Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-07

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of castor oil once or twice a week or
a paratfin oil.
@. How many people are employed
in Woolworth stores?-J. w. /.
A. According to Moody's Index of
Tndustrials on December 81, I3--. r.
w. Woolworth owned or controlled
.423 stores in the United States,
Great Britain and Canada, employing
%, 900 people.
@. Are white or brown eggs pre-
ferred in Great Britain?-T. s. T.
A. Expectation Of eggs TO Europe Is
confined almost exclusively to Great
Britain, which prefers brown eggs
rather than white.
@. Please describe the airplane trip
from Washington TO Philadelphia
A. II. G..
A. The planes leave Washington at
~ noon and again at $50 in the after
noon, and leave Philadelphia at $50
am. and again at las pm. The dis
lance covered is 1875 miles. The tire
is IL hours each way. The round
trip allows the passenger to stop over
| for 5 days. Each plane can carry
eight people In addition to the pilot
and his assistants. The passengers
are allowed baggage amounting to .
| pounds A charge is made for excess
baggage. The planes are Identical
| with those Used by Lieut.. Comdr. Byrd
| in his flight over the North Pole. They
are FOkker, three-engine mOnoplanes
| with right whirlwind motors. They
| are non-stalling and unspinning
! planes ANY one Of the three engines
| can take the plane the entire trip
| without a forced landing. The route
| is direct. There is no stop between
| Washington and Philadelphia. One
passes over baltimore. Wilmington
and Chester The planes travel at
| rate of about 90 miles per hour, and
altitude Of about 1000 feet.
! @. How does Canada's trade with
| the United States compare with her
| trade with Great Britain TX. j.
| A In the last fiscal year, So per
! cent of Canada's import trade was
I carried on with the United states.
/ and % per cent with countries OF the
British Empire, II per cent being
with the United Kingdom. However.
while the United States took i36 per
! cent of Canadian exports, As per cent
went TO Empire countries. 3S per cent
| being to the United Kingdom.
/ @. How many of the signers OF
| the Declaration of Independence
| were college men?-A. NJ. i.
\ A. The Bureau of Education says
| that % of the sc signers were college
| bred, nearly all of them graduates.
! Harvard was represented by S; VIII
| liam and Mary by 8: Yale, 9: Cam
| bridge (England). 8; Princeton, 2:
| philadelphia" 2: Edinburgh, !:
Jesuit College at Rheims. /. Sixteen
others received excellent" or "Classi-
car education, one of them at West
| minister School. London. Two OBJ
| tanned all their formal instruction
| from tutors. and 16, including Frank
| lin, Wythe. Roger Sherman and
Robert Morris, had but little
| schooling.
Q. If the figure Of Neptune. before
| the Library of Congress, were
standing one, how tall would it be?
| B. b. p.
| A About II feet.
@. What pitch was the Liberty
| Bell tuned to?-J. T. B.
| A. The superintendent of Inde-
| pendence Hall says that he has no
| definite information on file as TO
| Just what pitch the bell was tuned
] to, though there seems to be
| thought that it was q CO. bell. but
| cannot state positively. He says that
! in its present cracked condition it
would be rather a difficult thing now
| to determine this with any degree of
certainty.
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