New Britain herald., 1930-09-08
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

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 Q. Do fruit trees ever bloom twice a year?
 A. Sometimes they will bloom twice a year after they. have been injured in the spring, or when. the growth is checked by a drought. which tends to give the trees a rest period. When normal conditions oc- cur, the trees renew their activity and blossom. One or two varieties habitually develop blossoms on the tips of branches late in the fall.
 Q. Has Henry Ford rubber plantation in Brazil?
 A. Yes.
 Q. Was the alien land law of California passed in 1913 or in 1920?
 A. The law was passed in 1913. Ir 1920 another act was passed to prevent alien Japanese from hold ing lands in the names of their minor American born children.
 Q. What is the value of Unit ed States half dollar dated 1908?
 A. It is cataloged at 50 to 55 cents.
 Q. Which blind United States Senator has a large German police dog to lead him?
 A. Senator Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota.
 Q. What is the home address of Rogers Iornsby, the baseball play CT?
 A. Anglum. Missouri.
 c. What is the middle name of Edward Grieg the composer?
 
 Q. What six cities in the United States have the largest population?
 A. They rank in order as fol- lows: New York, Chicago, Phila- delphia, Detrcit, Los Angeles and Cleveland.
 Q. What part did Dorothy Lee play in The Cuckoos' and what will be the title of her next pie ture?"
 A. She played the part of Anita in The Cuckoos." Her next appear ance will be in Half Shot at Sun rise"
 Q. Are steam and fog both va DOTS?
 A. Steam is aqueous Napor, the gas into which water is changed by boiling which is transparent until it hegins to condense. Fog is con- densed watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere at or near the carth's surface.
 Q. What is the purpose of the tariff on importso
 A. The general purpose is to protect American products and to raise revenue for the government
 c. Who were the principals in the cast of The Unknown?"
 A. Lon Clancy, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick de Ruiz, Jo.n George and Frank Lanning.
 Q. Why do so many people go to Reno, Nevada. to obtain a divorce?
 A. Because the law of that state permits divorce to be granted after 3 months residence, and on easily established grounds
 Q. Should lima beans that are to be dried be picked while green?
 A. They should be picked before they ripen, and while they are still tender and green. Spread them on a cloth in the sun to dry.
 Q. Is it possible to produce rain artificially?
 A. The United States Weather Bureau definitely asserts that man cannot produce rain at will. They say ''it is quite true that in a lab o1 atory a small amount of moisture can be precipitated by using spe- cial equipment, but meteorologists know of no practical scheme of pro- ducing rain on a large scale. Wide spread drought is due to lack of sufficient moisture in the air---If there is little moisture to bring down, obviously no device for caus- ing rainfall has any value.
 Q. On which finger should school ring be worn?
 A. Usually on the little finger, or third finger of the right hand.
 Q. How many theaters in the United States are equipped for sound pictures?
 A. Of the 23,oOo theaters in the country about half are equipped for sound pictures.
 Q. What is the lowest tempera- ture that has been attained through laboratory experiments?
 A. Prof. w. H. Keesom, physi- cist chief of the cryogenic (cold producins) laboratory of. the Uni versity of Leyden, Netherlands, accomplished the difficult and haz- ardous feat by solidifying helium gas. at 45S.5S degrees below Zero