New Britain herald., 1930-02-20

You can get an answer 10 any , question Of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau 1. 1922 New York avenue. Washington, | D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advise cannot be given. nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive per. sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. Al letters are confdential.-E Editor.
 Q. What is the mos, valuable mineral"
 A. Eadium.
 e. What is the lowest 1empcra- ture recorded in the United States
 A. SiXty-tive degrees below zero at Fort keough, now Miles City, Montana. January. 1888. c. What is the nationality and meaning of the name Eadler?
 A. It is German family name meaning "nobleman.' Q. II Q, drop Of water fell into space containing only ether, what would happen to it? X. It would freeze into a solid spherical form. and would move in an orbit around the earth or what ever body happened to be nearest
 Q. Who were the Nestorjans?
 A. A sect of Christians named after Nestorius, patriarch of Con- stantinople. A remnant of the sect still exists in Persia and Turkey, ! Q. On what day of the week did l September 20. 1906, fall?
 A. Thursday.
 c. What is President Hoover's 1 full name? ! ... Herbert Clark Hoover. 1 Q. Does thunde, cause milk to sour?
 A. There are certain bacteria i which feed on the sugar in the milk, causing it to acidulate and sour The air is usually warmer just pre- ceding an electrical storm. and these bacteria multiply much more rapidly at warm temperatures. The 
 cal phenomenon are in no way con- nected. nor does the thunder cause the milk to sour.
 Q. How old is Frederick March, and is he married?
 A. He is 31 years old and is married to Florence Eldridsc, an actress of the screen and stage.
 Eo0 irI ,l1 with his airplane, Spirit of St. Louis"'
 X. He presented it 10 the Smith sonian Institution NU. s. National Museum) at Washington. D. C. where it is now on exhibition.
 Q. Was Richard Arlcn q flyer in the world war"
 A. He was in the Royal Flying Corps.
 c. What is a vacuum
 X. It is a space entirely devoid of matter, or the condition of sucf space
 Q. What does the Latin phrase "Honi soft qIIi nal y pensc' mean"
 X. Evil to him who thinks evil Q. Where can information abou the two floating universities be ob tained?
 A. From the University Travc Association, 2S5 Madison Avenue l New York and the Intcrnationa { University Cruise. Inc, II Broad way, New York
 Q. Where would the needle o e the magnetic compass point if I were at the North Pole? . A. It would point south towar the North Magnetic pole which lie south of the geographic North Pol' Q Q. Where did playing card = originate?
 and there are many nations that al l. credited with being their brthplac " The view generally accepted is thf
 they originated in Asia. Some a,
 thorities say they were used n 1lindustan in ancient times, but r y definite facts seem to be availabl
 Moncton says that nothing pra,
 tically is known of the history q cards before the 14th century. Hov IS ever. we learn from other author h ties that the Chinese arc said
 have played cards as carly as II.
 A. D.
 m Q. Who invented spcctaclcs" ,n X. They were invented duril Id the 18th century. and credit is giv,
 by some to Alcssandro ii Spina.
 Florentin" monk. and by others II, Roger Eacon. ct Q or what IS Portland ccmc
 made"
 \. IL is produced by mixing fin ye ly pulverized limestone and clay. "I proportions about 75 to 95; Srindi as them together; then burning t
 mixture at very high heat: and la
 ly grinding the resulting slag 10
 impalpablc powder.
 .. Is there penalty for l
 filing an income tax rcturn'
 X. Wilful failure to file 2n :. come tax return carries q pcn& v of not more than s1.ooO and I
 more than one years imprisonme
 or both. and an addition Of 25 no cent in the amount of the tax. H. Q. What do the names Gcrtru CIV Eva. Catherine, Elizabeth, Lo,
 Max and Frank mean" t'- A. The meanings respcctiv, ln- are true. life. pure. "worsh ''c per of Cod. bold warrior, ''gr ah workcr' and Freedom