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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26
Ceremonies Staged By Canadians
 Legion Units Hold
 Joint Installation

Representatives of Canadian Le- zion posts in Connecticut and Mass achusetts yesterday were present at installation ceremonies of new of- ficers of Waterbury post. 94, which were conducted in Moose Hall.
 Reginald Lawrence was installed as new commander of the Water bury Post. Morton G. Spencer, re- tiring commander of the post, was installed as commander of Area 5, which includes the posts in Con- necticut. Mrs. Viola R. Spencer was installed as president of the auxil- iary.
 Other post officers installed were: first vice-commander, Harold Me- well; second vice. commander, Er- nest LaVerne; adjutant, Joseph Va- chon; secretary, Duncan c. Rose; treasurer, George Vigeant; chaplain, John Ring; sergeant-at-arms, Nor man Goold, and orderly, Joseph Longobart.
 The installing group for the Auxiliary consisted of the install ing officer, State Pres. Mrs. Louise Gilliat of Boston; recording secre- tary, Mrs. Matilda MacLean of Boston; marshal, Mrs. Marion poucette of Weymouth, M ss.; flag bearers, Past State Pres. Mrs Ella Spears of Fitchburg, Mass, and Past State Pres. Mrs. Wilhel- nina Kelley of Boston.
 Other auxiliary officers installed were: first vice-president, Mrs Joseph Bird; second vice-presi- dent Mrs. Amelia Cliffe; secre- tafy, Mrs. Rhea Lawrence; treas- urer, Mrs. Nellie Ring; Chaplain Mrs. Ulla Rose; sergeant-at-arms Mrs. Sarah Gibson; marshal, Mrs Adrian Vachon; color bearers Mrs. Ethel Spencer and Mrs. Ethel Goold.
 The installing group for the post consisted of the installing officer State Comdr. John G. Mclean o1 Boston; adjutant, senior vice-com- mander of the Eastern States Command, c. A. Smith of Wal 1 tham; marshal, Eastern States Command, Marshal George McAs- kill of Boston; chaplain, Post Comdr. Sam Wilcox of Athol. Out-of-town representatives wert from Boston, Fitchburg, Waltham Athol, Bristol, Somerville, Cam. bridge, and Worcester.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

Recent traffic checks indicate that only one driver out of six fully ob- serves traffic stop signs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

Only 13 states and nine cities now have compulsory auto safety 1nspec- tion laws in force.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

heads were quickly established across the Pc on April g. The Eighth Army met determined re- sistance in F'errara, but by the 18th had crossed the Pc in force. On the same day, our forces on the Ligurian Coast captured La Spezia with it's naval base. The German armies were virtually destroyed south of the Pc, the bulk of their equipment being either destroyed or abandoned.
 The final week of the war in Italy brought wide advances throughout northern Italy. Bridg- ing many rivers that flow south from the Alps, the Eighth Army swept northeast along the Adriatic coastal plain, liberating Padua, Ven- ice and Treviso. While Fifth Army infantry and mountain troops drove into the foothills of the Alps along the Brenner route, other armored columns and motorized infantry raced up the valley of the Pc and by April 29 had reached the great city of Milan.
 On every side effective support was received from the Italian patri- cts. After seizing Geneo, our Ligur- ian forces drove beyond Savona to make contact with the French. Ad- vance elements of the 442d Japa- nese-American regiment reached Turin. Resistance collapsed every where; more than 160,000 prisoners were taken by the Allied armies By the first of May, Eighth Army troops advancing on Trieste had made contact with Yugoslav parti- sans at Monfalcone. On May 2 1945 the commander of the Ger man armies in Northern Italy found it impossible to continue the bloody struggle and capitulated.
 The Italian triumph is 8 striking demonstration of the solidarity o1 the United Nations. Fighting under the Fifteenth Army Group, at some time during the Italian campaign were Americans, British, Canadians French, New zealanders, South Al ricans, Poles, Indians, Brazilians Italians, Greeks, Moroccans, Algeri ans, Arabs, Gouns, Senegalese, ant brigade of Jewish soldiers. (NEXT: Preparation for OVER LORD).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26
Heads of Foremen's
 Club to Meet Tonight

