Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-25 | Page 13 | Every Bit of Their Family 's Loyalty Belongs to America

Every Bit of Their Family's Loyalty Belongs to America j r a s rr s r y r Y sW k y 4 aN aNi aNy y i f k f N t 6 tiry 5 f a a 3 Hi y 4 M 1 4 y WE HAVE NO TIES WITH VITA ITALY AND WERE WE'RE GLAD WERE WE'RE h HERE ERE NOT OVER THERE Back row Pete Furano left and Antonio Fura Furano no front row Catherine at piano Giovanna anna Nina and l I Mrs rs Furano Italian Native Prefers United States State Editors Editor's note nott This tl is the second of three articles concerning families of loyal loal Amer- Amer leans who ho came iron countries lIh the United States in II now at war sar Yes the situation looks plenty bad right now and it may get worse for a time but take it from fromme fromme fromme me America and our allies are going to win win win-we've weve we've got to win is the opinion of Antonio Furano Italian-born Italian American and husband husband husband hus hus- band and father to one of Salt Lake Lale City s typical families of Italian descent A resident of Utah since he came to America as a youth of 17 in 1913 Mr Furano is as Amer American ican as his wife or the family they have reared and is plenty satisfied with his adopted coun coun- try If Id I'd liked Italy better than America I wouldn't have come in inthe inthe inthe the first place and now I like Italy even less and America even m more re he explained telling how he came over to join his father who had obtained work in the mines at Helper Comes to Salt Lake But Tony was more of an artist than a miner and the mines did not hold him for long In 1915 he came to Salt Lake City and traded the pick and shovel for the mixing bowl and skillet He was employed as a cook at atthe atthe atthe the Hotel Ut Utah h and has been there since 1919 which is some kind of ofa ofa ofa a tribute to his culinary art But although Tony is the best cook there is Mrs Furano a native Salt Lake City girl born of Italian parents claims sup superior superior- lt ity-in ity in one phase of cooking My noodles beat his all to heck Mrs MrS' Furano declared but that's all I can cook better than he can Has No Ties Tics We have no ties in Italy and Im I'm glad were we're here and not over there he said Of course it gave me a funny feeling when Italy first entered the tile war because Italy's the the place place I was born America is my country country It it has been since I came over here herc and Italy means nothing to me me-I'm me Im I'm per cent American he proudly proud proud- ly affirmed Wholeheartedly back of AmerIcas AmerIca's Americas America's Amer Amer- ica's leas war effort the Furano family family fam fam- ily lly is buying defense stamps from Pete 16 oldest of the Furano children children children chil chil- dren who carries a newspaper route for The Telegram Other children are Catherine 14 Giovanna 12 and Nina who is three Bonds Bonds Mean No Naps for Japs Japs- Japs