Evening star., 1927-05-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. What size guns does the air.
plane carrier Lexington carry?-J.
j. NJ.
A. The ship carries Sinch guns.
O. What is considered q good sale
for popular song?-F. B. u.
a. A writer of popular songs re-
Gently made the statement that if
million copies are sold the song is con-
sidered q wow" Five hundred thou
sand is big sale. Some years ago a
sale of 100000 copies was not I'M
heard of.
Q. How many cities in the United
States have areas Of more than %
square miles?-L. G.
A. There are 50 American cities OF
such size. The 10 largest in point OF
area are Los Angeles. New York, Chi
cago, New Orleans. Philadelphia, De.
troit. San Diego, Baltimore, Cincinnati
and Cleveland.
@. Who won the George Bellows
memorial prize?--NV. T.. ID.
a., The first award of 800 in this
prize was won by a 12-year-Old girl
Judith Abels, the daughter of Rabbi
AbelS of WOodmere, Long Island. She
is said to have displayed remarkable
talent in a natural competition with
$4,000 school children.
O. What was the size of the largest
meteor ever found in the United
States?-A. G.
A. 1t is 10 feet long. 61s feet high
and feet 8 inches thick. 1t weighs
81 .107 pounds. 1t was found at Will
lamette, Greg, in 1902, and is now
in the American Museum of Natural
History, New York.
@. Was Henry Miller, the actor. an
American?-P. b. T.
| A. He was born in London in 1860.
came to America at the age of IL and
died in New York in 1926. Although
| practically all of his life was spent in
this country, he remained a British
| subject.
@. What gold pieces have been
coined lately?-A. o. F.
| A. For the past few years the
United States has coined only two
gold pieces. double eagles, of $50 gold
pieces. and quarter eagles, or $3.50
| gold pieces.
Q. How many times was Ellen
| Terry married?-R. A. NJ.
A. Three. Her first husband was
G. f. Watts, a painter. Later she
married Charles Kelly, then James
| Carew, both actors.
| @. Do light and sound travel
| through the same MEDIUMS. Z.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
| that light and sound are transmitted
| by different media. and the speed Of
! travel is determined by the properties
| of the transmitting medium. Sound
| is transmitted through air or some
| liquid or solid matter. but light will
pass through vacuum.
Q. Why did France occupy the
| RuEr?-D. NJ.
A. 1t was the result of Germany's
| failure to deliver to France telegraph
| poles to the number of 900 and
| of 100000 tons of coal, being about
IL per cent of the total amount due
| for 1922. The Preparations Commits.
| sion on January 9, 1923. formally de-
| clared Germany to be in willful de-
| fault. This furnished a technical
ground for action. and on January 10
| France and Belgium. acting jointly,
notified the German government that
| they were about to dispatch mission
of control to the Ruhr to take all nec-
essary measures for payment of rep.
arations.
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