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Evening star., 1933-06-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKiN.

the support given the limbs by the
buoyancy Of the water. In general
the patient and patients friends or
family are supposed to pay for the
patients expenses at the institution
There is, however, a fund which is
applied for the benefit of Q limited
number Of poor patients whereby half
Of the expenses are paid providing
the friends or the family Will be able
to raise the other half.
@. How many automobiles are
stolen daily in New York City?-H. D.
A. An average Of 80 day.
@. What progress Is being made for
the abolishment Of capital punish
ment?-L. p.
A. Eight States in this country have
already abolished capital punishment.
They are Maine. Rhode Island. Michi-
gan. Kansas. Minnesota, Wisconsin,
forty States still retaining capital
punishment, twenty States electrocute
criminals, eighteen hang them, one
(Utah) gives them the choice of being
hanged or shot and Nevada kills them
with lethal gas. In thirty-four Of the
forty States executing criminals the
Judge or jury is allowed to substitute
life imprisonment for the death sem
tence.
O. What is meant by uncirculated
coins In coin collecting?-L. T.
A. Uncirculated coins are coins
struck for circulation. But coins to
be classified as "uncirculated" must
be as new and bright as when dropped
from the coming press. A coin that
has been in circulation, no matter
whether or not 1t shows marks of wear,
cannot be classified as uncirculated.
q. What proportion Of the patents
granted are taken out by wcmen?-
P. r.
A. About one patent in fifty Is
granted to a woman. More than
$4,000 patents have been granted to
women.
@. What are the advantages Of q
six-year or longer term for the Presi-
dent, and the prohibition Of re-
election?-A. q.
A. Some of the advantages which
are claimed are the lack Of incentive
to work up q party machine for re-
election; the longer period during
which the policy of the administration
Is known can be counted upon: the
elimination OF all attempts 10 1nHuence
the mind Of the President by a hope
of further political advantage or pat
ronage; the elimination Of the cost Of
elections by one-third or one-half,
according to the term; and the greater
stability of business.
@. In which census were the
foreign-born inhs bitants of the United
States first tabulated?-R w. p.
A. In the census Of 1850.
@. How do farm taxes compare with
pre-war days?--M. p.
A. In 1881 they were exactly two
and one-half times as high as in 1914,
but since then there has been re
drction in some States. Farm taxes still
are more than twice what they were
before the war.
O.. Are there only 100 family names
In China?-R. G.
A. There Is a book published In
China giving 100 Of the most common
and well known Surnames called the
PA CHA Sing" !. e.. the 100 family
slrnames. In DR.. Herbert A. Giles
Chinese English Dictionary there Is n
list Of Chinese family names or sur
names given. The list comprises over
1000 names.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

This great service Is maintained by
The Evening Star for the benefit OF its
readers. who may use 1t every day with
out cost to themselves. All they have
to do iS ask for any information de-
sired and they will receive prompt
answers by mail. Questions must be
clearly written and stated Rs briefly as
possible. IncloSe Scent stamp for re-
turn postage. Do not use post cards.
Address The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington. D. C.
@. What price range Is meant by
low-cost homes?-B. G. T.
A Ths National Association Of Real
Estate Boards divides houses into three
price groups. Low cost, those Of not
more than $500 in total cost; me
dium priced, those between $500 and
SIS ZOO, and third division including
all houses above $4,000 in total cost.
G. Was the Delano Memorial in the
garden at Red Cross headquarters un-
yelled on Memorial day?-C. d. N.
A. While this date was set by the
artist when the work was completed.
the unveiling did not take place. 1t
probably will take place in April, 1884,
when the three national nursing asso-
Citations are holding their biennial con-
vention in Washington. D. c.
@. Are starlings edible?-J. Z. D.
A. They are excellent In pies or
cooked in other ways, such as frying.
broiling. etc.
@. Will @ tank filed with COM
pressed air be more buoyant than one
filled with air at normal atmospheric
pressure?-G. H. McC.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that the less air there Is in tank the
more buoyant 1t will be. Air has weight
and filling the tank with compressed
air merely makes it heavier and less
buoyant.
@. What event was commemorated
by the Morse American Centennial in
1925?-R. T. A.
A.. It celebrated the arrival of the
first Norwegians to found permanent
home in the United States. This COM
pany of immigrants sailed from Sta
vanger, Norway, July 4. 1925, on the
Restaurationen and arrived IN New
York on October 9.
@. Has Maine poet laureate?-S. J..
A. Edna St. Vincent Millay Is poet
laureate of the State.
@. Why have the terms thou and
thee disappeared from current speech?
IT. J. G.
A. No specific reason can be as
signed. These words were familiar
usage in old English, but during the
middle English period were gradually
superseded by the plural ye, you, your,
yours, in addressing superior, but
were long retained in speaking to an
inferior. They still remain in num-
ber Of dialects and in some religious
denominations.
@. How many Negro architects are
there In the United States?-J. H.
A. There were 81 counted in the
1880 census.
@. Please give some information
about the Warm Springs Foundation.
A NJ. G.
A. The Public Health Service says
that the Warm Springs Foundation,
Warm Springs, Ga, exists due to the
interest and personal zeal Of President
Roosevelt in an effort to provide the
best sort of treatment for victims OF
poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis). I.
There are at present 10 patients at
Warm Springs, Ga. The institution
specializes in muscle training under
water, which is of value On account OF
Evening star., 1933-06-02

