Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-09-24

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ming Star Information Bureau, frederic
J. Hdsktn, director, Washington. D. C.
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@. How does our national debt com.
pare with that OF Great Britain?-W.
j. H.
A. The national debt Of the United
States is over $37 900, 900 900, while that
OF Great Britain is $3a,766, 600, 900.
Q. Can man who wears glasses be.
come an airplane pilot?-D. G. c.
A. An applicant for a pilots license
must have visual acuity of 20 so in each
eye. If his vision is poorer than 20 so
and can be brought up to 20 80 with
glasses, the applicant may be qualified
for a license if he wears glasses while
plotting plane.
@. Why is the grading of wool referred
to as the blood SYSTEMIC. w.
A. Presumably this originated In the
early days Of the sheep industry when
the Merino was the fine-wool sheep on
American farms. Merino wool was called
fine" All other woods were ranked
according to their relative degrees of
coarseness as compared with Merino.
Apparently the terms used to designate
the wool originally indicated the frac-
tional quantities Of Merino blood in the
sheep that grew the wool of those types
@. How many cities have uniform mo-
tor vehicle intoxicstion reports? j.
L. H.
A. According to the International
Association of Chiefs of Police, more
than rs municipal police departments
are using uniform motor vehicle intoxi-
cation reports to determine proof of
drunken driving.
Q. Is the book title, "And Tell Of
Time" quotation?-W. M. G.
A. 1t is from The Bacchae of Euripi-
des": And tell Of Time, what gifts for
thee he bears, what griefs and wonders
in the winding years"
@. Why was Sir Thomas More exc.
cuted?-J. ]. L.
A. Sir Thomas More was a Catholic
and as such diSapproved of the divorce
obtained by Henry VIII from Catherine
OF Aragon. His affront ranked in the
mind of Henry and was further inflamed
by his refusal to attend the coronation
of Anne Boleyn. In 1884 the king was
declared supreme head of the church,
but More steadily refused to recognize
any other head than the Pope and he
declined to take the oath of supremacy
and was consequently committed to the
Tower of London and indicted for trea =
son. He was brought to trial after i'm
prlSonment of IL months and, despite
his eloquent defense, sentenced to be
hanged and quartered. The king altered
the sentence from hanging and quarter
ing to beheading.
Q. Please give the names of Shirley
Temples pictures-T P. E.
A. The pictures in which Shirley Tenn
pie has appeared are as follows: Stand
Up and Cheer" Baby, Take a Bow"
Bright Eyes" Now I'll Tell Change
of Heart, Little Miss Marker" Now
and Forever The Little Colonel" Our
Little Girl" Curly Top" The Littlest
Rebel Captain January" Poor Little
Rich Girl, "Dimples. "Stowaway," Wee
Willie Winkie," Heidi" "Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm" Little Miss Broad
way and Lucky Penny"
Q. Is there a museum in the United
States which has an exhibit of old type-
writers?-R. S.
A. The Milwaukee City Museum at
Milwaukee, Wis, has one Of the finest
typewriter displays in the world.
@. What is the area OF Los Angeles?
New York City?-A. D.L.
A. Los Angeles has an area of 451
square miles and New York has an area
of 300 square miles.
j. B. G.
A. THE Caisson Song" which is the
United States Field Artillery march, was
written by Col. Edmond L. Gruber in
1908 when he was a lieutenant of the
5th Field Artillery in the Philippines.
@. Who was the Philadelphia lawyer
who won the famous case which estab-
lished freedom of the press in the United
StateS?-L. B.
A. John Peter Zenger, proprietor of a
newspaper Of Albany was indicted for
criminal libel, and was successfully de-
Tended by Andrew Hamilton, a Philadel-
phia lawyer, in 1875. The case was
epoch making, as Hamilton established
for all time the principles of free press
and free speech to which the law of
libel should be forever subservient.
@. How many criminals in this coun-
try are not confined in penal institu-
tions?-R. G. H.
A. There are 100000 known crimi-
nails at large in the United States.
@. How many fairs are being held In
the United States this fall?-J. M G.
A. 1t is estimated that this fall 2.5OO
fairs are being held throughout the
Country.
Q. Who rang the Liberty Bell when
the Declaration Of Independence was
signed?-E. H. r.
A. Andrew McNair rang the Liberty
Bell upon the occasion of the celebra-
ton of the signing of the Declaration of
Independence.
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