Evening star., 1943-10-06
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
Bu Frederic J. HaSkin.

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O. How many women in the Army
hold the rank Of colonel?-H. I. B.
A. There are two on active duty They
are Col Florence A. Blanchfeld. super
intendent of the Army Nurse Corps, who
has the relative rank Of colonel In the
Regular Army, and Col Oveta CUP
Hobby, director of the WAC. who has
the rank of colonel in the Army of the
United States.
c. How many steam boilers had the
Leviathan?-T. F M
A. The S. S. Leviathan had as water
tube oil boilers of the modified Yarrow
type. The liner had quadruple screw
turbine engines.
@. The capital Of Australia was largely
I modelled upon the District of Columbia
| Has it as many trees?-L. L.
A. Canberra has over 5000 600 trees
| and shrubs planted in its 30 miles Of
ct
than 10000 rosebushes on Commonwealth
| avenue alone.
Q. What Presidents were bachelors?-
F. x
A. President James Buchanan and
| President Grover Cleveland were bache-
| lors when elected. President Buchanan
die not marry, but President Cleveland
! married during his first term in the
! White House.
@. How many boys and girls were at
! work this summer?-L T. D.
| A. The Childrens Bureau announced
| in August that more than 1000 900 bows
and girls between the ages of IA and II
| were at work
@. When and where was Gen. Mark w.
| Clark born?-N c. p.
! A. Gen. Clark was born on May /,
| 1895, at Madison Barracks, N. Y. where
! his father, Col. Charles C. Clark. was
! then stationed.
@ When and where vas the first
! American museum founded ?-E.LH
A. The artist Charles Wilson PeaIe
established the first museum in PhiIa-
delphla in 1875. It contained the skeIe-
ton of mastodon recently unearthed.
room full Of Peales portraits Of cele-
| brated Americans and some stuffed birds
q. How high above sea level IS the
Brenner Pass across the Alps?-N. H
A One authority says that it is 447o
feet above sea level The pass which
was used by the Romans has been Q
carriage road since 1772. In 1867 rail-
road 78 miles long was opened. It is the
| great gate to Italy.
q What allment is the cause Of tha
most reJectlons for military serylce?-
| l. N F.
A. The SeleCuve Service Bureau rave
that mental and nervous disorders cause
the greatest number of reflections among
feelstrants, being responsible for ap-
proxlmately % per cent.
DE- ,4-I.
a JeW?-F. K B.
A. Current Biography states that
Dame Myra Hess was born Of parents
who carefully observed the Orthodox
Jewish faith.
@. How many styles in mems shoes
are there?-T r D.
A. There are At different STYLES of shoes
for men compared to 1l3 year ago.
9. Is glycerin obtained from beef. pork
and lamb fat?-V B.
A, The American Meat Institute saws
that beef pork and lamb fat contain
about l0.7 per cent of glycerIn. In COM
merclal operations. about IS per cent of
the glYcerln IS recoverable. Thus a littIs
over pounds of glycerin would be OBJ
tanned from each 100 pounds Of fat.
Q. Were straw hats worn bv the an
| CientS?-M D. y
A. Straw hats have been traced to the
Romans, who generally went bareheaded
but wore hats to the theater for protac-
ton against the sun. Fishermen, sailors
and travellers also used them.
Q. When was it proposed 10 the Con-
gress to fortify Midway and Wake Is
| landS?-R. V. D.
A. 1t was never proposed to fortIfv
Wake and Midway Islands The princi-
pal proposals relating to Guam were for
appropriations to dredge the harbor
@. Was Spltsbergen in German hands
| at one time?-D G.. H
A SpltSbereen was never occupied bv
the Germans but remained under Nor
weglan control until August l94l, when
a Norwegian British expedition removed
the entire population and wrecked the
coal mines to prevent their falling into
German hands