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BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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O. II a person plays a 11o-stroke
game of golf what handicap is given
him?-I. M.
! A. A golf handicap is the number
Of strokes a player may deduct from
his score and is supposed to approx
innate the difference between his
average best score and the par OF the
course In most clubs "a is the highest
handicap allowed and player who
averages 110 would be entitled to that
maximum.
@. What Is the origin Of the word
dunk, as in dunking doughnuts?-J. H.
A. 1t is from the German tunken or
dunken, meaning to dip.
@. How long will date palm bear
fruit?-A. E. M.
A For one or two centuries. In
Western Asia and Northern Africa dates
are an important part OF the daily 1ooo
of the natives.
@. How much foreign capital is in
vested in Canada and what country
leads as a foreign investor?-A ID 4.
Il. G6 2EA nm mn in for
eign capital. according to Prof. K. w.
TAYLOR. the economist. American cap
itai leads. with So 3,940 100000, or 81
per cent of the total, having displaced
Great Britain. which now has only
So, 1873 ,0O0, 900 invested in the Dominion.
Establishment of branches of American
factories, notably automobile and tire
factories. in Canada added largely 10
the investment by United States cltl-
0ens.
@. Are the floors of the oceans COW
cred with mud which corresponds 10
the soil on land?-D. S. L.
A. They are not except near the
coasts. The vast floors of the oceans
are covered with deposits of three
kinds-a red clay, globigerina ooze and
peteropod ooze.
@. There is a sign in Northford.
Conn, which says, SOILS Path, 1880"
What does this mean?-S. S. A.
A. 1t marks Colonial home which
was built in 1880 or little earlier-one
of the five oldest houses in Connectl-
cut Solomon LinSley occupied the
house many years ago and the pain
that runs by the house over Totoket
Mountain to North Branford was known
locally as Soils Path.
@. How long have daggers been
used?-D. N.
A. There are still extant flint dag
gers not less than 5000 years old.
@. Has Cuba ever belonged to the
United States?-T. r.
A. 1t has not. At one time the
United States offered Spain $100,000,000
for the island, but the offer was de-
clined. The relations between Cuba
and the United States since Cuba be-
came a republic have been very close.
@. Why were crosses erected at mar
ketS?-A. C. r.
A. Market crosses were erected at
trading places to remind people so to
deal with their customers as to be
ChriStlike. Most market towns in Eng
land and Scotland had crosses and
many Of them are still in existence.
Q. How does the sperry pilot work?
w. w.
A. The Sperry pilot, or robot pilot,
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! is composed Of gyroScopeS sensitive TO
the slightest change of position, elec-
trical switches upon which the gyro-
scopes react. electric motors which are
the robots muscles, and rods and pull
| leys which serve him for arms and legs
| in operating the controls The mechan-
ical pilot can fly plane with unerring
| precision in any Of the three dimen-
sions Of flight. The instrument not
only maintains the plane in level flight,
but also keeps it on the desired course.
Human hands are required only on the
take-of and landing.
@. Was Charles A. Dana ever q
member of the Brook Farm Commun-
ity?-A. B.
A. He was for two years when he
was in his early twenties.
@. What are the most popular
beaches in Hawaii Islands?-G. r.
A. The two most famous beaches in
the Hawaiian Islands are Waikiki
Beach and Hilo Beach.
@. Can kodak pictures be taken in
the National Museum?-W. A. P.
A. Generally speaking, cameras are
prohibited to visitors to the National
Museum, in Washington, D. c. Under
unusual circumstances, If a scientist,
for example. found it necessary to take
a photograph Of one of the exhibits, he
would get special permission from the
superintendent.
@. How many children are In schools
for speech defects?-V. B.
A. The total number Of pupils in
all Of the schools and classes for chill
dren with speech defects is 52,ll2.
W. s. T.
A. Dachshunds were originally used
in Germany to hunt badgers and some
times foxes. Though slow in move
ment, they are possessed of a keen
scent and great power Of endurance,
making them valuable as hunting dogs
when suitably trained.
O.. How many bills have been In
troduced in the present session of Con-
gress?-R. M. M.
A. In the House Of Representatives,
over 1850; in the Senate, over 1890.
@. How long did it take to go from
Mount Vernon to Philadelphia in CO.
lonial days?-S. A.
A. The roads were very poor and
speed Of travel depended greatly upon
the condition of the weather. When
Mrs. Washington joined her husband in
New England after he assumed COM
mand of the American Army it took
four days for her to travel from Mount
Vernon to Philadelphia
Q. Where are the Kakabeka Falls?
B. L. T.
A. They are on the Kaministikwai
River, Ontario, Canada, IA miles west OF
Port Arthur. The falls, noted for their
beauty, have a height OF 100 feet and
their width Is about 450 feet.
Q. Where is the enormous flag which
was carried in a G. A. R. parade about
Is years ago?-J. T. w.
A. This flag is owned by the City Of
Canton, Ohio. 1t is 5312 feet wide and
100 feet long. The stripes measure
feet IL inches in width and the stars
are feet in diameter. The weight Of
the flag Is $50 pounds This flag was
carried in the G. A. r. parade in Wash
ington, D. c., in 1915, and was hung
from the dome Of the Capitol.
G. What States other than Georgia
have chain gang systems for punish
ment of criminalS?-G. N.
A. Somewhat similar camp units are
maintained in Virginia, North Carolina,
Alabama and Florida. In South Caro-
lima several Of the counties have chain
gang units.
Evening star., 1932-04-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Action Required.

