Evening star., 1937-05-08
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
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Q. What was the name OF the picture
John Dillinger went to see the night he
was killed?-E j.
A. John Dillinger was killed as he
| emerged from the Biograph Theater in
Chicago after having seen melodramatic
| film called Manhattan Melodrama"
| Clark Gable and William Powell were
| starred in the picture.
@. Which can furnish more power,
| Boulder Dam or Niagara Falls?-S. H.
A. Boulder Dam.
Q. Who is the pretender to the Russian
| throne?-M. M. H.
A. The present pretender to the Lnrone
| OF all the Russias is the late Cza's first
| cousin His Imperial Highness Grand
Duke Cyril, the son of the younger
| brother of CZar Alexander III. He re-.
| sides at Coburg Germany and st. Briac,
| Brittany, France.
@. In what year was the FIRST United
| States census taken?-E. J. B.
A. In 1890.
@. Where is the Dust Bowl?-C J. H.
A. 1t is very indefinite in area and
| covers the northwestern section of Texas,
| most OF New Mexico, the southwestern
| section OF Kansas, the southeastern sec
| ton OF Colorado, and very small areas
| of Oklahoma
@. How many grocery stores are there
| which do not sell meat, how many do,
| and how many meat markets are there
| in the United States?-J. w. C.
A. The 1885 Census of Business re.
| ported: Grocery stores without meats.
| 1878; combination stores, groceries and
| meats, l66, ,233; meat markets, 1856.
Q. How much salary does John L.,
Lewis receive, and who pays it?-A. B. G.
A. The salary of John L. Lewis is
| $4,000 year. He refused to accept an
| increase to s25000 year at the last
| meeting Of the United Mine Workers of
| America, which organization pays his
| salary.
@. At what height is the timber line?
| R. D. G.
A. The timber line, which is the upper
| limit OF tree growth on mountains, is of
| greatest height in the tropics, gradually
| descending toward the north and south
| and also toward the seacoast. In the
| Himalayas it is about 1890 feet high,
| In the Alps it is 6,400 feet and in the
| Rocky Mountains from 1000 to IL. 900 feet,
!
Q. What was sphinX?-R. S.
A. The sphinx was a monster famous
| In Greek mythology 1t had the head
| of woman, the body of lion, wings of
| bird, and the tail of a serpent.
Q. What is the elastic clause in tho
| Constitution?-S. S.
A. 1t is article l. section s, clause ls.
| BY this clause Congress is allowed a
! choice of the means by which certain
| enumerated powers shall be exercised
The words necessary and proper" in this
clause permit great differences in inter-
! probation. The strict constructionists be-
| lieve that only the powers explicitly
| granted should be exercised On the
other hand, the loose constructionists
hold that the intended or implied powers
| are to be assumed
| @. What causes a persons voice to
| change when he goes from one section
OF our country to another to live?-C. N.
| A. Ones voice is influenced by the
voices which he constantly hears This
Is especially true with children who are
| quite initiative. However, many teachers
| OF speech believe that the vocal cords be-
| come tense or relaxed according to differ
| enceS in climate and that for this reason
| the enunciation and quality of the South
ern voice tend to be less tense than the
Northern voice.
| @. Please give the names Of the sever
| hills on which Rome was built-N s.
A. The names of the hills are Capitol
inc, Palatine, Aventine, Quirinal, Viminal,
Esquiline and Caelian.
| Q. What did the Indians use for
money?-H. r. A.
A. The Indians used shell money or
Wampum as their medium of exchange.
In the manufacture of these shell beads
much patient labor and marked degree
OF skill and careful manipulation were
required. Their manufacture was appar-
emily not confined to any class of per-
sons among the natives. In New Eng
land and along the Atlantic seaboard
wampum was chiefly of two colors: The
white, and the violet or purple which
latter varied in shade from pale or pir1
violet to dark rich purple The val,o
of these shell beads was determined tv
their color and degree of finish In fcrnl
they were cylindrical. being from about
Is to 3-l6 inch in diameter, and from
Is to 7-l6 inch in length. Wampum
very early became medium of exchange
at fixed values between the whites and
Indians, not only in merchandise, but
also in dollars and cents.
@. How many people are In the con.
sular branch of the foreign service?-
v. r. j.
A. Approximately 80 new vice consuls
were sent abroad last year to foreign
countries. The consular branch of the
American Foreign Service consists of
approximately $50.
@. Who are the greatest mathenati.
clans of all time?-H. w. G.
A. DR.. Eric Temple Bell. famous mathe-
matician and author of Men of Mathe-
matics," regards Archimedes, Sir Isaac
Newton and Johann Friedrich Carl Gauss
as the three leading mathematicians of
all time.