Evening star., 1931-12-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKfN.

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G. Which foot ball game has had
the largest attendance? ?-F. D.
A. Foot balls largest crowd was
125 900, which assembled in the Chicago
Municipal Stadium (Soldier Field on
the occasion of the Army-Notre Dame
foot ball game played in 1890. The
crowd inside the stadium was estimated
at 125,000 with about $4,000 additional
outside listening to the game with
megaphones over the walls.
@. What is the average cost of oper-
ating an automobile?-W L.
A. The American Road Builders
Association, from detailed cost records
reported on about 800 automobiles oper-
ated in various parts of the United
States over all types of surfacing, finds
the cost in cents per mile to be: Light
fours, 602; medium fours, SAP; heavy
fours, 7.20; light skies, 1888; medium
SKIES, $40; heavy skies, 9.45.
O. How do they clean Office build
ings on the outStde?-C. r. R.
A. They are now usually cleaned by
sandblasting.
@. Please name some of the men
and organizations who have plans to
end the depression-S. H. S.
A. Economic stabilization plans have
been projected by the following indivi-
duals and organizations: Gerard
Swope, United States Chamber of Com
merce, American Federation of Labor,
Forum {Jay Franklin, Stuart Chase,
Matthew Woll-James w. Gerard plan
for National Civic Federation, Prof
General Contractors of America.
@. What does the United States pay
for battleships, cruisers, deStroyers and
submarines?-L. K.
A. Battleships cost about s27, ,000,-
600; cruisers, $12,5O0,000; destroyers,
S1,750,000, and submarines, $5,600,000.
@. Which State in the Union leads
in apple production?-K. L. H.
A. In 1880 Washington led with ST.
100000 bushels. New York was second
with 27,683000 bushels and California
third with II, ,s44 900 bushels.
Q. Is rat a grown mouSe?-S. E.
A. Rats and mice are two distinct
types Of rodents and are not different
sizes Of the same individual species.
True mice belong to the genus Mus;
true rats to the genus Rattus.
@. Which States will lose and which
ones gain representation in Congress
according to the 1880 census?-R. L. E.
A. Seats lost-Missouri. 8; Georgia, 2;
Iowa, 2; Kentucky, 2; Pennsylvania. 2;
Alabama, J.; Indiana, l; Kansas, l;
Maine, /; Massachusetts,, /; Minnesota,
/; Mississippi, /; Nebraska, l. North
Dakota, /; Rhode Island, /; South
Carolina, /; South Dakota, / Tennes-
see, /; Vermont, /; Virginia, l., and
Wisconsin, /; total, 27. Seats gained
California, g; Michigan, 4; Texas, 3;
New Jersey, 2; New York, Q; Ohio, 2;
lima, /; Oklahoma, l, and Washington,
/; total, 81.
@. Where is the island upon which
Robinson Crusoe uved?-W. M.
A. The scene of Robinson Crusoe's
exile is one of the Juan Fernandez Is
lands, which are in the South Pacific.
about 400 miles due west of the coast
Of Central Chile.
Q. Is Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Be-