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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-09
TWO DESERTERS
 FROM SPAIN HELD

Boston May eviuPlwpEe g9plhs who said they were hpenlAll l9yalr Isl deaeplprs wege held by MmlRFAT lI9p aplh0Tlllea lDdag aileF lbeE aTE rived as sigwaWpys abQaFd lhe HFlls lah polllgp pllGpl yesterday
 Karl Reed, pl, 9f Hamlllglb " an and Guslave Klleer, pp, 0l lbag FaA Alyseil New Ygrk Nere selsed silall sfleF lhpg escaped ff9m lhe vessel lped seid Do was an American al(jsep lh9ueb bgrn ln lenden, ang had served ID lhlDa Wllh lhe \ hl ,narlnes Rglb sald lhey enlisted faf apaDlsb kervlne lp New Fark, bul dId not meet unill they NeFe Hlaepd ll lbe Abraham Lincoln balaalleA " spap), .. 'Rplb sboged sears Wbleb lhey aeg sprIbed pS sbrapnp| NgllpqA Rna h4lg lbpv deserlaa end heefellv beaEaea Ile' pIlppf Whlle 9n leave Hl baFs aelQna, They were dNegYpFeg Hf day aileg lle ahlp cleared ana DIV l0 wark as slekeFs
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ADOLF HITLER IS
 RETURNING HOME
Five Important Results of Conferences He Had
 With MuSsOlini
By STEWART BROWN

tUnited Press Stan COrreSpOndent)
 Rome, May g. (UP) - Fuehrer Adolf Hitler. his state visit to Prem fer Benito Mussolini at an end. left for Florence today on his way home.
 What he had accomplished during week of talks to Premier Benito Mussolini remained for diplomats to speculate on. except for the import ant points that Hitler had pledged himself and his country to respect the Italian Austrian frontier and that there had been no military al- lance to back up the "Rome-Berlin Axis"
 There were reports of many sorts. including one that the Italian and German leaders had agreed on spheres of influence in Central and southeastern Europe. Foreign diplo- matic quarters expressed doubt that there had been any such agreement. first because of conflicting economic interests and secondly because there had been no time for any such complicated negotiations.
 Results of Visit
 However, canvass of Italian and German sources indicated that the visit had resulted in:
 i--Hitler's positive pledge in his speech Saturday night 10 consider inviolable for all time" the Bren- ner frontier between Germany and Italy.
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appearance before the jury; and Chief Roach's third.
 Deluge of Rumors
 A veritable deluge of rumors concerning the whereabouts of MT. Leary were available, but members of the Alcorn staff declined to even mention the matter of his absence. There were rumors that MT. Leary had been in town Friday night, but no one could verify them.
 AS the jury convened for the 36th time since the probe opened March 6 the trend of its inquiSition was not very clearly established, especially in view of the positions of the two lone witnesses who appeared. MT. Olsen who has been called more times than any other individual arr rived shortly after 10 o'clock. Chief Roach appeared shortly after 1l:30.
 Lawyers Can't Find Him
 Attorney Frederick WI terhouse. who is associated with Attorney Josiah H. Peck of Hartford as colm- sel for MT. Leary said today that they have been unable to locate him. He said they are still attempting to reach him and that they are being assisted by friends and relatives. The subpoena for appearance before the jury was left at Mir. Leary's Frank (Continued on Page 4)
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NINE TO ANSWER
 FOR HUGE STILL

Hartford, Conn, May 0-tUP) -- Nine men were held today on charges of violating the internal revenue act m connection with al. ieged operation of q huge still nt Coventry valued at si0000.
 State police and federal agents connected with lhe alcohol tax unit raided the stIl early Sunday and arrested Jofcph Amelio. 22. and Ralph 0ambro 27, both Of New York, and Joseph orouva. 43. An. sona.
 IOenl police picked up Josepi polee, 3B. Peter Cappetta. 30. and Prank cappctta. 24. all Of Hartford In connection with the ease. ano New Britain au!horities arrested An. loDi0 Mazznrelin. 42. Antonio Yer. nall. bi. and Samuel Guiliano. T h that city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-09
ETHIOPIA KEEPS
 UP LIFE BATTLE
League of Nations to Get Complaints; Other Prob.
 Iems for League
BY WALLACE CARROLL tunited Press Stan Correspondent

