New Britain herald., 1930-03-28
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

QUESTIONS ANSWERED
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 Q. Did Rene Adoree play opposite to Ramon Navarro in "The Pagan? :?
 4. Dorothy Janis played opposite to Ramon Navarro but Rene Adoree had an important role.
 Q. How many Jews are there in the United States and in New York City?
 A. There are 1,72S,000 Jews in New York City ard 4,2oS,029 in the tinted states.
 e. Who is Chief of the United States Secret Service?
 A. w. H. Moran.
 Q. How long has Nina May Me Kinney, the colored motion picture actress, been on the stage? How old is she?
 A. She was born in 1911 and began her stage career at the age of fifteen in a Harlem negro revue.
 Q. Who flew with Byrd over the South Pole, and who operated the airplane?
 A. Harold I. June, Ashley c. Nc kinley and Bernt Balchen flew with Admiral Byrd. Bernt Balchen operated the controls.
 Q. What is the air line distance between New York City and Los Angeles ?
 A. About o,446 miles. c. What is the salary of the Chief Justice of the United States Does his appointment by the presi- dent have to be confirmed by the senate?
 A. He is appointed by he presi- dent, with the consent of the senate and his salary is s2o,5O0 year. Q. How many churches of all da- nominations are there in the United States? A. According 10 the 1926 census of religious bodies there were al that time 232,154 churches of ali denominations. Q. How can chalk statues be painted?
 A. With hot linseed oil, repeat, ing the operation several times, ther with lnseed oil yarnish ,and finally with oil paint.
 Q. If fielder in a baseball game catches fly, and the ball subse quently slips from his hand an6 falls into his pocket, would tho fielder be credited with putout?
 A. It would be up to the umpire to decide whether the fielder ii guilty of juggling the ball. Ordi narily the umpire would rule it ; legal catch and declare the batte out
 Q. When did Emperor Fran Josef Of Austria die?
 A. November 21, 1916.
 Q. Where and when did the frs Georgia assembly meet? How man. capitals has the state had? 4 ;o1 l l,1. of Georgia met at Savannah in 1751 In 1753 the first general assembl met at Savannah. The capital wa moved 10 Louisville in 1895, { Midgeville in 1897 and to Atlanta il 1878.
 Q. What does the letter "S' il the corner of the United States coin stand for?
 A. It is the mint mark of the Sa Francisco mint.
 c. Where arc the studios of w. and WEAF located?
 X. Ill Fifth Avenue, New Tor City.
 Q. Is the District ot Columbi represented by a star in the Unite States flag?
 A. There are 4S stars in tn flag, one fo reach state. The Dis trict of Columbia is not a state an has no star.
 Q. Do electrical storms occur 0 the ocean? A. Yes.
 Q. How much did the nation; debt amount to at the close of tn Revolutionary war? A. About $170,000,000. Q. How many Roman Catholic wer therein Russia in 1916? , A. According to the 1916 editio of the Statesmans Year Book thcr | were l1,461,994 adherents of tl 7 Roman Catholic church in Russia |; that time. 5 Q. Who is the United Stat Commissioner of Education" 7 A. William John Cooper. l Q. How many short wave rad , stations arc there in the Unite \ States? Q A, On January ', 1880, the l were thirty. Q Q. Who was the wife of Mart Luther: e A. Katherine Non Bora, m , who fled from her convent. s Q. Js it possible for tho chldrc S of lcpers to be untainted? C A. Yes.