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Show Cotton linters are used in making X-ray film. DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS December 1, 1917 Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town in Nebraska. December5, 1776 Phi Beta Kappa, scholastic fraternity, founded at Williamsburg, Va. December 8, 1941 First Japanese attack on Manila began be-gan shortly after 3 a.m. December 11, 1936 King Edward VIII of Great Britain abdicated. December 14, 1910 Andrew An-drew Carnegie. established the Carnegie Peace Fund and endowed en-dowed it with S10 million. December 18, 1796 The first Sunday newspaper, The Sunday Monitor , was published in Baltimore. December 23, 1913 President Presi-dent Woodrow Wilson signed Glass-Owens Reserve Act creating cre-ating the Federal Reserve System. Sys-tem. December 26, 1865 The coffee percolator was invented by James Nason of Franklin |