Evening star., 1935-07-24
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic ]. Heskin.

reGder can get the ansDer to ann
question Of fact BY aoritin1 The Washing
ton EDenin0 Star information Bureau.
Frederic J. Hasein, Director. Washinc-
ton, d. C. Please inclose Eomp for reply.
@. How many Negro fighters have held
championships?-D. H.
A. From heavyweight to bantam
weight, 10 Negroes have won champion
ships.
@. Where were the "Toonerville Troll
ley" comedies filmed?-F. d.
A. Fontsine Fox says that they were
filmed on location at Betzwood. Pa. on
the tracks of an old abandoned trolley
line.
q. Has American tourist trade in
France declined?-E. r.
A. American tourist trafic in that
country shrank last year from 100000
to 100000 persons.
@. Is there anything that will take the
odor of onions from the breath?-F D.
A. Physicians have discovered that by
washing the mouth with DakinS solu-
tion, made by diSsolving a 4.6-grain tab
let OF chloramine in water, the breath
is completely deodorized.
@. How large Is the bag Of the balloon
Explorer II when 1t is stretched QUIT
r. C.
A. II 1t were stretched out like tent
the bag would cover about 22s acres
Of ground.
@. To what country is the coconut in
digenous?-W. OH.
A. The coconut palm is so widely dis
Seminated throughout tropical countries
that it is impossible TO distinguish its
original habitat. 1t f1ouriShes on the
coast OF the East Indies, throughout
the tropical islands of the Pacific and
in the West Indies and tropical America
c. Was Josef Hofmann ever prohb-
tied from playing on account Of his
youth?-W. G.
A. The famous pianist visited the
United States in 1887, when he was 10
years old, and was prevented from PLAY
ing by the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty TO Children.
G. Please tell about the sinking Of the
Fslaba.-L H.
A. This British steamer was sunk bv
a German submarine on March 25. 1915.
with the loss of III lives. including a
number OF women. One of the victims
Leon C. Thresher. was the first Ameri-
can citizen to lose his life in consequence
of German submarine warfare.
@. What is the derivation Of the word
'puny"?-S. A
A. 1t is phonetic spelling of the
old French 'puisne." which entered the
English language in legal phraseoloey.
"PuiSne' meant junior lower in rank
"Puny' has acquired the meaning of
small in strength or size, weak, feeble.
@. What is the name of the volcano
in Japan where so many suicides are
committed ID. C. 3.
A. Mihara -Ysma is the volcano where
more than 1000 persons have committed
suicide in two years by jumping into
the crater.
@. What is meant by bell, book and
candle?-F w. II.
A. This was mode of excommunica-
Church between the seventh and tenth
centuries. After sentence read, the book
is closed, lighted candle thrown to the
ground and a bell tolled as for one dead
@. How much area can be photo
graphed at a time with the Govern
mentS new nine-lens camera?-H. F. R.
A. The nine-lens aerial mapping cam
era Of the United States Coast and Geo
detic Survey will make it possible TO
photograph 100 degrees square at one
instant, compared to only 50 degrees
square for the old single-lens camera
One exposure will cover the area covered
by 20 exposures with the single lens
and it will have four and half times
the stereoscopic psrallsx OF the single
lens
@. When was the first geological soci-
ETY. in the United States formed for
maintaining geological garden?-H r.
A. The Geological Society of Philadel-
phia was incorporated in 1859, and is the
first organization formed in this coun-
try for the purpose of maintaining
geological garden.
@. What was the date OF Gen. Won
Hindenburg's death7 Where is he
buried?-A. r. G.
A. Field Marshal Paul Won Hinden-
burg died on August 2, 1894. at his Sum-
mer home at Neudeck, East Prussia.
Burial on August was in the National
Monument at Tannenberg. in East Prus-
STA, erected to commemorate his victory
over the Russian invaders there in 1914
Q. Is there a pipeline refrigeration
underground service in ST. Louis, or any
other city of equal size?-H. H. L.
A. The American Society of Refriger-
ating Engineers says that there is an
ammonia pipe line in st. Louis which
runs In loop some miles In circum-
ference. 1t is owned by the ST. Louis
Refrigeration and Cold Storage Co. In
New York there is a large brine-inSu-
lated main owned by the Merchants
Cold Storage Co, II Varick street. There
is also one in Boston.
Q. At what age are there the most
drug addicts?-T. l..
A. The Public Health Service saws:
Persons addicted to the use of habit
forming narcotic drugs are found in all
age groups above the age of Is years.
Relatively few come under observation
during the first two decades of life
about one-fifth in the third decade. and
more than one-third in the fourth dec
ade. or about 81 per cent under the age
of 40 years. About one-third are repre-
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