Purchasers are warned that a num-
ber of articles will be dearer in the
near future. AS this implies confidence
that the purchaser may look forward
to economic adjustment that will en-
able him to face the price tag with
out fiinching, the announcement causes
no serious resentment.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

Elephants are always carried with a
circus for the reason it has been de-
clared that they lend background OF
seriousness to a dashing display. II
Ringing Bros. are to contribute any
thing to senatorial procedure, it might
have been more helpful to contribute
an elephant, unwieldly as it might
prove, instead Of q midget
Evening star., 1933-06-02

Radio speakers show wise conSidera-
ton In continuing to feature base ball
50 as to hold public interest to its
customary methodical pace when the
current news threatens to become too
emotional
Evening star., 1933-06-02

Sailors must not use profanity. Sir
Joseph Porter, K. C. B., who never used
q "big, big D." finds an even more con-
spicuous Endorsement than the author
of II. M. 8. Pinafore" expected.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

Standard Oil of New Jersey an
nounces an increase in the price OF
gasoline. In a spirit of fairness it may
be considered desirable to give the
House of Rockefeller the benefit Of in
yestigation publicity.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

Mr.. Norman Davis in contemplating
slow work is almost as impatient as
Mr.. Dawes was when he said: Lets
get together and get somewhere" II
the worlds affairs have not gone for
ward as they should, the fact can never
be attributed to a lack Of slogans"
Evening star., 1933-06-02
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Evening star., 1933-06-02

The dramatic moments OF the Nor
gan investigation have been so fire.
quently referred TO that, artistically
speaking, little comedy relief might
not seem amiss.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

So far as debts are concerned France
face the future without fear, and
the great question before the public
appears to be What are you going
to do about it?"
Evening star., 1933-06-02

ticnment Of ofices law by body seek
ing primarily efficiency in the public
service would be repeal OF this law and
not It's rigid and hurtfui enforcement.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
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Evening star., 1933-06-02
The Faculty.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
II the present tendency in appoint
ments continues, it viii soon be proper
to refer to President Roosevelt's official
family as the faculty.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

Like radio entertainers, the promi-
nent figures in an investigation are
compelled to admit that they are in
some degree influenced by their fan
mail
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Now Distanced.

From the Toledo Blade.
Ananias got his reputation when
there wasn't much competition. He'd
scarcely be noticed now.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Canouhage.

From the DRyton Daily News.
Green is tipped as the popular color
for mems clothes this Summer. Men
down on their luck can acquire the
fashionable color by sleeping In the
parkA
Evening star., 1933-06-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Pictures in the Paper.
Here's q diffident confession
That has struggled for expression
AS the printing presses greet me day by
day
I admire the fine Grafton
With its vast illumination
When great Investigations under way
But the genius Photographic
That reveals a smile seraphic
Is what gives true satisfaction to recall
And in spite of all the glories
OF the jokes or bedtime stories
like the Pretty Pictures most of all.
When a serious committee
Sends to countryside and city
The results of an investigation deep
I tremble and shiver
At the warnings they deliver
OF the power that's at work while
others sleep.
But amid the lofty learning
To which all the world is turning
I like the Pretty Pictures best OF all.
So please be kind and gentle
In the moment sentimental,
When the camera man is asking for a
pose,
For names make news It's certain;
Yet we like to draw the curtain
For the human touch that Art will oft
disclose.
So despite rhetoric thunder
And the hints of tragic blunder
That relate to mans experience, great
or small,
In the course Of an inspection
Of the journalists collection,
I like the Pretty Pictures best of all!
Evening star., 1933-06-02
ReIativities.

