Evening star., 1943-11-10
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ frederic J. Hdskfn

By Frederic J. Hdskin.
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Dtth initials, asking that the dnsUers
appear in the newspaper. The space
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date fraction of such requests. Be-
stdes, me suo1ect matter is often too
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@. Are letters to prisoners OF war In
Japan limited to q certain number OF
wordsr-F. D. z.
A. The War Department says letters
TO prisoners of war held BY the jana
nese are limited in length to as words,
NO limitation as to words has been
placed on letters to Japanese prisoners
held by the United States.
Q. What President announced that
he was not candidate for a second
term?-E. L. H.
A. President Buchanan announced In
his inaugural address that he would not
seek = second term.
Q. How many victory loans have there
been in Canada since the beginning Of
the wars. P. P.
A. The loan of October. 1s43, vas thu
fifth victory loan and the seventh Of tha
war.
Q. What newspaper once owned
fleet of sailing ships to collect news7
M. r.
A. The New York Herald and the
New York journal Of Commerce were
the flrst papers to own swift-sailing
yachts, which were used to obtain early
information from incoming European
ships.
Q. Who was the man who attended
college for so years?-L. B.N.
A. Dr. William Cullen Kemp prob
ably held the record for the longest
career OF college study in the United
States. At the age of 1s a legacy be-
queathed him a stated income as long
as he remained in college. AS conse-
auence he attended Columbia Univer-
sity for so years, acquiring in that time
a score of degrees.
@. For how many days can a camel
60 without water?-S S.
A. Experience has shown that after
three days without water a camel be-
comes even more irritable than at other
times. The animal soon breaks down
when compelled to travel for q few
days without food and water.
@. Please list some famous statues
Of women-S. v. B.
A. There are comparatively few
statues OF women except those of god
desses and symbolical figures. Joan Of
Arc Is probably the most popular.
Famous statues exist of the Virgin
Mary. Queen Victoria, Molly Pitcher,
Pocahontas. Evangeline, Frances Z,
Willard, Cleopatra and Beatrice Cenci.
@. How many persons died Of tn
fiuenza in the epidemic OF le1s7-HIG.
A. The disease Is estimated to have
caused over SOC, 900 deaths in the United
States, while the death toll throughout
the world probably exceeded 20, 100000.
O. VINO was the fastest base runner
on record?-T. Z. K.
A. Sporting News says that taking
into consideration the base-circlinz
records made by the various players,
Evsr Swanson, former outheldsr with
the Cincinnati Reds, was the fastest
base runner in baseball On September
20, 1881, at Columbus. Ohio, Swanson
circled the bases in 1913 seconds, the
fastest time on record.
Q. How many acres are there N tsas
grounds Of the United States Capttol7
p. L.
A. The grounds cover an area BE-
tween 50 and so acres and the building
itself occupies 4 site Of 314 acres.
@. What American city was known
rs the modern Rome7-A. F.B.
A. Richmond, Va, was popuhrly
known by this name because, like an
cient Rome, the city was originally built
on seven hills.
Q. VINO was the first native Of the
three Americas to receive the Nobel
Prize?-M. r.
A. Theodore Roosevelt, who received
the award for peace in 1905.
@. How many international latitude
observatories are there's. B.
A. Five were established by the In
ternational Geodetic Association BEGIN
ming 1898, to make observations relst-
ing to latitudes, which are shifting
slightly. Two are in the United States.
the others in Sardinia Russian Turke-
stan and Japan. All are on the same
parallel OF latitude, 50 degrees min
utes, north.
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