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July 23, 1945 (4 pages)

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Page Three moaeei MONDAY, JULY 23, 1945 NEVABA CITY NUGGET a ns a acer <omor = —— ; i It’s as if you had cut his arm off. ! Carmelina, on the very. first night . He loved those things you busted . of the invasion, was Corporal Chuck Miss Mitzi Popovich of Sacramento has been the guest of Mrs. Leland Smith for the past fortnight. Her CHAPTER XVI e fet a cS : up. Now I just told him that you; Schultz. Carmelina’s story to the . ake mother, Mrs. Louis Popovich and her I ose ire Rete! ee three would be punished severely— . Major was ‘that the Corporal had Fi brother. arrived yesterday to visit was dome os We Piscentine Camb as severely as you.kave hurt hirn.”’ . just handed her a dollar and wal pe 7 Mrs. Smith for a week or so. liani in the sixteenth century. What The three boys stiffened up a lit. away. Schultz s story was that the . Z 1 si l: ce on that? They . tle. Italian lady had haggled and shout. & <ee Nieden i me ea tig ash Gior ione The Major said: “I’m going to} ed and threatened to call the pos 12 ( tore my Venus; it was by More ; fs is inis : £ . lice. In any case, ‘Schultz paid a '4 ORDINANCE NO. 239 What is the. price of that? They . make this your punishment: to have . ns “ ae wipes taal tee = ; for smashed the glasses in which my . this man’s unhappiness on your con. , Golar. the es taba eae 2 An ‘Ordinance prescribing rules racenera drank her’ bridal toasts in. Sci¢nce, and from now on’ to keep grade of wine before the phen s * and regulations governing the] , Cnnien How many lira do yu his house as clean as if everything . = been twenty -lira, or twenty ‘ Nevada City Airport. a muni¢ipal : Z — Gera Ge in it belonged to your own mother. . Cents. coe % airport, and providing for the issu-} : eae Desi paper to cry and be That’s all. You're dismissed.”’ { Four’ soldiers sauntered ante a i ance of permits for conducting comohne ihconerent i Chuck said: “Yes sir. thank you, barber shop one morning, and made ie mercial enterprises and maintaining By John Hersey Major Tooke us Sess He bein? 5 . Pela le their oe Fok s veri d ‘buildings at said air= A ; Le a z cd: “"Dha sir. . “eir: s ulls that indicate ey; he = i ee Pes fe ee ee ra sais Pg waning Piatti ea eee me oo kee won wanted haircuts. None of them : : 2 “Purvis, what’s e ill said: “‘Thank you, sir. — noes Sse sounci f B. City: ; > ULY ‘7 en TES : : ; ’ ; could speak Italian, so they based . “ ee hangs of es City rf SOME.. JULY--POINT VALUES your men? Did you know they’d! take care of the house’ . théir payment on what they had last e é raat VS. LOLOWS ° 3 : 3 ‘a i oe a ae iy Wek a . Section 1. Definitions: The word. CHANGED been hig ion pot oe . Polack, said: Yes sir,‘ we sure . paid for haircuts in the States. Fach . airport as used herein shall refer-to =F men_in their bullet? Eee will.” plunked down a fifty cent piece and was good enough to let them use his ; house and some of the stuff in it, ; why the hell did they have to abuse it? I want you to find out who busted up the stuff down at your billet and have them in your ‘office in. ! fifteen minutes.’’ And he hung up without waiting for the astonished Captain to take a deep breath. the municipal airport of Nevada City, situated in Section 1, Township 16 North ‘Range 8 -East, M. D.B. & Point margarine and M. : . cemie? fish will be increased, points hid fae nop sms shat) Mean Bus for cheese will be reduced, and the heavier than air craft. oe : 5 Section 2. All operations are to. 'ation point values of nearly .all ibe conducted in accordance with the; meats will be unchanged during the rules and regulations of the Civil} July 1 As soon as they . were. outside, . Chuck ‘said: ‘“‘What'd I about. that guy?”’ Polack said: ‘“That’s the best guy . Il. ever seen inthis Army.” Bill said: ‘‘The thing that got me . down was what he said about my mother. Mom was always so proud said: ‘‘Keep the change, Joe.” The regular price for haircuts had been three lira, or three cents. Shaves . had cost two lira. Here in one . morning’s work, the, barber had . made two hundred lira. He retired . to. a life of leisure, and refused to . cut any hair for three weeks, till tell you . values for rationing period beginning ‘ his money gave out. i Administration and in. , ES : P ws of her glass. Cut glass it. was. I aba with panel Civil am. and ending July 28, OPA said. The Page loli: 4 ope! ie ese cea par: feel like I busted it last night.’’ The welfare of the town was realRegulations and Western Defense. P0'nt value of value of butter has) . , the sobbing Quattrocchi on the. Having weathered eighty-two win. ly threatened by the black pera Command Public Proclamation No. been lowered. A two-point intrease] 3 ioulder. He said: “Come, Quat-. ters, Cacopardo was not the least . ages stipes ‘anki welous “a 2. i argani joi ; + let? : cooled in his desire to help the S sak Spee 2 Sa ia). Alt. plo in the marganine joint value, from trocchi, let’s go down to your house p fresh vegetables into. the town’ marshall ‘be parked ofif the runway at all ‘times and shall ‘be blocked with together with ropes or shall tbe parked with with suitable ‘blocks attached parking brakes if equipped 12 points to 14 points a pound, is necessary because of the decreased supply and to improve distribution. Rationed canned fish, with presenty and see exactly what they did.”’ So the two men walked down the street to the beautiful house. Quattrocchi led the Major through the . rooms on the second floor and Americans by General Marvin’s behavior. Every two or three days he would send a note to Major Joppolo. Many were silly suggestions. Many were ket, would go to the various bivouac areas and hang around the edges until they could catch 2 straggler. Then, in the heat of the day, they Our patrons find that despite rationing and wartime conditions the quality of our meats measures up to the same high swine that money can buy. Our service to our patrons is built no excuse for it,’’ he said softly to Quattrocchi, who was beyond fury. got so bad that city people would ee pec ret St US Conroe buy what little fruit did reach the point values angi fr f I : would tempt the Americans with stadnards we have always parking brakes. I nm ees ranging — showed him the broken things. 4 . . \\ cool-looking ‘fruits, and would sell ninitahied: Our? mente Gonie (b) All airplanes shall be suitto nine points a pound, ye inMajor Joppolo was terribly deI} . . . . ] NN) them for anywhere from ten to s : s ee ably ilocked before starting. and one. creased two and three points, &. . assed. ty what he saw. “There is ne twenty times the proper prices. It rom the best cattle, lambs a control seat shall be occupied by a} pound, depending upon the kind, be. \{y). aus f > : ‘ ies rivilghd the conthdla ahali be fuill tine cause of reduced supplies for civil: i ‘ : town market, and would take it out on a foundation of high qualioning. Parking brakes may be sub-! 128. Major Joppolo took Quattrocchi t , : stituted for bloc ks. (Motors shall be up to the M.P. headquarters. CapCoe ee started and run up so as to cause a. “!though the over all supply of foolhardy Americans. tain Purvis had Chuck, Bill and Poyour neighbors about us. They will be from two t6 four points a} pound lower than during June to . 3; prevent loss of soft, perishable vari-. shall be aria no oe a erie ties from ‘spoilage. Point values of. bce es aren ef fds es hard cheese such ag cheddar and! ahead. All airplanes shall be stopped. lue, were reduced four points. The! at a 45 degree angle to the take off. only fresh or cured meat point value . ‘runway to ascertain traffic ‘before changes for July are increases of one on the northeast side of the NW /SE runway and on the southeast side of the (NE /SW ruriway. All airplanes minimum of dust or other disturn-. Cheeses will be somewhat smaller. lack there. As soon as the Major To stop, or at least to curb, the will tell you. ance directed toward the hangars ori during the third quarter, new point! Came in, the three boys stood at black market, Major Joppolo did A parking lots. values for the July fationing period. attention. three things: he put the town out: of (ce) All airplanes shall be taxied “At ease,’’ Major Joppolo said, bounds to American soldiers, ~ who KEYSTONE “but listen.’’ The three boys stood at ease. ““You fellows ought to be sent home to the States,’’ he said. ‘‘What kind of an example do you think you men are for the people here? How do you think we'll ever persuade them that we’re decent people if from then on could enter only on business; he had the Carabinieri stop all food«‘uffs from leaving the town; and i.e fined anyone caught selling over-price or under-measure three thousand lira—a_ lifetime’s savings for a poor Italian peasant. Sergeant Trapani’s having adesheets ete teeth bie he Neeson ee ee ees Ne ite MARKET DAVE RICHARDS, Prop. 213 Commercial Street MEH HiHieiieieieinininieleiiieieieinieinieieeieiioieiote) ge you behave like we all live in the dressed the purple slip reporting the Phone 67 Nevada City ane a tae Ge a made. 22d two points a pound for seven. woods and have shaggy fur?’’ countermand order on the carts to . 