Evening star., 1938-11-30
Answers
To Questions
Bp Frederic J. Hdsktn.

@. Under whose administration was the
national debt at its lowest?-N. P.
A. Our national debt reached its low
est level during President Andrew jack
sons term, when it amounted to $37,-
515O5 in 1885.
O. How far could Sammy Baugh Of
the Washington Redskins throw foot
ball on baseball diamond?-C. H. N
"A Baugh has thrown a football 228
feet 1t is estimated that if he stood at
the home plate on a regulation baseball
diamond he could throw the ball past
the second baseman and almost to the
center fielder standing in his usual po-
sition.
c. Where is the largest ice-skating
rink in the world?-J. H. G.
A. The one at Chamonix. France, with
an area of 10000 square feet is said to
be the largest in the world.
O. What is the short name for a fe-
male swan?-E. j. H.
A. A female swan is called a pen.
@. Please give some information about
the object of the World Center for Wom-
ems Archives and the address,. G.
A. The purposes of this organization
are: To collect original documents and
records pertaining to the ideas, interests,
and achievement of women. To trace
the facts concerning their lives and
works, assemble and compile them for
public use, when the original records
have been lost. To make living CEN
ter with every facility for service for
students historians, and other writers
who want to recreate the story of wom-
en-. To restore to the record through
knowledge, the names of those women
whose labor and leadership have won
for them a rightful place in history.
The address is Room 236, Biltmore Hotel.
New York City.
@. What is the name of the musician
who has an orchestra called the New
Orleans Feetwarmers?-R. j. H.
A. Sidney Bechet, one of the greatest
exponents of swing music, has record
lIlS Udllu VIC AVG" oiANoAo = SSt~
warmers.
@. What is the religious afiliation OF
Thomas E. Dewey?-L. S. E.
A. Mr.. Dewey is an Episcopalian.
@. Where was the first birth control
clinic in the United States?-J. L.
A. Margaret Sanger opened the first
in this country in Brooklyn, N. Y. in
October, 1916.
@. Is there magazine called the Horn
Book?-J. K.
A. The magazine by that name is pub
lished in Boston, Mass.
@. Where is the famous picture called
'The Helping Hand" d"?-E. V. H.
A. The Helping Hand" by Emile Re-
nouf, hangs in the Corcoran Gallery OF
Art in Washington.
c. Who was the first Pope to issue an
order forbidding Catholics to become
Masons?-J. H. X.
A. The first papal bull against Free
masonry was issued by Pope Clement XII
in 1885, enjoining temporal and spiritual
communities against entering the so
ciety or spreading or defending its prin-
ciples or admitting it into their houses,
on pain of accommodation.
q. How many Franklin cars are still
being used?-J. H. NJ
A. There are still more than 10000 in
use.
@. Please give some information about
the Negro writer who won second prize
in the o. Henry Memorial Award.-R.
L. K.
A. Richard Wright whose story, 'Fire
and Cloud won the 5000 prize, was born
80 years ago in Natchez Miss. He
left home to live in the North where
he has studied and worked at various
jobs. He is correspondent for a news
paper in Harlem and is the author Of
number of short stories.
O. Who wrote the famous poem called
"The Death of Absalom"?-J. C. H.
A. 1t is by Nathaniel P. Willis.
@. Is it the Lumbermen's Mutual Cas-
ualty Co. or the Liberty Mutual Insur-
ance Co. which has the Not Over 80
Club for motorists?-W. j. H.
A. 1t is the Lumbermens Mutual Cas-
ualty Co., of Chicago, ILL.,, which spon-
sors this club.
O. Please give a biography OF Lew
Lehr of Movietone and radio.-F. c.
A. Lew Lehr was born in Philadelphia
43 years ago. He was a Snowman from
childhood and at the age of II he turned
professional and entered vaudeville
During the World War he served with
the 74th Railroad Artillery and in
France produced skits for the Y. NJ E.
A. When the war was over he returned
to New York and resumed work in vaude-
vile. Six years ago he joined Fox Movie
tone News.
@. Was it ever discovered who burned
the German Reichstag?-W. r.
A. The German Reichstag at Berlin
was destroyed by fire on February ~.
1888. The Supreme Court found Mari
nus van de Lubbe, young Dutch Com
munist. guilty and he was beheaded on
January 10, 1884, at Leipzig.
past, and world Jewry would not be BEN.