Geneva, May Q ~- tU,PJ ~ Em- peror Halle Solassie started . dram ate last hour fight before the League of Nations today 10 prevent world recognition Of italy's con. quest of Ethiopia,
 To the eoHsternaiion of statesmen gathered from all over the world for the i0ist session of the League Of Nations Council, lt was announced that Ethiopia would fight t0 the end,
 it was believed that the emperor himself was waiting iO make \ per- s0nal appearance before inc eolln- ell, an ilnweleOme ghost Rt the fee' 0gnlllon banquet table,
 For his fight agalnht brlllbh plan 10 obtain the councils bleha' ing for recognition Of Elbl0Dlah Gons quest by Italy an essential part Ol the British. italian iflendshlD treaty the emperor had quietly 0f' ganiSed one 0i the most formidable groups of advisers on record, to ald him,
 Group of Advisers
 Sir Norman Angel, world famous economist and Nobel peaee Prize winner, Professor ii lilanley Jcy0nh, British political economist, Pfoles' a0r !, l., iiierly Oi London and Pros lessor 0ast0n Jege, Of the University Of Paris, president of lhe intefna. ii0Dal inRlltute Of Public Law and Inc foremost French expert ln ln' iernaiI0nal law, aided l., A, 1aezas and Ephrem T. Mrdheni, Ethiopian government delegates, tn thc fight, 
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BUSINESS GROWS
 VERY STEADILY

RQslan, May . -TlUPlw Genpral business activity ln New Hneland lns preased sllehllv bpl consistently dnFs lng each 9f lha DrRt lhree manlha 0l lpaa, lbe New Enahna p9nnell feV n9Fled today
 Theneb The i9lal increase Eae HnlV i,g per penl, ihls vas allrlbplfd 70 aTeatpp lhan seasonal RalAs ln shoe pradnpll9nl eallgll eellsIInps Hon aha W9el consumption
 The average Eaie gl apllFIly auFE lng the 0Fsl guaFleF Of less Ras sDB peF eent beEew lhe corresponding beFI9d gf l9af
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-09
Blind Baby Or Death
 To Be Decided To-day
Doctor, Mrs. Colin of Chicago Have Agreed to Abide By Decision of Jury-Medical Experts Will
 Act on It Today

Chicago, May p,--,UP) Ten medl- cal specialists meet today to decide for Herman aad Estelle Colan whether their llye-w weeks old daugh- ter, victim of dread eye disease, should be allowed 10 die, The altes- native Is m operation which may save her lie but would leave her blind,
 The parents, unable 10 make their own decision because Of their Agonlzed frame Of mind, transferred the responsibility t0 the jury Of scientists, Every hour aggravated the baDy's condition
 Al the insiatenee of the mother, two rabbls VIII be present, lhnt spiritual guidance may bo sought m making Inc lalefIl decision, They will take no part ID lbo deliberations, however
 Eye TumoF victim
 The baby, iIelalne Judith c0lan is . victim OI rellnal gl0mn, an eye tumor Wh,eh spreads to the brain, The Infection already has destroyed lhN sight of her left eye and lnl' paired tho sight of the other, unlehs aD operation ls performed, physicians said, the malady Will bring death within a year, perhaps month,
 The deliberations were scheduled t0 begin Al II a, 70, lEiDTp ln ihe Mldwnhl Athletic club near the Garfield Park Community hospital where the baby ls confined,
 Mrs e0lan 2j, was in heelllalon and m the hlala 0f collapse, Her husband, . 90lgear old dentlsl, hns carried on hls practice desplle bls lp0nbes,
 Jie and hls lalber'lnslaY, DP, Mor' pIs ljnrahman, ODslolflelaDi VIII nl. tend lhe meeting Dr. u0lan VIII gelal0 his family history, Then lhe snfplallals VIII g0 into session, Wlll Ally lbe pabDa and Attorney hanlpsl Hoffman, representing the family, present m,
 Histories of Families
 DDp, p0an VIII present paae ils' tories Df hIs own and hh wlIfe fam. lly,O Hoffman said, niie will lell the doctors that there has been DO
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NATIONALISTS
 BEGIN CLEAN UP
Wiping Out Two Com. panies of Canadians Who
 Are With L0yalists

