, 1935-06-09

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A reader N get the answer to
airy question OF fact BY writha& The
Brownsville Herald Information
Bureau. Frederic j. HaSki 4, Director.
Washington. ID. G. Please enclose
three 90 cents for reply.
q. Please give the cost or the HOI-
land Tunnel and George Washing
ton Bridge. New York City. G. II. II.
"A. The approximate cost OF the
Holland Tunnel was $4,000 1000.
The George Washington Bridge cost
approximately SOC. 900. 900.
q. On what day of the week and
at what hour az the day was the De-
~claration OF Independence signedf
II. B. A.
"A. The Declaration Of Independ-
ence was signed or the evening of
the 4th OF July. ITO. by the preSi-
dent and secretary. whose signatures
only were borne by the printed copies
sent out. The journals OF congress
did not enter the Declaration. but
left a blank for II. which was after-
ward filled In and the signatures TAX
en- from the ~engrossed copy On
July 10 Congress passed n reSolu-
ton that IL should be engroSsed ON
parchment and on August 2 Il was
signed by "a members present; Ger
nv Of Massachusetts. Mexican OF
Delaware. and Thornton OF New
Hampshire were empowered by their
legislatures to sign later. Thornton
not signing until the Attn Of No
vember.
q. What other name Is given 10
the shepherds pipe? vi. W. G.
A. II lis also known as the pastoral
oboe or musette.
q. Why did Admiral Byrd spend
the time to the south Of the base Mt
Little America? r.. a. ID.
A. In reference 20 the purpose OF
his isolation. Admiral Byrd said:
II went 70 the interior to make n
study Of the weather conditions
there. IL Is vastly different on the
interior from the conditions on the
coast. / had regular Weather Blu
Teau instruments and kept q con-
1 LAAAUOAAH ANAUAA VI AAhT NEAg&AkN HAlA
direction Of the winds and the tenn
perature."
q. How much currency was issued
I'm Germany during the initiation?
G.. vi.
A. In 1922. at the height OF the in
flation in Germany there were In
circulation 2.274.OO0.O 900 900. zoe 1O0.-
600 marks. The Government the=
created a new unit. backed BY gold,
the reichsmark. One reichSmark
was worth 1000. 00O. 000. 900 OF the
old inflationary marks. This reichs-
mark waS worth q cents In Ameri-
can money SO this means that %
cents would have bought 1000, 000,-
100000 OF the old marks.
q. Please give the dimensions OF
the Washington Monument. W.. q.
"A. The Washington Monument iB
SIS feet 5 Ia inches In height. The
base n S. feet square. and the top g
"a feet 9 inches square.
q. Has the production OF coal taR
dyes ian the United states increased
very much since the World War;
W. y.
"A. In 1918 the production was ap-
proximately 77.000.0 900 pounds; In
1888 II was over ITS, 100000 pounds.
q. What l. the greatest weight
that has been lifted by a man? A. ~
"A. Warren Il. Travis lifted 1000
pounds in a back lift and also lift
ed the same amount In a harness
lift. n. j. McCarty OF st. Louis.
Mo, raised a platform Of stones
weighing $3.50 pounds on his back.
This latter feat Is not noted In the
official records.
q. What happens 60 the alcohol
when wine turns to vinegar? r. B.
"A. IN vinegar al OF the alcohol
except perhaps n trace has been
changed 10 an acetic acid through a
t-~terial oxidation.
q. Please give some data about
the man who started CrOckford'g
Club I'm London VI. a. w.
A. William Crockford. proprietor
OF Crockford's Club, was boTat In
London In ITS. the son OF a fish
monger. and for some time himself
carried on that business. After
winning n large sum OF money tac-
cOrding to one story l00.0 00 pounzS)
either az cards or by running a
gambling establishment. he built I'm
1927 a luxurious gambling house nc
50 st. James street. which. 70 insure
exclusiveneSs. he organized aS IN
club. Crockford retired In 1870,
when. n the expressive language or
Captain r. H. Gronow. he had won
the whole OF the ready money OF the
then existing generation" He took.
indeed. about 100000 pounds out
of the club. but subsequently lost
most OF Il In speculationS. Crock
ford died on May "a. 1894.
O. How many people does . rep
~reseniative represent I'm Congressf
l.. w.
A. Under the present apportion-
ment there IN n United States
Representative for each 279,7l2 in
habitants Of a State.
@. Il Sinclair Lewis the only Am
erican who has won the Nobel Prize
for literature? What is the value OF
the prize? II. ID. w.
"A. Lewis * the only American 70
have won the prize. The prize va
ries I'm value. being derived from
the interest Of a fund OF 100000
established by Arthur B Nobel. in
ventor OF dynamite. When Lewis
was awarded the prize II 1880 y was
worth S46.350. The other Nobel
Prizes are OF like value.