Evening star., 1937-04-02
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Star Information Bureau, Frederic j.
Haskin, Director, Washington, d. c.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. When collecting winning ticket
at the race track notice that the cashier
always tears of the corner. Why does hs
do this?-G. v.
A. The tickets are printed on special
paper and by tearing them the cashier
can tell whether they are genuine or
counterfeit.
@. How many newspapers are owned by
William Randolph Hearst?-A. P.
A. According to recent article In
Editor and Publisher, William Randolph
Hearst now owns rs dailies, 13 maga-
zines and 10 radio stations. What is
described as the 10000, 900 empire of
the celebrated publisher includes news
paper syndicates, wire services, motion
pictures, mines and real estate.
@. How much tax-exempt property do
the churches own in the United States?
s.. M.
A. They own about four billion dollars
worth OF tax-exempt property.
@. What career did Frank Sauliere,
the youngest member Of the A. E. F.,
follow when he grew up?-T B.
A. He enlisted at Bordeau, France, in
1917, at the age of II years 7 months.
After the war he attended college and
became newspaper man. He is now on
the staff of Boston newspaper.
O. When did Sherlock Holmes frst
appear in literature?-M. F.
A. He was introduced in 1887 in Study
in Scarlet
@. What was the Barring Panic?-
L. H. S.
A. This panic in England in 1890 came
at the end of period of violent over
speculation. The failure of the broker.
age house of Barring Brothers precipi.
tated the panic which at once spread to
a number of other banks and brokerage
houses. The intensity was alleviated by
loans of gold obtained by the Bank of
England from the Bank of St. Peters,
burg and the Bank of France.
O. Is Gabrielle d'Annunzio living7 II
so, how old is he?-W. H.
A. The poet was "a years old on
March r.
@. How long has the ceremony which
will be followed in the coronation Of
King George vi been used?-F. D.
A. The ritual known as the Liber
RECALLS, adopted in 1907, has, with some
notifications from time to time, been
used in the crowning of all English
thot LOTT opI will ho
lowed in the 1887 ceremony.
G. Please give the salaries Of some
of the highest paid radio comedians.
H. R.
A. Eddie Cantor is reported to receive
$4,000 for each half hour program.
Burns and Allen receive $4,000 per
broadcast Jack Benny s9,50O; Fred
Allen, between $4,000 and $4,000; Al
Jolson, $500; Ed Wynn, $780, Phil
Baker, $4,000; Milton Berle, $4,000. and
Charlie Butterworth, $500.
@. Did Joe Miller ever compile joke
books. N
A. Joe Miller, popular comedian who
lived from 1884 to 1913, could neither
read nor write. After Miller's death,
John Motley compiled book OF jokes
which he called Joe Miller's Jests.'
@. Please give some information about
the exclusive skiing resort In Idaho.
H W.
A. Sun Valley Lodge at Ketchum,
Idaho, was built at a cost Of over ST.
100000 The lodge has $50 rooms and
there are such features as an outdoor
hot-water swimming pool, chair ski lifts,
solarium, clinic and a Ski-supply shop.
Besides skiing, some of the outdoor
sports are dog shedding. paddle tennis,
| curling, fishing and hunting.
@. Have any of the gangsters and
racketeers prosecuted by Thomas Dewey
been acquitted?-G. T.
A. Mr.. Dewey's record shows score
OF So convictions and no acquittals.
Q. What proportion of the land area
of the United States is drained by the
Mississippi River?-I. D.
A. About two-fifths of the area.
@. Who wrote the Coincide Humaine"2
w. H.
A. This is the title of an uncompleted
StllcS VI IediIy d llOSclo Wy
| Balzac, designed to give a panoramic
| picture of the manners and morals OF
| the time. He began the work in 1929,
| adopting the general title in l842
@. Did the captain of the Titanic 60
| down with the ship?-J. A. A.
A. Capt. E. C. Smith of the S. s,
| Titanic perished with the ship.
|
| @. Who was ParSon BroWnlaW?-H. F..
A. He was camp meeting convert from
| the mountains of Tennessee who rose
| to fame as lay preacher on a circuit
| including five States. He used as weap-
| ons the Bible and pistol, and had few
equals as a master of invective. He
spared no man or issue in his vitriolic
attacks. The following example of his
lusty eloquence is from lecture he
made shortly after the Civil War: IF
had been authorized some two or three
years ago to select about two or three
hundred Of your most abominable anti
slavery agitators in the North, and an
equal number of God-forsaken and hell
deserving Disunionists at the South, and
had marched them to the District OF
Columbia, hanged them on a common
gallows, dug for them common grave
and embalmed their bodies in jimson
weed and dog-fennel, there would have
been none of this trouble"
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