Evening star., 1932-02-17

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Q. Who holds the altitude record OF
the world?-M. K.
A. 1t is held by Prof. Auguste Pic
card and his companion. Charles Kipfer.
They assembled 1000 feet in q balloon
with q sealed gondola.
@. Have foreign students ever been
admitted to West Point and Annapolis?
j. E. c.
A. Foreign students have been ad-
mitted to the U. S. Military Academy
and the U. s. Naval Academy. They ere
graduated. but not commissioned. Ar
rangements are made directly with the
Department Of State.
Washington's wedding dress?-H. T. H.
A. 1t was. q yellow silk brocade with
lunches of red and blue flowers and
shaded vine. One piece of this is
owned by Mrs. James Henderson Peter
of Bethesda, Md, whose husband Is
descendant of Mrs. Washington.
O. Is the support Of New York State
regarded as vital to the election Of a
preside ntial candid2te?-L. I.
A. In only seven out of twenty-five
elections in the last century. in which
New York contributed to the victory,
has the vote of that State been vital to
the winning candidate. New Yorks
vote was decisive in the elections OF
Polk. Taylor, first Lincoln, Garfield, first
Cleveland. Harrison and the election of
John Quincy Adams by the House OF
Representatives. However, New York
usually is on the winning side. having
voted on the losing side in only four
elections of the last cencury-namely,
for De Witt Clinton, Fremont, Seymour
and Tilden.
O. Where are the Christians going
who have been asked to leave Harbin
, by March pc. E. N.
A. The Federal Council Bulletin says
that plans are not completed for the
Catholics and Lutherans. but the Men
nonites are going TO Paraguay. Their
goal is the Paraguayan "Chaco." a
healthy prairie region in Western Para
quay, where twenty-five Mennonite vii
lagos already exist TIE climate has
proved to be healthful and the earlier
colonists have done remarkably well.
@. Which city IS farthest west, Los
Angeles or Reno?-T. R. NJ.
A. Reno lies north and slightly west
of Los Angeles.
@. Where is the oldest university in
the Wetern Hemisphere?-W. S.
A. Lima, Peru. claims 1t. The Univer-
sity of San Marcos was founded in 1851.
@. When were matches first made?-
A. P.
A. In 1880 ignition Of sulphur and
phosphorus by friction was discovered
| by Godfrey Haukwitz, but it was nearly
| a hundred and fifty years before this
| discovery was applied to matches. The
| year 1927 saw the first really useful
| friction match, made by an English
man-Jchn Walker. a druggist of Stock
| ton-on-Tees. In 1886 the first i'm
proved friction matches were made in
the United States by Alonzo Phillips OF
| Springfield, Mass.
@. How many barrels Of crude oil
! have been produced from the Salt
! Creek. Wyo oil field?-J. c. T.
The DroductfOn rom its discovery