Evening star., 1943-09-29
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic }. Hasktn.

By Frederic J. Hdsktr.
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@. How many automobiles. 10 years
old or older, are now In use ?--L. o. D..
A. The number is placed at 5000 900.
Q. Can an American enter the service
OF foreign army, ss for instance, that
Of Canada?--R M.
A. The Selective Service Bureau saws
that an American citizen is not permitted
to serve in the armed forces OF Allied
nations unless after examination of his
case 1t Is determined that he cannot
serve with our own armed forces.
O. What is the tallest building In
Washington, D. CIT. S. B.
A. The Cairo Hotel is the highest
building in Washington, ID. G. II has
IL stories above the basement, and ia
estimated to be about 1865 feet high. The
Munsey and the Tower Buildings are the
highest office buildings The Munsey
Building is about 100 feet high and the
Tower Building 100.
q. What Is the best way to train A
crow to talk?-M. H.
A. The Department OF Agriculture saws
that the only practical way by which a
crow may be encouraged to talk is to
confine 1t in quiet room and upon en-
tering the room speak one word and by
repeating this practice, the bird will
learn the word and the vocabulary can
be increased gradually.
@. Is the Swiss Village in Newport,
n. l., still In existence2-K. B. N.
A. The Swiss Village, which is rninia-
ture Swiss farm located on the estate OF
the late Arthur Curtiss James, was closed
to the public In 1912 upon the death Of
Commodore James.
Q. How many branches of naval serv-
ice are there for enlisted men?-M. L. r..
A. There are seven branches of naval
service for enlisted men comprising 40
different classes Of jobs or ratings.
O. What American artist painted 4
portrait Of Queen victoria7-R. EFF.
A. Thomas Sully painted portrait OF
the British Queen for the st. Georges
Society Of Philadelphia.
Q. Is 1t true that some Of the ancient
churches had special entrances for the
| Devil?-R. r.
A. Church builders OF the Middle Ages
| often provided such entrances to ap-
pease the Devil, who might be ansered
and hamper the construction of ths
building.
Q. Please list some OF the outstanding
accomplishments of old men.-s. D.L.
A. Kant wrote his finest works at 73.
Tintoretto, at "A. painted Paradise"
Verdi, at IS, composed his AVE Maria"
Oliver Wendell Holmes, at 70, wrote
Over the Teacups." Goethe, at so, COM
pleted Faust" Tennyson, at 80, wrote
Crossing the Bar" Titan. at ss, painted
his Battle of Lepanto" Commodore
Vanderbilt added $loo.o0o0Oo to his for
tune between 10 and S3.
9. Where Is the statue Of Hans Chris.
ttan Andersen's Little Mermaidp?-D.
E. j.
A. The bronze figure rests upon rock
at the waters edge on the promenade at
Copenhagen, Denmark. The sculptor
was Edward Eriksen.
@. Was Bob Hope born in Englandp-
r. r.
| A. Bob Hope was born in Ethan.
Kent, England, the son Of stone con-
tractor and a Welsh concert singer. He
came to the United States at the age of
4. The family settled in Cleveland.
where Bob attended school and gradu-
ated from high school,
@. What Is the number of bartenders
IN the United States?-C. G.
n. ACCoIuiug 10 tne I34U census there
were 113,702 bartenders in the United
| States.
@. When was the British battle cruiser
Hood sunk?-W w,
A. 1t was sunk on May "a, 1s41, in
five-minute fight off the eastern coast
of Greenland by the German battleship
Bismarck. A heavy shell penetrated the
hull and exploded in the magazine.
@. Can prisoners of war be EMPLOYED
upon projects distant from their camps?
e. G. B.
A. They cannot be used in localities
distant from their camps The War De-
partment says that prisoners of war
have harvested peanuts in Georgia and
South Carolina, tomatoes in Indiana,
corn in Iowa; have picked cotton in
Texas, dug potatoes in Missouri, and
worked on a, variety of nonagricultural
jobs in several sections. One group
now is engaged in constructing a dam
for flood control in Oklahoma
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