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Show fllll OF 0PE1IS ! THEATRES 1GES ON ! COHERENCE ) "Nurecc and housekeepers are )j necessary," said Rev. John Ed-. Ed-. i ward Carver, chairman of the Red ' Crocs, ''that the Influenza situa. tlon can be adequately handled." , Rev. Carver said the condition ' was becoming so urgent that it I properly care for all influenza pa- i I tlents of this city. ' "We have sufficient funds, Rev. ' Carver stated, and will reimburse lJ volunteer nurses and houoekeep-I houoekeep-I ers well. Volunteers are requets- ( I cd to telephone 789 or 316 at once. I ' More than 11 1 case of influenza were i ; reported to the city board of health yesterday. ' In a report received at the health I I department from Dr. T. B. Beatty, state health officer, he slates there Is ; more influenza this year than last, but , the disease Is in a milder form. In the schools of the city vory few cases of influenza have been reported according to the health officers. Weber Normal college will re-open next Monday, after a week of closing, i With few exceptions the attendance in the public schools of Ogden is again at normal. Yesterday an attendance ' of 00 per cent was noted in the schools 'while the conditions today warranted more than 95 per cent cf the total rog-. istration. I Few students are confined to their i beds with influenza. Eight teachers are reported ill. Twenty-one physicians in Ogden are In favor of the re-opening of tho theatres thea-tres and other places of amusement. A meeting has been called for tomorrow to-morrow morning in board of health offices in the city hall by City Commissioner Com-missioner J. Ray Ward, at which time ; the situation will be discussed. Mem-i Mem-i bers of the medical profession, theatre i men and other citizens are invited to i attend and express their opinions. , |