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@. How much money n sent out
Of this country by Americans TO pur-
chase sweepstake tickets? Il. II.
A. Estimates based partly on the
prize money won by Americans, place
the value OF ticket sales at Sl0,000,-
900 annually.
q. Who Is head OF the Communist
Party In this country? r. w. q.
A. Earl Browder is general secre-
tary OF the Communist Party Of the
United States.
q. What has become OF Clarence
Chamberlin, the aviator? +. X
A. He now operates his own air.
line between New York and Old Or
chard Beach, Me.
q. OF what material win the
Treasury bullion depository at Fort
Knox, Kentucky, be built? X. vi.
A. It will be Of granite and REIN
forced concrete construction, the
concrete being poured over inter-
looking steel spirals. Electric ears,
flood ghtS, gas and radio equipment
and other protective devices will
augment the guards who will be on
twenty-four hour duty.
r. {. ''n'' Is rAdium worth n'"' T.
A. AT present prices 1t Is worth
about n million dollars per ounce
@. Which OF the great composers
was the first 10 write music for the
piano? +. c.
A. 1t is said that Beethoven was.
His Moonlight Sonata was wri len
for the harpsichord. but his last SON.
atas were composed for the piano.
q. How many races and castles r
there TN India? G. ID.
A. There are more than As races,
2,40O castles and tribes. and 700 feu-
datory states in that country.
@. Did jefferson Davis continue
rs a member Of the United States
Senate after he had been elected
President nf tha raufaIo-o.-9 =
A. Technically. he remained a
member Of the United States SensNe
until March IA. 1861, although Ne
had been inaugurated President OF
the Confederacy. On March IA, his
seat was declared vacant by a Sem
etc resolution.
q. When was quarantine first OBJ
served in a seaport? III. III.
"A. Maritime quarantine Is said TO
date back TO the 18th century when
it was first established by the Vene-
cians.
q. How far Is Adds Ababa from
Eritrea? s. NJ. ~.
A. The distance is over four hun
dred miles.
q. Has the youth hostel move
ment a large membership? r. r.
A. There are more than seven mill
lion members in the various ma
tional Youth Hostel associations.
@. Are biIIbOards banned I'm Que
bee? w. s.
A. The Minister Of Roads has the
power to prohibit all bill boards and
other signs which d~isfigure or OBJ
scure roadside scenery.
q. What Is caIaba oil? C. b.
A. 1t is an Illuminating oil made
from calaba-nuts which come from
a tree Of the order OF Guttiferae that
flourishss in Brazil and the West
indies. The oil consists Of the gly-
lcerides OF palmitic. stearic and oleic
acids, and contains about IS per cent
OF a greenish resin which Is poison
Gus and renders the oil tnedible. II
Is, however, used incidentally.
q. How long did the Great Waits
run last season? X. l..
A. This operetta ran for nearly
three hundred performances and
. has now reopened In New York.
? q. How Is Cyril Clemens, presi-
I dent OF the international Mark
! Twain Society. related to the ia
nous humorist? W.. s. f.
A. Mr.. Clemens Is the son OF DIN
James r. Clemens, cousin Of Ma
: Twain. -
@. How large Is the mirror Of thu
largest rejecting telescope made By
an amateur? Z. l..
A. The largest amateurs mirror
Is probably a 24-inch made by a mar
g in Chicago. DR.. Byl Of southern
a California is believed TO be making
Z 2 24-inch mirror at present. j. Fl
r Hindle OF Blackburn, England, is ar
amateur who Is az present Vorkine
on a 3o-inch mirror.
: @. What Is the name of the schoo
in New Jersey founded by the lat,
Elizabeth Morrow Morgan and wha'
. age children are enrolled? II. w
A. The Little School Of Englewood
N. j., is an institution for children
of from 10 months to five years.
o q. What Is the hiyhest mountain
2. peak in Massachusetts? III. X.
"A. Mount Greylock. 1t is $500 fee
high.
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