Evening star., 1944-08-05

Even ns Star Information Bureau. sis
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BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Which of Beethoven's compost
tions is the so-called Victory SYM
phony"?-N. L.
A. The opening bars of the Grand
Symphony in c Minor"-the fifth
have been likened to the three dots
and a dash which stand for the
letter v in the Morse code.
@. Where are the eggs of spiders
lplaced?-L. H. P.
A. The eggs Of spiders are in
closed in silken bag which may
be hung from the web or some other
object or be carried about by the
female. In some families as soon
as the young hatch they scramble
on to their mothers back and cling
on to her abdomen and are carried
about for several weeks before they
disperse.
@, When was P. T, Barnum born
and when did he dep. G.
A. P. T. Barnum was born In
Bethel, Conn, July S, 1910. He died
at Bridgeport on April 7, 1891.
@, How many Fiji islands are
there?-E B. A.
A. There are between 24O and 26O
Fiji islands.
@. Since radio programs in Eng
land are not on commercial basis.
how are the programs paid for?-
A. o. w.
A. A radio owner in Britain paws
l0 shllllngs, or about So, annually
Tor license to use his radio. This
is the source Of most of the income
OF the British Broadcasting Co.
| Q. How is air put in children's
rubber balls?-A. R. F.
A. Hemispherical shapes are
placed in two halves of a ball mold,
a pellet of chemicals, which when
heated will give off a permanent
gas such is nitrogen, is put inside,
the mold closed and heated in a
vulcanizer. The gas keeps the ball
inflated.
@. How did Indian men dress their
hair?-C. T. M.
A, In the North Indian men gen.
orally wore two braids: in the South
the hair was generally worn loose
over the shoulders. Some wore fore
locks hanging down over the nose.
The Crows wore forelocks stifflv
erect.
@. Are any coins minted in Phila-
delphia given a mint mark?-
T. T. A.
A. The "P" mint mark is used only
on the scent piece made with sill
yer alloy. This is done to distin-
guish it from the scent pieces made
OF the old alloy when the coin comes
back to the mint for reminting.
Q. Was the common honey bee
native to this continent?-D. v.
A. The Bee Laboratory saws that
the common honey bee was not ma
tive to this continent, and that it
was first introduced into the United
States in Massachusetts, between
1853 and 1640. Reports of the in
PRODUCTION of agriculture into the
southwest by the Spaniards earlier
than these dates have never been
verified.
@. If there were human beings on
the moon. could they be seen
through our telescopes?-F. o. N.
A. Sir James Jeans, writing on
this subject, says, ITO see an object
OF human size on the moon in detail
we should need a telescope of from
10000 to 100000 inches aperture, and
even then we should have to wait
years, or more probably centuries,
before the air was still and clear
enough for us to see details of
human size"
@. May a civilian visit a prisoner
of war camp?-F. H.
A, 1t is not permissible for
civilian to visit a prisoner Of war
camp, unless he has relative there
or is a reporter authorized to make
such trip.
Q. Is q veteran of the present
war eligible for hospital care after
discharge?-D. F. E.
A. Members of the forces in the
present war are entitled to hospital
and medical care in a veterans
hospital If suffering from a dis
ability after discharge, even though
the disability is not due to service.
@. What countries obtained the
largest proportion OF lease-lend
shipments last year?-T. H. s.
A. OF the total lease lend exports
through l943 England obtained
42.3 per cent. Russia 27.2 per cent.
Altogether, some Al countries re.
ceive such shipments.
@. When were harmonica bands
first organized?-H. T. A.
A. The first was organized by AL
bert N. Hoxie in Philadelphia in
1921 with the idea of interesting
boys in this instrument. Similar
work was also done by Borrah Mine
witch, a Russian who about 1917 was
known in Boston as the "harmoni-
ca-playing newsboy."
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