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-FreJeric IHssEin
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three CD cents for reply.
q. How many filters now belong
10 the Caterpillar Clubf e. L. IN.
a. There are now TOO names ON
the roster. OF these. 69T Rre men
and 8 are women This o~rEnriEm-
ton As mythical I'm character, con-
siSting merely In IN record Of Tiers
whose lives have been saved Wy
parachute jumps.
q. Who will fill the vacancy I'm
the Senate caused by the death 81
Senator Cutting? L. G.
A. Governor Clyde T1ngley OF
New Mexico has appointed Dennis
Chavez TO fill the Senate seat Of
the late Bronson Cutting.
"a. II sand carried ON shipbcard
10 extinEuish fires? n. wv.
A. The Steamhsip Inspection SER
vice requires that there shall be
placed In each fireroom q metal
tank containing fifty gallons Of
sand and fitted with q SCOOP OF
shaker for use in extinguishing
fires. Sand Is also used In scrub
hing decks.
O. How many Federal prisoners
are there I'm the United statess
NIX. WI.
a. There are l4.752 inmates of
Federal penitentiaries. reforma-
tories. camps. hospitals. and jail.
q. Please name several literary
awards In other countries compar-
able TO the Pulitzer Prizes. Z. J.
A. The Kleist Prize la the most
distinguished OF literary awards I'm
Germany; the Hawthornden Prize
la mn English literary award OF dis
tinction. while the Prix Goncourt
is Frances notable award.
u. How did u happen that Koch
Ter OF the Forest Products Lab0rm-
tory was called into the HAupt-
mann case? 8. G.
A. Colonel Schwarzkopf, superin-
tendent Of the New Jersey State
Police. got into contact with the
United states Forest Service In
washington. ID. G.. and the assign
ment was relayed 10 the laboratory
In Madison. Wiconsin.
G.. C..
"A. She vas Madame S~iSsereufa
Jones. She became prominent
about 1890. She sang In a. the
principal cities Of Europe. and later
travelled in the United States. West
Indies. and Central America ut the
head Of her W. company for
nineteen years.
q. Why wal the arrival of u ship
announced To President jefferson
by homing pigeon ln 1867 H-
w. WI.
A. The pigeon was sent out by thu
ship in question In 1906 because
President Jefferson wished 70 be no
titled promptly Of the ships arrv-
al from Europe with an important
treaty. The bird made the flight
OF 240 miles In about 4 hours. In
those days. land transportation re-
uuired 3 10 4 days for the same dis
lance.
q. What the origin of finger
printing? v. TX.
"A. The use OF finger-prints ma q
system OF Identification Is OF very
ancient origin and vas known from
the earlies. days in the East when
the impression OF his thumb was the
monarch's sign-manual. A relic OF
this practice IL still preserved In the
formal confirmation OF a legal doc
ument by delivering IN as ones act
and deed" The permanent chArnc-
ter OF the finRer-print was first put
forward scientifically In 1923 by
j. II. Purkinje. an eminent professor
OF physiology, who read q paper ad-
Quoting nine staalard types OF I'M
pressions and advocating q system
Of classification which attracted no
great attention.
q. Where IN Conrad Weiser Mem
orial Park? III. III.
"A. Conrad Welser Memorial Par
IA a beautiful shrine located alcrl
the William Penn Highway, Just east
OF Womelsdorf. Berks county, Penn
sylvania. III contains the heart OF
the pioneer homestead farm OF Col.
Conrad Weiser. noted pioneer hero,
with the original Weiser mansion,
over 200 years old. now restored and
furnished with antique furniture.
There is also a museum OF Weiser
records.
q. What IN the highest salary paid
n business woman I'm the United
States? y. W.
al According to statements filed
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Marie Lewis Finley,
vice president OF Best and Company.
has the highest salary. She re-
ceives S44.266 a year. The second
so far reported Is that Of Sarah M.
Sheridan. vice president Of the De-
troit Edison Company = s25r22s.
q. what kind OF dance n the Ga
IOp? vi. vi.
"A. "A spirited dance Of German or
iRin In "a time. III was introduced
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