Evening star., 1936-09-26
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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@. What is Mrs. Floretta McCutcheons
bowling record?-F. T. D.
A. Menke's All Sports Magazine says
that she has rolled nine perfect scores
Of 800. No other woman has rolled
800 more than once, and the mems record
is six perfect scores.
@. Please give some information about
the Legion Of Decency.-J. G.
A. The Legion Of Decency was In
augurated and sponsored early in 1884
by q committee Of Catholic bishops of
the United States, known as the Epis-
copal Committee on Motion Pictures.
This committee was appointed at gen.
eral conference Of the Catholic Hierarchy
held in Washington D. c., in November,
1888. The announced purpose Of the
organization was to arouse public opin-
ion against Objectionable motion pictures
and to urge the Catholic people TO avoid
patronizing any such pictures.
O. How old is President Roosevelta
daughter?-H. j.
A. Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger Is
80 years old.
@. What South American poet was i'm.
prisoned but released upon the petition
Of friends all over the WORLDS. E.
A. The Pan-American Union says that
1t was Jose Santos Chocano who was
imprisoned in Guatemala in 1920.
@. How are earnings of the Federal
Reserve Banks distributed?-E. L. P.
A. The original Federal Reserve act
provided that, after payment of 6
per cent dividend to member banks, all
remaining net earnings should be paid
to the United States as franchise tax.
except that half such earnings were TO
be segregated into a surplus fund until
it should reach 40 per cent of paid-in
capital. This was amended to permit
payments into surplus until 100 per cent
Of capital was reached. Thereafter only
10 per cent of net earnings should be
added to the surplus fund, the remain-
ing so per cent going to the Government
as a franchise tax. Under these provi.
SionS the Government has received franz
chiSe taxes amounting to $l49 1873 900.
The most recent amendment abolishes
the franchise tax. carrying all net earn
ingS above dividend requirements and
expenses to the surplus fund TO
strengthen the banks capital structure.
@. Who won the last Mark Twain
Medal?-J. M.
A. The 1nterna tional Mark Twain So.
ciety awarded the medal to Don Marquis
for his outstanding contribution TO
American humor for over a quarter Of .
century.
@. Is there now United States Coun.
Gil of National Defense?-E. S.
A. The Council of National. Defense IS
composed of the Secretaries of War,
Navy, Interior, Agriculture. Commerce
and Labor. No appropriations have been
made for nor any meetings held by. the
council since the fiscal year 1921.
@. Does Oklahoma have a sterilization
Iaw?-G. II.
A. Oklahoma, in 1888, enacted q dras-
tic eugenics law providing for steriliza.
ton of hopelessly insane patients, ha-
bitual criminals, and other State wards
who might become permanent charges.
@. How large is Greenland?-C. j.
A. The estimated area Of the island
is 825,000 miles. and it has a maximum
length north and south Of 1,400 miles.
Its maximum width Is $50 miles.
O. How often does the Naval Observa-
tory broadcast time signals?-M. B.
A. 1t broadcasts them 20 times daily.
Signals are broadcast every hour except
at 8 am, II am, 9 pm, and II pm.
@. Was the name of the American
publisher, Frank Leslie. pseudonym?
e. T.
A. His name was originally Henry
Carter. He was born in England in 1921.
He adopted the name of Frank Leslie
for his sketches in the illustrated Lon
don News. He came to the United States
in 1848 and assumed the name of Frank
Leslie by legal process. He published
several periodicals.
O. What is the meaning of the garnet
as a birthstone?-M. H.
A. The garnet is credited with en-.
dowing the wearer with constancy and
fidelity.
@. How is tobacco denicotinized?
e. H.
A. Fresh tobacco leaves are placed in
immense tanks and subjected to a careful
vacuum treatment. This vacuum causes
the closed pores of the tobacco leaf to
open. admitting Of easier nicotine ex-
traction. When the pores in the leaf
are opened a charge of live steam Is
forced through the tank. This quickly
eliminates the bulk of the nicotine.
@. How old is the medical school at
Harvard University?-E K. G.
A. The Harvard Medical School was
established in 1882
@. Was Eugene Debs q member OF the
State Legislature in Indiana at one
time?-E. M.
A. He became member of the Indiana
Legislature in 1885.
Transfer of Taxes.
From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
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