Evening star., 1943-11-01

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Q. What proportion OF the worlds coal
supply Is in the United States?-M RID.
A More than one-half of the worlds
known coal supply is In the United
States.
@. What is the weight of soldiers
pack?-E. L. H.
A. The War Department saws the
weight of a full pack OF our soldiers
ranges from 55 pounds to 10 pounds,
the average being little over so pounds.
The pack is lighter in combat zones
Soldiers are required TO march about
90 miles with full packs
@. Is 1t true that more homes are
being destroyed by fire than are being
bullt?-D. r.
A. In 1912 approximately 35OOo0
dwelling units were built In an effort
TO solve the housing problem and during
the same period 395 900 were attacked
by fire. Many of them were totally
destroyed.
@ What is the ancestry Of the Cow
ernor General Of Canada?-C. NIB.
A. The Earl Of Athlone alexander
Augustus Frederick William Alfred
George Cambridge is the third son of
the first Duke Of Teck.
@ DID women smoke in Colonial
days?-S. b P
A. Women Of all classes are known
TO have smoked
from memory?-D. w.
A. Mailer. NIkiSch Richter and Won
Bulow all conducted familiar works from
memory. Won BuloW was the first 10
do this regularly, believing that "a score
should be in the conductors head not
the conductors head in the score" Tos-
canini and FurtVangler are modern
musicians whose exceptional memories
make it possible TO conduct without
score.
@ Why is cwt. the abbreviatlon for
the word "hundredweight" ?-R. G.
A. The letter stands for centurn.
Latin word for hundred" VT. is the
abbreviation for weight"
Q DID William Howard Taft hold anv
Office after he left the presidency and
before he became Chlef Justice Of the
Supreme Court?-M B
A He was a professor IN Yale UnI-
versity.
@ How much gold is held by the
United States?-J. K L.
A The United States holds about
s22 2,5OOo 100000 or approximately 10 per
cent of the total amount Of monetary
| gold in the world
Q Please describe the fvlng bomb
mentioned by Mr. Churchill as being
used against Allied ShIpping-B. R. N.
from plane that remains out Of range
OF antialrCraft batteries and has some
form Of rocket propulsion Il is either
radlo-controlled by the parent plane or
has some sort of electronic device that
causes 1t TO drop near or strike the
target ship
G. In which part Of Japan do the
hairy AlnUs' Hve?-K c. L.
A The Anus have lived as a subject
race in Hokkaido the northern island of
Japan, for over 1000 years. They are
! regarded as the aborlglnes Of Japan and
are characterized by much hair on the
face and body.
Q. Who originated the phrase Amt
Goo good TO Indiana "?-L. o.
A. William HerSCheII wrote a poem
with this title. The author is said to
have picked up the phrase from an old
man who, While sitting on log in the
sun and fishing in the Blue River. gazed
over the surrounding country and re-
marked: Amt God good to Indlannv?"
@ Do monkeys Use their right limbs
more than their left, like humansq-
D B.
A. Monkeys and other animals in gen.
eral do not use their right limbs any
more than their left In some species,
however one limb is used more con-
| stantly than the other.
Q. What Is humidity?- F. G.
A. Humidity is the amount of water
vapor in the air compared with what it
can hold. If the air has all the water
vapor il can hold at that Temperature,
the humidity Is 100 per cent. and if it
gets any Wetter. il Will make fog or dew.
9 What was the 16-to-1 theory?-
H K N.
A The "I6-tO-1 theory" of William
Jennings Bryan was based on the ratio
of the value between gold and silver
as established by an act of the Congress
in 1887. The exact ratio is 1888 to l.
Q. Why is s considered a lucky num-
ber?-E. S. B
A According to Pythagorean phlloso-
piers, 8 was the number of justices be-
cause It divides evenly As the first cube
1t was believed to represent the corner
stone and hence plenty