Evening star., 1940-12-06
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
Bu Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader can get the dnstDer to any
question OF fact by ,Drttinp The Eue.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
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@. Are most of the residents of Holly
wood, Calf, in the moving picture
business?-H. H. M.
A. OF the total population Of $1,000.
only about $4,000 are connected with
the movies.
@. How many Oil wells in the United
States are productive?-E. H.
A. At the end of 1899, more than $780,
900 Oil wells were producing. This is
the greatest number in the history Of
the petroleum industry.
@. Please give list of birds that are
named after the sound they make.-C.
j. D.
A. These would include the cuckoo.
bobolink, whippoorwill, chickadee. bob
white, towhee and peewee.
@. Who is the Father of Radio Broad
casting? j. h.
A. DR.. Frank Conrad is so called be-
cause he was technically responsible for
the worlds first regularly scheduled radio
broadcast on November 2, 1920, over Sta
ton KDKA at Pittsburgh.
Q. Can an alien get in advance a copy
of the registration questions he will be
required to answer?-E. c. B.
A. Specimen forms containing the reg
istration questions are available at all
post Offices.
@. How long have streamlined trains
been used?-L. T. P.
A. In 1900, tests were made on the
Baltimore & Ohio with the Adams
Windsplitter About the same time the
Union Pacific developed and operated
the McKeen rail car. These we're the
earliest streamlined railroad cars in reg
ular operation.
G. Why is there a clock dial in the
emblem of the New York Herald Trib-
une?-J. T.
A. The scheme of the design portrays
ancient and modern times. Between
the two, stands a clock dial, the hands
pointing to the hour at which the morn
ing Tribune was issued so years ago
when the emblem was adopted.
@. How old is Mussolini's wife?-J.
r. G.
A. Donna Rachele is so years old.
@. Who did DR.. Henry Noble Mac
Cracker of VaSSar select as the five
most brilliant women?-B. G. R
A. DR.. MacCracken named the fol-
lowing as the most intelligent women in
public life: Nine Chang Kai-shek,
China; Sarojini Naidu, India Halideh
Edib, Turkey: Angelica Balabanoff. Rus
sia. and Eleanor Roosevelt. United
States.
@. What States have the largest
Christmas club savings?-E T. H.
A. States leading this year in the
distribution of these savings are: New
York, slO6 900 900; Pennsylvania. s38.-
100000 Massachusetts, s330O0,00O, and
New Jersey, s26,OOO,OOD
@. Please give the cost of the United
States Supreme Court Building at WASH
ington. D. CIV. R. W.
A. The total expenditures for build
ing and furnishings amounted to S.
GAG, ,46798.
@. How many theater tickets in New
York City are sold BY brokers?-J. B.
A. James F. Reilly, executive secre-
tary of the League of New York The
aters, estimates that 1000 GOO tickets are
sold annually by brokers.
Q. What is the present tense Of the
verb of which wrought is the past par
ticiple?-B. F.
A. Wrought is the past tense of the
verb to work
@. What is Schopenhauerism?-
T. G..
A. The word pertains to the doctrines
of Schopenhauer, the German pessimis-
tic philosopher, who taught that the
world and life are essentially evil and
that the only reality is the will to live.