Evening star., 1940-03-13
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskt71.

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reader can get the dns,cer to any
question OF fact by ,Dritin0 The Epe.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Hasktn, director, Washtnoton.
d. c. Please tnclose stanp for replv.
@. When soldier was killed in battls
during the World War, how was the mes.
sage to his family worded?-P. A. O.
"A. The relatives Of the individual were
notified by telegram by the Adjutant
Generals Office, War Department, as
follows: Deeply regret to inform YOU
that Crank, name, branch of seryice) ts
officialy reported as killed In action
| (date)."
@. Please give the names of some Of
the plays in which Nat Goodwin an
| peared.-T. G.
A. A partial list is as follows: "A Gold
Mine" "Black-Eyed Susan" Hobbies"
"The Member From Slocum," I'm Miz-
zoura," Nathan Hale" "The Skating
Rink" "Cruets," Confusion" Turned
Up" "A Gilded Fool" David Garrick."
THE Rivals" "An American Citizen"
THE Cowboy and the Lady," when
We Were Twenty-one," 1.-The Merchant
OF Venice, "Wolfville," "The Genius"
and THE Fastener"
O. In how many languages does Mari.
| an Anderson sing?-L. T.
A. The famous contralto sings in nine
languages.
@. What city is situated on Com.
mencement Bay?-M. T.
A. Tacoma, Wash, is located on Com.
mencement Bay.
@. What is the origin of the term
the simple life"?-D. j.
A. The phrase was used as the title
OF book by Charles Wagner dsoD. a
Lutheran preacher in Paris, and was
much popularized by Theodore Roose-
| Veit, Who said that the book contained
such wholesome sound doctrine that I
wish it could be used as tract through.
out our country"
| q. How many members of Congress
nave died since the opening Of the Sew.
enty-slxth Congress?-G. B.
A. -Four Senators and seventeen mem.
bers Of the House of Representatives
have died since this Congress convened.
@. What poems were recited by JET.
frey Lynn in THE Fighting 6eth"?-
r. MacD.
A. The poems recited by Jeffrey Lynn
as Joyce Kilmer in the picture were
Rouge Bouquet" and Prayer OF a SOL
dier."
@. How many boys who enter the
Civilian Conservation Corps camps are
illiterate?-S. NJ H.
A. Out of 100000 enrollees last year.
$500 boys were illiterate when they en-
tered camp. Since the beginning Of the
| G. c. c. more than 10000 boys have
been taught to read and write while In
camp.
| q. what was the name Of Moharn.
meds favorite camel?-C. S.
A. Kaswa was his favorite camel which
was admitted into the Moslem paradise
because it fell on its knees In adora.
ton when the prophet delivered tho
last clause Of the Koran to the assembled
multitude at Mecca.
! @. What is the origin Of ladies' aid
societies?-W. j. B.
| A. What is said to be the earliest
ladies aid society" is spoken Of in the
ninth chapter of Acts from the 36th
to the 10th verses, describing Tabitha
or Dorcas, who with other saints and
widows devoted their time to serving
the distresses of the early Christians.
| @. Who were the men in the * w
Afair"?-k. j. H.
A. In the "X Y z Affair" the Ameri.
can ENJOYS were c. c. Pinckney, John
Marshall and Elbridge Gerry. The
French ENJOYS were: x-M. Hottinguer:
| Y-M. Bellamy; IN Hauteval.
@. Is there any estimate OF the num-
Der OF times "I' is used in the speeches
OF prominent men?-A. L. P.
| A. A survey conducted by students Of
| Syracuse University shows that Hitler
uses II" every SO words; Mussolini, every
83 words; President Roosevelt, every 100
words; Daladier, every 234 words, and
Chamberlain, every 249 words.
@. Who was the first American cor
respondent to go to Finland to report
the war situation?-W. H.
A. H. B. Elliston, correspondent Of tho
Christian Science Monitor, arrived in
Finland three days before the Russian
invasion and was the first American
newspaperman on the spot. He Is author
of the new book Finland Fights"
published by Little, Brown & Co.
| @. What is the religious affiliation Of
j. Edgar Hoover?-J. R. r.
A. Mr.. Hoover is Presbyterian.
| @. Where is the largest oil refinery
in the United States?-. w.
A. The worlds largest oil refinery iS
located at Baton Rouge, La, and Is
owned by the Standard Oil Co. Of Louia.
| ana.
@. How can I obtain q booklet of
puzzles, tricks of magic and other parlor