Evening star., 1937-07-08
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J, HASKIN.

a TeuueT Cdn get InS QnS1Cef TO any
question OF tact BY ,Drtting The Euentns
Star Information Bureau, frederic J.
Hdsktn, Director, Washington, D. C.
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@. What announcer broadcast the first
fight over the radio?-J. L.
A. On July 2, 1921, Maj. j. Andrew
White broadcast the first championship
fight. the Dempsey Carpenter bout at
Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City.
@. Who said that England's battles are
won on the playing fields Of Eton?-
F. o. J.
A. The Duke Of Wellington.
@. How old was Stephen Foster when
he composed his first song?-J. w.
A. He was thirteen when he wrote,
Sadly, to My Heart Appealing"
@. Has there ever been q newspaper
without ads?-E. F. H.
A. E. w. Scripps founded the first
newspaper of the kind, the Day Book,
published in Chicago from 1911 to 1917
and reaching peak circulation Of 22,839.
@. What are the duties Of the Judge
Advocate General OF the War Depart
ment?-E. j. G.
A. The Judge Advocate General is the
official legal adviser Of the Secretary of
War, the Chief of Staff, the War Depart
ment and its bureaus, and the entire
military establishment. He advises con-
corning the legal correctness of military
administration, including disciplinary
action, matters affecting the rights and
mutual relationship of the personnel Of
the Army, and the financial, contractual,
and other business affairs of the War
Department and the Army. The func-
tions of the Judge Advocate Generals
Department include not only those of the
Judge Advocate General and of his Office
in Washington but also those Of judge
advocates serving as staff officers at the
headquarters of Army, corps area. de-
partment, corps, division, and separate
brigade commanders, and at the head.
quarters Of other officers exercising gen.
eral courtmartial jurisdiction.
@. How far is the earth from the sun
in July? In January?-W. T.
A. On July l the earth is "a. 400 900
miles from the sun: on January /, the
distance is 91,3OO00O miles.
O. What is it that enables homing
pigeon to "home?"-O. G. B.
A. The remarkable faculty by which
pigeons find their way to their homes is
not definitely understood, but in training
them the procedure is based on the
knowledge that they will return in order
to be at familiar feeding place, and to
be near their mates and their young.
@. Where in Louisiana is the Kraft
paper mill to be erected?-H. j.
A. The Southern Kraft Corpora ton
will construct paper mill at Spring Hill.
La, for the manufacture of paper
pulp, paper board. and allied products
and by-products. 1t will have an annual
capacity of 100000 tons and the plant will
cost approximately 100000.
@. What variety of salmon has the
best havor?-E. G.
A. The Quinnat, Chinook, or king
salmon is the finest favored.
@. What are roric fisures?-W r.
A. They are images produced by
breathing on glass or other polished sur.
faces which have been covered by some
object.
@. How long are the Lincoln and the
Lee Highways?-G. B.
A. The Lincoln Highway Is approxi-
mately 3.l40 miles long and the Lee High
way is approximately 1929 miles long.
YsS ~
Barrie. for whom he wrote Peter Pan"
living?-L. K.
A. Peter Davies the authors adopted
son, was at his bedside when he died.
@. Please give directions for mixing a
dark green paint suitable for shutters
j. w.
A. A good dark Shutter green" shade
can be made by mixing 3 pints of medium
chrome green in oil. 2 pints of Prussian
blue in oil, and u pint of lampblack In
oil.
@. In what convent was the moving
picture "Cloistered" filmed?-E. J.
A. The picture was made at the Con.
vent OF the Good Shepherd at Anglers,
France.
@. Please give some information about
Van Wyck Brooks who won a Pulitzer
Prize for his book The Flcwerine Of
New England"-F NJ
A. Van Wyck Brooks is fifty-one years
old. Following his graduation In 1908
from Harvard University, he worked for
a year with Doubleday, Page a. Company
and was an English instructor at STAN
ford University. From 1920 to 1924 he
was editor of the Freeman Mr.. Brooks
is also the author Of America Coming
of-Age," Letters and Leadership" THE
Ordeal of Mark Twain" THE Life of
Emerson" and number of other books.
In 1903 he married Miss Eleanor Kenyon
in Carmel, Calf. They have two sons.
@. Does height have any effect on
mans getting q job7-W. r. M.
A. Many companies have set mini
mum height requirement. of Ave feet
nine inches to six feet. 1t Is claimed
| that height lends a man prestige, par
ticularly in sales jobs.
A Booklet on Swimming.
Vacation season Is here. Will you be
lin the swim? Our Washington In
formation Bureau offers q timely service
booklet on swimming, diving, life-sav;ne,
and artificial respiration. Carries oflcial
life-saving instructions Of the American
Red Cross. Diagrams show detail of
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