Hendaye, French Spanish Fron- tier, May O. tuPD s- Mathematics reported today that they were syh' tematleally wiplng out two eompan" les of Canadian members of the LoyalisIs International bridge a few miles south of Bueyas Dc vlnroma, in oastellon Province 10 miles from tho Mediterranean, The National. ists, under the command Of General Miguel Aranda, abandoned their chief positions between Cueyas and Alrala Do CIheeft and charged ID the rocky river bed called itambla De beguer, meeting the Canadians three miles south Of Cuevas, Four hundred and sixty were said to have been taken prisoner and the fe' malndeP were trapped,
 In Pitched Hattie
 Only . few miles away another Nationalist column engaged ln Q pitched battle with q battalion 0f Valencia Socialist militia, composed chiefly Of youthful volunteers With only q few weeks training and no preyl9ns lighting experience, The hatl0nalisls claimed they Killed more than boo 0f lhe youths,
 Dispatches rom Nationalist heads quarters at Naran0aa asserted that forces under Aranda advanced three and 9naEhaf miles along the coast between two main reads leading io' ward Gaslell0n Do Ia PlaDa, lhe provincial capital, Further Inland, lhe Nall0nalikls claimed l0 have slralahiened 0nt theIf salient eahl of TpFuel I0F a frontal drive 10 the coast
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-09
FAMILY OF THREE BURNED TO DEATH
Father, Mother, Son Per. ish, as Neighbors Try
 Hard 10 Save Them

Rochester, N, IT, May p-tuPl A ismlly 0f three porished today when nro destroyed their home m a subs urban residential district, The Gy adl Arthur N, Harris, b7I his wife Flora, blI ihelr son Arthur Jry lAl The parents were natives Df Melr0se, Mass where they were married m 1910, They moved here eight years pgo from East Kingston, N, H Reused by his wife, Rose, q nelghs boy, Arthur La w0nlalne attempted 10 rescue the YlnlIms Az ho polDdE ed on thnlr front door, be said, he heard someone shout ~ cant, l panth Ia F0Dtalna lh0n broke q window in the HET home, but was driven back by flames
 0lbeT heigbb0Ts Elgpea Sack
 Meanwhile, two 0thfr nnlRhDnrs, Earl Harmon and hls brolher Ar lhuF, ashed z window ln llln boy $ bedroam, situated n an ell at lhe rear ef the fepIvr0om, wooden bpnF galow, They, l0o, were forced baek by flames,
 Called by Mrs, Earl Harmon Ares men were forced 70 V lRDD feel al hose ta lba nearest bydraDt,
 The nlmsy structure Was almGal leyelad before tlTernahlMg egnlpF msnt could be brapght Into play v was believed lhe Are bad been bnmr Ing for some llme before lt HaS dlsT covered by MTs Ia P0ntalnel Wh9 sala ihe slruellire VT envelgppg VI namns when she woke ha, m,
 Al WeVp ITapped
 Elremon said gl three members Al lbs llaWls lamlIy had been lrapeed
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Former Controller Daniel J. Leary Did Not Appear
TU0 Old Friends Agree ToDisagree
Judge McCrath Is Forced to Solve Puzzle-Cliff0rd Jones, Harold Wolff Differ as to Who Drove
 Car at Time of Accident

