Evening star., 1937-06-07
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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question OF fact By Wrting The EUeninQ
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O. How many highway railroad grade
crossings are there in the United States?
II. M
A. There are 234,231.
@. Were there any Jews honored in
the coronation list?-B. T.
A. Sir Herbert Samuel statesman
was named Viscount and Julias S. Elias
(publiSher) was made baron.
@. How old is Paul Muni?-H
A. He will be forty next September.
At the age Of fourteen he played the
part Of an old man successfully, and his
whole acting career has been peppered
with such parts.
@. Is Gruzia a city or a state in Rus
sia?-S. A
A. Gruzia is Russian for Georgia, a
state IN Russia.
@. What does Carl Hubbel of the
New York Giants do when he is not
playing base ball?-H. L.
A. Mr.. Hubbell is a pecan farmer in
Oklahoma when base ball is not in
season.
@. What is a French commune?-E.
w. S..
A. The entire territory Of France is
comprised in municipal organizations
called communes, the number exceeding
$4,000. They vary greatly in size and
population. All except Paris are gov
erned under single brief code, the
municipal Isw Of 1894 Each commune
has a municipal council composed cf
from 10 to 36 members. elected by
universal French male suffrage for 4
years. and Mayor, elected by the
municipal council, who may be assisted
by one or more aids called adjoints.
Al serve without pay.
g. Please give a biography Gf Asa G.
Gambler Of Coca Cola fame-E. M. H
A. Asa Gambler was born near Villa
Rica. Ga, IN 1851. He was educated in
the common schools and learned the
drug business IN Gainesville. In 1873 he
located in Atlanta, where he became a
member OF the firm of Hallman &
Gambler, laying the foundation of his
large fortune by the manufacture Of
Coca-Cola. In addition to extensive in
terests III banking, Warehousing and in
yestmentS. he became active in move
ments to improve the public school sys-
TEN. He contributed a million dollars
toward establishing Emory University
and made many donations to philan
thropic enterprises. He died in 1929.
@. How many wild ducks and geese
were there in the United States last
Winter?-N. G.
A. It is estimated that there were
about 36000000. In 1880 the number
was estimated at 1o0,000000.
Q. Is there such a thing as earth
quake weather?-A. D. S.
A. The expression is not generally
recognized by meteorologists. The So
called earthquake weather is described
as still, sultry and humid, conditions
which are generally related to high al
pressures. Some authorities believe that
there may be some relation between
changes in pressure and earthquakes.
although this is a matter which has
not been definitely proved.
O. Who is called the child's poet?s-
w F.
A. Eugene Fields poems Of childhood
gained for him that title.
G. Who was the famous humorist
who became minister?-H. W.
A Robert Jones Burdette. He was on
the staff of the Peoria Transcript and
later became associate editor Of the
Burlington, Iowa, Hawkeye and Of the
Brooklyn Eagle in which his humorous
sketches won him considerable fame.
He began to lecture in 1875. In 1887 he
was licensed as minister Of the Baptist
Church and held a pastorate at Los
Angeles until 1909. He was the author
of number Of humorous books.
@. Since the Department OF Justice
took over Alcatraz Prison, how many
prisoners have attempted to escape?-
H. L. j.
A. The only attempt was made by
prisoner named Joe Bowers, mail
robber He tried to climb the barbed
wire was told to halt by guards, and
when he kept on climbing was fatally
shot, falling to the rocks below.
c. What is the inscription on James
Watts statue in Westminster Abbey?
&C. L.
A. 1t is as follows: Not to Perpetuate
a Name Which Must Endure While the
Peaceful Arts Flourish but to Shew That
Who Best Deserve Their Gratitude the
King His Ministers and Many of the
Mobiles and CommonerS of the Realm
Raised this Monument to James Watt
Who Directing the Force of An Original
Genius Early Exercised in Philosophical
Research To The Improvement OF the
Steam Engine Enlarged the Resources OF
His Country Increased the Power Of
Man and Rose To an Eminent Place
Among the Most Illustrious Followers of
Science and the Real Benefactors of the
World Born at Greenock MDCCXXXV1
Died at Heathfield in Staffordshire
MDCCCxIX."
@. Do owners of big orchards have to
keep bees to assure pollination?-H. N. .
A. Some fruit growers do keep bees,
but others rent colonies of bees for the
season that the trees are in blossom.
Such colonies of bees are uncertain
honey producers because OF frequent
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