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Show THE LEHI SUN, LEIII. UTAH it Is 3. 31 y. I tie gfr er faci P her cf she'll !d ' 'or thd is, req-. iterlal; or ric NDEPS St. 1 for eae Size., S: "A -on r a 1 A Deliver AddnoM John riersey - of - dJ S5 X .. fab: Tne ' ltd 'victor JOPPOI". ths f,l",' c.rreant Bortn, K,' IS to win thecona- I "".' . .nit oromisea w (ee" I,:h th. Ger- Marvin, chief I Hi .. .h.t section, wai Adano. by L,red ordered aU cart, were rJaa the future. m le7...int the wishes ' "n. ol tb. Major. I.' CBAPTEE VII te the town, had run dry. As Wends. One c , ;. "Erba, tne piui.... ;atter of being clean." Tnh ves. the procla- t one proclamation. Mis-I Mis-I forget the number of Ration, there are so es the number matter, Mis- A 'ba I am sorry, there are tarnations." And the Led ioErba's friends, who ;-t more uueuigeni jerstand. "That is uiewu" Unties. I did not wibn vo . many proclamations. iui fault. I am sorry, auc jes not matter, Erba." caid: "The numDer aoes nui lie proclamation says it is 7 to be clean. It says the aist be clean with water, lataeSirecia uma. - -eels, which have been ine ice the time oi wno was h 01, flllUHMi irnared: "Since the time oi LlAragona and of Roberto Naples." aid: "The streets have Deen -p Now the proclamation of being clean with water. 1 n n.Uinl. V, O SltUCD sameiieas wmu una ated on the streets since a of those men of whom speaks. This being clean -uch water. My cart is on er side of the bridge. Mister tr Joppolo said: "The cleanli- ! very important, Erba. Let Le Adano the cleanest town whole province of Vicina- water: there isn't any runnine 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 . . i i . l . Buiumuuiies away irom a country town in the States. You just can't do it all at once. Pennle uill I'm not here to kill people." Captain Purvis evidently put up an argument. Finally the Malor saidr "Purvis. I order you, on my authority, to start 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 ea risht nn hpi'ne n Fnspism. All right, it's on my responsibility." The three cartmen sat through the telephone conversation not comprehending. com-prehending. To judge by their faces they seemed to think that Major Joppolo was devising some punishment punish-ment for them. Thev 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 JoddoIo 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 never nev-er been, a thing like this," the fat one named Basile shouted, "that the w. n. u. rtATums Fjisy the challenge. His fattened. "We will do this sen if the sameness has piled te the time of Jesus, Mister Then his eye went dull I "But my cart is on the other tie bridge. You have said hot pass." ' liajor said: "Let the next cat You. Your name." And bd at the third man with his s said: "Thank you, Mister I third man jumped up. He I tie fat but comparatively fme. His hair was Dlastered I nth something off the axle of 14 and his black coat was tat looking of the four. "Ba kiovanni, Mister Major," he b wish?" spoke eravelv and slowly. r Major." he said, "the worst the things about the carts is N. You can see. Mister Ma-aad Ma-aad he ran his hands down I the size of his heilv "that I man who can sDeak of food hierstandinE. This matter of Ms does not hurt me. I am man with monev in the bank. something to draw on in ! times. But there nre nthers in s who are not so lucky. Gali- pnoiomeo is so thin that you aunt the several teeth of his Jeven when his hps are closed. ae children of Raffaela who is -e of Manetto ha ve httf hellieS- Rir bellies are bie onlv with P of hunger. Shall I name who are very thin?" : Major said: "No, go on." ,ae said: "I am the one to about the food and the You have nnt fippn mv part. Jou, Mister Mainr?' "ay have. I have seen many tern." :d toen. with great craft, Basile There Is nnthino in oil tho filiations, even though it takes ACCIU UJCill, W1UIU I that the Americans came to u order to make people die "Ser. And there is nothing in le Proclamations which refers mings as the dead mule of a e Gaetano. Why then do we thinff of the parte?" e Major reached for the field a0ne, CranlrO1 tfc fcnnlla .n , uic uauuic axAu We me Rnwhnat Rlno Pnr. Je he waitaj km. said t0 BasUe'2"lffly: pHo. This Rowboat Blue For- k --""! -urvis, piease. . . . Joppolo. Listen 'o, now this is serious, Purvis. """6 about the carts. I've 'Stmvminj r . al Marvin destroyed the work an a court martial, but I've ;,ea to countermand his order. ' L ; ow I'm taking a chance, but ot to do it We can't let ' People starve. . . . ve to do it Purvis. This Vs Qying. No food can get into 1n 11 the carts don't come. Bn depends on the carts for 7 "Their bellies are big ones with the gas of hunger." snnnirt come to the Palazzo di Citta, and that their request should be granted." "Especially." shouted the loud one named Afronti, "especially without a wait of two to three weeKS. "It was not necessary to write a letter ' Basile shouted. jrvi wv,-F "The police did not even examine us," roared Afronti. TV,o slnw one namea MM miauy nut sentence. It was one oi the few beautiful sentences he ever managed to say, and one oi ine ict TTesaid: "When the people come and take water from my cart to drink for their thirst, 1 snau say to them: Thank the Mister iviajur, friends.' " Xiljr . nroinr Jnnnoio saia: uci uu, w AVAtiJ T I here. You are wasting my m and the time of all the peopie wno nntsiHe that door." And til e waiw"s " " - i v, ct,,rei imnatiently at the men iic -r - The cartmen went oui, bhuus j nrotiiiatin? America. The command post of the M.P. s was housed in the Fascio. the one- viMir,i which had Deen me headquarters of tne nascis.1 t a etrinff oi rouiiia ic- il was w'l-v - A. - .. ing on the Via Dogana, ju. r,:..