Evening star., 1943-10-01
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

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Q. What is the largest island within
H. Y.
A. Long Island, N. Y, whose area Is
1873 square miles.
@. When did the famous dog Sunny
bank Lad, die?-L. B. D.
A. Mrs. Albert Payson Terhune says
that Sunnybank Lad died in 1918 at the
age of l6.
@. How long is Chang Kai-sheks
term of office as President of China?-
O. j. B.
A. The generalissimo was appointed
for a term of three years.
@. At what age did Gen Mark Clark
attain his present rank?-G. B.
A. He was As years of age when he
became lieutenant general, the youngest
man to attain that rank in the history
Of the United States Army.
@. What Presidents Of the United
States fought in the Revolutionary War?
B. NJ
A. Only three Presidents of the
United States fought in the American
Revolution, Washington, Jackson and
Monroe.
@. How soon after the war began did
Germany begin to ration?-A. C.
A. Germans received their ration
cards five days before the invasion Of
Poland. Though for months that nation
had suffered from a chronic shortage Of
meat, butter, lard. coffee wheat sugar,
eggs and fresh fruits, the rationing sys-
tenn further reduced consumption OF
meat and butter by nearly one half. and
that Of other edible fats and oils by
about one fourth
@. What is the order Of priests that
conducts Notre Dame University?-N. w.
A. The university has from the Begin
ming been conducted by the Congrega-
ton of the Holy Cross with a large num-
Der Of priests and brothers serving on
the faculty. but there has always been
considerable number of lay professors
also.
/ @. Who was the runner known as the
worlds fastest human being?-C. B. N.
A. Charles w. Paddock. the noted
/ sprinter. A captain in the Marine Corps,
j he was killed in the crash of a Navy
airpiane in Alaska on July 81, le43.
Q. How many Jews entered the
United States last year?-M. K.
| A. immigration Service reports that
, in that year the total Hebrew immigra-
ton was l06G8. OF this 1892 were non-
immigrant or refugees"
@. What is the best way 70 get rid OF
| swallows in a chimney?-B S
! A. Swallows may be driven away BY
/ repeatedly knocking down their nests 1T
| time when no young are in them. A
coarse wire mesh should be placed over
| the chimney.
@. How many War bond drives were
there in the last var?-B. L. L.
! A. There were four Liberty loan
/ drives during the war and Victory loan
/ soon thereafter.
Q. How much wood is needed to
manufacture ton Of newsprint?-P. H.
A. 1t takes 13a cords Of spruce for
one ton of neWsprint, allowing 10 per
cent for shrinkage.
@ Please quote the lines For want
OF nail the shoe was LOST D.
A. For the want of nail the shoe
was lost, For the want of a shoe the
horse was lost, For the want OF a horse
the rider was lost, For the want of 2
rider the battle was lost For the want Of
battle the kingdom was lost-All for
the want Of horseshoe nail"
O. When were ice skates invented?-
l. M.
( A. The earliest form Of skate which
We know consisted Of bone runners worn
by the primitive Norsemen and bound Ia
their feet with thongs. The early devel-
| opment of the skate is due to the Morse
men. SWedes Danes. Firms and Dutch.
Skating was common sport in England
in the 18th century.
@. Was the Black Tom explosion case
! ever settled?-A. c.
A. BY 1889 all but approximately s35.-
100000 of awards to nationals of the
United States against Germany had been
paid of, and all but approximately s43.-
900 of awards of the war claims
arblter to German nationals had been
| paid off.
O. Who was the first aeronautical
stowaway?-D. K L.
A. The first aeronautical stowavav
/ was William Ballantyne, rigger, mem
Der OF the original crew Of the R-34. He
slowed away on the ships first fight to
America, July, 1919
Berlin Harvest
The harvest season on the Spree
draUS near,
And, pallid as the ghost OF morbid