Evening star., 1938-08-04
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact BY iDrittn1 The Ere-
ming Sta, Information Bureau. frederic
J. Hasktn, director, Washington. D. c.
Please tnclose stamp for reply.
@. Did Vernon Kennedy ever pitch
a no-hit game?-K. w. M.
A. On August 81, 1885. Lloyd Vernon
Kennedy pitched a no-hit game. Tho
game went nine innings and ended with
a score of to 0 in favor Of Chicago.
The opposing team was Cleveland.
@. Do tornadoes ever occur at night?
j. c. B.
A. According to the Weather Bureau.
the occurrence of tornadoes at night,
even near midnight, is not infrequent;
such storms are most frequent in the
afternoon and early evening, and least
frequent from midnight to noon.
Q: What is the deepest hole in the
world?-J. T. j.
A. It is the Continental OH Co.'S K.
G. L. Az, which is 1904 feet deep, or
nearly three miles. The well Is named
for the Kern County Land Co. OF Call
fornia, from which the land is leased,
and lies about four miles west Of Wasco
in the San Joaquin Valley.
@. Who originated the term candid
camera?-W. A. 8.
A. The phrase was coined by the New
York Journal. The Hearst papers were
the first to introduce this type of photog-
raphy. using the miniature camera for
newspapers.
@. Who said Equal and exact Justice
to all men"?-H. L. K.
A. Thomas jefferson in his first inaug-
ural address said: Equal and exact JUS
tice to all men-freedom of religion,
freedom Of the press, freedom Of person
under the protection of the habeas
corpus, and trial by juries impartially
selected-these principles form the
brightest constellation which has gone
before U.s."
O. In what country is an unfaithful
wife forced to jump of a cliff. K.
A. This is a custom among the Caribs
Of Dominica British West Indies, where
the husbands duty is to command an
unfaithful wife to hurl herself from a
cliff.
@. Will the Worlds Fair at Rome be
as large as the one which was held at
Paris?-H. L.
A. 1t is expected to be the largest and
most expensive fair of the kind ever
given in Europe. The exposition grounds
will occupy tract of 1870 acres on the
Campagna between Rome and the Medi-
terranean Sea and a boulevard, the Via
Imperiale, 3l2 feet wide, will link the
Coliseum and the seaport of Ostia. The
buildings are being planned as part of
a permanent city and the estimated
cost Of the entire project Is $500 ,00o, 900.
O. How tall is Boake Carter. the news
commentator?-C. R. s..
A. He is about S feet inches In
height.
@. Has Kansas repealed the anti
cigarette law?J. F.
A. The anti-cigarette law Of Kansas
was repealed by the Kansas State Legis-
lature, February 8. 1927.
Q. How many Chinese civilians are
killed by Japanese planes?-G. L.
A. Figures released in connection with
the World Anti-Bombing Conference in
Paris show that from July, 1887, to June
1888, 1882 noncombatants were killed
and 21.752 were wounded in China by
Japanese planes
Q. Where is the largest peach orchard
in the United States?-W. T.
nI~> .f
nomics says that the largest peach
orchard in the United States Is High
lands Orchard, Highland, Ark.
Q. What was the Terrapin War7-c.
w. F.
A. Because trade with other countries
was cut off, opponents OF the War OF
1912 called the Government q terrapin.
from that creatures habit Of withdraw
ing into its shell. They consequently
called the war the Terrapin War.
@. Why is Connecticut called the Nut
meg State?-A. A. p.
A. The sobriquet. the Nutmeg State.
is applied to Connecticut because its
early inhabitants had the reputation
of being so ingenious and shrewd that
nutmegs. Sam Slick (Judge Hallibur-
toni seems to be the originator Of this
story. Some claim that Wooden nutmegs
were actually sold, but they do not give
either the time or the place. The State
librarian says that probably the in
ventive and manufacturing abilities Of
the inhabitants were the reasons for
Connecticut's getting the name.
@. Where did DR.. S. Parkes Cadman
preach his last sermon?-J. L.
A. The minister's last sermon was
preached in the Westport Methodist
Church, Westport. N. Y, on July 5, 1886.
@. Where was Gertrude Stein born
and where did she receive her educa-
tion?-V. ".
A. The author was born in Allegheny,
Pa, in 1874. When she was a small
child she lived in Vienna, Paris and
San Francisco. In 1897 Miss Stein was
graduated from Radcliffe. She then at
tended Johns Hopkins Medical School
and specialized in brain anatomy. After
q period OF study in London. she settled
In Paris In 1908.
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