4 into the wind and a straight flight. fat pork. cuts. Polack said: ‘‘We didn’t mean no the wrong person did not help much. . path shall ‘be maintained for 1000 hurt, Major.” As soon as the wrong person opened . me Se feet beyond the end of the runway The Major said: ‘‘Your intentions . up the envelope and read the slip, i = before a left’ turn is started. don’t make the slightest bit of dif. F he forwarded it to the right person. NOTICE OF ELECTION (e) Traffic patterns shall consist ference. It’s the result that mat. . The right person. waa Lieut. Coil. of a rectangular ‘course around the ters.” i [We W. Nortis, One Officer cf the “KEEP ’EM All ‘traffic shall ‘be left hand. ’ field. Exit from the traffic pattern shall ‘ibe executed ‘by making a 90 degree turn to the left after take off and then a 45 degree turn to the right to Jeave the traffic pattern. Entry to the Polack said: ‘‘We was doin’ it for . you, Major.”’ “What do you mean, doing it for me? How could you think I would want you to do anything like that?’’ 49th Division. The wrong person put the purple slip on his desk. Col. Norris, who was burdened down . with much too much paper work, did not even read it all the way * ELYING” : —_— @ —_ © BUY, © DEFENSE fies ai ‘ half ay Polack said: ‘‘We was lookin’ for through. He just read the first part, Se deen Nee ind utes wan 5 ABE FIRE a present for you, sir.’”’ Polack about General Marvin’s issuing the @STAMPS shall be a 45 degree turn. Pattern \RT NT thought that if the Major stacked order that. carts should be stopped elevation shall be 800 feet above the up to all the boasting Chuck Schultz field elevation. had done about him the night beon the outskirts of Adano. Then he wrote in pencil on the . NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN that (f)) ‘Anyone making local flights! the anceps election to fill the offices fore, he ought to be able to talk upper left hand corner of the slip: shall first set the Fgh OMe cc es 2 se tL Sewcked = saxucpioantiad their way out of this fix. ’ “Usual copies for Division files.One Ch ber of Cc mance Airport Manager and sha ; a t ss Chief (Engineer of the Nevada City; The Major said: “Why would you Major Jopollo was terribly deextra copy to be sent to Colonel duration, area, and dype of flying t0/ m4. Mepartanent for the easuing. : want to get me a present? I’ve pressed by what he saw. Middleton marked ‘For General be done. wei b ” Marvin’s Information.’”’ And th OFFICE IN CIFY HALL (g) AlN landings shall be made] year will be held on Monday, July; "ever seen aa caren : ‘about things Major Joppolo had alag cea Vi i with a 90 degree approach and the} 30, 1945, at Pioneer Park, between Polack said: ‘“‘We’re just enlisted & : he he tossed the slip in his outgoing. PHONE 575 ready done. But one day he sent a men. We seen you before.” : yn 7 note which caught Major Joppolo’s basket. TE ee me i gs a ie mininiegeiny isin ities runway shall be cleared -as Soon a8/ the hours of 6 a. m. and 8 p. 'm. AN) possible after landing is completed. (h) 20 to intersection of to Bloomfield ‘Road, then Practice area shall start at Nevada City and follow Highway No. Bridgeport Road, then up the Bridgeport Road to Yulbba River; 'then up Yuba River follow members of the Fire Department are . eligible to vote at this election. The officers appointed to conduct the election are: Judges: Ernest O. Young and WilMajor Joppolo said: ‘I still want to know how you thought you were getting me a present, and why you were.”’ Polack said: ‘‘It was goin’ to be a goin’-away present.”’ The Major said: ‘‘Who’s going interest. “To the Officer of Civil -Affaires: “T beg to notify, for the necessary steps: Since several months, the small people at Adano does not receive the ration of olive oil, or other A couple of hourg later a Technical Sergeant emptied Col. Norris’s outgoing basket, and in time got around to making three copies of the. purple slip for the files of the 49th Division, where they would be buried, never to be seen again. One Bloomfield Road to Nevada City. liam ©. Perry. away?” fats, but the officials both of comcopy went under M.P.’s,eone copy Section 4. -Any person, firm or Clerks: Ray J. Wilde and Miles Polack said: ‘‘Well, Corporal . MUne, civil & military staff, have into the Personnel file, and the third conporation, ‘before conducting any! p. Coughlin. Schultz here said—’’ been laneiy is ee for the fami-. jnto the Intelligence files under Occommercial eterprise at tne aver By order of the Board of Fire Chuck Schultz said: ‘‘You let me gue i. cupied Territory, Disciplinary Measshall secure ‘written permission from the city council of Nevada City, or official as shall be such municipal Delegates of the Nevada City Fire Department. handle this, Polack.’’ Major Joppolo turned on Corporal “Tam informed, that the small population is therefore compelled to ures. The Technical Sergeant recopied the purple slip, so that he i ; } ee : : pay at the black market any price,. could make a clean top copy for
