Evening star., 1938-11-05
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by ,Drtting The Ere-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin. director, Washington,
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q. How many Of the bills introduced
In the Seventy Congress became
laws?-1. B.
A. During the Seventy-fifth Congress,
17104 bills and resolutions were intro
6uced in both houses OF these, 1859
were enacted into law.
g. Did any part of Czechoslovakia be-
long to Germany before 1880. r. w.
A. Yes; small political district hav-
Ing an area of ITO square miles was
taken from Germany and given to
Czechoslovakia. 1t is the district of
Hlucin. In the German empire it was
the district Of Hultschin, in Silesa. All
the rest of Czechoslovakia was Austro-
Hungarian territory before the war.
q. Where can I find out whether a
slogan has been used before and register
IL II It Is Or1ginal?-W. M H.
A. Printers Ink, 1875 Madison avenue,
New York City, invites readers to use the
ver1f1catfon service afforded by its clear
ing house OF advertised phrases and also
to register new slogans.
@. Please give the date of the Nation-
al Automobile Shows L. P.
A. The National Automobile Show will
be held at the Grand Central Palace,
New York City, November ll-l8.
@. How many articles are named after
Popeye?-W. G. H.
A. There are more than 900 licensed
products named for the popular comic
strip character.
Q. Who won the prizes for the bronze
panel to go over the new Associated
Press Building in Rockefeller Center?
L. G. r.
A. 1samu Noguchi son of the Jana
nese poet, was awarded the first prize Of
81 900 in the national competition. r.
second prize of $500 went to John II
schl. and the third of $3.50 TO Joseph G.
Fleri.
@. Is there room for all the people Il
the world in Texas?-E. S.
A. The population of the world is aD-
proximately 2,0O00OO,O0O. If all thee
people were in Texas, each individual
could occupy about 3,7o6 square feet.
@. What is one of the inverted air mail
stamps of 1918 worth?-E. j. w.
A. At the American Philatelic Society
convention auction in New Orleans, one
OF the famous 24-cent air mail stamps
was bought for $4,000 by collector.
@. Is the original Mayfower Compact
in existence?-H. H. H.
A. 1t Is not known what became of the
Mayflower Compact. The oldest copy of
the text known at the present time is
that printed in "Mourts Relation" in
1922. The oldest known list of the Al
signers OFF, the compact is found in
"New-Englands Memoriall," printed in
1869. copy of the compact appears in
Bradford's History of Plymouth Planta-
tion,'' written between 1880 and 1916.
Q. How long period Of time Is coy-
cred by Dantes Divine Comedy
+. M. H.
A. The poem covers the 10 days from
Good Friday to the Sunday after Easter
in the year 1900.
@. Where is the Wyoming Valley?-
r. G. j.
A. 1t Is rich anthracite region in
Luzerne County, Pa, through which
f1ows the Susquehanna River Wilkes
Barre, with a population of $1,000, is the
metropolis of the valley.
@. What is a gaur?-R. w. H.
A. 1t Is wild OK, native to North
eastern India, and is probably the larg-
est living species of wild cattle. Full
grown males are sometimes 6 feet high
at the shoulder and have horns feet
long with a basal diameter of inches.
The gaur is alert, wary and exceedingly
pugnacious when brought to bay. A full
grown male is said to be a match even
for tiger. In India the animals al,
kept in partially domestic herds for the
flesh They are often enormously callcG
bison.
@. How old is the verse beginning
Thirty days hath September, April,
June and November? ?-L. F.
A. The origin of the verse is lost In
antiquity. 1t is at least as old as tlll
Gregorian calendar and probably mu, l
older. The year 1879 marks it's first an
pearance in English literature, whta
Richard Grafton included it in his Lii
tie Treatise" an almanac of the perio'.
under the title, "A Rule to Knowe He
Many Days Euery Moneth in the Yc..
Hath" Graftons version, containing r.
reference to leap year. ran as follow
Thirty dayes hath Nouember, Apr.
1une & September February hf
xviii alone. And all the rest hq
xxi" Only two copies of the orisi
work still survive, one in the Henry
Huntington Library, the other in t..
British Museum