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U1C
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UUlll,
iiaVC
lilt
I,
UIC
Russians
and
have
planted
allied
flags
on
every
town
hall,
in
Germany,
there
still
will
be
fighting.
The
Allied
Supreme
Commander
expects
a
hard
campaign
of
mopping
up
enemy
pockets
will
follow.
Tills
means
the
war
in
Europe
Is
weeks,
if
not
montlis,
from
an
end.
General
Elsenhower
explained
that
Hitler's
followers
will
not
surrender.
Nazi
units
only
will
become
prisoners
when
their
ammunition
and
gasoline
are
gone
or
when
they
find
themselves
hopelessly
encircled.
General
Eisenhower's
sobering
report
.includes,
a
reminder
that
the
last
defence
of
Germany
will
be
made
In
the
mountains
of
Bavaria
and
Austria.
Nazi
troops
arc
retreating
there
by
the
thousands
for
this
stand,
There
still
arc
millions
o'f
armed
troops
inside
Germany
and
more
than
a
million
outside
the
Retch,
in
Italy,
Holland,
Norway,
and
the
French
coastal
pockets.
One
report
this
morning
states
that
the
merger
of
Russian
and
American
troops
lias
already
taken
place
at
a
point
south
of
Dresden.
This
report
comes
from
the
Paris
radio,
and
Is
not
con
firmed
by
any
official
Allied
source.
The
American
Seventh
Army
Is
heading
toward
Hitler's
Alpine
fortress.
The
Americans
have,
broken
into
the
Nazi
slirlnc
city
of
Nuernberg,
nlneiy
miles
north
of
Munich.
On
the
front
due
west
of
Bqrlin,
Ninth
Army
men
have
hacked
a
path
five
miles
Inland
from
the
Elbe
River,
The
Ninth
Is
52
miles
from
Berlin.
In
Holland,
a
.spectacular
thrust
by
First
Canadian
Army
forces
into
ihc
enemy
pocket
in
the
low
country
holds
the
spotlight
today.
Practically
all
resistance
In
northeast
Holland
lias
ceased.
There
arc
a
few
isolated
enemy
pockets
still
fighting,
but
generally
speaking
the
Nazi
resistance,
was
over
in
the
northeast
sector
of
the
country
when
the
Canadians
took
Grocningcn.
Holland's
fifth!
largest
city.
Today,
leading
troops
of
the
Third
Canadian
Division
arc
within
ten
miles
of
the
eastern
end
of
the
causeway
stretching
over
the
Zuldcr
Zee.
A
late
bulletin
says
German
troops
In
western
Holland
have
opened
the
dikes
holding
back
the
Zuldcr
Zee.
The
waters
have
burst
over
the
lowlands
north
of
Hllvcrsum.
,
(iLltiHAN
GENERAL
SUICIDES
NEW
YORK
Hepoits
from
Ihc
Ruhr
pocket
said
today
that
Field
jvy-irshal
Walther
von
Model,
commander
of
the
annihilated
German
Fifth
Panzer
and
Fifteenth
armies,
had
committed
suicide.
?100,000
FIRE
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
A
$100,000
fire
swept
the
Atlas
Machinery
works
here
early
this
morning.
REDS
20
MILES
FROM
BERLIN
LONDON
The
German
radio
reported
late
today
that
Russian
fortes
had
penetrated
the
Berlin
defence
atea
to
a
point
within
20
miles
of
the
German
capital
and
that
fierce
fighting
was
goi'ig
0,1
in
that
sector,
TRUMAN
"HAITI'"
TO
MEET
ALLIED
POWERS
WASHINGTON
President
Truman
told
a
news
conference
today
that
he
will
be
very
happy
to
meet
the
heads
of
the
other
big
Allied
powers
as
soon
as
possible.
In
his
conference
with
newspapermen
since
he
succeeded
to
the
presidency,
he
said
that
he
had
not
Initiated
any
move
toward
a
new
meeting
of
the
AlHed
leaders.
1
1
IFTWAFFF
MAC
'unVumAn.
-nuimnu
dui
933
German
Planes
Destroyed
by
Allied
Fighters
Monday
LONDON,
April
17
Oi-Berlin
was
bombed
again
during
tbo
night.
