Evening star., 1943-08-11
Huskin S Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Husktn.

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By Frederic j. Hasktn.
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@. Approximately what percentage OF
the Japanese ships sunk by United States
forces have been sunk by submarines7--
W. T.. D.
A. Approximately so per cent OF the
Japanese ships sunk by our forces were
sunk by submarines.
@. Who was the Senator who rose from
a sick bed to cast a vote against the
impeachment OF Andrew Johnson?-H.
H. w.
A. Senator Grimes OF Iowa came from
10 sick bed TO the Senate to vote not
guilty in the impeachment trial of An
trew johnson.
@. Where Is the widow of Enrico
| Oruso now?-P. C. P.
y Mrs. Caruso left Italy in 1899 and
islow living In New York City.
@ How much has the Red Cross Vol
unter Nurses Aide Corps increased since
| Decehher 7, 1s41?-H. A. o.
| A. Oh December 7, 1941, there were
1854 nursts aides in 10 Red Gross chap
ters, BY ne end Of February, 1s43, there
were 5,00tn over $50 chapters.
| ~
@. Is the destroyer Escort boat larger
than the detroyers used In the FIRST
World War?LB. lie.
A. The desroyer Escort, about 900
| feet in lengthwith a 36-foot beam Is
| slightly smallerthan the destroyers used
in the First VOID War.
Q. Please givethe story of the paint
ing "The Angelus'-E. L. H.
A. There is no pecial story connected
with the painting ,f The Angelus." by
Jean Francois Mill&. The canvas depicts
scene familiar tothe artist who was
himself of the Frnch peasant class.
The angelus is a church beq which Is
rung in Catholic chushes at o'clock In
the morning, noon aid at 8 o'clock at
night.
O. How did calico let It's name and
does it refer only to printed eloth9-A.
| D. F.
@. Calico takes its nanf from Calicut,
a seaport OF India. 1t wes first given to
white cotton cloth but now includes
colored cotton cloths. At first calico
printing was done by had by means of
wooden blocks, but Is rpw printed on
great printing presses.
| @. Is Gary, Ind, or Pittsburgh. Pa,
the more important stee, center?-P.
JIM. s
A. The American from and Steel In
stitute says Gary, Ind, far putranks the
city of Pittsburgh IS a steel producing
center. Because of the fact that Pitts
burgh is closely surrounded by number
of smaller municipalities, many of which
have steel plants, the Pittsburgh district
takes rank as the major steelmaking dis
trict of the county.
| Q. Does AlaSa produce any oil7--
w. G. T.
| A. There wa! small production of
| Oil in Alaska atone time, but some years
ago the refinsy burned down and it
never became economically desirable to
| rebuild it.
| @. I have small fox. What should
| he eat?-B. EO. tts
A. The wild foxes eat birds, small anil
mails such a gophers and rabbits In
captivity hsby fox should be given milk.
Later he shdld be fed varied diet con-
sisting principally Of horse meat, with
some bread, fruits and vegetables.
Q. what are the principal industries
in Sicily?-P. G. R. ..-..
A. Agriculture is the most important
industry il Sicily. Others include sui
phur mining, salt production deep-sea
fishing. The principal agricultural prod
ucts are fruit and olives.
@. Is the crime rate higher In cities
than in tie country?-W. N C.
A. There is apparently higher crime
rate in the larger cities.
@. Was Woodrow Wilson the author
OF the Limerick beginning LAS beauty
I'm not great star"?-W. G.
A. This limerick was often quoted bv
Woodrow wilson. The authorship Is
generally attributed to Anthony Euwer.
@. How many automobile accidents
are caused ~ having the drivers vision
! obscured?-D. N. H.
A ACCIDENT Facts 1943' says: IN
one of eveT four or five fatal accidents
| the drivers vision was obscured One
| third of the disbursements were on the
| vehicle itsef such as rain, snow or
stickers on the windshield One-third
were highway factors, such as trees,
| buildings enbankment, signboards. etc.
| The remaining third consisted of parked
| and moving cars, plus headlight and
sun glare"
A. Who we're the Chickamauga In
| dians?-I. s o.
| A. The Chickamauga Indians were q
| group who seeded from the Cherokees
! in 1777 under Chief Dragging Canoe.