Evening star., 1932-10-08

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@. Which is the more scientific,
American foot ball or English Soccer?-
C. w.
A. 1t Is matter Of opinion. As q
rule American foot ball is a rougher
game and also calls for harder playing.
@. How many radio sets and broad
casting stations are there in the United
! StateS?-I w.
A. The 1880 census figures give 12,-
078,345 radio receiving sets in use in the
United States and trade estimate puts
the numebr now at more than 15,000,-
900. At the present time there are 61O
broadcasting stations licensed in the
United States.
@. Please give the length Of the
James River Bridge, the Lake Pom
chartrain Bridge and the Candy Bridge.
! C. A. H.
A. The James River Bridge project
includes three bridges, totaling 52-3
miles in length The largest of the
bridges is AZ miles in length. The
Lake Ponchartrain Bridge is miles in
length. The Candy Bridge at Tampa
Fla, is also a concrete highway, 10000
feet shorter than the Lake Ponchartrain
Bridge.
@. How many soda fountains are
there III the United States?-F. H.
A. There are approximately 100000.
They do an annual business of more
than S500000 900 and their food sales
amount to more than 5000 100000.
@. What soldiers are entitled to the
Purple Heart decoration?-F. S.
A. Under the regulations governing
the award CT the Purple Heart for acts
or services performed prior to February
lOOSJ IIlC dNdlu - 10 lIlOSC
persons, who, as members of the Army
were awarded the Meritorious Services
Citation Certificate by the Commander
in Chief, American Expeditionary
Forces, or who were wounded in action
under conditions which entitled them to
wear wound chevron.
O. Has California or Florida a longer
coast line?-F NJ. T.
A. California's coast line is 1,190
miles. while Florida Atlantic Gulf of
Mexico and Islands-has a total coast
line of 2.276 miles.
O. How long before beer could be
sold after the first steps are taken to
legalize the traffic?-V. T.
A. If modification came about b.
repeal of the Volstead act this could
be accomplished by Congress in a day
II an effort were made to repeal the
eighteenth amendment, enough time
would have 10 elapSe to enable three
fourthS of the States to ratify the ac-
ton. This probably would take a year.
there in the United States in l92O?-
D. n. c.
A. Bank failures in 1920 numbered
119.
@ Why are the windows in the
House of Lords never opened?-
B. R. S.
A. This is in conformity to a Gus
tom established in the days of the
Great Plague.
@. Were Indians scalped by the
white MANN D.
A. Men, women and children were
scalped by Indians in the early Colo
nial period. Similarly, many Indians