Powers Says 'Flu' Danger About Past

• The influenza situation has improved so much that emergency hospitals may be closed shortly.• The council is awaiting recommendations from Dr. Powers and his staff regarding whether or not the city should be closed. The mayor issued a statement explaining that he doubts that the city needs to be closed. Quotes from his statement are included.• 555 cases and 18 deaths were reported for two days, but Dr. Powers explained that some of these are old cases not yet listed.• The Retail Dry Goods Dealers' Association and the Theater Owners' Association argued before the council. The first group protested against closings, and the second- protested in favor of closings.Newspaper article3,