, 1935-08-21
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any question OF fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information Bu-
reau, Frederic j. Hasktn. Director.
washington, I'D. e.. Please enclose
three Cd cents for reply.
q. Have any nIrplnne pllctu
flown n million miles? A. T- WV.
"a Many hnve. 5crnr pilots who
were flying air mail An 1918 and
1919 and have continued to lily are
nearing the two-milli0n-mila mark.
q. How much NV spent Cor food
nt the white Houseg NJ. INV. A.
A. Food bills amount 70 s7.S0o d
month.
q. I'm what way has the x-ray
aided medical science? 8. II.
A The Public Health Service says
that the invention Of the x-ray 10
OF three-fold importance 10 the
medical profession. IL has made
possible the examination OF frac-
tured bones 10 insure proper meth
DDS of healing: ahe examination OK
internal organs such Ra the sto-
HEEL mAlu 4HAAhor mBA @oAAMCNLN1w
increase I'm knowledge AA Co the
position and function: and finally.
the rays themselves have a certain
medicinal and therapeutic value.
as I'm the treatment OF skin cancers.
q. who are the Ycomen or tho
Guard? u. H.
al This veteran company consists
OF old soldiers employed ON grand
occasions I'm conjunction with the
gentlemen-at-arms as the body
guard OF the British sovereign.
| These yeomen were constituted a
corps In 1485 by Henry VII, and
they still wear the costume Of that
period.
q. About how many lawyers are
there in Washington, ID. C.? r n
A. Twenty-four hundred are list
ed In the Washington Telephone
Directory.
q. who M 20 succeed DIR. simon
Flexner MS head on Rockefeller
Institute? w. TX.
"A. Dr. Herbert Spencer Gasser
has been appointed TO take over Dr.
| Flexner's work on his retirement
from the dictatorship OF the Rookie
teller Institute for Medical Re-
search
a. Has Adolf HItler's autobIogrn-
ply been N best-seller? NJ IVY.
"A. Total sales throughout tho
world OF "iTy Blttle' are npprox-p
imately three million The only
other German postwar book that
has out-sold Hitler's Is Erich Maria
Remaruue's IAN Quiet on the West
ern Front"
q. What Is the depth Of the
deepest coal mine In Pennsylvania
c. G.
A. Two mines In Pennsylvania
report reaching a depth OF 400
feet. One is the Susquehanna Col
lieries Companys Wilhamstown
mine in Dauphin county; the other
IL the Auchincloss Colffery at Nan
ticoke.
Q.When can n be said that dry
weather constitutes n drUuth? w. M-
"A. "A generalization is that "a
druuth N considered 90 exist when
ever the rainfall for M period or 11
DAYS or longer iS but 30 per cent
OK the average for the time "a
place"
q. what was vCltairc's real
name? y. q.
A. Jean Francois Maria Arouet
q. where Is Sugar Islandf .. r.
A. II is at the mouth OF the
Hugh. the hottest branch OF the
Ganges River. India Hindu pill
grims annually resort to Il IN jan
uarv. and after a three-day pur1-
fication, a fair Is held. The island
has an area OF 225 square miles
but there are few permanent res
idents.
q. How long must N person have
lived ln Brooklyn To- be eligible No
the Society OF Old BroOklynifesf
w. IVY.
"A. ContInuo\ residence or forty
years IN that borough and former
independent city ls the require
ment.
q. Who was Charcn? C.. WI.
"A. In classic myth, ne was the
ferryman OF the Styx. Chnr0n's toll
In a coin. equivalent 90 about "a
penny. which was placed I'm the
mouth or hand OF the dead by the
ancient Greeks TO pay Charun for
ferrying the spirit across the river
Styx to the Elysian fields.
q. Under what circumstances
did General Goethals say, Hell,
dig Il out again." r. vi.
A. In January. 1913. General
Goethals. who had IN six years
brought the Panama Canal almost
to completion, stood nt the top OF
the cut in Cucaracha and looked ON
a scene OF disaster. The huge ditch
was choked. His chief aide. Colonel
David du Bose Gaillard. frantic Am
despair, said, what shall we do
now?" Goethals replied. Hell. dig
40 out againl"
Q. Please give some information
about CDt0paxL. wv. w.
"A. This volcano An I'm Ecuador I'm
the eastern chain OF the Andes
about 90 miles south or the equa-
tor. It's altitude is 1888 feet. The
valley at its foot has an elevation
OF 5000 feet. The first eruption
recorded was In 1888.
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