Evening star., 1936-08-05
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC }. HASKIN,

bI FhEDEhiC J. HASkIN.
A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by Drittno The Euenino
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin. Director. Washington, D. c.
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@. How many people are now receiving
aid under the social securities act?-D D.
A. As of June l, 1885, q total of 778,-
35l were receiving aid under the public
assistance program. approximately T.
100000 workers were protected by the
| l3 State unemployment compensation
laws already passed.
@. How many people will the new
| auditorium at the University of Ari-
zona hold?-F. S.
A. 1t will seat 2,7O0. There is also
new dance floor for SEQ couples. These
are but two of the items in building
program which cost over 100000.
@. Is it true that William Randolph
Hearst has never held public ofice?-C. B.
A. This is not fact. He was a mem
ber of Congress from New York in the
Fffty-eight and Fifty-ninth Congresses,
from 1903 to 1907.
@. How old Is Mahatma Gandhi?-
r. w.
A. He is SO.
@. How much prohibition territory is
left in the United States?-W. N.
A. The dry States are Alabama,
Georgia, Mississippi, North Dakota, Ten
neSsee, Kansas and Oklahoma. OF the
100 counties in North Carolina, the sale
of liquor is legal in only II.
@. Can you give me an apt quotation
that will stimulate good thought and
character building?-W. w.
A. The following paragraph taken
from a message to his teachers by the
late President j. E. Ament Of the Ma
tional Park Seminary might serve your
purpose: BE too large for worry. too
noble for anger, too strong for fear and
too happy to permit the presence of
trouble Think well of yourself and
proclaim this fact to the world-not in
loud words, but in'great deeds"
@. When was the first eruption of
MOUNT ~. II.
A. The first recorded eruption of this
volcano was in the eighth century BIC.
@. Who is the highest paid executive
who is not an important Stockholder in
the company he heads?-L. M.
A. Men Who Run America says that
it is Walter S. Clifford, president of the
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
His salary last year was $206,250.
@. Is Lieut.. Gov. Long of Louisiana
related to Huey Long?-E. K.
A. The Lieutenant Governor is
brother of the late United States Senator.
@. Is it true that in the Capitol at
Washington, D. C., there is one step for
every day in the year?-G. s.
A. From the architects office to the
dome of the Capitol there are 365 steps.
@. What is the largest village in the
United States?-E. M.
A. Oak Park, Ill, with population,
in 1880, of 63,982.
@. What are the Letters of Junius?-
M. B. H.
A. This remarkable series of political /
letters to the number of 50 were written
under the pen name of Junius and
appeared at intervals between January
81, 1769, and January 81, l772, in the
pages of the Public Advertiser, the most
popular newspaper in Great Britain at
that time. Mastery in style, they at |
tackled all the leading characters of the /
government, not excepting royalty. The
authorship has been attributed to no
fewer than so persons, but it is now
generally accepted that they were writ
ten by Sir Philip Francis.
@. Did Napoleon ever assume the
Iron Crown of Lombardy?-J. c.
A. In 1905 he put it on his head with
his own hands.
@. How many retail stores are there in
Washington, D. CO. G.
A. There are 6,156.
@. Are the shrunken heads of the
Jivaros prepared after death, or are
they a form of torture?-M. G. c.
A. They generally are the heads of
enemies slain in battle. After having
been severed from the body the heads
are placed in hot sand, and the skin.
flesh and muscles peeled of, leaving the
skull clean and naked but for the eyes
and teeth. They are then filled with
sand and placed in specially prepared
pots made of baked clay to which water
is added. The water is allowed to heat
and the heads removed just before 1t
reaches the boiling point. When they
are removed the heads have Shrunken
to about one-third their size More hot
sand is poured into them and they are
ironed with hot stones, picked up with
the aid of palm leaves. This process Is
continued for about 48 hours until the
outside of the head is smooth and hare
as leather and has gradually Shrunk I'd
the size of an orange. They are huns
in the smoke of fire to preserve them
@. May aviators fly over foreign terri
tory without permisSion?-C. r.
A. Prior authorization is required
Failure to obtain this results in penalties
and serious embarrassment. Authorize
ton is obtained through the Depart
ment of Commerce.
@. Why is the daylily so called?-F. S.
A. It's flowers bloom but one day.