The Board of Governors of the Industrial Foreman's Club will meet tonight t-6:i5 at the r. M. c. A. Pres. Cyril F. Cross is in charge of the meting. The financial report for l945 will be made and the bud get for l046 discussed. Plans will be made for the annual Ladies Night Dinner-Meeting" which will be held in the Y. M. c. A. ballroom Decem- Der 10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26
Walter WincheII
 Or BrO0dw0y
-. Hsrt RssI.tsr.A coDyrIsht I,n. DAny Ht7S..

titled: "Iye Got q Flame Too Hot to Handle" The liberalized di- vorce laws in the capital oi the na- ton have created what amounts to divorce mill there. A 70 per cent increase The wife of the man who allegedly died after a beating at q racetrack is suing for S500,- GOO.
 Almost all the German scientist who worked on the atom bomb are now in Russia, and not to see the scenery, bub The William Sa- royans are imaging again The swankiest Spanish class in the na- ton meets at the White House every Monday at Ii q. n. Mrs. Truman is a pupil, too The reason the lovely ex-Mrs Pat Smart didn't re- ,urn East for stage career Is that Cary Grant decided she'd be fine in his next two pictures Holly wood is amazed over that femme radio star who drops heavy bundles Of coin at the Las Vegas wheels and racetracks. Lost $25, 1000 last wk..... Frank Farrell, the drama editor. re- fused a chance to come home from China until hme is through with his mission The Student Prince" is making more money on tour for the ShubertS than Okla" is for the Theater Guild Danny Kaye re- fused $1OO,O00 for whs in Miami.
 The Duchess Veronica Gurejeva and gem merchant r. Berney are ahem LaGuardia's radio deal has met its first serious upset: Gen. GOT trouble, etc. :. The Met Opera will have another headache over thrush being an alleged "collabora- tionist" One cop explains why GODS are not happy: Many ot tenn being returned from the armed forces have to pay ''back pension |. One cop has to pay $9OO bllly Rose reports from London that they have more shows than we have on Broadway but night life in London "iust isn't". Not one cabaret with any sort of show; about four spots fer a city of million. Champagne is S45 a bottle; Scotch is $40. This average check for runs about $l0O iu U. S. coin. It takes about 10 months to get a suit of clothes.
 Headline that explained much Congressman Resigns to Become Head of the Natl Fertilizer Assn" Jane Withers left Hwood Tor Cleveland because that's where actor John Dall, her heart, is .. Virginia Naples now decorates barrister B. Ryan's arm instead of G. Rafts: .... After g years the N. Harrises (he's the mgr. at the Latin Quarter nave parted Their chums think that Ali G. Vanderbilt, the multl-mn- lionaire, and Jeanne Murray won't wed because of her faith, but tnelr romance is now beyond control. 1n- separable almost :. The wife o1 a best-seller novelist-war correspon- dent will establish residence in Reno today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26
West End Club
 Meets Tonight

The Establishment of Com munity House or club quarters will be discussed tonight at a meeting of the West End Community Club at the offlce of the Southern New England Ice Co.,, 47 Watretown ave- nue.
 A membership campaign is now underway, and 1t is planned that the annual membership fees of one dollar per family will go toward the building fund. One of the function will be to keep children of the street at night" Frank Valerie, president, said. It is also planned to have a sewing class for girls.
 Officers of the club, beside Mir Valerie, are MT. Kruola, vice-presi- dent; Mrs. Catherine William,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26
New Record At
 Bethlehem p. o.

