Current Events Answers

Following are the answers to sample questions for the New York Times current events contest which were published yesterday. Further questions and answer will appear later.

I.

1. General Honjo--Japanese general commanding troops bombing and shoot- ing in Manchuria.

2. Oliver Baldwin--son of Stanley Baldwin, socialist, ex-member of Parliament.

3. Prentiss Gilbert--U. S. observer and participant in League of Nations' councils--protested by Japan.

4. William E. Borah--chairman of Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, commented forcefully on questions raised by President's plan to check depression and by Premier Laval's visit.

5. Dino Grandi--Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, invited to conference with President Hoover.

6. Sir Oswald Mosley--leader of a group of radical labor candidates for Parliament.

7. Erik Axel Karlfeldt--Swedish writer, winner of Nobel prize in literature.

8. George Washington Memorial Bridge--just opened across the Hudson between upper New York city (178th Street) and Fort Lee, N. J.

9. Patrick J. Hurley--Secretary of War reports to President on his return from Philippine Islands.

10. John Leonard Martin--centerfielder of St. Louis Cardinals, leaped to fame as batter in World Series.

II.

1. Walter S. Gifford.

2. Richard B. Sheridan.

3. William Green.

4. Ishbel MacDonald.

5. Eugene F. O'Neill.

6. Gates W. McGarrah.

7. New York City between 48th and 53rd Streets.

8. General election for British House of Commons.

9. Thomas Lipton.

10. John Nance Garner.

III.

1. Helen Hicks--champion golfer.

2. Jose Laval--A recent guest at the White House.

3. Seaham--constituency of a British Cabinet Minister.

4. Bluenose--fishing schooner.

5. Don Moyle--aviator