Evening star., 1932-07-28

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| The Evening star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton. D. G.
O. what city had the first all-salaried
base ball team?-B. r.
A. Cincinnati organized the Red
Stockings, the first all-salaried team, In
1853.
@. How many inches would q 1o-hour
rain produce IL It fell at the rate OF the
heaviest shower known In the United
States?-F. H.
A. The heaviest shower produced l.03
inches Of water in one minute. Such q
rain falling for 10 hours would produce
61s inches Of water.
O. How many States have thus far
ratified the "lame duck" constitutional
amendment?-W. NJ. r.
A, Eleyen-New York, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Virginia, New Jersey, Ken
lucky, Michigan, South Carolina, Maine,
Rhode Island and Louisiana.
@. who is the president Of Rutgers?
ID. X.
A. The ONCE Of Education says that
Robert Clarkson Clothier was appoint
ed president of Rutgers University, New
Brunswick. N. j., March /, 1882.
O. What Is the name Of the recon-
| structed village which Henry Ford Is
making at Dearborn. Mich.?-M j. l..
A. The official name given Mr.. Ford s
museum project at Dearborn, Mich, Is
the Edison Institute Of Technology,
which includes the museum, its collec-
tions and the supplementtng historic
village called Greenfield, which covers
approximately $50 acres. The historic
village. perpetuates the name OF Green
! field Township Cthe birthplace Of Mrs.
Henry Ford), which was founded in
1926 by Myron Otis, and has since been
absorbed by the growth Of Detroit. In
| this village the handicrsft arts Of the
past are presented as they were prac-
| ticed in their original environment Of
public buildings and residences, which
in their turn illustrate the development
of architectural types. As In all Colo
nial communities, the public buildings
are arranged around . common or
green.
@. When did the last person die who
actually fought in the Revolutionary
WARM. L. A.
A. The last actual pensioner Of the
Revolutionary War was David c. Dake-
man, who died In 1859 at the age Of 109
years.
@. How much money did Thomas A.
Edison leave?-J. r. H.
A. He left an estate Of $4,000, 900.
Q. What is the record for sea div
ing?-M. L. Y.
A. william Beebe established a new
record in 1880 by diving 800 feet In a
| steel ball in June of that year. DR.
Beebe is a wellknown zoologist, and his
purpose for diving was to study sub
marine creatures.
@. What kind of buildings with
stand earthquake shocks the best?-
L. M.
A. The subject of earthquake-prooi
construction has been studied much OF
late. Houses so called have roofs that
are exceedingly light, chimneyS that are
short and thick. Arches are avoided
and rafters run from the ridge pole tc
the floor sills. The essential point, as
was shown in the Japanese earthquake
Of 1923, is that the building should be
so framed and braced that 1t will move