you. Father, I have been told that you are the best priest in Adano.”’ The priest said with quite honest modesty: ‘I am here to do. my duty.”’ ee Major Joppolo said: ‘‘Therefore I should like .to ask a favor of you. SS ae mA . Blood and wind rushed into throat and his throat roared. his You must feel perfectly free to reI should like to ask you to say a few words before your mass tomorrow morning about the Americans._I shall leave it to you to say what you wish, if you will merely add that there are certain proclamations which the Americans have posted which ought to be read.”’ Father Pensovecchio said: ‘‘That I can easily do.” Major Joppolo said: ‘I. myself am a Catholic. If you will have me, I should like to attend your mass.”’ The priest said: “It will be a pleasure to have you.’’ Major Joppolo was glad that he did not say it would be an honor. Major Joppolo said: ‘I shall see you tomorrow then.’’ Father Pensovecchio said, just to make sure: ‘‘At the Church of San Angelo. It is by the Piazza of that name. At seven in the morning. Until then, son.”’ When the priest had left, Giuseppe said in his brand of English: ‘You doing okay, a boss. All you got a do now is fix a food.’’ “Yes,” said Major Joppolo, ‘food. We’ll go to the bakeries. But first, do you have a crier here?’’ Giuseppe said to Zito in Italian: ‘What is the name of the crier? Did he run into the hills with the others?”’ Zito said: “‘No, he is here. Mercurio Salvatore. He is here. Only, Mister Major, he does not always say exactly what you tell him to say. He will say the general meaning of what you wish, but he will change it some. Even if you write it down, he will change it some.”’ Major Joppolo said: ‘Will you get him, please, Zito? I want to send him out to tell the people to read the proclamations.” : Zito went. Major Joppolo said to Giuseppe: ‘We will go to the bakeries, then we will post the proclamations.’’ : Giuseppe said: ‘‘Okay, a boss.” Major Joppolo looked down at his desk and saw Craxi’s telegram. He undid the safety pin and unfolded the paper and read: “To Franklin D. Roosevelt, Capitol Building, Washington, D. C. Fremente di gioia per la liberta da molto tempo attesa che i vostri valorosi soldati anno dato alla citta d’Adano stop vi prego accettare i sentimenti sinceri della mia gratitudine e riconoscenza. Antifascista Giovanni La Concetta fu Craxi.’’ Page Three “‘Ciuseppe,”’ the Major said, ‘“‘let’s preter. Now, this is for President Roosevelt.You mtfst take. it as el6quent as you. Gan. “What does it “To Franklin D-—Roosevelt and a ofa] y so long which your: brave a give to a .town of 9? Grate a aps What's a stop? at’s just the end of a sente ! I beg a you accep ere sentiments of my grat id a recognition. Signed You. going to deliver “Sure,” the Major said, ‘‘the President will be glad to hear.’’ Mercurio Salvatore, crier of the town of Adano, took a little time to show up; because he had to get into his uniform. His face was happy when he did arrive, because he had thought that his crying days were over. Having been a voice of Fascism for seventeen years, he thought that the newcomers would not want his loud shouts. He had taken his uniform off and hidden it in the house of Carmelina the wife of Fatta. -He had then awkwardly paraded himself in civilian clothes and the people, having seen him in uniform for seventeen years, laughed at him. : “Where is the crier?’’ they asked each other in his presence. “He has disappeared into the clothes of Fatta' which do not fit him,’”’ they shouted, and laughed. Therefore Mercurio Salvatore was happy. and grateful when he presented himself to Major Joppolo. ‘‘I am glad to be able to serve you and I kiss your hand,’ he said in his husky voice. Indoors he had learned to speak in a kind of whisper, because he knew the strength of his throat. Mercurio Salvatore. stood before Major Joppolo in tawdry splendor. He wore a uniform of the eighteenth century, and looked as if he had been wearing it ever since that time. The tights had once been blue, . but now they were a light and spotted gray. The turn-back coat had . once been lined with red silk, but the’ silk had long since fallen apart, and Carmelina the wife of Fatta had replaced it with sacking from the sulphur ‘refinery which she had dyed . purple with grape juice, but the purple had washed out in the first few rains, so: that now Mercurio Salvatore was a walking advertisement of Cacopardo Sulphur. If Major Joppolo had been any other American officer, he would have laughed outright at Mercurio Salvatore. c oe He said: ‘‘Crier; I have a job for you. I must explain this to you: the Americans are different from the Fascists. They are different in many ways. For this reason there will be quite a few changes in Adano. I hope that they will be changes for the hetter.’’ = Mercurio Salvatore said: ‘Yes, Mister Major,’’ to show that he would remember every word of it. The Major said: ‘‘In order to explain some of these changes, I am going to post at various prominent places around the town a number of proclamations, which will make everything clear, All I want you to do is to tell the people to read these proclamations. Impress on them that the penalties for not obeying the proclamations will be severe. That is all.” Mercurio Salvatore looked disappointed. ‘‘That is not much to shout,”’ he said. Major Joppolo said: ‘‘Shall I name a new crier?”’ Mercurio Salvatore said quickly: “Oh no, Mister’ Major, I will make something beautiful of* what you have said.’’ Major Joppolo said: ‘‘The proclamations will be posted béfore five o’clock this afternoon.” Mercurio Salvatore said: Mister Major,’’ and left. He picked up his drum where he had left it outside the Major’s office. Ordinarily he had made his first cry. in the Piazza Progresso, right in front-of the Palazzo, but this time he was self-conscious, and wanted to have .a ‘few tries before crying within earshot of the Major. Therefore he went first to the park opposite the Cathedral. He rolled his drum long and sharply. He took a deep breath. Blood and wind rushed into his throat, and his throat roared: ‘‘Well, you laughed. But you can see that Mercurio Salvatore is still your crier. The Americans are friends of Mercurio Salvatore. The Americans wish to be your friends, too. You have been expecting the Americans for some time, but did you expect the changes which would come after the Americans? Did you know that they were going to change many things after they came? Did you know that they were. going to change practically everything except the crier? Well, “Yes, your crier is here to tell you this.” . . ‘Now Mercurio Salvatore filled his lungs and bellowed: ‘‘Opposite me I see Carmelina the wife of Fatta in front of her house. I also see the lazy Fatta leaning against the wall of his wife’s house. The crier wishes ato thank Carmelina for storage of his uniform during the difficult time of the invasion. He-wishes also to address a few words to her lazy husband. It is unfortunate, lazy Fatta, that you never learned to read. It is too bad that you were too slothful to memorize the letters of the alphabet. This afternoon you would have had a chance to read of the changes which our friends the Americans intend to bring about here in Adano. 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_ announced. the prices A MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1945 ———— ae NEW RATION STAMPS VALID ON MAY IST Five new blue stamps worth 10 points each—-a total of*50 points : and five new red stamps, 10 points each, for a aiso worth points, will be good for buying pro-. cessed foods and meats, fats, respeci-. ively, on Tuesday, May~—1,-the OPA announced today. The I ) Al five new blue stamp Bi and Cl. The five new red R2 S2 T2 and U2. Both red and blue stamps validated on Mav 1 will be good through Friday, August 31. Five red stamps Z2 bo stamus are Q T5 U5 V5 W5 and X5—validated on December 21) and five blue stamps— C2-D2 £2 F2: G2—validated on January 1 will not be good after Saturday, April 28, OPA said. The new sugar stamps, No. 36, also comes into use May. 1, with sugar stamp 35—-validated —February continuing good through June 2. After June 2, sugar stamps No. 35 will not be good but sugar stamp No. 36 will continue to be good through Fri-; day, August 31. CEILING PRICE OF STRAWBERRIES, 32 CENTS With the appearance strawberries on’ markets of local the in. effect the marketing season of 1935. Ceilings have been set on the retail price not to exceed thirty two cents for the 12 ounce pint box. The price of strawberries FOB farm are $2.40 for the crate of 12 pint boxés for weighing not less than 12 ounces to} the pint. The price on growers. delivered to retailer strawberries is pegged at $2.90 per crate. Camporee for Boy Scouts May 19 and 20 Harry Poole, Grass Valley district scout commissioner and camplree chief, has announced ments for direction and administration of the Tahoe Area Camporee which will take place May 19th and May 20th at Lake Olymbia. The council camping and activities