, 1935-06-30
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A reader en- get tns tEnswe4
airy question or fact Ivy WI 1tlng The
Brownsville Herald information
Bureau. Frederic N. Hmsktn. Director.
washington. ID C. Please enrlnSa
three 90 cents for reply
q. When win the Ameid dean Bar
Association hold it, GO nventionf
". wv.
a. The American Bar "A ssoctation
win IN Los AngelesL Califor-
min. on July 18th. the NEE ting last
ing five days
q. Please give nm account mi Lydia
Darrah. Revolutionary War heroine.
WI. lid.
A. Lydia Darrah lived In PhIla-
delphia In hit. While sonic British
officers were LEGGED In Ter home,
she overheard their plans t0 sur
prise W~ashington's Army Under
pretense Of leaving her home to pnr-
chase flour, she walked three miles
through the snow and infc Emed n
Of WaShington's officers az the plan.
Washington prepared for the attack
and the British expedition proved n
failure.
q. Where was w. E. III. DrHBoIs, NJ
thor of Black Reconstruc'IlO edu-
Gated? II. L.
A. DIR. Dubois received his "A. ID.
~ EtoL TTW4twnwmtNw~ a. N0a0a "A N NJ
ward, 1890. A. M. Harvard. 1891. and
Fh. ~. Harvard. 1895. He also studied
nc the Universities OF Berlin and
Paris.
q. What Is the origin or the NIX
preston You'll have 10 snow me.
I'm from Missouri" j. WI. A.
A. The phrase I'm from Missouri
was first used by W.. ID. Vandiver,
Representative from Mis- souri, M
Congress. In the sense II am not
easily taken In" or You win have 10
show me-"
q. Tn what Southern ba kerry was
steam first used? H. WI.
"A. The bakery conducted Nv Mar
garet Haughery Of New Orleans N
said to have been the first
q. where are the most IobSie.
produced? u. III.
a. The greatest lobSter-rroducinR
area A. located of the coast pf Cana
da'S Atlantic provinces. Canada
supplies all but a small part OF thn
worlds production OF canHled Mkh-
sters. The total annual rack nut
up In Nova Scotia. New Brunswick.
Prince Edward Island. and Quebec.
averages $4,000 cases.
q. Are many trees killed by tho
tent caterpillar? 5. II.
A. While this insect pest ds~sfoliates
several kinds or trees. II rarel y causes
permanent injury. The loss or leaves,
particularly early I'm the seas on, does
not NEAR that deciduous trees win
be killed.
q. How many coins are IN the
Chase Bank collection I'm New YORK;
III. ".
"A. There are 10000 pieces IN TIRE
Chase Bank collection which IN via
tied BY about 5000 people annual
".
O. What II the name or the horse
that carried MOhammed 10 IEeavenP
\. M.
A. The horse, according no Arb
tradition. which conveyed fhoham-
med to the 7th Heaven was named
AL Borak. an Arab word rueaninR
the lightning.
q. How much money m collected
In fishing licenses by the various
States? w. &.
"A. 10 Is estimated that thu States
win collect more than seven million
dollars In license fees this year.
q. What Is the extent OF tire w. Tx.
Kellogg Bird Sanctuary I'm MIchi-
gan? "A. ".
"A. There are 500 acres IA the y
tuary which is located fourteen miles
northwest OF Battle Greek. More
than 200 species OF native upland
game and song birds, wfld amH@R,
swans, and ducks are protectak Jn
the refuge.
q. How mary types of low lne con-
tests are held? G.. "a.
A. In general prize contesfs MA
be divided into four types: short
writing competitions. such Is titles,
slogans and recipes: intellige nee and
ability contests consisting on histor-
ical. solving mysteries. or writing
advertisements; literary, Including
essays. poetry and short stories:
handicraft. competitions, photo1ra-
ply, invention labor-SavinR devices.
art drawing and fancy work.
q. What poem was pronounced by
Lord Byron ~the most =S.ss=4 I'm the
Ianguage?D W. w.
"A. The Burial OF Sir John Moore
by Charles Wolfe.
q. When was the College Entrance
Examination Board estLbIIahed7
W. e..
"A. The College Entrance Exam
nation Board was founded FRI 1901,
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler acting
as It's first president.
q. Who were the winners IN the
last National Spelling Bee? w. e.
A. Winners I'm the eleventh Nation
al Spelling Bee held at Washington,
II. g., were: first prize. Clara Mohler.
representing the Akron COl Beacon
Journal: second prize, Paul McCus-
Iker. representing TIE buffalo Eyer