Evening star., 1939-10-24
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Hasktn.

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eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
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@. How much did the allies spend for
munitions in the United States during
the World War?-J F. H.
A.. From 1914 to 1918 the allies bought
four billion dollars worth of munitions
in the United States.
@. What four women rank highest In
Washington official life?-L. P.
A. The first four women in official life
IN Washington are Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs.
John Nance Garner, Mrs Charles Evans
Hughes and Mrs. William Bankhead.
Q. How large is the stage in the Music
Hall at Rockefeller Center?-J TIL.
A. The stage is IA feet wide and G.
feet deep.
Q. What State raises the most pea
nuts?-B. j. D.
"A: Georgia leads with a production
IN 1888 of 469,050OOO pounds.
Q. Where was Abraham Lincoln when
ne received the news of his nomination
for President?-A. C. H.
A. According to Carl Sandburg's THE
Prairie Years: On Friday morning of
the convention, E. L. Baker, newspaper.
man, arrived in Springfield from Chi.
cago and went with Lincoln to Car.
mOGVS hall a11pu
alley was full, they went to another
place for game of billiards, but the
table was already taken. After going to
the Office OF local newspaper, the
journal, they parted. Lincoln stood
around while, and shortly after 12 a
messenger boy brought him a telegram
reading as follows: ABE, we did it, glory
to God!"
O. How many birds in the United
States have been banded?-L. CIR.
A. Since 1920, when the United States
Biological Survey took over the work
more than 100000 birds have been
banded, mostly by the 2,l93 registered
amateur banders in the United States
Q. Where is altar of roses made?-w
P. D.
A. 1t is produced chiefly in India, Bull
garla, Persia and Turkey. About 10000
roses are required to yield one ounce of
altar, which is so fragrant that the Use
OF one drop is often sufficient in making
gallon of cologne.
u. What quantity of cream is required
10 make pound of butter?-L. A..
A. One gallon of cream testing about
~ per cent OF butterfat will yield about
three pounds of butter.
y. Please give the names of Come
DOCKS that give a comprehensive view
OF the international situation-E. K. G.
A. The following are on a list which
mas peen recommended by Dorothy
thompson: The Revolution of NihiI.
ISM by Hermann Rauschning; Not
Peace But Sword" by Vincent sheean:
Betrayal in Central Europe" by G, e,
II. Gedye; Poland: Key to Europe" bv
raymond Leslie Buell. Stain" by Boris
oouVarlne; "Juggernaut The Path of
Dictatorship" by Albert Carr: Accent
on Power" by Valeriu Marcu; "E,rone-
Going, Going, Gone" by Count Ferdi.
nand Czernin; step by Step, bv Wins.
ION Churchlll; THE New German EN-.
pre- by Franz Borkenau; GERMANY
Rampant by Ernest Hambloch; I'm De-
1ense OF France" by Edouard Daladier:
democracy: Today and Tomorrow. bv
Eduard Benes.
~ What city is called the Athens
OF North America?-M. G. H.
A. Boston is so called because of its
educational and cultural facilities,
Q. Who started the chain shoe store,
M. T. j.
A. William Lewis Douglas, q nativs
OF Plymouth, Mass, began business at
erockton IN 1876 with small shop,
from which he built up business with
total capacity of 10000 pairs of shoes
oaliy. These were distributed to 70 re-
tall shoe stores owned by him in large
cities
Q. How early were city directorie,
published?-T. w. j.
A. The first London directory was
printed about 1877: the first in this
country at New York m 1786.
u. What country has a stamp con.
tanning a picture of teddy bear?-
M. j. H.
"A. Australia has issued a stamp mic.
turing koala, which resembles a teddy
bear. This little animal is a marsupial.
peculiar to that country and protected
by strict laws to guard against its
extinction.
Z. Who said that no Christian has
the right to begin war?-C. M.
A. Tolstoi in War and Peace" SAYS:
War on the one hand is such a ter.
rible, such an atrocious thing, that M
man, especially no Christian man, has
the right to assume the responsibility
Of beginning it,
@. What percentage of robberies.
murders and automobile thefts are com.
mitted by persons under 2l years of
age?-R. G. H.
A. Over 10 per cent of all persons
arrested this year have been under 21.
These individuals constitute IL per cent
OF all murderers arrested; 20 per cent
OF all robbers; 46 per cent of all burg.
lars; 80 per cent Of all thieves. ana
54 Der cent 0f all automobile fb1.v..