committee consisting of L. H. Reynolds of Auburn, H. J. Nile of Grass Valley and Leland Smith of Nevada City, will be in general charge. Nile will head the committee on arrangements for wood, camping sites and other details. Gilbert Tennis and Clay Caldwell will check the boys as they come in. Lloyd Geist is in charge of camping activities and church services. Harlow Wood will be thief judge. Poole urges all Boy Scout committeemen of sponsoring organizations to attend a meeting this evening, where judges will be selected for the. various competitive events, . and final plans made for the camporee. The meeting will take place in the Henne&Ssy School in«Grass Valley. MARRIAGE LICENSES TINLOY-YUEN—iIn Nevada City, Nevada County, April 26, 1945, Edward A. Tinloy, 20, U. S. Marchant Marine, and Marion Yuen, 18, Oakland. : BIERIWIAGEN WALLACE — In Nevada City, Nevada County, April 26, 1945, Fred C. .Bierwagen, over 21, and Maude Wallace, over 21, both of Grass Valley. A BELL ro FOr total of — 50} PAST WAR NEED ie OPA: his appoint-! By John Hersey . eee Sinee the attack on Pearl Harbor. the energies of the American peopie, have properly. concentrated on . One objective: to win the war. been . This has meant that the nation's . manpower and materials have been . dedicated to war production, and that when the war ends there will . be many defictincies to be corrected; i many shortages of ‘tivilian goods tu be met. : Not least among our postwar ; problems will be’ that of restoring ‘and modernizing our state highway ‘system, which has deteriorated b2;cause of manpower ~ and material shortages. The postwar years will see more than a normal resumption of au‘omobile traffic, and in addition theve every indication’ that California an unprecedented influx of tourist travel. Studies have indicat.ed that our ‘highways are already inadequate to handle present traffic. In order to provide safe and ade;quate highway facilities needed to ‘meet future traffic demands, atten‘tion to highway modernization must ibe given a high priority in postwar planning. ( “Pending before the legislature is 1a comprehensive plan for moderni ‘izing the highway system of the istate, through construction of 2701) is will see imiles of limited access highways in {rural areas and 600 miles of urban :freeways. The limited access law of (1945,-Assembly’ Bill 1350, has recently ‘been amended so as to accord further recognition to the state highways needs of the rural counties, and as it now stands, the bill provides a . well rounded plan which gives full consideration to the highway needs: of all sections. It.deserves the sup-port of every motorist interested in safety, and comfort on the highways. : Arrangements Made for Coldier Fire Fighters ° Harlow Wood, adiministrative assistant, Gordon Vance, central fire dispatcher, and J. M. Shock, engineer fire control officer all of the Tahoe national forest, ‘have arranged with the provost marshals of Camp Kohler and McClelland Field to augment fire fighting crewssin the forest this summer if conditions should warrant. The State Division of Forestry and federal Yorest service officials are in joint << of training soldier crews for fighting forest fires. California has the widest range of climate and the most diversified topography of any state in the Union. Hotel Clunie IT’S FAMOUS COFFEE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT BAR ARE RENOWNED IN CALIFORNIA _ RATES FROM $1.50 UP Excellent Service—Best Food SHOP AND COCKTAIL 8TH AND K STREET, SAGR. NTO, CALIFORNIA so: TOY AND JACOBS. JACK BRUNO, Manager an er a eer One, Norway Street, Boston 15, Mass, STREET. we crecccccccceses CITY. .ccccccdcccecsoes STATE. ++ your community when you read The Christi eegularly. You will find fresh, new viewpoints, understanding of world affgirs . . truthful, accurate, "= mews. Write for sample copies today, or send for a one-month trial subscription to this international daily newspaper..ee eS SS OS SE SS SD SS SS ND ENS SS SS The Christian Science Publishing Society NAME. .ccccccccscccccsvccvecessssess a fuller, richer unbiased Please send sample copies . . of The Christian:Science . Monitor including copy of » Weekly Magazine Section. Please send a one-month trial subscription to The . Christian. Science Monitor, for which . enclose $...+ . eS ED GR Cane) Lae) GD Lo GS US SUN ED EE CEE ED SP EvAD.20 re en emma CHAPTER Ill Craxi said: ‘‘I needed no bell. I was on ‘the beach to welcome the . Americans. _My woman was with . me, the formidable Margherita, and . my-seven children. We were on the . beach in spite of the shooting, to4 greet the Americans. But what did . my children shout?, They . did not . Shout: ‘We miss the tinkling of the . bell.’ They shouted: ‘Caramelle! . Caramelie!’ They were hungry. . They wanted candy. I myself, who . had had enough to eat as it happens, . shouted for cigarettes, not for the . pealing of a bell.’ Borth and the usher Zito came back. Borth said: “It’s nifty, Ma. jor. All the records are intact. They . tell everything. ~ There are lists of . anti-Fascists:and lists of those who . were enthusiastic and the others . who were lukewarm. There’s a dossier-on. each important person. It’s . . j perfect. Who are-these guys?”’ Cacopardo said: ‘‘Cacopardo is . my name, at -your-service, sir. Cacopardo is sulphur and sulphur is . Cacopardo.” _ Borth said: ‘I remember that name. In the records it says Cacopardo’s crazy.” : Craxi said: ‘‘That is true. He thinks that bells are more important than food.’’ Borth turned on Craxi in mock anger. “‘And who is this?”’ Craxi was apologetic again: ‘I : am anti-Fascist. Craxi. I believe in food for the moment.’’ Major Joppolo said: ‘‘They are arguing which is-more important, food or restoring the bell. Since we obviously can’t do anything about the bell just now, food is our concerns” Craxi looked very proud of himself, but Cacopardo turned to Zito and said: ‘‘We will leave this matter to the son of Rosa who was the wife of Zito. What do you say, small Zito, do you consider the food or the bell more important?’’ Surprisingly Zito said: “I think the .bell.’’ Major Joppolo was interested by . this. He leaned forward and said: “Why, Zito?’’ Zito said: ‘“‘Because the tone of . the bell was so satisfactory.”’ . “No,’’ said Cacopardo, ‘‘it is because of the history of the bell. . When the bell spoke, our fathers and ; their fathers far back spoke to us.” . Even Craxi was swept into this . argument. ‘‘No,’’ he said, ‘it was . because the bell rang the times of day. It told us when to do things, such as eating. It. told us when to have the morning egg and when to have pasta and rabbit and when to drink wine in the evening.”’ Zito said: “‘I think it was the tone which mattered. It soothed all the people of this town. It chided those who were angry, it cheered the unhappy ones, it even laughed with those who were drunk. It was a tone for everybody.”’ Giuseppe came in bringing the priest. Father Pensovecchio was gray-haired and cheerful, and as he approached the group around the Major’s desk he made a motion with his right hand which might have been interpreted either as a blessing or as a-Fascist salute. After the introductions, Major Joppolo said to the priest: ‘‘Father, we are speaking of ‘the old bell which was taken away.”’ Father Pensovecchio said: ‘‘That is the disgrace of this town. I have in my church a bell which is just as loud as the one which was taken away, though not so sweet and much younger and altogether meaningless as a bell. Any other bell would have done as well in my belfry. I wanted to send my belt. But the Monsignor would not permit it. The Monsignor is the uncle of the Mayor. He has reasons for doing the things he does—’’ Father Pensovecchio crossed himself, indicating that the things which the Monsignor did were somewhat ugly; “‘—but in this case I believe he was wrong.’ Major Joppolo said: ‘“‘Why was this bell important, then?” The priest said: “This bell was the center of the town. All life revolved around it. The farmers in the country were wakened by it in the morning, the drivers of the carts knew when to start by it, the bakers baked by it, even we in the churches depended on that bell more than our own bells. At noon on the Sabbath, when all the bells in town rang at once, thi bell rose above all the . others and that was the one you listened to.” Cacopardo, who waseold enough not to have reverence for anything, said: ‘‘I think that even the Monsignor regrets the sending away of the bell, because he used to regulate himself by it.” Craxi said: ‘‘I am certain too that he regulated his eating by it, as everyone else did.” Major Joppolo said to Borth in English: “We'll have to try to do something about getting another bell.” Borth said: ‘‘It’s ridiculo are lots of things more than this bell. Get the and don’t forget that a Major Joppolo said: ‘‘‘All the same, the bell is important to them.’’ “And he said then in Italian: “Thank you for telling me about the bell. I promise you that I will do all I can to get~another bell which will have some meaning as a bell and will have a good tone and its history will be that it was given to you by the Americans to take the place of the one which was taken away by the Fascists to make gun barrels.’’ ; Cacopardo said:’‘‘You are -kind.’’ Craxi said: ‘‘I thank you, Mister Major, and I kiss your hand.’’ _ Major Joppolo said: ‘‘You what?” . There portant ome food

