Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03

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@. what airplanes have to obey the
air traffic rules of the Department OF
Commerce Pr. S.
A. All civil and commercial aircraft,
licensed or unlicensed, must conform to
these rules at all times, whether flown
privately or engaged In interstate or in
trastate commerce.
@. On what wave length and meter
do European radio stations operator
L. B.
A. The Federal Radio Commission
SAYS European radio stations operate on
a band of $50 to 1900 kIocycles and
545 to 200 meters. This is the same
power as we use in this country. In
addition to this they operate on a long
wave length band of $50 to 536 kilo-
cycles or 875 to $50 meters.
@. How was j. r. McCarl made
controller general? Is he eligible for
eappointment?-A. E. D.
A. The office of the controller gen.
eral was created by an act of Congress,
July /, 1921. Mr.. McCarl was appointed
to the Office by the President with the
advice and consent of the Senate for Is
years at salary of $4,000 year. He
is not eligible for another appointment
as controller general.
@. Does it ever rain all over the
United States at the same timer
j. H. G..
A. This Is said to occur occasionally
and to have occurred on January IA of
this year, when the only places in the
United States where rain did not fall
were the Florida peninsula, a narrow
belt along the Mexican border, and
small areas just of the coast of New
England and Puget Sound.
@, When was modern Italian first
spoken?-P. M.
A. The modern italian language IS
developed from the Latin. The earliest
oeIlnlCe traces OF 1tallan speech may
be found in a document of Monte Cas-
Sino, dated $50. Tucan, and especially
Florentine, has been the classical liter
airy language almost from the beginning
of the national literature. During the
first half of the thirteenth century the
mass of lyrical poetry was produced by
the Sicilian school at Palermo at the
court of the Emperor Frederick II. In
the second half of the century the seat
Of lyrical poetry was transferred to Tus-
cany. The modern Italian literary Ian
guage, however, is founded on the Flor
entine dialect, which was the language
of Dante.
@. Who offered the resolution that
resulted in the writing of the Declara-
ton OF 1ndependence?-J M. o.
A. On June z, 1776, Richard Henry
Lee of Virginia offered in Congress
resolution quoting that these united
colonies are, and of a right, ought to
be free and independent states" The
resolution was adopted July 2, 1776.
Thomas Jefferson, also of Virginia, then
drew up the Declaration of Independ-
ence, which was adopted.
Q. Does a camel carry its reserve
water supply in its stomach?-E. F. K.
A. According to Pycraft. an English
authority, a camel carries water in