Postmaster Earl Johnson, of the Bethl chem postoffice, predicts Christmas mail there will be heav- fer than ever because of the lifting of gasoline restrictions. A heavy holiday rush for the special Christ mas stamp identifying the little town of Bethlehem is also indicated by a record d-breaking number of inquiries, the postmaster said.
 The stamp, used for the first time in 194O, was affixed to 75,000 pieces of mail that year. Just after
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26
Negro Group to Hear Talk on ConScripfion

''The Negro Looks at Universal Conscription" will be the topic, Rev. Julian Taylor, president of the An sonia Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will speak on at the meet ing tonight at 8:30 p. m. at the Pearl Street Neighborhood House.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

Pearl Harbor. in l94l. volume in- creased to 5000 pieces. Gasoline rationlng. which prohibited many from travelling to Bethlehem to mall their greetings, reduced mail dur ing the war years to 60.0O0 pieces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

Presiding at the meeting will be pr. James M. Lee, president of the Wa terbury Association.
Laurel outlook., 1945-12-19

Miss Dolores Fellows, a junior at
ST. Olaf's college, Mortified, Mimi,
arrived Wednesday to spend the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D. Fellows.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Cusick are
expected to return home this week
from Yakima, Wash, where Mrs.
Cusick has spent several months
and Mr.. Cusick joined her there
two weeks ago. They have been
the guests of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Van Black
orby.
Carl V. Anderson returned last
week from a Today vacation trip
which included stops in Butte to
visit his sisters, in Spokane for a
trip to Grand Coulee Dam, in va
kima, Wash, to visit his son Henry
Anderson and family, and in Seattle
where he was the guest of his
daughter, Mrs. Fred Tews and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Bait had as
guests Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bait, Betty and Clare Bait, Mrs.
Eva Bait and Marie Bait, all OF
Huntley.
Laurel outlook., 1945-12-19
Letters From
Boys
and Girls

Headquarters 23rd Fighter Group,
"Flying Tigers" Hangchow, China,
Nov. 20:
First Lieut.. Russell E. Packard,
husband of Mrs. r. E. Packard, Of
Laurel, Montana, is now stationed
at the Hangchow army air base as
a Psi Mustang" fighter pilot
with the famed 23rd fighter group
of the 18th air force, better known
as the "Flying Tigers" it was an
nounced today.
A graduate of Laurel high school
and a former student at Montana
State college, he enlisted at Moffctt
Field, CAL, in 1910 as a parachute
rigger. He has been overseas for
IL months and was awarded the
Asiatic- Pacific theater ribbon with
two battle stars.
The 23rd Fighter group is a di-
rect successor to the American Vol
unteer group and was activated at
Running, July 4, 1912, with new
personnel from the States and vets
of the original "Flying Tigers" The
outfit arrived in Hangchow recently
to occupy the air base which was
and will be again the Chinese "West
Point of the Air" and to keep an
eye on Jap prisoners. Under rule
for eight years, Hangchow was one
of the last big Chinese cities to be
reoccupied by U. S. and Chinese
forces.
The 23rd, composed of the 18th,
18th and 10th squadrons, has fought
the Japs across 1900 miles of China
from bases at Running, Luliang,
Kweilin, Liuchow, Chihkiang, and
others. The men in the oldest fight
er group in the China theater are
now enjoying tours of the resort
city, known as the atlantic City"
of China, riding captured Jap horses
and visiting Hangchow's famous silk
market and fan shops.
Colonel Edward F. Rector, of
Marshall, N. c., one of the top aces
of the AVG, with more than 20
Jap planes to his credit, is COM
manding officer of the 23rd. 1t
has also been commanded by other
renowned pilots such as Colonel
Robert L. Scott, Jr., author of "God
Is My Co-Pilot," and Colonel David
L. "Tex" Hill.
First with POS and then with
Psi Mustangs" the "Flying Tig-
ers" hold the record in the China
theater for Jap planes destroyed,
ground casualties, missions, s%orties
and combat hours flown. The or
ganization is expected to leave for
the United States within a few
weeks, returning as a unit via
Shanghai and the Pacific.
Laurel outlook., 1945-12-19

