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the h which feeds the Japanese navy. I venge and a promise to the deft on I The fifht in the South Pacific [ feated still lives in the Philippines.)ectric ? cap-LalianItaly urces ut it •mans ic i pal many bs. radio Re-d by to folio de-' and where, o disenate, ear to ily to ssoliniiicr in i with r, A1 future 1 soon i of a t anti senta leader nt in ►rtedly handIsle Of Capri Has Warm 'omen, Red-Hot LobstersY/aBy JOHN O. KEARNEY(Stars and Stripes Staff Writer)ISOLA DI CAPRI—The Isle of Capri, in the Gulf of Naples, isa cheerful madhouse in the midst of a normal world at war.Once upon a time it was a sort of couch on which the tired richof two continents stretched themselves in luxury. Criprl was a place of good food and trinkets, handsome women and choice wines And it took a good bit of money to seeit properly.Today the women are still around, and most of them speak English. A Tom Collins costs 28 lire; champagne, from 60 to 300. depending upon the vintage. Lobster mayonnaise is a common dish. The chief difference between now and once-upon-a-time lies in the fact that all the tourists are sailors—and that they’re being paid •for the trip. The island has been occupied by Allied forces.Capri asked to have itself occupied. It was strictly an occupation, not an invasion. And just about the happiest man to see our sailors was a chap named Luigi. Luigi used to be a bootlegger back in the days when New Haven, Conn., folk would drink the stuff which Luigi swore had just come off the boat.Luigi made his pile over there in New Haven. And with his waa in his pocket he returned to Italy and Capri, to take over the Kis-torante Katter Hidigeigel -Hidigeigei was a cat in a German fable. War being what it is* and time being short, there’s no more information on the creature at the moment. And he never missed a chance to call Muss a bum, sort of quietly. Fascists took advantage of the contusion to hunt out Luigi and to arrest him. Luigi was to have been shot on the very day our gobs showed up.Luigi, freed, was grateful. All drinks were on the house *n the Katter Hidigeigei for several days Everybody was asked to luok up Luigi s brother, who runs a grog shop back there on the Connecticut green. Luigi’s place is now the Liberty Cafe.When the tourists return to Capri. expecting to find a fairytaie world intact, they may be shocked at the change of name’’And so I saxL” Luigi will tell them, everything is on the house, boys. Me—I come from New ila ven myself.”Thelence.rier.lie.””NcTh’’Able”Atphone”F.i”FuThewasthroubcholJerrieCajland.TheJaco,strunLLCapt,them”Ylt;thirstsaid.'Tr to ou ly fe;Thlt; mark also I witlii ’’Al Th ed ck mane ”Fi Th. wasry That Quartermasters D
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Sicily Stars and Stripes
Palermo, Sicily, IT
Fri, Oct 01, 1943
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