R.A.F.
mosquitos
attached
the
German
capital
while
other
formations
ripped
into
rail
yards
on
both
sides
of
the
German-Czech
frontier.
These
attacks
are
in
line
with
an
announcement
by
General
Carl
Spaat?
that
the
strategic
air
war
has
ended
vlc-toriusly
and
that
from
now
on
the
big
bombers
will
do
tactical
work.
One
Allied
spokesman
last
night
described
the
Luftwaffe
as
an
air
force
that
has
nothing
left
but
nuisance
value.
That
verdict
came
at
the
end
of
a
day
In
which
Allied
fighters
destroyed
the
tremendous
total
of
933
Nazi
planes.
Almost
all
of
them
were
caught
on
the
ground
and
one
Allied
observer
says
the
Luft
waffe
no
longer
has
the
fuel
or
the
pilots
tp
function
properly.
EIGHTH
TAKES
6,000
PRISONERS
ROME.
April
17
The
Brit
ish
Eighth
Army
already
has
taken
6.000
prisoners
since
it
opened
its
present
offensive
by
breaking
through
the
German's
long-held
Scnlo
River
line
on
April
9,
Allied
Headquarters
an
nounced
today.
Allied
troops
arc
believed
to
be
meeting
strong
opposition
in
Uic
push
toward
Argenta
Gap,
one
of
the
last
remaining
barriers
between
them
and
the
flaUands
leading
to
Fcrrcra
and
the
mouth
of
the
Po
River.
Allied
Fifth
Army
troops
were
fighting
through
bitterly
defended,
heavily
mined
areas-uouth
of
the
prize
clty-of
Bologna.
U.S.
TRANSPORT
CHIEF
IN
CITY
Major
General
C.
P.
Gross,
chief
of
transportation
for
the
Army
Service
Forces
of
the
U.
S.
Army,
Washington,
D.C.,
visited
the
Trlnce
Rupert
sub-port
of
embarkation
Sunday-ajid
yesterday.
A
special
"dinner
In
honor
of
General
Gross
and
his
party
was
held
at
the
officer's
mess
on'
Acropolis
Hill
Sunday
evening.
Among
those
present,
were
Col.
Colin
C.
Ferric,
Squadron
Leader
nio'u.
u,lu
-u......a..uw
A.
Wood,
of
the
Canadian
armed
lorccs,
ana
Aiayor
.
w.
lus.
Hockey
Scores
No
Pacific
Coast
League
teams
travelling.
Moose
Jaw
Canucks
beat
Toronto
Saint
Michaels
5
to
3
Monday
night
to
even
best
seven
in
the
Canadian
Junior
Hockey
final
at
one
game
each.
AIR
AGREEMENT
IN
EFFECT
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
announced
today
that
the
Canadian
and
Swedish
governments
have
agreed
to
bring
into
force,
as
between
themselves,
the
International
air
services
tran-silt
agreement
without
waiting
for
it
to
become
effective
generally.
The
two
countries
give
each'
other
privileges
of
flying
each
other's
territory
without
landing,
and
of
landing
for
non-traffic
purposes.
TRUMAN
SIGNS
LEND-LEASE
WASHINGTON
President
Truman
signed
the
lend-lease
extension
bill
today.
The
president
declared
the
measure
might
be
Instrumental
for
victory
and
said
that
lend-lease
will
be
carried
on
until
unconditional
surrender
or
complete
defeat
of
Germany
and
Japan.
VON
MODEL
AMONG
CAPTIVES
NEW
YORK
The
Paris
mdlo
said
today
that
Field
Marshal
Walther
von
Model,
commander-in-chief
of
the
German
army
group
In
the
west,
was
among
the
five
generals
recently
captured
by
the
Mystery,
Coincidence
Shroud
Woman's
Death
Ninth
Beats
Off
Attack
On
Elbe
Bridge
PARIS.
April
17
-The
Ger
mans
launched
another
heavy
attack
today
on
the
American
Ninth
Army
at
the
Elbe
bridgehead
pointing
toward
Berlin,
but
the
Americans
beat
off
the
attack
without
losing
ground.
The
BBC
said
that
the
Am
erican
First
Army
lias
encircled
Leipzig,
while
the
Third
Army
has
captured
the
big
Saxony
rail
centre
of
Plaucn
in
an
elr
fort
to
bLs'cct
Germany
and
beat
down
Ihc
last
six
miles
to
the
Czechoslovak
border.
