Evening star., 1937-04-01
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKiN.

| ~ UNIV AHohtNs
A reader can get the dnsUer to any
question OF fact by tDriting The Euenino
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c.
Please inclose stamp for reply
q. What States have rejected the child
labor amendment this year?-L. c.
A. North Carolina, South Dakota,
Texas, New York and Massachusetts.
O. How many kinds of automobiles are
made in the United States?-C. A. S.
A. There are in the United States
about 80 makes of passenger cars and
83 makes of trucks. TSn OF the pas
senger car manufacturers also make
trucks.
O. What is the status of the effort to
build mill in the South to make news
print paper from Southern pine?-T. N.
A. Cranston Williams, secretary man
ager of the Southern Newspaper Pub
fishers Association, says that the capital
has been raised to build five million
dollar neWsprint mill to be located some
where in East Texas. The initial capacity
of this plant will be $50 tons daily, and
the product of the new mill is expected
to come on the market in 1888. 1t is
believed that Southern pine will produce
quality of neWsprint equal in every way
to that now being produced from North
ern forests.
@. Are television sets now being sold?
d C. r.
A. Television sets are not on the mar
ket for commercial use. Televlsion has
been used for experimental purposes
only 1t is said by the radio experts that
television will be ready for the public
about 1888.
@. How many inches are there in the
Hall of Fame?-E. B. G.
A. The Hall of Fame is on University
Heights in New York City and is con-
nected with New York University. At
the time that the project was announced,
the statement was made that $50 panels
would be provided for memorial bronze
tablets. so TO be inscribed in 1900, pro-
vided that SO names should be approved
by the judges then named, and that tlVe
additional tablets be dedicated every
five years thereafter. so that the number
would be complete about 1000 AID. From
time to time the director invites appro-
pirate organizations or individuals TO
present bronze buSts Of persons who
have been elected to the Hall of Fame,
these busts to surmount the bronze
tablets which New York University has
placed in the colonnade.
@. Why are the United States Ma
rines called leathernecks-E. j.
A. The name was given to the Marines
during the Revolutionary War. At that
time the Marines wore leather stiffen-
ings in their shirt collars. The term
was formerly used in the British Navy.
@ Is Leningrad built on Islands,
C. H
A. The city is built on nineteen Islands.
@. Where in Oklahoma was the sunrise
Easter service held?-H. w.
A. The annual sunrise Easter services
were held in a natural ampltheater on
the mountainside in the Wichita Ma
tional Forest, % miles northwest OF
LaWton, Okla.
@. Have English and French visa fees
been reduced?-H j.
A. The French visa has been reduced
from So to Al cents. The English visa
| will be reduced to 50 on April 2.
@. How long has DR.. Mary E. Woolley
been president of Mount Holyoke?-
! c. M.
A. DR.. Woolley has been president of
| that college for 81 years,
| @. What opera of the ones given this
season at the Metropolitan has been the
biggest money -maker?-F. j.
A. Figures show that Tristan und
Isolde" is the most successful from q
| financial standpoint. 1t has been pre-
sented eight times to capacity houses,
| the average receipts for performance
| being about $4,000.
@. How often do dogs shed their hair?
| D F. P.
A. 1t is natural for dogs to shed their
| hair twice a year Excessive shedding
in dogs is generally due to some skin
trouble.
| O. How far is it from New York to
Los Angeles by way of the Panama
| Canal?-O. B.
A. It is 5677 miles.
O. What States lead in coal produc-
| tion?-E. H.
A. In 1886 they we're: Pennsylvania,
| 108, ,527,O 900 tons: West Virginia, 8964o,-
| 900 tons; Illinois, 50,526,000 tons.
@. What is the smallest country in the
world?-R. MEG.
A. The State of Vatican City is a
sovereign. independent state by the
terms Of the Lateran treaty of February
IL, 1929. BY reason of its area OF 1887
acres, Vatican City is the worlds smallest
country, in a physical sense.
O. What was the name of the Man In
the Iron MaSk?-H. H.
A. A mysterious individual held for
over forty years as state prisoner by
Louis XIV at Pignerol and other prisons,
ultimately dying in the Bastille Novem-
Der 10. 1908 with his identity still un-
disclosed, is generally called the Man in
the Iron Mask. His name was given as
Marchiali when he was buried, but
despite the numerous conjectures and
wide research that have been made, no
one to this day knows for certain who
he was.
@. What is the name of the new eco
nomic and social history OF the World
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