- The walls of the rooms were covered with pictures of vari ous Fascist heroisms, ru had a couple of desks, a filing cabi net three or lour uutuunui chairs, and that was an. i ing made a very convenient headquarters head-quarters for both the M.P.'s and especially for Sergeant Borth s security se-curity detail, because the filing cabinets cabi-nets contained complete records on practically everyone in town, both party members and anti-Fascists. On the morning when Major Joppolo Jop-polo called about the carts, there were three men in the main office of the M.P.'s. Besides Captain Purvis, Pur-vis, there were Technical Sergeant Frank Trapani, who kept Captain Purvis's records and was more or less his secretary, and Corporal Chuck Schultz, who was the M.P. on guard. Captain Purvis put down the telephone tele-phone and said: "That Joppolo. I think he's nuts." Sergeant Trapani said: "What s he done now, sir?" "Oh," the Captain said, "he's always al-ways talking about democracy like it was his mother. He ought to relax re-lax and have a little fun. Bet he's never been drunk In his life." Corporal Schultz said: "He can have this Dago wine." He put his hands over his belly and made a face. The Captain said: "Besides, he'i going to get us all in trouble." Sergeant Trapani said: "What'i he done, sir?" An Italian stuck his head In the door just out of curiosity. i "Get out of here, Trapani, tell that wop to get out of here and stay out." Captain Purvis did not speak a word of Italian, and it made him feel frustrated. Trapani told the curious one to move along. "The carts," Captain Purvis said. "Joppolo has the nerve to tell General Gen-eral Marvin he knows where he can stick the carts, he wants them to come back into town." Sergeant Trapani said: "It wasn't a very wise order in the first place, I think maybe the Major's right." "Right?" Captain Purvis put his palm against his cheek in a gesture of amazement. "Why, man. General Gen-eral Marvin'll shoot him and us too. What do you think this man's army would be like if everybody just did what he wanted and went around countermanding orders every day? We got little enough discipline in our army anyhow without going around ignoring orders, especially from generals." Captain Purvis had been commissioned just eight months. He was very military. "Yes, sir," Sergeant Trapani said. He knew what to say when his Captain Cap-tain started lecturing on discipline. Well, I got my orders," the Cap tain said. "I got to go out and take the guards off the road by the bridge and the sulphur works. But listen, I'm not going to burn for this guy Joppolo. He's all right, but he's just too serious. I'd sure like to see him high just once." Corporal Schultz said: "Last mght, oh, I'll never drink that stuff again." "Listen." the Captain said. I don't want to get in trouble and you don't either. We got to carry out this order and let the carts back in, but if General Marvin should drive back through this town, we'd all get 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 carts out, that Major Joppolo countermanded coun-termanded the order. You make it out, Trapani, and send it to G-one of the division." "Yes, sir." Captain Purvis left, Sergeant Trapani said to Schultz: "That's a fine note, General Marvin's Mar-vin's liable never to come back here, and if he did he'd probably never notice the carts. But once you get the thing on paper, it's just a sure way to ruin the Major. And he's, so right about these carts any way." . ' , Corooral Schultz said: "Don't bother me, I got a headache of my 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. or ris, G-l, 49tn 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 buipnur xtennery Order carried out. "2. On July 20, guards were re moved on order of Major Victor Joppolo, Civil Affairs Officer, town 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 Mainr Ma-inr in trouble?" And he read the re port out loud. "I thought that part about the town needing the carts might make it okay for the Major." "What's this Major to you?" i,it7 said. "If he can't have anv fun. what's he to you?" Sergeant Trapani said: "Oh, nothing, noth-ing, I just hate to see a guy get in .rn.iM when he's trying to do rieht." Schultz said: "WelL then, why don't vou let the order get lost in Captain Purvis's papers? juon i doui-r doui-r