Evening star., 1937-02-06
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN,

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by tDrittno The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hdsktn, Director. Washington, d. c.
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@. Which States have highway check
| ing stations at their borders?-D. H.
A. Nine States have established ports
Of entry. They are California, Idaho,
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado,
Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.
@. What was the total Of retail sal
for 1936?-B. r.
A. The National Industrial Conferen
Board estimates it at s37 300, 600, 900. tt,
| Is the highest since 1890.
@. How many Rhodes scholars are
attendance at oxford University
| F. w. H.
A. The average total number Of Rhode
scholars at oxford is about 1856, of whor
100 come from the British Empire ar;
| 96 from America.
@. Who is called the Swedish Carusc?
H. K. L.
A. Jussi Bjoerling, principal tenor CT
the Royal Opera, Stockholm, is so called.
@. How many governmental units are
there in the United States?-W. F. G.
A. According to report made by the
National Resources Committee to the
President on July 8, 1886, public affairs
throughout the Union are administered
by more than 175,000 separate Federal,
State and local governments.
@. When was Carpenters Hall In Phila-
delphia built?-E. S.
A. 1t was started in ITO, occupied in
It'll, but not entirely finished until 1892.
1t was here that the First Continental
Congress met in l774, as the Provincial
Assembly was in session in the State
House.
G. How many people In this country
play billiards?-W. F.
A. The National Billiard Association of
America estimates that there are 100000
billiard players.
@. Please give some information abou.
the Lake Of the Ozarks-W. j.
A. The Lake of the Ozarks near
Bagnell, Mo, is an artificial one created
from huge hydroelectric project. 1t is
125 miles long, covers $1,000 acres, and
provides a reservoir for $4,000, 100000
cubic feet of water. The dam creating
the lake was thrown across the Usage
River and cost S16,500000.
@. Where is the Charles Morris Price
School Of Advertising and Journalism?
e. W.
A 1t is conducted by the Poor Richard
Club. an organization of advertising men,
in Philadelphia. The school was en-
dowed by the late Michael G.. Price in
memory of his son. Charles Morris Price
a member Of the club. 1t offers evening
classes to both men and women.
Q. What is the name of the artist who
executed the latest portrait of President
Roosevelt?-C. w. R.
A. Margaret White, wife of Victor
White, the muralist, painted a picture
Of the President for the New York Har-
ward Club.
@. Where is the largest wild life sane
tuary in the world?-E. J.
A. The largest wild life sanctuary is
in Northeast Transvaal South Africa 1t
is 220 miles long by 40 miles wide and
lies between Pretoria and Crocodile
Rivers.
@. How much money is invested in
the motion picture business?-W. H. F.
A. The worlds capital investment In
the moving picture industry is $685.
10000. of which $4,000, 900 900 is invested
in the United States.
@. How many conditioned pas
Senger cars are there on the railroads
Of the United States?-B. r.
A. There are now more than 5000.
O. Please give the list Of outstanding
women of the year as chosen by one
of the newspapers.-H. T.
A. The New York Sun cited the fol-
lowing as outstanding international
feminists for the year 1936-Mrs. Wallis
Warf1eld Simpson, Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Rohde: Lucy Moore, the youngest woman
ever admitted to practice before the Su-
preme Court; Mrs. Florence Kahn, for
IL years congressional Representative
from California; Nine Irene Joliot-
Curie, undersecretary of scientific re-
search in the cabinet of Leon Blum:
Mines. Suzanne Lecore and Leon
Brunschwig, who also were given posts
in the French cabinet; Sally Salminen,
Finnish servant girl who wrote the prize
novel, Katrina; Mary A. Beard, his
torian; Miss Palma CULLEN, Mexico's
Minister to Denmark; Isobel de Palencia,
SPANS Minister to Sweden; Senorita
Aurora Mesa Andraca, Mayor Of Chill
panciano, Mexico; Mrs. Barbara Hanley,
Mayor of Webbwood, Canada, and Lillian
D. Rock, president Of the Woman for
President and Other Public Offices
League.
@. Is it true that Indians harvest all
of the pinon nuts?-S. H.
A. Practically all of this crop Is har-
vested by the Indians in the Southwest.
While the usual crop is about 10 car
loads, this year sees harvest Of about
80 carloads.
@. In an average American city, what
proportion Of the families live In apart
ment houses?-T. r.
A. Prof w. F. Ogburn finds that in
an average city. one family In 10 lives
in an apartment house.
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