Evening star., 1933-02-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKfN,

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Bureau any question Of fact and get the
answer back in q personal letter. It
is a great educational idea introduced
into the lives of the most intelligent
people in the world-American news
paper readers. It is part Of that best
purpose of a newspaper-service. There
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postcards. Get the habit OF asking
questions. Address your letter to The
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic ]. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. G..
@. Does 1t take more gasoline to drive
an automobile over poor roads?--F. D.
A. Iowa State College has made
survey which shows that gasoline cost
is progressively higher as roads are
poorer as are costs for tires and tubes,
maintenance and depreciation of the
automobile.
@. How many business organizations
In the United States have pension sys-
TENS for their emp1oyes?-w. L.
A. More than 600 business organiza-
tions with 5000, 900 employees are known
to have formal, funded pension plans in
operation.
@. What is the name Of the book
dealing with evolution that entered
into the Scopes trial in TENNESSEE
A. T.
A; 1t is Hunters New Essentials of
Biology"
@. How do film producers obtain the
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used in many pictures?-R. C.
A. In many instances this is accom-
plished through the agency of the As
sistance League of Southern California.
charitable organization sponsored by
Los Angeles society women. The league
maintains film location bureau, con-
Quoted by Mrs. Lee Wray Turner. Own
ers who could not be induced to permit
their property to be used for any sum.
VIII consent when the charity aspect is
presented. Through the Assistance
League, the studios pay the owner a
certain amount for each days work on
location. OF the total sum, one-third
Is donated to the day nursery run by
the league, while the remainder may
be turned over by the owner to some
charity in which he is interested.
@. What are bank holidays?-L. r.
A. Days on which banks In England
and Ireland are legally closed are thus
known. They are Easter Monday,
Whit-Monday, the first Monday in
August, Good Friday, Christmas day
and December 26.
@. What country is called the Mother
Of Gardens?-T. S.
A. China has had the title from time
immemorial.
Q. In building tall buildings, how
deep are the foundations?-D. N.
A. In the construction Of skyscrapers
the usual practice Is to excavate the
foundations 80 to so feet and then to
sink steel caissons to permit concrete
piers to 60 to bedrock.
@. When was the motto, I'm God We
Trust" first used on American coinage?
-E. L. r.
A. In 1854.
@. Upon what grounds was Osca,
Hartzen, promoter Of the Drake estate
in England, ordered deported?-S l.. M
A. He was described by British off,
cials as an undesirable alien. He has
been in England 10 years.
@. Was Missouri the last State to ap-
prove the lame-duck amendment?-F. "
A. Missouri was not the last State tc
ratify the goth amendment, but was the
seth State, which made the number
necessary for the amendment to become
Iaw-three-fourths of the States.
@. Is there an organization of own
ers of lunch cars? How large is the
| industry?-E. r. G. l<a-..
A. The Association Of Dining Cal
Owners has recently been formed al
New Rochelle, N. Y. The president is
Edward ]. Tierney, former president
Of P. ]. Tierney & Sons, Inc, developer.
OF the dining car-lunch wagon. William
F. Gossner, jr., secretary of the associa.
tion, has estimated that there are about
5000 elaborate dining cars within a ra.
dius of 90 miles Of New York. The op.
Grafton of diners Is now one of the larg.