Evening star., 1936-08-11
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASRIN.

question of fact by ,Uriting The Euenino
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Easkin, Director Washington, D. c.
Please fnclose stamp for reply.
@. How many broadcastlng stations
are there in the United States and
| Canada?-A. S.
A. The Federal Communications Com
| mission says that at the present time
there are 665 broadcasting stations in
the United States. On May 80. 1886,
there were 70 broadcasting stations in
the Dominion of Canada.
| Q. To what extent is travel by bus
| carried on?-H. M. B.
| A. There are approximately 23,750
common carrier busSeS in intercity oper-
alton carrying more than 650000,000
| passengers and travelling more than l.
| 600, ,000,O 900 miles annually.
@. How much do the American people
} pay annually in interest?-N. M.
A. 1t is estimated that the American
| people pay for the use Of borrowed
money s1O,O00,0 100000 year.
@. If bill is not acted upon by Con-
gress, will it hold over until the next
Congress?-P. j.
A. At the end Of Congress all bills
which had been introduced but not
passed automatically die.
O. Who is credited with having pos
seSSed the most remarkable memory on
| record?-F. E. P.
A. There have been many instances Of
what may be termed remarkable feats
of memory. Justus Lipsius, Belgian
| scholar, is said to have committed to
memory the whole of "Tacitus'; Ma
caulay learned Pilgrims Progress" and
Paradise Lost; Antonio Magliabechi,
librarian to Cosmo III, grand duke Of
| Florence, is said to have memorized and
reproduced a manuscript that had been
lent him to read. Lord Granville was
able to repeat the New Testament in the
original Greek, and Euler. the mathema-
tician, knew all the "Aeneid" from men,
| ory. Others noted for their excellent
[ powers of memorizing were Wallis, also
a mathematician. and Niebuhr. The
! ability to memorize has also been DEM
onstrated in playing chess notably by
Philidor, Harry Pllsbury and Black
| burne.
@. Does the queen bee lay both fer
tilted and unfertlized eggs?-W. L.
A. The queen bee is able to lay either
fertilized or unfertilized eggs. according
| to the size Of the cells in which they are
to develop. Fertilized eggs are laid
| either in small worker cells or in large
! irregular queen cells, and developed into
| queens or workers. Unfertilized eggs
are laid in drone cells, and those that
develop become drones.
@. What explorer used submarine
| from the United States Navy to take
| to the North Pole?-A. G.
| A. The explorer who used a submarine
! in an attempt to travel under the North
| Pole some years ago was Sir Hubert
wilkins. 1t was the U. S. S. O-12 which
had been built for the United States
Navy in 1918.
Q. What is the Rose Mary CraWshaw
| Prize in literature M
A. This prize is awarded annually by
| the British Academy for the best his
/ torical or critical work on English lit
erature by woman of any nationality.
@. Why do people who have reduced
on diet, gain back the flesh so quickly
when the dieting period is over?-H. w.
A. A dieting period is never over. A
wise person reduces slowly and culti-
Yates different food habits. He does not
return to the diet which caused over.
weight.
Q. How many trade associations are
there in the United States?-w. L.
A. There are approximately 1000 trade
associations. of which about $500 are
national or interstate, 500 are State or
regional, and 1000 are local.
Q. How many osteoDaths are there in
the United States?-D. G.
A. There are about 5000 practicing
osteopaths.
Q. When a State wins the honor flag
Tor Red Cross membership, where 1t Is
kept?-J. H
A. 1t hangs the banner in It's Capitol
in token of victory for that year.
| Q. Please give some information about
the McGuffey Memorial at oxford,
Ohio.-L. K.
A. A centenary celebration in honor
OF the educator was held at Miami Uni
verSity, Oxford. by the Federated Nc
Guffev Clubs on July "a and 25 Plans
have been made for erecting a memorial
! shaft designed by dorado Taft on the
university campus. A bust of McGuffev
will Surmount the shaft and he will be
looking down on three children gath
cred around book patterned after the
second McGuffey Reader. Another
! memorial will be in the form of a volume
of celebrated McGuffey stories selected
by an editorial board consisting of
Henry Ford, Mark Sullivan. Hamlin
Garland John Finley and a number of
college presidents and State Governors.
Q. How long have the outdoor con-
certs been held in the Lewisohn Sta.
dium. New York City?-E. G.
A. They were begun in 1913
Q. How large a fortune did Lawrence
OF Arabia leave?-W. F.
A. T. E. Lawrence left an estate
valued at 1000 pounds
| @. Will the drought affect the cam
| ming of green peas?-O. G.
A. The crop of green peas as esti-
mated would indicate a total pack of
about 100000 cases in 1896. This
compares with total pack of 24,698,0oo
cases last year.
O. What is the object of the Dodge
| F0unOati0no- o-F NJ T.