More
than
half
of
Germany
has
been
conquered
by
the
Al
lies.
There
are
101,000
square
miles
in
Allied
hands
and
84,000
square
miles
remaining
to
the
Germans.
PROVINCE
NEGOTIATING
FOR
PACT
WITH
DOMINION
ON
SKEENA
ROAD
Asking
That
Each
Share
Equally
in
Cost
of
Repairing
Vital
Artery
Cost
Estimated
At
$100,000,
States
Hon.
E.
T.
Kcrmcy
rherovincial
tfuvenfnient
is
negotiating
vritli
the
federal
government
on
a
plan
whereby
each
would
share
equally
in
the
cost
of
putting
the
Skeena
River
highway
into
first
class
condition,
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney
told
the
Terrace
and
District
Board
of
Trade
ut
a
banquet
held
in
his
honor
Friday
night.
'
Mr.
Kenney
said
that
the
plan
called
for
re-conditloning
the
entire
stretch
of
road
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Hazelton,
and
the
estimated
cost
would
be
about
$100,000.
In
a
speech
which
embraced
several
subjects
of
interest
to
Terrace
and
central
B.C.,
Mr.
Kenney
touched
Initially
on
the
military
hospital
at
Terrace,
which
citizens
of
the
interior
town
desire
to
have
kept
open
for
civilian
use.
"For
several
months
I
have
been
working
on
this
project
with
the
help
of
Dr.
Green
and
the
Provincial
secretary,
who
are
both
Interested
In
obtaining
this
buildinc
for
Provincial
use.
At
the
moment,
we
arc
held
up
by;
the
fact
that
the
Federal
Gov-
crnment
does
not
yet
know
if
they
will
ever
again
require
this
hospital,
but
when
they
do
release
It
to
the
War
Assets
Cor
poration
wc
shall
go
after
it
for
Provincial
use.
I
can
state
positively
from
experience
'that
this
building
has
the
most
beautiful
and
favorable
situation
In
the
entire
province,
and
Dr.
Grccn
assures
me
that
It
would
be
an
Ideal
location
for
the
treatment
of
arthritis
and
tuberculosis
cases."
Speaking
of
the
new
highway,
Mr.
Kenney
stated
that
the
Provincial
Government
was
now
negotiating
with
Ottawa
for
a
50-50
deal
to
put
In
shape
the
entire
road
from
Terrace
to
Hazel-ton.
The
estimated
cost
of
this
work
would
be
about
$100,000.
The
new
minister
was
enthusiastic
regarding
the
government's
plans
for
rural
electrification,
and
stated
that
at
the
last
session
of
the
House,
legislation
had
been
passed
to
borrow
$10,000,000
t
o
provide
power
for
rural
districts
at
rates
equal
to
that
enjoyed
by
the
larger
cities.
It
was
hoped
to
furnish
service
commencing
at
4c
and
dropping
to
lc
per
kill-watt
hour.
To
accomplish
this,
the
government
Is
prepared
to
write
off
50
per
cent
of
the
cost
of
construction.
Thus
the
cost
to
the
rural
districts
would
be
one
half
of
the
cost
of
construction.
The
rural
municipalities
could
borrow
money
which
would
be
backed
by
the
provincial
government,
and
they
would
be
allowed
the
term
of
fifty
years
for
re-payment.
The
pollcyyktf
the
new
Hydro
Com-
Cold
well
Scores
Election
Shift
TORONTO,
April
17
Q
The
action
of
Premier
Drew's
cabinet
In
advancing
the
date
of
the
Ontario
rjrovircial
election
from
June
11
to
June
4
was
sharply
criticized
by
the
national
C.C.F.
leader,
M.
J.
Coldwell,
and
Ontario
C.C.F.
leader
E.
B.
Jollffe.
Both
men
claimed
that
setting
the
date
forward
will
make
it
Impossible
for
the
forces
over
seas
to
have
adequate
facilities
for
casting
their
votes.
U.S.
Plans
Large
Post-War
Navy
WASHINGTON.
