, 1935-08-28

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a. How much wine can q person
make at home? C.. H.
A. The law allows n 10 manu-
facture zoo gallons OF wine for home
consumption.
q. How high m the Fucne BridgeR
W. q. C.
"A. This new bridge under con-
struction In Denmark is reported to
be- the highest engineering feat of
its kind. The bridge has a clearance
OF 100 meters from It's base in the
ocean floor to itS highest point
nc Is built or concrete and steel
q. When was the decision of the
/ Supreme Court handed down nv
10 the constitutionaIity OF the
NRA? ID. A. ID.
A. The decision Of the United
States Supreme Court In the
SchectNer Case was handed down
May %, 1885. and was published in
papers released at l p. m. that day.
q. When was the Opera Comi-
que fire I'm Paris? w. ".
A. On May Is. 1887. zoo were kill
ed by fire at this theatre
q. Please give me the history or
the eagle and serpent Of the Mex
lean flag. H. j. R.
"A. The ensign OF Mexico is a
tricolOr OF green. white and red.
with the arms or the country i'm
posed upon the white section. The
arms originated with the legend
that the Aztecs could not settle un-
I'll they found an eagle with a
green serpent I'm It's beak, standing
on a cactus plant situated on an
island In a lake.
q. who was Jeremy Taylor? III.
ID. L.
A. He was an English Episcopal
clergyman and author. who vas
born in 1913 and died In 1867. He
was famous for his extemporaneous
preaching. as well as his religious
books. more than as a reformer,
which role he attempted.
q. Who was the first man killed
I'm the Civil War? n. TX.
a. The first Union soldier killed
In the Civil War was Thornsberry
Bailey Brown. Ere was killed on
May ~. 1861 while engaged In OBJ
tanning recruits when fired upon by
Confederate pickets mt Fetterman
near Grafton, VETS Virginia. It
may BE- said. however. that the first
bloodshed In the Civil War occurred
April 10, 1861. After the president
had issued his proclamation
April rs, 1861, Governor Andrew OF
Massachusetts, sent five regiments
Of infantry TO Washington. Pass
ing through Baltimore they were
stoned and fired upon. -Four SOL
diers were killed. and twenty in
jured. There we're nine casualties
IN the mob. There va also a cas-
ualty among Union forces or
April IS, 1861, as Battery Z Of the
First u. s. Artillery evacuated Tort
Sumter. South Carolina. II saltlted
the flag. "A premature explosion
caused the death OF Daniel Hough
hll NtAAAIrA lAANN DhhrAo.
q. What IN the Roreich Pact? U.s..
"a III is the pact signed April IA.
1925. by the Governing Board or
tile Pan American Union 90 protect
historic monuments and scientific
and cultural institutions under "a
special flag. In time or war as wen
ss In peace.
q. What ~ the worlds record high
dive? G.. G..
A The worlds record for a high
dive Is held by Alex Wickham, for
a dive OF EOS feet 9 inches. This dive
xaS made at Melbourne, Australia.
1918.
O. What Il known as the Gross
roads Of the Pacific? T. L.
A The Hawaiian Islands.
q. Az what New York theatre did
Anna Pavlowa dance ON her first
tour OF the United States? H. W.
A. She appeared at the Hippo
drome In 1915.
Gs WHMA M4pNgnEU ND EMM MMMMM~
sins on Premier Duca Of RumnnIaf
". TIL.
A. The three a-ssassIns we're sen
fenced 10 life Imprisonment.
q. How long did W take Lewis Car
roIl TO tell the story. Alice I'm Won
derland? W. H.
"A. III was told IN the afternoon or
June 2. 1852. The poems were later
added.
q What caused the collision of
the U.S.S. Aeolus and the U.S.S.
Huron, April 25. 1928, on n bright
moonlight night? X. G.
A. II was due to a casualty TO tr T,
steering gear Of the u. s. S. Siboney,
one Of the ships OF the convoy. The
Aeolus changed course suddenly 70
avoid being struck Dy the Siboney.
There were no casualties 20 tNe
personnel OF the Aeolus CIR Huron.
but both ships were damaged and
put back 10 New York.
M. e.
"A According 10 IN report ~ the
American Institute of Sanitation.
the ordinary houSefly carries ~
100000 germs. "A fly that has been
ir insanltarv places may carry as
many ms 100000 germs.
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