ReIativities.
"You wouldn't care for a man unless
you could look up to him."
"Yes," answer Miss Cayenne, "but I
don't want to be obliged to look up too
far. Who wants to feel like midget"
ITO be perpetually anxious concern
ing your dignity" said Hl-Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, may create fear that
you have not so much that you can
spare any"
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Harmony.

Harmony.
When all the world is threatening strife
And good advice goes wrong
We are reminded that this life
Should be en- grand sweet song.
Though perseverance Is q thing
Which In great worth abounds,
The more some of us try to sing
The worse 1t really sounds.
'De only critter has met" said
Uncle Eben. dat gifts along by nosin'
into things is an elephant"
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Sign Of Financial Ability.

Financial fame my friend will find.
In commerce he will be hit
Because the way his name is signed
Locks like chain lightning in a fit.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
The LOW-Down.

The LOw-DOwn.
did any big financier ever let you
in on the ground ficor?"
"Once," answered Senator Sorghum.
"What was the result?"
"He took the elevator and let me
walk"
Jud Tundns says he has quit COM
planning about the weather. 1t ct least
has the merit of being non-taXable.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
rhe Evening Star Newspaper COmpan,
RnstneSs ONCE:

iith st. and Pennsylvania Ave:
New York once; ii0 East 42nd 81.
ChicaFo once: Lake Michigan Building.
European once: IL Regent ST., London,
ENGLAND.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

@. In which census were the
foreign born inhs bitants of the United
States first tabulated?-R. w. p.
A. In the census Of 1850.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

Appearing now for the fourth season
on oast-to-coast broadGasts with the
United States Marine Band symphony
Orchestra, Helen Corbin Heinl. WASH
ington pianist. laughs when she thinks
of an earlier experience she had with
Capt. Taylor Branson, leader Of that
Evening star., 1933-06-02

@. What proportion Of the patents
granted are taken out by women?-
P. r.
A. About one patent in fifty Is
women.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-09
DOings of the
Advance Guard

Some people write and tell that people have no mo-.
and it is hard for them to sell the Producers News 60
give them away and pay oft of their own pockets if &
is anything there. "
We think that of you don't go about this :;
right Every time you have meeting you should Just
short talk on the Producers News Point to them VIZ
they can find out by reading the Producers News that
cannot find out by reading any other paper e'
Then you should have someone going around seIlno a.
paper at cents while the meeting is still going on and @
will find that practically everyone will dig up five cents %
buy the paper If you wait until the meeting is ove @
are not going to get much results. 'u
If you have sub cards they should also be sold du;
the meeting after short talk boosting the paper and @
tioning the cards. Taking subs and giving receipts takes
little talking and best be done after the neeH
and still better by going from house to house. S
By all means give good talk the paper wherever Won
have chance, it is very important that the paper Get
wide circulation.
This week John BOuds added another Y points
to his list, making a total of 400 points, Harry Gull.
bank, Wisconsin, is number two with So points:
then comes c. COnradsen Montana, with 40; F. l.
Edwards, North Dakota, 80, and Frank Denk Wis
cOnsin, % points. We have one more week to 60
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-09