April
17
0J
United,
States
plans
for
a
post
war
retention
of
1,191
combat
ant
ships
in
addition
to
4,639
auxiliaries
in
minor
craft,
were
disclosed
today
'in
the
House
of
Representatives
by
the
Approp
rlatlons
Committee.
Naval
lead
crs.wcrc
told
that
the
committee
plans
are
contingent
upon
national
policies
and
committments.
mission
will
be
to
take
existing
plants
and
build
them
up
to
large
hydro
power,
as
required
by
the
needs
and
growUi
of
the
district.
Much
attention
and
study
had
been
given
by
the
Cabinet
to
(Continued
on
Page
4)
GOVERNMENT
TO
ABANDON
SKEENA
RIVER
HIGHWAY
TERRACE,
April
17
Harry
King,
president
of
the
Terrace
and
district
board
of
trade,
an
nounced
at
a
recent
meeting
of
the
board
that
he
nad
received
word
that
the
federal
Department
of
Mines
and
Resources
Is
withdrawing
"Immediately"
all
staff
and
machinery
from
the
Skeena
River
Highway.
The
news
was
greeted
with
shouts
of
protest,
and
a
commlt-
I
tee
was
immediately
set
up
to
'draw
up
a
telegram
to
be
sent
to
the
Minister
jot
Mines
and
Resources
and
to
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.
Telegrams
were
also
sent
to
Boards
of
Trade
at
Prince
Rupert
and
Prince
George
asking
that
they
make
similar
protest.
The
withdrawal
means
virtual
abandonment
by
the
Dominion
Government
of
this
important
road
which
cost
$6,000,000
to
construct,
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
provincial
Minister
of
Lands,
who
was
guest
of
honor
at
the
meeting
said
he
had
received
the
Information
with
considerable
alarm,
and
promised
to
do
all
that
he
could
to
sec
that
the
Dominion
government
carry
on
with
maintaining
the
highway.
For
the
last
several
weeks
the
road
has
been
impassable
because
of
a
snow
slide
which
no
effort
has
been
made
to
clear
away.
ELIMINATION
OF
JArS
SAN
FRANCISCO
The
elimination
of
Japanese
invaders
from
New
Britain
bland
is
imminent,
the
Australian
overseas
isdlo
said
today.
The
remaining
Japanese
on
the
Island
are
compressed
In
a
pocket
and
arc
being
pounded
by
heavy
Australian
artillery.
VOWS
TO
HELP
COMMON
PEOPLE
WASHINGTON,
April
17
0
President
Truman
of
the
United
States
has
promised
Congress
and
the
nation
that
he
will
crary
on
the
wartime
and
peacetime
ideals
of
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
Mr.
Truman
said
he
will
adhere
to
the
demand
for
unconditional
surrender
of
the
Axis
and,
that
war
criminals
will
be
hunted
down
and
punished
wherever
they
may
be.
President
Truman
pledged
also
that
there
will
be
no
change
in
the
military
and
naval
high
command
of
the
United
States.
Of
his
domestic
policy,
Mr.
Truman
'said
and
these
are
his
words
"There
will
be
no
relaxation
in
our
efforts
to
Improve
the
lot
of
the
common
people."
150
Superforts
Hit
Jap
Homeland
WASHINGTON,
April
17
O)
A
force
of
about
150
B-29
superfortresses
has
attacked
military
Installations
on
the
Japanese
homeland
Island
of
Kyushu.
The
planes
dropped
demolition
bombs.
The
assault
was
made
,
today
by
superforts
based
in
the
Marl
anas.
Enemy
airfields
on
Kyushl
were
attacked
oa
Sunday
and
Monday
by
carrier-based
planes.
Kyushu
is
the
-southernmost
of
the
main
Japanese
islands,
A
'f
orcc"oT40or
superfoHs
tfrop-ped
fire
bombs
on
Tokyo
carlj
yesterday
after
a
heavy
attack
on
the
preceding
day.
ALLIES
DESTROY
1,116
GERMAN
PLANES
IN
APRIL
LONDON,
April
16
O)
One
thousand
American
bombers
ripped
German
railways
at
Dresden
and
along
the
Czechoslovak
frontier
today
while
des
truction
of
the
Luftwaffe
was
continued
by
fighter
pilots
who
knocked
Out
1,116
planes
Monday.
