Evening star., 1939-03-16
Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader can get the ansDer to dnv
question of fact by turiting The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, Director, Washin1ton,
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Q. Did woman ever run for President
Of the United States?-H. d.
A. Belva Lockwood was nominated for
President of the United States by the
Equal Rights party both in 1884 and 1888.
@. Can you give me the name Of an
authentic book on Martha's Vineyard?-
]. r. H.
A. One which is considered excellent
is Tales and Trails of Marthas Vine
yard" by Joseph Allen. 1t is published
by Little, Brown & Co.
Q. How many dimes are there in a
mile?-M. B.
A. There are approximately $4,000 or
$1,000 in a mile Of dimes.
@. What is the longest run ever made
In football?-B. B.
A. According to Menke's All-Sports
Record Book, the record football run of
lis yards was made by Terry of the
Yale University team in 1884.
9. When was Admiral Dewey's body
moved from Arlington National Gene
tery?-J. c. H.
A. Admiral Dewey's remains were
transferred on March %, 1925, from Ar
lington Cemetery to crypt in the Wash
ington Cathedral.
@. Where is the highest motor road
in the world?-R. j. B.
A. The highest road in the world,
nearly miles above sea level, is the one
over the Iseran Pass in Savoy, France.
@. Do children in Russia attend nur-
sery schools?-M. H. R.
A. In 1887 there were 2500,000 chill
dren enrolled in well-equipped, full-time
nursery schools with qualified staff, in
cluding doctor, nurse and psychologist.
Another 3,500,000 children were cared
for in a more primitive type of nursery
school, as a temporary measure.
@. What other bridges were designed
by the engineer of the Golden Gate
Bridge?-M. J. H.
A. The late Joseph Baermann Strauss
built nearly 500 bridges in the United
States, Canada and abroad He was CO.
designer of the Montreal-South Shore
Bridge, designer and engineer Of the Co.
lumbia River Bridge. designing engineer
for the bascule span of the Arlington
Memorial Bridge and consulting engineer
to the Port of New York Authority on
the George Washington Memorial Bridge.
He originated the five types Of the
Strauss trunnion bascule bridge which
has become a world standard, and two
types of Strauss lift bridge.
@. Does q Pope necessarily have to be
q priest or cardinal?-C. M.
A. A lay person may be elected Pope
but before his coronation he would have
to receive the episcopate and previous
to that the minor and sacred orders
leading to 1t.
@. Where Is the deepest place In the
ocean?-J. G. .r
A. The deepest place v~ found in the
ocean IS of the islanc II Mindanao, in
the Philippines, where soundings OF
35,4o0 feet have been reported.
@. How many counties are there7-
M. B. E.
A. There are SOTO counties in the
United States.
@. How many stories and at what rate
Of speed do the elevators in the r. c. A.
Building travel?-E. j. r.
A. The elevators in the R. c. A. Build
ing in New York City travel from the
first floor to the 65th floor, distance OF
ITO feet. Two Of the elevators travel at
the rate of l,40O feet per minute, and
are the fastest in the world. Others
travel some 1900 feet per minute.
@. What is the name of the college
that bars ministers from its campus?-
E. S. H.
A. Stephen Girard, the founder of
Girard College for orphans in Phila-
delphia, provided in his will that no
clergyman Of any denomination should
ever be allowed on the campus Ito keep
the orphans tender minds free from the
excitement of clashing doctrines and Sec
tartan controversy"
Q. Who invented the Upper slide
fastener?-G. B.
A. The hookless fastener was invented
by Whitcomb L. Judson In 1893. It was
improved and perfected by Gideon L.
Sundback In 1918. It's name is not the
"zipper"-that term being applied only
to the overshoe made by the B. F. Good
rich Co., and fastened with hookless
fastener of Sundback's design.
@. Please describe the Haymarket
riot in Chicago.-J. E. M.
A. The Haymarket massacre was an
anarchist riot, originating in labor trou-
bles which eliminated in an open-air
meeting in Haymarket Square, on May
4, 1886. Violent speeches were made by
the anarchists Spies, Parsons and Fielden.
A bomb was thrown among the police.
causing great loss of life. Spies, Parsons.
Fischer, Engel, Lingg, Fielden, Schwab
and Neebe were arrested and tried. The
first four were hanged on November II.
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