Evening star., 1938-09-16
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Q: Which has more automobiles, New
York or California?-J. A. w.
A. The total number Of motor vehicle
registrations in California in 1887 vas
2,4s4,653; in New York. 1851, ,7o3.
Q. Please give some information about
Carl Grow, author OF -Four Hundred
Million Customers"-S. FIX.
A. Carl Grow was born in Highland.
Mo-, in 1887. His father, q country
school teacher, died when he was 16, at
which time he began to earn his own
living. He served as q printers ap-
prentice and journeyman printer be.
fore founding his own weekly newspaper
which he eventually sold at profit. At
the age OF 80 he completed the full course
for degree at the University of Mis-
souri, and earned his way partly by serv-
ing as a local correspondent for the
Chicago Tribune, the st. Louis Post
Dispatch and the Kansas City Star. In
1911 he went to China as a city editor
OF the China Press, the first American
daily in Shanghai. In 1880 he trans
ferred to Toxic as manager Of the Toxic
Advertiser. He came back to America
at the time of the World War, after
ward returning to China as the head
OF the Far Eastern Division of Com
merce and Public Information. He
established and edited the Shanghai
Post.
Q. Has Germany car of motion
pictures?-D. F.
A. Fraulein Leni Riefenstahl has been
given dictatorial authority over Nazi
movie production. She is a motion pic
ture actress, director and scenario
writer.
@. What is meant by the expression
better 'ole?-R. J. NJ
A. Any situation preferable to that
occupied is a better ole, in allusion to
Capt. Bairnsfather's soldier who refused
to leave shell hole until better one
was forthcoming.
O. What is the source of the line "Out
where the handclasp's little stronger?
IT. K. NJ
A. 1t is from Arthur chapman's poem,
"Out Where the West Begins"
Q: Where is Ethan Allen buried7-
H. G.
A. In Green Mount Cemetery, Bur.
lington, vt.
Q. Where were the first coal mines
in this country?-M. WS.
A. The first coal found of which the
discovery is recorded in the area now
known as the United States was that on
the Illinois River in Northeastern Illi-
nois. The discoverer was Father Hem
nepin. His records were dated 1893.
Coal was first mined in the United States
in 1850, the property thus developed
being In the Richmond basin of Virginia.
In 1760 coal was mined at Fort Pitt, Pa,
and in 1853 in the Wyoming Valley of
Northeastern Pennsylvania, also at
Portsmouth, r. I.
@. What did 1t cost per minute to
broadcast the Louis-Schmeling fight?-
w. L. G.
A. The cost per minute was approx
mately $2,516. Because Of the extreme
brevity of the battle, it took only one
15-mlnute unit of radio time, and 5 min
utes would have been sufficient II the
time could have been bought that way.
@. What countries led In the last
Olympic games?-W. w.
A. The first three places In the 1896
Olympics were taken by the following:
Germany, 134 points; United States, 771a
points: Hungary. A points.
G. Please give history of the famous
Negro anthem, Lift Ev'ry Voice and
Sing."-J. H. G.
A. The words were written by the late
James Weldon johnson and the music
by his brother, j. Rosamond Johnson,
in 1900. The occasion was a Lincoln's
birthday celebration in Jacksonville, Fla,
at which Negro school children sang the
anthem. In his autobiography, Along
This Way" James Weldon johnson says:
Nothing that have ever done has paid
me back so fully in satisfaction as being
the part creator Of this song"
@. What is the average length Of trips
on alrplaneS?-S. l.. N.
A. The average length Of passenger
trips on domestic airlines in the United
States in 1887 was 432 miles.
O. In what year was Margaret Cor
man OF Washington, D. C., selected as
Miss America?-W. r. G.
A. In 1921 Miss German went to
Atlantic City as Miss Washington and
won the national title of Miss America.
@. Please classify the adult popula-
ton OF the United States according to
amount of education-H K. B.
A. The educational training Of those
over l8 years is as follows: College grad
yates, $4,000 partial college training,
100000: high school graduates, 6,400,-
900; partial high school training, 49,
10000; grammar school or less, $780,
900; illiterate, 100000.
@. How much water is given on by an
oak tree?-A. B.
A. The Garden Encyclopedia says thpt
the average oak tree during its five active
months gives OF about $4,000 gallons Of
water.
@. Please give the names Of all the
men who have been president o! the
American Society for Psychical Research.
"A. H. B.
A. The presidents of the American
Society for Psychical Research, which
was incorporated in 1904, are as follows:
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