R. T. Herriott left by plane Dec.
II for Rochester, Mimi, where he
expects to submit to an operation.
Merkel Franzen got home last
week from the army after 43
months of service. He returned to
the States about a year ago from
Alaska.
Charles Giblin, proprietor of the
Dutch Mill, was recently discharged
from the navy and arrived in Laurel
Sunday night. His overseas service
was in the Pacific.
DR.. H. F. Wilkins of Helena and
William Weiser of San Francisco
we're overnight guests Tuesday of
DR.. Wilkins parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. L. Wilkins. Mrs. George Her
bert was also a guest Tuesday at
the Wilkins home.
Gordon Ward, seaman second
class, who lately had been on Oki-
nawa, came to Laurel Tuesday night
and spent Wednesday here with his
brother, G.. A. Ward of the Vaughn
& Ragsdale store. From here he
goes to Jamestown, N. D., to visit
his parents and will then report at
Norfolk, Va, for further service.
He has been in the navy nearly two
years.
Sgt. Alec Gratwohl returned home
Dec. 7 after serving as months with
the armed forces. He was with the
air force training command at Lar
edo, Tex. He expects to resume
farming. -.
Mrs. Lottie Wiechert learned this
week that her son, Jack Wiechert,
was recently promoted to major. He
is in Burma and hopes to be re-
leased SOON.
Laurel outlook., 1945-12-19
laurel Happenings

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam DeFrance re-
Gently purchased the Cox apart
ments which they plan to remodel
and convert into a duplex.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vally OFT were
hosts at a dinner when those pres
ent were Miss Betty Paronto, nurse
at a Cody, Wyo., hospital, Howard
Paronto, who was home from the
service, Jake Staley, recently dis
charged, Mr.. and Mrs. Dominic
Ricci and son, and Mr.. and Mrs.
OFT and son, Duane.
Eleven tables were in play when
the Catholic women entertained at
cards last Wednesday evening fol-
lowing their annual bazaar. High
score awards for the men and wo-
men in bridge went to Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Thomson, in pinochle to
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P Stadalman and
in 500 to Mr.. Magnus and Mrs.
Elizabeth Clark. The hostess COM
mittee was composed of Mrs. P. G..
Monahan, Miss Katie Kraus, Mrs.
James Gallagher, Mrs. Adam
Scheeler, Mrs. Jack Romeo and
Mrs. Jack Goick.
Commander Leonard Daily of Bill
lings, now with the navy dental
corps, was a guest last week of DR..
Donald Nottingham, a former class
mate at the University of Mime
sofa, and DR.. D. H. McCauley, while
en- route to San Diego, Calf.
Friends have learned that Mrs.
Kammerer of Bridger. a
former Laurel resident, fell and SUI
fered a broken hip and is a patient
at the St. Vincent hospital in Bill
Bill Hackert of Buffalo, Wyo.,
was a guest Thursday of his broth
and sister, MI. and Mrs.
w. C. Phillips.
A Christmas party with ex-
of gifts featured the meet
ing of her bridge club when Mrs.
Mike Harschlip was hostess at des-
sert last Wednesday evening. Mrs.
G.. A. Cloyd was a guest and won
the high score award and Mrs.
Leonard Ferrin won second.
Captain and Mrs. Eugene De-
France will be the guests from Cali
fornia during the Christmas season
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
DeFrance and other relatives. Can
tain DeFrance is on 30-day sick
cave, having been hospitalized for
some time, and Mrs. DeFrance has
at Menlo Park, Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Waddell are !
he parents of a daughter born
Wednesday, Dec. II, at the Bill
Deaconess hospital. The baby
vas named Dianna Lee. Mrs. Wad-
lell is the former Miss Lenore
Laurel outlook., 1945-12-19
The Outlook Says:

Mrs. Emma Scheidecker is in re-
ceipt of a message announcing the
birth of a son to her granddaugh-
ter, Mrs. Betty Stankey of Seattle.
The baby was born Dec. 8 and was
named Ronald Kraig. The father,
Kepler Stankey, was expected to
arrive at San Diego en- route to
Seattle after having served over
seas.
Laurel outlook., 1945-12-19

Headquarters 23rd Fighter Group,
'Flying Tigers" Hangchow, China,
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14