me. I feel awfuL" Sergeant Trapani looked hard at, Corporal Schultz. xnen ne stooa up and went over to Captain Purvis's desk and put the purple slip in the middle of a disorderly pile of papers pa-pers which Captain Purvis touched only in adding to it. "Good idea." Trapani said. "You're Eyetalian," Schultz said, "what do these Eyetalians put in their booze?" Early the next week, Giuseppe the interpreter came to Major Joppolo in some embarrassment "I'm a sorry, boss," he said. "About what?" the Major said. "Boss, you say you want a go out with a blonde a Tina. I'm a sorry, boss." "I never said any such thing, Giuseppe. Giu-seppe. What's got into you?" "Boss, you tell a me other day you want a see Tina's old a man." "Yes, I do want to see him." "I'm a sorry, boss." "WelL what's that got to do with going out with the blonde?" (TO EE CONTINUED) Kathleen Norris Says: The Disappointing Homecoming ' Bell Syndlcau. WNU Features. 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Now, after more than a year's service he is home again, to stay, and has taken up his life where he left off, as a junior member of his uncle's law firm in a small town. Lina wrote Bob constant and af fectionate letters while ha was away, sent clippings and snapshots and presents every week. She was lonely; she loved the memory of their marriage, their home, their perfect companionship. And of course, as so many mothers and wives are doing, she idealized tne thought of Robert; he was perfect Every night she and little Jane looked at his picture and said, Goodnight, Daddy. Come home safe to Mummy and Jane." Robert got a great reception when he finally did come back, but almost immediately things began to go wrong and they haven't straightened out yet. Both husband and wife write me their respective feelings. Robert says that he hasn't changed at all; he never did like meeting people and going places, he never was especially fond of kids. If Lina would let him alone he'd be all right He doesn't sleep any too well, and he hates arguing. He thinks there is too much fussing in the way Lina does things; flowers on the table and beauty parlor every week and taking Jane to dancing school what the heck does all that matter, anyway. Muses by the Hour Lina's letter says, in part: "He used to be sunny, easily amused, ready to fit into my plans. He simply used to adore Jane. Now he never notices her, and of course, at the age of four, she hasn't sense enough to be friendly with him in spite of It. He muses by the hour, staring at the floor; not hearing me, apparently, if I speak, and not answering if he does hear. He won't go anywhere, ani even with clients he has a sort of whats-the-dif-ference anyway attitude that doesn't help him in business. "The other night," Lina's letter goes on, "I had a dish he likes for dinner and he said to me briefly and shortly, 'Good.' This encouraged me to say that there ought to be a mixed green salad with it but that I had hunted all over for chives, chicory and cress without success. 'So you hunted all over for chives, chicory and cress, did you?' he said in a dreadful voice. And he got up and slammed out of the house. He came back late and apologized in a sort ef grudging way, and I cried all night I'm so sorry for him, and yet I feel that I can't stand this. "Yesterday I asked him if he simply didn't like me, I seem to irritate ir-ritate him so. and he answered that I could draw any conclusion I liked. I asked him if he would like me to go to my mother for awhile, and he said that he had seen that coming, and knew I was crasy to get away. "Do you think this shows actual BATTLE NEUROSIS Robert has come home, dis-charged dis-charged honorably, after a year's active duty in the navy. Like so many other veterans, he seems constantly moody and depressed. He is cold to his pretty wife, and unappre-dative unappre-dative of her efforts to please him and to help him fit into the old ways of life. His little daughter doesn't interest him, nor his law practice, nor anything any-thing that used to delight him. Robert is suffering from the well-known effects of the terrible ter-rible strain and horror of war. Only time will cure him. Wounded G.I. Was Going Back to Settle a Score Scene: A military hospital. Visi tor had been talking to a badly wounded Irish soldier. Afterwards asked an orderly: "When are they sending that man home?" 'He ain't going home," said the orderly. "He's going back to the front." . But he can't. He'll never be Anybody can see he's far too Daaiy hurt.