, 1935-07-23
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"A reader can get the answer to
any question of fact by writing Tho
Brownsville Herald Information Ru-
reau, Frederic ~. Haskin. Director,
washington. ID. G. Please enclose
three CD cents for reply.
O. How many flights into tho
stratosphere have been nader Z y.
A. Eleven. flights have been made.
The first To he recorded was that uf
James GlalSher and Henry Tracey
Coxwell from Northampton. Eng
land. In 1852. They assembled even
miles In open basket
q. Whose voice IN used I'm the AMI
mated cartoon POpeye. the Sailor
man? ". G.
A. The voice is william costelloiL
On. when marked ransom money
IN found I'm the possession Of lnnO-
cent persons. do they lose It's value
ns Inn the case or counterfeit money!
H. IVY.
A. The Department OF the Treas
ury says that as money An absolute
~ negotiable. the innocent parties
who have acquired ransom notes I'm
the course OF their business do not
suffer any less because Oh their C
QUESTION. It is the customary prac-
tice TO have such money presented
TO n OF the Federal Reserve Banks
where N is exchanged FOR other
money IN a similar amount. The
notes are then held by the bank for
use In the investigation and prosec-
ution OF the crime.
q. When was the first free library
for children established I'm this
country? WI. c.
A. In 1895 IN West Cambridge
(now Arlington Massachusetts,. 10
was established through N beuuest
OF one hundred dollars given by
Ebenezer Learned. Last year. through
children's rooms I'm Libraries, school
libraries. and storytelling groups
owe 10000 200 books were circulat-
ed among children.
q. What was a labor exchangeP
NJ p.
A. The term was given 10 q class
OF institutions founded I'm lB32-ia35,
designed tc bring about an exchange
Of the products Ct labor without the
use of money. The basis OF the value
OF the products was the time 40 took
TO produce them.
a. In there any piece on furniture
which Ia distinctively Americana A
Il.
A. The rocking chair originated
Ar America. The butterfly table and
COMEBACK Windsor chair are also
American
q. What IN n shop right? III. NJ IVA.
a. It Is N right automatically Gre
ated on behalf Of the owner OF q
shop when an employe uses timo
and equipment Of "a shop To make
nm invention.
q. How large ls the T~ierEarten ANN
Berlin? I'D. WI.
A. This park contains 500 acres
and Is about two mes long.
"a. Why IN the word pajamaa
sometimes spelled pyjamas? A. ID.
A. IL Is so spelled because this
more nearly reprOduces the sound or
the Hindusnni word from which the
English word Is derived
q. Please give m biography or tho
composer, TOsti. "A. NJ.
A. Sir Francesca Paolo ToSti. TIA
nan-EnglLsh song composer, wAa
born ln OrtOna XII Mare In the Abruz-
ri In 1916. After studying ut the
Naples Conservatory, he was ap-
pointed nm instructor there. In 1859
I've resigned and went 10 Rome where
he appeared IN concerts and was
vocal iStructor at the Court. In 1878
Inc went I'd London and was later
made singing teacher to the royal
family. He was knighted in 1908 and
returned 10 Rome 10 live IN 1919. He
died In 1916.
q. Were many Columbian half
dollars made for the Chicago Worlds
Fair? mi. T. nd.
A. About 100000 were made.
y. q. y '
A. IN heraldry the term Is ap-
piled 10 the tincture OF the hoofa
OF an animal. Thus R stag repre-
serted with hoofs on N certain
color is unguled OF that color.
q. What Nv done with damaged
china or discarded White House
furniture? T.. N. r.
"A. They are considered govern
ment property. and when broken
or found obsolete r surveyed and
rendered unfit for use.
a. Where m the Temple Of Five
Thousand Buddhas? "A. R.
A. 10 is at HanRchow, China,
and contains Buddhas varying I'm
height from one inch TO more than
fifty feet.
q. Was Jefferson Davis married
more than once? Il. R. I'D.
A. He was married twice. In 1888
he married Sarah Knox Taylor.
who died within thV year. In 1645
he married Varina Howell.
q. How wide IN the Potomac
River nc Washington and where II
enters the bay? l.. ".
A. At washington Ii Is about
1000 feet wide, and when 10 enters
Chesapeake Bay, about SIX miles
wide.
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