Evening star., 1932-08-29

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@. In an automobile accident would
person who was awake or asleep at the
time fare better?-J. M. P.
A. The Public Health Service says
that in such an accident the person
who is awake and could brace himself
would probably suffer greater injuries
than the person who was asleep and
relaxed.
@. What was the cost to the Govern
ment OF the Wickersham Commission?
C. w. H.
A. The National Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement says that
S500,000 was appropriated for the
Wickersham Commission. to last until
June 80, 1881, at which time it was dis
banded. The appropriation was made
in 1929.
@. What was the first outfit of our
soldiers which was in a major action
in France?-M. r. B.
A. 1t was the 28th Infantry, 1st Di-
vision, under the command of Col.
(uow Major GeneraD Hanson E. Ely at
Cantigny, on May 28, 1918.
@. How fast do locals and express
trains travel in the New York City
subway?-P. S. H.
A. The schedules of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Co. and the New York
Rapid Transit Corporation are both
based on a scheduled speed of 25 miles
per hour for expresses and Is miles per
hour for locals. This time includes
station stops. The speed actually at
tanned by the train is from As to so
miles per hour and is governed by the
grade and the train load
Q. Is the sting of bee in its head
or in its tail?-H. P. B.
A. 1t is located at the tail-end of the
abdomen.
O. Has China begun any program of
flood control?-M. H.
troll in the Occidental sense has been
undertaken in China. The work, after
each inundation, seldom goes beyond
restoration of the old dykes. Following
the disastrous 1881 floods the Chinese
government appropriated $2,500,O0O for
repairs, but owing to the Japanese as
Sault on Shanghai, S1,500,0OO of this
was diverted to defense. The China
Flood Relief Commission, organized
largely by the missionary element in
China, has raised large sums in the
United States and elsewhere to supple
ment the $1,000,O00 of Chinese govern
ment funds and work has gone for
ward. The question is a difficult one.
1t is necessary for the fields to be
partially inundated to insure crop
growth. Such tremendous areas are in
volved that the holding of the level of
the flood waters to Just the right
amount seems almost beyond human
agency.
@. Are colored men eligible for posi-
tions as railway mail clerks?-R. L. L.
A. They are If they meet the re-
quirements. The age limit is from
18 to 35. At the present time there
are approximately $40 colored railway
postal clerks.
@. What is the Appalachian Trail?-
F. w.
A. AS conceived by its proponents
and already partly realized, it is foot
path for mixers in the Appalachian
Mountains, extending from Maine to
Georgia, distance of some 1900 miles
To the end of 1929 approximately 500
| miles of this trail have been con-
structed, for the most part in New
England, New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Virginia. The trail shuns
automobile roads and lowlands, the