Action Required.
It's pleasant being in the swim
When sunshine brightly glows,
And not shadow comes to dim
The current as it flows.
To float along and hum a song
Is a delightful trick,
Until you find you're drifting wrong
And then you've got to kick.
It's pleasant just to see the sky,
And feel the breezes soft.
But when the thunderstorm draws nigh
And lightning CLEANS aloft,
The hour of idleness must pass;
It's time for action quick.
1t is the general fate, alas;
Sometimes you've got to kick.
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No reason can be found for assuming
the presence of iniquitous connivance
in order to assure profits to Wall Street
brokers. In an old game called poker, "
once almost as prevalent as contract
bridge Is now, there was a percentage
collection by means Of which what was
known as 'the kitty would eventually
absorb all the assets. And it was per-
fectly understood that "the kitty" never
needed to cheat.
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Results attained by the League of
Nations cannot be regarded as definitely
practical. But the value of disclosures
by incidental research into the psy-
chology of political geography cannot
fail to be of value.
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A tax on horse race betting should
satisfy citizens who think luxuries in
particular should be assessed. There
is nothing on which money is spent with
more lavish disregard than tips on
the races.
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An increasing impression arises to the
effect that Hawaii has been made
rather too much of a pet by tourists.
Even group of islands may become
unpleasant if allowed to assume that
they are spoiled darlings.
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circumstances does make a differ
ence," said Uncle Eben. An elephant
dat looks purity ordinary at home in
de zoo kin look positively handsome
swingin' along TO music in a circus
parade
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Charity by the Pound.

T. UIII Illt 4NtW IUI & III,
The subjects of the Indian ruler who
gave his weight in silver to the poor on
the occasion of the tWenty-f1fth ami
versary Of his accession may well shout,
May your shadow never grow less"
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Two or three motion picture IA
-voriteS are described as being on an
artistic strike. The plain strike differs
from the artistic strike in calling for
the police instead of the press agents.
Evening star., 1932-04-30

Assertion by Charles M. Schwab that
he feels like a poor man will not pre-
vent many a poor man from wishing
he could feel like Charles NJ. SchWab.
Evening star., 1932-04-30

Russia's demand for recognition is
a gesture that indicates at least will
ingness to take other governments into
confidence instead of trying to run
the whole world.
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More Rivalry.

A tax will make cosmetics high
And in the beauty race
The girls will try to show who'll buy
The most expensive face.
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Conpetition.

From the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator
President Hoover, who expresses a
willingness to have his salary cut to
81 a year, needn't be surprised If Gov
Roosevelt offers to take the job for 90
cents.
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With so much modern celebration in
dynamic evidence it is not always easy
to remember that George Washington
was the historic figure on whom this
year was supposed to concentrate.
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Amateurs.

