Evening star., 1943-10-29
Huskin's Answers
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Q. What was the cost of the last
World War in money and lives?-E. LII.
A. The cost, direct and indirect. prob
ably will never be determined exactly.
An estimate of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace Is 10 million
lives and 6ls million seriously wounded.
and approximately 200 billion dollars of
direct costs. The indirect cost has been
placed at approximately ITO billion
dollars.
O. What Presidents wife refused to
wear bustle?-N. D. K.
A. 1t was Mrs. Cleveland who refused
to wear hustle, and thus was indirectly
responsible for its going out of style.
@ When did Russia and Japan sign
their nonaggression pact?-L. D.K
A. The two nations signed five
year pact of nonaggression and neu-
trality at Moscow, April 49, 1941.
Q. What is the average speed of mil
. itary airplanes ?-L NE.
A. The average speed of planes as
SNpiateH with hn
about 400 miles per hour.
O. Is it possible for homing pigeon
to carry messages two ways?-M. B. S.
A. The Signal Corps of the Army now
has pigeons that actually will carry
| messages two ways. How the tWo-Uav
pigeons are trained is military secret.
O. When was the first Bible printed
In the United States?-L. G.
A. The first Bible published in this
country was issued from the Harvard
College Press in 1863 1t was not printed
in English but in Indian, as it was in
tended for distribution to the local ma
tives. The work Of translation was done
| by the Rev. John Eliot, known as the
| Apostle of the Indians.
Q. Is there an estimate of the least
amount of water required by a ship
wrecked man in an open boat?-L. c. H,
| A. A study has revealed that man
can exist for three weeks on six gallons
| of water.
| @. Does corn lose food value after a
| frost?-F. L. L.
| A. Corn does lose some of its food
/ value after frost, and it is advisable
/ to cut 1t immediately for silos.
Q. Where was Joaquin Miller buried?
j. E. B.
| A. In compliance with the poets
| last wishes, his ashes were scattered
| over the Sierra Mountains in California.
@ Is it true that a skunk cannot re-
lease its scent if picked up by the tail?
S. w
| A. While this may be true in many
! instances, skunks appear to differ. and
there is ample evidence that picking up
| skunk by the tail does not necessarily
/ prevent the animal from exercising its
| scent glands
! G. What We're the tonnage and horse
| power of the steamship Savannah COM
/ pared with modern ocean liners?-
R EB
A. The Savannah was Of $50 tons and
| 80 horsepower. while the great steam
| ship of today is upward of $4,000 tons
! deadWeight and over $4,000 horsepower.
O. What is the status of a man who
! has been discharged from the Army for
/ disability?-L. G. o.
A. The War Department says that
soldier who has received a Certificate of
Disability Discharge is not in the Re-
serve and hence not subject to recall by
the Army. He must reregister with his
local Selective Service Board upon being
| discharged and is subject to call under
| selective service.
@. How did the Futurity Stakes get
this name?-C. BID.
A. The race is so called because en-
tries must be made before the entrant
is foaled.
Q. When did Chinese immigrants first
come to the United States?-N. B. D.
A. immigration began after the ac-
QUESTION of California. The compare
lively higher wages lured Chinese work.
men, who were generally imported by
labor contractors. BY 1852 there were
25.000 Chinese in the Pacific region,
mostly in California.
Q. Which great French composer died
while working on a compassionate. N.
A. Charles Francois Gounod died in
Paris on October II, 1898 His wife found
him llfeless in his study. bent over the
requiem which he was composing in
memory of one of his grandchildren
who had recently died.
O. Is the original telescope of Galleo
still in eXistence-H. B. B.
A. For centuries it has been preserved
in museum in Florence, Italy. The
telescope is a crude contrivance made
of piece of organ pipe about three feet
long, into each end of which are fitted
pair of spectacle lenses
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