REM AGEN BRIDGEHEAD.
GERMANY. March Is (UP)--
The Ludendorff Bridge across the
Rhine fell intact to the u. S. First
Army because a German soldier.
tired of fighting. deliberately cut
demolition charge wires, a German
prisoner said today.
The prisoner. a curly haired
German engineer sergeant IN a
demolition company. told his cap
tors he had been informed that the
German captain in charge of blow
ing up the bridge had committed
suicide after its capture.
The sergeant'S story was among
the first from German sources Of
sabotage by member OF the Ger
man army. He was among 80 en-
gineerS assigned TO the bridge who
were captured while fighting as
infantrymen in Luebsdorf, a mile
south of Linz.
"The bridge was supposed TO
have been blown up in midafter-
noon,7 the sergeant said when
only two explosives went off, .
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
Ndzii Supply
Line PerHed
By Isl Army

PARIS, March 13 QNSl-
American First Army troops
driving eastward from their
Remagen bridgehead across
the Rhine TO sever the four
lane superhighWaY from Co
logne to Frankfurt thrust
today to within two miles of
that road.
Late front dispatches indicated
the bridgehead was Widened to a
depth OF five miles and length Of
10iz miles. and reported that 600
Nazi troops were trapped inside
Hoennigen by the speed OF the
American thrust.
6Hoennigcn has been cleared
Of German troops, BIC re-
ported.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
German Saves Bridge
Over Rhine for n ankS

company was sent to investi-
gate.
"They returned in a few min
utes saying the wires had been
cut and they were unable TO
find the explosives"
The engineers who originally
wired the explosives returned TO
the bridge about ; p. m. with ad-
ditonal dynamite charges, but
found the bridge already in Amer
ican hands the prisoner said.
Fleeing into bushes, the engi-
neerS hid out until nightfall then
returned 10 their outfit. The en-
gincer captain in charge Of the
destruction of the bridge shot him
self i'm the head when informed
that the span had been captured
intact, the prisoner said.
As for the soldier who cut the
demolition charge wires, the pris-
oner said:
Like the rest of US, he was
tired of fighting. Only the SIS
telite storm troopersl want 10
continue the war"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14

WASHINGTON. March 13
CUP)-President Roosevelt today
proposed the creation of nine new
generals to give the army its
greatest galaxy Of four-star Off
GERS on active duty in U. S. his
tory.
He nominated nine lieutenant
generals to the temporary rank
of general At present there are
only two generals on active duty
and four five-star generals of the
army
Those nominated for promotion
to four-star rank were:
Joseph T. McNarny. deputy SUI
preme Allied commander in the
Mediterranean.
Omar y. Bradley commanding
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
MAKE 5-MILE GAIN

To the south. two infantry divi-
>ionS OF 1t. Gen. Pattons Third
Army cut down the German pocket
of resistance north of the MoSelle
River until It consisted OF an area
SIX miles wide and four miles deep
In this sector the Fifth Infantry
Division advanced up to five miles
while another Third Army unit
advanced two miles 10 the south
east and isolated the German-held
area 10 a stretch between Kochem
and Bullay, p and IS miles south
OF CoblenZ.
Infantry Of the Third Army con-
tinued attacks thanking the Saar
regions east of Saarburg and
southeast of Trier.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
Navy Costs for 1916
Drop S4,781,OOO,OOO

WASHINGTON, March 13
(INS)--President Roosevelt to-
day submitted TO Congress a re-
quest for S23.719,000,000 for the
navy in the coming year.
The budget request provides for
a naval personnel of 1889. 900, a
marine corps of 47S,000, and a
coast guard of 1876.
The appropriation for 1916
compares with appropriations OF
approximately S28, 500, 100000 for
the previous year and S23,-
00O. .0O0. 600 for 1914.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
.B-29s Burn
Osaka, Jap
.PdneCCenter