way.” -> Father . fuse me if you wish. Cacopardo the historian said: ‘‘He . meant no offense. It is an old cus-* see how good you are as an interBee tom here. Once the important peo. ple make us kis’ their hands, and later when the actual kissing became too much of a bother, it became the habit» merely to: mention the ki as if it had been done ’ ; ‘I meant no offense, Mister Major. 1 am anti-Fascist.”’ Major Joppolo said: ‘It appears that everyone ig this town is antiFascist. Well, we ‘ill see about the bell. Now I wish té' speak alone with the priest: Zito, you may stay. You: are my@usher. Giuseppe, you may stay. You are my interpreter.’’ Craxi said: ‘‘Mister Major, the telegram.’’ Major Joppolo said: “I will try to send it.’’ Craxi mentioned _ the _ kissing again, and turned to go. When the others had gone, Major Joppolo said to Father Pensovecchio: “‘Father, I wish to tell you that . the Americans want to bring only . good to this town. As in every, na-! tion, there are son}. bad men in. America. It-is possfple that some . Americans who come here wil] do . bad things. If they do, I can assure you that most of the Americans will be just as ashamed of those things as you are annoyed by them.’’ : Pensovecchio said: . “I think we will understand weakness in your men just:as we try to understand it in our own.” Major Joppolo said: ‘‘Thank’ you. Father, I have been told that you are the best priest in Adano.”’ The priest said with quite honest modesty: ‘I am here to do. my duty.”’ ee Major Joppolo said: ‘‘Therefore I should like .to ask a favor of you. SS ae mA . Blood and wind rushed into throat and his throat roared. his You must feel perfectly free to reI should like to ask you to say a few words before your mass tomorrow morning about the Americans._I shall leave it to you to say what you wish, if you will merely add that there are certain proclamations which the Americans have posted which ought to be read.”’ Father Pensovecchio said: ‘‘That I can easily do.” Major Joppolo said: ‘I. myself am a Catholic. If you will have me, I should like to attend your mass.”’ The priest said: “It will be a pleasure to have you.’’ Major Joppolo was glad that he did not say it would be an honor. Major Joppolo said: ‘I shall see you tomorrow then.’’ Father Pensovecchio said, just to make sure: ‘‘At the Church of San Angelo. It is by the Piazza of that name. At seven in the morning. Until then, son.”’ When the priest had left, Giuseppe said in his brand of English: ‘You doing okay, a boss. All you got a do now is fix a food.’’ “Yes,” said Major Joppolo, ‘food. We’ll go to the bakeries. But first, do you have a crier here?’’ Giuseppe said to Zito in Italian: ‘What is the name of the crier? Did he run into the hills with the others?”’ Zito said: “‘No, he is here. Mercurio Salvatore. He is here. Only, Mister Major, he does not always say exactly what you tell him to say. He will say the general meaning of what you wish, but he will change it some. Even if you write it down, he will change it some.”’ Major Joppolo said: ‘Will you get him, please, Zito? I want to send him out to tell the people to read the proclamations.” : Zito went. Major Joppolo said to Giuseppe: ‘We will go to the bakeries, then we will post the proclamations.’’ : Giuseppe said: ‘‘Okay, a boss.” Major Joppolo looked down at his desk and saw Craxi’s telegram. He undid the safety pin and unfolded the paper and read: “To Franklin D. Roosevelt, Capitol Building, Washington, D. C. Fremente di gioia per la liberta da molto tempo attesa che i vostri valorosi soldati anno dato alla citta d’Adano stop vi prego accettare i sentimenti sinceri della mia gratitudine e riconoscenza. Antifascista Giovanni La Concetta fu Craxi.’’ Page Three “‘Ciuseppe,”’ the Major said, ‘“‘let’s preter. Now, this is for President Roosevelt.You mtfst take. it as el6quent as you. Gan. “What does it “To Franklin D-—Roosevelt and a ofa] y so long which your: brave a give to a .town of 9? Grate a aps What's a stop? at’s just the end of a sente ! I beg a you accep ere sentiments of my grat id a recognition. Signed You. going to deliver “Sure,” the Major said, ‘‘the President will be glad to hear.’’ Mercurio Salvatore, crier of the town of Adano, took a little time to show up; because he had to get into his uniform. His face was happy when he did arrive, because he had thought that his crying days were over. Having been a voice of Fascism for seventeen years, he thought that the newcomers would not want his loud shouts. He had taken his uniform off and hidden it in the house of Carmelina the wife of Fatta. -He had then awkwardly paraded himself in civilian clothes and the people, having seen him in uniform for seventeen years, laughed at him. : “Where is the crier?’’ they asked each other in his presence. “He has disappeared into the clothes of Fatta' which do not fit him,’”’ they shouted, and laughed. Therefore Mercurio Salvatore was happy. and grateful when he presented himself to Major Joppolo. ‘‘I am glad to be able to serve you and I kiss your hand,’ he said in his husky voice. Indoors he had learned to speak in a kind of whisper, because he knew the strength of his throat. Mercurio Salvatore. stood before Major Joppolo in tawdry splendor. He wore a uniform of the eighteenth century, and looked as if he had been wearing it ever since that time. The tights had once been blue, . but now they were a light and spotted gray. The turn-back coat had . once been lined with red silk, but the’ silk had long since fallen apart, and Carmelina the wife of Fatta had replaced it with sacking from the sulphur ‘refinery which she had dyed . purple with grape juice, but the purple had washed out in the first few rains, so: that now Mercurio Salvatore was a walking advertisement of Cacopardo Sulphur. If Major Joppolo had been any other American officer, he would have laughed outright at Mercurio Salvatore. c oe He said: ‘‘Crier; I have a job for you. I must explain this to you: the Americans are different from the Fascists. They are different in many ways. For this reason there will be quite a few changes in Adano. I hope that they will be changes for the hetter.’’ = Mercurio Salvatore said: ‘Yes, Mister Major,’’ to show that he would remember every word of it. The Major said: ‘‘In order to explain some of these changes, I am going to post at various prominent places around the town a number of proclamations, which will make everything clear, All I want you to do is to tell the people to read these proclamations. Impress on them that the penalties for not obeying the proclamations will be severe. That is all.” Mercurio Salvatore looked disappointed. ‘‘That is not much to shout,”’ he said. Major Joppolo said: ‘‘Shall I name a new crier?”’ Mercurio Salvatore said quickly: “Oh no, Mister’ Major, I will make something beautiful of* what you have said.’’ Major Joppolo said: ‘‘The proclamations will be posted béfore five o’clock this afternoon.” Mercurio Salvatore said: Mister Major,’’ and left. He picked up his drum where he had left it outside the Major’s office. Ordinarily he had made his first cry. in the Piazza Progresso, right in front-of the Palazzo, but this time he was self-conscious, and wanted to have .a ‘few tries before crying within earshot of the Major. Therefore he went first to the park opposite the Cathedral. He rolled his drum long and sharply. He took a deep breath. Blood and wind rushed into his throat, and his throat roared: ‘‘Well, you laughed. But you can see that Mercurio Salvatore is still your crier. The Americans are friends of Mercurio Salvatore. The Americans wish to be your friends, too. You have been expecting the Americans for some time, but did you expect the changes which would come after the Americans? Did you know that they were going to change many things after they came? Did you know that they were. going to change practically everything except the crier? Well, “Yes, your crier is here to tell you this.” . . ‘Now Mercurio Salvatore filled his lungs and bellowed: ‘‘Opposite me I see Carmelina the wife of Fatta in front of her house. I also see the lazy Fatta leaning against the wall of his wife’s house. The crier wishes ato thank Carmelina for storage of his uniform during the difficult time of the invasion. He-wishes also to address a few words to her lazy husband. It is unfortunate, lazy Fatta, that you never learned to read. It is too bad that you were too slothful to memorize the letters of the alphabet. This afternoon you would have had a chance to read of the changes which our friends the Americans intend to bring about here in Adano. 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