New Britain herald., 1930-12-02

stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under. ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let. ters are Editor.
 Q. How long has Col. Charles Lindbergh been married
 A. He was married May g1, 1928
 C. What do the letters SOS stand for?
 A. They are the radio code for ships in distress and have no mean ing except as q signal. The letters are entirely arbitrary. and were sc lected for this signal by the Inter- national Radio Telcgra phic Confer cnce in Berlin in 1908, and adopted by the United States in 1912. They have popularly been supposed to mean Save, oh Save" Save Our Ship" or Send Out Succor,' but there is no basis Of fact in these as j sumptions.
 c. How many Derby races are run in the United States and Great l Britain? Who were the winners this year?
 i A. There is only one real Derby a year in this country and another in England; the Kentucky Derby, at Louisville and the Epson Derby, at i Epsom Downs England The Ken lucky Derby May Is, 1880, was won 1 by Gallant Fox; the Epson Derby, June 4, 1880. was won by Blenheim. i q. Can syrup be made from maple sugar?
 A. Melt the sugar and adding q little water to make syrup, Q. Who were the Copperhea dS during the Civil war? A. They were Northerners who sympathized with the Confcderates and the epithet vas applied to them because they were charged with at tacking the Union treacherously in the rear. like the copperhead snake.
 c. Who composed the liberal republicans party and when did it exist?
 A. They were aH Independent branch of the regular republican party, which joining forces with the regular democratic party, nomi- mated Horace Greeley for the presi- dency Of the United States, May l, 1872.
 c. When and by whom was the Empress Elizabeth Of Austria as sassinated
 A. She was assassinatcd Septom- Der 10. 1898, at Geneva, Switzerland, by an Italian anarchist, Luigi Luc- chcni. who attempted to escape. but was caught There is no capital punishment in Switzerland and he was condemned 10 solitary confinc- ment for life.
 c. Who is the author and what is the verse about ships that pass in the night?'
 4. The verse in Longrellow's Tales of a Waysido Inn' IS as follows;
 Ships that pas in th, night, and
 speak each othc- in passing.
 only q signal shown, and a distant
 voice in the darkness;
 So on the ocean Of life VIC pass,
 and speak one another,
 Only q look and q voice, then
 darkness again and q silence"
 Q. What are the names Of the two United States senators who arc blind?
 \. Scnator-clcct Thomas F. Gore Of Oklahoma and S-nator Thomas D. schall Of Minnesota.
 c. When will tho present con gross expire and when will tho next one convene
 4, Tho present congress will eX- pirc March {, 1881 The now con- gross will not convene until Decem- bsr 1881, unless an extra session is called.
 c. Who was William Carey?
 4. An English Baptist minister who vent to India and worked there for eight years before he bap- tized his first convert, Krisna Pal, in 1890.
 ., What is the oldest city in the United States?
 A. st. Augustine, Florida
 c. From what vas the motion picture "Wondcr Of Womon' taken?
 A. From the novel The Wife Of stephen Tromholt" by Herman Sudermann.
 e. What is the greatest number c, field goals scored by a single player in one game Of football?
 A. Seventeen goals, made by Forest Peters of the freshman eleven Of tho University Of Montana in 1924 against Billings Polytcch- mic. All were from drop kicks,
 Q. When docs President Hooycr's term expire?
 A. March 3, 1933
 c. Are doctors forbidden by law from treating members of their own families?
 A. There is no law against it but according to ethics of the pro- fesson it is seldom done, except in emergencies.
 c. What are the duties of meat inspector in the United States de- partmcnt Of agriculture?
 A. They are now called lay in spectators. and act as assistants to veterinary inspectors. They inspect meat in various stages Of processing, sausage and meat plants, and assist in tuberculosis eradication and in the eradication of other domestic animal diseases.