Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-27 | Page 4 | Frederic J. Haskin Says: Here's Your Answer...

FREDERIC J. J HASKIN SAYS Her Heres Here's e eI es I s Your You rAn Answer s w e r t Q What hat Is tho the extent of ot the tourist camp industry in the I United St States K R. R. R E. E A. A There arc are some tourist tourist tourist tour tour- camps in this country representing representing representing an investment of more than Q What is the estimated age of oC some Mome of the older petroleum deposits deposits deposits de de- de- de posits C. C P. P T. T A A. Oil is found in rocks laid d down wn in the making malting of the earths earth's crust even farther back than the Cambrian period which dates back years of geologic time before the dawn of or primitive man which occurred during the Quaternary period Q What percentage of automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile accidents accident are arc caused by tire outs blow-outs V. V W V McK MeK A A. A There were vehicles in accidents in 1934 because of punctures punctures punctures tures or blow Of OC these accidents accidents accidents acci acci- dents resulted in fatalities The percentage of vehicles in involved involved involved in- in in accidents because of at outs blow-outs was only tenths six atone of at one per cent Q B By whom honi and when was the Baltimore Sun established ERB A A. The Baltimore Sun was es established established established es- es May 17 1837 by three printers Swain Simmons and Abell Q When hen were decimal fractions fractions traction frac trac- tion first employed ed in mathematical mathematical mathematical calculations A. A P. P M.A. M. M A A. A Some authorities are arc of tho the opinion that inscriptions inscriptions inscriptions indicate that these ancient peoples were acquainted with a decimal system and also a sex sex- one However the first mathematicians to use decimal fractions in the modern way were Christoff Rudolf in his published hed at Augsburg in 1530 In which ho used a 3 bar to mark off olf the decimal part and Simon Stevin who in 1535 1585 published De devoted devoted devoted de de- de- de voted solely soley to these fractions Q How man ninny many different names name arc there re for frankfurters E E. E M.A. M. M A. A In some sections these sausages are known as wieners in other sections as Coney Islands Telegram readers can get the tho answer answer answer an an- to any question of oC fact by writing The Salt Lake Telegram Information Information Information In In- formation Bureau Frederic J. J Baskin Hns Bas kin Dire Director tor Washington D. D C. C Please three thre 3 cents for tor reply 1 t v I while they are also called half smokes red hots and hot dogs Q What hat was lS the first American AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican expedition to the Arctic A. A M.A. M.A. M. M A. A The first American expedition expedition expedition tion in Arctic regions was made by Dr Kane in 1853 who penetrated penetrated penetrated pene pene- Smith Strait as far as Cape George Russell Q How long has the New cw York City etty public library been open C. C B. B A. A The central building of ot the library Fifth avenue and Forty- Forty second street was opened May 23 1911 Q What percentage taJo of feeblemindedness feeble feeble- mindedness is hereditary P. P K U. A. A mindedness Feeble is more than 50 per cent hereditary Of Ot the remainder about 12 per cent appears to be due t j 1 ancestry that ancestry that is the families are arc characterized by such conditions as paralysis and alcoholism Nineteen Nineteen Nineteen Nine Nine- teen per cent is classified as being due to accidental causes including including including ing certain diseases such as menIngitis men men- meningitis and fevers in early life liCe It is likely likey that in inherited inherited inherited in- in syphilis is also a factor Q How long did it take Carlyle Carlyle Car Car- lyle to rewrite the first volume of ot The French Revolution which was burned J J. C. C A. A Carlyle had no copy and but few notes and to rewrite the volume volume volume vol vol- vol- vol ume took a years year's exhausting labor Q When hen When was Dillin Dillinger cr killed and what reward was offered for lor his capture capture N. N. N H. H l A. A J A.-J John A.-John John olm Dillinger was killed July 22 22 1934 A reward of ot was offered for his capture Q When When did world unemployment ment reach its L. peak L. L G. G A. A The A.-The The peak of at world unemployment unemployment was reached In Inthe the autumn au autumn autumn au- au of 1932 There has been a 3 steady decline since that time