, 1935-05-26

-Frsjsrie j. Hsskin
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any question Of fact by writing The
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reau, Frederic j. Haskin. Direcefr,
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three CD cents for reply.
q. How many divorces re grant
cd in Reno I'm N Year, R- y. H-
A. Divorces In Reno. Nevada I'm
1888. numbered 2,45o
a. How much 0f the money found
I'm letters which reach the Dead Let
Ter Office IL eventually returned 10
the owners? III. b
A. Money found In letters during
the fiscal year 1894 amounted 70
S6o, soc. 20, Of which amount S40,230.-
10 wal restored TO the rightful own
ers.
q. Who were Justice Oliver Wen
dell Holmes heirSf u. r. w.
"A. Associate Justice Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, married Miss Fanny
Dixwell. OF Cambridge, Mass. who
died In 1929. They had no children.
At death Justice Holmes was devoid
OF relatives except for his nephew
Edward j. Holmes Of Boston and the
latter's wife.
q. what I'm the usual temperature
tn Hnbana. Cuba? w. NJ. n.
a. There LIS very little range or
temperature. The mean annual
temperature Is rs dc%eeS w. IL
rarely goes above 90 degrees. or be-
low SO degrees.
q. Please explain why st. louis
Ii not I'm q county. ID. o. G.
A. The Constitution OF Missouri
In 1875 conferred upon the city OF
st. Louis the power 10 frame It's
own charter and mt the same time
20 separate from the county or &C..
Louis. and become N separate p0liti-
cal entity IN the State. The city
limits are defined In this act and
adjacent territory con not be brought
into the city proper without consent
of the citizens Of the city. OF the ad-
jacent territory. and Of the county.
q. How many raIlway-hlghway
grade crossings are there I'm the
United states? W. G.
A. IL ts estimated that there arr
about $4,000. F
a. What kind OF retail business
suffered the most during the de-
preston? II. ~.
A. The lumber, building, and
hardware group were off So per cent
In 1888 compared with 1929. Jewelry
stor ! and furniture and household
groups Jared almost as badly.
q. When did n negro receive the
first Pm. ID. from "a large American
university? WI. ~ W.
a. he earliest was Ed. "A. BoGchet
who received the degree from Yale
In 1875. The first from Harvard
went TO w. II. :. Dubois In 1898: from
Columbia. George 4. Haines in 1912.
q. Please explain the following
statement: "Many soldiers killed by
shells during the World War showed
no wounds and were not even hit
The high explosive shells created n
partial vacuum around their bodies.
causing instant death" M. TX.
"A. The History or the Medical De- ,
partment or the United States Army
in the World War says: Compared
with previous wars, a relatively
large number OF instantaneous
deaf S occurred In action, partic-
ularly In trench warfare, without
any sign of external injury 10 the
body. In a few such bodies exam
ined by Pathologists many minute
and occasionally large hemorr-
hayes were found. usually I'm the
central nervous system or lungs
Grill experiments at Rouen, TN 1917.
on animals showed the lungs 10 ba
the seat OF massive hemOrrhaRes.
Grille found the central nervous sys-
tenn involved. Durante and Mairet,
in similar experiments, found ~
central nervous system affected. The
exact physical condition producing
these LESSONS has been much discuss
ed. The most plausible hypothesis
Is that the very great instantaneous
reduction on air pressure immedi-
ately following It's very great increase
from the gases az explosion causes
such rapid displacement or gases and
fluids inside the body as 20 rupture
blood vessels with weak support. as
in the lungs. and probably also td
diSintegrate cell membranes, pars
ticularly OF the central nervous sys-
tenn"
q. What Is the purpose OF thu
Authors League? q. NJ.
"A. Il was organized In 1912 10 pro-
cure adequate copyright legisla-
ton; both domestic and internal
tionRl: TO protect copyrightable
material: and TO advise and assist
its members In the disposal OF their
vork.
q. Have any white men been ex-
ecuted for crimes against negroes?
J. McC.
A. The Negro Year Book says that
there have been several cases where
white men we're given the death SEN
tence for numbering negroes. I'm
1929 in Duval County In Florida the
death sentence was imposed on Britt
PrIngle for brutally numbering An
aged negro. The Georgia Supreme
Court ON July 20. 1880. affirmed the
sentence Of a white man 70 die IN
the electric chair for the murder Of
two negroes.
q. Who said. "A kiss IN N dot on
the u I'm loving?" =. M
"a. The quotation Al frnm Rn-