Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This Is o special department, devoted
to the handling OF inquiries. You nave
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ton in washington to serve you in
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Write your question, your name and
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Frederic ]. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, D. G.
@. How much does radio broad
casting station cost?-L. H. S.
A Very few people have any idea OF
To install any kind Of transmitting set
with power up to 1000 watts 1t would
cost from So, 900 to $4,000. The science
of the transmission of sound at the
present time Is developing so rapidly
that a sending set that. would be up to
date today in six months would be OBJ
solete. The broadcaster must pay studio
and Office rent of from $4,000 to $40,-
600 a year. The investment on a big
600. Pickup equipment costs from
$4,000 to $4,000. Line chargeS-that
| is, for telephone wires to transmit pro-
gramS-cost approximately from $40 00C
to $4,000 annually. Electricity amounts
to about $4,000 a year, and there are
a number of incidental expenses that
run to about $4,000. Microphones cost
at least $75.
! @. What were the outstanding events
of 1930?-N. H. H.
A. M. X. Wisehart in the American
Magazine suggests the following: Dis
covery of the remains of the Salomor
August Andree North Pole aerial expe-
dition; transatlantic nonstop flight OF
Coste and Bellonte; winning of -four
major golf championships in one year
by Bobby Jones; revolt in India, led by
Gandhi; birth of Charles Augustus
Lindbergh. jr.; Columbus (Ohio) Peni-
Tertiary fire; great American drought
! discovery of Planet x, later named
Pluto; return of Carol to Rumania tc
ascend throne, and loss of England'S
dirigible R-101.
@. Why are some meetings of Con-
gress opened with prayer while others
are not?-G.
A. When a session Of Congress re-
cesses, it simply resumes its delibera-
/ lions at the next meeting without any
of the opening formalitieS, such as the
calling of the roll, etc. When Ses-
sion adjourns from day to day the
opening exercises, including prayer, are
gone through with.
!
Q. Is Clarence Darrow an Atheist
L. r.
A. Clarence barrow is an avowed
agnoStic, which is distinguished from
an atheist, in that the latter makes an
entirely negative confirmation with re-
spect to religion, while the agnostic
simply states that to his mind nothing
has been proved with respect to re-
ligion.
Q. How many Civil War veterans are
| there?-B. E. K
A. On June 80, 1880, the number was
1891.
@. What was the old capital Of
Alaska?-C. w. T.
| A. Sitka, Alaska, was the old Rus
sian capital of Russian Alaska, and re-
NAMED the capital of the new Territory
of Alaska when the Americans tool
possession on October 10, 1867. There
was very little government in Alaska
for some time after its acquisition, and
it was not until the act of August "a
1912, that the Territory was organized
and the capital officially established al
Juneau.
@. When we're hospitals first estab-
| liShed?-V. r.
| A. The establishment of hospitals ir
| the sense in which we understand then
| now probably. occurred in Europe dur
! ing the Middle Ages. Historians diner