From the Indianapolis News,
II there is no such thing as a bear
raid on the stock markeS maybe these
fellows will be more ksrtious about
trying to pull anything OF the kind
again.
Evening star., 1932-04-30

A perceptible inclination asserts it
self to put political prohibition back
into the ancient but somewhat neglected
Prohibition party.
Evening star., 1932-04-30

The Irish language is not widely
used through the world. When it is
used its thought and expression carry
remarkable emphasis.
Evening star., 1932-04-30

Even a kidraper should have the
decency to slip the news to the public
as well as to the parents that the
Lindbergh baby is safe and well
cared for.
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Evening star., 1932-04-30
Lingering Effect.

The banquet brings a joyous date.
But all who dine somehow are led
Quite to forget the things they ate,
Remembering only what was said.
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Future Possibilities.

"At least you are credited with max
ing another splendid speech"
Yes" sighed Senator Sorghum
"It's all good practice"
For what?"
Future possibilities If all this talk
Of indiscriminate salary reduction
amounts to anything, I may have tc
seek better pay in private life In
practicing hard, hoping I'll be able tc
make good as a radio announcer"
Evening star., 1932-04-30
Reminiscence of the Crash.

Were you bull in the market?"
IF you are referring to the big deal
I tried to put over" replied Mr.. Dustin
Stax, II was bull, but not bull in
the market. I was a bull in a china
shop"
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Jud Tunkins says if the underworld
keeps boiling up and breaking through
there won't be any upper crust of
society left.
Evening star., 1932-04-30

Men are so courageous" said Hi Ho.
the sage Of Chinatown, that they con-
tinue in the mistaken belief that a
war with no terrors for them may be
brave"
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O. What Is the origin Of the word
dunk. as in dunking doughnuts?-J. H.
A. 1t is from the German tunken or
dunkeu, meaning to dip.
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@. How many children are in schools
for speech defects?-V. B.
A The total number of pupils in
all of the schools and classes for chill
dren with speech defects is 52,1l2.
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@. Can kodak pictures be taken in
the National Museum?-W. A. P
A. Generally speaking, cameras are
prohibited to visitors to the National
Museum, in Washington, D. C. Under
unusual circumstances, if a scientist,
for example. found it necessary to take
a photograph Of one of the exhibits, he
would get special permission from the
superintendent.
Evening star., 1932-04-30

NICaTaB udHsSFH
In Costa Rksan Revolt.
La Tribuna, San Jose.-Among the
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tered about the continued deten-
ton Of Henry Red" johnson,
sailor suitor of Betty Cow, the
Lindbergh nurse; the story told
by a toll collector Of seeing two
men, a woman and a baby in
a coupe automobile on the night
Of the kidnapping; and in the
attempts to trace the homemade
ladder which the abductors used
to climb to the second-story
nursery.
The description of johnson as
"a voluntary witness" remained
unchanged since he was taken
from Hartford, Conn, to Newark
last Saturday for questioning re-
garding his movements on the
night Of the kidnapping.
Johnson has stuck to his story
that he knows nothing of the kid
naping, that he left Englewood for
Hartford to visit his brother fol
lowing his cancellation of an
engagement with Betty Cow on
the night Of the kidnapping.
County Detective Edward j.
Hickey, Of Hartford, received a re-
quest from New Jersey for photo
graph Of the green Chrysler coupe
in which johnson drove to Con-
necticut.
States Attorney Hugh Alcorn,
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picked up johnson on Friday
night in Hartford, conferred with
Capt. Of Detectives Henry Gautier,
of Jersey City. Gautier and
another detective examined the
johnson automobile.
Bridge Tenders Tale
Authorities today were keenly
interested in the story Of James
L. Dalton, toll collector on the
outer bridge crossing from Perth
Amboy, N. j., to Tottenville, Staten
Island.
Dalton said that a green coupe
automobile stopped at his toll
gate between 10:30 p. m. and 10:45
p. m. on the night the baby was
stolen.
Dalton said the machine con-
tained two men and a woman who
held a baby. The baby was
dressed in a white Upper suit. He
said the driver inquired about fer.
rieS to New York and about the
new George Washington Bridge
which spans the Hudson River
between upper Manhattan and a
spot in New Jersey not far from
Englewood.
Both men in the machine were
Of light complexion and one wore
a gold ball on his watch chain,
Dalton said.
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New Questions Show Police Utterly
Without Single New Clue of Value

