Weather experts link abnormal winter to air mass clash
A wave of cold air from western Canada meets warm air from the Caribbean creating heavy snow and blizzards from California to the Great Plains while the East enjoys milder conditions. NAMIAS and others say cold and blizzard winters may move west, with next winter bringing more normal patterns for the East.
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Beaver's Tail Soup Delicacy Comes to Masardis
In Masardis Maine AP reports trapper Bert Pollard creates Indian beaver tail soup on an oil stove replacing old beech or maple coals. Pollard recalls the dish as a childhood standby taught by his father when he was five, reflecting on its American culinary history.
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Bert Pollard
Pollard
Iosea
Airborne Molds May Yield Cures for Allergies
San Antonio based Dr. Frederick W. Bierbendorf reports airborne molds as a source for future medicines. Trapped molds show antibiotic substances in culture and may explain hay fever and asthma, with potential cures from flying molds. Research at Southwest Research Institute notes infancy and need for mold identification expertise.
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Paul F. Ellis
San Antonio
Frederick W. Biederdorf
Bierwerder
Southwest Research Institute
United States
Bierberdorf
Bierborf
Sawyer Camp Trapping During Winter in Black Water
Sawyer party trapped in Black Water Stream wilderness subsisting on soup for two months. Pollard's recipe suggests beaver tail peeled after scalding, meat scraped white, boiled slowly two hours or more. Add two tablespoons seasoning, vegetables, and dumplings. serve hot.
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Pollard
Alabama Families Receive $17 Million in Life Insurance Death Benefits
The Institute of Life Insurance announced that Alabama families received 17,335,000 in life insurance death benefits during 1948. Payments were made on 27,142 policies, up from 16,857,000 in 1947. The national total of death benefits was 1,446,007,000 last year.
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Institute of Life Insurance
Alabama
Saint Francis Xavier Apostle to the Indies
Saint Francis Xavier, born into a noble Spanish family, is celebrated as the Apostle to the Indies. He embraced the Church after meeting Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order, and became a key figure in early missions.
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Indies
Ignatius Loyola
Health Department seeks three million for new hospitals
Alabama state Health Department filed a formal bid for 3 million dollars in hospital construction over the next two fiscal years at budget hearings. The request sits with the regular 1.8433 million departmental budget and 400 thousand for the health department laboratory. Separate agency requests include military budget growth to 489,230 to leverage federal funds. The Par don and Parole Board seeks 242 thousand to expand its program amid rising crime. Hearing of revenue department budgets was postponed to tomorrow.
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Military Department
Alabama
Saliba
Military
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Revenue Department
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State Training Schools For Girls
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Mobile Preens Self For Mardi Gras Day
Mobile readies for Mardi Gras and the Azalea Trail with storefront decorations and cleanup along the 17 mile route. Merchants eye strong Mardi Gras crowds as hotels report near full occupancy for the five day celebration and Azalea Trail opens February 20 while parades start February 24.
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New Taxes May Not Be Too Hard To Bear
Alabama Governor James E. Folsom and a cabinet aide suggest new taxes might be bearable. State leaders noted spending pressures while two legislators said the state government can proceed on current revenue. Folsom said spending likely rises with services, and Finance Director Bill Drinkard urged value for taxpayers. He plans to study sources if needed without committing to specifics.
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Bill Drinkard
Servi & Sons
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