Evening star., 1946-09-16
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

pIlONS an IIIClCs i1It dIlN Ol lIlGtll
test pilots?-B. d.
! A. According to the Civil Aero
nautics Administration, it cannot
definitely be stated that there are
no woman test pilots, but it is not
thought that there are any at the
present time. The latest available
figures on woman pilots is as Of
July l, l945. There were 4,l66
woman pilots with private licenses
and $50 with commercial licenses.
This does not include women in such
positions as air traffic controllers,
instructors or parachute trainers
which may involve some flying.
@. Does the Army still maintain
officer candidate schools for quail
ified young men who enlist in the
Regular Army?-R. T.
A According to the War Depart
ment, officer candidate schools are
still maintained for qualified men.
A man must have reached his 18th
birthday and must not have passed
of the course in which he is enrolled
There is maximum age limit of %
for the Officer Candidate School of
the Judge Advocate Generals ONCE.
No man is entitled to commission
He must be selected to attend Officer
Candidate School and must earn the
commission.
O. Are the bodies OF soldiers who
died while overseas after VI dav
to be returned to the United States
like those of the war dead?-D N. T.
A. The War Department says that
Army personnel overseas who died
in military operations on or after
VI day, but before July /. 1916,
were buried in temporary military
cemeteries overseas. Disposition of
their bodies depends upon the
wishes of the next of kin. After
the July I date, bodies of soldiers
who die overseas will be held in
mortuary chapels and returned to
the United States on the next avail
oolC HIhiN CioIIoEoie VI Coiiihci Cidi
carrier.
@. Did the United States pay
France for the steamship Norman
die?-C. A. P.
A. The sum Of SIT 800 900 was
agreed upon as payment for French
claims for the Normandie 1t will
probably be applied to the purchase
of IS Liberty ships requested by
France.
@. Is the Inchcape Rock men
toned in Southey's poem a real
rock?-K. G. S.
/ A. The Inchcape Rock is in the
North Sea, off the Firth of Tay,
Scotland The Bell Rock lighthouse,
erected there in 1910. is said to have
have designed by Robert Louis
Stevenson.
! QWhere is the monument TO free
dom of conscience?-D. w. H.
( A. The freedom of conscience
monument is at st. Marys City. the
seat OF the first settlement in Mary
land. 1t was erected by the counties
of Maryland in commemoration of
Lord Baltimores order which es-
tabliShed freedom of conscience in
the worship of God in the earliest
days of the colony.
/ @. Who originated the saving that
mans house Is his castle?-O. N.
A. The phrase is attributed to Sir
Edward Coke. British jurist. In his
Third Institute he says, For a
mans house is his castle, ct domus
Sua cuique tutiSsimum refugium'
and his home the safest retreat for
every one. The Latin quotation is
from Roman law.
Q. When were the earliest explo-
rations OF the Antarctic?-C. M. B
A. Antarctic explorations began in
l773, when Capt James Cook got
as far south as II degrees 10 min
utes. He discovered the ice bull
wark, but it was Capt. Charles
Wilkes, u. S. n, who, in 1840. dis
covered the Antarctic Continent.