Evening star., 1938-02-14
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN.

question OF fact by ,DrittnD The Epentno
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn. director. Washington. D. c.
Please inclose stamp tor reply.
@. If an employed person stops work
at so, can he collect the money he has
paid into social security. or must he wait
until he is 65?-E. v.
A. Whether it Is lump sum or an In.
come, 1t will not be available until he 10
IS. Should the person die, however, q
settlement would be made with his estate.
Q: When is Negro national health
| weeks. H.
|. A. This year it will be observed from
| April to April 10, inclusive.
| @. Does lightning strike the earth
every time there Is q flash in the
| clouds?-A. A. E.
A. 1t Is known that many lightning
flashes take place from one part Of q
cloud to another without extending
| down to the ground
@. How many churches are there in
| New York City?-D. M. P.
A. There are about $500.
A. What country buys the most OF the
flue-cured tobacco which this country
exports?-L. D.
A. The United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland leads. 1t takes
more than 80 per cent of the flue-cured
tobacco exported to Europe. China is
second as customer.
@. Do any birds winter in Canada?-
A. N.
A. A great many do. Ducks, hawks
gulls, owls, woodpeckers, cardinals. and
song sparrows are often seen In South
ern Canada, and occasionally members
of many other species.
@. Please give list OF cartoonists who
have won the Pulitzer Prize?-C. w. r.
A. Pulitzer Prize-w winning cartoonists
are Rollin Kirby, j. N. Darling. D. r.
Fitzpatrick. Nelson Harding. Charles B.
! Macauley, Edmund Duffy, John T. Nc
Cutcheon. H. M. Talburt, Ross A. Lewis
and G. D. Bachelor.
O. Where are the principal aluminium
producing plants in the United States?-
c. H. R.
A. They are located at Massena. N. Y;
Alcoa, Tenn; Badin, N. c. and Niagara
Falls, N. Y.
O. Are many people tattooed?-
c. R. NJ.
A. 1t is estimated that one out of
every five men and one out Of every fif
teen women in the United States Is or
has been tattooed.
convention Of the Democrats or Re-
pubicans?-E. H.
A. The longest national convention Of
cratic in 1924 lasting II days before the
Davis Bryan ticket was nominated.
G. What is the extent Of damage done
by earthquakes in the United States?-
w. H.
A. The damage total for earthquakes
in this country is estimated at $482,-
480 900.
O. How many children have the En-
peror and Empress Of Japan?-P. l.. T.
A. They have three daughters and
two sons.
@. Are there any organizations In the
world for the prevention Of suicide?-
w. H.
A. The National Save-a-Life League
and the Committee for the Study Of Sui
| eide, both in New York City. are active
in this work. Among foreign organi-
| cations of the kind are the British Anti
Suicide Bureau in London, the Vienna
Advisory Center for Those Weary Of
Life, the Suicides Aid Society Of Berlin
and the Wait-a-Bit Society and the
Suicide Prevention Clinic Of Toxic.
@. How much does the Washington
Monument taper?-M. P.
A. The taper of the shaft is one fourth
inch to the foot
O. Where did the late Margaret H.
lington 60 to college?-W. M.
A. The actress was educated at Illinois
| Wesleyan University and also studied at
the Chicago Musical College.
@. OF what kind of wood was the ca
| duceus nader. G. G.
| A. The caduceus originated in the
| prehistoric times in Greece. Hermes or
Mercury, in Greek and Roman mythol-
ogy, was the messenger Of the gods, and
| lUc pdGIOH VI AuO Ol peace.
His staff was of olive wood with two
serpents coiled about it and with two
wings at the top. According to some
legends the serpent was sacred to
Aesculapius and Hygeia as a symbol Of
health. apparently because it changes its
skin periodically and so is an emblem of
restored vitality.
@. How many mountain goats are there
| in Glacier National Park?-E. w.
A. There are more than 800 in the
park.
@. What kind Of mental disease Is q
fugue?-W. r.
A. A fugue is amnesia during which
person may 60 to another town and
wake up not knowing how he got there
It is literally flight from reality, the
patient wishing to escape from some
unbearable mental situation.
@. How much money is spent by visi-
tors to national parks and forests In
this country?-C. r. 8.
A. The more than 3500O,000 visiters
each year in national forests and parks
spend an estimated $4,000, ,000,000
Economic Excitement.
From the Los Angeles Times
We can still extract some pleasure from
the modern economic system under