eee cuetse Or reactions. 10 Be VERNON F. SANDOW, eee what is this all about . yp to Lire 80 per liter (equal to 800] Colonel Middleton and the General. ai soap of any special or regulé Chief. Chuck Schulte fee! hake was grams). The age cape by the Fas-. He wanted to get ahead. He didn’t 5: . A that : i Section 5. The (City Council may, M. D. COUGHLIN, no way out. He said: ‘There wasn’t ire “6 & an hee oe ie 000 swig ras ot nage Che by resolution at any regular or specSecretary. no excuse for what we done, Major. ' Nee in Als typing that he jal meeting, limit the number of commercial enterprises to "be conducted at said airport and shall have the : from facilities available and the size and construction of the airport, the number and ‘character of commercial enterprises to Ibe permitted at said. airexclusive right“ to determine, port. ze cine MEN BY THESE} kind of a drunk idea that you was ipa on te acer = — ters, who was very inquisitive. He Section 6. No person, firm or coredie hel abeaee : about the best officer we ever seen, . Market on Fascist graft. ow Ma-. annoyed the Colonel often by read« . : poration, shall erect, maintain or apne the undersigned, MARIO and we figured we wanted to give jor Joppolo was acutely aware of ing over his shoulder. y Groceries, Fruit and own any hangar, building or other structure without first securing a written permit therefore and paying such fee or fees as may from time to time le fixed by resolution of the city council and said permit shall conto remove any structure ‘within 30 days after notice delivered to said mpermittee or posted on said structure and if not removed ‘within said time the said city may remove said’ structure and collect the cost and expense of said removal from said permittee. from time to time construct, operate and hangars and other facilities for the maintenance and operation of said airport tain a provision and agreement Section 7. The (City may maintain such (buildings, and may rent the same or_ space : ced these men who committed the crime armed mainly with cigarettes and When he came to the purple slip 109-3 Phames 1 therein on such terms and conditions. (isso nia a Fab ent ee are sorry for what they did, now. candies, for every grown person. and the four copies, he took the pabetas as the said (City Council may bY}Nineteen Hundred Forty-Five ‘. that they realize how cruel they . asked for cigarettes and every child! pers out of the pile, read until he resolution provide. Section 8. airport manager. Section 9. ilities thereof. Section 10. The city council may ‘by resolution employ or appoint an Any person willfully violating any provisidn of. this ordinance or any resolution or regulation thereunder shall be ‘barred from using said airport or any of the facThis ordinance ghail, before going into effect, be puwblished im the Nevada City Nugget with the ayes and noes, three times, and July: 23,26. CERTIFICATE OF DOING BUSINESS UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME AND STYLE INo. 396 and GERARD VIGNAL, are co-partners and we do hereby certify that we are transacting business under the fictitious name and style of CEINTRAL MOTOR COMPANY; that our places of residence are as follows: MARIO. GEINTILI, residing at 324 Adams, Nevada City, California; GERARD VIGINAL, residing at Grass Valley, California, and whose address is Route 1, Box 443A; We further certify that no other person has any interest in the said CENTRAL MOTOR COMPANY and that we are the sole ownerg of the business transacted under said name. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have caused these presents to be duly executed and have subscribed GERARD VIGNAL, MARTO GEINTILI. State of Californa, ss. County of Nevada. . On this 26th day of June 1945, before me, C. C. Carveth, a Notary Pulbblic in and for said Nevada County, personally appeared Mario Gentili and Gerard Vignal, known to me to be the persons whiose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged that they executed We was very drunk. I think Polack here’s still a little drunk.’’ Polack raised a threatening fist and said: ‘‘Why you.. .” Major Joppolo said: ‘‘What’s all this about a present?’’ Chuck said: “‘Sir, we just got some you a present. We thought maybe we could find a present for you in the house. We knew you was Italian, more or less, and we thought you’d like something Italian from the house. That’s all there was to it? Major Joppolo said, and his voice was much softer: ‘I’m not Italian, boys. I’m American, and sometimes I’m not as proud of it as I’d like to“be.”’ Then the Major turned to Quattrocchi, and he said in Italian: ‘I hardly know what to tell you. I know that no apologies and no payment can ever return what you have lost. I wish to tell you that were to you. I wish to tell you, Quattrocchi, that I feel less proud of being an American than I did yesterday. These men will be punished justly and severely for what they have done. I want you to file a claim for payment for what was destroyed, 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, grams). “*You cannot allow any longer this tiranny against the poors!’’ ‘Respectfully, ‘“Matteo Cacopardo.”’ The thing which interested Major Joppolo in this note was the fact the black market. He had intended for some time to investigate it. Now he did, and what he found was disturbing. The black market was not the fault of corrupt Fascists. It was not even the fault of the. merchants who jacked their prices out of all bounds. It was the fault of the invaders. Demonstrably, it was the fault of the Americans. There were two reasons why the Americans gave Adano its black market, and the inflation which inevitably went with it. One reason was American generosity. Apparently the Italians thought the Americans were coming to their soil shouted in the streets for candies. And the Americans gave what was begged. They also gave C Rations, both cans which they had opened and had been unable to finish, and unopened cans. When they bought anything, they figured the price by their heart. And the second thing was that when they bought anything, and could not find an Italian-speak-. ing pal to dicker for them, they just paid what they figured they would have paid in the -United didn’t even notice what the purple slip Said. The Technical Sergeant put the four copies and the original purple slip into Col. Norris’s incoming basket. It happens that Col. Norris had an assistant, one Lieutenant ButHe always wanted to know what the Battle Order was the moment it was drawn up, before it even went to regimental commanders. The only advantage of Lieutenant Butters’ curiosity was that he usually read Colonel Norris’s mail more carefully than either Colonel Norris or his Technical Sergeant. The morning after the Technical Sergeant put the purple slip and the four copiés into’the Colonel’s incoming basket, Lieutenant Butters got up bright and early, dressed, shaved out of his helmet, and before breakfast went to Colonel Norris’s desk and went through his incoming basket. had finished, put the pile back into the incoming basket, and then tucked the purple slip and the four copies into a portfolio on his own desk. Later in the day, when the Colonel was out to a conference, Lieutenant Butters took out the purple slip and the four copies. He called the Technical Sergeant over to his desk. “Did you see these?” the Lieutenant asked. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE DRIVE IN FOOD PALACE Vegetables Beer and Wine COR. YORK AND COMMERCIAL STREETS NEVADA CITY, PHONE 398 =. UPHOLSTERY OF ALL KINDS John W. Darke New Deal Under Management of JOHN and KIM AMBLER BECKETT 108 W. Main Street, Grass Valley BEER, WINES, LIQUORS Delicious Mixed Drinks: to Please Every Taste shall go into effect on the 1st day of ~ ag Mister Major.” — ‘ ‘aii thal Bb sone nai ghian. who was Auigust, 1945. sea The Major said: ‘Good day, . . , Here are four examples tha a-. afrai e€ had made a mistake in ; gor ene aye : C.C. CARVETH, peti y, Quat jor Joppolo dug up, which show ex-. typing, said merely: “Yes, gir,” CLARENCE R. GRAY p rane .,. trocchi. rom now on your house AYPS: Councilmen Bates, Sea-. Notary Public in and for said man, Long, Hall. NOES: Councilmen None. ABSENT: Councilmen, Rore. BENJ. HALL, Mayor. Attest: GEORGE H. CALANAN, Clerk. Passed July 5, 1945. July 16, 28, 30. . Nevada County and State. ERNEST J. TORREGANO, Attorney at Law, 988 Mills Building, San Francisco, California. Endorsed: Filed June 26, 1945. R. N. McCormack, County Clerk. By R. E. Deeble, Deputy Clerk. will be kept nicely, I can promise you that.” : Quattrocohi~, left.°~ The Major turned to the three boys. He said: “TI don’t know whether you realize yet what you've done to this Italian July 9, 16, 23, 30, Aug. 6. (sae Me actly how the black market and inflation grew up: He traced the black market in wine to the house of Carmelina, wife of the lazy Fatta. The very first person who bought wine from “Well, that Major was right,’ the Lieutenant said. A The Technical. Sergeant, who nadn’t the faintest idea what the purple slip was about, said: ‘‘He was?” (TO BE CO WATCHMAKER 520 COYOTE STREET TELEPHONE 152 NEVADA’ CITY, CALIFORNIA pet