Evening star., 1935-10-07
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

A reader can get the dnswer to any
question Of fact by t0riting The Washing
ton Epening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdskin, Director. Washing
ton, D. c. Please tnctoSe stamp for reply.
c. How many enrollees left the c. c. C.
forest camps this Summer because they
had found jobs?-N. A.
A. A total of 43,097 found acceptable
employment during the months of June,
July and August.
@. Please give some facts about the
Pulaski SkyWay.-D. M.
A. The Pulaski Skyway is the most ex-
pensive road in the world for its length.
1t was opened to traffic Thanksgiving,
1882. The part of it that is raised is
miles long and cost S2l 100000. The
approaches cost an additional s19,000.-
OO0 This roadway is so feet in width
and can easily accommodate five lanes
of traffic. 1t is estimated that 20, 900 900
motor vehicles use it annually. 1t passes
over both the Hackensack and the Pas
sale Rivers and the New Jersey Meadows.
G. Why wasn't Boynton credited with
swimming the English Channel?-D. S.
A. Capt. Paul Boynton, an American,
crossed the channel in an inflated rub
Der suit. This was on April 10, 1875.
Boynton Is not credited with swimming
the Channel, as no effort on his part
was required in remaining afoat.
@. Has it ever been theoretically de-
termined when is the most economical
time to trade in an automobile taking
into consideration interest on invest
ment, cost to operate and maintain and
the trade-in Value?-W. H. S.
A. The Automobile Manufacturers AS
sociation says that while the subject Of
the most economical time for trading in
an automobile has received a great deal
Of attention, particularly from the oper-
ators of motor vehicle fleets (taxiCab,
auto livery, rent-a-car and other COM
panies which own and operate a great
many vehicles as far as it knows. these
studies have not resulted in arriving at
any universally accepted figure for the
age which motor vehicles should be dis
posed Of. This is probably due to the
fact that so many Of the factors entering
into the question are Of variable ma
ture.
@. What is the deepest natural cut in
the earth's land surface?-J. H.
A. The Grand Canyon of the Colo
rado, which is a mile deep.
@. How many railroads and what kind
of roads has Ethiopia ?-J E. F.
A. There is only one railroad in the
whole countrv-from Jibuti. in French
Somaliland, to the capital, Adds Ababs.
There are scarcely 200 miles of roads III
the country.
O. What is the official record yield Of
potatoes in this country?-G. B.
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry says
that the record was made in 1888 a.
Stockton, Calf, by the Zuckerman
brothers, with yield Of 1853 bushels
per acre.
@. When was the hammock first used?
j. r. H.
A. The hammock and its name were
introduced by Columbus. who learned
of them from American Indians.
@. How many newspapers are pub
uSIISu III IIuSSld TT. IL
A. The Soviet Union publishes 5.400
newspapers, with an approximate circu
lation Of 100000.
@. How extensive is the use OF blood
tests to determine paternity?-C. T. W
A. In Europe blood grouping tests have
been applied in cases of disputed ma
ternity since 1924 AS early as 1929
Chi JD-I
5000 proceedings in which the tests had
been used. In the United States. until
recently, the method had been applied
only in a few cases. In March, 1885.
laws were enacted in New York State
by which the courts were empowered to
order the parties involved in paternity
proceedings to submit to blood grouping
tests. Similar bills have already been
introduced in the Legislatures Of several
other States.
@. Why is the Pope called the Pope
of MisSions?-R. T.
A. Pope Plus XI has earned this title
by reason of his great efforts on behalf
of missions. The Catholic population
in mission territory Excluding Australia
sia) is 166l7.670. In the year 1898
there were 404,744 conversions. The
number of priests. brothers and nuns at
work in the mission field is 81 ,859.
O. What is a paddlefiSh?-A. p.
A. A large, ScaleleSs, fresh-water fish
of the Mississippi Valley, characterized
by prolongation of the bony carapace
of the head into a long. hattened. pad
dle-shaped snout, with which the fish
turns over the mud and gravel of stream
beds in it's search for food. Specimens
sometimes exceed 6 feet in length and
weigh over $50 pounds. The greenish
black roe is sometimes sold as caviar.
@. How many detective stories were
written by the late Edgar Wallace?
M. N.
A. He was the author of more than
$50 extremely popular novels, of which
as many as 100000 were sold in year.
Q. What is Nemacolin's Path?-G. S.
A. This is an Indian trail between the
Potomac and Monongahela Rivers, going
from the site of the present Cumberland.
Md, to the mouth of RedStone Creek
(where Brownsville, Pa, now stands It
was blaZed and cleared in 1749 or 1850
by the Delaware chief, Nemacolin. and
the Maryland fruntiersman, Thomas
CreSap Though IL had nreviOllSlV been