Flu season under way long siege expected
Outbreaks hit Alaska and Missouri as Public Health Service warns of a sharp rise in flu cases this winter. In Hydaburg 100 of 250 residents ill, no doctor. Cape Girardeau, Wolfalke and Potosi report rising numbers but no deaths. Vaccine scarce. Coast Guard delivers supplies to Hydaburg.
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Public Health Service
Washington
Potosi
George S. Cresswell
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Wolflake
Ill
Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Coast Guard
Hydaburg
Prince of Wales Island
Alaska
Ketchikan
Thomas Burdon
Wolfalke
Ladies Aid at South Biddeford votes donations
The Ladies Aid of South Biddeford Methodist Church voted donations at the December meeting for the Salvation Army Christmas fund, South Biddeford Sunday School project, Christian Haven Christmas gift project, and Pineland Training School Christmas Cheer fund. They planned a January 3 meeting host and a Christmas party at Silva Hall with a decorated tree and buffet lunch.
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Ladies Aid of
South Biddeford
Lena Peck
Pool Road
Ruth Ledoux
Leona Johnson
Jane Day
Jean Goldthwaite
Ledoux
Dorothy Peck
Deborah
Janice Staples
Christopher and
Gregory
Lorraine Neault
Norwood
Peck
Anne Sellers
Inez Johnson
Ethel Collomy
Peggy Thomas
Martha Goldthwaite
Ella Piper
Emma
Addie Piper
Fannie Gross
Lucy Billings
Olive Gross
Marian McMann
Claraledoux
Shirley Gross
Martha Cotsifas
Clark
Louise Gaffney
Kennebunk Man Builds Unique Seaplane Engine Vehicle
Kennebunk mechanic Charles Day age 22 builds a fiberglass bodied TB FX-100 Thundering Banshee powered by a seaplane engine and propeller. The car weighs about 1000 pounds, uses no transmission, and can travel on snow or pavement, achieving up to 125 mph tested with fuel efficiency around 20 mpg. Day, aided by Paul Tufts, values the project at about $20,000 though parts cost just over $1,000. He has shown the vehicle at Beech Ridge Speedway and may enter upcoming races in New Hampshire.
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Kennebunk
N. Charles Day
Bourne Street
Day
Green's Carage
Paul Tufts
Wells
Jay
Portland
Ft. Worth
Tex
Beech Ridge Speedway
Scarborough
Laconia
N.H
Sub Debs Plan Christmas Dance At Elks Lodge
Sub Debs club reports plans for the December 20 Christmas dance party at the Elks home in Saco at a meeting hosted by Miss Deborah Wallace Hollis Center. Cathy Roberts presided with reports from the dance and gift exchange on the agenda and a list of present members attended.
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Elks
Saco
Deborah Wallace
Hollis Center
Cathy Roberts
Joan McDougall
Norma Moraney
Sheila Sanborn
Linda Wood
Cynthia Sanborn
Eunice Walker
Cathy Clarke
Carol Black
Sharon Staples
Rosemary Allen
Leslie Haas
Juliette Nadeau
Kathy McGovern
Nancy Clarke
Elaine Zaitlin
Joan McDougal
Airline unions accuse Eastern and National of seeking to curb Northeast
Union members from Northeast accuse Eastern and National Airlines of promoting economic destruction and draining competition. They urge Congress to examine alleged actions aimed at limiting Northeast’s recovery with temp CAB emergency funding in dispute over Miami to New York service. Local 515 TWU leader Charles Sinclair calls the move anti public interest and employee welfare.
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Washington
Eastern
National Airlines
Northeast Airlines
Northeast
National
Hughes Tool Co
Civil Aeronautics Board
Charles Sinclair
Boston
Employes Group
Local 515
The
Transport Workers Union
Sinclair
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Associated Press
Bert
Frigidaires
Bert” Thompson
Bert's Corner
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Wiix
Caldwell
A.&g
Caldwell Company Distillers
Boston, Mass
Treasure Island Dist. Co
Mase
Charles Day
Kennebunk Man
Nicky Allen
Robin Hood
London
Elks Lodge
Ann Clark
Miss Wallace
Hamilton Beach
Hamilton
Piddeford
the Mens Shop
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