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Show Helium Supply Is Increasing Washington. Sufficient helium gas to inflate both navy dirigibles, tho Los Angeles and the Shenandoah, will be available by July 1 if the present rate of production continues. The only supply of helium in (he Failed States Is that turned out at (lie helium hel-ium production plant at Forth Worth, Texan. Present operation of this plant is under tho joint direction of the army and navy and helium is allocated al-located to the fwo services according as it is needed in their lighter-than-air craft. T'ntil July 1 the present system, by which either the Los Angeles An-geles or the Shenandoah must lie idle, deflated, while its companion ship takes tiie air, will continue. The plant is working at capacity, but tho process of helium production is a complicated one. |