Evening star., 1933-10-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN,

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@. Will employers who have not
signed the blanket code be bound by
| q permanent code in the industries in
| which they belong?-W. A. D.
| A. The signing of the Presidents re-
| employment agreement is voluntary, but
after the permanent code has been
| adopted for an industry, every business
that comes under that industry is bound
by its laws for the space Of time that
it is in force.
@. Was the beer made just before
prohibition of as high alcoholic content
! as that made fifty years ago?-S. N.
A. A survey of % samples Of various
beer made in 1887 showed an average
| of 463 per cent Of alcohol by weight.
| In 1917, samples of 72 beers we're found
to average 3.52 per cent Of alcohol by
weight.
@. What Is the highest mountain In
! Great Britain?-E. D.
A. 1t Is Ben Nevis in Inverness-shire,
Scotland. It has height Of 4,406 feet.
@. Were taxis used In Europe before
they appeared in the United States?-
C. r.
A. The National Automobile Cham
Der Of Commerce says: I'VE do know
| that taxis were used late in 1895 In
New York City, but We are led to be-
| lieve that there were some taXis in
Paris prior to that as We ran across
an editorial which mentioned the In
dustry in this country as just starting.
which would soon pass the foreign &C
tivities in this line"
@. How many young people between
the ages Of Is and ID are employed In
| industry?-O. P.
A. The National Child Labor Com
mittee says that the number Of workers
between these ages Is well over q
million.
@. When was radio first used in an
airplane?-C. v. S.
| A. The first radio In an airplane
was used by Glenn H. Curtiss and How
ard NORM February, 1912, at North
Island, San Diego, Calf. Messages were
received from warships anchored IN
| San Diego Bay In a set invented by
! Howard NORM in which the antenna
and counterpoise ran over both lower
and upper wings. No wires were dropped
below the fuselage.
@. Why is thirteen bakers doz-
en?-E. P.
/ A. When a heavy penalty was in
extra measure to avoid all risk Of in
curing a fine.
@. Are coins being issued to COM
memorate the holy year Of the Roman
Catholic Church?-F N
A. A new series Of gold, silver and
copper coins bearing the efigy Of the
Pope and the insignia of the Vatican
City-State is being issued this Fall in
honor of the holy year.
O. When was central heating intro
! duced into American homes?-W B.
| A. Shortly after 1850. The first fur
naces were warm air. Before their ad-
vent upstairs rooms had been warmed
to some extent by heat ascending from
stoves in the rooms below. especially by
Franklin stoves and latrobeS.
@. Where can the following quotation
| be found: L am for peace, but when
speak they are for war?"-M. L. B.
| A. 1t is the last line of Psalm 120.