Evening star., 1940-01-09
Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSEtn.

By Frederic J. H1sktn.
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question OF fact by Drtttng The EDe.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Hdskin. director. Washington,
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@. Please give the names of some IA
nous people born in January.-S. P. r.
A. A brief list is as follows: Paul Re-
we're, Joan of Arc. Israel Putnam. Alex
ander Hamilton, Moliere, Benjamin
Franklin, Robert W. Service. Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Franz Schubert, William Nc
Kinley, Mozart Edgar Allan Poe, Robert
Burns and Gouverneur Morris.
O. How long has the Hit Parade been
on the air?-F. P.
A. The first Lucky Strike Hit Parade
program was broadcast on April TO- 1885.
@. Do insects have lungs?-T. j. S.
A. They have no lungs and do not
breathe through their mouths. Air is
drawn in through minute holes or spir-
acles in the body segments and passes
ing tubes or tracheae, carrying oxygen
direct to all parts of the body.
@. Who founded the Loyal Order Of
Moose?-M. T. r.
A. This fraternal and beneficent So
ciety was founded in 1883 at Louisville,
KY, by DR.. j. H. Wilson.
@. What book is called the Uncle
Toms Cabin" of the Indians?-W. C. B.
A. Ramona by Helen Hunt jackson.
The book is the expression of the authors
bitter indignation over the i'll treatment
accorded the Indians by the United
States Government. When it was pub
lished, in 1881, she gave a copy of it
to every member of Congress, and was
thereupon appointed special commits
sioner TO investigate Indian affairs.
@. Does the Constitution mention the
age of the President and how long he
must have been a resident of the United
Suates?-M. B.
A. Article H. section l of the Consti-
tuition says: mo person except a natural
born citizen, or citizen of the United
States at the time of the adoption of '
this Constitution, shall be eligible to the
office of President: neither shall any
person be eligible to that Office who
shall not have attained to the age Of
35 years and been IA years resident OF
the United States"
@. How much aluminium is produced
in Canada ?-P. H.
A. In 1898 Canada ranked third among
world countries as producer of alumni
mum with $4,000 long tons. A long ton
is 2,24O pounds.
@. What is the shortest railroad route
connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific?
H A. L.
A. The shortest rail route between the
two oceans is that of the Panama Rail-
road, from Colon on the Atlantic to
Panama City on the Pacific, distance
of 48 miles.
@. Who was the first American poet to
write free verse?-W. S. H.
A. Walt Whitman is the poet who was
first widely associated with the use Of
free verse in his Leaves of Grass
@. Please explain the Malthusian doc
trine-T. S. H.
A The Malthusian doctrine is that
population increases more than the
means of increasing subsistence does, so
that in time, if no check is put upon the
increase of the people, many must starve
or all be ill-fed This theory was pro-
mulgated by T. r. Malthus especially in
his Essay on Population" in 1898.
Q. Who composed the popular song
South of the Border"?-O. M. Y.
A. 1t is by Jimmy Kennedy and
Michael Carr.
@. How long does it take to make q
Ford?-W H
A. 1t takes 1895 labor hours to make
one Ford car
O. Is the Biological Survey still part
of the Department of Agricultural
L. j. c.
A. The Biological Survey was trans
ferred to the Department of the Interior
on July /, 1899. in accordance with
President Roosevelt's reorganization plan
No. 2.
@. Please give some famous quotation
on the color blue.-L r. M.
A. Ruskin said Blue color is ever
lastingly appointed by the Deity to be a
source of delight"
@. What is the religious belief Of
George Bernard Shaw?-E. j. c.
A. The general religious belief ex-
pressed in his plays may be briefly sum-
married. as follows: God, or the Life
Force. is an imperfect power striving to
become perfect. If He were omniscient
and omnipotent, He would not allow
certain horrors to exist in the lives of
His creatures, any more than an ordi-
nary father would tolerate disease in his
children If he could prevent It, The
whole of time has been occupied by God
IN experiments with instruments IN
vented to help Him in His attempt to
perfect Himself. When He found that
these instruments were either useless or
no longer serviceabe He scrapped them.