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Show Helium Gas Field 1 Is Found In Utah, Important Discovery In Sinbad Area Is Said To Be Indispensable In Modern Aerial Warfare. serve." he said. "The gas i5 .. escaping and the development !' the helium wells there' may be j j'erred until the product is actual needed to supplement the prose-supply." prose-supply." ' 1 A young rcse'rve officer, Lieut p R. Bottoms .discoveied hc field rr -c-ntly. The Sinbad helium listrjt' ' where it is located, is 15,000 acres i- area. nratz said tests have proved the is 7.07 per cent helium in the n ',' there. He compared this with', ,1 icld of 175 per cent from wc' . near Amarillo, Tex., wheVe the nai- ' obtains a large part of its prese- '' snpplv. WASHINGTON, June 1. (U.l America's supply of helium gas, a vital iKV.-ess'ty in moaorn aerial warfare, has been increased appreciably appre-ciably by th discovery of a new field in the Sinbad area of Utah, Turney Gratz of the helium company com-pany ani.ouncfc'. today. He said a yield of" 7.07 per cent pure helium had been obtain., i there. The United States, Gratz said, is ;he only nation where helium, a coveted necessity for national Je-. Je-. fense, had been found in quantities i warranting processing. Exporta-! Exporta-! tirn of thi3 valuable resource, her Mdded, is prohibited by law. Consequently, Con-sequently, other countries are looking1 look-ing1 with envy on Amer:ca'3 rich natural endowment of this product. pro-duct. Naval officers, it is una -Vetoed, ro e'r.ted over the new field. With tvo dirigibles of 6,500,00C cubic feet p-as capacity and another smaller all-metal ship under construction, the navy will need vast quantities of helium soon. In addition, the gas, which is the only practical non-inflammable non-inflammable lifting agent yet found, is used in the Los, Angeles fi'id in army and navy blimps. Used In Blimps '"'!nm is the back-bone ' f lighttT-than-air defense," Gratz declared. He said he expected discovery dis-covery of the new supply to revolutionize revolu-tionize the dirigible industry, as one of its knottiest problems has been to obtain ample gas. f l'i is an ide'al pre- |