Evening star., 1936-08-01
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BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN,

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@. Please give biography Of William
Lemke, presidential candidate OF the
Union party.-G. M.
A. William Lemke, nonpartisan,
elected on the Republican ticket of
Fargo, N. Oak, was born at Albany,
Mimi, August l3, 1873; educated in
public schools and at the University
Of North Dakota; received B. A. degree
in 1902; studied law University of North
Dakota and Georgetown University Law
School, Washington, D. c.; received
LII. B., Yale University, 1905: married
Isabelle Mcintyre, April 16, 1910; they
have three children. Attorney general
of North Dakota, 1921; had charge Of
drafting the laws establishing the in
dustrial program in North Dakota: has
been connected with practically every
farm organization in the Northwest, as
attorney or as an active member, includ-
ing the Farmers Union and the Co.
operative Exchange; elected to the Sew
enty-third and Seventy y-fourth Con-
crosses as Representative at large.
@. What effect will the new law limit
ing returning passengers to only one
gallon of duty-free liquor have on Ber-
muda?-H. K.
A. 1t is estimated that the Bermuda
government will lose more than $4,000
in revenue before the end Of this year.
@. Are farm mortgage loans increasing
or decreasing?-F. B.
A. The total farm mortgage loans re-
corded by all institutions and individuals
during the year ending May 81 last,
amounted to 5000, 100000, compared to
81, ,44O, ,OOO, 900 during the previous one
year period.
@. Who is publicity director for the
Landon-Knox presidential campaign
M. K.
A. Alfred H. Kirchhofer, managing
editor of the Buffalo Evening News, will
direct publicity during the campaign.
@. How many wives and children were
living when Brigham Young died2
&C. w. L.
A. Brigham Young died in Salt Lake
City, August %, 1877, leaving II wives
and AZ children. In his will he provided
each wife with home of her own or a
life suite in Lion House with ample pro-
vision for her maintenance in comfort
for the rest Of her life. All his sons
and daughters inherited alike.
@. When a United States Senator dies
in Office, is his successor appointed or
elected?-G. M.
A. The seventeenth constitutional
amendment provides for filling vacancies
occurring in the Senate. When vacan-
cies happen in the representation of any
State in the Senate, the executive au-
thority of such State shall issue writs
of election to fill such vacancies: Pro-
vided, That the Legislature of any State
may empower the executive thereof to
make temporary appointments until the
people fill the vacancies by election as
the Legislature may direct"
O. Is it true that some organization
is offering $4,000 for haunted house?
S. L.
A. Joseph Dunninger, chairman of the
Universal Council for Psychical Re-
search. has offered to pay the sum of
$4,000 to any one or any group Of
persons offering a house believed to be
haunted and which he cannot prove to
be either myth or hoax, or some nat
ural or scientific manifestation. The
offer is made in the hope of discouraging
propaganda about so-called haunted
houses.
@. Where was King Arthur's home?
e. C.
A. 1t is supposed to have been at
Caerleon on the Usk, in Wales. Here he
lived in state, surrounded by hundreds
of knights, IL of whom he selected as
knights of the Round Table.
c. How long has the United States
Department of Agriculture had motion
pictureS?-F. j.
A. Before 1918 individual govern
mental bureaus used motion pictures in
furthering various projects. The sue
cess of this experiment led David F.
Houston, Secretary of Agriculture at
that time, to appoint on September IL,
1918, an Interbureau Committee to in
vestigate the practicability of employing
this means to aid the departments work.
The new service became branch of the
Division of Publications. On July /,
1922, the Office Of Motion Pictures was
established and made unit of the Ex-
tension Service under Dr. Clyde w. War.
burton, the director. The present Or
ganization is headed by Raymond
Evans, chief, and c. A. Lindstrom, asso-
ciate chief.
@. In playing chess. which player has
the white mems. M.
A. The right of first move must be de-
termined by lot. The player having
the first move must always play with
the white men.
Q. What size is the Bayeux Tapes
try?-M. B.
A. 1t is 231 feet long and 90 inches
wide. On 1t are represented the i'm
portant events in the life of William the
Conqueror.
O. Is it true that many persons are
leaving the cities for farms?-C. K.
A. According to the agricultural census,
nearly two million persons who lived in
cities, towns or villages in 1880 had
moved to farms by 1885.
@. Did the late Lillian Leitzel, aerial
acrobat, have any trouble with her
wrists?-E. M.