Evening star., 1932-12-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

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The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Washington, D. c.
G. How many Christmas trees are cut
for the market In Canada?-S. B.
A. About 4,000. 900. New York City
alone takes about 700 900 or 100000.
@. VINO are the smallest foot ball
players on the Notre Dame team for
1932?-lM. F. P.
A. According to the varsity foot ball
roster CT the University Of Notre Dame
1882 squad. the smallest players are
Robert Daniel Knappman and Laurie
Veiar, both of whom are feet inches
tall.
G. How old man is this Prof Moley
who is adviser to President elect Roose-
velt and how did Roosevelt acquire
him?-G. M. RI.
A. Prof. Moley Is rs and 1t might be
said that Mr.. Roosevelt inherited him
from his predecessor as Governor OF
New York. for the professor was an un-
official adviser of Gov. Alfred e. Smith.
@. Is there Federal law dealing with
inf1ammatory talks over the air?-J.
C. B.
A. The Federal Radio Commission
says there is not such a statute. The
courts have held, however. that parties
are responsible for slander spoken over
the air but this is a matter of local civil
| jurisdiction. The commission has. in a
| number of cases. held that broadcast
ing station should maintain a certain
program standard and II wild" speeches
are made over the air or other eX-
tremely bad programs offered, the COM
mission has said that such progrs ms
are not in the public interest. Other
than holding the station responsible in
a way for furnishing program which
| cannot be said to be in the public in
terest, the commission has no direct
authority.
O. Can the Senate convene in extra
session without the House of Repre-
SentativeS?-L. T.
A 1t may convene in extra session
upon call Of the President without the
House There are several duties which
devolve upon the Senate that do not
require the concurrence Of the House OF
Representatives.
@. Are all Indians of the same shade
of brown?-A. j. Z.
A. They are not. The skin is Of vari-
Gus shades OF brown. tinged in youth
particularly In the cheeks, with the REQ
of the circulating blood. Newborn in
fants are of varying shades of dusky red
@. What Is a wash-bear?-R. L.
A. 1t is a raccoon.
@. Is 1t necessary for a rocket tc
have air to push against when pro-
PEELED by explosion?-L. B.
/ A. The principle of the rocket de-
! pends upon Newton's third law, which
/ states that to every action there is an
/ equal and opposite reaction. AS each
I rocket explodes it propels the carrier
/ forward, the faster the escape of the
gas from the rocket, the more reaction
or kick it gets. In an experiment, a
rocket was placed in a long specially
constructed tank The air was ex-
hausted to 1-i5,o00 of atmospheric
pressure, and the rocket set Off The
pressure registering device indicated
not only that the rocket cid not de-
pend at all on the pressure of the at
naosphere to push against, but that a
rocket exerts 20 per cent more lifting
power in a vacuum than in air.
@. What pest affects the greatest