Evening star., 1937-01-23
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

question OF fact by tDritinc The Erenin1
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hdskin, Director, Washington, D. C.
Please trclose stamp for reply.
@. How does Sonia Henie, the Ice
skater, pronounce her name? When did
she win her first world championship
e w.
A. Sonia Henies name Is pronounced
Sunya Henny. She won her first worlds
figure skating championship In 1927.
when she was IA years old.
O. How many motion picture stars be-
gan their careers as extras?-G. H.
A. Only 13 stars have risen from the
extra ranks,
Q. Which cost more, the Lz-13O or the
Hmdenburg?-E w.
A. The LZ-130 will cost $2.700,O00
which is about s150.OO0 more than the
Hindenburg The LZ-130 will be COM
pleted by September.
@. How many tunnels are in use by
railroads in the United States?-S. C.
A. Glass railroads use $50 tunnels
Their total length is 320 miles.
O. How old is DR.. Dafoe, the physician
in charge of the Dionne quins?-S. j.
A. Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe will be 81
years old on May 20, 1887.
O. Where in this country Is there a
room paneled with cedar Of Lebanon?
&C. F.
A. The Scottish Rite Temple, Louis
vile, KY. contains room the walls and
door of which are paneled with cedar Of
Lebanon.
O. Has Gov Landon moved to the
country?-W. H.
A. Mr.. Landon has purchased two sub
urban tracts totaling $50 acres west OF
Topeka and will build a Colonial-type
home there. He will continue living in
Topeka until the new home is ready.
@. How many kinds Of strange birds
are there in Australia?-R. w.
A. There are 431 varieties in that coun-
try which cannot be found elsewhere iu
the world.
@. When did Theodore Roosevelt first
use the expression, Speak softly and
carry big stick"?-C. H.
A. How early in his career he used the
expression cannot be stated, but he used
1t in letter as early as January, 1900
and in speech delivered in September
1901.
O. Is Annie Russell, the famous actress
living?-E. G.
A. She died on January 49, 1886.
O. What Is the history of the song
entitled THE Sweetest Story Ever Told"i
e. w. r.
A. In 1884 Robert Morrison Stults re-
signed as musical instructor in the Long
Branch, N. j., High School and moved tc
Baltimore, Md. where he opened piano
and sheet music business For some time
he had been obsessed with the idea OF
writing popular sentimental ballad
Mira Mirella, a comic opera star, wa,
in search of such a song and Mr.. Stults
promised to write one for her. Going
home one evening his wife, who hao
been reading The Birds Christina,
Carol" remarked, We'll, that's the sweet.
est story ever!" He Immediately sup.
piled the word told and in two hours
the song was finished. Its success waa
instantaneous.
@. Where is Dmosaur National Monu.
ment?-H. W.
A. 1t is seven miles from Jensen. Utah
In DinoSaur National Park. Transcon-
tinental route No. 40 leads to the park
The museum and park will be admins.
tered by the National Park Service.
Q. Were more books copyrighted last
year than the year before?-C. r.
A. The number of entries for copyright
for the fiscal year ending June 80. 1886
was 156962. The previous year showed
14203l. This was gain of almost $4,000
pieces of copyrightable material.
Q. When did Boulder Dam begin h
function?-T. c.
A. President Roosevelt pressed the key
which started the dynamos on September
IL, 1886.
@. What Is the name of the material
for binding books that is insect-proof,
moisture-proof and washable?-E. NJ
A. Keratol is a binding that answer.
this description.
@. Did Jefferson. Madison and Monroe
keep up friendship after they had all
| retired from the presidency?-H. C.
A. 1t is recorded that they did. Jeffer-
son lived but year after Monroe's re-
tirement from the presidency, but the
friendship among the members of the
Virginia Dynasty as it was called. lasted
to the end.
Q. How tall were the two large trees
used in Rockefeller Center during the
Christmas holidays? How were they
| brought there?-E. J.
A. The trees were 70 feet tall. 80 years
old, with branch spread of 40 feet.
Both trees came from the jerks estate.
near Morristown, N. j. They were moved
under careful supervision.
@. How much coal is handled by boot
leg miners?-F. H.
A. Ten per cent of the United States
anthracite output is accounted for by
10000 bootleg miners. Approximately
S32000,000 worth of coal is sold annually
IN this way.
@. OF the 43 members of Nebraska
first unicameral Legislature, how many
had been in the old Legislature?-D. K.
A. Thirty-two had been legislators:
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