Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27

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F. & &. R Y. was the star IN XIX :
A. The play has been produced both
on the stage and screen. Lenore Ulrich
popularized this play on the stage.
Norma Talmadge played the motion pic
ture version of it.
@. Do birds ever fly across the At
lantic Ocean?-W A.
A. There are definite records of birds
which have flown across the Atlantic.
The longest flight known for banded
bird was an Atlantic tern which few
from Labrador to Natal, South Africa.
1t was banded on July %, 1928, and
found dead on the beach in Natal No
vember IA, 1928.
@. Where is Daniel Boone buried?--
A. Daniel Boone died in Missouri on
September rs. 1922, and was there
buried, but on August 90, 1S45. his re-
mains were removed to the cemetery
at Frankfort, KY.
@. Please give the history Of the song
Casey JONES' NJ. r.
A. Casey Jones was the subject Of a
well known song copyrighted by Eddie
Newton and T. Lawrence Seibert in
1909. There has been considerable de-
bate as to whether or not there was a
real Casey Jones. The authors said
they wrote the song from scattered
verses which had long been in existence
and were popular among the Negroes
The Casey Jones believed to be referred
to was John Luther Jones, an old engi-
neer. born at Cayce, KY, in 1868. At 10
he went firing on the Mobile e. Ohio
Railroad and later on the I. G. He was
promoted to engineer in 1890 and went
on the Chicago & New Orleans Limited.
On this run at midnight March 10, 1900
he was killed in a rear-end collision with
freight train at Vaughan, Miss.
There are legends of similar occurrences
on various other railroads.
@. What State had the first pure food
laws. T.
A. The first law Of this kind, along
practically the line of the Federal law
enacted later, was passed by the State
Of Michigan in 1895 Wisconsin passed
similar statute three years later.
c. What was the most sanguinary
battle ever recorded in history?-C. D
A. According to ancient records, the
battle Of Chalons, where Attila, the
Hun, was met by the Gothic prince
Thorismund, commanding the Visigoths
and Roman forces. The dead left upon
the field Is estimated as between 100000
and 100000 men.
O. Do scientists find that the young
boys Of today are shorter than their
grandparents were when they were
boys?-B. K.
A. DR.. Horace Gray Of the Institute
for Juvenile Research in Chicago SAYS
The American boys Of today are at
least inches taller than their grandpas
were when they were boys" Measure
ments OF the heights of over 1000 boys
OF American born parents were COM
pared with the heights Of boys measured
over so years ago by another scientist
The increase in height may be attribu-
ted to the increasing knowledge OF
health and disease control, thinks DR.
Gray.
@. What is the longest dive in time
that submarine has made?-B H. c.
A. The longest dive of which the
Department Of the Navy has record is