Judge John F McGrath faced with Solomon-like decision in Traffic Court today Before him two men, friends until recently of whom claimed that the other was driving an automobile at the time of accident.
 The accused Clifford Jones' 33 of l2 Savings street. charged with driving while under the influence of liquor and Harold Wolff 26 of 27 Johnson street. charged with reckless driving and operating without license.
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Jones was arrested April g after an accident on Watertown avenue, and his case had been continued until today, In the meantime he swore out an afiidavit stating that Wolff was operating the car at the t.me.
 Each Accused Other
 Tn court this morning. each man said the other was behind the wheel at the time of the accident, Judge McGrath deferred judgment till Wednesday morning.
 Motor Patrolman Raymond Grady said that Jones was under the n- fiuence when he reached the scene after the accident. At that time, the officer testified. Jones said he was driving, Wolff he said, had been drinking but was not under the influence.
 Jones claim Is that Won was driv- ing the car and that he proceeded for several hundred feet down the road after the accident, Then, ac- cording to Jones, Wolff asked him to get in the drivers seat, telling him that he didn't have a license, Jones says he did so, and then told the policeman he was driving,
 Again last week. he said, Wolfl came to him and asked him again to take the blame for tho accident. He said Wolff told him he had crim- hal record and feared being ar- raigned In court.
 Wolff took tho stand and testified that Jones was the driver Of the car. He did not operate the car, he said. and he made no request Of Jones to shield him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-09
Many Rumors
 Heard But Not
 One Verified
Members of Alcorn Staff Declined to Discuss Witness; Only Two Witt
 nesses Heard This Morning

Minus the presence of former Controller Daniel J. Ieary who subpoenaed four days ago. the Waterbury extraordinary grand jury today opened the 10th week of its probe into alleged irregularities in the administration of the citys business Until the only witnesses questioned Carl D. Olsen, leave from his duties vce-preS
 dent treasurer of the Waterbury Trust company and Po- lice Supt. William J Roach This was Mr. Olsens ninth
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DIES 0N TRAIN

heW yevk, May amlUPl #ehaFlef v, Bpshlglll Wl 9f WlIlan N II aled iadap apparently 0f nahlrfl causes Dn \ New Y9rk Denlal lyaln at Beacon, Eie NhA pD lgAla frDnl AaFanap hakp ig New f0rkl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-09
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington May dp)--G Gov. Hrum"nt .Apenkes and receipts for tho current fiscal year through My 9th comparod with n year ago: Pats Year Expenses Lhst tenv $6,5 6,2i2,i05.75 s6,iiG, G,ia3,Gss.l 1
 Receipts S,iSG,555.590,l
 ,,ToHa beHcit ti.s7s.Oi7i36 76 sg,s99.s3s,O ,O9g C,
 Net Deficit tl..ls,s39, ,6s6,7s sg.1S9.570, 0,042.G7
 Cash Balance sg.kl0lt5,iG5'5l si,Ts1,979.t9p.5l
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The Weather

Probable Light Showers Tonight, Tuesday.
 Fun Weather Report Page ,.
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Histories 0f tamiIleA

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Evening star., 1938-01-14

good 1t has actually increased the
morale in agriculture. The farmers
have been exploited by the g. P. U.
officials, who carried through the COL
lectivization program. The purge has
completely changed the oficialdom Of
the g. p. U. Not one Of the old of1lcials
remains in the Ukraine, for instance.
some believe. The farmer identifies
his woes with these ofIicials and in
purging them Comrade Stain has
aroused the farmers to new enthu-
siasm. The farmer sees his oppressor
being removed and he thanks Comrade
Stain.
The election campaign, too, enables
the state to turn loose such a flood Of
propaganda as the rural districts never
heard before. If the state decides not
to let up on the farmer it can explain
that he Is not getting much because
his own particular farm did not keep
pace with the "plan."
Morale among the farmers is much
better in this good harvest year, but
not because Of the harvest or because
any OF its riches may get back to them.
Copyright. 1898. Chicago Daily NewsJ
Evening star., 1938-01-14

