Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-13
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
A reader can get the ansper to any
question OF fact by ,Dritin0 The Epenin1
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director. Washington, D, C.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What Is the name of the radio pro-
gram for children that was chosen As the
best by some womans organization?-
H. M.
A. The Children's Corner, q sustaining
program of the Columbia Broadcasting
System, was chosen as the most accept
able juvenile program on the air by the
Woman's National Radio Committee.
@. How far from Los Angeles Is the
Santa Anita race track?-P. G.
A. 1t is eighteen miles north Of Los
Angeles.
@. How is the gold at Fort Knox pro-
tected2-B. A.
A. The main part Of the gold depository
built at Fort Knox, KY, Is below the
level Of the ground and the vaults are
guarded by every known scientific method
Of protection, including torch-proof
wall and a photoelectric eye which de-
tects any intruder. Four gun turrets of
steel and stone flank the structure which
is set within steel fenced Enclosure.
Armed guards are on duty at all times.
The depository is manned with machine
guns and other modern methods of
defense.
@. What is an amberjack?-A. F.
A. 1t Is q large saltwater fish. The
largest caught by rod and reel weighed
106 pounds and was almost feet long.
Harry M. Harker caught 1t near st.
Petersburg, Fla, on March 81, 1887. The
largest caught by any method weighed
1874 pounds.
@. Was Mrs Wallis Simpson ever pre-
sented at the Court of st. James,
r. F. B.
A. She was presented on June 10, 1881.
@. Is Pearl White, the serial movie
actress, living2-E. H.
A. Miss White is visiting the United
States for the first time in nine years.
She owns homes in Paris and Gazeron,
France, and In Egypt.
G. Who is president of the New York
Stock Exchange?-E. J.
A. Charles Richard Gay is president
OF the organization.
O. When was irrigation begun In the
Southwest?-J. G.
A. Relatively small areas of the United
States were irrigated by the inhabitants
OF the Southwestern portion of the
United States in prehistoric times. These
methods were improved by the Spanish
conquerors and their descendants Mod
ern irrigation by the Anglo-Saxon race
began in 1847.
@. Where is the longest tunnel in the
United States?-R. j. w.
A. 1t is the one at Cascade, Wash,
7.7s miles In length.
@. Who said that the best thing be-
tween France and England is the sea?
e. D. s.
A. The aphorism is found in Douglas
Jerrold's THE Anglo French Alliance"
@. What Is the purpose Of the expe-
dition on which Mr.. and Mrs. George
Vanderbilt have sailed?-E. w.
A. Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt have
sailed on their yacht, Cressida, for a
five-month cruise In the South Pacific to
collect rare birds and fish for the Acad-
envy Of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.
@. How many books has John Buchan
Uord TweedsmuiD written?-H. F. G..
A. He Is the author of over fifty books.
@. What is "the holy shroud"?-R. C.M.
A. 1t is linen cloth, some IA feet
In length, which is preserved in a shrine
IN chapel adjoining the cathedral at
turin, Italy. Upon 1t are the impressions
OF the front and back of human body.
believed to have been made by the body
OF Christ, which is said to have been
placed on the lower half of the cloth,
the upper half being folded over from
the head to the feet as a cover.
Q. What is the rest of the rhyme be-
ginning: Lizzie Borden took an AK?
e. w.
A. Lizzie Borden took an ak
And gave her mother forty whacks;
When she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty -one!"
Q. What advance in literacy has been
made during the regime of the Soviet
Union?-N. N.
A. Under the Czarist regime 1t was
estimated that probably 80 per cent of
the people were illiterate, this group con-
slsting chiefly Of rural Russians. Since
the revolution proportions have been re-
versed and now 80 per cent of the popu-
lation are literate with illiteracy con-
fined to remote provinces. The Soviet
Union is believed at present to publish
more books, daily papers and magazines
than any country in the world.
@. Is Walter Winchell a Jew?-G s.
A. He is of Jewish parentage.
Q. How large is that part of London
known as the city?-P. o. H.
A. The City of London is slightly more
than one square mile in area, embracing
GIT acres.
Q. At what time was President Lin
coin shot and when did he die?-K, D.
A. John Hay and John Nicolay In