Evening star., 1938-02-07
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QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN,
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@. Please give the names OF some rsdio
artists whose fathers were ministers?-
W. r. H.
A. The following artists Of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. are the chill
dren OF ministers: Lynn Brandt, Cleo
Brown. Noble Cain, Ken Carpenter,
Laurette Fillbrandt. Arnold Isolany,
Phillips H. Lord, Ed Mcconnell, John
Nesbitt. Robert Simmons, Alfred 6tracke.
John Charles Thomas, Dorothy Thomp-
son, Sam Thompson and Randolph
Weyant.
Q. What percentage Of the persons ar.
rested have criminal records?-E. w. r,
A. In 1895, 1877 per cent OF the persons
arrested I83,14O already had finger
print cards on file in the Indentiflcation
Division Of the Federal Bureau OF In
vestigation. In addition there were
1896 records bearing notations indi-
eating previous criminal histories Of the
persons concerned.
@. Is George Jean Nathan Z Jew
w. K. G.
A. Mr.. Nathan is Hebrew.
Q. When is the opera season at the
La Scala?-B. C.
A. The Milan Gtaly) performances at
La Scala commenced December IS, The
season will close April 20.
@. When guests are received at the
White House are they presented first to
the President or to Mrs Roosevelt?-S. B.
A. They are presented first to the
President and then to Mrs. Roosevelt,
who stands next in line.
tute?-L. w. r.
School of Georgetown University, WASH
ington, D. c., and the director is DR..
Othar Solnitzky. The institute Is open
to brain students, surgeons and scien-
fists from all over the world.
Q. Did the blind Senator who was
killed in trafdc few years ago have a
trained dog with him?-W EP.
A. The Senator who was killed in
trafiic accident by hit-and-run driver
was Senator Thomas D. Schall OF Min
nesota. The accident occurred on De-
cember 81. 1885. Senator Schall had had
. Seeing Eye dog named Lux The dog
died some time before the automobile
accident. Another dog had been trained
and was to have been given to the sena-
tor as Christmas gift.
@. Where was the Northwest Terri
tory?-H w.
A. 1t was the hrst national territory
OF the United States, and was the area
about the Great Lakes and between the
Ohio and the Mississippi. 1t included
the present States Of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part
OF Minnesota.
@. Is the Rust mechanical cotton
picker the first to be patented?-W. H.
A. The first patent for . mechanical
cotton picker was issued in 1850. BY
1854 there were II. Since 1865 patents
for pickers or other cotton-harvesting
devices, including strippers, have been
granted every year except 1899. The
total number granted now exceeds 800.
Q. Where was the home Of Jamss Mon.
roe?-G. 8.
A. The NTH President Of the Omitted
States lived at Ash Lawn, near Char
lottesville, Va. Tho father OF the Mon
roe Doctrine built this estate and planted
the splendid lockwood which Is said TO be
the finest in America.
@. What was the population Of the
United States at the time of the hrst
census?-H P. w.
A. In 17s0, when the first census was
taken, the population was 3,92o,2ll.
@. What are ring-tail cats9-E. p. II.
A. They are cats having crooks in
their tails. They are freaks and In the
United States cat shows are penalised.
Such freaks appear often in siannese
cats, and it is claimed in Siam that these
tails are produced through inbreeding.
Q. What was Frank Leslie's real
name?-W. N.
A. Henry Carter He was born In
England and used the pseudonym as an
illustrator. After he came to this coun-
try and became widely known as the
publisher Of Frank Leslies magazines,
he dropped the name of Carter.
Q. What was the Maynower Com
pact?-V. w.
A. 1t was somewhat meager agree
ment for the governing Of the colony
which was signed by the passengers ON
the Mayflower before they landed on
American shores.
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