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question Of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau ton, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medicat. legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be under taken. All other questions will re- ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let ters are standardization.
 Q How large is the personnel of the United States Navy?
 A. There are 1o5,50o enlisted men and marines; ISIS officers; re- serves. 4.256 officers and 18,179 men.
 Q Who is president of France? A Gaston Doumergue.
 c Is there room in Texas for all the people of the world, and how much ground would each have? A There are 7,31I236,4o3,20o square feet In Texas, which would allow 4,1545 square feet for each person in the world or about one tenth Of an acre The land area of Texas is 265,S96 square miles. The estimated population Of the world is 74S,00o.o0o.
 .. What animal lives longest? 4. The turtle is said to have the greatest longevity
 Q. What is the limerick about the city Of Nantucket?
 A There was an old man Of
 Nantucket
 Who kept all his cash in a
 bucket,
 But his daughter, named
 Nan.
 Ran away with I man,
 And as for the bucket
 Nan-tuck-it.
 2. Is the word tobacco in the Bihle?
 4. No.
 Q Is there really bird called the Roc?
 4 T. is q fabulous hlrd Of prey n Turkish and Persian mythology. Q, What was the Mud Run disaster
 A. | occurred Wednesday October lo 1883 at Mud Run. Pennsylvania. ten miles north Of Penn Haven Junction, 4 crowded .xcursion train was run into by q double header" following. which crushed three cars and caused the death Of over sixty passengers.
 Q. How many sailing vessels are in the merchant marine fleets Of the world?
 A On July i, 1922. there were 324s2.
 Q Do the words clot and clod have the same meaning?
 A. Clot IS q thick or coagulatod mass of soft or liquid matter. as a cot Of blood or mud; clod IS 8 lump Of clab or earth; mass or clump Of anything. Occasionally it is used Of blood, being interchange able with clot
 c. In what states are Chinese and Japanese prohibited from own ing or acquiring real estate? 4. Arizona. California Delaware Idaho, Louisiana, Oreg gon and Wash in9ton,
 c. Please describe the ten cent piece that IS valued at from $50 tc slnn by coin collectors?
 4. Th.y are 1ated 1894, and bear on the reverse side the mint mark "S". There were only 4 dimes ot this description minted by the gov, ernment.
 l c. What kind Of metal will burst into famc in water? A. Metallic potassium.
 c. Who was president Of thf nited States when the Declaration Of Independence was signed?
 A. There was no United State in the sens Of a single central gov ernment when the Declaration 0 Independence was signed.
 Q. Has congress ever passed ; lsw making Armistice Day lesa holiday?
 A. No
 Q. When were roller skates frs made
 A. The roller skate vas patentet in France about t61o Since then scarcely q year has passed withou some improvement being made, Tn earlier skates were crude Compare' with the modern ones which com hine strength. Hghtness, and ease 0 action.
 Q What IS pair in congress
 X. Jt is the custom both m tn senate and the house of representa- lives. when one member is unahl 70 be present when vote is taker 70 ind another member who in tends to vote the opposite side c the question. to arrange 2 pair" s that neither one will vote, and thu a negative and an affirmative vot cancel each other and make T difference in the final outcome,
 .. N nat IS the dennlDon or carl carure?
 A. A picture or description 1 which natural characteristics ar distorted.
 2. Is the population Of Franc' Germany and Italy greater now tha before the World war2
 A. The population of Italy be fore the war was 34704,h0o; ( France 3q.601,509: Of German 64e25.993. The latest populatio figures for these countries art Italy 40.796. 900; France. 4n.745.37 and Germany s2,348,782