Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-02-27 | Page 6 | Here's Your Answer

Here's Your Answer By FREDERIC J. HASKHT A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Salt Lake Telegram Information Informa-tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C Please inclose S cents for repry. Q. When was the plate for photography pho-tography Invented? N. B. V. A. The first form of the photographic pho-tographic plate was Invented by Daguerre In 1839. Q. What 4s the nnderworld name for a pickpocket? P. O. A. A pickpocket in the argot of his calling Is variously known as a cannon, dip or gun. Q. How many phonograph records rec-ords are sold in a year? Is the business Increasing or decreasing? decreas-ing? T. R. A. A. It has been estimated that from 28.000.000 to 30,000.000 records rec-ords will be sold In 1938, about seven times the 1932 total. Q. What nation was the but to have an autocratic form of government? L. AL A. Autocracy generally disappeared disap-peared in the nineteenth century. Among the great European powers. pow-ers. Russia was the last to adhere to it and the title of Autocrat of all the Russias was held by tha czar until the abdication of 1917. Q. What are the names of seme of the well-known plastics? B. L. 8. A. Some of the Important ones are pontalite, pyralin, ameroid, durez, plaskon, catalin, beetle, vinylite, bakelite and celluloid.