Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

TeddeT c0n get the dnSUGT 70 any
question Of fact by Drtttro The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdslin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please iuclose stamp for reply.
@. Are there any mammals that lay
eggs?-E. S. B.
A The only egg-laying mammals are
the duckbil and the spiny ant-eater.
@. Are midgets as large as pygmies7-''
H E. C.
A. The average height Of midgeCs is
from foot inches to feet. The aver
age height Of pygmy is about Al feet.
@. What famous scientist measured
the speed of sound by an echo?-H. P. S.
A. Sir Isaac Newton used the echo in
a corridor at Trinity College, Cambridge,
for this purpose. BY timing the interval
between stamping his foot and hearing
the echo, he learned how long it took
the sound to travel down the Corridors
and back.
@. How many unknown soldiers are
Cemetery at Baltimore?--H. G. P
A. There are 348 unknown soldiers
buried there.
@. From what points, by what COM
panies and at what cost are cables
operated between this country and Eng
land?-A. D. @.
A. The Commercial Gable Co. operates
six cables between New York and London
via Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, the
Azores and ireland. The Western Union
Telegraph Co. operates eight cables be-
tween New York and London via Nova
Scotia, Newfoundland and Ireland.
These cables cost from 100000 to
S1O,0OO,O00 each, depending on their de-
sign and construction.
@. What is leukemia?-W s.
A. There is a blood disease called
leukemia. 1t is form of anemia which
originates in the marrow Of the bones
and causes the white corpuscles to multi
ply and destroy the red corpuscles.
@. Where is the most brilliantly lighted
A. New York City's Great White Way
with over 1000 large electric signs and
innumerable smaller lighting effects is
the most wildly Illuminated spot in the
world.
@. Please give the origin of the use Of
IN God We Trust" on our coins
A. c. H
A. The religious motto, In God We
Trust first appeared on the coins OF
the country in 1864. Salmon P. Chase,
then Secretary of the Treasury, ad-
dressed a letter to the Director of the
Mint at Philadelphia saying that mo
nation can be strong except in the
strength of God or safe except in His
defense. The trust of our people in God
should be declared on our national
coins" He ordered that device be pre-
pared without delay with a motto ex-
pressing this national recognition.
@. What kind of horse did MuSsol1ni
ride on the occasion of an exhibition Of
his horsemanship?-W. F. T.
A. On July 81, 1910. Musso1ini rode a
chestnut mare, AduONcIlhu Cavalry
horse named Thiene.
@. What European statesman pro-
NOTED a movement for United States
of Ellrope?-R. G. F.
A. Aristide BRAND, who was partly re-
sponsible for the Locarno pact In 1925,
and a leader in the Kellogg BRAND pact,
advocated such a movement.
@. Please give the date and place Of
birth of Gen. George c. Marshall Chief
of staff Of the United States Army
M. K
A. Gen. Marshall was born in Union
town, Pa on December 81, 1880.
G. Who was the Grand Old Man7"-
L. C S.
A. This was a nickname given to
Gladstone in his later years by Lord
Rosebery, who is said to have first used
the expression in April, 1882.
@. When did Will H. Hays become car
OF the motion picture industry7-
T. L. M.
A. In 1922 Mr.. Hays resigned as Post
master General of the United States to
become president Of the Motion Picture
Producers and Distributors Of America.