, 1935-06-05

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"A reader can get the answer "a any
question or fact by wr1tinm Ths
Brownsville Herald Information Bu-|
reau. Frederic u. Hasktn. director.
Washington. ID. r.. Please enclose
three 49, cents for reply
q. How many times has Helen
wills Moody been women's tennis
champion of the United statcsf T.
M. B.
"A. Miss wills Mrs Moody has
been seven times winner of th@
singles for ome
q. DO termIten look like ants with
Wings? Il. T.
"A. TO "a close observer there Ia
quite m difference. Winged ants
have very slender waists and one
pair of wings la larger than the 9TH
er. Termites have no slender region
in the middle of the body, and the
two pairs or wings are about the
u \ size
q. Does the Post Office Depart
ment pay rent 90 the Department
OF the Treasury for the buildings "A
occupies? w. VI.
"A. No Government Department
pays rental 70 the Treasury for tho
use Of buildings.
q. I'm VIVA ways has railway pas
senger service been improved late
~? I'd. H.
al The three principal Develop
ments have been streamlined trains.
air conditioning and Increased speed.
q. How "A the same information
~ found I'm several books NIL 0f
them copyrighted? A. WI. ~.
A- Copyright IA not for facts but
for literary forms. What Ia protect
WI la the compller's arrangement and
Nd long as the work as IN whole rep
resents original effort. 1t can be
copyrighted.
q. Where does the wool for HAr-
ris tWecds come from? q. q. I'D.
"A. Harris la the southern and
smaller half w LeWis-wtth-HarriA
the most northerly islands Of the
Outer H~ebrideS. n group lying off the
northwest coast or Scotland. The
crofters, Nv tenants. have made m
great reputation for Harris on nc
count or the tweed they MANUFACTURES.
q. How many guns are fired IN u
salute on the Fourth OF July7 A.
=. VT.
A. The salute 10 the Union. pom
memorative of the Declaration OF
independence and consisting OK 1
gun for each State, IN fired nj noon
on July 4 at every post provided with
suitable artillery.
q. How much do the bones of Mn
adult person weigh? T. P. N.
"A. The weight or an adult skeleton
IN usually from ten To twelve pounds
The skeleton with light bones would
weigh a pound less. the skeleton
with heavy boheS would weigh m
pound more.
w. WNnMA ~ MlW NNNAMMH WA MhMW MW@Mm
OF Maine? n. q. WI
AL Owing 10 the irreEularity of tho
coast line. which fringed with ig-
lands. IA indented with many bays.
the shore line ~ 2456 miles
q. Did Theodore Roosevelt sup
port Taft for the Republican PreHl-
DENTAL nomination? w. III. ".
IA. He supported Taft for the NOM
nation In 1908. but opposed him for
denomination In 1912.
q. When were ships first built tn
this country? J. H.
"A. Jean Bbaut tFrenchl landed.
with "A company on French Hugue-
notS. on Paris Island. on the South
Carolina coast. In 1862. lie built a
fort there. and on returning To-
France. left "A garrison or 26 men.
When he did not come back within
the expected time. the garrison built
"A ship. with the aid OF Indians.
cauIking III with Spanish moss and
rosln. and on N sailed for Europe.
This IN said I'd have been the first
ship constructed In America
q. How old was Jenny Lind when
she died? ". WI. a..
"A. Jenny Lind was born 1870
and died IN 1887, giving her T years
Al the time OF her death
O. Have the appropriations of
Congress gone under the billion dol
Iar figure In recent years? F. G. W..
Al II depends upon what In meant
hy recent" Not until 1907 did the
appropriations pass the hall billion
mark. and not until 1917 was the
billion-dollar mark passed.
q. When N the wheat harvesting
scas0n I'm Argentina? w. I'D. R.
A iii December. January and Feb
ruary, according % latitude.
q. How many words are there I'm
the Russian language? I'm Chi
nese. japanese. Turkish. and Arabic.
WI. ~. n.
vi. The number of words In the
most generally used Russian die
tiOnary Ia 10000: the terms defined
w the principal Chinese diction-
aries number about 1890: In the
japanese. T2.B25. Turkish. I'LL 200.
The Arabic terms number some
1880
q. How large are orange groves.
usually? ~. W. NJ.
"A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that. although there are q few
large orange groves I'm Florida and
California. particularly the latter
orange growing In 10 n considerable
"a nt an industry made IT'D of or