- "Maybe. But he thinks he knows who done it." at derangement, or is it another woman, wom-an, or is it my fault? We're both writing you, and we want a fair answer. Who is right and who is wrong?" My dear Lina and Bob, my an swer is that neither is wrong. The deep and bitter wrong is when the sons of men turn to world war as a preliminary to establishing world peace. It is as stupid a solution of international differences as was the old custom of men and women going go-ing in cheerful groups to a pest house to have smallpox all together and so immunize themselves. But the smallpox inoculation affected only a few persons, and this war is touching us alL Leve Lives On I believe that under this pres ent trouble your old love and com nanionship live on. But Robert as was inevitable, has come back with a mind and soul and heart scarred by the terrible realities of modern warfare. He has seen the men beside whom he worked, the men who were his companions, blown to pieces, maimed, drowned. frozen, hungry, exhausted. He has gone for months not days, not weeks, but months, without those common luxuries Lina has taken for granted; a warm house, a good reading light, quiet meals, the blessed security of America. When he sees Lina concerned for a hair do, for Jane's dancing slippers, for the Hollandaise sauce and the fresh flowers, a sort of madness at the insane contrast comes over him. and he can hardly breathe the air of home. Lina, on her side, is justified, too She believed that all he wanted when he went away, was for her to keep the home fires burning, go on with her nursing twice a week, keep up with her Red Cross work, scrupu lously watch for tin and fat and paper salvages, obey the food and fuel laws all these she has done. She hasn't complained of loneliness or dullness or food shortages. She expected praise and she didn't get it. Give time ana patience to your problem, Lina and Bob. It can be solved by a determination to under stand and help each other. There will be a million more like it for the women of America to handle. Render this last aid to your government; govern-ment; that you lift just one of these difficulties from the great total, that you lessen just by so much the fear ful crisis of postwar days. 'Staring at the floor by th hour. Sewing Circle Keedlecraft Dept. Box 3217 San Fraacitco 6, Calif. Enclose 18 cents for Pattern High In Vitamin A Paprika the rei spice from a mild-flavored pod pepper has long been known to contribute important impor-tant amounts of vitamin A to Hun garian diets in which it is used lav ishly. Even after drying and pow-dering, pow-dering, paprika rates high in vitamin vita-min A Disease Fatalities The death rate from cancer in 1940 was more than 10 times the rate of 1880 and is now the second most frequent cause of death in the United Unit-ed States. Diabetes now claims seven sev-en times as many victims per 1,000 persons as It did in 1880. Bore Deep for Oil The deepest bore yet drilled for oil is estimated at 15,758 feet below sea level, and this is just about the same as the altitude of the highest high-est mines of the Andes mountains iif South America. Pod Opener A tricky machine has been Invented In-vented for the quick opening of pea pods. The pods are first cooled to make them brittle; then the air pressure pres-sure is lowered and the pods pop open. i Rough Hands ; Cocoa butter is an old standby for ; rough and reddened hands. Apply i it nightly before going to bed, and ! wear soft washable gloves to keep I grease off bed linen. i High Dam I TVA's new Fontana dam in west-! west-! em North Carolina is the highest i dam in eastern America, fourth highest in the world. SPRAINS AND STRAINS Muscular Aches and Paint Stiff Joints Bruises I .... 'trtir i iTrsrmif j list MIU'Jit"MMMWUIBlllMl3sWW'rf ' H'lTTW ill " JjdsM Keeping Egfs Fresh Do not wash eggs until you are ready to use them. An egg shell has a protective film which helps to keep bacteria and odors from getting get-ting through the pores. Washing removes re-moves that film, and the egg then spoils rapidly. To wipe off soiled spots on eggs, use a rough, dry cloth. Keep eggs in a refrigerator or other cold place to hold their freshness. Because eggs absorb odors readily, store them away from strong-smelling foods such as onions, cheese, pickles and kraut trI understand back home they're saying tlie tear is over." "Speak louder I can't hear yuh.1 9 Sure, Dill speak louder. Celebrate louder, America! Yoall have to, to he heard above the bloody gurgles of the men who are dying at this very moment of our day of "Victory". . . the ghostly whispers, mighty in volume, of the men who died not to kill one nation but ' to kill all tyranny. Today our great fight is but half won. Japan, our final and most dangerous enemy, still lives. Japan still boasts an army of 4,000,000 fanatical, last ditch fighters, with half again that many in reserve, Japan's huge, ill-gotten wealth of Empire is still essentially essen-tially intact Japan still hates our guts. Today we can, if we choose, start breaking faith with those who died. We can go on a fool's orgy, get drunk on our success so far. Or we can, if we choose, pray for our dead, and for the . lives of those who have so far been spared. Te can stay on the job, buy another War Bond, give a pint of blood. We can choke back our cheers . . . and save our wind for the mighty task that lies ahead. Today is but the symbol of the many days to come, What are you going to do with these days? Prepared hy the War Advertuing Council |