Q-Is johnson still being held
in Newark police station?
Ave have not been informed
of his release as yet.
Q.-Is he remaining there vol
unfairly or are police contemplat-
ing filing charges against him?
A.-Suggest Newark police for
reply.
Police Guard Reduced
Q-Are there any new develop
mentS since the last conference?
A.-No change.
Q-HaS James L. Dalton, toll
collector at the Perth Amboy
Bridge, supplied any clues?
A.-Know nothing of this.
Q.-What was the foundation
of the report that the baby was
to be returned to the Morrow
home in Englewood last night or
early today?
A.-Knew nothing of this prior
to your question.
Q.-Do the police know of any
authenticated communication from
the kidnapers?
A.-PreviouSly answered.
Q.-When were the "deadlines''
extended and the roads leading
to the Lindbergh estate ordered
clear? What was the purpose of
this move?
A.-An agreement between Col
onel L1ndbergh and editors.
Q.-To what extent, if any, has
the police personnel in and about
the Lindbergh home been re.
duced?
A.-About one-half original per-
sonnel.
O. Has Colonel Breckinridge
returned to Hopewell since he left
yesterday?
A.-No answer.
For the first time since the kid.
naping it was admitted today that
progress had been made in the
police investigation of the case.
The questions and answers at
today's earlier conference follow:
Q.--HaS Colonet -Schwarzkopf
ordered a Iearch of all vacant
cottages along the Jersey 81. re?
If so, does it mean that the State
troopers will break into unoccu
pied cottages?
A.-Members of this depart.
mem and other police depart.
ments have been requested to
search all vacant houses in their
area.
Q.-Were ladders similar to the
one found on the Lindbergh
estate used by wokmen at Skill.
man9
A.-Investigator assigned to that
detail has not yet returned.
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Ladder Built From Lumber Disposed
Of to Half Breed Indian LQbOrerS

Squire Johnson, inspector Of
the New Jersey Department Of In.
stitutionS, said that wood of the
ladder which the kidnappers left
behind was similar to lumber used
in construction at the State Vii.
lage for Epileptics near Skillman,
N. j. The village is only four
miles from Hopewell.
When the work was finished on
the buildings. some Of the lumber
remaining was sold and taken
away by laborers, many Of whom
belonged to colony Of half-breed
Indians in the vicinity of Hope.
we'll.
State troopers and detectives
twice visited the epileptic village
and former workmen there were
questioned.
Materials Stolen?
DR.. Daniel Smith Renner, su
perintendent Of the State village
expressed the belief that the
search had been unproductive
He admitted, however, that any
one could have stolen the lumber
from the piles.
Major Schoeffel, of the State
police. today said the investiga
ton was not finished.
In New Haven, Conn, Tony
MeSlo, building contractor, was
held under $4,000 bail on 9
technical charge Of idleness fol
questioning in connection with
the KIDNAPPING.
Similarity was seen by authori
ties in a letter received last
Thursday by Mrs. Anne Lind
bergh and one received in 1926
by her youngest sister, Miss Con
stance Morrow, both demanding
$4,000.
The letter received by Mrs.
Lindbergh, unsigned and mailed
from New York, read as follows:
"YOu read this letter and
keep your mouth closed. Don't
open your trap to a living soul.
If you do, it will be your last
talk. Your father has plenty
of money, SO do as you are in
Structed. If you do, no harm
. will come to you. You know
the fate of the Smith girl
(Francis st. John Smith, col
lege girl. whose body was found
in a lake,, who received sim.
liar letter and did contrary to
our instructions by making it
known to friends and to her
father. She was dropped out
Of the picture, and so will you
If you tell anyone about the
contents of this letter. We
want $4,000 and we will for
ward instructions for the deliv-
cry of same. Do not set a
trap, for the price will be high
and the penaltys evere."
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RumOrs of Impending Developments
Stir Police to New Notes of Optimism

