Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-25 | Page 6 | Here's Your Answer

Heres Here's Your Answer I A reader can get et the answer to any question of ot fact by writing The Salt Lake Telegram Informs tion Bureau Frederic J. J Haskin Hashing D Director i ire r e c t tor 0 r Washington D. D c. c.- C 4 Please 3 cents for reply i iQ i iQ Q What is the population Of of of tho the United States States States-M. M. M M.A. M. M A. A The census is decennial the thelast the the- v vlast last one ono having been taken in 1930 The bureau of ot the census J makes estimates between census yi years and as of July 1 1 1935 estimated esti- esti t mated the population to be 27 I No estimate has thus i 1 far been made officially for 1938 1936 3 I IThe The rate of population growth has ha j haj-j 1 slowed down and it is not ex- ex the 1936 estimate will exceed ex- ex ri ex-ri It may not exceed ex- ex as th the increase between 1934 and 1935 was only only ex 1 Q lias Has an any cart cartoonist onist made madei caricatures of a whole house hOWle o representatives S. 1 S. S F. F it A. A Clifford Berryman cartoonist car car- car id of the Washington Evening Eve Eve- ning Star is probably the o only Iy cartoonist who has cartooned ev every ery cry member of any anyone one congress 1 He published Berrymans Gar Car Car 1 of the House ii Q What is the highest amount amounts amount of bonus paid to a n World War E. veteran veteran E. E B. B i A. A The largest bonus amounted to 1592 1 Q What was tho the name of the thet novel b by Zola in defense of Dreyfus Drey- Drey j fus R. R R. R M.A. M. M A. A The novelist came to Sis Sis' f defense with I Accuse use j Q When was tho the turbine first rUst used L IM L. L R. R l. l I A. A The turbine was used by De Dc DeLaval DeLaval Laval in 1879 1819 for driving a cream separator and In 1884 1 Parsons t tur tur- built the first practical power ver bine Q Q- Are man many people migrating rating to Canada Canada Canada-C. C. C. C P. P A. A Last year only 1127 persons persons per per- sons were admitted The highmark highmark high mark of ot immigration was reached in 1912 13 when immigrants grants grants' were admitted Q Has Gutzon Borglum a brother who is also an artist artist artist- N. N M.A. M. M L A. A The The younger brother Solon Is also an artist particularly j devoted to the delineation of I aboriginal American types Q What is tho tim his history tor of ot the theOld it j jOld Old Plank Flank road between Pet PeterS PeterSburg Peters V rs rj burg burl and Courtland Va C. C. C. C S. S ft t A. A This road is shown on Revolutionary Revo Revo- fj i War Var maps but was not nol then a plank road It is not net cartain certain car car- tain thin when it was Improved but the popularity of plank road construction con con- began in the This much Is certain During the Civil War Var the road was known as the Jerusalem Plank road running from Petersburg to Jerusalem Va Jerusalem was later renamed Courtland and Is so marked on on modern maps It was customary to charge a toll on these plank I f roads the fees being u used ed to retire retire re- re re-B. re the pd- pd V tire and pay interest on P subscribed road bonds The Jerusalem Plank road was the thO scene of a number of engagements engage ments during the siege of Petersburg Petersburg Peters Peters- burg 1864 who tho professor Q Who w was wa-s testified in a government cue case that man is at his peak of ein- ein at nt 22 22 l L H. H K R. A. A Dr Walter R. R Miles medical medical medi medi- cal professor proCessor of Yale university j jand and gerontologist in defending governments government's railroad retirement plan made the statement that man reaches his peak of physical effi efficiency efI- efI at 22 and declines steadily thereafter In a study of ot tl tw of f capacity mental and physical groups of all classes Dr i It found that efficiency d. d drop dropP d. d 55 reached rapidly after subjects and In a number of investigations mind and body began to fail much muc earlier t Q Where In aryland alland wo l Stephen Decatur born L. born L. L J K j of leer naval A. A The famous JV was waa born at MO Ud ld