Evening star., 1934-07-31
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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question: Of fact By iDTiting The Wesh-
iFpton Evening Star Information Bu-
redu, Frederic J. HasAiR, Director,
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@. When and where Is the Army
Navy foot ball game to be played this
year?-R. L. II.
A. 1t will be played in Philadelphia,
Pa. December /.
@. Was there q person in real life
who corresponded to the character Of
Ledrantz in The House Of Roths-
child?"-F. E. Mex.
A. Twentieth Century Pictures, Inc,
says that the character Of Ledrantz
in The House Of Rothschild" Is no
definite individual. being purely SYM
bolical in the truly historical effort
made by the Rothschilds IN opposition
to the disabilities placed upon their
race.
@. Is snake poison the same in diff
ferent kinds of snakes2-F. NJ. s.
A. Snake polsonS are Of two prin-
eipal kinds-hemolytic or destructive
to blood cells, and neurotoxic or de-
structive to nerves. The poison OF the
rattlesnake and their allies is of the
former type. while that Of the cobra
and its relatives is Of the latter.
@. What does walla walla mean?-
A. d.
A. In several Indian languages
walla means running water and repe-
tition diminutizeS 1t; so walla walla
is a small rapid river. In other
tongues 1t means a small stream
running into a larger one; ripple after
ripple, fall after fall.
@. Did J. p. Morgan's father estab-
lish the banking house?-M. F.
A. The private banking house of
]. S. Morgan 9S Co. began operations
some years before the Civil War
Junius Spencer Morgan was head OF
the Arm and father Of the famous j
Pierpont Morgan. The banking house
assisted the Government in placing
Government bonds. In the World
War the J. P. Morgan who now heads
the firm and who is grandson OF j,
S. Morgan, was member of the Ad-
visory Council Of the Federal Reserve
System and, in that capacity, in al
most constant council with the heads
of the Governments fiscal war pro-
gram. Also, before the United States
entered the World War, the Morgan
house handled the Anglo French loan
and later acted as fiscal agent for
Great Britain.
@. Please give some information
about the new underwater tunnel In
England.-E. s.
A. The Mersey Tunnel, connecting
Liverpool and Birkenhead, was built
at a cost of $35, 5,50O,000. 1t is more
than half mile longer than the Hol-
land Tunnel and stretches IL $50 feet
under the Mersey River from the main
entrance in Liverpool to the main en-
trance in Birkenhead. In addition
TO the main tunnel, there are two
lane tributaries giving the whole
undertaking a length of l5,465 feet
Six large ventilating towers house a
plant which will remove $500, 900
cubic feet of foul air q minute. En-
gineers responsible for the immense
project concede that they owe a great
deal to the knowledge American en-
gineers gained on the Holland Tunnel
@. Who first used the expression
brain trust" with relation TO thG
present adminiStration?-L. w. S.
A. The term is said to have been
used first by James w. Herman OF
the New York Times in the Summer
Of 1882 In describing economists and
other experts active In the campaign
@. What causes bogs to form7-
]. K
A. Bogs were formerly supposed 10
owe their origin to the destruction Of
forests and In particular to the OBJ
structions Of drainage from fallen