Arizona republican., 1920-10-22
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS
What is 2 parI0r boIshevik? E

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 A. The term 'parlor bolshevik" is applied in a derisive or derogatory sense by conservatives to those intel lectual radicals who profess sympathy with the bolshevik regime in Russia and with the proletarian movement in general. although they do not them- selves belong to the working class from which the movement derives it's strength
 o. Where was the tobacco plant first grown? A. D. w.
 A. The tobacco plant is a native of the western hemisphere, where the aborigines cultivated and used it from remote times. There is no reference to this plant in the Bible.
 O. Please state the number of fed eraI office holders in the United States. ]. c.
 A The civil service commission says that on July 90. 1920 there were approximately 69l. .O0O federal office holders in the United States.
 O. How did the ehinehiIla get its name7 R. w. E.
 A. The chinchilla derives its name from the Spanish chinche, bedbug. on
 
 gives off. This derivation must not be confounded with that of the name of the town Chinchilla.
 O. When and where was the first Sunday school stsrted7 Y. s. O.
 A. Robert Raikes organized the first Sunday school in Plymouth, England. in 17SO.
 O. Would like to know # there are monuments to Koseiusko and Pulaski ks .m some kind of a memorial of kosciusko at West Point, N. VI R. A.
 A. There is a statue in the northeast corner of Lafayette square. Washing ton, D. C., dedicated to Kosciusko and Pulaski. There is also a monument erected to the memory of Kosciusko on the Fort Clinton parapet at West Point. This little statue was pre- scented by the Polish clergy and laity of the United States and was unveiled in 1913.
 O. # vessels are raised which were sunk during the war, to whom do they belong? s. D. C.
 A. The United States shipping board says that vessels which are sunk have been declared losses and the un- derwriters have settled the loss, they therefore become the property of the underwriters. Any contracts for the raising of these vessels must be made with the underwriters. If the vessels are raised without contract, settlement must be made with the underwriters.
 O. In what countries have cannibai' lived7 A. Nj. p.
 A. Cannibals have been found 1T historic times in both North and Soutf America, Africa, India, Australia. New Zealand and the Polynesian Islands.
 O. What is the meaning of "tradi. tion?" c. w.
 A. Tradition means customs. be liefs and ideas in general which ar' handed down from one generation tC written record.
 Q. How is the horsepower of { boiler reckoned2 r. L.
 A. The bureau of standards say' that one boiler horsepower is equiv alent to the evaporation of 30 pounds of water per hour from feed wate temperature of 100 degrees F. to stean at 70 pounds gauge pressure.
 O. What is the origin of the tern certified nnilk7" l. M. c.
 A. The term was probably eoines by pr. Henry L. Colt, who was one O the leaders in establishing the frs milk commission The terms was reg istered in the United States patent or flee to protect 1t from being degraded by dairymen not producing milk un der supervision of a medical commis sion. Some states have laws limiting the use of this term to milk Of quallt! conforming with pr. Colts standar' for certified milk.
 O. What is meant by an asPee ratio7 E. c. G.
 A. This is an aeronautic term re ferring to the ratio of the long to tn short side of an aeroplane, aerocurve O wing.
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