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Thursday, April 30th, 1953 OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Page 7 each place could afford a radio that blared out into a dusty yard --so that the whole district is a melange of sound, added to which are screaming children. I tried to approach the city with an open mind, but the only beauty I could find was in Mount Vesuvius as it rose like a black guardian angel on one side of the city. I felt that Neapolitan life was like sitting on a barrel of dynamite, wondering when light ing would strike. Yes, I entered Naples with an open mind -- but left with a clothes-pegged n ose! ! Anyone want to buy a Parker 51 -- cheap? " WHY NOT PAY FOR A HOME INSTEAD OF PAYINC HIGH REHT" HAROLD A. CLARKE LTD., REALTORS Phone 1296 POTERTIAL LUCKY LUCIANO FILLS IN JOURNAL SCRIBE ON HOW RIOTS ARE BORN By Amos, Christie & Co. STOCK BROKERS v MYKE DYER CASH T A L K S · · · · · FOR A GOOD BUY PAY BILLS CONSOLIDATE ACCOUNTS FIX UP THE HOUSE VACATION -- See Your Local Loan Company -- Independent Finance Corp. 75C Colborne St. E. -- Phone 2390 A. M. Masson, Manager FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ITS ED S L A T E R ALL TYPES OF ELECTRICAL AND WIHD INSTRUMENTS MOUTH ORGANS JEW 'SHARPS We Carry A Complete Line Of INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES ED S L A T E R 38 Colborne St. W. Phone 176 One day, while waiting for a shop to open, I happened to be sitting on some steps leading to a church and was watching Roman hfe filter past. A boy of little over twenty sidled up and asked if I spoke English; and on finding that I did, one of the most interesting interviews took place. It seems that this boy was a professional bum, and was at the present time getting things ar ranged for a big student riot. He learned his English in the States after he had jumped an Italian merchant navy boat in New Orleans and did some work in that section of the country with some of the big names in Ameri ca's criminal files. After two years at that, the FBI booted him back to Italy for being a "black shirt" ; and he now worked with the MSI -- or Socialist move ment which, in essence, is a Fas cist group. He was secretary of the students branch, and all he did all day was wander around the city and occasionally chalk something on the walls. The subject of Trieste is a very touchy one in Italy, as it was never returned to this country, as promised, after the war. It is now under the joint rule of Jugo slavia, Britain and America. The MSI has chosen as its "platform" for the coming elections, the re turn of Trieste, so that now one sees many walls covered with whitewash or chalk demanding the reownership of this contro versial territory. My "black Shirt" friend was in the process of organising a stu dent riot which was supposed to demonstrate their feelings about Trieste. So I asked just how he went about getting a riot together. It seems that before the colleges open, the main members of MSI gather outside the doors and re fuse to let any students in. With speeches, they incite the crowd, and before you know it, you have a full-sized riot on your hands. But, he told me, the trouble is not to get caught in citing the students or else you get three months in jail. I found out that last year was "much fun' as the boys ended up heaving huge boulders at the cops, and three were killed ! ! He himself spent most of 1952 in jail. "They treat you rough" he said, "but I'm getting used to it" -- display ing an ugly scar on his right forearm. So next time you start cursing school, just be thankful you don't have to break your way through a picket line to get to classes, and then possibly end up in jail for participating in a riot. Rome also gave me my first look at how smugglers and black marketeers work. In fact, I was the bait. The whole story is rather detailed, but to make it very short -- these boys have about the smartest racket ever heard of for getting rid of illegal goods. And unless you're on your toes, you'll get caught every time and end up with a couple of hundred dollars worth of useless watches. I've asked many fellow thumbers in Europe what they consider their favorite city, and London heads the list every time. Rome comes second or third -- vying with Paris. The buildings, atmos phere, interest of this Italian city are so great that you feel you haven't really been to Europe un less you have spent some time in Rome. And even after a week there, I had barely scratched the surface. However, time's a-wait- ing -- so I grabbed a train for |North Americans are called Naples. j Rockefeller and can afford to There's an old adage that says | toss off a few dollars here and " See Naples and Die" -- and now j' there for useless objects and I know why! I had heard many ,' souvenirs. When you're trying to stories of this city that rests at |live on seventy-five cents a day the foot of the bubbling Vesuvius 1 and follow a strict budget, every and possibly I expected too penny more than counts! much, but the sight of Naples There's a shanty town right in revolted me to the core. The filth, smells, and poverty are far great the centre of the city, and the er here than in any other Euro shacks are constructed of flatten pean city of equal size. The ed out tin cans. The diversity of streets are dirty, and lined with all is shown in the fact that bums and beggars who live solely on the handouts of unsuspecting tourists. Ragged mothers carry ing their babies and asking a few lires, meet you at every comer, while impetigo ridden urchins traipse along behind you jeering and laughing. < It was necessary to take only one photograph in Naples, and that was of a narrow street which w as blocked by laundry hanging from lines strung between the houses. That one picture reflects the whole of the city. In Rome, it was fairly easy to get rid of the hangers-on, but here in Naples they follow you for miles trying to take you for a cheap ride to Pompei or to palm off the usual Parker pens. It's only when you threaten their lives that they slink off in search of another victim. Unfortunately, they are under the misapprehension that all Members Toronto Stock Exchange Investment Dealers Association 3 Dundas St. N. Oakville Telephone 2382 H. G. 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