Arizona republican., 1920-07-10
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

c. Does the Republican national committee wait until after the Demo cratic national convention before start ing it's campaign? T. E. R.
 A. Usually neither national commit tee opens headquarters until August or September This year the work has started earlier Both parties have of fees open in Washington. New York and Chicago headquarters of the Re publican committee are open and in full swing, while the Democrats will open their headquarters in these cities about the middle of July.
 o. Has an anthracite coal case ever been referred to a coal commission be- fore? V. Y. Nj.
 A. Following a strike of the min- CTS in 1902, President Roosevelt ap- pointed such commission before which the differences between the op- orators and miners were composed.
 O. When did the English first sa- Iute the American flag? F. J. W..
 A. They first saluted the Stars and Stripes May ?, 179l, when Captain Isaac Coffin of the British man of-war Alligator" gave it 13 guns, and the guns from the shore responded to that courtesy.
 o. What is ghee? D. V. Ii.
 A This is kind of clarified but ter used in India and other eastern countries. It is prepared from milk of
 
 process, put into closed pots, where 1t is said to keep for years.
 e. What sculptor produced the Venus de Medci? c. E. c.
 A. It is attributed to Reomenes and was found in Rome in the 18th century. When found it was in II pieces and was restored by Bernini. It was brought to Florence by Cosino de Medici III in 1880.
 A. q; Nj. p ?: the ~'"'" Of '''a" '"'k'' A. Smoking is very common in Ja- pan. Practically all of the men and most of the women smoke, the girls beginning when they are about 10 years old
 c. At what age did George Wash inston and his immediate successors leave the White House? s. c. M.
 A. The first five presidents of the United States ended their terms of ser vic each in the 66th year of his age.
 O. Why are eggs so generally used as food? !. M. c.
 A. Eggs are highly digestible and nutritious and can be served in so many attractive forms that they are very extensively used. Of the dry mat ter of the edible portion of the egg, % per cent is digested by man.
 Q. When was the first school es- tabished in America? O. R. A. Probably the first one was es-
  through the concerted action and sup port of public spirited citizens.
 c. If an aeroplane attained the same height above sea level at the equator, that Major Schroder reached when he broke the altitude record would the temperature at this height be similar to that of the atmosphere over the United States? B. A. L.
 A. The Weather Bureau states that al 33.0o0 feet above sea level, the at mosphere over the equator would be about 20 degrees warmers than our atmosphere at the same height in the winter months. Tn the summer the atmosphere at this distance above sea level would be only few degrees warmer. Below this altitude, the near CT one approaches sea level, the great CT would be the difference in tenn perature between the atmosphere at the equator and that of the United States. Strange to say. at 60.000 feet above sea level, it would be decidedly colder in the atmosphere above the equator. A difference of about 20 de- erees centigrade in this atmosphere and that of the United States at the same altitude would be noted.
 
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