Evening star., 1940-05-14
Answers
To Questions
BY Frederic J. Hdskfn.

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| A reader can get the answer TO ann
| question OF fact by ,urittng The Epe.
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washinoton.
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@. How much money will the Net
York Yankees receive for permission to
broadcast the games?-J. r.
A. The Yankees will be paid 375,OO
by the sponsors for the privilege y
broadcasting the baseball games daily in
1910.
Q. What kind of an animal is q potto?
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A. 1t is small lemurine mammal of
West Africa about the size of a squirrel,
with soft yellow fur and protruding,
yellow, perpendicular eyes. The potto
Is nocturnal animal Of the tree-tops
and Its weird, whimpering cries are
believed by the natives to be voices of
evil spirits. DR.. w. M. Mann, leader of
the Smithsonian -Frestone Expedition
IN Liberia, has captured one of these rare
animals for the National Geological
Park at Washington.
Q. Who was called the Rock of Chicka-
mauga?-J. G.
A. This was the title given Gen. George
Henry Thomas because of the stead
| fastness with which he held his position
| on that famous battlefield In the Civil
| War.
Q. What Is the meaning of the legal
term habeas corpus?-W. H. r.
A. This is "the great writ of personal
liberty" Habeas corpus is court order
directing one who holds another to
| produce the body of the person detained
before the court to determine whether
there exists sufficient cause for his de-
| tention.
@. How much rent did the United
States Government pay to France for the
trenches in the World War?-H. U. r.
A. The War Department says that the
United States has never paid rent to the
| French Government or to a French
| citizen, for the occupation of trenches
in the battle line. The rumors in regard
to this matter have probably originated
from the fact that the United States
| rented ground for training purposes, and
| paid certain amount for damages to
property when training trenches were
| constructed.
G. What was the first sports paper in
the United States?-E. D.
A. The first newspaper devoted to
sports was the American Turf Register.
which appeared in Baltimore in August,
1929.
@. Have there ever been man tele-
phone operators?-E. T. H.
A. The first operators of the telephone
switchboard installed in New Haven,
Conn.,, in 1873 were boys. Alloy -ahoy"
was used instead of the customary
hello"
| O. Was Eli Whitney interested in the
| manufacture of firearms?-D. NJ
A. In 1893 the inventor secured Gov
| ernment contracts for manufacturing
firearms, and was the first to effect a
division Of labor by which each part vas
made up and then assembled He also
| designed ingenious machinery for the
manufacture of the guns.
@. How many post Offices are there?-
r. I. L.
A. There are A,4o0 post Offices In the
United States.
| @. Who was elected Vice President
with Abraham Lincoln for his first and
second terms as President?-C. r.
A. Hannibal Hamlin of Maine was
elected for the first term and Andrew
johnson of Tennessee for the second.
Upon the death of Lincoln, johnson be-
came the 17th President.
Q. Has there ever been poll taken to
show what is the favorite American
poem?-M. j. R.
| A. Such poll was conducted in the
columns of 252 daily newspapers located
In 80 States, and the favorite In this
survey was "A Psalm of Life" by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow.
@. How many deaths occur from
drowning?-W. D. w.
A. In 1889 the total number of deaths
from drowning was 6,700.
Q. What are the words most frequent-
" mispronounced?-C. D. H.
A. According to compilation of the
Once Of Education, the IL words most
often mispronounced are: On, again,
toward, interesting, accept, address,
preferable, drowned, perform, automo-
bile attacked and forehead.