propaganda the Communist party
gives the farmer books, the radio, the
aters and sports clubs. Life is less
drab and empty.
Communist farms fall into two large
groups. There are about 10000 big
state farms, called Sovhozes. They
raise grain, cotton, fax: breed horses,
sheep. reindeer; cultivate rubber
plants soybeans and the like, and they
direct subsidiary trusts for tea, sugar,
sheep and the like. Everybody from
the manager through the tractor driver
and the shepherd belongs to a union
and works for wages like an industrial
laborer in the city.
Then there are the Kolhozes, or
self-governing cooperative associa-
tions Of farmers. They hold one bill
lion acres or roughly four-fifths Of
the arabic and grazing lands. The
unit into which anywhere from 10 to
1000 peasant families join is called
the artel, or which there are some
250,000. The artels are as close to
self-governing as the totalitarian no.
ton Of government permits. Their
members live In their own cottages
and profits are shared on the basis
Of work done.
The progress has been incredible
since last saw the collective farms
five years ago. Not only is the grain
harvest good. Russia has become first
In Europe and third in the world in
the production of cotton and leads
the world in sugar beets and flax. And
the 100000 head of cattle in Russia
today are twice what were there when
I saw the farms five years ago.
This deservedly glowing report Of
progress in agriculture might lead the
reader to believe that the Communists
have succeeded in producing the i'm
possible-a contented farmer. Moth
ing could be farther from the truth.
Actually, the farmer. like the industrial
worker, has. been exploited. Moscow
makes the farmer pay through the
nose.
Russia has turnover or sales tax
which accounts for "a per cent of the
budgetary revenue in 1887. Directly
or indirectly 60 per cent Of this tax
comes from agricultural products.
The government takes all the produce
Of the state farm ana SO per cent
Q93O Of the produce of the CO.
operative farm. To take an example,
the state. buying So per cent Of the
Evening star., 1938-01-14

grain raised on the co-operatives, DAYS
the farmers . very low price. It ap-
plies the turnover tax when 1t sells,
at many times that price, to the miller.
When the grain goes from the miller
to the f1ourmaker 1t Is taxed again.
When 1t reaches the consumer it Is
very expensive, indeed. All consumers
goods are expensive: most Of them
prohibitive. The farmer must buy,
however, with the small return he got
from cheap grain. In short, he can't
buy. II he ever gets to town he sees
things in the window but he can't buy
them. Except for his faith in Com
munism he Is like q convict laborer or
an American share-cropper in the
South.
How much does the state pay the
farmer after it takes part Of his grain,
makes charges for the use of tractors
and the like? A sample of payment
per work day" is cited by Pravda.
1884. 1885. 1896.
Kilograms Of grain 26 is OBS
RubleS ------ 0.23 0.29 0.29
All Depends on "Plan."
1t is to be hoped that this year with
bumper crop the farmer will be given
back more Of his grain and more
money. It does not follow, however.
1t depends entirely upon Comrade
Stain and the "plan"-that mysteri-
Gus fetish by which farmer and worker
alike may be exploited in the Interests
OF ALL" Present military stores Of
wheat are understood to equal about
years supply 1t may be that Com
rade Stain will decide to double the
army's reserve.
If he wants to squeeze the farmer
harder he has good trump card.
While the purge has done industry no
Evening star., 1938-01-14
q. s. Apple Sales.

Sales Of American apples In Ant
werp, Belgium, in 4 recent month
totaled 100000 barrels, $4,000 boxes
and 10000 baskets.
Evening star., 1938-01-14

suddenly had to find work.
One day I was telling friend my
troubles. She said, you can make
your own job. Why don't you vrite-
tell those good stories you've told
me-" But l knew l couldn't while
felt like a bump on a log. Then she
said should eat Fleischmann's 3 Yeast
to get back my pep and l decided to
try it right away.
In a week l began to feel less slug
gish and after month my digestive
system was normal.
I started writing about my years
of trouping. That was a year ago
and in that year I've sold six stories.
Now that I'm busy at my writing
and don't get much exercise, de-
pend on Fleischmann's Yeast to help
keep me in trim.-MRS. d. B. REED
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Asked if his
game has
improved since
he was the
"Boy Wonder" "
he is amused.
"I am STILL
learning;''h says

THE FIRST TIME Willie Hoppe won the 1871
L balkine championship was back in 1906, when he
was nineteen years DID, This is one of the most difficult
forms OF biards-and Hopes feat extraordinary.
He became famous as prodigy
Other titles were won later-the 1872, AL, Three
Cushion and One Cushion
Last November, during his recent 1871 champion
ship match, the newspapers filled with talk about
his mastery nursing, "fawless Masses "superb
gathering shots" and remarkable repertoire"
Evening star., 1938-01-14
BY JOHN +. WHITAKER.

