Evening star., 1934-07-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. Has a Jew held the heavy
weight championship before Max
Baer took it?-E. r.
A. Max Baer Is the first Jewish
heavyweight champion of the world.
In no heavyweight championship
bout has there ever been SO many
knock downs.
@. How can the Government tell
whether boarding of currency is in
creasing or decreaSing?-M. N.
A. The Treasury and the Federal
Reserve Banks judge chiefly by the
how of currency of the larger de-
nominations which are used little in
daily business but are used by
hoarders. Since the banking crisis
OF March, 1888, there has been a
steady flow Of bills of $50 and higher
denominations back to the Treasury
and the banks. Since March 81,
1888. about $3.50, ,0O0, 900 in bills of
large denominations has returned
while $40 and smaller bills have
flowed out to the extent of $780,
100000.
Q. What is the inscription on the
Kentucky monument in the Chicka-
mauga- Chattanooga National Mill
tary Park?-L. A. @.
A. 1t is as follows: Erected by
the State Of Kentucky in memory Of
her sons who fought and fell on this
field. AS we are united in life and
they united in death, let one monu-
ment perpetuate their deeds, and
one people, forgetful Of all asperities,
forever hold in grateful remem-
brance all the glories OF that terrible
conflict which made all men free
and retained every star on the Ma
tion's flag"
@. Who Is credited with the in
PRODUCTION of the longest word in
the English language?-J. E. H.
A. Disestablishmentaria is
usually considered the longest ac-
ceptable word and is credited to
Gladstone.
@. How are questions handled in
the Office Of the Haskin Information
Service?-F. B.
A. The incoming letters are
opened at a mailing table, stamped
with the date, and taken in great
basketfuls to the assignment desk.
Here they are read and divided
among the researchers according to
type of inquiry. When the research
work is done, replies to letters are
dictated to stenographers, typed,
read at the editorial desk. sent to
the table for outgoing mail, where
they are prepared for mailing. Join
the hosts of people who use this
newspapers Information Service at
Washington, D. C. Frederic ]. Has
kin is the director. Send stamp or
coin for return postage.
@. How old is streamlining?-
c. K.
A. According to DR.. George c.
Valiant of the American Museum of
Natural History, streamlining is not
the invention Of modern engineers.
The Aztecs built streamlined temples
to Quetzalcoal, god of the air.
Q. What is a cordwainer?-G. S.
A. 1t is the old-fashioned name
for shoemaker or worker in leather.
@. What kind Of bird is a hula?
C. ]. S.
A. 1t is bird allied to the
starlings. confined to a small region
i'll the mountains of New Zealand
The name hula" is the native Maori
name and IS probably initiative of its
note. The birn is peculiar in the
sexual differentiation of the beak.
The males have a short, stout and
straight beak. while that of the female
Is long, slender and curved. The
black, white-tippeo tail feathers were
formerly much priced by the Maori
chiefs and worn as insignia of rank
@. Who received the 1894 RooSe-
Welt medalS?-A. F. r.
A. Samuel Seabury and William
Allen White have been selected as the
recipients of the 1884 medals of the
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial ASso-