During
16
days
of
April,
3,699
German
planes
were
destroyed,
of
which
485
were
shot
down
In
air
combat.
Allied
losses
for
the
same
period
were
485
planes.
The
Nazi
plane
losses
represent
about
half
of
the
estimated
reserve
strength
of
the
German
air
force
at
Uic
time
of
the
Rhine
crossing.
Overnight,
a
Canadian
bomber
force
hit
Schwandoren,
on
one
of
Uic
main
lines
from
Mu
nich
to
the
Danube
and
'the
Aus
trlan
frontier.
To
Call
Tenders
For
Peace
Road
VICTORIA,
April
17
(CP)
rrcmler
Hart
announced
Monday
that
within
a
day
or
so
the
government
will
call
tenders
for
the
construction
of
151
-
mile
stretch
of
Peace
River
highway
from
Summit
Lake
to
Commotion
Creek.
The
highway
will
have
a
32-foot
overall
width
with
a
24-fect
gravel
surface.
Curtain
Drops
On
War
Parliament
OTTAWA,
April
17
tt
Canada's
first
and
perhaps
last
strictly
wartime
parliament
came
to
an
end
yesterday.
At
the
general
election
fixed
for
June
11
voters
at
home
and
overseas
will
select
the
men
who
will
make
up
the
twentieth
parliament.
Weather
Forecast
Today
and
Wednesday:
Cloudy
and
mild
with
occasional
light
rain
or
drizzle.
Moderate
winds,
occasionally
fresh
over
exposed
areas
of
the
coast.
L.
M.
Felsenthal
relumed
on
Monday
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
from
a
business
trip
to
Vancou
ver.
Stabbed
in
Comox
Ave.
House,
Kitty
Moen's
Fate
Similar
to
Sister
in
1928
Victoria
Detective
Expected
,Here
'
to
Investigate
Affair
Today
Inquest
Will
Be
Held
On
Wednesday
Mystery
and
coincidence
shroud
the
death
of
Mrs.
Kitty
Moen,
elderly
woman
who
was
found
stabbed
in
her
home
at
817
Comox
Avenue
at
5
p.m.
Sunday
by
city
police
who
entered
the
house
after
neighbors
had
reported
that
the
woman
had
not
been
seen
for
several
days.
While
city
police
declined
to
divulge
any
details
of
the
wo
man's
death,
pending
an
In
quest
Wednesday,
the
Dally
News
learned
that
she
had
been
stabbed,
apparently
while
lying
on
the
bed
at
Uie
Comox
avenue
home.
Mrs.
Moen,
who
was
about
50,
died
almost
17
years
to
the
day
after
her
sister,
Esther
Killas,
had
been
killed
at
857
Comox
avenue
on
April
17,
1923,
by
having
her
throat
cut.
The
Esther
Killas
murder,
which
has
never
been
solved,
caused
a
sensation
throughout
the
province,
and
In
many
ways
the
present
case
appears
to
parallel
it.
In
an
effort
to
solve
the
Kitty
Moen
affair,
Detective
Sergeant
JJv-A.
Youag)flheB-PvrflUjs
Is
expected
to
arrive
hi
Prince
Rupert
from
Victoria
by
air
today.
As
far
as
is
known,
Mrs.
Moen
was
seen"
at
her
home
by
two
neighbors
at
5
p.m.
Thursday,
and
police
say
that
they
know
she
was
alive
Saturday
morning.
When
Corporal
A.
T.
Lashmar
and
Constable
G.
Y.
Brother-
stone
entered
the
house
Sunday
afternoon
they
found
two
oil
heated
stoves
burning
strongly.
It
appeared
that
the
woman
had
just
finished
a
light
meal
before
she
had
lain
down
on
the
bed.
The
window
blinds
were
drawn
and
the
lights
were
off.
Police
estimated
that
Mrs.
Moen
had
been
dead
12
to
36
hours
at
the
time
they
found
her.
Although
Mrs.
Moen
lias
lived
in
Prince
Rupert
since
before
1928,
very
little
Is
known
of
her.
She
lived
alone
tor
the
greater
part
of
her
life
and
there
is
little
evidence
in
her
house
as
to
her
background.
