Evening star., 1932-12-09

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ton, D. c.
@. Which winner of the INDIANAPOLIS
Classic holds the record for speed-T L.
A. The 1882 Indianapolis Classic was
won by Fred Frame. His time was 4
hours 48 minutes 3.79 seconds new
record. His average mileage per hour
was 104l44.
9. How many liquor manufacturers
and dealers are there in the United
States at present?-A. j. S.
A. In 1881 there were 338 wholesale
liquor dealers in the United States and
20,244 retail liquor dealers: in 1881
IS industrial alcohol plants.
@. What Is meteorological unemploy-
ment M. Y.
A. Psychological unemployment IS
unemployment due to the increased
use Of machinery. and to the improve
ment in processes and methods of man
ufacture.
@. What name is given to burn-off
second growth evergreen trees which
have been left standing?-L. P.
A. The Forest Service says that the
remains of a tree which has been
burned in forest fire is known as a
snag.
@. Who invented the zipper?-A. r,
A. The term ripper" is properly ap-
piled only to the overshoe made bv the
B. F. Goodrich Co. The hookless fas-
tener to which this name is often ap-
piled was invented by Whitcomb L.
Judson, in 1893. 1t was later improved
and patented by Gideon L. Sundback.
@ Has France law regarding birth
control information?-J w. V.
A. Until or 10 years ago, France
had no law against giving birth-control
information. At the present time, how
ever, laws have been enacted to prevent
the giving of such information.
@. Does light have weight?-C. P. G.
A. Astronomical observations appear
to show that beam of light (from a
distant starr Is DETECTED when passing
near second celestial body (planet)-
as If the beam were of the nature of a
stream of matter. These observations
corroborate theoretical predictions that
light ray shows weight in a gravita-
tional field. That light produces def
nitely measurable pressure on a mirror
rejecting 1t shows that it has beyond
doubt the property Of inertia.
@. Is whistler's Mother" now ir
America ?-W L.
A. The portrait has been loaned BY
the Louvre to the Museum of Modern
Art, New York.
established in the United States?-H
L. T.
A. The first air mail route was es-
tablished on May Is and 16, 1918. when
Lieut.. George Boyle and James C. Ed
gerton made the first airmail trip from
New York City to Washington, D. c.
However, the first aerial mail delivery
in the United States took place Sep
tember, 1911. The pilot was E. L.
Ovington.
@. Did Vice President Curtis spend
his boyhood among the Indians?-D. H
A. Charles Curtis, left a motherless
child by the death of his mother when
he was but years, CID, went to live
among the Kaws with his grandmother,
the Princess Julie.
@. Which State has the Oldest general
sales taxa. A. K.
A. The oldest general sales tax in this