DOINGS OF LAST WEEK
Martha Bachman, Becker Co.
Mimi, subscribes, 2 points.
Frank Hayden, Lewis Co.,
Wash, sends 81 for 10 sub
cards, s points. eve are doing
our best to sell subs. Most
everyone wants our paper but
money is scarce" he writes.
David Wilson, Carbon County,
Mont, sends one sub, 6 points.
Mrs. Gus Johnson, Mclean Co.
N. d., sends stamps for sample
copies.
M. M. Clapp, Muscatine Co. Ia.
pays for 200 papers to be sent.
Elmo Hill, Brown Co.,, S. Oak
sends another sub, four points.
A MILLION is RIGHT
Oskar Johnson, Sibley Co.,
MIMI, sends a dollar for re-
newaI, A points. "Our paper
is good and ought to have a
million circulation. The cap
italistic system is lettering
today as never before and it
ought to come to an end ,
sOOm."
Finnish Workers Club, FRESNO
Co., Calf, orders IL papers per
week and wants receipt books.
J. w. Lindgren, Sohoma Co.
Calf, renews for a year and he
sends one more yearly sub, 16
points.
BEST FOR FARMERS
Hugo Fisher, Milwaukee Co.
Wis. writes for a bundle of
papers to be sold to farmers.
'We consider your paper best
suited for the farmers" he
says.
A. E. Husa, Mountrail Co., N
D., sends another sub, 4 points.
Julius Walstad, Roberts Co. S
D., RENTS for bundles.
VIM. Bergen, Marshall Co., S
D., subscribed, one point.
M. Willer, Goshen Co., Wyo.
sends one sub, four points.
Sabina Impecoven, Marshall Co
S. D., subscribes for a year, eigh
points.
S. A. Coles, King Co., Wash.
one sub, one point.
Finnish Federation, New York
N. Y. sends a year sub to be sem
to the Soviet Union.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-09
FARMERS in TEXAS
SLOWLY AWAKEN
Many Favorable Comments
Herd on League
Program
(BY ]. NJ

Honey Grove, Texas, May 3d.
Be sure am with you in every
effort to extricate the labore1
from the ruin of bankruptcy. I'm
fortunately / am compelled to ad-
NIT that we are a tame set here
IN this community and are not dis
posed to fight just yet. l have
heard many favorable comments
On your militant spirit but we are
not yet ready 70 join you in your
wise and just opposition to the
great injustice we all suffer.
You understand we were inocu-
lated in our early history with the
virus of sesni-serfdom and the
Civil War reinoculated us with the
opposed germ of freedom and then
came along Mr.. Wilson with his
seductive phrase Liberty and
Democracy Illuminated by the
most damnable initiation which we
did not understandable these have
stupefied and paralyzed our motor
system until we can't move lust
yet.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-09

G. Erland Sandelin, Baraga ca
Mich, sends order for % comics
per week.
Frank Langdon, Clallam Co
Wash, pays for bundles received
V. Haines, Whatcom CD. Wash
pays for bundles.
Joseph Phillips, Racine ca.
Wash, sends two more subs. for
points.
WORK AND FEW BEANS
L. VOmOciL Yuma County.
Arizona sends two subs, four
points, and says: "All we get
out of it here is plenty Of
work and a few beans"
M. C. Munger, Adams County.
N. Oak, RENTS for bundles and
orders more of them.
]. Schulthus, Cooke Co. H., is
interested in farm problems and
orders sample copies.
Mrs. L. N. Petersen, Pierce Co.
Wash, pays for bundle and saws
she will try to get some more
subs.
Bert Baird, Itasca Co. MIN,
subscribes for six months, foul
points.
LOCAL DOINGS
John Boulds, PlentywOOd, Mont
got us IL subs and renewals thiI
week, 70 points.
Those In our own locality VIII,
subscribed and renewed this weeI
are:
A. F. Nelson, War Barlaug, ami
Peter Barrey, Bonetrail N. D.; G
S. Glud, Four Buttes; Geo. Hat
field, Navajo; H. H. Bauldhaupt
Richland; Henry Styve, Archer; c
Conradsen, Antelope; Ole Mathia
son, Raymond; Peter Helm, Com
ertown.
Magnus Danielsen, A. C. And
ersen, MAIDS Strandskov, B. R
Guenther, o. Thorstenson, Chris
tian Sandvig of Dagman.
c. w. Paulson, John Olson an
c. c. Gronlie of Homestead.
Niels M. Andersen, J. L. Schol
and M. G. Schmitz of Medicin
Lake.
Paul Andrilehus, C. M. Thorn
burg, L. M. R. Paulson, Reserve
Dan Campbell, I. c. Metzger, R
Wigmore, Redstone.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-09

