Evening star., 1938-04-20
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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question OF fact BY prtting The Euentno
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hdsktn. Director. Washington, d. c.
Please inclose a stamp for reply.
@. Where was the first c. c. c.
camp?-J. H.
A. The first Civilian Conservation
Camp was located at Luray. Va, In mid.
April, 1885,
q. How tall are Postmaster General
Farley and Secretary Of the Treasury
| Morgenthau?-E. L. H.
A.. Mr.. Morgenthau Is 8 feet, 1 inches
and Mr.. Farley is 8 feet, "a inches.
Q. How many -ten-cent stores
are there?-H j.
| A. There are $3.50 five-ard ten cent
stores in the United States.
| @. Why is a planked steak 50 called?-
NJ H.
A. A planked steak is cooked on q
specially made plank" about the size
of a platter which contains grooves
to catch the gravy. The charred wood
is supposed to give the steak an espe-
cially fine flavor.
| @. Who wrote the words of the song
beginning, East Side, West Side, all
around the toWn"?-R. K. L.
A. James w. Blake wrote THE Side
walks of New York" in 1894.
! @. Is it true that most children know
very little about arithmetic?-W. H. j.
A. In a recent address DR.. Guy M.
| Wilson Of or,
! University and an authority on simpl-
| fled methods of teaching arithmetic,
| said: Less than 20 per cent of pupils
| in grades seven and eight in the United
States make perfect scores on very simple
| addition, subtraction or multiplication"
| DR.. Wilson believes that failure is due in
| part to poor teaching and the mass Of
| useless or little used facts which the
| average person never uses.
@. What is the origin Of the expires.
| sion, When you call me that, smile"?-
H. K.
A. 1t is from THE virginian," by Owen
| Wister.
@. In the movie Marco Polo" we're
| the scenes showing the Great Wall of
| China authentic?-K. v.
A. They were reproductions built at
Chatsworth, Calf, near Hollywood.
@. How many veterinarians are there?
| e. G.
| A. There are approximately $4,000
| licensed veterinarians In the United
| States.
! O. Has the force of the teeth ever
been estimated?-L. w. r.
| A. Molars come together with a force
Of from 100 to l60 pounds with maxi
mum Of 270. In cracking bones, a dog
uses 1863 pounds.
@. Was bread once baked In the
United States Capitol at Washington for
| the soldiers?-A. E. H.
A. During the Civil War soldiers were
| quartered in the Capitol and bread was
baked in the basement.
@. Did men shave in Bible times?-
FIJI
A. There are many references to
shaving in the Bible. In Genesis. AHA,
| We find that Joseph shaved himself
before going into the presence Of
| Pharaoh.
| @. What was the name OF Alexander
the Greats favorite horse?-E, H. w.
| A. Bucephalus was the horse in
whose honor Alexander named city
Bucephala.
@. Why did the Army use two kinds
| of tests called the Alpha and Beta?-
| A. r.
A. The two Army tests the Alpha and
W.
Alpha test was devised for those men
who could read English. The Beta test
was given to illiterates and foreigners
who could not read English.
@. What is stock r:s!lt?-L. G.
A. A stock right is an offer made by
company to its shareholders. 1t per-
mits them on or before a specified date
to subscribe for additional shares at
a price under the market.
@. How many listeners responded to
Father Coughlin's address when he asked
| them to protest against the passage OF
the reorganization bill?-R. NJ.
A. 1t is estimated that more than
10000 persons responded.
| @. How many States can be seen from
Lookout Mountain?-C. H. w.
A. From the top of Lookout Mountain
near Chattanooga seven States are Wis
ible: Tennessee. Alabama, Georgia.
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
and Kentucky.
@. What newspaper won the Aver
Cup?-E. w.
A. The Francis Wayland Aver Cup
was awarded to the Newark IN. J)
Evening News. 1t is given annually to
the daily newspaper chosen as the most
outstanding for typographical excellence.
| @. When will the United States Cham
ber of Commerce Convention be held?-
w. H. j.
A. The Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States will meet at Washington,
D. c., May rs.
| @. Is Marietta, Ohio, holding more
than one celebration this year in honor
of it's sesquicentennial?-J. H. G.
| A. One was held beginning on April 7,
when group of young men re-enacted
the 1888 trek from New England, which
opened the Ohio country for settlement.
Throughout the week an elaborate pro-
gram of pageants, parades and display
of historic buildings was held. A second
celebration will be held beginning July
8, in commemoration of the establish.
ment Of civil government in the Terri.