Chicago Daily News Correspondent.
MOSCOW.-"One good harvest" J"
said Catherine the Great, makes up
for five bad years." And Stalin-with
the grain yield for 1887 estimated at
III, $4,000 metric tons-might add
that one good harvest atones for five
years Of purge.
This years harvest is roughly twice
last years yield Of 76,8O0OO0 metric
tons. 1t compares more than favor
ably with 100000 tons for czarist
Russia in 1913 or the all time" record
OF $500 900 tons in 1888.
This means success at last for
Stains program of socializing the
peasant. The bitter and ruthless CAM
paign for collectivization, in which at
least 2,000,0 900 peasants were starved,
has succeeded. The success is endur-
ing and great-an accomplishment Of
the regime which surpasses even the
industrialization Of Russia.
Peasants Art Collectivists.
The muzhik no longer stands bowed.
cap in hand. The muzhik no longer
says Of himself that he is lower than
grass, quieter than water" There were
a hundred million of them, property
minded peasants, and today they are
collectivists and socialists. The gov
ernment claims that it has socialized
1872 per cent Of all agricultural land
which was held individually and 92.4
per cent Of all peasant households
doctored figures. OF course, but not
doctored very much.
The peasant is not bowed low be-
cause he has bonanza farming and
machinery to spare him a perpetual
ache in the back. There are AS 900
tractors and 12l 900 harvester COM
bines on the Russian land today, as
we'll as thousands Of trucks and au-
tomobiles. Always present with its
Evening star., 1938-01-14

Dear Life Begins: Being a waiter, I
kind of got into the habit of getting
my meals any time it was convenient,
and eating them too fast.
I'd been doing this for years, but
Evening star., 1938-01-14

Dear Life Begins: A "sand-hop"-
that is, a compressed-air worker
has to be in tirst-class condition.
Company doctors examine you once
Evening star., 1938-01-14
Ho.u You Can Help Check
the Digestive Weakening
that Brings on Age

As people grow older, the juices
in the stomach which digest
food are likely to become less
powerful. They tend to flow
more scantily, as well.
Then it is time to give your
digestion a little help.
Your digestive system can be
toned up. For Fleischmann's
Yeast helps make the gastric
flow stronger and more plentiful.
This stimulation is due to the
millions of tiny, live yeast
plants in fresh yeast.
You get an additional tonic
Evening star., 1938-01-14

action from Fleisch-
nlann's Yeast. It has 4
important vitamins-
the Nerve Vitamin, the
Cold-Resistance Vita
Evening star., 1938-01-14
BUMPER HARVEST
IS AID To STAIN
CoI|ectivization Drive Starv.
ing 1900, 900 Peasants,
but Succeeds.

What Is happening IN purge
stricken Russia these days? The
Chicago Daily Ne10s sent one OF
its most experienced observers to
Russia to ansWer this and other
p1tdl questions. His findings are set
forth in a series of articles, of
Dhich this Is the eleuenth.)
Evening star., 1938-01-14

For Hoppe has kept the
touch of his youth. And he
has added to it three decades
Of experience. Today the con-
troll he has over billiard balls
is something uncanny to
watch.
There Is No Substitute
for Experience
Only the man with long train
ing is really master Of his pro-
fession and equipped to meet
every emergency. Employers
Evening star., 1938-01-14

A1Aii, Iilc DOIiS VlLdInlN
and the Vitality Vitamin. As
their names show, each plays
its part keeping you fit.
Don'tlet digestive decline 90 on
unchecked. Begin eating Fleisch-
mann's Yeast regularly 3 times
every day-plain or in a little
water. You'll soon learn to like
its fresh, malty flavor. Eat one
cake a hour before meals. This
will help the gastric juices to
flow more freely and be ready to
digest your food when you eat.
See how much happier life
seems when health and energy
return!