Show U S has a monopoly of helium gas ELIUM would donld have prevented H the burning or of tile the zit VA 2 tin and the lloma dr rich ard n B moore of new york city formerly chief chemist or the U states bureau of mines les declared cl ared in tin nn address on recent Ite cent devel in the recovery of helium proul from natural gas before the petroleum chemistry vision division of tile american Cheni leal society in addition to the alio disaster to the mr moore continued the KR 1 2 2 11 burned over oer hull un england 9 land wad nid the roma burned at langley fluid field virginia in ili each cadi case the disaster dl anster was preceded or by tile inc chan lesil troubles but these need not necessarily have been fatal futol to any of tile crew had bad these airships been fl tied with ath helium la a other words tile last three big disasters have been accompanied by fire anil and have hae been primarily due to file in addition a number of small lill blimps nips have also burned and it Is time for foi tile the facts to be thoroughly known and appreciated doctor moore said tile the export of helium should be forbidden by federal legislation ns as the united states possesses a practical monopoly of tills this gas helium lio lie asserted has far reaching possibilities lit in commercial cominer cial aviation but these would be endangered by tile the of hydrogen hydro en ships which lie thought would probably burn up the united states possesses tho the only large supplies of helium bearing gas in tile tho world doctor continued tile gas bolt belt containing b ellum extends through texas up through oklahoma southeastern kansas ohio pen pennsylvania and new york anti and comes back through west virginia Virgin la to kentucky and the richest gas Is lit in texas oklahoma and southeastern kansas kahsai Kan sai with helium hel luni it would be impossible to destroy nil an airship with a single incendiary pullet bullet it would be necessary to rip the bags to pieces by inea ns as of a largo urge bomb or shell before the airship could be brought it to tho the ground the cost 0 of helium lic lium Is being cut so rapidly that within a year or two it will be virtually as cheap as ag hydrogen |