WASHINGTON, March Is
(UP)-Hundreds of Super
.fortresses shOWered fiery de-
struction upon a third great
Japanese city today with an
Iincendiary- bomb attack on
| Osaka.
The Superfortresses at
tackled 'in very large force"
the Goth Air Force an
nounced. That meant that
Osaka,s war factories got
Ip nj y ment comparable to
that handed to Tokyo and
Nogaya, both of which were
hit by upwards of 1000 tons
Iof fire bombs.
HUGE FIRE ATTACK
B-29s from Saipan, Tinian and
Guam participated in the attack.
"Superfortresses from Mai.
Gen. Curtis f. Lemay's 21st
Bomber Command today March
IA Japanese time), carried out,
in very large force, an incen-
diary attack upon strategic In
dustrial targets In Osaka,
Japan" an announcement said.
"The mission was similar I'm
form to the strike last Friday
against Tokyo and Sunday
against Nagoya, the Twentieth
Air Force announced at the war
department. B-29 aircraft par
ticipated from Saipan, Tinian
and Guam. Further details viii
be announced as soon rs addi-
tional information bee o m es
available"
The attack was the second
against the important industrial
city of Osaka.
800 BELIEVED IN RAID
! More than 300 B-29s hit Tokyo
and Nagoya, and about the same
number apparently went after
Osaka.
The Marianas-based Superforts
rested only one day after the ter
rife fire bombing of Tokyo before
hitting the aircraft center Of
Nagoya, and skipped only one day
after that attack before smashing
at Osaka.
1t was the. most furious pace of
the Pacific air war to date.
The Tokyo assault was the more
effective of the first two, although
about the same weight of incen-
diaries was dropped. Photographs
; showed that more than 16h
square miles of Tokyo were
: burned out while only one and
. one-fifth miles of Nagoya were
destroyed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
Trip|ets' Father
Killed in Action

Mrs. Harry Kuroioski 6026 Du-
boiS, mother of tripletS. has been
notified that her soldier husband,
a private first class with the
Ninth Army, was killed in action
in Germany. Feb. 26.
The father had seen his three
children only twice, once when
they were 4 months old and just
before he was sent overseas seven
months ago. The children, two
girls and a boy, will be ? years
old April 9
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
HOnOrS Await Hero
At Caro- Homecoming

CARO-. March Is Gov Kelly
and other high state and military
>officialS will bc here March p
or homecoming celebration in
1ionor OF Staff Sgt Maynard
Smith, 81. air hero who was
awarded the Congressional Medal
OF Honor last July
Sgt Smith. who IS on furlouGh,
will arrive with his mother, Mrs
Mary Smith, who has gone to
Florida 70 greet him.
Caro- plans a 17-gun salute to
the returning hero, an honor due
HIM on formal occasions. lie IS
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
BATTLE TO NORTH

Infantrymen overran high
ground commanding Hoenningcn
and the surrounding countryside
against only light opposition. Re-
sistance in the northern edge of
the bridgehead, however. was
heavy and was described as
mounting in the face OF the
steady eastward push
Veteran infantry combat teams
rose into battle atop tanks as
1t Gen. Hodges threw additional
forces into the fray.
Front reports told of repeated
but futile suicide attacks on the
AmerIcan-held bridge at Remagen.
Some hits were scored on the span
but IL was not seriously damaged
out Of 135 NaZi planes attacking
the bridge in five days 66 were
destroyed and II probably de-
Stroyed by American anti-aircraft
fro
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
All Enemy Sabotage
Efforts Fail in j. s.

WASHINGTON. March 13
GNS) C. Edgar Hoover. director
of the FBl, disclosed 10 Congress
that not one successful enemy act
of sabotage has been committed
in this country during the war.
Sabotage that has taken place.
he explained, was committed by
disgruntled employees, CrankS OF
pyrOmaniacS
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
Munich Riots Continue

NEW YORK. March 13 tINS)
Munich riots which began on
Germany'S Heroes Day still
were raging last night, with tanks
attempting TO put down street
fighting. the Stockholm newspaper
Tidningen said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-14
WAR FRONTS

WESTERN FRONT--Iodges
pours more troops and
armor across Rhine.
page 1.)
PHILIPPINES-Yanks push
forward at Zamboanga
Peninsula. page p
EASTERN FRONT - Reds
mass for smash at Ber-
lin after taking Kuestrin.
page D.