fight should have been easily and
successfully finished a long time
ago.
DIES OF INACTIVITY
At a following meeting several
members were unavoidably absent
from the county and were, there
fore, unable to be present. Sew
eral more were not present on ac-
count of "being too tired" and
other such flimsy excuses.
No effort had been made to
bring i'm new members. Nothing
was done about the electric light
struggle. No new business was
brought up. Consequently the
meeting was dull and uninterest-
ing.
The next meeting had a still
smaller attendance and had prac-
tically nothing to meet about. This
should have been a very significant
warning to ALL At the last meet
ing ONLY four members showed up
and they sat on the steps cursing
for awhile and then went home.
Even the secretary did not bother
to come over.
All the time that this local was
going backwards, the United Farm
ers League i'm our neighboring
community only about twelve miles
away, was growing with leaps
and bounds. In their town, stirred
up by few U. F. L. members, a
powerful Unemployed Council was
organized. This shows the result
of even a little bit of activity.
Here in Kalama prosperity
had come. The price of straw
berries had gone up. This being
a strawberry community the farm
ers were all preparing for the COM
ing season. Everyone was too
busy to bother with the U. F. l.
activities now, that could be post
poned.
Right now We must work and
! work hard. We must work to pro-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-09
SLOWLY AWAKENING

But we are thinking and slowly
awakening so much that when the
Roosevelt Bubble bursts, as it is
sure to do we will arouse and
again show our old time courage
l am working for rs cents a dav
and just as soon as possible |
VIII have you put me on your mail
ing list. People hare are Just not
able to subscribe. Let me sup-
gest that those in sympathy with
you place a fund at your disposal
to be used for the distribution of
your paper among the worthy
though unfortunate.
With every good wish for your
continued success and assuring
you of my hearty cooperation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-09

duce more farm products for the
already Overflowing market. Work
so that we can become stoll poorer.
Work so that We can lower our al
ready miserable living standard
some more. Evidently the dema-
gogy of the Roosevelt hunger pro-
gram has fooled great many.
NOT THE TIME TO QUIT
This is not the right attitude to
take. Surely those of US that have
followed up the activities of the
President should realize by now
that he is only successfully carry
ing on the policy of his predeces-
sors but in a much more underhand
way than Hoover did. We must
get up and fight for our rights.
We must fight day in and day out.
not ever relaxing one bit. We
must not give our enemies a single
chance.
And when we form a fighting
organization, it is up to each and
every member to do his utmost.
1t is an honor to be on the Execu--
tive Committee of a United Farm
ers League local or on the Com
mittee of Action.
If the committee members
are asleep OF the jOb-get rid
of them! There are others
that still have little fighting
spirit left in them.
But don't leave all the work
in the hands of the commit
tees. 1t is up to everyone of
the rank and file to help and
try to be in the forefront of
the struggle.
If we regularly keep on missing
meetings with petty excuses of
being "too tired' or cit rained" OF
"too far to walk" and so forth
tLen we do not deserve to evei
get airy 'resdom or the right j
decent living.
If we let such small trities
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-09
(BY A. P.l

(B1 A. +.
Kalama, Wash.-Having written
about the successful organization
of a United Farmers League To-
cal here less than two months ago
it is no more than fair for me to
write now about its collapse. By
criticism, let US hope that life may
be injected into this local which
is seemingly headed towards COM
plete oblivion, and that others
by reading about our sad expert
ence might profit by it and take
steps to prevent a similar occur
ance in their respective organiza-
tons before it is too late. We
learn by our mistakes and self
criticism makes US strong.
LEADERS FELL ASLEEP
This local, although it was
started by a small group, had
plenty of enthusiasm and plenty of
possibilities. The first times the
Committee of Action was called it
turned out one hundred per cent
and succeeded in winning its first
small fight. This should have
been an incentive to continue.
Later at a united front meeting
splendid struggle was started to
lower the outrageous electric light
rates. Every farmer in the vi
cinity was back of this move and
it was being spread into the sur
rounding communities also. This
was an excellent opportunity for
the United Farmers League to
prove to the doubtful ones the
effectiveness of its method of
struggle. But the committee of
action by being asleep and each
one depending upon the other, al
lowed this struggle to pass out of
their hands and consequently die
down just when they were on the
verge of victory. At the present
time no one seems to know what
progress has been made, if any
Under ordinary circumstances the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-09
MILITANT FARMERS
PLAYS SOUGHT BY
A CORRESPONDENT

Hecla, S. D., May PA
am trying to gather material
for a short article about plays
for and about militant farm
ers. | have a few leads l am
following up. I should like to
get information from anyone
who can send it. When | get
my article ready I will prob
ably offer it to you for pub
LEGATION in the Producers
News if you can use it'd
win Pfutzenreuter, Hecla, S.
Oak.