New Britain herald., 1930-09-24
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue. Washing ton. D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical. 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 confdential.-Edi
 Q. What was the par value of the Russian ruble in 1900?
 A. In 1900 it was 51.46 cents
 Q. Is coal produced in Latin America? What are the chief do- mcstic fuels of Latin American countries?
 A. The countries in Latin Ameri- ca that produce coal are Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. Chile and Mexico pro- duce practically enough for their own requirements. Brazil supplies about 20 per cent of her needs. Fuel oil is mainly used by railroads and industries and wood and char coal are the chief domestic fuels in all Latin American countries.
 Q. What does Ph D stand for?
 A. Doctor of Philosophy, one of the oldest college degrees and the highest academic honor in the field of research in philosophy.
 Q. If person was born on the Saturday after Tom kippur in 1910, what would be the date according to the Christian calendar?
 A. October IS, 1910.
 Q. Did Lon Chaney appear in the silent version of "The Unholy Three?"
 A. He starred in that motion picture in 1925.
 Q. What is the annual cost of maintaining federal and state prisons and reformatories in the United States for one year?
 A. Approximately s25, 100000.
 Q. Who won the national indi- vidual rifle shooting championship for 1919?
 A. Sergeant J. B. Jensen, U. Ss Cavalry, Fort Bliss, Texas.
 Q. Where and what is the Adler Planetarium
 A. It is the first observatory of its kind. recently opened in Chicago. It is the gift to the City of Chicago of Max Adler. a retired business man, who believes in the cultural value of astronomy. A concrete building with copper dome, that cost over s1.0O0,0Oo, is located on an artificial island in Lake Michigan. The director is Prof. Philip Fox.
 Q. What country issues coin called the ''groat?"
 A. Great Britain. The coin is equivalent to four pence, or eight cents in our currency
 Q. Where was Solomon A. An dree, the Swedish engineer, born?
 A. At Grenna. on Lake Vetter Sweden.
 Q. How long arc the largest whales?
 A. The blue whales, or Baloe- noptera muscles, which are about l 100 feet long and weigh about 70 tons is the largest species
 Q. Does the sun draw water from the earth?
 A. The U. s. Weather Bureau says that the sun does not pull water vapor toward itself. Water is evaporated by heat. and thus made a portion of the air. The de- fusion that the sun is drawing water Is merely due to dust particles float ing in the air, which are made | visible when the sun shines between | clouds
 Q. What is the size of raindrops? |
 A. The largest that have been measured are about OPS to O.30 of | an inch in diameter; the smallest are about one-twentieth of an inch.
 Q. What is the greatest altitude ever reached by man in aircraft? l What was the temperature?
 A. Apollo Sovcek in June, 1880, | reached the altitude of 43.166 feet in an airplane. It was S9 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
 Q. In what month of the year are the greatest number of births in the United States?
 A. According to the 1T. s. Bureau of Census the birth rate is highest in March, based on records from 1916 to 1920.