dangled helpleSSly, aided neither
by confirmation nor denial.
A policeman patrolling the
entrance to the Morrow home at
Englewood didn't help aSsuage
the fever a bit.
Earlier he had said:
"ThereIl be no news until
10 a. m. today. Then you may
get a surprise. They are call
ing a special police detail to
surround the house at that
time."
Ten o'clock came and went and
nothing happened except the
crescendo of heartbeats pounding
a soft psalm of hope throughout
the nation.
The calmest person in the
world appeared to be Anne Nor
row Lindbergh, mother Of the
missing child.
Both Parents Calm
Charles Williamson, fire chief
and police officer Of Hopewell
said she was reading quietly in
the library of the Lindbergh
home today. He said:
Nobody seems gloomy up
there, Mrs. Lindbergh said
hello to me as cheerfulIy as
you could imagine"
Colonel Lindbergh also ap
peared cheerful.
He strolled around the vicinity
Of the house in a blue suit and
hatless, despite the cold winds
/ sweeping over the isolated hill,
upon which his white house
stands.
Comb Hill Section
From the police end, entirely
separated from the activities al
the Lindbergh household, posi-
bility Of a new development was
seen in State troopers today comb
ing the poor white" section ir
the hill country surrounding the
Lindbergh estate.
Automobiles carrying troopers
went to Zion, small village neal
Skillman, the site Of the State
village of epileptics.
A canvass was still under way
Of the hill folk" employed a yeal
ago on the construction at the
epileptic institution.
Some officials believed that the
ladder which the kidnapers used
in climbing to the baby'G nursery
was partially constructed from
timber left over at the Skillmar
village for epileptics.
Following reports that negotia
tions with the kidnapers were
actually underway, the Lindbergt
homestead and estate throbbec
with unexplained activity.
It was the first time that police
have displayed any optimism
since the worlds most precious
infant was bundled from his
nurserey crib on the night o1
March /.
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SHOOT|NGHOLDS
.LEW|SON BOND

Gilbert Ward Lewis, 1907
Kearney st. N. E., who, on Janu-
ary 18, is accused Of shooting and
seriously wounding Temple Newell,
27, telephone repair man Of 1908
Fortieth st. N. E., today was held
for the Grand Jury on $4,000
bond by Police Court Judge Isaac
R. Hit on a charge Of assault
with a dangerous weapon.
According to police the shooting
followed a fight which is said to
have started when Lewis called
Newell a vile name. Miss Eliza
beth Thorn, %. Of 3210 Twen-
tieth st. N. E., witnessed the
shooting. Miss Thorn was with
Newell, and they were preparing
to enter an automobile in front
Of her home at the time of the
shooting,
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and others that they refrain from
following the automobile in which
he rode.
The event produced the report
that Colonel Breckenridge had
gone to a meeting with agents
of the kidnapers regarding re-
turn Of the baby.
Possible Substantiation Of the
report that two ransom letters
had been received on Sunday
from the kidnapers with specific
instructions as to the means OF
recovering the baby was seen In
the fact that Colonel Lindbergh
did not officially deny the re
port.
Also, by inference, high po
lice official admitted the pres
ence of the two letters. He said
Things have looked more
hopeful for the baby's return
in the past few days since the
receipt Of those two letters"
Among the arrivals and de
partures at the estate were two
large lirnousines with New York
licenses, which sped over the
rutty road from New York at
high speed. There were four
men in one car. In the other
only the chauffeur could be seen
the frost on the window panes
obscuring the occupants in the
rear.
Three Denied Interview
Another machine carried pas
sengers who were identified by
the trooper at the gate as viii
liam Bradley, KPnsas City law
yer, and two negro women.
Major Schoefiel said the trio
supplied some information to the
Lindbergh council but that they
were denied an interview with
Colonel Lindbergh in person. The
information they gave was undis-
closed