Evening star., 1938-02-22
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader cdn get the onsDer to anu
question OF fact BY ,Drittno The EVENING
Star Information Bureau, Frederic j.
Hdskfn. Director, Washington, D. c.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
G. When was the national budget last
balanced?-J. &C.
A. The year 1880 was the last wear in
which the receipts of the Federal Gov.
ernment exceeded the expenditures.
The amounts were: Receipts, S4,177,942,-
900; expenditure, $3,440, ,269 900.
Q. What is the most powerful radio
station?-H. H.
A. Station WLW at Cincinnati Ohio
owned by the Crosley Radio Corp, is
said to be the most powerful radio sta
tion in the world at the present time.
Q. When did Japan first have juris-
diction over Korea?-E. H.
A. In 1906 Japan undertook the ad-
ministration of Korea and in 1910 an.
nexed that country.
Q. Is there any record of how many
crowns, inlays, and dentures are made
IN the United States?-J. H.
A. There are approximately $1,000
crowns and inlays, $4,000 bridges and
100000 dentures made each month.
Q. Is there any record of the largest
cake that was ever baked and served to
guests?-R. T.
The birthday cake given to Mai.
Lew B. Brown, publisher of the St
Petersburg Independent, celebrating the
25th anniversary of the famous offer to
give his paper away to all subscribers on
any day that the sun did not shine in St
Petersburg, was at least one of the
largest This great cake was wider than
cart wheel and several feet thick. 1t
weighed 250 pounds, and portions were
actually cut from it and served to ever
5000 people.
@ How many dogs wers in the World
War?-G H. w.
A. 1t is not possible to say how many
dogs were in the World War, as various
countries used them and for various pur-
poses. About 10000 dogs were at the
front when the armistice was signed.
More than 900 sled dogs were used in
the Vosges Mountains during the last
year OF the war for moving food and
other supplies.
@. Is the opera La Boheme" taken
from book?-J. H.
titled "Vie de Boheme."
@. What happened to the United
States Marines who attacked a news
paper plant in Managua?-J. A.
A. Early in 1921 some United States
marines raided the Office of the news
paper Tribuna at Managua. Nicaragua,
and wrecked the presses On February
10 the principals were arrested and on
February 26 they were sentenced to two
years confinement and dishonorable
discharge.
@. What statesman was called the Last
Cooked HATH. NJ.
A. This nickname was applied to Presi-
dent Monroe in reference to his being
the last of the Presidents to wear the
characteristic hat of the Revolutionary
period.
@. Have there ever been men tele-
phone operators?-H. w.
A. The first operators of the telephone
switchboard installed in New Haven,
Conn, in 1878 were boys. Ahoy-ahoy
was used instead of the customary hc4lo
@. How many Boy Scouts attended the
1887 jamboree at Washington? The world
jamboree in Holland?-k. H.
A. The Boy Scout jamboree at Wash
ington, D. c., was attended by $4,000
Scouts. The world jamboree at Holland
had an attendance of $4,000.
@. Is the fly in the ointment Biblical
phraSe?-C. l..
A. 1t Is from Ecclesiastes, XII: Dead
flies cause the ointment of the apothe-
cary to send forth sinking SAVIOUR; so
doth little folly him that is in reputa-
ton for wisdom and honour"
@. What is the name OF the artists
and composers organization that is es-
tablishing a colony near High Springs
Fla.?-G. NJ
A. The American Association uf Au-
thors, Artists and Composers is estab-
fishing 50-acre colony there.
@. What has become of the country in
Europe which was formerly called Bos-
nia?-L. T.
A. With Herzegovina, 1t forms prov
ince in Yugoslavia.
@. Please give some information about
the college in Philadelphia in which no
minister or missionary can hold office
W. E. r.
A. Girard College at Philadelphia,
Pa, is an institution for the vocational
education and maintenance of poor white
male orphans, as the donor of the trust
fund expressed it. The college was
founded under the will of Stephen Cir
ard and opened January /, 1848 BY
provision in the will no ecclesastic, mis-
slonary, or minister or any sect whatever
is permitted to hold Office in this insti-
tuition or to enter its premises at any
time or for any reason. That provision
should, however, not be interpreted as
reflection upon any sect or person; on
the contrary, the founders desire was,
as he himself stated, simply that The
minds of the boys reared by the institu-
tion should be kept free from the CON-
fusion of denominational controversies
so that on their entrance into active life
they may adopt such religious tenets
as their natural reason may enable them
to prefer. The purest principles of mo-
rality were to be instilled into the minds
Of the scholars.
q How many .Jeus are there in the