Evening star., 1937-04-09
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC } HASKIN.

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BY FREDERIC } HASKIN,
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question OF fact BY ,Drittg The Epenino
Stdr Information Buren, Frederic J.
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Q. How many police rado stations are
there in the United States-B. F.
A. Current reports show 567 municipal
and county police radio stations In
operation.
@. How deep is the sal mine near
Geneseo, N. Y.?-H M
A. The Retsof Mine of the International
Salt Company is 1868 feet below the
surface OF the earth. 1t is rached bv
cage which drops this distalce in less
than a minute.
@. What is the Ringing Cirus WORTH
Il. NJ
A. 1t is spoken of as a 81, 100000 show,
@. How long will the giant park be
which is to be shown at the hris Ex-
position?-M. P.
A. This spark will be nine feet In
length, between two metal spices nine
feet In diameter. 1t takes a discharge
OF five million volts to produce his pi-
gantic spark.
@. How many members has the Jockey
Club?-H. l..
A. The membership of this governing
body for racing is restricted to fift.
@. How many people visit the World
War battlefields in France each year2
". G.
A. About 100000 OF these visitors
about 10 per cent are French; Began.
10 per cent; German, to per cent:
British about 3 per cent; Ameican,
under per cent.
@. What college holds the Cultural
Olympics?-H. j.
A. They are under the auspices ofthe
School Of Education of the University
of Pennsylvania.
G. Please name several of the ut-
MacMonnieS.-J. H.
A. Some of the best-known works OF
the famous sculptor are the statue of
Nathan Hale in City Hall Park, New Yck
City; the groups on the Soldiers aid
Sailors Memorial Arch, at the entrane
to Prospect Park in Brooklyn; the Primo
ton Battle Monument at the head If
Nassau street in Princeton and tie
,aI
France.
Q. How many criminals are there n
the United States? OF these, how mary
are under 21?-C. R.
A. There are 3,5OO,000 known criminas
in the United States, of whom 10000
are under 81 years of age.
O. How much has the Navy Depart
ment spent on lighter-than-air craft
M. A. M.
A. 1t has spent approximately $4,000.
900 on lighter-than-air craft since
began to use this type of aircraft. TIN
figure includes cost of hangers, etc, q
we'll as cost of the aircraft.
@. Please give some information abou
the castle in Franklin, Mex. L.
A. Theodore P. Austin, a New Yor
jeweler, invested heavily in gold an.
copper mines of Hancock, Sullivan an,
Blue Hill during the Maine mining boom
He purchased 5000 acres in Franklin ant
on it erected a forty-room mansion will
a stone observation tower, a $25 900 stabl
and other buildings. The mining boon
collapsed and he died before the hous,
was finished, leaving carloads of ex
pensive furniture and ornaments in ther
packing cases. The house was left Il
his two daughters, Altea who is owe
seventy today, and Neva who is sixty
three. Both sisters live in the hous
which remains just as it was left sixt
years ago, without interior finish.
Q. Were Gilbert and Sullivan knightel
at the same time?-P. L.
A. Sullivan was knighted by Queen Vic,
toria in 1883. The Queen did not approw
of Gilbert, however, and he did not be-
come Sir William until 1907 when Kin,
Edward VII gave him the title, Sevei
years after the death of his collaborato
and four years before his own death.
Q. Is there machine with which
man operating keyboard in one cit
can set type simultaneously in othe.
cities?-G. T. B.
A. There Is such machine, known al
the teletypesetter.
Q. Please give some information aboG
Grimaldi, the famous clown.-E. w.
A. Joseph Grimaldi, the most cele.
brated of English clowns, was born il
London on December 18, 1779, the SOL
OF an Italian actor. When less than tw,
years old he was brought on the Drurr
Lane stage and at the age of three h,
appeared at Sadler's Wells. AS the clown
OF pantomime he was considered without
equal, his greatest success being il
Mother Goose at Covent Garden" H,
retired in 1928 and died on May 81, 1887
His memoirs were edited by Charles
Dickens.
@. What is the most popular comic
strip?-J. w.
A. According to survey conducted by
Fortune, Little Orphan Annie is the mos
popular comic strip, while Popeye /,
second.
@. Who was it who said of Washington
that he was the President who knew nc
glory but his country's good?-T. G. v.
A. Edward Everett.
Q. How much sap does the average
maple tree yield?-B. B. r.
A. About eight gallons. When this /,