Evening star., 1938-07-02
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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O. What is the weight Of the Empire
State Building?-W w. B.
A. 1t is estimated that the Empire
State Building weighs some 600,o tons.
@. Is Catalina Island q part Of the
United States?-F. M.
A. Catalina is designated as q part of
Los Angeles County, Calf.
@. How many collective farms has
Soviet Russia?-J. H.
A. There are 243 900 collective farms
In Russia. embracing farms formerly
held by 100000 individual farmers.
@. Is there any State that has no air.
mail service?-R. L. H.
A. Delaware Is the only State that
does not have airman service.
@. What are kletter schube?-E. r.
A. They are shoes with felt or rope
soles that are used by mountain
climbers.
@. Where is the newly discovered wa
terfall with a drop of 5000 feet?-A NJ
A. The waterfall discovered in British
Guiana was seen from an airplane, ana
is said to tumble over a precipice to a
ledge 1400 feet below, then break fork
like into two valleys-making a total
CrOyN Of fAa DC to- tI~<
South America which Conan Doyle de-
scribed as the Lost World, and although
not more than 200 miles from the coast,
no white man has ever set foot on it.
@. What is the origin of the sweat
system in this country?-K. L.
A. 1t began in this country during the
Civil War, when soldiers wives were
given uniforms to make with the then
newly invented sewing machines.
@ Please describe the State Capitol at
Lincoln, Nebr.-J. C.
A. The Capitol of Nebraska is built of
Colitic limestone from New Bedford,
Ind. 1t was designed by Bertram Good
hue and consists of square group of
two-story buildings from the center Of
which rises a square tower crowned with
dome. The ediflce is in the form of
rectangle 437 feet square and the CEN
trail tower is 400 feet high. The approx
mate cost was $10OOO,0O0
@. Is Jon Hall the movie actors real
name?-W. j. P.
A. His real name is Charles Locher.
@. What percentage of the money
spent in installment buying is for the
home?-W. j. H.
A. 1t is estimated that in 1887, 43 per
cent Of all installment buying in the
United States was for the home, tnclud-
ing the house, yard and furnishings.
@. Is there any estimate of the speed
| of boxers right hand?-J. K.
| A. Tests made at training camp
| show that the right-hand swing of AL
Albin. sparring partner of Max Schmel-
ing's, has speed of 40-2 miles an hour.
@. For whom is Ogden, Utah, named?
L. G. P.
A. Ogden, Utah, was named for Peter
S. Ogden, who was an old trapper in
the service of the Hudson Bay Co.
Q. What Is the Oldest college cheer?
&C. r. s.
A. It is claimed that the Princeton
locomotive cheer is the oldest: Tiger.
tiger. tiger! Sis, sis, SIS! Boom, boom,
boom! Ali" Invented by an unknown
soldier of New York's famous 7th Regi-
ment on April 80. 1861, the cheer caught
the fancy of Princeton undergraduates
who heard it that night as the 7th passed
through the college town on its way to
war.
@. Who said that President Roosevelt
has appointed more Negroes to Govern
ment positions than the last three Re-
| publican dministrations?-W.J j. B.
A. Representative John M. Houston Of
Kansas said: Mr.. Roosevelt has ap-
| pointed more Negroes to responsible
governmental positions than the last
| three Republican administrations COM
| bined Under this administration DR..
| Thompkins. an outstanding Negro physi-
| clan and lifelong Democrat. has been
appointed recorder of deeds of the Dis
| trict of Columbia Robert L. vann, law
| yer and publisher, has been appointed
Special Assistant Attorney General. with
offices in Washington; L. A. Oxley of
North Carolina is special assistant and
| adviser in the Department of Commerce;
| E. K. Jones of New York is special adj
wiser in the Department of Labor; Les
ter A. Walton is Minister to Liberia:
Theopholius Mann and William F. Hastie
are special solicitors in the Department
of the Interior; Forest B. Washington is
adviser on Negro affairs to Harry L.
Hopkins; Earl r. Moses is assistant
statistician in the Bureau OF Research,
| While these are individual honors, the
colored citizens generally have benefited
| by the Roosevelt policies. In every law
| passed by Congress for direct relief or
| otherwise the Negro shares equally with
! his fellow citizens, and in addition to
these material benefits, q new under
standing and sympathy have drawn the
two races together, and former preju-
dices based on color are being dissipated.'
@. Do more people play baseball or
softball?-L. G. H.
| A. According to the Year Book Of the
National Recreation Association, in 1887,
| for the first time, there were more par
| ticipants in softball than in baseball.
Smaller Future Armies.
| From the Indianapolis News.
Some of the warning nations seem to
believe that if they kill the children