Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1924, Page 37

S e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1924 those who remain loyal fo other COSMOPOLITAN CLUB |17 2t 5ir smone coiaren. -~ ° | Helium Saved Shenandoah on Night HEARS SAFETY TALK | o cus: l‘wrl’:h"efiti"}';"f::' Of Flight in Storm, Chemist Claims P Says Ofipoaition to Safe Gas May Be Due to Jealousy of German Engineer Prominent in United States Air Service. s life. Y " I mittees will ‘he :I;’lllolnle(ll to Vi the officers for the coming incent Lopez Orchestra Plays at| e e e L e are Weekly Luncheon of Jumes Organization. Next Thursday com- Siub 1 composed aml- . Murtin A Richard Mellum saved the Shenandoah from | coming issue of Industrial and En- Albirt c ruction by fire on the night of | gineering Chemistry, officlal journal unceremonious - flight in the n Chemical Society, T away from the owe, editor of the , and If the diri- had been filled with hydrogen Hints at Jealousy. id eighteen inches in £ “Is it possible that the apparent aversion to helium is due to the fn- stat fluence of a German engineer occupy- hurricane | other airiglble disaster. Sn e e | In muaking thils statement in an ? Amerlca possesses a hellum nd cabins | editorlul under the caption “Helum |nonopoly. It is conceivable that our Against Hydrogen” to uppear in a good fortune is regarded jealously by Important Sale of New Low Shoes 5 hoes Thag Are Chies to a TFoman's Smarticss Here's a sale that stepped so fast the first diay we've had to hustle re-orders through to i \ The shoes themselves are X L / Tn all sizes and these | i N N satisfy customers. their best advertisement. popular leathers: i, Swede in four new shades— 1 ‘ Black patent, calf, oose or satiii Iivery smart new shoe fashion, including gore pumps. sundals, strap pumps and oxfords. (¥isst Floor, The Heokit Co.s Smart and Unbelted. Straight silhou- ettes in to p- coats. countries under all circumstances.” No names were mentioned in the editorial, but Dr. Howe says “hellum saved his life as well as the lives of others who are at least lukewarm toward it, but no doubt aviators be- come Indifferent to danger, for, not- withstanding the °experiences of others, those living have never been burned nor had their necks broken, “This whole hellum question should be brought frankly into the open. The people must be made acquainted with the great advantages of helium and must not be allowed to forget the greatest factor of safety In a balloon is the chemical element—helium.” Hetnen Favers Hydroges. It was learned at the burcau of aeronautics today that there are a tew officers in the service who still favor hydrogen over hellum solely because of its greater lifting power. They have flown with it and never huve encountered difficulties, hence they belleve In it. Capt. Anton Hel- nen, who played a prominent part in bringing the Shenandoah to her han- gar the night of the storm, is un- dorstood to be an advocate of hydro- gen for this reason. He has flown more than 1,200 hours in hydrogen- i Uiy T T B /] Colorful— fur collars not. EXECUTION POSTPONED. Court Grants Copeland T{me to Per- fect Appeal. Justice Hitz In Criminal Diviston 1 yesterday postponed until May 23 the execution of Herbert L. Copeland, colored, convicted of the murder of Police Lieut. Dunnigan May 28, 1918. The hanging had been scheduled for next Monday, but had to be deferred to allow time for his counsel to per- foct an appeal to the Court of Ap- peals. Copeland escaped from jail while awaiting trial and was absent four years before being located in Akron, Ohlo, last summer. filled balloons arnd dirigibles without accident or incident. It was positively stated, however, that the Navy's and |fi Army’s policy regarding lighter-thi air craft {s for the use of helium all times. 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