Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-11 | Page 4 | Frederic J. Haskin Says: Here's Your Answer.....

I FREDERIC J. J HASKIN SAYS n I 1 Her Heres Here's e 5 Your You rAn Answer 5 W e r I S J S Ife rn 1 Q How fast do tennIs balls travel F. F D. D C. C A A. In the Davis cup matches 1932 a German scientist estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated that the service balls delivered delivered delivered de de- de- de livered by such net stars as J AUBi Austin Austin Aus Aus- i tin and Prenn traveled at the I rate of at about miles per hour the slower balls resulting from base line lino rallies traveling at about 31 miles per hour i Q What hAt were Theodore Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's cUs words when he made the speech In which he said Speak softly and carry a big A. A G. G N. N A. A The context was There Is Isa Isa Isa a homely old adage which runs Speak softly and carry a big f J Telegram readers can get the answer answer an an- to any question of ot fact tact by writing The Salt Lake Telegram Information Information In In- formation Bureau Frederic J J. J HaskIn Has Has- kin Director Washington D. D C. C Please three 3 cents for reply a I TI 1 stick and you will wm go far tar If It the American nation will speak softly and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- efficient navy the Monroe Doctrine will go far Q What are the m magnetic poles of ot the earth carth W. W H. H S. S A. A The magnetic poles are the points on the earths earth's surface where the lines of ot magnetic force torce are arc vertical CrUca They are the ends of the axis of the earths earth's magnetic polarity Q How man many nany women have haye gone back baele to the tho war time timo avocation avocation avoca oca tion of or knitting M. M ISA W. W A. A It is estimated that about 10 million women spend some some of their leisure time in knitting crocheting or needlepoint em i Knitting probably has the most followers crocheting second and needlepoint third Suits sweaters and blouses and bedspreads are arc popular products Q Do polar bears require cold weather to survive o M. M B. B S. S A. A A polar bear captured early and south or born In the south cannot stand cold weather When a motion picture company rented a polar bear from Hagenbeck's Hasenbeck's Hagen Hasen- becks beck's Berlin zoo to take north for tor the making of oC an Arctic picture pic pie ture the bear caught pneumonia and died Q When Shen hen was P Par Paris a r I s 11 first bombed by a German airplane G. G T. T S. S A. A On September 27 21 1914 Q Hat has Texas a provision that it may withdraw from the Union L. L B. B K n. A. A When Texas became a state In the Union no provision was made for its withdrawal from the Union There was a provision however that Texas might subdivide subdivide subdivide sub sub- divide into not more than five lve states and Texas retained all its public lands Q Who ho wrote the poem begInning beginning begin begIn- ning One sweetly s solemn thought comes coms to me oer o'er and oer W. W D. D H. H A. A This quotation Is from Nearer Home by Phoebe Cary Gary Q Q- What Is the meaning of the term free port 1 How would this affect Staten Island bland H. H P. P A. A Free ports Is 18 a term applied to ports or more usually zones rones within ports In which vessels can load or unload and commercial and even manufacturing businesses businesses businesses busi busi- nesses can be carried on without any active control by the fiscal authorities In a free Cree port no import or export duties are levied the only char charges being for Cor services services services ser ser- ser ser- vices rendered that is wharf dues etc it is only when goods pass from the free port area into the hinterland for Cor consumption that Import duty is payable But when goods have been worked up in the free zone duty is in some cases only payable on the raw material as originally imported and not on the finished product products as s crossing the customs custom frontier In Europe the principal tree free ports are Copenhagen Danzig and Hamburg Hambur Staten Island Is not a afree afree free tree port every person who enters the city Ip k S Sc jail regardless of otte offense e. e rf gett atIt ce at It Is reported that New Jersey is b MI considering the fingerprinting o cl of all applicants for drivers' drivers as a means of more easily identify identity S I a aIng Ing them if they are accident vi vic tin tims wards IDa While police make these ne nn rid Ui alto allO uses wes of this identification law law-abid Boto ing citizens in many cities are arc voluntarily vol 0 recording their finger firmer I fc k trill prints for the purpose of at iden identity fO Chirp r rge cation in case of ot amnesia aphasia TIe Tae a av avor or Since the U. U S. S department de de- Ele of justice suggested voluntary vol OJ re- re res s fingerprinting of ot citizens o. o about six months ago New Ne' York Gnat City Rochester and Alban Albany N N. Y UI Cincinnati Ohio and other cit tr have been building up files of 61 their residents residents' fingerprints At Atthe Atthe tu the request of their owners sty sty- ev I d eral cral thousand of these prints print have bave become come a part of ot the federal Lie file for lor personal use In Washington e. n