Evening star., 1937-08-13
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

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question OF fact by ,Dritino The Epentno
otdr Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hd'ktn, Director, Washington, D. c.
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Q: How long is the duck hunting sea-
son?-G. S.
A. Thirty days. The country is di-
Vided into three zones In" the northern
zone. the season is October to Mo-
vember T. in the intermediate zone. No.
vember to November 3d. in the southern
zone, November q to December 2s. Dates
are inclusive.
Q. Where are the airplanes carried on
the U. S. S. Lexington?-M T.
A. They are carried below the deck in
the hangar. When the planes are ready
to take of they are raised to the deck
on elevators.
O. When do the teeth begin to de-
velop?-S. S.
A. The temporary or first teeth begin
to develop five months before birth. The
permanent teeth begin to develop one
month before birth.
@. What newspaper pays its managing
editor the largest salary?-D. N.
A. According to list in the Editor and
Publisher, the New York News leads.
Harvey Deuel., managing editor, receives
$64,l88 a year. The Cleveland Plain
Dealer is second, paying its managing
editor, Paul Bellamy, SOL BAL.
Q. Where will the American Legion
National Convention meet this year?
r. B.
A. In New York City. from September
20 to %. This is the first time that the
American Legion has held its convention
in New York City,
, Q. How many varieties OF edible mush-
rooms are there in this country?-E H
A. OF the hundreds of varieties of
edible mushrooms, only the Agaricus
campestris has been successfully do
mesticated in this country.
Q. How many States allow hitch
hiking?-K. F.
A. Hitch hiking is tolerated by law in
thirty-on States.
Q. What intelligence test is used most
extensively in >the public schools?-
c. j. H.
A. Terman's Stanford Revision of the
Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale is the
standard intelligence test in this country
for school children.
@. Is a male black widow spider as
large as a female?-H. j.
A. The male spiders seldom grow
larger than three quarters of an inch
and are generally about fourth as large
rs the female.
O. What is the name Of the 1887 Harper
Prize novel?-E. w.
A. The Seven Who Fled" by Frederic
Prokosch, has been awarded the Harper
Novel Prize for 1878.
Q. When were the first stockyards
opened in Chicago?-C. r.
A. The first stockyards for handling
cattle and hogs on . commercial basis
were established in 1s4s on West Madi-
son street near Ashland, and were known
as Bulls Head.
Q. Who invented tuning In radio?
w. S.
ing under his famous patent No. TIT
and proved that no matter how many
stations were on the air the messages
could be separated without interference
by tuning the circuits.
@. Where is the monument to Rear
Admiral Richard Byrd?-E. H.
A. The Byrd Foundation Committee
ment to the flyer at Ver-sur Mer, France.
q. Has California any of the youth
hostels?-R. T.
A. At the beginning Of the Summer
California had six hostels and more are
expected to be in use before Fall These
hostels form a loop from Oakland to
Santa Cruz.
O. How long is the tobacco used In
making cigarettes aged?-J w.
A. Cigarette tobacco is aged approx
mately two years.
O. What is meant by the salt Of the
Orient?-E C..
A. Curry is often so called. It is used
with rice, meat and variety OF other
foods.
@. Who was Neaera?-A H.
A. This is the name Of girl men
toned by the Latin poets, Horace, Virgil
and Tibullus The name is sometime
introduced into modern poetry as mean
ing a mistress or sweetheart, as in
Milton's "Lycidas."
O. Please give list of the plays that
have been given at the Central City,
Colo Play Festival each years. L. M.
A. Since the first revival in 1882 the
list is as follows: Camille with Lillian
Gish; 1893. THE Merry Widow" with
Gladys Swarthout. Richard Bonelli. and
Natalie Hall; 1884, "Othello." with
Walter Huston and Nan Sunderland;
1885, Central City Nights. 1895, "The
Gondoliers"; 1887 "A Dolls House" with
Ruth Gordon, Sam Jaffe and Dennis
King.
@ How many times has Jerusalem been
rebuilt?-J. S. D.
A. Jerusalem has had about eighteen
reconstructions and two periods of desc
latton.
@. Please give the names OF KirstcN
Flagstad's husband and children-E. W
A. The Wagnerian sopranos husband
IL Henry Johansen, q Morse lumberman
She has l9-year-old stepdaughte,
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