Evening star., 1929-01-04


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@. How tall is Will Rogers?-M. N.
A. His height is 5 feet IL inches. He
weighs ITO pounds and has dark hair
and gray eyes.
@. Is it possible to treat paper so as
| to make it non-inflammable to a rea-
sonable degree?-G. P. S.
A. The Bureau of Standards says that
measure of f1reproofing for papers
can be obtained by spraying them be-
| fore passing through the presses with
ammonium chloride, ammonium phos-
phate, ammonium sulphate, or sodium
borate, whichever is best adapted for
the particular product. Paper so treated
| should not be considered as incombus-
| tible or greatly fire-retardent, since it
will char and burn at the high tempera-
| lures incident with fires in buildings.
although 1t will not ignite or support
combustion as readily as the untreated
| paper. The more flre-resiStive papers
are usually made from asbestos fibers
| with small admiXture of ordinary pa
| per, and binding composition, such
as glue and boraX. They are rendered
suitable for writing upon by calendar
| ing. Special inks are prepared for use
with such papers. both paper and ink
| standing up well under protracted ex-
| posure at temperatures that would COM
pletly consume the ordinary combustible
| papers.
| Q. Please explain the cloture rule of
| the Senate-C P
A. Until the Senate rules we're
| amended on March 8, 1917, there wa
40 limit of debate. On that date tn
rules were amended so that: IF at any
time a motion. signed by Is Senators,
| 10 bring to close the debate upon any
pending measure is presented to the
Senate, the presiding officer shall at
once state the motion to the Senate,
and one hour after the Senate meets
on the following calendar day but one,
he shall lay the motion before the Sem
ate and direct that the secretary call
| the roll, and, upon the ascertainment
| that quorum is present, the presid-
ing officer shall, without debate, submit
/ TO the Senate by an aye-and-nay vote
| the question: Is it the sense of the
| Senate that the debate shall be brought
! to close?' And if that question shall
be decided in the affirmative by a two
thirds vote of those voting, then said
! measure shall be the unfinished business
to the exclusion of all other business
until disposed of. Thereafter no Sen
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more than one hour on the pending
measure, the amendments thereto, and
| motions affecting the same, and it shall
be The duty of the presiding officer to
Keep the time of each Senator who
| speaks"
@. What was the earliest name of
-Bethlehem?-S. G.
A. Ephrath or Ephratah.
@. How much had Congress appro-
priated for aeronautical development
during the last fiscal years.. E. K.
A. There was total appropriation of
| SCI, ,378, 119 for aeronautical develop
ment and maintenance divided between
the Navy Department Bureau of Aero.
nautics, Army Air Corps, Department of
| Commerce Aeronautics Section and the
Air Mail Division of the Post Office De-
| partment.
Q. Where was the fountain of Pr
rene?-D. K.
A. Pirene was a celebrated fountain
az Corinth, which took its origin from
| Pirene, a daughter of OeSalus who melt
ed away into tears through grief over
the loss of her son Cenchrias. At this
| fountain, Bellerophon is said to have
caught Pegasus. The fountain burst
| forth from the rock in Acrocorinthus.
| @. How many post Offices were there
when the United States Government
was established?-D. B. T.
| A. There were about 90.
@. How fine wire mesh has been
| made?-H r.
| A. A worlds record has been estab-
lished recently with wire cloth having
| 100000 square openings to the square
! inch.
@. How long is the Tailor & Malvern
| Railroad?-C. M.
| A. This Iowa railroad is only IL miles
| long It's owner acts as president, gen.
eral manager, agent and engineer. The