Evening star., 1939-04-10
Hoskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. HQsEfn.

reader con get the ans1ver to arv
question OF tact by ,Driting The Epe.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Hask,n, Director, Washington,
d. c. Please inciose stamp for reply.
@. Where was the first professional
football game held?-M. j. H.
A. DR.. Harry A. March, called the
father Of professional football, says in
his book, PRO Football" that the first
professional match was held at Latrobe,
Pa on August 81, l895-Latrobe VS..
jeanette, Pa.
@. How many babies are born in hos
pitals in the United States?LT. M.
A. In 1888 there were 1,O26,77l births
in hospitals.
@. Who represented Mississippi in the
Confederate Senate?-C. R.
A. Albert Gallatin Brown represented
Mississippi in the Confederate Senate
for the two terms. James Phelan repre-
sented Mississippi in the Confederate
Senate during the first Confederate
Congress, and John w. C. Watson rep
resented Mississippi in the Confederate
Senate at the second Confederate Con-
gress.
@. Will the 205-foot bar at the New
York Worlds Fair be the longest in the
world?-K. F.. H.
A. There is bar 285 feet long in Mil
dura, Australia, which is said to be the
longest. Mildura is fruit town on the
Murray River in Victoria.
@. What is the weekly rate at which
German refugees enter the United
States?-L. C.
A. Immigrants from Germany entered
this country at the rate of about 700 a
week during the first six months of the
present fiscal year.
@. Why is Texas named the Lone Star
State?-E. v.
A. Texas is referred to as the Lone
Star State because the flag of the State
prior to its admission to the Union bore
single star.
c. How old is Uncle Ezra on the radio
and what is his real name?-G. w.
A. The part of Uncle Ezra is played by
Patrick Barrett, who is 50 years old.
@. What town had the first gas lights?
c. B.
A. The earliest economic use of naturIl
ho Init
when it was used for the illur.nation of
the village of Fredonia. ~ Y. well
III inches in diameter was drilled to
depth of q feet near p noted gas spring
and for many years supplied the village
with street lights
@. Was it Max Baer or Primo Camera
who fought with Ernie Schaaf in his
fatal bout?-J. M.
A. Ernie Schaaf died after a bout with
Primo Camera.
@. How much money is distributed by
the Rockefeller Foundation?-T. P. S.
A. A review Of the foundation saws:
During 1898 the Rockefeller Foundation
appropriated total sum Of over $15,-
100000. OF this amount. speaking in
terms of rough classifcations, $4,000 900
was given to the medical sciences, So
800,000 to the social sciences, SO 900 900
to the natural sciences, $2,5OO, 900 to pub
lie health, $1,000 900 to the humanities
and 100000 to rural reconstruction in
China"
@. What is the weight and composition
of silver dollar?-M S.
A. The weight of the silver dollar is
412.5 grams. 1t is composed of an alloy
of 80 per cent silver and 10 per cent
copper.
Q. Where does Ambassador Bullitts
daughter 60 to school?-E. w. H.
A. Anne Bullitt is a student at the
Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Va.
@. Who invented the front axle on au-
.tomobiles?-W. R. D.
A. The National Bureau of Standards
says that according to P. M. Heldets
book, Motor Vehicles and Tractors" the
divided axle was invented by Lanken-
sperger of Munich in 1917. The English
patent on it was taken out in the name
of Rudolph Ackermann and in English
speaking countries the gear, in conse-
quence, has come to be known as the
Ackerman steering gear.
@. Did President Wilson 60 to Europe
before or after the World War?-W. G.
A. President Woodrow Wilson left on
the troop ship George Washington De-
cember 4, 1918, and arrived at Paris De-
cember IA, 1918. He returned to Boston
on February "a, 1919 He left for Europe
the second time on March S, 1919 arriv-
ing in Paris March IA, 1919. President
Wilson signed the peace treaty and re-
turned to New York City on July 8, 1919.
@. How old is Oak Hill Cemetery in
Washington. D. CPL. L. S.
A. William w. Corcoran purchased the
original 1917 acre site of Oak Hill Gene
terry in 1848 and founded the cemetery
with definite provision for retaining its
woodlands. The first person buried there
was inferred on April 13, 1849.
@. How much income tax is collected
from the total number of persons with
net incomes of 100000 or over?-R.
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