There
were
no
signs
of
dls-
ALDERMEN
REFER
GARBAGE
BY-LAW
BACK
TO
UTILITIES
COMMITTEE
Take
Dim
View
of
Amendment
Which
Would
Increase
Household
Collection
Rate
Without
Improving
the
Service
An
amendment
to
the
thorizing
an
increase
in
the
cost
of
garbage
collection
from
residences
from
35
cents
to
50
cents
per
can
pdr
month
received
its
first
reading
by
City
Council
last
night
and
was
referred
back
to
the
Utilities
committee
after
aldermen
had
indicated
their
unwillingness
to
put
i
Into
effect.
i
Only
change
offered
by
the
amendment
was
to
Increase
the
domestic
collection
rate.
It
left
the
business
and
apartment
house
rate
at
their
old
level
of
$1.05
and
70
cents
respectively.
Aldermen
balked
at
the
sug
gestion
that
they
increase
the
collection
rate
without
improving
the
collection
service.
I
can't
support
the
by-law
un
til
we
Improve
the
collection,"
Alderman
George
Hills
declared.
"To
raise
the
rate
and
still
have
the
people
carry
their
garbage
to
the
street
Is
unfair."
Alderman
Elliott
saw
signs
of
discrimination
In
the
fact
that
the
amendment
hoisted
only
the
rate
for
household
garbage,'
leav
lng
business
houses
and
apart'
ments
untouched.
"In
raising
the
cost
to
rest
dences
the
workers
are
being
touched,
while
the
business
order
in
the
house,
and
a
small
sum
of
money
was
found
by
po
lice.
Who
her
final
visitor
was
and
at
what
time
he
or
she
entered
the
house
is
the
substance
of
the-
police
invesUga-tlon.
Position
and
depth
of
the
stab
wound
which
may
have
caused
Mrs.
Moen's
death
was
not
revealed.
Police
Indicate
that
the
latest
date
at
which
Mrs.
Moen
was
known
to
be
alive
was
Saturday
morning
when
she
made
a
tele
phone
call
to
a
Jriend.
If
Uiat
is
true,
it
was
exactly
17
years
to
the
day
after
her
sister,
Esther
Killas
-was
last
seen
before
she
was
killed
only
a
few
doors
away
on
the
same
street.
Esther
Killas
was
last
seen
on
ipill
It,
-mm
i.
.
ijwh
A
coroner's
jury
found
that
"Esther
Solomon,
alias
Mrs.
Esther
Killas,
came
to
her
death
by
having
been
murdered
by
having
her
throat
cut
by
some
Unknown
person,
at
or
about
3:30
on
the
morning
of
April
17,
1928,
at
857
Comox
avenue
In
the
-city
of
Prince
Rupert."
The
case
started
an
invest!?
gation
which
was
both
long
and
comprehensive,
but
which
yielded
no
conviction
on
a
murder
charge.
The
affair
Is
remembered
by
many
earlier
residents
as
Uie
only
unsolved
murder
case
In
Prince
Rupert
police
history.
It
occurred
in
a
restricted
area
which
was
cleaned
out
at
the
start
of
the
present
war.
Several
girls
who
stayed
in
nearby,
houses
were
called
to
give
testimony
at
the
inquest.
Mr.
Moen's
maiden
name
was
Kitty
Solomon,
and
she
came
from
England.
She
is
understood
to
have
two
sons
overseas.
Her
husband,
Anton
Moen,
Is
believed
to
be
in
Vancouver.
city's
garbage
by-law
au
people
are
not
being
affected
"
'
lie
said.
While
the
original
application
made
by
the
city
to
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
asked
only
that
the
domestic
garbage
rate
be
increased,
City
Clerk
II.
D.
Thaln
said
he
believed
that
probably
it
could
be
expanded
to
include
all
classifications
.of
gar
bage.
"It
authorizes
a
percentage
la-
crease
which
I
believe
also
may
be
applied
to
business
and
hotel
garbage,"
he
declared.
Alderman
'Arnold
affirmed
her
well
established
credo
as
the
bill
was
shuffled
back,
to
committee
for
further
consideration.
"I'm
certainly
against
it
If
it
Is
going
to
raise
the
rate
and
still
make
me
carry
by
garbage,
to
the
street,"
she
asserted.
REPTILIAN
HEART
The
reptilian
heart
Is
a
three-chambered
organ.
I