New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1922, Page 11

‘Y\ O HELICH FOR USE INAR SHIPS ] lhployment Wold Have Pre- B mm Disasters, Say Experts e Whashington, Nov, 24.--The re. grrence of disaaters to hydrogen- f.&a &lr ships has turned public Y ntion to the pomsible development of ‘hellum—a non-inflammable gas Jfiest_disgovered during the world war :r ‘film!fd by many cxponents of on as the one solution of ‘the ll:h er-than-air oraft problem. ! .Government and other experts be- ljeye that the use 6f hellum would ),‘va preyented the terrible disasts af‘late years, such as that of the Rema und the C-2, AWhile only one ship, an army blimp, thus far has been filled with hellum, quantity pro- duction of this rarc gas now is fore- seen. '+ Satlsfactory operation, on a labora- tory ‘scale, of a wimplified and much cheaper'method of recovering helium from natural gas is reported through the American Chemical society by H. Toster Bain, director of the United SatesiBurcau of Mines, In tests madé within the lass month at the eryogenic laboratory in the Interior Department building, heliumywas re- /[ GoveredIn one operation in sufficient purity to-use in balloons and dirigi- les. ' *This 'development,” saxs Director Bain, "indicates that very 'soon the cost of the commercial production of hellum!for lighter-than-air craft will be greatiy reduced.” Chemists of the bureau say the cost iof ‘prodiicing ‘hellum has been too ‘great to, permit of widespread use. However, with the new methods found,.'they look forward with con- fidence to its gencral use in the near future; ' Helium has 92 per cent. the lifting |~ capacity 'of hydrogen, can be ecasily stored, does not rapidly deteriorate, does not'readily leak from & gos bag| and las all the advantage of hydro- gen without the great danger draw- back. iIn fact, helium makes a more satisfdctory filler, navy dirigible pilots have told the bureau chemists, be- causé a helium-fiilled bag is steadier in the aifr. « THe government now has stored ap- proximately. 2,000,000 cubic feet of helitm, and is producing at the rate of 15,000 cubic feet daily at its com- merclal ‘production plant at, = Fort ‘Worth, Texas, the only helium plant in the world. As soon as this plant hnh started running at full capacity, it is “@xpected the government will be able to produce hclium gt ghe"low cost of ten ‘cents a cubic foot. The Tort Worth plant was run last vear far 'only a few 'months and that only “on experimental bases. The plant Was stafted, runming continuoustyg however, on October first. 7 Helium: occurs onuearth only’ in certain matural gases,"much of which, country, were used: for illum- Cnd' power generating, refii ‘discarding heltum among i Such gasey .0 siny | Ytaly and Canadd, b L belng recovered ‘in ith Representative Jutius Kahi has introduced & bift'in to' support a definitc pro-’ gram 8¢ helium recovery, action tipba, qhibh is expected from the next sesslony®f that body. "M‘Afiwh“e says Dr. Moore, ‘of the biFeau of mihes, “every effort is being/niade to encourage the producs tian of, helium by commercial com- paniés;. and every dssistance will bo given by the government in such de- vumfenq- Undér the presen tem of helium extraction/ followed in Forth Worth, 4. 64 per cent. return of helium ds ob- tained from the natural gas. This 64 per cent must be put through a puri- fying proceas hefore it can be used, By the new method,wonly one pro- ceas of extraction is necessary, dafter which the gas is supplied directly to the mircraft, +The Korth ‘Werth want employs 200 men undee the direction of Com. mander Ol Funds are avallable for the operation of the plant until Jan;: 1 at Seast and then it is ex- pected that enotigh\will be forthcom- ing for Lhe commercial prolu_c;llon Lents, AHRIOUS DEPRESSION British Hlflln’ Ship Owners' Assoc)- ation Declares Worse Than at Any Time Since War, London, Nov. 24,—The annual re- port of the British Sadling Ship Own- ers' association, which has 916 ships of 113,046 net tons on its books, says that the depression of - the' ghipping industry for the past year has been worse than at any period since the war, . Despite the «fact that freights are !stil unremunerative, ‘however, conditions in the sailing ship indus- try are improving. At the recent annual meeting of the association the chairman said the in- dex number of shipping freights was 46 in January, 1921; 33 in December, 1921, and in September, 1922, it was as lowsas 27, Although there had been a smaller decrease in the num- ber of sdfling ships since . pre-war times, as'gompared with the previous decadé, the result was due principal- ly to the f{ficrease in the . United States, which at present owned 41 per cent’of the world's sailing ton- W00D BORING GRUB Many Hiftoric Buildings in England Are Threatened by This Dmmlng Insect, Tt is Reported. London, Nov. 24.—A wood-boring grub is threatening to destroy many of the ancient’ architectural wonders of London. The grub first made jts appearance in large numbers some ten years ago, ‘and had done much damage to the wood sections of his- toric buildings bo(m.i its presence was discovered,, Business NEW Bim'AIN DAILY The insects already had caten Into the roof supports of eold Westminator | Hall, whigh dates/ from ') King Willlam, Rufus, and royal archi- tects and engineers were at once. set to, work (b rgmave the decayed parts and substititd igon work, The work, however, was extremely tedious, and although it was carried on throughout the war, it has just been completed, It was necessary to remove all of the beams gnd many of the pillars .of the famous buildings, * The grub was next’found to have made conalderable progress in’ West- minster Abbey, but this structure is now being successfully repaired. The grub has ‘also been at work in the House of Parliament, the Guildhall and Saint Paul's Cathedral, which al- 80 are undergoing repairs, HERRING Sootch Tishermen Arc Without Work Duc to Current Courses, Loridon, Noy, 24.—The. fallure of the herring’ industry in'.the North Sea, during the last two years, has been: due to the fact that the currents in the North Sea have changed thelr course, sayw the chairman of the Scottish Iishery Board. The hug shoals of herring which once |nh|‘ ited the North Sea, near the Scotti coast, have almost entirely disap- peared, and ‘with them thé™iving of scores of fisherfolk, Scientists .are preparing a peport and a chart whith will explain and illustrate the changes of the currents. Bottles which usually travelled south are now picked up in the Shetlands. BERLIN POPULAR YET Tourist Are Still ¥locking There And Vistors Are Numerous Berlin, ov. 24.—Although the tourist seasoh in Germany usually 18 on the wane when gutumn sets in, September's daily influx of strangers in Berlin was just as heavy 88 in July Nearly one-tenth of the arrivals from abroad were Americans The total” number of visitors was 123,875, of which 32,224 were foreig- ners. . Of the latter, 3,162 were Amer- icans, of nationalities with 3,339, IR L] SHIP ON LAND. don, Nov. 24,—An effort is be- ing Tade in England to raise $500, 000 for the preservation of the Vic- |~ . andpronounced superlative Putnam Coffee - saves ¢ day he time: of | Czechoslovaks headed the' list |; A HERALD FRI D‘AY‘ NOVEM‘BER 24, mzz tory, Nelson's fllllhln in the Batthe of Trafalgar. 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